paranoianovel Chapter 2979 Time Reversal, the Reason for the Fall
Chapter 2979 Time Reversal, the Reason for the Fall
Chapter 2979 Time Reversal, the Reason for the Fall
At the same time, the authorities established a strict system to prevent people from wandering around and becoming rebels.
He categorized the people into different professions.
"From generation to generation, except for the imperial examination system, this must not be changed!"
"Farming is farming, industry is industry, and fishing is fishing!"
“Musicians and craftsmen are of lowly status and are not allowed to engage in the imperial examinations.”
"If you are five miles from home, you need a travel permit; if you don't have one, you will be killed on the spot!"
"No one may be unemployed; those who are unemployed will be killed!"
"The imperial court has conferred titles upon sixteen princes. Anyone who submits a memorial opposing this or sowing discord within the imperial family shall be executed!"
"The title of prince is hereditary, and their descendants continue to be granted titles such as prince, duke, marquis, light cavalry captain, and lieutenant of a commandery or kingdom..."
"The annual quota for a prince is 50,000 shi (a unit of grain), and for a duke (another unit of state) it is 5,000 shi, with priority allocated to various regions..."
Each and every item was established to maintain the rule of the Pig family.
As for the modern knowledge he learned, well, the idea of equality for all was long forgotten by him.
The newly established secret guard was soon discovered, and many officials and even generals were involved in it.
"Be bold!"
"They took 70%, leaving only 30%. What will happen to my descendants?"
"If the people rebel, won't they kill my descendants?"
"No, we have to kill them. Just make them obediently accept their meager salaries!"
"As long as we don't starve, what's the point of having so much salary?"
"My salary from the imperial court should be used to support my descendants!"
That's what he thought, but that's not what he said.
He was saying, "You corrupt officials, you harm the people, and in the name of the people, we will skin you all alive!"
"Good, Your Majesty did well to kill them!"
"These corrupt officials deserve to be killed!"
The people applauded and cheered.
However, the cheering citizens were also arrested the next moment.
"You will all be exiled!"
"Why?"
"We support killing corrupt officials!"
"Yes, we support the Emperor."
"Hmph, matters of state are none of your concern; you can only observe, not discuss them!"
"Otherwise, they will all be exiled. What right do you commoners have to say who deserves to be killed?"
"what!"
And so, with the upheavals of those in power, a series of tight-knit cages were erected throughout the new dynasty.
The people, naturally, could not stand it and rebelled one after another.
However, they were all suppressed.
Because those in power are very experienced in how to suppress rebels.
Local garrisons were established, ready to be mobilized immediately at the first sign of trouble.
The small-scale rebellion was quickly suppressed by the garrison of a few hundred people.
He just didn't expect that the garrison would soon lose its fighting capacity.
Because officers, relying on their power, could easily seize soldiers' land.
Putting everything else aside, if they make you do more work and your harvest is poor, you'll have no choice but to sell your land.
He doesn't even need to resort to any forceful extortion. He can just use some tricks, issue a military order, and send you to guard the area. How are you supposed to manage the land then?
We can't rush things; how can we possibly manage well relying solely on the elderly, women, and children?
Therefore, the Wei-suo system, which was established by the higher-ups, had major problems from the very beginning.
To put it bluntly, it's still the same old story. In feudal dynasties, there were no checks and balances, and military officers, like officials, could exploit the people without limit.
The common people have only one option: like a spring, they must be compressed to the bottom before they can bounce back.
After a few decades of relaxation, it was suppressed again and rebounded.
Each rebound is like a cataclysmic event, plunging the world into chaos and eclipsing the sun and moon.
Then negotiations cannot proceed within a reasonable upper or lower limit.
Nobody will trust anyone else.
And on this day, it was finally Li Shanchang's turn again.
Before the Li residence.
A group of officers and soldiers surrounded them.
"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"
"Li Shanye, Lan Yu... are plotting a rebellion; their entire families must be exterminated!"
Li Shan, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked when he came out to receive the imperial decree.
"why?"
"I did not plot a rebellion!"
"I didn't conspire with them!"
"You can't do this, sir!"
Li Shan never imagined that despite having memories of the future and acting with utmost caution, he would still be killed by the emperor.
"Hmph, although you did not plot a rebellion, did you never think about it?"
Hearing this, Li Shanye was already furious.
"ridiculous!"
Can something you think in your mind be considered evidence?
