It has been said since ancient times: "Those who control their thoughts will bring themselves a hundred blessings; those who indulge in thoughts will bring themselves a hundred disasters."

After going through many hardships, the lord finally returned to Xiqi. This is like a tiger returning to the forest and a dragon returning to the sea.

King Zhou committed all kinds of immoral acts. He killed his wife and son, invented torture instruments such as burning with brandy and scorpion-snake pots, minced his ministers into pieces, abolished the laws of the previous kings, built wine pools and meat forests, killed palace concubines, listened to the slander of Daji, abandoned the elderly, compared criminals to each other, refused advice and executed loyal people, and indulged in alcohol and sex.

In the current Shang Dynasty, Donglu has rebelled, so why shouldn't Xiqi also rebel? "Getting emotional, San Yisheng directly told Ji Chang to rebel.

"Yes, King Zhou is ruthless, indulges in wine and women, and refuses to repent. Sooner or later, the Shang Dynasty will be destroyed by his hands. For the sake of the people of the world, we have rebelled."

"Besides, King Zhou murdered the eldest son and made him into meat patties. We should avenge him by mincing his corpse into pieces!"

"My Lord, just rebel! We now have 400,000 brave soldiers and 60 generals in Xiqi. With just one order from my Lord, we will storm through the five passes, surround Chaoge, behead Fei Zhong and Daji in the city, depose the tyrant ruler, and establish a wise one to vent the anger of the world!"

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Once San Yisheng took the lead, everyone stood up and instigated Ji Chang to rebel.

In any era, resources are limited.

The longer the era, the greater the wealth gap will be.

The reason is simple: people who control resources find it easier to manipulate them.

For example, after an uprising and overthrow of the imperial court, there will be redistribution.

At that time, in order to recruit talents, the taxes on the land controlled by officials would be reduced or even exempted.

For the development of the family, everyone will take the civil service exam because after taking the exam, they will pay less taxes.

As the land owned by those who passed the civil service examination increased, the tax revenue would be reduced.

If the court collects less tax revenue, it will increase taxes and the people will be further oppressed.

If something unexpected happened and the people were unable to pay taxes, they would sell their land to officials to reduce their taxes.

But the more this happens, the more land officials own, and various monopolies will emerge.

The more land an official owned, the less taxes he would pay, and the court would have to increase taxes again.

Ultimately, a vicious cycle of constant oppression of the people is formed.

When the people have no way to survive, rebellion becomes their only option.

The reason why San Yisheng and others wanted to rebel was that Xiqi’s resources had been almost divided up.

Being a minister of Xiqi is completely different from being a minister of the world.

"Everyone, absolutely not... absolutely not!

The late king appointed me as the ruler of Xiqi. This is your trust in me.

After I became the Duke of Xibo, I also worked hard for the people of Xiqi.

Today you said such outrageous words, I will pretend that I didn’t hear them.

It's just your drunken nonsense.

But remember, this only happens once.

Besides, Your Majesty is the head of all nations. Even if he makes mistakes, your subjects should remind him more often and help him correct them.

Even if the king is wrong, we cannot scold him, because he is the king of men after all.

Moreover, 'If the king orders his subjects to die, they dare not disobey; if the father orders his son to die, he dare not disobey'.

As a subject, loyalty and filial piety should be placed first...

Well, that's all for today, I'm tired." Ji Chang immediately scolded San Yisheng and his group.

Ji Chang also wanted to rebel, but now was not the time.

In addition, Ji Chang was afraid of Huang Feihu and Wen Taishi. With them around, Xiqi would definitely not be their match.

Ji Chang's idea was to conserve his energy and build up his strength.

Dong Lu has already rebelled, and Chaoge's attention is on Dong Lu, so let them fight first.

Now Xiqi just needs to prepare for war.

"We'll take our leave." After being scolded by Ji Chang, everyone suddenly woke up and couldn't help feeling a little scared.

At the same time, everyone is curious.

It is really unbelievable that Ji Chang had experienced so much but had no intention of rebelling.

"Wait a moment!

Everyone, I plan to build a spiritual platform in Xiqi.

This altar was built to pray for blessings and let the people of Xiqi live a good life.

But I'm worried about the waste of money and manpower. Does anyone have any good ideas?" Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Ji Chang quickly changed the subject.

Rebellion, Xiqi will definitely rebel.

It’s just that now is not the time to rebel, he needs to accumulate strength, so Ji Chang doesn’t show it.

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