Speaking of which, there is an old saying called "hanging sheep's head to sell dog meat". Of course, since this sentence came from ancient times, we should understand that in ancient times, this kind of thing can be said to have happened often. For example, peasant revolts that often occurred in ancient times. The peasant revolt, which, as we understand it, should refer to the revolt of the peasants who had lost their land in ancient times, with the aim of rebelling against feudal rule and order.
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It can be said that this was originally an uprising that represented the interests of the ancient peasants, but when we carefully study the many uprisings in ancient times, we will find that this is really a case of hanging sheep's heads and selling dog meat. Because of the good peasant uprising, in fact, there are many leaders of the uprising who have never been peasants.
First of all, the first uprising in the history of the continent really lived up to this title. Because the people who led the uprising in Dazexiang, whether it was Chen Sheng or Wu Guang, they were all from the background of domestic farmers and poor peasants, so there was no problem. The real problem is in the future, that is, the Huangchao Uprising, the Li Zicheng Uprising, and the Taiping Rebellion of the Qing Dynasty.
In these three uprisings, the leaders were not peasants. Take Huang Chao, for example, he was born in a wealthy merchant family, first studied culture, and then participated in the scientific expedition, which was unsuccessful, and also left a sentence "the city is full of golden armor", which has become a well-known poem in later generations. But this is also counted, he failed the examination, began to do business, and even became a very good development of the salt lord. However, he soon remembered the choice of the uprising, and held a mighty Yellow Nest Uprising.
And that Li Zicheng is not a farmer. When Li Zicheng was born, his family was very poor, first for the local people to herd sheep for a living, and then became a border pawn, not to mention, later, he also became a border soldier. So, tell me, is Li Zicheng a peasant class? It is obvious that it is not, and that the reason why Li Zicheng was able to successfully revolt had a lot to do with the fact that he had been in the army for a long time. So, do you still say that this was a complete peasant uprising?
Then, let's talk about Hong Xiuquan. In Hong Xiuquan's resume, there is also a so-called national hero title, but what is his origin? Allow him to successfully organize an uprising? In fact, Hong Xiuquan was born in a family of cultivators and readers, so after he began to recognize words, he has been working the position of Keju. However, he participated in the exam many times, but he still failed to win the election, and in the helpless defeat, Hong Xiuquan continued to develop his own uprising team, and then created a peasant uprising with great action.
So, you say, are the purposes of these rebel generals not so pure?