Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1959: The Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon (Part )

"so what?"

Zhu Jia looked confused for the first time since they met.

He really couldn't think of any value in the information given by A Yan.

The only value is probably that... Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang can use it to escape from the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum?
But the two of them went to Mount Li to look for the former hero Tian Guang. Why would they leave if they didn't find him?

He didn't know Tian Yan's actual purpose, but she definitely didn't send people into the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum to release them again, right?

"Originally, I sent Master Chen Sheng and the others to Mount Li just to fulfill my promise and to attract some of Zhao Gao's attention." Ah Yan explained immediately, "But now, perhaps we can take this opportunity to directly start a new era!"

"New...era?" The Zhu family became even more confused.

How can such a trivial matter be considered a new era?
Ah Yan smiled and replied, "My idea is that Chen Sheng and his men can take this opportunity to rise up and confront the empire head-on, overthrowing the emperor's rule!"

"!!!"

Even through the mask, just looking at the two exposed eyeballs, Zhu's horror was beyond words.

Liu Ji on the side was completely stunned.

They were both shocked not only because of the rebellion itself, but also because they didn't understand why they suddenly jumped to this step of rebellion.

If the current situation in the empire continues to develop, sooner or later there will be people who will rebel and start an uprising - in fact, there are many people who are openly rebelling now, but they are just small-scale fights and cannot cause any waves.

But it seems that there is no need for farmers to be the first to take action?
And now is not the right time.

Not to mention waiting until Ying Zheng is completely dead, at least we have to wait until he is half dead and not far from death, right?

"Ah... this..." Zhu Jia was a little incoherent, and he stuttered for several times before he could speak smoothly, "Well, there is no reason for the farmers to revolt so hastily, right?"

"Master Zhu, do you think farmers should not be the first to take action?" Ah Yan asked calmly after hearing this.

"Is there any problem with this?" Zhu Jia asked back in confusion.

The first bird to stick its head out, this is not a good word, right?
The farmers are not the most enthusiastic organization in resisting the empire, so why should they be the first to take action?
Ah Yan gave a somewhat abrupt response without any context, "Master Zhu, which one do you think is the most powerful anti-Qin force at the moment?"

"Of course it's the Mohist school." Zhu Jia answered honestly before he could figure out the answer.

The Mohist school may not be the strongest force in the resistance against the empire, but it is definitely the most active one, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the most prestigious.

Ah Yan shook his head, "No, I think it's a farmer's family."

"How could that be..." Liu Ji subconsciously wanted to refute for his boss, but he reacted halfway through his words.

Zhu Jia's eyes also revealed a feeling of annoyance.

At first glance, reputation seems objective, after all, it represents other people's views of a person or a group.

In fact, it is very subjective, because different people or different forces may have different views on the same thing, the same person, or the same force.

To the people in the martial world, Mohism is certainly the most famous anti-Qin force, but to the common people, it is not necessarily the case.

The Mohist School is at most a force with a relatively high overall bounty. If we talk about the one with the greatest reputation, perhaps it is really the Farmers School.

Because the farmers caused the most damage to the empire - not long ago, they directly crippled one of the empire's ace troops, the Battle-hardened Armored Soldiers.

Tens of thousands of people were killed and wounded. Even when Qin conquered the six kingdoms, its ace troops did not suffer such heavy losses!
Of course, the Mohist school had been struggling for many years, and it is not necessarily true that the damage it caused to the empire was not as great as the war between the agriculturalists, but it was definitely not as direct and shocking as the war.

For the Kuzhu Empire, this matter is equally difficult to say.

The empire was a vast country with a great cause. Even when it was in trouble, it was still a giant with feet of clay. The harassment from the Mohists, like a blunt knife cutting flesh, did some harm to it, but not much.

On the contrary, the "heavy blow" from the farmers made it even more difficult to accept.

Therefore, in the eyes of the empire, the Mohist school might be the most hateful, or the peasant school might be more hateful... although the first to be killed was Xiaoshengxianzhuang.

If the Mohist family had not participated in or planned several assassination attempts in succession, especially the Qinglong plan in the east of Sanghai City, it is estimated that none of these attempts would have been possible, and the empire would definitely hate the Nong family more.

The main reason why the farmers are still safe and sound is that the empire is temporarily unable to help.

But the empire will not be unable to help forever. Once it remembers it one day and has enough people on hand, it will definitely not let the farmers go.

So in a sense, farmers have already become the "first birds to stand out".

