"Forehead……"
The corner of Di Fan's mouth twitched. Song Dynasty, are you really saying this in such a shameless way?
In fact, it was not only the Song Dynasty, but also the Ming Dynasty that followed. Except for the periods of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, when the people knew the emperor, there was no change in the emperors after them. In the early Qing Dynasty, the massacre of the people was too severe, which led to constant backlash.
In ancient times, communication and information transmission were backward... If you wanted to go out or take an imperial examination, you had to register your name, provide a guarantee, and go to the government to get a travel permit or other travel documents!
Without a travel permit, you would be either a refugee or a bandit, and you might even be thrown into jail for a year or two... In ancient times, the government was extremely difficult to deal with. There was a saying that went, "No money, no entry." Therefore, many villagers had never even left their county!
This also led to a rapid decline in the emperor's control. Apart from the capital and other small areas that he could control, how could the people below know who the emperor of the time was?
Wen Tianxiang stroked his beard and explained, "The real controllers of each region are mainly the local gentry... Forget the dynasty, even if it's the local county magistrate or the county magistrate, if they can't gain the support of the gentry, it wouldn't be a big deal if they died on the day they took office.
As for the people who come to investigate, they can just pick up a civilian as a scapegoat. With some money, some land, or something, the problem can be easily solved."
"When prosperity comes, the people suffer; when decline comes, the people also suffer!"
The living room fell into silence, and Di Fan didn't know how to answer.
【So, is this the real reality? 】
【My thoughts before were simple enough.】
Perhaps it is precisely because of this feudal dynasty structure that, unless there is excessive oppression, it is difficult for peasant uprisings to succeed; most of the changes in dynasties are mostly the rotation of power among aristocratic families!
[That's why it's said that the Ming Dynasty's rise to power was unprecedentedly legitimate... It truly began with a bowl and ended with a nation! Even novels wouldn't dare write this way!]
Xiao Longnu subconsciously blocked out her senior brother's words. From what she had heard before, she knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was rebelling against the Yuan Dynasty! Given the current situation, it was unknown whether the Yuan Dynasty would still exist in the future, let alone Zhu Yuanzhang!
"Two votes against one, what is your choice, Master Wen?"
Xiao Longnu glanced at Wen Tianxiang, who smiled and said, "My lord, you don't have to call me Lord Wen. You can just call me Tianxiang. As for my opinion, I believe in holding high the banner of justice!"
Wen Tianxiang said coldly, "The founding monarchs of other dynasties needed to win over local aristocratic families and gentry in order to gain their support. We are different. From the very beginning, we have been winning over the martial arts sects, so we have a natural foundation of famous generals! Civil officials also need to be cultivated by ourselves. Gentry and aristocratic families are not acceptable.
With the textbooks compiled by Mr. Di, it will only take two or three years to train a large number of civil officials to replace the existing system. Since we have to completely overthrow the old system anyway, why not just rebel and create a new one?
Clearly, after reading Di Fan's textbooks, Wen Tianxiang was even more disdainful of the existing education system. Loyalty to the emperor, the Three Bonds and the Five Constant Virtues, were not as effective as Di Fan's teachings on the unity of knowledge and action! A nation exists only when there is a family; enlightened minds, and everyone has access to books—this is Confucius' true interpretation of Confucianism, not the Neo-Confucianism promoted by Zhu Xi today!
"Okay, three votes to one. Pharmacist, Hero Guo, and Gang Leader Huang, what are your opinions?"
"opposite!"
The three of them looked at each other, especially Guo Jing. How much he opposed the rebellion before, how much he wanted to rebel now!
"The common people are starving, with corpses freezing to death on the streets, while the gentry, officials, and generals revel every night, feasting and reveling in the rich and powerful! This decadent dynasty should be overthrown sooner rather than later, so that the people can have a better life!"
Xiao Longnu glanced at the others again, whether it was Shaolin's Tianming, Quanzhen Sect's Ma Yu, Kunlun's He Zudao, or her own Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu, after seeing the information that had just been brought out, the comparison between the lives of the people before and after the establishment of countless bases, as well as the conclusions she had drawn in her heart after traveling around the world, all spoke of the success of the Wulin Alliance!
If they rebelled, the people would have a glimmer of hope; if they didn't, they would just wait to die! They would be exploited and starved to death by the gentry, oppressed and killed by the officials, and captured and killed by the Mongolian army!
Everyone present was a man of great righteousness and courage. Otherwise, they wouldn't have risked their lives to come to Xiangyang to help resist the Mongolian army! Now there was a better choice, a better way to help the poor people. It was just to overthrow the corrupt Song Dynasty, so why not rebel?
Not to mention, the incidents involving Elder Peng and Elder Jian had already forced the Wulin Alliance to the point where they had no choice but to rebel! Who knew how much intelligence Elder Jian had passed on to the Song Dynasty court about the Wulin Alliance?
"The arrow is on the string and must be shot! Wen Tianxiang!"
"I'm here!"
"I order you to write a letter of surrender immediately, citing the Song Dynasty's incompetence and the suffering of the people. I declare that the Wulin Alliance, on behalf of the people, is officially declaring war on the Song Dynasty and Mongolia!"
"I obey your orders!"
Wen Tianxiang laughed heartily, strode to the side, and with a stroke of his pen, he wrote the surrender document on the spot!
"Zhong Mingliang, Yue Suo, Guo Jing, Tian Ming, Ma Yu, He Zudao!"
"I'm here!"
The six of them stood up at the same time and stood in the middle of the living room!
"I order you to each lead a thousand Wulin troops and rush to the five major bases of Jueqing Valley, Shaoshi Mountain, Taihu Lake, Zhongnan Mountain, and Peach Blossom Island. Yue Shao will lead the Xiangyang Central Army. Each of you will form a 10,000-strong Wulin army. Once you submit your surrender documents, you will change your flags and march in the name of the Wulin Alliance to attack Song!"
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