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Chapter 276 I'm going to overturn the sky (10) [Two in one]

While the new county magistrate was writing a letter of apology and putting the blame on the local wealthy families, Emperor Huai'an had no time to pay attention to him. He was panicking about Liu Taiyu.

Five years ago, the King of Yue in Annan County repeatedly reported that the taxes in Annan County were too heavy and the people were suffering. He hoped that the court would consider the actual situation and give relief. It should not impose heavy taxes just because there were many chieftains rebelling in Annan County before, which would make the people of Annan County suffer.

If this continues, the chieftains’ rebellion will become even more impossible to stop.

Only by treating the people with kindness and benevolence can we comfort the people.

Then the King of Yue was arrested by Emperor Huai'an, who ordered his men to do so in order to gain fame, undermine the interests of the imperial court, and bribe the chieftains and people of Annan County.

He will be taken to the capital to be punished.

If nothing unexpected happens, the very least he will be imprisoned for life, and if he is unlucky, he may even be beheaded.

Fortunately, the King of Yue's subordinates got the news in time. At the same time, the King of Yue had a good reputation in Annan County. Many people knew that the King of Yue had this disaster because he spoke for them. So under the manipulation and instigation of the King of Yue's subordinates, the local people rushed forward and killed all the imperial envoys who came to convey the order and detained the King of Yue to be brought to Beijing for trial. Naturally, the King of Yue's family was saved.

Surrounded by his subordinates and the people.

The King of Yue decisively launched a rebellion.

Things have come to this point. If he doesn't rebel, he can only commit suicide. Maybe he can keep his body intact.

Who wants to die when you can live?

Because the rebel's surname was Liu, he not only had many people supporting him, but the imperial court also took him seriously. After the incident, Emperor Huai'an was immediately furious and dispatched an army of 500,000 to encircle and suppress him. The King of Yue raised the slogan of "destroying the unjust, equalizing taxes, and bringing prosperity to the world", and officially began his own rebellion.

The target of the attack was the unjust and incompetent ruler.

The taxes levied on each county are evenly distributed.

The thirty-six counties of the Han Empire had different taxation systems. Generally speaking, at the beginning, it was quite fair. Places with more people and wealthier places paid more taxes, while places with fewer people and poorer areas paid less taxes. Upper fields and paddy fields paid more taxes, while lower fields and dry land paid less taxes. Although those counties and states that paid more taxes were dissatisfied, their incomes were also high.

Paying a little more tax won't hurt you too much.

So it's barely bearable.

But as time went by, many policies that started out well gradually changed. The annexation of land by wealthy families, the increase in population, and so on, all gradually put increasing pressure on the people. This was not only the case with heavy-tax counties, but also with light-tax counties.

In addition, if some people in certain counties and states accidentally offended the emperor, they would be angered and heavily taxed.

Taxation among states is becoming increasingly unbalanced.

The people’s resentment is growing!
Therefore, this slogan of the King of Yue at least met the thoughts of the people of Annan County. In addition, many other places that were subject to heavy taxes also secretly supported it.

It was just because he didn't show very obvious signs of destiny, so at most they gave some help secretly, and not many aristocratic families took sides openly. The aristocratic families nowadays have learned their lesson, and unless they feel that the signs of someone's destiny are obvious, they generally will never take sides easily.

Anyway, they have the destiny and don't expect to ascend the throne themselves, so why bother fighting for their lives? The most important thing is to preserve themselves.

At the beginning, because it took time for the imperial court to mobilize troops and the King of Yue had a relatively gentle attitude towards the aristocratic families, the King of Yue quickly took control of Annan County.

And also in several nearby counties.

They all occupied a lot of territory.

It was not until the imperial court's 500,000-strong army officially attacked that he slowly began to engage in a tough battle and reached a stalemate.

Annan County has always been a place of miasma in the south. Even though it has been developed in recent years, many outsiders still find it difficult to adapt. It is precisely because of the favorable time, location and people that the King of Yue has been able to barely maintain a stalemate with the imperial court. However, the longer time drags on, the more disadvantageous it is for the King of Yue, because the King of Yue's territory is still too small compared to the imperial court.

The logistics and food supplies are seriously lagging behind.

By last year, the King of Yue's army was so short of food and fodder that they were almost on the verge of cannibalism. In order to solve this problem, some of the principles they had originally adhered to had to be broken, such as robbing tombs to obtain funds, and starting to raid the properties of some illegal wealthy families.

And these operations are for the King of Yue.

In fact, it is more like quenching thirst with a poison.

