"Emperor Tianwu was incompetent and foolish. The treasury was robbed, and he exploited the people instead."
"The drought is so severe now, and the government isn't opening its warehouses to provide relief, but is instead forcing taxes to be collected in advance!"
"Are you willing to be forced to death like this?!"
Zhao Cheng stood on the grain that was forcibly moved from the government office and shouted at the top of his voice.
As more and more refugees gathered to watch, Zhao Cheng shouted more excitedly.
"I won't accept this! I won't accept this!"
The guards following Zhao Cheng waved their fists and shouted angrily.
The corners of Jiang Xu's mouth twitched, and he raised his hand, not wanting to open his mouth at all.
He wanted to roll his eyes.
The 15 palace guards who were poisoned by the Xiao family shouted that they were unwilling to do so.
If they had known earlier that Zhao Cheng had come to the south to rebel, they would have escaped quietly long ago.
It is better to follow Xiao Yunzhan than to follow Zhao Cheng in rebellion. At least the Xiao family has private soldiers who can fight.
What’s so great about Zhao Cheng? Just these hundred or so palace guards want to rebel?
The most important thing is that the families of these 15 people are still in Beijing.
Zhao Cheng, this bastard, didn't even give them a chance to breathe along the way. His own family members, on the other hand, escaped early. He really lacks virtue.
If they join the rebellion, all their family members in the capital will be beheaded.
Jiang Xu and Wei Heshan looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
The onlookers licked their cracked lips and looked at the bags of grain at Zhao Cheng's feet with shining eyes.
Hearing the shouts of the palace guards, they all echoed with hoarse voices.
“I’m not willing to accept this!”
“I’m not willing to accept this…”
“…”
Zhao Cheng listened with a smile on his face and continued to shout,
"Emperor Tianwu doesn't want the people to live, so let's rebel against him!"
"We're fighting for food, water, and land. We just want to survive!"
"Whoever doesn't let us live, we will kill him!"
Along the way, the disaster in the south was also quite serious. The rice in the fields was all scorched and could not produce any grain at all.
However, the south has more water resources than the north and east, so the people will not die of thirst.
Zhao Cheng also regretted running south. He should have run east earlier.
People from the northeast are tall and strong, and are more effective in fighting.
Fortunately, many prefects and county magistrates in the south knew him. When they saw him, they were afraid from the bottom of their hearts and would automatically surrender.
Most of the officials in the south are children of the aristocratic families in the capital. How could the south, which is rich in oil and water, allow children from poor families to be in power?
Children from poor families naturally have to go to cold and desolate places to suffer hardships and achieve political achievements in order to get promoted.
"He rebelled against the tyrant, let him die!!"
Zhao Cheng's little dog legs were yelling loudly.
The refugees don’t care who rebels or becomes the emperor. Whoever gives them food has the final say.
"He rebelled against the tyrant and let him die..."
"He rebelled against the tyrant and let him die..."
“…”
The refugees followed suit, their eyes all fixed on the food.
If Zhao Cheng and the others hadn't been holding sharp swords, these refugees would have rushed over to grab the food...
Soon, Zhao Cheng recruited a group of refugees by using the food he had forcibly looted from the government.
Before he knew it, he had nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command. You can imagine how many refugees there were.
Jiang Xu and others were stunned.
Can everyone rebel now?
Their lives were still in Xiao Yunzhan's hands, so they could only ask one of his inconspicuous younger brothers to secretly go to Brahma City to deliver the message to Xiao Yunzhan.
As for sending the news to the capital, they didn't need to do anything at all. The government offices in the south that were robbed by Zhao Cheng had already reported Zhao Cheng's rebellion.
This is also the reason why Jiang Xu and others look down on Zhao Cheng. They rebelled and robbed the government, but they didn't kill those officials.
He said that the families of those officials were powerful, and if he could get the support of those officials' families, he would achieve twice the result with half the effort.
It's just wishful thinking!
Why would the noble families support you, a leader of the imperial guards, instead of supporting their own descendants?
It is estimated that by this time, the aristocratic families in the capital and Emperor Wu of Liang had already received the news of Zhao Cheng's rebellion...
......
“Bold!!”
"Zhao Cheng, that bastard, actually dared to rebel!"
"How do you do things, ah!"
"Such a big thing has only been presented now!"
Emperor Wu of Liang was so angry when he saw the memorial sent urgently from the south that he threw it directly at Wei Jianxiong, the Minister of War.
Seeing the hair growing on the top of Wei Jianxiong's shaved head, he became even angrier.
How come everyone can grow hair but he can’t?!
He had countless ointments applied to his head.
As a result, more than a month passed, and there was still no hair on the top of his head.
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