Chapter 77 The Anti-Thief King II
Li Chaosheng smiled when he saw his boss being so enthusiastic and said, "Boss, do you still remember us?"
"Remember, remember, last time you ate more than thirty bowls of noodles from me."
The boss said with a smile. After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "I can't eat that much today, let's have eleven bowls first."
"Okay, just wait a moment, I'll make some noodles for you right now."
The boss went to do some work. At this time, Li Chaomeng looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Brother Chaosheng, what's going on when the soldiers at the city gate said they were rebelling?"
Li Chaosheng shook his head and said: "I don't know either. Let's ask the boss later. They are well-informed about business."
Li Chaosheng said, Li Chaomeng stopped talking, and soon the boss brought the noodles, with four large pieces of fat on each noodle. As usual, Li Chaosheng shared the fat with Li Chaomeng and the others.
Li Chaosheng was eating noodles alone. Seeing that his boss was leaning against the door and doing nothing, Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Boss, sit down and talk."
The boss was a talkative person, so he had nothing to do at this time, so he simply sat down at Li Chaosheng's table and started chatting with Li Chaosheng. As they chatted, Li Chaosheng deliberately brought the topic to the rebels.
"By the way, boss, when we just passed the city gate, we saw that the number of soldiers at the door doubled, and they said they were going to capture the rebels? Where did the rebels come from?"
After hearing this, the boss laughed and said: "Rebels, there are indeed rebels, but they have nothing to do with our Lantian, they are Baishui in Weinan."
"White water."
After hearing this, Li Chaosheng was stunned. Baiguo was indeed Baishui. Li Chaosheng recently made up for this period of history. This vigorous peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty originally started from Baishui, and was also known as the Baishui First Uprising.
Li Chaosheng was thinking about it, and then the boss sighed and said: "Hey, these rebels are pitiful. It hasn't rained in the northern part of Guanzhong this year, and the crops have been harvested. They all withered in the ground. Especially the white water disaster is more serious. Listen,
It is said that some people have begun to eat dirt."
After hearing this, everyone was silent for a while. Li Chaomeng and the others had heard of it, but they had never experimented. The reason was very simple. Lantian belongs to the southern Shaanxi region. Although it is also facing drought, it still rains a little, so the people can still eat some wild vegetables.
Live life without eating dirt.
But it doesn't rain at all in Baishui. The entire Baishui area, including northern Shaanxi, is almost a thousand miles of bare land. History books record: When vegetation is gone, people eat each other, their skin and bones are gone, and there is no hope of saving them.
As a result, the common people have eaten all the bark of the trees and can only eat dirt or eat people. Eating dirt refers to eating Guanyin soil. After eating, it is easy to get clogged in the intestines and stomach. In the end, people will choke because they can't poop out.
die.
But there is one benefit of eating soil, that is, it can make you feel full. People who have never been hungry don't know that when a person is extremely hungry, as long as it can make him feel full, he can swallow soil even if it is poison.
Everyone was silent for a while, and the boss sighed and said: "The government is forcing the people to rebel, this world is so fucked up."
After hearing this, Mengzi couldn't get enough of it and said, "Boss, you're only half-said. White water brings disasters and people don't have enough to eat. Then, didn't the court provide help?"
After hearing this, the boss shook his head and said: "No, not only no, the court also increased taxes. This year the Liaodong Tatars have a new leader named Huang Taiji, who is still from Huang Taiji. They are making trouble in Liaodong again. We have fought with them several times.
field, which led to an increase in military expenditure, so Liao Xiang also increased it."
"Baishui was in danger. The county magistrate reported it to the government office, and the government office reported it to the governor. The governor directly rejected the request for disaster relief. At the same time, he also asked all officials to seriously supervise the preparations for Liao Xiang. This simply made matters worse."
"The last boss named Wang Er, who could not survive, gathered hundreds of victims under the leadership of the rebel leader Wang Er, raised the rebel flag, carried swords and guns, smeared his face with ink, attacked official warehouses, robbed food, and distributed it to
to the victims."
"After receiving the information, the governor immediately ordered the officers and soldiers to suppress the thieves. Wang Er and his men jumped into the mountainous area north of Luohe and escaped the encirclement and suppression by the officers and soldiers."
"good!"
After hearing this, Li Chaomeng shouted excitedly, and then praised: "Wang Er is really a hero, so refreshing."
"Shush! Shut up, you're going to die!"
The noodle shop owner trembled with fright after hearing Li Chaomeng's words. He quickly stood up and took a look and applauded the traitor. "You don't want to live anymore. If anyone hears this, be careful and you will be arrested as a traitor."
At this time, Li Chaomeng was still a little unconcerned, but Li Chaosheng glared back, and then Li Chaosheng said to the restaurant owner: "It's okay, my brother is outspoken and a bit reckless."
After hearing this, the noodle shop owner said: "I'm scared to death. You're such a reckless guy."
As the boss said, Li Chaosheng said: "Should I say it or not, this Wang Er is a man, but Wang Er rebelled in Baishui, and there were officers and soldiers blocking the road. It won't spread to our Lantian, right? Isn't this county government a little too nervous?
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After hearing this, the boss said: "Sir, do you really think the yamen gate is to catch rebels?"
"if not?"
Li Chaosheng was stunned, then the boss said: "Catching rebels is a lie, taking advantage of the opportunity to make money is real. Recently, the entry and exit fees in this county have more than doubled. If you don't pay, you will be charged with being a traitor. I didn't read it."
Are there not many people on the street?"
The boss looked at the deserted streets outside and couldn't help but sigh. Li Chaosheng also sighed after hearing this. Officials don't want to suppress thieves, but instead think about how to make money every day. It's really hopeless.
The Baishui First Rebellion actually started in 1625, which was the fifth year of the Apocalypse. At that time, the people of Baishui could no longer survive and there were hungry people all over the place. The governor Qiao Yingjia at that time did not handle the situation properly and did not rescue the victims. Instead, he continued to increase the Liao salary and send more corvees.
, which made the people miserable and starved to death everywhere.
After two years of fermentation like this, Wang Er finally couldn't bear it anymore and rose up in rebellion, killing officials and rebelling.
Let me tell you here that the leader of the Baishui Shouyi is really called Wang Er, not a pseudonym or a nickname. To be honest, when Li Chaosheng was reading the information, he was also shocked by this simple and unpretentious name. After all, this kind of name contains numbers.
There have been many ruthless people, such as Zhu Chongba, Chen Jiusi, Zhang Jiusi...
But it is a pity that the two Wang brothers did not escape the curse of history in the end, that is, the first one to rebel did not end well...
Suck, suck, everyone was eating noodles, Li Chaosheng thought to himself, it seems that his arrival did not cause too much of a moth effect. Baishui Shouyi was just the beginning, and it will be more lively in the future. King Jiayin of Fugu and King Suide used it for themselves.
Anse Gao Yingxiang...
These early rebels should appear one after another in the coming year. The world is about to be in chaos, and the Zhu family's two hundred years of national destiny are coming to an end. What will follow will be the stage for reckless heroes, the stage for frontier Tatars, and
Chapter completed!