The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 42: The rebellion of the common people, the rebellion of the gentry, and the rebellion of the bureaucrats (Please read it again, and please vote for it)

"Your Highness the Angel, do we still need to chant sutras for this rebellion?"

The person who asked this question was Wang Huoxiu, who was very talented in shamanism and rebellion. Although he was very talented, he had never received formal "rebellion education" and had not yet realized how good the rebellion situation was in the Qing Dynasty.

"Huo Xiu," Luo Yaoguo smiled and picked up one of the three volumes of "Anti-Scripture" and handed it over, "Take a look at it. You can recognize the words on the cover."

“Yes.” Wang Huoxiu agreed, then walked a few steps on his knees, came to Luo Yaoguo, took the "Anti-Scripture" with both hands, and then took a look at it. There were six big words written in blue lines on the cover - Anti-Scripture, Volume One, The Anti-Common People.

"Your Highness, what is written here is the anti-Scripture, Volume 1: The Anti-People."

Wang Huoxiu still knew some characters, but he couldn't recognize the character "庶" in "庶民".

"Common people, the rebellion of common people!" Luo Yaoguo said, "Common people are ordinary people like you. This volume of "Rebellion Sutra" is about why the common people in the world today want to revolt, for whom they are revolting, what kind of world they want to revolt against, and who can lead them to revolt?"

As Luo Yaoguo spoke, he glanced at the eight disciples in front of him, "You are all common people, and the ones who will be mobilized in the future are also common people, so you should first learn "The Rebellion of the Common People"! Huo Xiu, turn to the first page and see if you can recognize the words on it?"

"Yes." Wang Huoxiu opened the Anti-Scripture in his hand and began to read, "The rent is heavy, the interest is high, and it is difficult for poor people to survive recently. Open the gate early to worship peace, and everyone will be happy. Kill the Qing demons, kill the evil gentry, open the city gate to welcome peace, and when peace comes, divide the land! Divide the land, divide the wealth, and make sure everyone is well fed and warm. No rent, no debt, and there will be equality everywhere in the world."

It turns out that the first page of this volume of "Anti-Scripture" for the common people is "Welcome Taiping", a "rebellion song" written by Luo Yaoguo based on "Welcome King Chuang".

Since this poem "Welcome to Peace" is placed at the beginning of the common people volume of "Anti-Classics", it is naturally used to mobilize the common people.

The greatest suffering of the common people in the late Qing Dynasty was, of course, that they did not have their own land or did not have enough land!
From the end of Daoguang to the beginning of Xianfeng, China's population was estimated to be around 400 million, which was about the same as the beginning of the Republic of China. However, the contradiction between people and land was more acute than that of the beginning of the Republic of China! Because in the beginning of the Republic of China, there was at least a "Crossing Guandong", but there was no "Crossing Guandong" in the end of Daoguang and the beginning of Xianfeng. The wicker wall was still there! In history, the wicker wall was not abolished until the tenth year of Xianfeng.

That is to say, the vast majority of the 1852 million Chinese people can only live on the farmland in the provinces of Han, with an average of only two mu per person. This is . There are no fertilizers, no pesticides, no improved varieties, and no industrial support for agriculture, so the per mu yield of farmland is extremely low. It would be fine if the per capita two mu of land was irrigated, but paddy fields are only a minority, and most of them are dry land or even sloping land and terraces, so the per mu yield is quite low.

Even if the land per capita is more than two mu, even if it can be evenly distributed, it can only sustain a small number of farmers who are not full or starving, and most of them will still feel that the land is not enough. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty never suppressed annexation. This country has been established for more than 200 years, so of course the land will be concentrated in the hands of a few people.

As a result, the vast majority of working people are even more eager for land!

Without those two acres of thin land, they would have to struggle to make ends meet day and night!
What does it mean to struggle on the poverty line?
If we encounter any natural disaster or man-made calamity, we will starve to death or freeze to death!

This is the reason why the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement flourished! Unfortunately, although the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom realized this, they could not come up with a solution. No, not a solution, but a way to mobilize the working people.

Because solving the problem is not that easy, but detonating this bomb that is enough to blow up the Qing Dynasty is not difficult.

Unfortunately, the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom whimsically proposed a "everything belongs to the Lord" version of the "Land System of the Heavenly Kingdom", which did not satisfy the working people's desire for land at all. After all, they were not professionally trained rebels!

The focus of Luo Yaoguo's "Anti-Classics" volume on the common people is to solve the land problem. The first thing he wants to do is to tell millions of working people that only by rebelling can they get land and avoid the usury that will sooner or later kill them!

