"One hundred and eight heroes. That was quite an auspicious number. What a pity."
Of the one hundred and eight heroes of Mount Liang, the vast majority had been driven to become bandits by the pressures of life. That was a problem of the era, and they could not be blamed for it.
Not to mention those who joined Mount Liang later. Quite a few had been deliberately set up by the people of Mount Liang and forced to join them. If Mount Liang in its early days still cared about brotherhood, then later on, in order to make others join them, they ruined families and destroyed lives before framing their targets. They were no different from those corrupt officials.
In other words, Mount Liang had gone from being victims to victimizers. Take Lu Junyi, who was said to value loyalty above all else. He had originally been wealthy and lived a fulfilling life, yet because Mount Liang wanted him to join them, they destroyed his family. If it had been Shen Fei, once he learned the truth, he would have made Mount Liang pay.
"Brotherhood? Then I'll see just how much brotherhood you people have. Men."
As Shen Fei issued one order after another, they were swiftly transmitted from the capital to the provinces and the areas around Mount Liang. Though the Song Dynasty was weak, the central authority and its systems still existed. With Shen Fei controlling the imperial court, he had indirectly gained control of the entire Song Dynasty.
That was why he had chosen to begin with the imperial court instead of launching a peasant uprising directly. With his strength, overthrowing the dynasty through a peasant revolt would have been easy enough, but it would have taken several times longer than this approach.
"I'll leave this