Chapter 10 3. Daze Township

Chen Sheng was a garrison soldier. A soldier is a type of soldier.The military system of the Qin State is that for every one hundred males, fifty are farmers, fifty are soldiers, and the service age is twenty-three.The recruits first served in the county for one month, called "gengzu"; then they went to Kyoto for a year to guard, called "zhengzu"; finally they went to the border for a year, called "shuzu". Garrison soldiers, that is, border guards. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were conscripted into the army by the imperial court and planned to be sent to the north to guard the border.They were all civilians before enlisting in the army, and served as village chiefs after enlisting in the army.The head of the village is equivalent to the squad leader or squad leader, not an officer, and can only be regarded as "the head of the army".In the huge military system of the empire, it can be said to be insignificant.

How could such two people shake the world? Most of them can't think of it themselves. So a story was made up and recorded in history.The story says that before Chen Sheng became a soldier, he worked as a laborer at the landlord's house.One day when he was taking a break from work, he suddenly said to his partners that if they become rich in the future, no one should forget anyone. Everyone laughed. Friends said, you are a part-time worker, how can you get rich? Chen Sheng raised his head to the sky and sighed: What a shame!The chick knows the ambition of the swan! This is of course a story.Including Chen Sheng's character She and Wu Guang's character Uncle are also fabricated.Where do civilians like them come from?Even if there is, it will be after becoming king.Before, maybe they didn't even have a name.You know, even Liu Bang, who was the head of the pavilion, has no name and name, so he can only be called Liu Ji according to the ranking.

Only Xiang Yu's name and character are reliable, because their family is aristocratic.When Xiang Yu saw Qin Shihuang who was on the southern tour, he blurted out that "he can be replaced by him", which is also reliable.Because he has such qualifications and such a character. Chen Sheng's words were unreliable.Why does he say that he is a swan and his partners are sparrows?The so-called "on the ridge where you stop plowing, you will regret it for a long time" is also unreliable.It is possible to go to a high place in the field to rest, but not to lament over disappointment.How can you be disappointed?He was hopeless.

What's more, "sorrow and hate for a long time" is a typical "literary youth fan".It is not surprising that young men and women in literature and art have such sentiments.How could Chen Sheng, who was a farmer first and then a soldier, be so sentimental? Therefore, the story is made up. There are also two possibilities for fabrication.One is compiled by people who wrote history, or even simply compiled by Sima Qian.It's not that Sima Qian didn't make up stories, and the traces of making up in "Historical Records" can be seen from time to time.What's more, Sima Qian respected Chen Sheng.He called Chen Sheng's biography a family, which is proof.

Another possibility is that it was made up by people at the time, even by Chen Sheng's working partners.Of course, after he became king.Because it is the "memoir" of the person involved, it has considerable credibility and is accepted by historians. Both possibilities exist. However, fabrication is necessary.Stories are made up because history needs explanation.If a thing is almost inconceivable, it needs explanation all the more. The miracle created by Chen Sheng is. Yes, a poor boy, a wage earner, a soldier who was driven to the frontier to be cannon fodder like an ox and a horse, without the knowledge of Confucius or the wealth of Fan Li, how could he succeed in one fell swoop, so that "the world gathers And respond, win grain and win the scene"?

There is only one explanation, and that is that he has been extraordinary since he was a child. Of course, this is very convincing, very inspirational, and it seems to be very illustrative, so it is talked about by people.Those who make up are happy to make up, and those who pass it on are also happy to pass it on.Real or not, whatever it is! Therefore, most of the childhood stories of celebrities, especially those with inspirational colors, can only be listened to casually and cannot be believed to be true. In fact, Chen Sheng's uprising was completely accidental. This is the seventh month of the first year of Qin II (209 BC).A group of 900 people led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang temporarily assembled in Daze Township because they were ordered to guard Yuyang on the border.We don't know where these 900 people were recruited from. We only know that Chen Sheng is from Yangcheng and Wu Guang is from Yangxia, and they are all civilians living on the left side of the village.

A group of strangers walked together like this, but they were at a loss about their own destiny and future.Yes, Yangcheng is in Dengfeng City, Henan Province today, Yangxia is in Taikang County, Henan Province, Daze Township is in Suzhou City, Anhui Province, and Yuyang is in Miyun County, Beijing.does it matter?No. However, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, that's for sure. Involuntary and unpredictable future, but also for sure.Because no one knows whether, as a guard soldier, he will survive after arriving in Yuyang. To make matters worse, they encountered rain. The torrential rain fell from the sky without warning, and the surrounding fields were muddy.The road to Yuyang has been destroyed, but the heavy rain shows no sign of stopping.After waiting helplessly for many days, it was completely impossible to arrive at Yuyang as scheduled.If they can't arrive on time, what awaits them is military law.

The helplessness and hopelessness of nine hundred people is not hard to imagine. Fortunately, among them were Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.How Chen Sheng and Wu Guang became friends is unclear.But it is certain that the two of them are the ones who are the least willing to sit and wait for death in Jiubaishu stroke, and they are also the most intelligent people. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang made a calculation.they said-- To perish is not to die, but to escape; to wait is not to wait, but to be equal.The meaning of this sentence is: To escape is also to die, and to rebel is also to die.Anyway, if it is inevitable to die, then it is better to die well!

Uprising is the only way out. Even so, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang still dare not make mistakes.They first went to a fortune teller to make a fortune teller, but they didn't expect that the fortune teller not only declared that great things would come true, but also hinted that they were playing tricks, creating public opinion and winning people's hearts. This leads to the red note in the belly of the fish and the howling of the fox in the middle of the night.The note says "Chen Shengwang", and the fox's name is "Da Chuxing", also called "Chen Shengwang".It was Wu Guang who pretended to be called a fox, and maybe he was the one who stuffed the red note in the belly of the fish.As a result, Chen Sheng immediately became popular.

Next is Wu Guang's bitter trick. The purpose of the bitter trick is very simple, it is to arouse the soldiers' hearts of common hatred and hatred.This plan was implemented by Wu Guang because he was very popular in the army.Therefore, Wu Guang deliberately caused trouble while the leading officer was drunk, and repeatedly threatened that he would run away.As expected, the leader of the army beat Wu Guang hard and drew his sword. So Chen Sheng and Wu Guang killed the military leader and declared an uprising. In fact, what really touched people's hearts was Chen Sheng's account: everyone delayed the trip, according to Qin law, it is already a capital offense.Even if the government lenients the government extrajudicially, there is a six out of ten chance of dying in battle or dying of exhaustion on the battlefield.On the contrary, if there is an uprising, not only may they survive, but they may even become rich.A man must not die like a wimp.Even if you die, you have to become famous.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Sheng said loudly—— As soon as the voice fell, there was cheering. In fact, it doesn't matter whether you say this sentence or not, because the nine hundred garrison soldiers have no choice.Desperate, they took the right as their ambition (showing their right arm as a symbol), built an altar as an alliance (build a mound of earth to drink blood as an alliance), cut trees as soldiers (cut off branches as weapons), and raised poles as flags (raised bamboo poles) as a military flag).The banner played is Da Chu, and the actual leader is Chen Sheng. Chen Sheng's flag was flying high. In Daze Township, in the whole world, and even in the history of China.

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