At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 970 Grass Army

"Little Immortal, I have no choice. I also wanted to serve my country, otherwise I would not have taken the imperial examination and taken it so many times," Huang Chao was furious, but all he got was failure.

There must be an inside story. He is very confident in his talent and it is impossible for him to fail the exam. Even if he doesn't get to the top scores, he will get to the middle scores. It is impossible for him to fail every time, right?

Chen Sheng and his companions looked at Huang Chao, who was so angry that he was about to faint, and they couldn't help but worry that he would faint from being too angry.

Not to mention that if they encountered such a thing, they might also be angry.

They already knew what the imperial examination was all about. For ordinary people like them, this imperial examination was undoubtedly an opportunity to bring honor to their family.

An opportunity to jump from a commoner to an official.

Moreover, they heard from the little immortal that Huang Chao was indeed very talented in literature and his poems were so good. He could write poems at the age of five, so needless to say, his literary talent must be amazing.

It is understandable that he failed the first time because he was nervous, but it is hard to explain why he failed every time, unless he was a very stupid person. But it is obvious that Huang Chao was not that person.

"Well, Senior Huang Chao, I understand how you feel. How should I put it? At that time, the imperial examination system was too corrupt and was monopolized by those aristocratic families.

Especially in the late Tang Dynasty, there was serious cheating in the imperial examinations. Examiners could even directly check the names of candidates, which led to the admission standards being biased towards the powerful and wealthy.

Moreover, the interests of those aristocratic families are formed through mutual recommendations and political marriages. Even for poor students who are as talented as Senior Huang Chao and you, it is difficult to get a fair chance to compete.

Because it is not fair at all, and it may even be a pre-determined decision. To put it bluntly, ordinary people like you are just there to serve as a background, and there is no chance of you being admitted.

It all depends on connections, and there is another reason, which is because of your identity, Senior Huang Chao.

At that time, the classes were divided into 'scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans', among which merchants had the lowest status. Senior Huang Chao, you are the son of a merchant, so you know how they treat you, right?"

Li Wu glanced at Huang Chao. There was nothing he could do. No matter which dynasty, even now, many identities would be excluded.

Huang Chao was silent. How could he not know that those sons of the aristocratic families always looked at him with contempt, as if he was a very dirty person.

This made him very angry, and every time he saw it, he wanted to get so angry that he wanted to hit someone.

The other three also fell silent, because their backgrounds were not good and they had suffered a lot of contempt. How could they not know what the attitudes of those nobles were?

So I can still understand Huang Chao very well.

The Tang Dynasty students collapsed again in front of the sky, especially those students from poor families. They studied hard for more than ten years, just to serve as a foil for others?

Just like the child said, those aristocratic families are all related, and they help each other and recommend their own children, so how could it be their turn?

What is the significance of this imperial examination?

Isn’t that for those aristocratic families?

Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, turned pale with anger. He never expected that the imperial examination would end up like this.

After being furious for a while, he said that there were still some changes to the imperial examination system.

In the barrage, many students have started to make a fuss, and the emperors are almost unable to cope with it.

Those intellectuals are very eloquent and can talk about many reasons.

The Tang Dynasty was ridiculed by other dynasties because of their imperial examination system, which was a very serious issue and cheating in the imperial examination was very serious.

Students in later dynasties breathed a sigh of relief, as they all understood why Huang Chao rebelled.

If they were in their place, they would go crazy, thinking that reading is such an easy thing. In fact, it is not an easy thing.

There are not so many geniuses in the world. Many people study by rote memorization, reading, writing, studying day and night, and various efforts.

So the barrage started arguing again, and others said they were used to it. Really, those people in the barrage were arguing every day, all kinds of quarrels, all kinds of comparisons and ridicules.

Sky

"Senior Huang Chao, you are a generous person who values righteousness over money. You have quickly gathered a group of clansmen and friends around you, led by you.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty at that time was the famously incompetent and incompetent Emperor Yizong of Tang, and the Tang Dynasty went downhill under his rule.

In the court, the prime minister and the eunuchs were constantly fighting for power, and outside the court, the local warlords were separatist.

Coupled with successive years of natural and man-made disasters, the farmers' crops were destroyed and they had no choice but to flee.

As a result, not only did the government fail to provide disaster relief in a timely manner, it even stepped up its exploitation of the peasants, which was simply forcing the people to rebel.”

Huang Chao just nodded and ate in silence. The Tang Dynasty at that time was no longer the prosperous Tang Dynasty as before.

It has fallen into decay and decay.

Chen Sheng and others also sighed. How could they not force people to rebel? Other immortals had said before that if they were given a full meal, how could they rebel? But those people insisted on forcing them to die.

"In 874 AD, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and Wang Xianzhi, a salt merchant from Puyang, gathered thousands of people and rose up in rebellion.

They put forward the slogan of "equality in the world", called themselves "Grass Army", and spread their manifestos in various places.

After you, Senior Huang Chao, learned about this, you and your clansmen quickly formed a team of thousands of people in the local area to influence Wang Xianzhi.

The momentum of Cao’s army is growing stronger day by day.

The people in all directions who were suffering from harsh taxation and extortion, as well as Pang Xun's former subordinates who were scattered among the residents, all rushed to join the rebel army.

Within a few months, the number reached over ten thousand.

Attack Yunzhou and raid Yizhou.

In just half a year, the peasant uprising army attacked more than a dozen states.

Qi Ke, the general of the Left Jinwu Guard, ordered the governor of Taining Army to attack Wang Xianzhi.

As long as one person rebels, there will be many people who will follow suit. Of course, this also requires a lot of conditions, and rebellion is not that easy. "

Don't think that rebellion is that easy. If it were that easy, everyone would rebel.

The four men nodded. Rebellion does require many conditions and a lot of preparation. You can't just rebel whenever you want, right?

The more the Tang people listened, the uglier their faces became, especially the royal family and the aristocratic families.

"In 876 AD, Song Wei fought with Wang Xianzhi's peasant army under the city of Yizhou and defeated Wang Xianzhi.

Later, Song Wei reported that Wang Xianzhi had died, and he disbanded his troops and returned to Qingzhou.

On the other hand, Senior Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi took advantage of this opportunity to rest for a short time, then entered Henan and approached Jiacheng. In less than ten days, they conquered eight counties."