Zongwu: Give you a chance and get a 10,000 times critical hit return!

Unfortunately, this only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

The people gathered here were all exploited, and influenced by the ideology of the Ming Cult, their personalities became even more extreme.

Someone immediately shouted: "No!"

Fang La said loudly: "The rest is squandered, and all is given to the enemy."

"Our enemies have become richer and richer by relying on our resources, and they have invaded and bullied us. Fathers and brothers have asked their sons to deal with them."

"If the children's strength is not enough, then there will be no end of condemnation and punishment."

"But what you give to your enemies every year will never be exempted just because you are insulted by your enemies. Can you bear this peacefully?"

He was referring to the fact that after the Treaty of Tanyuan, China was defeated in several wars one after another and the court had to pay annual tribute to Liao and Jin.

There is considerable controversy among the public about this.

"How can this be true!"

someone shouted.

It was not known whether Fang La was crying sincerely or pretending, as he complained with tears in his eyes.

"Taxes and labor service are so heavy, officials are plundering and extorting, and the income from agriculture and sericulture is not enough to meet the needs!"

"The only things we rely on to survive are lacquer, paper, bamboo and wood, and the government has taken all of them under various names of taxes, leaving nothing behind."

"God created the people and appointed officials to nurture them, but the officials are so vicious and cruel!"

"Can there be no resentment and anger from heaven's will and human heart?"

"And besides that, he wasted money on singing, dancing, women, hunting with dogs and horses, building palaces and gardens, worshipping ghosts and gods, and expanding military equipment!"

"The amount of money we pay to bribe our two great enemies in the west and north every year is calculated in the millions. These are the fat and blood of the people in the southeast!"

"After receiving these treasures, our two great enemies looked down upon us even more and continued to harass us year after year."

"The court never dared to abolish the tributes it gave to its enemies, and the rulers even believed that this was a long-term strategy to stabilize the border!"

"Only we the people work hard all year round, our wives and children suffer from cold and hunger, and we can't even have a full meal. What do you think we should do?"

Fang La's words made everyone feel the same.

Because all the people here are frustrated and those who own land would not attend such a gathering for no reason.

He stirred up the anger in everyone's heart and said indignantly: "Master, what do you say?"

"Yes!"

"We follow your orders!"

Fang La held the wine bowl and looked around.

"The new emperor is in power, and the old ministers have been demoted or killed. There is almost nothing left!"

"Those in power are all despicable, treacherous and flattering people. Cai Bian, Fu Zongshu and his ilk are in control of the government!"

"She only knows how to use singing, dancing, women, and building palaces and gardens to confuse and seduce the emperor, and she doesn't care about state affairs at all."

"Local officials outside the capital are also corrupt and extravagant, and do not consider local politics as important issues."

“The people of the southeast have been suffering from exploitation for too long!”

"I heard that the emperor has started another war in the north, and there is talk in the court about increasing taxes and levies in the south of the Yangtze River!"

"what?"

"Do you want to add more taxes?"

Everyone was furious.

Since Wang Anshi's Qingmiao Tax, local officials seem to have found a new way to make money.

Various taxes are added layer by layer.

The taxes collected by the court may seem not high, but they are the result of several rounds of manipulation by local authorities.

Therefore, every time there is a tax increase, there are complaints from the public.

Fang La did not lie. The ministers in the court were indeed discussing increasing taxes in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, it is a commercial tax imposed on Prince Jing’s Mansion.

Perhaps it was because Zhao Wuxian raided the shipping trade guild and obtained a large amount of silver, which made the ministers think that the merchants were making too much money.

The commercial tax, which had remained unchanged for a long time, was brought to the court.

Fang La took advantage of this information gap to anger these people.

"Master, what should we do?"

"Yes!"

"It's up to you!"

Seeing that the crowd was excited, Fang La knew that the time was right and he could use the people's support.

He then told his plan.

"If you can uphold justice and start an uprising, people from all over the country will surely respond to it."

