What happened was a very small group of nobles, hoarded all the gold, then bought out all the recruitment centres days in advance, and when they lost a series of referendums, threatened to rebel if they didn't get their own way, the government didn't accede to them, and they knew they couldn't win the rulers election, so in what was the middle of the night (In my timezone anyway, and BM's) they declared a rebellion.
You are welcome to see it your own way, but I don't see 13 nobles as a small group. Nor do I see a problem with declaring rebellion at any time.
There were more than double the amount of loyalists than rebels, and basically everyone is protesting the government, because it's just a power play.....
And it wasn't a power play to ban Melehan and unseat Ciann? That's BM.