Zhu Jia, who had come to his senses, asked in a deep voice, "So, Xia Kui believes that the Nong family will soon face retaliation from the empire?"

Ah Yan shook his head, not exaggerating, but replied sincerely, "It may not happen soon, but the Empire will definitely not forget the account of the Hundred Battles Armored Soldiers, and the farmers have no way to hide."

"The current situation is turbulent, and chaos is getting worse and worse. Although there is no real rebellious force yet, it is only a matter of time before a 'leading bird' emerges."

"Even if the farmers remain peaceful, when the empire is determined to clean up the chaos, they will definitely...clean us up as well."

Liu Ji stroked his chin, eyes widened, and asked, "So you want to strike first?"

"It's just a precaution." Ah Yan did not agree with Liu Ji's statement, "The transfer of personnel has not been finalized yet. If it's early, it may have to wait until the beginning of next spring. If it's late... it's hard to say, but it won't be soon anyway."

"Then... what does Xia Kui specifically plan to do?" Hearing that there were still at least three to five months left, the Zhu family temporarily put aside their concerns about rebellion and decided to listen to Tian Yan's specific plans first.

"It's very simple." Ah Yan immediately revealed everything. "If nothing unexpected happens, Master Chen Sheng and his men will be sent to the northern border to perform garrison duty. They can just find an opportunity to start an uprising while on the way."

This plan was a bit like putting an elephant into a refrigerator in several steps. Zhu Jia and Liu Ji didn't know what to say after hearing it.

"Is this... that simple?" Liu Ji couldn't help but ask first.

"What's so good about planning a rebellion?" Ah Yan asked with a faint smile.

The most important thing about rebellion is to make up your mind and then just do it. There is really no need to plan.

Liu Ji's head was full of question marks, "What can Hall Master Chen Sheng and his two people do?"

Ah Yan replied casually, "There were at least several hundred people assigned to serve as garrison commanders with them. How could there be only two people?"

"So what if there are only a few hundred people? Will they join Chen Sheng in a rebellion?" Liu Ji spread his hands, feeling that he did not understand what the hero leader said at all. "Even if they rebel together, a few hundred people...what can they do?"

Most of the people working in Mount Li are prisoners. They all sound vicious and have committed many crimes, but in fact they are just ordinary people who have only a little strength at most.

Without training, weapons, or military equipment, or food supplies... Even if there were two martial arts masters, how much of a stir could a few hundred people who were not even as good as a mob cause? "So we still need the support of the farmers." Ah Yan responded immediately.

Zhu Jia asked, "How does Xia Kui plan to support Brother Chen Sheng and the others?"

"Two options." A Yan nodded in reply.

"The first method is for the farmers to take action directly and draw at least 10,000 people from the six halls to directly join Chen Sheng's rebellion team. At the same time, the six halls of the farmers will do their utmost to support their logistics."

"This requires a head-on confrontation!" Liu Ji couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

Ah Yan nodded, "That's right."

"This plan can provide the greatest support to Master Chen Sheng, but it also carries greater risks and will expose the farmers to the wrath of the empire."

"Now that Xia Kui said that, it seems that the risk of the other option will be much smaller." Zhu Jia added with a smile.

Ah Yan nodded again and continued, "Another option is for the farmers to not intervene openly, but only allocate a limited number of manpower to support Chen Sheng and his men, and can only provide support in secret in terms of materials and logistics. The strength and stability of the support are probably very limited."

"Will this work?" Liu Ji couldn't help but ask.

The emperor is not a fool, and the empire is not paralyzed to the point of being deaf and blind. How could he be easily fooled by you?

You know, the emperor can do things without evidence.

"I know this very well, so I have to arrange everything in advance." Ah Yan explained immediately, "My plan is to have a senior member of the Farmer Family lead a group of Farmer Family disciples to 'rebel' from the Farmer Family and join the team of Master Chen Sheng, so as to clear the Farmer Family of any involvement."

"The 'high-ranking farmer' that the hero mentioned is me, right?" Zhu Jia stroked the beard on his mask and said with a smile.

Ah Yan did not hide it and nodded and replied, "That's right."

Then she ignored Liu Ji, who was almost furious after being calmed down by the Zhu family, and continued, "After the battle at Daze Mountain, only you, Zhu, and Siyue Hall are left among the six halls of the Nong family. Now, the only important figures within the Nong family who are influential enough are you two hall masters."

