A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 565: The hair is like a leek cut off and resurrected, the head is like a chicken cut off and crows again, the officials need not be feared, but the common people should never be taken lightly!

Since the implementation of the new law, Luoyang, Huai'an, Jinling, and Anyi, areas where the imperial court had strong control, have quickly become prosperous.

The royal family is powerful here, and all the nobles, powerful people, and local officials and families are suppressed. It can be said that the power of the royal family has penetrated deep into the countryside in these places.

Most problems can be reported back quickly.

Nanyang and Guanzhong also advanced smoothly because the imperial court sent a large number of officials and embroidered envoys, and the imperial army was on the side.

A large number of embroidery envoys were dispatched, and a large number of royal disciples were dispatched to directly deal with the powerful and noble people who dared to take the lead.

It can be said that the situation is also very good.

In the Prime Minister's residence, many reformist officials gathered here, and the whole hall was filled with laughter.

"The reform in Jinling, Guanzhong, Nanyang, Anyi, and Huaisi is progressing smoothly, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. If this progress continues, it will not be long before the world is in great order, and our dream of building a world of great harmony will be successful!"

"These are all the work of the Prime Minister!"

Luo Mang smiled slightly and said to everyone: "It's not my fault, it's the combined efforts of everyone, it's the credit of everyone!"

"It took two years to organize, six years to practice, and another two years to implement, and it took ten years to achieve some results. I hope you will not slack off, continue to work hard to reform, and let Daqian shine forever!"

"Let Daqian shine forever!"

"Let Daqian shine forever!"

"Drink well, gentlemen!"

"Drink!" Everyone in the hall held up their drinking utensils and drank it all in one gulp.

Many scholars of the reform faction were very enthusiastic and imagined that the Datong society would be established in their hands. This reform will be more thorough and successful than any previous reform.

They turned Daqian and Zhuxia into a harmonious society that even the sages could not achieve.

Their names will be etched in the history books.

Reforms in other places have gradually fed back, and the progress of the reforms has been faster or slower, but overall, they have been good.

However, just as the reform was advancing, drought began to appear in the north, and Qi also failed to receive rain in March. A large number of people became refugees.

Originally, a large number of people's fields were occupied due to the imperial court's land inventory, but this time they encountered a severe drought. With such a good opportunity, those powerful, distinguished, and local official families did not cooperate with the county government in opening warehouses to release grain, and even condoned it intentionally or unintentionally.

Some counties also wanted to buy grain from grain merchants, but because of the previous decree, merchants were unwilling to do business at all, and there was no goods in circulation. The imperial court wanted to limit prices, but the result was that there were no sellers.

Some powerful and noble people who suffered losses were not willing to hand over their fields and wealth. After seeing the natural disaster, they began to take advantage of the opportunity to make small moves.

Soon rumors spread, "The severe drought in the world is caused by God's punishment. Officials are lawless and the court is unkind. In the name of implementing new laws, they invade and seize acres of land!" '

'There is a severe drought, and the new law is to blame! '

Those homeless people who had no food and clothing and lost their land wanted to survive, so they began to rebel against their subordinates and wanted to take back their fields and food.

"The imperial court has thousands of miles of land, mountains of grain, and money that can cover the streets leading to Luoyang, but it still wants to take away the last grain of grain and the last piece of land in our hands!"

"No matter how we wail, cry, and plead, all we get in return is their wanton beatings and scoldings!" "What crime have we committed?"

"What did we do wrong?"

"We work hard every day and then pay taxes to support them. They can have good food and clothing, but we don't have enough to eat!"

"Is this fair?"

"unfair!"

"unfair!"

"We also want fairness! Fairness! Just fairness!"

"We want fairness!"

"Now if the big forces don't give us fairness, then we will overthrow them and establish the fairness we want!"

"Overthrow them! Establish fairness!"

The people who had accumulated endless anger directly rebelled. Not only the people, but also many powerful people were involved. These powerful people suffered huge losses during the reform, were either defeated by their political opponents, or joined them due to other factors.

The peasant uprising spread very quickly, and many powerful nobles had no intention of suppressing them. Did they know that the new law was going to attack them? If these peasants are suppressed now, and the court will continue to promote the new law, will you follow or follow it? Don’t obey?

The peasant uprising in the Northland spread rapidly like a plague. Many people in other places also followed the uprising after hearing about the uprising in the North.

A large number of peasants rebelled, and the number of rebels increased. They quickly captured the county seat. After capturing the county seat, the rebels immediately looted the county seat.

At the same time, some people began to stand out in the rebel army. Some people climbed up and called themselves generals, gathered the people, assigned official positions, and promised benefits.

So these people became the leaders of various rebel armies one after another, some calling themselves generals, and some proclaiming themselves kings. The most powerful person among them called himself King Zhao and shouted loudly to the ragged people below:

"The hair is like a leek, it will grow back when cut, and the head is like a chicken, it will crow again after being cut. Officials need not be feared, but the common people should never be taken lightly!"

"The hair is like a leek, it will grow back when cut, and the head is like a chicken, it will crow again after being cut. Officials need not be feared, but the common people should never be taken lightly!"

"Young people should never be taken lightly!"

"Qian's life is over, King Zhao is on the throne! Overthrow Daqian and establish fairness again!"

"Qian's life is over, King Zhao is on the throne! Overthrow Daqian and establish fairness again!"

King Zhao stood on the high platform and looked at the frenzied people below, filled with pride. After the swearing-in, he directly led the army to attack Handan.

As an important town in the north, Handan stores a large amount of money, food and weapons. It is the second most important town in the north after Jinyang. Once it is defeated by the refugees, these refugees will receive a large amount of weapons and food, and they will progress from rogues to an army.

When the mighty rebel army attacked Handan, the officials in Handan City immediately felt that the situation was not good, and quickly summoned the county soldiers, as well as powerful, distinguished, and official families, hoping to let them contribute to the defense together to resist the rebels.

As a result, at this critical moment, none of the powerful, distinguished, and official families could find anyone. No one came to help at all.

And after the county soldiers in the county city saw the vast and almost endless insurrectionary army, they were so frightened that they fought between two groups. Their 100% combat strength went directly to 90%. How could they still be the opponents of those people?

What is even more frightening is that someone in the city secretly opened the city gate, and without the protection of the city wall, the rebel army immediately rushed into the city. Those county soldiers who dared to resist were like spray in a flood, and were instantly submerged by the torrent.

The entire county fell so quickly that everyone was surprised.

(End of this chapter)