Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Fan Mang was once a great general of the Han Dynasty, but he witnessed the horrific taxes imposed by the Han Dynasty with his own eyes.

A tax of one in two hundred is enough to feed the population of the Central Plains, not to mention the million-strong army.

The emperor also allocated hundreds of millions of taels of silver every year to provide relief to the poorer areas of the Han Dynasty.

But this year's tax revenue is only over one million taels. Who can bear such a disparity?

The Minister of Revenue was a flatterer and also Fan Mang's cousin. He immediately begged his subordinates.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing I can do! Taxation is like this everywhere. Factories and merchants everywhere are unwilling to pay taxes, and the Hu people no longer pay tribute."

"After losing the tribute from overseas, there is really only this little money left."

Fan Mang kicked the Minister of Revenue to the ground and started cursing.

"You don't know how to increase taxes! Nowadays, every family has a few cows and slaves. Those unruly people are quite rich."

The Minister of Revenue suddenly realized what was going on and quickly arranged for officials to increase tax revenue.

The original tax rate of 200 was changed to 10.

Fan Mang knew that the people below were honest and would never dare to rebel as long as they had food to eat.

But Fan Mang forgot that the Han Dynasty today was not the feudal dynasty of the past. In addition to brotherhood, the people also had many choices such as handicrafts, workers, joining the army, and going overseas.

Few people were willing to acknowledge the Qing Kingdom as a country that was plotting to usurp the throne. They all took up their swords and forced the officials to retreat.

They kept shouting that they were Han people, not Qing people.

The Minister of Revenue tried his best but only managed to extort more than five million taels of silver. Almost 80% of his staff were killed, and all of them were beaten to death along the way.

The entire Qing State's taxation system was almost paralyzed.

When Fan Mang learned the news, for the first time he did not get furious, but fell into deep thought.

"The people have the guts to oppose me? I'm afraid it's the county officials under my command who are dissatisfied!"

"In this case, I will bring in the Hu people, make slaves into civilians and officials, and let the Hu people rule the Han people. Then Daqing will have a hundred years of national fortune."

A large number of Han officials were dismissed, and the Hu people, who were usually cautious slaves, now showed off their power and inflicted all the previous humiliations on the Han people.

In Qianlong City, when Liu Xiu learned of Qing State's move, his veins bulged.

"How can the Han people be insulted like this?"

"Even if the Qianlong Bay firearms unit only has a thousand men, I will still rise up against Qing!"

Yin Lihua, the gentle, virtuous and kind wife, patted Liu Xiu on the back gently when she heard his words.

"My husband, you are a relative of the Han Dynasty, and the direct bloodline of Emperor Wu. Looking at the whole world, there are not many people who are more qualified than you to inherit the throne."

Of course Liu Xiu could understand what Yin Lihua meant.

If he was a close relative of a vassal prince, he would still be qualified to inherit the throne.

But after so many years of the Enfeoffment Order, Liu Xiu's father was only a marquis of a pavilion with 500 households, and could only deal with the slave trade with the Hu people all day long.

The reason why Liu Xiu became the lord of Qianlong City was because he was on good terms with big businessmen and factory owners, and had a good reputation among the people, so he was temporarily recommended.

When Yin Lihua saw Liu Xiu calm down, she pursed her red lips.

"What's more, Fan Mang established the Qing Kingdom, but it was the Empress of the Han Dynasty who unified it. Although the means were despicable, they were reasonable and legal after all."

When Liu Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but get angry.

The Han Dynasty implemented a two-palace system, and the status of women was higher than in later generations.

The empress also had the power to appoint officials and mobilize the army, and was almost a permanent vice emperor.

The emperor and the prince died, and the queen naturally took power. She asked Fan Mang to establish the Kingdom of Qing. In the eyes of the world, he was actually a super-powerful prince, and this prince was a regicide.

Liu Xiu grabbed his hair in distress.

"So what should I do?"

Yin Lihua smiled faintly and said nothing. In fact, Liu Xiu already understood almost everything. If she spoke again, she would steal Liu Xiu's limelight.

The next morning, Liu Xiu issued an order in the name of the Lord of Qianlong City to mobilize a thousand musketeers from Qianlong Bay and invite prominent figures from Qianlong Bay.