Although the grave robbing and property confiscation of wealthy and powerful families allowed them to temporarily obtain some funds and food supplies to continue to support themselves, they also lost a lot of popular support and the support of the wealthy and powerful families.

Originally, the wealthy and powerful families were willing to provide some help.

Or at least willing to sit on the sidelines and watch.

Even if they were to join in the fight now and help the imperial court attack the King of Yue, if the King of Yue had the Mandate of Heaven, they might still be a little timid. But now it has been clearly proven that the King of Yue did not have the Mandate of Heaven, so if anyone dared to take action against them, he would not have a good death. Troubled times are coming, and they must kill one to warn the rest.

To avoid the emergence of certain separatist forces in future troubled times.

Don't dare to attack them again.

After that, the King of Yue naturally began to retreat step by step, and almost all the territory they had conquered was lost. In the end, even Annan County began to fall on a large scale. Uh... to be precise, it can't be considered a fall, but the imperial army was recovering the lost territory.

The time advances to one month ago.

The King of Yue, who had raised an army of 300,000 when he started the rebellion, has been reduced to less than 10,000 troops. He has retreated to the last few counties and it seems that his entire army will be wiped out in the near future.

But at this moment, an accident happened.

At the final battle, the King of Yue was shot to death by a halberd as soon as he appeared on the stage.

The remaining defeated troops collapsed in an instant.

Then the fourth son of King Yue, Liu Taiyu, was ordered to stabilize the morale of the army and try to break out. Then the originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds. Before a drop of rain fell, countless thunders collided, giving people the illusion that the sky was collapsing and the earth was turning upside down.

Before both sides could withdraw their troops or make other reactions, there was a tremendous thunder and lightning pouring down, and all of it poured onto the imperial army. The vast sea of ​​thunder swept through the 500,000-strong army. After a few seconds, only a charred area was left on the spot, and no trace of the 500,000 soldiers sent by the imperial court was left.

What happened next obviously needs no further explanation.

The relevant news quickly spread around the world.

The areas that had just been pacified by the imperial court rebelled again, and the soldiers who had previously fled hurried back. Even the powerful families who had previously helped the imperial court to suppress the King of Yue quickly knelt down, and came to the court to give money and people, begging for forgiveness.

Among the original nine sons of the King of Yue, Liu Taiyu was not very famous, and not many people even knew him.

Overnight he became the new ruler of the Han Dynasty.

Supporters are emerging in large numbers.

When the imperial court received the relevant news, it also received news that Annan County and the twelve nearby counties and states had all rebelled and respected Liu Taiyu as the new emperor. The other places that did not rebel probably had not received the news yet, or had not verified the authenticity of the news.

Once they are sure that the imperial court’s 500,000 troops have all been destroyed by the thunder from the sky, they will probably rebel.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Huai'an had no mood to care about Bai Sheng, who had only occupied a few dozen poor counties and had neither the surname Liu nor claimed to be emperor. He was now more worried about whether the civil and military officials in the court would rebel and ask him to abdicate.

Not long after that, Emperor Huai'an fell into despair.

Because when the news was first received, all the civil and military officials in the court could barely remain calm and discuss politely, but after a while, Emperor Huai'an found that they quickly gathered in groups of three or five to discuss and find out whether the news was true or not.

The entire capital city, including the imperial guards.

Everyone is discussing this matter.

The most terrifying thing is that they were not discussing how to deal with Liu Taiyu or whether to continue sending troops to conquer, but were discussing whether the matter was true or false, how to surrender if it was true, and how to get the credit for following the dragon.

Although Emperor Huai'an knew before that the appearance of the Man of Destiny would be terrifying, when he personally felt the sudden change in people's support, he still felt a chill all over his body and a sense of hopelessness and despair.

It was so terrible that the moment the news came out, he basically lost the support of the people, and even the hearts of all the civil and military officials in the court, the palace guards and the eunuchs.

What can he use to fight in this situation!

Are you going to fight alone?
Abdication is probably the most honorable outcome. If he is unwilling to abdicate, all the civil and military officials in the court can kill him suddenly. Moreover, even if Emperor Huai'an is unwilling to abdicate, it cannot change the fact that everyone believes that Liu Taiyu is the new man of destiny and should be the emperor.

The more Emperor Huai'an thought about it, the more desperate he became.

The more suffocating...

At this time, all the civil and military officials in the court as well as those top families, after confirming through their own channels that the thunder from the sky had destroyed the 500,000-strong imperial army was true, immediately began to discuss how to welcome Liu Taiyu to the capital.

