A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 111 Baishi Rebels
When scholars all over the world learned that the First Emperor wanted to burn the books at home, knowledgeable people would quickly bury the books at home. However, most of them were reported and punished instead. Originally, this was only a move against scholars, and had nothing to do with the common people in Guizhou. They would even watch the excitement, and maybe even applaud at the burning site.
After all, this is a rare and grand scene, and the Confucian scholar lying on the ground crying next to him was from a wealthy family in the past, but these common people would never see him once in his life. But no one in Guizhou applauded.

Because the corvee sent by the imperial court has come again, they are worrying about which member of the family should be sent? After all, except for those who have only one strong man in the family, they must have a strong man.

They heard that they were going to the north to build the Great Wall to resist the Rong and Di. They didn’t know what Rong and Di were like, but they heard from officials that those Rong and Di could only be resisted by His Majesty’s army. Otherwise, they would have already attacked the house and killed the man. , women are slaves.

Of course, the wealthy people in the city and the countryside have different opinions. They say that although building the Great Wall is useful, it will be a huge disaster for the lower class people like them. Regardless of the hardship and wear and tear of labor, even on this journey, people will die. There are many people, and I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is very urgent and will be whipped even if they take a little rest.

As a result, people who had some resentment against serving in labor were constantly incited by scholars who had burned books. Suddenly there was a lot of commotion in the world, and cases of attacks on government officials and assassinations of officials continued to occur.

Upon seeing this, the First Emperor ordered that anyone who knew about the attack on the government but did not report it would be punished as a party member. For a time, the number of cases dropped sharply because many wives reported on their husbands and sons reported on their fathers, which led to trust between people. Total loss. But except Taihang Mountain.

The number of attacks on government officials in the Taihang Mountains increased instead of falling. The county governor who had jurisdiction over a part of the Taihang Mountains immediately ordered the blockade of the Taihang Mountain passes and sent county soldiers to garrison the county government in the Taihang Mountains.

Because of the strict laws of the Qin Dynasty and the continuous recruitment of corvees, the common people in the counties and counties around the Taihang Mountains continued to flee into the mountains. Although you can't take the main road, you can still take the mountain roads opened by ancient people in the forest.

As a result, the number of mountain residents in the Taihang Mountains continued to increase, and the taxes collected by the county magistrates continued to decrease, and the difference had to be paid to the remaining people.

When Bai Qing learned that many mountain people were pouring into the Taihang Mountains, in order to prevent the mountains from becoming a gathering place for bandits, he prepared to strike first, so he sent Su Xun and Yuan Lun to seize the largest village in the mountains. The top of the mountain, Baishi Peak, became the biggest bandit and set rules for the bandits.

Soon, Su Xun and Yuan Lun led a hundred white guards to the most suitable peak in the Taihang Mountains, and easily wiped out a group of real bandits who had just taken root and had great ambitions. After interrogation, they found out that After knowing that they had no chance to make a big mistake, he took them in.

Then they immediately raised the banner of the Baishi Rebels, erected a large flag for justice outside the lobby, and then invited all the bandits, big and small, to come to meet and establish who was the king in the Taihang Mountains. If they don't come, the Baishi Rebels will be They will send troops to exterminate them.

Originally, the bandits in the mountain were all just starting out, but after hearing the news, they immediately led their followers to Baishi Peak to see who could be so loud.

As a result, as soon as I arrived at the gate of the village where the Baishi Rebel Army had just been established, I saw several big, muscular men standing at the gate to greet them. They were completely different from those who ran into the mountains to become bandits because they had no enough food to eat. All of a sudden, their arrogance was gone. .

When I walked into the hall, I saw that the weapons in the hands of these big men were actually metal weapons, instead of the prehistoric stone weapons and farm tools and kitchen utensils in their hands. Suddenly, they were like quails, not daring to take a breath, and they were thinking, Can you still walk out of this door alive today?

In the Juyi Hall, Yuan Lun was sitting on a high seat with a carefree attitude, his legs were like dustpans, and he was wearing clothes made of animal skins. He looked like a mountain king. Looking at Su Xun, he was dressed as a Confucian and had a kind face. , everyone is smiling, looking like a dog-legged military counselor.

Su Xun looked at the sky, coughed slightly and said loudly: "You are all heroes from the mountains. You are all heroes who are dissatisfied with the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty and resisted the Qin Dynasty. Thank you very much for coming to our village today!"

