Editorial

Red Turban Army a New Rebellion                             Editorial                                         By:Nathaniel Etienne

   Zhu Yuanzhang, leader of the Red Turbans has recently killed Han Lin'er. He did this to call in a racial revolution for the Han Chinese, thay are being treated very unfairly. The Red Turban Army plans on over throwing the Mongols and starting a new dynasty. The Mongols should establish a new bureaucracy this is not totally bias and overly beneficial to the Mongols. They should spread the taxes equally among all the classes of people to keep order and balance economically, and so no one class has to carry the weight of all the other classes.
  
   To prove the point of the Han Chinese info has been gathered. The Mongols have recently been struggling military wise. All the failed campaigns and the costly defense of the empires borders caused an urgent need for military funding. To make up for their failed efforts they taxed the Han Chinese (mostly peasants) heavily. This was because they were at the bottom of the bureaucracy. As stated earlier, The Red Turban Army has called in a racial revolution for the Han Chinese. This is because of the high taxes they received. The Han Chinese have become supporters of the Red Turbans. This gives evidence that both groups are against the Mongols. The Mongols did not only tax them heavily, but treated them unfairly too. They had more severe punishments even to minor offenses. The reason being they are the lowest class. The bureaucracy was bias favoring the Mongols the most.

   The other three classes are not doing much to support the Han Chinese struggle. They are the lowest class in the bureaucracy giving them less privilege. The other three classes are also fine with the fact that they are not having their taxes increased. Also ignoring the faxed that the Han Chinese are carrying the empires weight. The are glad the Han Chinese are being taxed, also the other three classes are reassured by fact that the peasants can't do anything about it. This opinion is unfair and bias, no one group of people in the empire should be treated extremely unfairly. If the whole country is struggling everyone should have an evenly divided tax increase. To sum up the editorial the Han Chinese are being heard by a group of people that can make an impact (The Red Turban Army). They have sworn to make a difference with the death of a powerful man  (Han Lin'er) a racial revolution is being called in for the Han Chinese. This is empowering, the Mongol empire is falling apart. It is time for a change, this starts with the most rejected group of people, the Han Chinese.