Then they would really be given land and property and their usury would be exempted. Even if it could not fundamentally change the sharp contradiction between people and land, and could not achieve "equality everywhere" and "food and clothing everywhere", it could still win hundreds of millions of true supporters for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Luo Yaoguo looked at Wang Huoxiu who had just finished reading the lyrics of "Welcome to Peace": "Huoxiu, you know a lot of words. Did you go to a private school?"

"Your Highness, I attended a private school for two years." Wang Huoxiu answered truthfully, "It's a pity that my family has no more money."

"Don't feel sorry!" Luo Yaoguo waved his hand and said, "What's the use of studying for a few more years? What's the use of passing the imperial examination?"

As he spoke, he picked up two more copies of the Anti-Scripture and handed them to Wang Huoxiu: "Read the titles of the books."

"Yes." Wang Huoxiu took the two books of the Anti-Scripture and read the names on the covers: "Anti-Scripture, Volume 2, The Rebellion of Gentry; Anti-Scripture, Volume 3, The Rebellion of Han Officials. Your Highness, do masters also want to rebel?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled and nodded, "Of course! The common people rebelled because of land annexation, too many people and too little land, and they could not get enough food and clothing. The literati wanted to share the world but could not because the Manchu nobles monopolized the official career and launched a literary inquisition. Now it is the end of the world, and they cannot keep the common people and protect their families, and they cannot save the country and the king, so they have to rebel. And they must rebel! Even if they organize militia with the intention of being dogs for the Qing Dynasty for a while, they will eventually rebel after they become powerful!
And those corrupt Han officials who were lucky enough to pass the imperial examinations and then spent all their fortunes to buy positions will sooner or later rebel!
As for why they want to rebel, why they must rebel, it is the content of Volume 2 and Volume 3 of the "Anti-Scripture", you don't need to learn it now. For now, you just need to learn the basics of the "Anti-Scripture" Volume 1, "The Common People's Rebellion"! "

"Yes, I understand."

Wang Huoxiu immediately returned Volumes 2 and 3 of "Anti-Scripture" to Luo Yaoguo.

Luo Yaoguo laughed and said, "Why do you still call yourself the younger one? Huo Xiu, you should call me Master!"

Wang Huoxiu was overjoyed when he heard this, and he kowtowed to Luo Yaoguo and said, "Disciple Wang Huoxiu greets the master!"

"Okay!" Luo Yaoguo nodded and said, "My disciple, Master will change your name. You don't need to be called Huoxiu anymore. The word Huoxiu is a taboo in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. I see that although you are a pile of hard stones, you are a beautiful jade. So why not change your name to Yan, with two fires next to the character Wang, which means that jade is born from fierce fire!"

"Thank you, Master, for giving me a name!" Wang Yan kowtowed to Luo Yaoguo again.

Luo Yaoguo then said to the remaining eleven people: "You can also be my disciples! From now on, Wang Yan will be your senior brother. What are your names? Tell me your names!"

"My name is Wang Xier, and I'm Senior Brother Wang's sister."

"My name is Zhang Bao."

"My name is Xiang Wu."

"My name is Ma Baocai."

"My name is Li Kezhong."

"My name is Chen Ji."

"My name is Zhu Ba."

Luo Yaoguo's disciples quickly finished their names one by one. Looking at these future pillars of the Heavenly Kingdom, Luo Yaoguo nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to the dishes on the Eight Immortals Table and said with a smile: "This is a treat from your master. Have a good meal! From tomorrow on, you will follow your master to learn how to rebel!"

"Thank you Master"

"Sanniang, take these two copies of the Anti-Scripture and ask Huang Shijie's wives and concubines to copy them."

Just when the "Twelve New Rebel Kings" began to eat and drink, Luo Yaoguo had already left the table and went to Su Sanniang with two copies of the "Anti-Scripture" that he had written.

"Let Huang Shijie's wives and concubines copy this?"

"Yes!" Luo Yaoguo said, "Let them copy five copies each, and then let them go."

"Really?"

Luo Yaoguo nodded: "Of course! Let them take three volumes of "Anti-Scripture" Volume 2 and three volumes of "Anti-Scripture" back to Huang Shijie. He, Yu Wanqing and Wang Kuiyi don't need the commoner volumes, but among the three volumes of "Anti-Scripture", there must be one volume that suits them!"

Su Sanniang was stunned: "Angel, do you think they will rebel too?"

Luo Yaoguo shook his head: "I don't know whether they will rebel or not, but among the scholars and Han officials in the world, there will definitely be many people who will rebel! These two volumes of "Anti-Scripture" are used to guide them in rebellion. The Qing Dynasty is doomed!"

(End of this chapter)