The kings of the various cottages below quickly said: "Don't dare!" "You're right!" "Ouch! Aren't you slapping me in the face? No!"

Su Xun pressed it with his hand, and the audience immediately became quiet when he saw this. Su Xun continued: "Please allow me to introduce to you, this is the head of our village named Yuan Lun. You can just call him the head of Yuan." ”

There was a chorus of voices from the audience: "The original boss!"

Yuan Lun nodded without showing a smile. When the bandits in the audience saw this, they thought to themselves, this Yuan leader is not easy to get along with!
Su Xun continued: "As for me, Tian is the second master of the village. I mainly assist the master in managing the village and making suggestions. Therefore, I proposed to the master the establishment of a Taihang Mountain Rebel Alliance."

Su Xun looked at the bandit leaders who were whispering below, and continued: "You have also seen our strength, and you are also aware of your own strength. According to the law of the court, people like us must be exterminated. Now they have not taken action. , because it is not peaceful outside the mountain, and they are standing in front of us.

But if Shanwai is appeased, it will be our turn. According to the temper of the current emperor who cannot tolerate Sha Shuo, he will definitely order the surrounding counties to strangle us with all their strength. Can you guys stop them? "

The bandit leaders all shook their heads, and Su Xun smiled and said, "We can!"

The bandit leaders all looked at Su Xun with suspicion and thought to themselves: "Even if you are well fed, all of you have shiny faces, and you have metal weapons, you may not be able to withstand the Qin army's attack!"

Su Xun clapped his hands at this time, and saw a few big men coming out with a few armors and crossbows. The bandit leaders' eyes were straightened. Oh dear, those county soldiers don't have such good equipment!
Looking at Su Xun, Su Xun explained: "Fortunately, we found an arsenal left by the Bai Kingdom. There are many weapons and equipment in it, but I can't tell you how many specifically. This can prove our strength. Bar!"

The bandit leaders nodded one after another, and Su Xun added: "Since we have inherited the legacy of the Bai Kingdom, our master is ready to inherit the ambitions of the Bai Kingdom. You know what the Taihang Mountains were like before the Bai Kingdom was destroyed!"

One bandit leader said: "Of course, there was so much labor and taxes at that time, and there will still be a lot left over after a year. If there was really no food, I would not have fallen into the trap of banditry."

Several bandit leaders nodded along. Su Xun continued: "This is the ambition of the Bai Kingdom, to establish a destiny for the people. Now that the Bai Kingdom has been destroyed, the traces of the Bai family are unknown, but the Taihang Mountains cannot be chaotic!

Therefore, the headmaster and I decided to act on behalf of Heaven and govern Taihang on behalf of the Bai family. Otherwise, how could the mountain god allow his human residence to be occupied by a group of inhumane bandits? "

The courageous bandit leader asked: "Then what are you going to do?" Then Yuan Lun said: "What should we do? Follow the rules!"

One of the bandits said, "What are the rules?"

Su Xun said with a smile: "The rules of the rebel army are that as long as everyone joins the rebel alliance, they can enjoy the protection of the rebel army and will not be bullied by other rebels or even Qin soldiers."

"What are the rules of the Rebel Alliance?"

"No matter what outsiders call us, we cannot think of ourselves as bandits or bandits. We are rebels against tyranny. Since we are rebels, shouldn't we be loyal and abide by the rules?
First of all, ordinary innocent people should not be robbed. After all, they don’t have much money, right?

Second, don’t kill people for no reason, only rob wealth, not lives.

Third, you must not betray your brothers and friends, or violate the oath sworn by the Taihang Mountain God. Such a person should be severely punished. These are three basic rules. Can you accept them? "

All the bandits have just become bandits and have not developed banditry yet. They all say that they can accept it, especially the third article. They simply protect their status and firmly support the third article.

Then Su Xun said: "In that case, these three principles are the basic principles for everyone in the Taihang Mountains. If you violate any of these three principles, you can attack them together. Then there is the Rebel Alliance. Only those who join the Rebel Alliance can get our protection. However, Once you join, you cannot withdraw. If you violate the rules of the Rebel Alliance, the alliance will punish you.