"Is this how you treat human life so carelessly?"
"Isn't this murder and killing?"
"How could I have ended up like this? It's truly hateful!"
"hateful!"
"What do you mean by treating human life like dirt?"
"If the Emperor says you are guilty, then you are guilty, and you must obey the Emperor in everything!" Upon hearing this, the family member who was confiscated couldn't help but sneer.
Upon hearing this, Li Shan was filled with regret.
"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have betrayed Mr. with my superior."
"If the gentleman were in power, he certainly wouldn't have killed me."
"Because he doesn't take my threat seriously!"
"Haha, then who are you going to blame?" the other person mocked.
"You brought this all on yourself; you can't blame anyone else!"
"Yes, I deserve it. I only knew that ghosts and gods are unpredictable, but I forgot that the emperor is more terrifying than ghosts and gods!"
"Because the emperor's heart is even more unpredictable; to touch even the slightest bit of imperial power is to die!"
"What kind of damn world is this?!"
And at this time.
Lan Yu's voice came through.
"You damned old pig!"
"You bastard, you've crossed the river and burned the bridge! You're so ungrateful!"
"Brothers have risked their lives for you, risked their lives for you!"
"But you want to kill our brothers!"
"You bastard, damn it, you promised to give your brother a pardon from death!"
"Now you want to go back on your word? Did you make that promise to a dog?"
In the past, Li Shan would have definitely cursed Lan Yu.
But at this moment, he had no intention of cursing the other party.
Yes, Lan Yu had a way to die.
But he didn't offend anyone in the slightest!
They are still living cautiously.
The reason why imperial power is so hateful is precisely this.
It won't spare you from killing you just because you're innocent.
They won't let you off just because you're evil.
In short, it leaves you feeling lost and confused.
Whether they live or die depends entirely on the other person's will!
No wonder those wise people in ancient times all wanted to live in seclusion, hide in the rivers and lakes, or go to sea to live on islands!
They already knew this.
But now the dynasty has blocked the way out to sea, leaving everyone trapped in this closed circle, suspicious of each other and fighting each other.
Only by becoming the biggest one can one be exempt from all punishments; only when he punishes others can others do nothing against him.
The only way was to poison them or assassinate them in the harem.
It can't be done openly, unless it's a rebellion.
There are far too few ways to check and balance.
Li is good at getting very angry with himself.
How come he didn't notice?
He actually chose to take power because he was unable to control the spirits and gods.
Now it seems these consequences have come to pass.
The other party is so indifferent to human life, killing his entire family without hesitation.
And it involved the extermination of nine generations of their entire family!
How cruel!
Killing him alone, or his whole family, would be enough, wouldn't it?
How innocent were his people, his children, his elderly?
Even so, he heard that many people outside admired the emperor and even affectionately called him "Old Pig".
He's a cruel and tyrannical wild boar!
They disregard right and wrong, and for the sake of their imperial power and their own family's rule, they bring disaster to the entire world!
"How hateful! No emperor in history has ever been more selfish than the one who ruled!" "For the sake of one family or clan, he would kill nine generations of another's family!"
"Tyranny, tyranny!"
He started cursing loudly.
Like Lan Yu, he also cursed.
His only regret was why he didn't follow other powerful figures back then.
At least it had a good ending.
At least you won't have to suffer the death of nine generations of your family, right?
You have to understand that if a real killing were to break out, the entire population of a county or township would be wiped out!
No one has the time or inclination to identify whether each person is related to him.
Even people from the same hometown or with the same surname would be killed!
He is now filled with regret.
Who can we blame for this?
He has only himself to blame.
If he hadn't been suspicious of his superior and hadn't foolishly tried to curry favor with him, he wouldn't have ended up in this state.
He was executed very quickly.
Dark clouds flashed across the sky.
A thunderous roar.
The executioner, with a mouthful of strong liquor, spat it onto the executioner's broadsword and stepped forward to bring it down.
"bring it on!"
"Heavens above, if I had another chance, I would never do this again!"
Suddenly, everything went black and the scene changed.
At this moment.
The scene returned to what it was before.
This was precisely the time when the superior came to find Li Shan again.
"Haha, God has given me another chance!" he exclaimed.
"I'm good at it, I am..."
Before the superior could finish speaking, Li Shan said fiercely, "Just as I expected, it's the same old trick again!"
"Use people when you need them, discard them when you don't!"