“Within ten days or so, we can gather tens of thousands of people.”

"When local officials hear about this, they will certainly try to appease us and negotiate with us, so it is not convenient to report it to the court right away."

"We can use tactics to contain them and delay them for a month or two, and then we can capture all the counties south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop."

"After receiving the petition, the court cannot immediately decide to send troops. It is expected that it will take more than a month for the court to hold discussions!"

"It will take at least half a year to mobilize and train the troops and to allocate food and money. So it has been a year since we started the rebellion."

"The situation should be basically settled by now, so there's no need to worry."

"Besides, the tribute of money paid to the foreign enemies in the west and north is millions every year, and the military and political expenses of the court are tens of millions every year!"

"Most of this money comes from the southeast region!"

"We have already occupied the Jiangnan region, and the imperial court will ruthlessly squeeze the Central Plains."

"The people of the Central Plains will not be able to endure this and will surely rise up in rebellion."

"Once the foreign enemies in the west and north know about this, they will also take the opportunity to attack."

"The court was under attack from both inside and outside. Even with counselors like Yi Yin and Lu Shang, they could not come up with any solution for them."

"As long as we use the Yangtze River as the boundary, guard the south of the Yangtze River, reduce labor service, reduce taxes, and restore and develop the people's manpower and material resources, who in the world will not come to pay homage to us respectfully?"

"Within ten years, the world will be unified."

"If you don't do this, you will just die in vain at the hands of corrupt officials....Please think about this carefully!"

After drinking the wine and being provoked by Fang La, everyone's blood was boiling and their anger levels were almost off the charts.

Someone smashed his bowl and said, "Okay! The leader is right, let's drink it!"

"Does the prince and general Xiang Ning have the guts?"

"In this world, the Zhao family can sit on the throne, but we can't?"

When Fang La was planning an uprising.

Bianliang!

In the palace, Zhao Xu was in the study, meeting Zhuge Zhengwo and Monk Xiao Jian.

Zhao Xu coughed lightly.

His health has always been poor, especially recently, as he has been concerned about the war in Tubo and has been extremely worried, and his complexion has become even worse.

Even with the Quanzhen Sect's Master Xiao Wang's best efforts in treatment, the results were quite limited.

Because the root of Zhao Xu's illness was acquired since childhood and became a chronic disease, he can only be cured slowly.

The tonic pills were actually harmful to him.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

When Mi Youqiao arrived, he went outside to guard it.

Zhao Xu glanced at the two of them.

Zhuge Zhengwo said, "Sir, there is a secret letter from Prince Jing, and I want this old minister to pass it to you!"

"Oh?"

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "What does he have to say? Look, there are a lot of memorials impeaching him recently!"

He pointed to the pile of memorials on the corner of the desk, and his smile was a real smile, not angry.

"He became so arrogant that he was targeted by the civil servants, right?"

Zhao Xu gloated over other people's misfortune.

At the beginning of his reign, he was often scolded by the Censors because of Empress Gao and the purge of old ministers.

But he couldn't get angry and had to endure it.

The Censor had the power of supervision and he loved to impeach officials in order to gain fame and reputation. In addition, no official could be punished.

Tsk tsk, which emperor of the Song Dynasty has not been criticized by these people?

Take Bao Zheng, for example, Justice Bao, who is a famous troll.

Rumor has it that he even had a fight with someone during a court meeting.

He took off his shoes and threw them in the wrong direction, almost hitting the emperor.

Of course, this is just a folk joke, but it also shows that the emperors of the Song Dynasty did not have a good life.

However, Zhao Xu has been feeling a little happy recently, because those civil servants who caught him have now turned to biting someone else!

At least twenty memorials were sent to the prime minister's residence every day, which made Zhang Chun overwhelmed, so he simply threw them all to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu loved watching it. He felt so happy when he saw those people who had scolded him in the past scolding Zhao Wuxian now.

Sure enough, human happiness is built on the suffering of others.

Xiao Jianseng felt a little strange when he saw Zhao Xu smiling.