Of course you can volunteer, but if we find that a copycat that has not joined the Rebel Alliance has violated the three rules of justice, we will definitely send troops to destroy it. You decide for yourself! "

Su Xun then returned to stand next to Yuan Lun, leaving a group of bandit leaders in the audience to engage in a heated discussion. They were quickly divided into two sides. One side was very small, with about a third of them choosing to join the Rebel Alliance. The rest did not want to Those who join are those who still want to wait and see.

Yuan Lun didn't force it. When the Baishi rebels arrived, they all knew the consequences.

So Yuan Lun drove away those who did not join, leaving only those who joined the village. Su Xun first told them the rules of the Baishi Rebel Army. After listening to them, they suddenly felt a little harsh, but when they heard Su Xun said that they could send people When he taught them about their methods of farming in the mountains and about free assistance when food was scarce, they all agreed.

Soon, the bandits in the Taihang Mountains began to spread the word that there was a group of powerful bandits, calling themselves the Baishi Rebels. They had good weapons and armored stomachs. They also formulated righteous rules. Some believed in them, some went to defect to them, and some scorned them. .

A few days later, a group of several hundred bandits robbed a mountain village and slaughtered and burned the village. They were directly wiped out by the Baishi rebels. None of the people with the blood of innocent people on their hands survived, and a few escaped. , was caught by a copycat who had joined the alliance, and was also used as a warning to others.

These bandits knew that things had changed in the Taihang Mountains, so they began to be cautious and did not dare to act recklessly. Many desperate people went to Baishi Village, and for a time Baishi Village became the largest village in the Taihang Mountains.

Thirty-five years of Qin Shihuang

After a year of fighting, basically the entire Taihang Mountain cottage was brought into the Rebel Alliance by Baishi Village. Due to the limited capacity of the cottage, Baishi Village had to divert those who defected to other cottages later. Baishi Village has always maintained a population of 10,000 and a thousand soldiers.

Su Xun divided Taihang Mountain into thirty-six large villages and seventy-two small villages except Baishi Village. The others were not included in the distribution map of rebel mountain villages. Because the bandits did not dare to act recklessly due to the deterrence of Baishi Village, the life of the mountain people in Taihang Mountains was much easier.

You are not afraid of encountering a bandit when you go into the mountains. They will kill you when they come up, regardless of whether you have money or not. When they heard that the bandits had sworn the oath of the mountain gods and would not kill without reason, the mountain people thought it was the Taihang Mountain God. , so the belief in Taihang Mountain God became more and more stable around Taihang Mountain.

The surrounding mountain people secretly built a temple to worship the mountain gods, and more people came and went. This was also one of the back-ups left by the Bai family.
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When King Wen of Baiwei was Ping Ping, his descendants of Yu's ancestors, the Zhongjiadao fell into the wilderness. King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty removed it. When King Cheng of the Zhou Dynasty became king, he granted the title of ancestor to the Baidi because of his merits. In the twenty-fifth generation, when King Ping of Zhou Dynasty came, he established a state and established a state. When King Xian of Zhou Dynasty came, he established Ping Dynasty and became King Baiwei Wen.

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There is a sacred mountain in the north, named Taihang. It is thousands of miles long, with birds and beasts leaping about, and vegetation flourishing. There is a mountain god living in it. The god of Taihang Mountain, Bai Shizhenye, accompanied King Wu Zhougong, and Taigong Kangshu, and cut off Dongyi and Huaxia. The territory expanded thousands of miles, and during the reign of King Xian of Zhou Dynasty, he was canonized as the God of Taihang Mountain.

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——"Historical Records·Bai Weiwen and Wangping Family"

The benevolent and kind-hearted Taihang Mountain God! You live in the insignificant Taihang Mountains, which is the place where you became a god and the country of your descendants. Your fraternity and broad mind make you not only pay attention to your descendants. You have seen the chaos in the world and the suffering people. , you couldn't bear it anymore, and you appointed your descendants to come and rescue us on your behalf.

You said that people cannot only rely on the help of others, but happiness must depend on themselves, so you gave us courage and wisdom. You said that no one is born to be a noble species, and no one is born to be enslaved. Holy, benevolent, intelligent, brave and persevering Taihang Mountain Temple, please bless your believers.

——"Song of God"

The emperor and the sky are above, the thick soil is below, and the mountain gods are observing it. I, XXX, swear here, XXX, if I swear to this, the gods, ghosts and men will attack me.

——The Oath of the Taihang Mountain God

(End of this chapter)