Li Zicheng Uprising: During the Ming and Chongzhen Dynasties, there was drought and famine in northern Shaanxi, and farmers rioted in succession.
Gao Yingxiang's warrior Li Zicheng is resourceful. In the second year of Chongzhen, Yan Li and Li Zicheng revolted and put forward slogans such as "All fields are tax-free".
The Yellow Scarf Uprising: At that time, the imperial court was corrupt, the eunuchs and consorts fought constantly, the border wars continued, and the national strength was weakening day by day. Because of the national drought, grain was not collected and taxes were not reduced. Desperate poor peasants rose up at the behest of Julu Zhang Jiao, plunged into the yellow turban insurrectionary and launched a fierce attack on bureaucratic landlords.
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Guangwu Uprising, Chen Sheng: Qin Shihuang built a large-scale civil project and was sent back and forth to build the Great Wall, defend Lingnan, repair Epang Palace, build tombs and other laborers, totaling almost two to three million people. At that time, the population of the Qin dynasty was only 20 million, and the corvee was too heavy, which cost a lot of manpower and financial resources, so there was the later Daze Township Uprising.
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: After the Opium War, in order to pay war reparations, the Qing Dynasty stepped up its search for people's fat and paste.
Rule is more corrupt.
Corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry also took the opportunity to blackmail the people, and the working people who could not bear the suffering revolted one after another.
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