The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

"The people of that time..."

"Describing them as walking corpses would be quite apt, wouldn't it?"

"At that time, the common people were all skin and bones, and the gentry of the Central Plains were also exploited by the Eight Banners, so their lives were not much better."

"For them, just surviving is difficult enough. Even if they are oppressed to the extreme and rebel, what good will it do?"

Could such people and such rebel armies really pose any threat?

Old Zhu had experienced hunger.

During his most difficult time, he didn't even have the strength to walk, let alone wield a knife.

If someone were to come and kill him then, he would have no choice but to wait for his execution!

All he could say was that if he hadn't been so lucky and hadn't encountered so many kind people, he would have long since become one of the skeletons starving to death on the roadside.

It is not difficult to see that for those people living under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the past hundred years have been almost no different from their most difficult time.

Do ordinary people in that situation really have the ability to resist?

Old Zhu was always very confident in his own strength, but if he had led a bunch of skinny rebels when the uprising started, he probably wouldn't have been able to fight against the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, let alone leave the county town!

Rebels in that state didn't even need the imperial court to send troops; the county magistrate could easily suppress them with just a hundred or so constables!

Exploiting people to the extreme can indeed provoke a united and indignant resistance from everyone.

But by that time, the people had long lost the power to resist.

"Not necessarily. If those places are too close to the capital and dare to revolt, they will naturally be quickly suppressed."

"But what about people in remote areas?"

“If they act quickly enough, it would take them at least several months to kill officials, open granaries and distribute grain, and for the news to reach the capital.”

"During this period, the people who were attracted by their reputation were able to obtain enough food."

"Although it may not be enough to fill the hunger that lasted for so long, and weakness is still unavoidable, at least there is room for resistance."

"As for what comes after that, it will likely still be very difficult, but it's not entirely without a chance."

Liu Bang thought for a moment and said.

The imperial court was unable to react to rebellions in remote areas.

Furthermore, under the Qing Dynasty's rule, uprisings in various regions were probably as commonplace as eating and drinking.

At that time, they would certainly choose to prioritize suppressing the more threatening rebellions, while uprisings in remote areas would be ignored.

Don't ask him how he knows; that's how it was at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

Zhao Gao's forces were actually quite strong.

At that time, there were uprisings in various parts of the Qin Dynasty. He could only try his best to suppress the rebels near Xianyang first, and after ensuring the safety of the capital, he would extend the suppression to remote areas.

However, the difference between the late Qin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty is that the First Emperor ultimately treated the people as human beings, and even the forced labor was paid with silver and grain.

Qin Er Shi (Hu Hai) only reigned for a few short years, which was far from enough to torture the people to the point of being skin and bones.

Furthermore, due to the First Emperor's arrogance, he did not focus too much on eradicating the remnants of the six former states.

Therefore, later on, whether it was the middle-level forces or the lower-level forces, the rebels against Qin were extremely powerful.

The biggest difference between the two lies here.

"When will the challenge of the immortals begin? Destroying our current Jurchen people is not enough to quell our hatred."

"Besides, our Jurchens are not numerous enough to vent their anger."

"The quantity of wild boar hides from the Qing Dynasty is barely enough. Now we're just hoping that the immortal will start the challenge and choose us."

"At that time, we will give you all a proper performance of the various cruel tortures of the Ming Dynasty."

“Especially those slave owners… no, those Manchu emperors, we will skin them alive!”

Old Zhu no longer wants to discuss this.

Even though he knew that the Qing Dynasty would eventually perish, as long as it didn't die at his hands, it wouldn't be enough to quell his anger!

"Old Zhu, the way you're saying it makes it sound like nobody wants to miss out on this challenge."

Zhao Kuangyin curled his lip.

Don't be fooled by the fact that everyone seems to be having a relatively harmonious discussion right now.

In truth, if nothing unexpected happens, everyone is practically bursting with anger.

Who wouldn't want to destroy these things with their own hands?

Especially the dynasties before the Song Dynasty.

Even if they wanted to vent their anger on the Jurchens first, they probably wouldn't be able to!

At that time, the Manchu Qing dynasty didn't even exist yet!

"However, this review is indeed extraordinary."

"If the immortals were to actually initiate the challenge, the difficulty of that challenge would be unimaginable."

"Even the challenge that Zhu Yuanzhang faced in the past, and the challenge that Liu Bang participated in not long ago, were far less difficult than this!"

Ying Zheng also wanted to participate in the challenge.

But he also knew that this challenge was of unparalleled difficulty.

The first issue is identity.

If such a challenge were to actually exist, what would the requirements be?

To overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming?

But the Ming Dynasty was just as corrupt at that time. Even if the Qing Dynasty were to be overthrown and the Ming Dynasty restored, would the people really be able to live a good life?

Obviously not. For details, you can refer directly to the late Ming Dynasty.

Aside from restoring the Ming Dynasty, there is only one other possibility left.

As a grassroots rebel army, we will overthrow the Qing Dynasty!

"That's right. Although your previous challenges were not easy, they were manageable with a little thought."

"But in the face of the Manchu challenge, how could a peasant uprising be considered an easier task than climbing to heaven, where even taking the first step of the uprising would be more difficult than ascending to heaven!"

The first step of an uprising is to capture the county government and break into the imperial granary when one is on the verge of starvation and unarmed!

Even though Liu Bang was always very confident in his martial prowess and felt that he was only one step behind Xiang Yu, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in this situation.

He had never experienced what it felt like to be on the verge of starvation.

"So you're a piece of trash."

"It's nothing more than storming the county government office and slaughtering all the soldiers guarding the granary."

"So what if they have no weapons or armor? Even if I fight bare-handed, I can easily tear them apart!"

Xiang Yu said disdainfully.

"You can even survive on the verge of starvation?"

Liu Bang spoke slowly, attempting to refute.

"Do you think I'm powerless to fight back when I'm on the verge of death? Putting aside the fact that I could easily kill a few people, I'd be a piece of cake!"

Xiang Yu did not hesitate.

Although he had never experienced such a time, he was extremely confident in his abilities!

Liu Bang: “…”

He thought about it.

During the siege of Gaixia, Xiang Yu led a dozen or so horsemen to break through the encirclement. Later, he was surrounded at Wujiang. He killed more than a hundred people on horseback, but was wounded and fell off his horse. He then killed more than a hundred more people on foot.

What to say.

This guy claims he could easily kill several people even when he was on the verge of death, and it seems like he really has no problem with that.

Even this number is an understatement!