Xiao Ping escaped by chance and mingled among the rebelling refugees, finding an opportunity to uncover the truth, only to discover that a powerful family was behind it all.
Xiao Ping knew he couldn't shake them, and since he had been discovered by them, he killed them and became the leader of the rebels.
He had intended to reveal the truth when the imperial court came to quell the rebellion, but instead, it was the accomplices of those behind the rebellion who arrived. He was forced to lead a group of people into the vast mountains of Liangzhou.
"So, they were forced into this situation. What about the other one?"
The other person, Wang Zhi, lived in Taoyuan County, Qingning Prefecture, Yizhou, and was a scholar. Although his earlier experiences differed from Xiao Ping's, they were strikingly similar later on.
They were all coerced into joining the group and were forced to become leaders. Then they encountered officials who, instead of appeasing them, wanted to strangle them.
They had no choice but to gather a team and hide in the mountains.
From then on, like Xiao Ping, they became two inescapable thorns in the side of the Dayan Dynasty.
These two nails acted like magnets, attracting more and more poor people who had lost their land and couldn't even feed themselves no matter how much land they rented.
These two groups have existed for more than a decade, growing from over three hundred people to nearly thirty thousand. They were among the first to resist when the Western Qiang and Northern Li attacked Dayan.
Both men painstakingly sent the news to the court through different channels, but unfortunately, the officials were too busy vying for power to care.
The new emperor even thought that these people were deliberately deceiving him with false information in order to gain a share of the political situation, so that the court would offer them amnesty and then they would sell them to the next highest bidder!
That's incredibly stupid!
"Emperor Mingxi's sons are all useless, one more useless than the next. Look at the second, third, fifth, and sixth sons; don't they almost fall asleep during court sessions listening to their elders nagging?"
The four princes who were named: No, we've been very well-behaved and obedient, okay? Ever since the Junior Tutor arrived, we've all acted like we're invisible.
Even the Second Prince Xie Zhimin, who used to be the most energetic and often argued with the Crown Prince, has become much more obedient. So how could the Junior Tutor still pay attention to them?
These four need to be properly dealt with by the emperor, otherwise they'll be easily swayed by those with ulterior motives and start to believe they have the makings of an emperor.
Next year's snow disaster will be followed by floods. The money for the dam construction was embezzled by that group, and the dam was built as a shoddy project. The water, which was not large to begin with, collapsed directly, drowning tens of thousands of people.
Natural disasters have turned into man-made disasters!
Emperor Mingxi investigated and found that the person behind it was his second son's faction, and there was even a hint of his third son's involvement.
He broke the legs of those two and locked them up.
If you ask me, what's the point of breaking his legs? This kind of useless piece of trash should just be chopped off.
"Is this second-in-command trying to embezzle money to seize power? From what you're saying, there's someone backing him?"
He wanted to be emperor, and his greed for money was to bribe officials and raise a private army, but what he didn't know was that he was making others take the blame for everything he did.
His maternal uncle, Marquis Yingping Fu Hong, seemed to support him, but in reality, he had another master. Nephews and such… ha!
The second prince, Xie Zhimin, who wanted to become emperor, was so frightened by the cold shout from the divine artifact that he broke out in a cold sweat. As for his uncle, Fu Hong... he turned his head and glanced at the person standing behind him.
Fu Hong was also looking up at him. The uncle and nephew looked at each other, their faces equally grim.
Fu Hong's heart was even colder than the Second Prince's. After all, the Second Prince was the Emperor's son. It was one thing for an outsider like Fu Hong to get involved in the struggle for the throne, but to support...
The thought of this made Fu Hong's vision go black. He wanted to argue, but then he looked at the extra people around him.
He dared not move!
If he doesn't act, his whole family might die; if he tries to atone for his crime by performing meritorious service, he might be able to take the blame all by himself.
If anything is done, the emperor will definitely let him know who his nine generations of relatives are!
Fu Hong's heart was bleeding. Why was he only allowed to hear the young master's thoughts today? If it had been a few days earlier, wouldn't he have been able to prepare sooner?
Thinking about his grandson who was only a few days old, he had only held the child once...
Fu Hong looked up at Emperor Mingxi, who showed no emotion, and silently knelt down!
Before he could even kneel down, Wei Shouyi, with a simple smile on his face, pulled him up. He casually whispered in Fu Hong's ear, just like colleagues slacking off at work and chatting amongst themselves, "Lord Marquis, don't move. Keep your expression normal."
"He doesn't even support his own nephew, but supports an outsider? And the outsider gives him more money?"
[What nephew can compare to a son? Not only is Fu Hong that person's man, but there are quite a few others in the court who have also pledged allegiance to him.]
My lords: Has the Divine Artifact started calling out names of the dead again? I guess I can't escape it after all!
For example, Qu Bing from the Ministry of Revenue was known as the Ministry's top accountant, the king of accounts. He could balance any account.
He just didn't meet those people who studied at Tilanqiao in modern times, otherwise, would he still dare to call himself the King of Accounts?
If modern accounting methods were used, his tricks would be rendered utterly useless in an instant.
"Qu Bing? Which one is Qu Bing?" Yue Fuguang began to peer into the crowd.
The moment he asked the question, those below who could hear him instantly straightened their faces, lowered their heads slightly, but tried their best to stand up straight, listening attentively to the great man in the hall speaking eloquently.
They're all seasoned veterans, and their reactions are even more professional than those who slack off at work and react when the boss arrives.
Master, look at that middle-aged man standing to Wu Yong's left, with a pale face, a somewhat simple appearance, and a black mole on his left eyebrow.
That's Qu Bing, the first abacus master in the Ministry of Revenue. The first abacus... I'll take out my calculator. How will you handle that?
"Haha, Little Bead, take out your calculator. If his hand speed is fast enough, he can handle it!"
[Hmph, isn't your second uncle about to return to the Ministry of Revenue? Why don't you give him the calculator and let him race this guy to see who's faster?]
"Don't get me into trouble! If I take that thing out, how am I supposed to explain it? Saying that things from overseas don't work, and that they wouldn't have this kind of technology overseas! The little bead is too advanced to show off!"
Too advanced to be shown? Is this calculator really that amazing? The people in the Ministry of Revenue are itching to see it; the more they're told not to, the more they want to see it. What to do?
Everyone looked at their superior, Dong Qianli.
Dong Qianli: See if I'm useful? Do you think I can conjure up a calculator or something?
Dong Qianli was actually quite panicked. Sure enough, the problem still lay with their Ministry of Revenue!
This person was still the subordinate he valued most and was most comfortable using.
Looking at the oblivious Qu Bing, Dong Qianli thought to himself, "He should have guessed it long ago!"
[How about the master teaches your second uncle the modern bookkeeping methods? Little Bead guarantees he'll instantly outperform that bookkeeping king!]
"Do you have a problem with him? Or is there some benefit for you that makes you so eager to punish him?"
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