Chapter 56 Chapter 9: The Confused Uprising

Rebellion is the most masculine, revolutionary and glorious word in modern Chinese.However, in the language of the old age, it is the ugliest, most sinful, and most avoidable two words. Rebellion not only means that a farmer has to take the risk of killing his family, but also has to be an enemy of his own worldview, moral norms, or "Guangchang".Contrary to our shouting that "rebellion is justified", the majority of peasants were educated that "rebellion is a crime".As Song Jiang said, when you go up to join a gang, "go against the laws of heaven, go against the teachings of your father, and live as an unfaithful and unfilial person, what good will it do for you?"

Only when death is imminent, farmers will reach out to the food that is within reach: "People who are not willing to die will gather together to become robbers, and one or two people who have a little savings will be robbed, and the looting will be exhausted. Sometimes (arrested) those who are captured are also ignorant, saying: 'Death of hunger How can you die for robbers instead of sitting and dying of hunger?’” Anyway, it's a death anyway. In comparison, starving to death is better than being killed as a robber.Because before death, after all, you can eat for a few days. Peasant "uprisings" in China are more often a hysteria called "everyday unresponsiveness" rather than a planned, conscious, and organized action.

One person takes the lead and the group responds.In most cases, all that's missing are the "early rafters." These "uprising leaders" are actually just a group of people who have been tortured by hunger and lost their minds. None of them thought of their behavior as an "insurrection".However, from the time they grabbed the first bag of rice, they became thieves and the most evil people. They were confused and found that they had become the enemy and prey of the whole society, and became the targets of officers and soldiers.They had no choice but to pick up the kitchen knives and hoes around them, trying to resist.

Thus, the "uprising" began.