Rebellion was indeed very easy in ancient times, and all dynasties and dynasties recorded the rebellion. The laws of the Qin Dynasty were very harsh, but in fact, before the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings, small-scale rebellions in various places had already been surging in various places, and the historical records were "bandits full of mountains". The Song Dynasty was a relatively peaceful dynasty, but there were many rebellions. According to statistics, in the 300 years of the Song Dynasty, there were more than 400 rebellions, and it can be said that there were rebellions almost every year. In history, peasant uprisings caused by natural and man-made disasters have risen one after another, many of which are because they cannot eat and will starve to death if they do not rebel, such as the Lulin Chimei Uprising, the Song Jiang Uprising, the Fang La Uprising, the Li Zicheng Uprising, and so on.
If the rebellion is caught and commits the crime of "plotting a great rebellion", not only will they be killed, but they will also be killed by the "Yisan ethnic group" and the "nine ethnic groups", then why are there so many ancient people, the peasants are waving their arms, and many people are in danger of their lives, and they still want to rebel? In fact, there are several reasons behind this, the most important of which is that they are not afraid of death and are not afraid of being wanted by the imperial court.
The first is that the ancient information circulation is full, so it leads to local corruption problems, so that the people have risen up. This kind of phenomenon is a very common phenomenon in ancient China, because the ancient traffic was not developed, it was difficult for the imperial court to control the actual situation of the locality, some local magnates and officials were easy to collude, the peasants at the lowest level of society had always lived quite miserable, the landlords oppressed, the state oppressed, has always had to work, this life can not turn over at all, in this case the people are the largest oppressed class, naturally prone to rebellion.
The second is the lack of food caused by natural and man-made disasters. Ancient China was an agrarian society, and the level of productivity was very low, and it was necessary to rely on the sky to eat. Once there is a disaster year, the crops are not harvested, there is no way to deal with it, and the phenomenon of starvation will occur. In the year of disaster, the landlords and rich merchants often hoarded and raised prices, which made the people worse. Rebellion and something like that happened.
Again, the ancient people were more superstitious and easy to follow blindly. In ancient times, the scientific level was not developed, and the education was relatively small, which caused them to be more superstitious and blindly obedient. Those who organize rebellions often take advantage of this and quickly gather many people. From Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, who spoke through the mouth of a fox, to the Yellow Turban Army uprising, when "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand," to the later Hong Xiuquan uprising to engage in "worship of God," they all used the idea of mandate of heaven and superstitious thought to brainwash ordinary people and let them follow the rebellion very blindly.
Of course, the cost of this kind of uprising is also very large, and throughout the history of our country, most of the people who have a mouthful of food will not do such a thing, after all, they are desperate. And if you follow the wrong person, then basically go to the road of death, such as the late Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, hong Xiuquan at that time was not a person who could follow, the people followed him to lay down most of the country, but in the end it was only taken into the ditch, helpless to disperse.