A journey to the heavens starting from the Red Mansion

Chapter 125 The real conflict

Suzhou City Guard General Zhao Shijun knelt in front of Lin Yao and honestly begged for mercy, begging Lin Yao not to kill him and give him a way to live.

He was born as a general, and apart from being suppressed by the Song Emperor and civil servants, he had little power and would not be lacking in other aspects of enjoyment.

I can continue to enjoy the sensual life of "playing music and dancing" for more than ten years, but I don't want to die young.

After all, the group of smart people in the court just wanted to sharpen the sharp edges of the swords to prevent them from being scratched, not to force these warriors to rebel.

Otherwise, in a few years, "the inner treasury will be burned to ashes, and the bones of the public ministers will be trampled on in the streets."

Lin Yao felt a sense of separation.

"Shi Yongzhong, I am revolting so that the lower class will have more opportunities. You were born in poverty, why are you so hostile to me? Zhao Shijun's generals for generations have known how to beg for mercy, why don't you surrender? If you surrender, I will never kill you , I will still use you."

Shi Yongzhong looked at Zhao Shijun with contempt.

"I just found out today that you are such a shameless villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Are you worthy of your status? As expected, Wu Fu cannot be trusted."

Zhao Shijun knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak. He was used to such words.In fact, if he knew how to analyze, he would find out the cause and effect of Shi Yongzhong.

It's not because their warriors are greedy for life and afraid of death, but because their blood has been wiped out and they have begun to live in peace.

Speaking of which, Di Qing, the ruthless man who beat Xixia into a state of embarrassment, came from a poor family but was able to hold a high position, and his abilities should not be underestimated.

But there was almost no room for them in the court, so it was better for these generals to just be their sluts.

However, this situation deepened secular prejudices, making the generals of the Song Dynasty even more discriminated against.

After scolding Zhao Shijun, Shi Yongzhong looked at Lin Yao as if he were looking at the enemy who killed his father.

"I am a vassal of the Son of Heaven, how could I bow my knees to a traitor? If you want to kill a traitor, you will kill, don't talk nonsense!"

"You were born in poverty, and you should also understand the misery of the people at the bottom today. The old party and the new party are fighting endlessly in the court, and "big fights in and small fights out" are common among the people. Now that I have a strong army, why don't you join hands with me to rebuild the country? ?”

Lin Yao looked at Shi Yongzhong expectantly.

Shi Yongzhong was furious.

"Traitor, don't talk nonsense. How can I, a subject of the emperor, associate with a traitor like you? Kill me quickly. One day, the king will cut your traitor into pieces with thousands of swords and smash your bones into ashes!"

Shi Yongzhong was not afraid in his heart, but he would never think of taking refuge in Lin Yao. The reason was very simple. If the surrender failed, the entire clan would die.

Even if he doesn't surrender, no matter whether the uprising succeeds or fails, he will die alone.

With his knowledge, he can easily determine the final outcome of the peasant uprising, so the choice is easy.

It's just that the uncertainty factor of Lin Yao is not added, and his final purpose makes Shi Yongzhong look so stupid now.

Lin Yao looked at the bulging veins on Shi Yongzhong's forehead and the strong anger and murderous intent in his eyes. This ferocious face showed his attitude.
It seems that the main contradiction in the world is the contradiction between classes.

Now Yingjiang is trying his best to disguise his domestic class contradictions as other contradictions.

These smart people know that other contradictions can check and balance each other according to different needs, but class contradictions are inextricably linked.

Therefore, conflicts between different groups are artificially created, making it impossible for the people at the bottom to unite as a whole to resist the upper class.Just changing the batch of rulers is not enough. Changing the soup does not change the medicine.

Even if Lin Yao's team seizes the rule of the Song Dynasty, it will not solve the fundamental problem, or in other words, everyone will not pay attention to the fundamental problem at all.

All contradictions are superficial. If you look a little deeper, you will find that they are all class contradictions.

The history of human progress is a history of class struggle, and class struggle should never be forgotten.

Economy is the basis of everything, so we must use economics as the standard for division. This is class division.

People should not be divided by other labels, such as occupation, gender, etc. These labels only divide people but cannot unite them.

In layman's terms, if you want to move up in class, you must first join a higher class and be a dog for them. The price of being a dog is that you have to tame all the people of your same class into dogs.

Let people of your own class think you are a dog king who can rule over them, and then see if the mood of the higher class allows you to behave as a human being.

If they don't like you, let alone being a human being, they will kill you and give it to others, and they will support the next person who is willing and capable enough to be the dog king.

If there is rabies, they have another set of countermeasures.

The normal social class is a pyramid that is cut horizontally, while the eagle-shaped class is cut vertically.Provoking confrontation is one of the reasons why the people at the bottom of Yingjiang cannot get up.

It's just that some people try to cover up this most fundamental contradiction in various forms of contradiction.

Taking advantage of these contradictions to cut the society vertically, the people at the bottom are divided, so that they cannot unite as one, and cannot strive for rights and interests upward.

Thinking of this, Lin Yao looked at the officers at all levels in the Zhizhou Mansion headed by him. These people in front of him represented the core of Lin Yao's team.

Some of these people may be from the Xiaoyao Sect, and some are from the Lingjiu Palace. He is going to take this opportunity to unite his thoughts and let some people who originally followed blindly understand the meaning of doing so.

"Most of you are from poor backgrounds, otherwise you wouldn't be living a life of licking blood from a knife's edge. All of this is just to have a full meal and stay away from the precarious life."

Lin Yao pointed his finger at Shi Yongzhong and liked to use advanced viewpoints to attack their corrupt and degenerate ideas.

"But have you seen it now? Shi Yongzhong, who originally had the same background as you, has forgotten the hardships before, and instead oppresses and exploits harder than Zhao Shijun, who was born as a general. This is where the butt determines the head."

The captured Shi Yongzhong and Zhao Shijun, as well as a group of officials, large and small, looked at Lin Yao in surprise.

The officers and soldiers looked at Lin Yao with burning eyes. In their hearts, every word spoken by Lin Yao, who had various miracles, contained the truth of the world.

Lin Yao walked slowly around Shi Yongzhong.

"Shi Yongzhong has become an official, completed the class leap and became a master. So even though he and you were poor people before, he didn't care about the people who were still suffering, nor did he care whether the landlords abused the common people under his rule, then What does he care about?"

Lin Yao asked, and everyone present fell into deep thought.

He looked at the thoughtful people and did not ask Wang Yuyan and others who had already received the ideological shock.

Instead, seek answers from the soldiers and officers around you who have not been in contact for a long time. These people may have the most authentic thoughts of the people at the bottom.

(End of this chapter)