That's right, they never considered helping Emperor Huai'an to deal with Liu Taiyu. They were not crazy, so how could they help an emperor who had already lost his mandate from heaven?

To deal with the new man of destiny.

Don’t they want to live anymore?

What they are struggling with now is that they have missed the opportunity to surrender to Liu Taiyu first. How should they behave next to show their attitude as much as possible and maintain their current power?

It can be said that Bai Sheng’s previous actions were a bit too conservative. No wonder some people have long suspected that she was not the real Lord of Destiny. Compared with the real Lord of Destiny, what she did was indeed a bit insignificant, as the latter could directly wipe out 500,000 people with one strike.

With such an operation, who dares to question it?

Who would question it?

Not to mention that his last name is Liu!!!
The destiny buff is fully stacked, so basically, wherever the relevant news reaches, that side will surrender.

Afterwards, Emperor Huai'an was directly imprisoned.

At the same time, the court began to make statements.

Tell Liu Taiyu not to waste time and come to the capital as soon as possible to accept the abdication, and then ascend the throne to become emperor. There is no need for him to fight and take over the rest of the places one by one. After he ascends the throne, he can just issue an edict and they will naturally be recovered.

In order to please him, increase some of my own merits.

All civil and military officials have done their best.

Then Liu Taiyu went to Beijing quickly, surrounded by many aristocratic families, and accepted the abdication. His father struggled for five years and was eventually stabbed to death by a halberd. He showed up and ascended the throne to become emperor in less than a month.

It turns out that reality really makes no sense at all.

People are more mad than people.

With Liu Taiyu's smooth ascension to the throne, all the noble families in the world basically acquiesced that the change of thrones had been completed, and they would be able to enjoy peace for at least another one or two hundred years.

Those noble families who had previously taken a fancy to Bai Sheng.

They all cursed and said it was bad luck.

I was secretly thankful that I didn't rush to take sides, otherwise I would have been in real trouble this time.

However, the speed of this revolution was too fast.

So in reality, apart from the change of emperor, there was basically no change. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the death of 500,000 troops, the casualties and turmoil caused by this revolution might not even be as great as the impact of two or three princes fighting for the throne.

Therefore, many of the pre-existing problems.

It still exists today.

Liu Taiyu, who had already ascended the throne, was hastily pushed onto the throne without even having the chance to have any confidants.

At this moment, even the civil and military officials in the court were changing.

None are very big.

No one directly opposed him, and at most everyone pretended to obey his orders but actually disobeyed them. This seemed to fail to trigger the Mandate of Heaven, and the new Son of Heaven continued to be controlled by the civil and military officials and the powerful families in the court, restricting him to the throne. He seemed to be supreme, but in fact he might not have as much freedom as when he rebelled.

Everything seems to have changed, but everything seems to have stayed the same.

But no matter what, for the next six months, the court did not make much trouble and did not care much about Bai Sheng. When Liu Taiyu discovered that there was still a traitor like Bai Sheng in the world and planned to lead the army in person, the civil and military officials in the court did not hesitate to deceive their superiors and subordinates, and directly stated that the traitor had been wiped out, but the good news was reported a little late.

If for no other reason, it was to prevent Liu Taiyu from taking control of the army.

Because according to statistics, in previous generations, the Sons of Destiny had activated the Destiny mostly during wars, when two armies were confronting each other. They did not lead troops but just stayed in the palace and acted as emperors. Even if they pretended to obey the emperor's orders or went against him, nothing would happen.

Therefore, it was their tacit understanding to confine the Son of Destiny to the throne and the palace as much as possible.

Another point is that they can sense that Liu Taiyu also has ambitions to take action against the aristocratic families. What if he really gathers hundreds of thousands of troops and leads the army in person, then turns around to destroy the Lu family and then turns around to attack their aristocratic families?
Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.

In order to ensure that everything goes smoothly, it would be best to prevent Liu Taiyu from having the opportunity to lead the troops in person.

So even though Bai Sheng was doing well, they directly stated that Bai Sheng had been destroyed, and wrote a letter to negotiate with the new county magistrate, asking him to keep it secret and to destroy the Lu family if possible. If it was impossible to destroy them, they could maintain peace temporarily, which they could barely accept.

In terms of taxes, they can help with disaster reporting.

A little less will do.

Anyway, the new emperor doesn’t know the previous data.

As long as the relevant information is kept secret and Liu Taiyu is prevented from finding an excuse to lead the army in person, everything will be easy.

The entire court, civil and military officials, were united.

Hide it from an emperor who doesn’t even have secret guards.

It's not an easy task.