He then addressed his servants and those around him:
"Brothers, we can't listen to this bastard emperor anymore!"
"That's right, that damned emperor, all he knows is how to deceive us!"
"We cannot listen to him!"
Then everyone rushed forward and firmly took control of the person in charge.
This time, the person in charge was immediately shocked.
"You, you guys, what are you doing?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Hmm, you're asking what we want? You know best in your heart, we won't fall for your tricks again!"
"Go to hell, you who want to take the throne!"
As they spoke, the crowd surged forward, intending to hack the man to death with their blades.
"Wait, let's hand him over to the master for disposal."
"By the way, killing him isn't the best option; it would be better to cripple him."
"That's right, since ancient times, no cripple has ever become emperor!"
Upon hearing this, the person in charge was immediately taken aback.
He thought the other party was still being manipulated by the master, so he hurriedly said to the system, "Quickly remove the idiocy effects from these people!"
The system did not make a sound.
They remained silent there.
"As expected, you betrayed me too!"
"I knew it! There's no such thing as a free lunch. You were actually sent by the master to laugh at me!"
In short, when the superior was enraged, they had already grabbed him and slashed his legs with a knife.
No one dared to mess with him before, but now they tie him to the ground and do with him as they please.
"hateful!"
He struggled desperately, but the immense power he once possessed had vanished.
This embarrassed him.
He was tied to the ground by several people, and his feet were cut off.
Rivers of blood.
Nobody cared whether he lived or died.
"Brothers, we no longer trust this person who came to power!" Li Shanye breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
"Yes, we were really stupid!"
"We actually believed you!"
"We were complete idiots."
"Right, you all know now!" Li Shan said, moved.
“That’s right, once they’re on the throne, they’ll be completely exposed.”
"He only cared about his own family and clan, and only knew how to take care of his own family."
“All his decrees were aimed at consolidating his rule, preventing the people from migrating, and prohibiting them from going to sea.”
"But we've also killed a lot of corrupt officials!" At this point, the person in charge also realized the truth.
It seems like time has turned back.
Everyone who followed him before met a bad end, which is why they rebelled!
Damn it, if he had known time could be reversed, he should have endured until the very end!
I really didn't expect it.
As expected, the gentleman is a ghost or a god.
Unstoppable!
"Hmph, the so-called killing of corrupt officials is nothing more than because these corrupt officials stole your money, and your own children are going to be given to princes."
"You're going to burst the dynasty's coffin!"
"Everyone is supposed to support your child. That's ridiculous!"
“The world was won by all the people, not by your family,” Li Shan said angrily.
Upon hearing this, the superior was equally furious.
"Nonsense! I've contributed the most to the world, so why can't I support a few of my children?"
"How many kings are there?"
"Several kings, each king begetting another king, and each grandson begetting another grandson. If this continues, the dynasty will only last five generations at most before it collapses!"
Everyone was furious.
They then sent him to Wenren Sheng.
Wenren Sheng watched this person rise to power.
The other party is indeed a hero.
But that's about it.
Even if a figure in a feudal dynasty acquires modern knowledge, he will only use it to consolidate his rule, focusing solely on the next few decades.
His claim that it was for the sake of his descendants was also a lie.
Or, to put it another way, it's short-sightedness.
Because if the other party truly wanted to ensure the long-term well-being of their descendants, they should have restricted imperial power, established a system, and ensured that a person's life and death could not be decided by any one individual.
Instead, it is the robust spring that takes charge.
Only a clockwork mechanism can determine a person's life or death, not their personal preferences.
Wenren Sheng had lost interest in him.
So they had him locked up in jail.
"Let them see for themselves how this world should be transformed."
Meanwhile, the person in charge, unwilling to give up, continued to call out to the system.
[System, come save me!]
However, the system was already completely silent.
The person in charge remained silent.
He realized that he had indeed made a mistake, but he hadn't actually done anything wrong.
His biggest mistake was that he wasn't strong enough.
At first, he also thought of sharing his wealth, status, and glory with everyone.
But why did he later become unwilling to share with others?
The reason is also very simple.
Human greed is limitless.
Not content with the rewards they received, those people continued to steal from his house.
And it wasn't just one person doing this.
Why would he share his own things with others?
Who would want to share such a good thing with others?
Nobody wants to do that.
Therefore, killing them would reduce a large amount of expenditure and at the same time make up for the prince's arrears.
(End of this chapter)