Bobby Chen (? ~ before 208), the word involved, Yangcheng (now southeast of Dengfeng County, Henan Province) at the end of Qin Dynasty, was born in a farmhouse. In the first year of Qin Ershi (209 BC), he was enlisted as the garrison, killed Qin Guan with Guangwu in osawa Township, Qixian County (now Liu Cun Ji, southeast of Suxian County, Anhui Province), cracked the uprising, established the Zhang Chu regime, and became the first influential peasant uprising leader in China history.
When Chen Sheng was young, he was catching up with the tyranny in the late Qin Dynasty. He saw with his own eyes that the tax corvee crushed his family and neighbors. They were forced to pay taxes on two-thirds of the harvested grain to the government, and they were also burdened with heavy military service and corvee. When the adult men in the village were called up for service, the government asked women to transport their wages, and many families lost their wives and family members. The laws of the Qin Dynasty were very strict. Often a person commits a crime and kills nine families, which is called "travel punishment". A crime, even the neighborhood is called "sitting together." Every time, they were punished by hard labor and torture. Some people had their feet cut off, some had their noses cut off, and some were executed. Criminals escorting the government can be seen everywhere. The dark reality planted the seeds against the tyranny of Qin Dynasty in Chen Sheng's young mind.
Bobby Chen began to do long-term work for the landlord's family at an early age. But others are not small and people are not poor. Every time I do coolies, I sit there alone and think hard: why do we people suffer from generation to generation? Why can't rich people idle around and enjoy all the splendor? Are the children of the poor destined to suffer when they are born? The children of the rich are destined to be happy when they are born? Who is in charge of all this?
As he grew older, he gradually realized that the rich bullied the poor and did whatever they wanted because he had the support of the king of Qin behind him. The people will never have a bright future unless the rule of the Qin Dynasty is overthrown. So he came up with the idea of overthrowing the Qin Dynasty and establishing farmers' own political power.
On one occasion, he worked with long-term workers to farm the land for the landlord. The scorching sun scorched the back, and the rope pulling the plow left scars on the bony shoulders. Bobby Chen was the last straw, and a sense of injustice rose in his heart. He threw off the plough rope on his shoulder and stepped onto the ridge, quitting. The injustice of the world, the atrocities of the Qin Dynasty and the sufferings of the villagers all impacted his mind together, and his desire to overthrow feudal tyranny and establish peasant regime was even stronger. After thinking about it, he threw an irrelevant sentence to his companions with longing: "Guys, if I have money in the future, I will never forget you." Naturally, the long-term workers didn't know his inner secrets, let alone his ambitions and ambitions, so they laughed at him one after another: "You are a small long-term worker, working hard to farm and fill people's stomachs. What else can you mix? " Facing a group of long-term workers who laughed at him, Bobby Chen had to sigh: "Alas! Swallows know the ambition of swans! "
Later, together with Guangwu, Chen Shengzhen launched a massive peasant uprising in osawa Township, established the first peasant regime in China history-Zhang Chu regime, and realized his great ambition as a teenager.
Legend of Bobby Chen
Chen Sheng, a native of Yangcheng (now Dengfeng, Henan), was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty. In 209 BC (the first year), he led an uprising against the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty and established the Zhang Chu regime in Chen County (now Huaiyang, Henan Province). After the failure, he was killed by a traitor.
Shelutai
In the south of Suxian County, there is a earthen platform called Sherutai. Why is it called deer shooting platform? There is such a legend.
South of Suxian County. There is a place called Yangcheng (now southeast of Dengfeng County). There is a little Chen Zhuang not far from Yangcheng. There is a young man named Chen Sheng in the east of this village. He has neither parents nor elder sister-in-law, only two brothers and sisters live at home. At that time, it was time for Qin Ershi to collect taxes and extort money. After years of war, the people could not make a living, and almost all the young people were taken to serve as soldiers. Although Chen Shengzai escaped several times when arresting soldiers, he was at home.
Life at school is very difficult. The two brothers and sisters came and went in the wind and rain, with dew on their heads and frost on their feet, and worked hard for a year. Finally, all the food they got was taken away by the court.
This summer, Qin Ershi sent two captains to Yangcheng to arrest people in order to guard the frontier fortress in Yuyang (now southwest of Miyun County, Beijing). Bobby Chen was arrested this time. A surname saw that Chen Sheng was tall and strong, and let him be the temporary leader-the captain of the chariot.
This time, a * * * arrested more than 900 people, all of whom went to osawa Township (now southwest of Anhui Suxian County) for a meeting. The arrested people didn't want to go to Yuyang, so they were delayed for a few days on the road. At this time, it was Huangmei season, and several days of heavy rain turned Huaibei Plain into a Wang Yang. People stay in Qixian County (now Suxian County, Anhui Province) under the pretext of the rainy road, and they are even more reluctant to leave.
