Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 80 Why Rebellion
There are only two streets in Fobaochang that are one hundred meters long, and the warehouse occupies half of them, which is just behind the threshing ground. There is only one shop on the street, such as the blacksmith shop, grocery store, restaurant, etc., and they are all opened by people sent by the Bian family.

Because this place is too isolated and most of the people are poor and have no purchasing power at all, if it weren't for the convenience of everyone's daily needs, these shops would probably not exist.

There were even fewer people on the street at this time. Yunhua looked at the empty streets, but he was in high spirits. It didn't matter if he was poor, as long as there was a place for him, it was a good place.

After passing through the warehouse area and arriving at the cross street, Zhongyi Hall is right across the street. There is a large, bright sign with the three characters "Zhongyi Hall" inlaid in brass.

The door of Zhongyi Hall was open at this time. The first person one saw when arriving at the door was Chen Gu sitting in the first seat.

Yunhua didn't dare to rush in directly. Instead, he stood at the door, tugged at his clothes, and then knocked on the door frame.

"Hua Zi is here, come in!" Chen Gu naturally saw Yun Hua, waved him in with a smile, and asked someone to prepare a chair for him and put it in the last position.

Although it was the last seat, Yunhua was still very excited. Whether he could enter the room or not, and whether he could stand or sit after entering the room, the differences between the three were huge.

The fact that Yunhua was able to get a chair meant that he had entered the leadership level, which made the other leaders frown, but after looking at Chen Kui, they all chose to agree.

Chen Gu was able to lead everyone to kill Addis and successfully obtain more than 200,000 taels of silver at a very small cost. This made everyone convinced of him. As long as it was not too excessive, no one wanted to conflict with Chen Gu for this.

In fact, no one should care whether the anti-Qing movement can succeed. After all, there is only one dragon throne, and only a few people can sit on it. But it is not so easy to drive the Qing Dynasty out of power. People will die, many, many people will die. Maybe some of you sitting here will be among them, or maybe many of you.

So, why do you think we should rebel against the Qing Dynasty? Wouldn't it be better to get some money and live a good life?"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this. There was no such thing as so much righteousness. Everyone was just trying to make a living. The reason they shouted the slogan of anti-Qing and restoration of Ming was just to make it sound better.

Now everyone was silent, because this was exactly what everyone thought, but since Chen Gui said so, there must be different opinions.

In fact, everyone is using the banner of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming". The Pao brothers in Shu are using it, and the White Lotus Sect is also using it. People in the underworld are doing business without capital. Whether they want to restore the Ming or not is not the question, but they are definitely against the Qing."

Seeing Yunhua sitting down, Chen Jue couldn't help but smile, looked at everyone, and said: "Our village belongs to a branch of the Gelaohui, and the Gelaohui is a successor to the Tiandihui, so it should have the responsibility to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

"But this anti-Qing movement can be divided into big and small ones. Setting up a stronghold and occasionally robbing is also anti-Qing movement, and occupying a prefecture or county and killing corrupt officials is also anti-Qing movement. Of course, if we can drive the Qing Dynasty out of power and sit on the throne ourselves, then our anti-Qing movement will be successful.

Chen Gu looked at everyone's reactions and sneered, "But don't forget how you got into the village?
It was because they could not survive and had to travel far away to find food that they entered the mountains by chance. You are still lucky to have met the old man and have the opportunity to enter the mountain village and survive.

But there are more people like you who can only die in a foreign land.

Do you really think that after you make some money and come back, you can live a stable and good life?
Let's not talk about the distant past, let's just talk about Zhang Zongguan, he made a lot of money back then, but what happened after he went back? And the new Wu family, they were not short of money at first, but in the end they couldn't even afford to eat, and they came to our village, didn't they?

Ask yourself, how do you compare to the Wu family and Manager Zhang?
I know many brothers are unhappy that the silver was not distributed after the killing of Addis. But have you ever thought about what would happen even if the silver was distributed to you?

How many days of good life can you enjoy when you return to your hometown?

How long can you withstand the prying eyes of your relatives and friends, and the oppression from the gentry and officials?
Now that everyone has come to the village, they should understand one thing: this world is unfair. If ordinary people want to live a good life, they must fight, and they must fight to the end.

Only by driving the Qing Dynasty out of power can we live openly in the open. Otherwise, we will have to hide from place to place for the rest of our lives.

We have no way out, unless we are willing to go back to the days of eating coarse food, willing to watch our descendants live the same life as you did, and willing for our descendants to continue to be exploited by officials and local gentry from generation to generation.

Otherwise we have no choice but to continue fighting.

I don’t know if this path will succeed, but I think even if it doesn’t, we will still be very successful on this path, and if it succeeds, we will be even more brilliant and create a bright future for future generations.”

"I'm willing to go through fire and water for you!" Yun Hua suddenly stood up and raised his arms and shouted.

The others looked at each other and shouted, "We are willing to follow the lead of Shao Shantou!"

"Very good!" Chen Gu nodded with satisfaction, and looked up to Yun Hua in his heart. Having such a fanatical follower could play an unexpected role in some cases.

"Very good, but what I want to say is that if you want to fight against the Qing Dynasty, you also need ability. In addition to military force, you also need strategy, which is culture. In layman's terms, you have to read, be able to write and do math.

Letting everyone read is not just to oppose the Qing Dynasty, but more to make everyone live a good life in the future. I don’t know if you have noticed that for thousands of years, those who have lived a good life must be scholars.

No matter how powerful a military commander is, at most it can only last for one or two generations, but a scholar can pass down his legacy for more than ten or even dozens of generations. You didn’t have the conditions to study before, but now the opportunity has come. I will find someone to teach you how to read and write!"

Everyone looked at each other in surprise. The head of the fifth row frowned and said, "It's good that the young master has given everyone the opportunity to read. Young people in their teens should also learn to read and recognize a few words. But for us old men in our twenties and thirties, isn't it a little too late to read?"

People of this era get married early, mature early and age early. At the age of 30, they can call themselves an old man. A woman at the age of 30 is a middle-aged woman, and a man at the age of 30 can indeed be called an old man.

"It's not too late. As the saying goes, one never stops learning. In the future, our territory will become larger and larger, and it will become more and more troublesome to manage. We have to learn more skills!" Chen Gu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)