Control your ancestors and create an immortal family starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 53: Destruction and Reconstruction, Taiping Dao

It is different from the time when the previous emperors passed away.

Liu Zhi's death did not cause much stir in the world today.

Who else can care?
For the current Han people, only when they are free from the threat of death will they care about more things.

The emperor's death has no value at all to them now.

Luoyang.

Three years later, Gu Xi returned to Luoyang City again.

He is almost eighty years old.

But he seemed to have a bit more vitality in his whole body, and even his hunched body seemed to have improved a little.

That’s right, Gu Xi didn’t want to die.

He has figured it all out.

He planned to make one last effort for the big man.

This change in mentality does have an effect.

He first went to pay homage to Liu Zhi, and then went to meet the current emperor.

——Liu Hong.

Liu Zhi's death was bound to cause an imbalance of power.

The eunuchs who followed Liu Zhi in the past and abused their power had already suffered severe punishment.

The scholars have been simmering with anger for too many years.

This is where Liu Zhi’s cleverness lies.

He deliberately made such arrangements so that the new emperor Liu Hong could quickly secure the throne by clearing out the eunuchs.

This is indeed a very good method.

Liu Hong acquiesced to the counterattack of the scholars, which earned him a good reputation among the scholars and helped him secure his throne.

But maybe Liu Zhi said something to him.

He is just like Liu Zhi.

When facing Gu Xi, his attitude was very enthusiastic, and he was completely humble, like a junior.

But he had no intention of letting Gu Xi enter the court at all.

This time, the attitude of the scholars also gradually changed.

The fickleness of human hearts can be reflected in this.

In the minds of scholars, Liu Hong is now completely different from Liu Zhi in the past.

He gave these scholars hope.

Under such circumstances, these court officials and scholars no longer wanted Gu Xi to return to the court as much as they did in the past.

Human hearts have always been like this.

When this matter was once again reported from Luoyang, there was a huge reaction from all over the world.

The attitude of the new monarch.

It was as if their last glimmer of hope had been crushed, and unrest broke out one after another in various places.

However, the rise of scholars quickly suppressed these rebellions.

The situation in the entire world has once again returned to the brink of collapse.
What surprised Gu Yi was that Gu Xi really didn't do anything special.

He thought.

Gu Xi will eventually take that step.

Take sole charge of the government, do your best, and fight for the whole world.

After all, he has figured out the root cause of the current situation.

But Gu Xi actually quieted down, even quieter than before.

He taught the sixth generation of the Gu family in the Marquis Guanjun's mansion, and even the court officials disappeared.

This really surprised Gu Yi.

Champion House.

Gu Xi was explaining his well-thought-out ideas to the sixth generation of the Gu family.

Today, the sixth generation of the Gu family are already quite old.

Although they have not yet entered the court as officials.

But each of them has a unique insight into the current political situation.

This is the advantage of Gu’s Education.

Gu Wei was silent for a long time after listening to Gu Xi's explanation. He couldn't help but frown and asked, "Grandfather, if this is really the case, wouldn't it target our Gu family?"

He has forgotten the words he said in his childhood.

Now he has been affected by the limitations of the times. Gu Xicai only talked about measuring land and restricting large families, but he had already thought of this.

"What the Gu family wants is never just temporary gain."

Gu Xi's expression remained unchanged as he looked at the people before him and replied, "It's just like when our ancestor, Marquis Zhongwu, returned to Hebei and Marquis Wencheng was given greater power."

"If this matter is never resolved."

"I predict it will become a serious problem in the future, and even the Gu family will not be able to escape it."

"And our Gu family's ambition is to last forever."

"What's the point of caring about this temporary benefit?"

His expression was extremely serious.

During this period of time, he has thought about this issue seriously more than once.

The people will never endure such treatment forever.

If this continues for a long time, the anger of these people will destroy everything.

Upon hearing this, Gu Wei immediately fell into deep thought.

The same is true for the other Gu family members.

It was not until a moment later that they nodded one after another, as if they understood the reason.

"grandfather."

Gu Wei frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Grandson thinks that this matter may not be so easy to accomplish."

"Now, the great clans all over the world are annexing land."

"Even my Gu family is among them."

"But would other great families be as determined as our Gu family to kill themselves?"

He is indeed a very talented child.

Just like Gu Xi back then, his gaze on everything is extremely precise.

If there was anything wrong with him, it was that Gu Yi felt that he was a little arrogant, even more arrogant than Gu Xi was back then.

Hearing this, Gu Xi smiled and said, "Not bad."

"This is indeed a difficult matter."

"That's why I allowed the political situation to change and showed my determination not to get involved."

Gu Xi's expression suddenly became serious.

This time, the Gu family members were a little confused.

No matter how talented a person is, how could he possibly fully understand Gu Xi's profound meaning?
Facing his own offspring, Gu Xi did not hide anything and said again: "The difficulty of this matter is far greater than before."

"The world will be in chaos."

“Only by destroying and then rebuilding can things be accomplished.”

His eyes became sharp again, staring intently at the Gu family members in front of him.

"Grandfather doesn't know how long he can live."

"But you descendants must remember this."

"Even if I really die, if you really have such an opportunity in the future, you must do this."