"The Siyue Hall Master Situ Wanli is an out-and-out gambler. He cannot be trusted. Really important matters should never be entrusted to him, so I can only leave this matter to you, Hall Master Zhu."

"From a practical point of view, it is only Master Zhu that is more authentic and convincing."

Anyone who knew something about the internal situation of the Nong family knew that Situ Wanli might betray the Nong family, but he would never betray the Nong family in order to help Chen Sheng in the rebellion.

Let him go, it's too fake.

The Zhu family is just the opposite. Their reputation in the martial arts world has always been based on loyalty. They have a close relationship with Chen Sheng, and are "persecuted" by the current chivalrous leader "Tian Yan". It is reasonable for them to rebel against the Nong family and join Chen Sheng.

"What Xiakui means is... to let me take Shennongtang away from the Nong family, and then join Brother Chen Sheng's team?" Zhu Jia confirmed again.

Ah Yan shook his head this time. "You don't need to take the entire Shennong Hall away from the Nong family. Just take some people with you. I will give you some more people. At least you can get more than 5,000 people."

"If you don't mind, the remaining brothers in Shennong Hall can be led by Brother Liu Ji, and I will give him the position of hall master."

The position of the head of Shennong Hall was passed to Liu Ji, which was A Yan's guarantee to the Zhu family, ensuring that she was not taking the opportunity to get involved in Shennong Hall, the only one of the six halls of the Nong family that had not yet fallen into her control.

However, after all this trouble, Shennong Hall will definitely be seriously damaged. Without the Zhu family, it is hard to say whether it can continue to withstand the erosion of her, the chivalrous leader.

But the Zhu family is not completely without merit.

If Chen Sheng's rebel group really made some progress, he would naturally benefit from it. If they really became successful, he would probably live a more comfortable life than as a farmer.

Of course, high risk and high returns have always been interdependent. It depends on whether the Zhu family is willing to take a chance.

Zhu Jia did not rush to answer, Liu Jixian was unwilling:
"Miss, aren't you making too much of a calculation?"

In a rage, Liu Ji didn't even want to call him the leader of the heroes.

Ah Yan didn't care and replied calmly, "This is just a suggestion, not a decision."

"I met with Master Zhu just to discuss things, not to have the final say."

"If you don't accept the second option, then we can try the first option. Even if you don't agree with the first option, you can just abandon the plan."

"We can talk about it and negotiate it."

"Besides, it will take quite some time for this matter to be fully settled. We should have at least a few months to discuss it slowly."

The Zhu family looked at A Yan and was not impressed by the lenient conditions offered by the other party.

It is true that everything can be negotiated, but the other party will not suffer any loss no matter how the negotiation goes. Anyway, they are the ones who are the first to speak out. The only difference is whether Chen Sheng is the only one who suffers, or he will be dragged down with him.

But the Zhu family was willing to talk.

Because farmers do need to plan ahead.

The more chaotic the situation in the empire, the tougher the emperor's attitude will be, and the greater the military's say will be.

And neither of them will let go of the farmers who have dealt a heavy blow to the Battle-hardened Armored Soldiers, whether it is to stabilize the situation in the empire or to regain their position.

If Chen Sheng, who has in fact separated from the Nong family, could be the first to come forward and attract the empire's firepower, the Nong family could avoid the empire's wrath in a short period of time.

Therefore, it was impossible for him to agree to the first option.

This plan is basically to let the farmers be the vanguard to face the empire's first and most fierce counterattack.

Of course, after openly raising the banner of rebellion, the farmers can gather a greater momentum than the 100,000 disciples, and they will not be unable to withstand even the full-scale offensive of the empire.

As long as they can hold on through the initial fierce attack and gain a foothold under the empire's offensive, the Nong Family will become even more powerful and glorious, surpassing all other schools of thought and becoming the true number one among the hundred schools of thought...although it is hard to say how long this number one position can last.

Although this is a plan with both advantages and disadvantages, the Zhu family does not want to take this risk because it is too risky.

Although high risk means high return, the risk is too great. Not only is the probability of a crash too high, but after the crash, the farmers will have to bear a devastating disaster, with no room for recovery.

He is not a gambler. He doesn't mind rolling the dice occasionally, but he will not do such a thing as putting all 100,000 disciples of the Farmer Family on the gambling table and deciding the outcome with one hand, unless he is crazy.

This is also the reason why A Yan directly ignored Situ Wanli, the leader of Siyue Hall, in this matter.

That guy is a complete gambler. Once he gets excited, he will do anything and sell anything.

(End of this chapter)