Go to the Emperor Gao’s Mausoleum to pay homage.

Secretly, Yin Lihua's family members prepared auspicious signs and miracles for these to see.

This increased the legitimacy of Liu Xiu's rebellion, and also put Liu Xiu's succession to the throne on par with the vassal kings from all over the world. Wu Zhu, the guardian of Emperor Gao's mausoleum, watched Liu Xiu and others come to pay homage with great fanfare.

Without saying a word, he just watched the group of people silently.

Liu Xiu looked solemn as he lit three cigarettes and stuck them into the thick soil.

"Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty is in danger! The traitor who murdered the emperor has not only not been punished, but has also established himself in the eight southern regions and called himself Emperor Gaozu."

"Vagrant kings all over the world established themselves, millions of Han troops went overseas and their fates were unknown, the Hu people entered the Central Plains and burned, killed and looted, and overseas slaves became officials and officials and oppressed the Han people."

"But the world is worried that it is not strong enough, and Qing Kingdom has also received a summons from the Empress of the Han Dynasty, so they dare not purge the emperor and strengthen the government."

"The Han Dynasty's three hundred years of rule has reached a critical moment of survival. If we are not careful, it will turn into bubbles."

Liu Xiu's voice was very infectious, and the big businessmen and factory owners who had originally looked indifferent also became serious.

If the Han Dynasty perished, the next dynasty would be like the Qing Dynasty.

The civilization of the Central Plains may regress by more than a thousand years. Can the wealth and prosperity of these bourgeoisie and proletariat be guaranteed by the next dynasty?
Liu Xiu was just about to give Yin a look.

Unexpectedly, the green smoke floated straight into the imperial tomb of Emperor Gao, and the mausoleum began to shake, as if it had heard Liu Xiu's words and was weeping.

"This……"

Liu Xiu was horrified and cold sweat broke out on his back.

He fabricated auspicious signs privately, which was disrespectful to Emperor Gao.

Now it seems that Emperor Gao is not dead?
Wuzhu gently stroked the surface of the imperial mausoleum, and the building soon stopped shaking.

Wu Zhu stood up, his figure flashed, and he quickly appeared beside Liu Xiu, speaking expressionlessly.

"Liu Xiu, right? Emperor Gao wants to see you!"

The many businessmen behind Liu Xiu were so excited that they couldn't help trembling and shouting that it was a miracle.

Only Liu Xiu and the Yin family secretly groaned in their hearts.

Every Han emperor and court minister would come to Emperor Gaozu's tomb to pay homage after leaving office. I have never heard of any miraculous things happening.

How come something strange happened in the imperial mausoleum when he got here?

But Liu Xiu was not an ordinary person after all. He took a deep breath, gave everyone a reassuring look, and followed Wu Zhu's footsteps.

No one doubted Wu Zhu's words, at least not the people in Qianlong Bay.

Three hundred years have passed since Emperor Gao died, and Wuzhu has been guarding the imperial mausoleum, with an ageless appearance.

If Emperor Gao had any supernatural powers, then Wuzhu was the greatest one.

Liu Xiu followed Wu Zhu's footsteps and walked towards the underground imperial mausoleum. The interior of the mausoleum was very clean and warm, and there was no eerie feeling at all.

It seems that Wuzhu often cleans the imperial tomb.

"Sir, is the Emperor Gao still alive?"

Liu Xiu took a few steps, looking somewhat puzzled.

If Emperor Gao was still alive, the Kyoto Massacre would never have happened. The emperor's lineage was massacred, and all 37 military nobles and 42 royal relatives in Kyoto were slaughtered.

Fan Mang killed fifty or sixty thousand people in Kyoto, a city with a population of two million.

Wuzhu heard Liu Xiu's words without turning his head.

"Not alive!"

Liu Xiu's hopes were shattered.

Wu Zhu's next words left Liu Xiu completely confused.

"But Emperor Gao is not dead either."

"what?"

Liu Xiu was stunned and didn't understand what Wu Zhu meant.

There was nothing on Emperor Gao's coffin.

Instead, the tablets of Emperor Gao, Empress, and the successive emperors of the Han Dynasty and more than 100 founding heroes glowed with soft white light. (End of this chapter)