Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 3 The Backlash of the Hungry, the End of the Gentry

"Hahaha, Lord Inspector's great plan, tens of thousands of mud legs, enough to scare that kid to the point of peeing his pants."

"That's right, when the time comes, we'll send another thousand people to find him out, so why worry about him not being grateful to us?"

"The imperial court purchased two thousand hectares of land for the Prince of Shu's Mansion. When the time comes, it will all belong to us!"

Amidst the triumphant discussions, all the gentry showed greedy expressions.

Officials certainly cannot directly get their hands on the [-] hectares of land allocated by the Shu Palace, and they will definitely digest it through them, the gentry, and then divide the spoils.

And those officials also collectively curry favor with Changsun Wuji, gaining political capital.

The two parties divided the spoils clearly, and sold Li Ke completely before he came.

"Don't worry, everyone, as long as you cooperate and control that kid, I will definitely benefit from you."

Liu Zhao, the governor of Shu who was over forty years old and fat as a ball, said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you Lord Inspector for leading me to wait!"

"That's right, with Lord Inspector here, why don't we worry about the prosperity of our Kingdom of Shu!"

"Lord Inspector is really a capable minister of the present age, no one in the world can surpass him!"

"We, the gentry of the Shu Kingdom, must lead all the people and erect a monument to commemorate your lord!"

The gentry flattered one after another.

They control public opinion, as long as they erect a monument, the gentry all over the world will recognize it.

By then Liu Zhao will be able to truly leave his name in history.

This is the feedback from the gentry to the transfer of benefits.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Liu Zhao suddenly became more and more proud.

"Report!!"

"Lord Inspector, it's not good..."

A horse cavalry patrolling the city rushed up the gate tower panting, out of breath.

"What's wrong?"

Liu Zhao frowned, but before he could speak, there was a commotion in the distance.

They looked out of the city in the same direction, and their expressions changed drastically.

Outside the city wall, countless figures came from the sky and the earth.

Among the dark crowd, the siege ladders seemed to tower into the sky.

This is to attack the city!
"what's going on?"

Liu Zhao suddenly panicked.

An extremely bloody word came to mind - civil uprising!
It was only nine years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Nine years ago, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, all the heroes of the world rose together and attacked and killed each other.

These memories are not far away!
Obviously only tens of thousands of victims were recruited to besiege the king of Shu, how did the living people suddenly change into a siege of 10,000+ people?

"The people have changed!"

"It's over, it's over!"

"We are the only people in the entire Tang Dynasty who have had a civil uprising. No matter what, we will all die!"

"What to do, what to do now?"

"How did it become like this?"

The gentry all looked ashen at this time.

There was a civil uprising, and they either died at the hands of angry hungry people, or they were beaten back by the court and took the opportunity to ransack their homes and exterminate their clans.

The imperial power and the gentry have never been in harmony.

Once there is an excuse, the imperial power never relents in destroying the gentry!

"Quick, beat the drums, and fight!"

"In any case, defend Chengdu City first!"

Li Zhao yelled viciously: "Bring all the family and servants here, if the city breaks down, everyone will die!"

"Quickly, summon the armed servants!"

The other gentry suddenly woke up from a dream and rushed down the stairs to move their troops.

"The common people in Chengdu, the gentry and the gentry are unscrupulous, forcing us to sell our sons and daughters and destroy our families!"

"Today we are waiting for an uprising. The law does not punish the public. Everyone has revenge and revenge. Let the gentry also try the taste of family ruin!"

The rioters outside the city have not yet been killed, the shouts of 10,000+ people, with the aftermath of Li Ke's spiritual detonation skill, came in like a tsunami, and the sound shook the roof tiles, deafening!
The eyes of those low-level people in the city were bloodshot!
They, in the city, saw the bones of the Zhumen's wine and meat stinking road frozen to death, and they were already full of resentment.

Stimulated by the shouts with Li Ke's skills, he suddenly became vicious.

"Kill the gentry!"

"Brothers, I can't survive anymore, let's fight to the death!"

"Take back our food and let those gentry die!"

In the city, tens of thousands of lower-level people responded one after another.

Those armed servants who were issued with weapons waved their weapons and turned against each other.

Even those maidservants with strong bodies also took up kitchen knives and rolling pins, and rushed towards the majestic housekeeper and gentlemen.

"Help!"

A gentry screamed and turned to run.

"Thief, insult my old lady, die!"

A well-built maid stepped on the gentry, and while the latter was twisting and struggling like a fat mouse, he smashed it down on the head with a rolling pin.

The fat "rat" died instantly.

"Look, the mighty old man can be beaten to death with a stick!"

"I am a woman who dares to resist, how long will you wait?"

The maid brandished a rolling pin stained with brains, and let out a majestic yell.

"Kill the gentry!"

Those armed servants erupted instantly.

Throughout the city, gentry and their families were everywhere fleeing in embarrassment.

Like rats crossing the street, they were knocked down and beaten to death by the low-level people who rushed out from nowhere.

Before the three thousand county soldiers stationed in the west of the city started to resist, their camp gate was blocked by countless people.

The city wall behind the military camp was already filled with hungry people who had climbed up the wall.

Zhao Cheng, the military commander of the Shu Kingdom, wanted to break out of the encirclement on horseback, but was pulled alive from his horse by the people and beaten into a pulp.

"We surrender, we surrender!"

As soon as the county soldiers saw this posture, they knew it was impossible to kill them and surrendered quickly.

The whole civil uprising lasted less than an hour, and the city of Chengdu was declared to have fallen.

Millions of stone grain and grass were moved out of the warehouses of the gentry, and the people in the whole city suddenly fell into a carnival.

There are happy crowds distributing food and money everywhere.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

"It has nothing to do with us if the gentry don't give food!"

The highest official in Chengdu, Governor Liu Zhao, was found in a pigsty.

When he was dragged from the pigsty to the street by the angry crowd, facing the angry eyes of the people in the city, he completely regretted it.

Why do so many disaster victims go to surround the king of Shu?
If I had known this was the case, it would be better to honestly take the King of Shu in. When the time comes, the King of Shu will take care of his business, so don't mind his business!

"Dog Killer!"

Faced with his begging for mercy, the people responded with murderous roars.

In the next second, countless people rushed forward.

"Help me!!"

Amidst the inhumane screams, Liu Zhao was forcibly bitten to death by the angry people who bit off his flesh bit by bit!
(End of this chapter)