In 22 1 year BC, Qin Shihuang established the first feudal dynasty in the history of China, that is, the Qin Dynasty in 1000. After his death, his son Hu Hai became the emperor of Qin Ershi. Cruel punishment, heavy taxes and numerous corvees displaced farmers and destroyed their families. Qin Ershi has also carried out large-scale construction, conquering everywhere, causing people's livelihood to complain.
In 209 BC, Qin Ershi issued a decree to enforce corvee throughout the country. In July this year, 900 able-bodied men from Fangcheng County, Henan Province, led by two officers, went to Yuyang to defend the border. At that time, due to the continuous heavy rain, the road was difficult, and I arrived in osawa Township and missed the date. According to the law of the Qin dynasty, this is beheading. At this time, two leaders appeared among them, namely Chen Sheng and Guangwu. They discussed that if you go, you and I will both die. You can't leave without leaving. I will die. Why not fight for something? So they killed the police officer in custody.
Before the uprising, Chen Sheng had Chen written on white silk and put it in the fish belly. In the middle of the night, in an ancient temple, a bonfire was covered with bamboo, and I learned something from the fox's mouth. This is the fish belly and the little red book, as well as the sound of bonfires and foxes, to create momentum for the uprising.
During the uprising, Chen Sheng shouted: What kind of vassal would you rather have? Then cut wood for soldiers and expose the pole as a flag, that is, use sticks as weapons, tie cloth pieces on bamboo poles as flags, shout the slogan of cutting roads to destroy Qin, and rise up. Later the uprising was represented by this idiom.