Seeing that everyone didn't want to leave, Bobby Chen took the opportunity to secretly say to everyone, "It's raining! In any case, I can't arrive on time; Even in Yuyang, according to the laws of the imperial court, you will be beheaded if you are late! " More than 900 people are unwilling to go to Yuyang. Now, after hearing what Bobby Chen said, everyone is confused, and no one listens to a surname. A Buddhist monk saw that he couldn't get to Yuyang on time, so everyone didn't listen to him and hit people all day. In this way, everyone's grievances will be even greater.
Chen Sheng saw that people had anti-Qin feelings, so he privately consulted another chariot captain, Guangwu. Guangwu is Bobby Chen's cousin. They have been friends since childhood, and they talk about everything as soon as they meet.
Chen Sheng said, "What should we do if we go to Yuyang this time?" Guangwu said. "I think there is only one way. Anti-fucking "!
"I also want to good early, is afraid of you don't Qi Xin. Besides, when Qin destroyed our Chu State and took away all the iron, where did you get the weapons? "
Guangwu wanted to mean to say. "I heard that there is a fortune teller in Qixian County, and God is as good. It is better to find him a lesson, maybe there will be a way. "
Bobby Chen went to town and found Mr. Pig melon. Chen Sheng shook a lesson, and the fortune teller looked at Chen Sheng and asked, "What did you ask?" Chen Sheng said, "I want to do something and ask if I can do it?" Mr. Said; "Things can be done, but half depends on people and half depends on ghosts and gods." Chen Sheng asked again: "How to rely on people and how to rely on ghosts and gods?" Mr. Wang said with a smile, "That's what the hexagram said. That's what I said. I don't know what I don't know. " Chen Sheng saw that he didn't talk and had to come back.
Chen Sheng came back and told Mr Guangwu what he said. Guangwu thought for a moment and didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. Chen Sheng said, "In my opinion, half depends on people and the other half depends on ghosts and gods. I think every family in Qixian county worships the fox spirit, so we say that the fox spirit is a saint and ask us to do so. What do you think? " Guangwu said: "Cousin is right!" So they agreed that Guangwu should learn from what the fox said at night.
That night, when everyone was asleep, they heard the fox say something behind the big temple, called "Great Chu Xing, Chen"!
Everyone was surprised to hear that, and you kept talking to me. When a captain heard the cry, he sent someone to check it out and found nothing. After that, it always screamed for several nights, and everyone said it was a fox spirit.
It's sunny after the rain. Although the water hasn't receded, the road can go. A surname immediately ordered the departure. Guangwu said: "Now the deadline has been missed. If you miss it, you will be beheaded. In my opinion, let's break up! " Hearing this, the surname flew into a rage. He drew his sword and cut it at Guangwu. Guangwu made a sudden snatch, grabbed the sword and killed the master. Another captain had a genial smile and was about to run away. Chen Sheng grabbed him and killed him.
After killing two captains, 900 people supported Chen Sheng as king and rose up to revolt. Chen Sheng ordered Guangwu to buy a white silk horse in the city, cut it into small pieces, and wrote: "Qin was destroyed, Chu was promoted, and Chen Sheng was king. Bring your own hoes, bamboo poles and sticks and meet at the south gate terrace. " After writing, send someone to catch fish in the field, then put white silk in the fish's stomach and pick it up and sell it in the street. At this time, because the crops were flooded, the people could only eat fish as food. They went to the streets to buy fish, cut open the belly of the fish and found that it was written in black and white, saying it was a "heavenly book." The news spread, and in a few days, people from all directions knew it.
On the appointed day, thousands of people, carrying hoes, sticks and bamboo poles, went straight to the earthen platform in the south of the city to join the anti-Qin uprising team led by Chen Sheng.
Chen Sheng stood on the mound and ordered his men to cut down trees as weapons, each with a stick. This is what later generations called "uprising". Bobby Chen was talking to everyone on the earthen platform when he suddenly saw a deer running from a distance. Chen Dan pulled out an arrow, put on a bow, and said to everyone; "If I had the throne, I would set up my own revolutionary regime soon after the rebels laid Chen County (Huaiyang, Henan Province). Chen Sheng became king and named his country "Zhang Chu". This arrow can kill a deer! " With that, the bow rang and an arrow was shooting at the deer. The deer escaped injured and died in an empty lake. Therefore, people later called the earthen platform where Chen Sheng shot deer "Deer Shooting Platform" and the place where the deer died "Dead Deer Lake".
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