Everyone nodded.

Only Gu Chen, who was only four years old, was still at a loss, with a slightly dull expression on his face.

Gu Yi had been paying attention to all this and was extremely shocked.

As expected, the Gu family members have flexible moral standards.

Gu Xi was obviously waiting for destruction before rebuilding.

In fact, this is inevitable.

Today's scholars and noble families would never support Gu Xi's land measurement, not to mention that he had come up with some restrictions on the noble families later.

Moreover, this is not the most critical thing.

Gu Xi also wanted to give more opportunities to the people of the world and wanted to expand the examination system during the imperial examination.

This is equivalent to reallocating resources.

If he had brought up this matter.

I'm afraid I will really have to face the whole world alone.

The current situation is no longer the same as it was during the time of Liu Xiu and Liu Zhuang.

The power of the great clans and the conflicts of interest between them were far greater than they were at that time.

Only by destroying and then rebuilding can there be a chance of success. Obviously, this is also the fundamental reason why Gu Xi ignores the court!
Gu Yi was extremely shocked by this.

He also didn't know whether this would succeed.

But compared to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the original history, this matter may not be hopeless!

But the premise is that Gu Xi cannot die!

But how could Gu Xi not die?

The longevity card is indeed a magical item.

But he is over eighty years old now.

Human lifespan has a limit, and the lifespans of ancient and modern people are not the same.

According to modern scientific research, the maximum age of human natural death is between 120 and 150 years old.

There are many factors involved.

Modern people consume nutrients that ancient people could not.

According to Gu Yi's guess, Gu Xi might not live past a hundred years old.

Can he really wait for this day? If Gu Xi dies, unless someone in the Gu family can reach Gu Xi's level.

Gu Yi looked at these sixth-generation descendants of the Gu family again, and their personality traits flashed through his mind one by one.

He had been observing these people for some time.

After all, if nothing unexpected happens, the person he is going to control next will be among these people.

Today, the sixth generation of the Gu family is naturally headed by Gu Wei.

Even Gu Xi values his grandson very much.

They felt that he was the future leader of the Gu family.

But Gu Yi didn't think so.

Gu Wei’s attributes are indeed good, but at best they are just the same as Gu Liang’s, and his personality is even worse than Gu Liang’s.

And the most crucial thing is that the next period of time is different from what Gu Liang faced at the beginning.

What we are facing next is a period of great historical change.

Although the Han Dynasty has changed today, Gu Yi has to consider this.

When is the next period of time?
This was an era that was famous throughout history, and countless heroes emerged during this period.

Is Gu Wei's attribute enough?

Apparently not enough.

Gu Yi can only control it personally.

The person Gu Yi cares about most is Gu Chen.

Since using the "Break Wall Card".

All of Gu Chen's attributes have become question marks, and even Gu Yi cannot explore them.

The increase or decrease in the attributes of the Wall Breaking Card seems to be determined by factors that take some time.

Gu Chen is now four years old.

But he still didn't see any obvious changes in attributes.

Compared with his peers, his performance now is indeed much worse.

However, Gu Yi still observed some of his character.

Gu Chen has a character that never gives up.

This is a very rare character.

You can tell just by looking at how he behaves when he's learning to walk.

Even though he fell many times, he never cried, and his childish eyes were full of determination.

It is precisely because of this that Gu Yi is increasingly looking forward to the child's future.
Compared to Liu Zhi who was educated by Gu Xi.

Liu Hong is indeed far behind.

He can be said to be exactly the same as in the original history.

Even because he was spared from the power struggle during this period, the weaknesses in his character broke out even faster.

He began to sell official positions and titles, to an extent far exceeding that of the Liu Zhi period.

And large-scale construction projects continued.

Collect rare treasures from all over the world for your own enjoyment.

Scholars will never change.

The moment they gain power, the royal authority weakens.

But neither the relatives by marriage nor the eunuchs could tolerate the loss of imperial power.

They can monopolize power, but others cannot.

Liu Hong would not sit idly by and watch the scholars become powerful again and threaten the imperial power.

——Party strife reappears.

With Liu Hong's deliberate actions, the eunuchs rose to power again and began to suppress the scholars.

He carried out personnel dispatch one after another.

The Shizhong Temple was established to restrain the Shangshu Tai and weaken the actual power of the scholars.

All this is like a replay of the past scenes.

Even Liu Hong's favor for eunuchs far exceeded that of Liu Zhi.

Huge changes in government and opposition!

From the moment Liu Hong took the throne, these scholars were naturally at a disadvantage.

The struggle between the two sides once again led to changes in the administration.

——In the fourth year of Jianning.

With Shanyang County Inspector Zhang Jian impeaching the Eunuch Hou Lan for disturbing the people, the struggle between eunuchs and scholars once again reached its peak.

The eunuch Cao Jie falsely accused the party members and the country.

Since then, the Party-Faction Imprisonment has reappeared.

Moreover, Liu Hong's methods this time were far beyond those of Liu Zhi in the past, as he cleared out party members across the country.

Cao Luan, the prefect of Yongchang, wrote a letter to the court to redress the grievances of the party members and asked them to redress their injustice.

Liu Hong was furious and took him back to Beijing, where he was tortured to death in prison.

And launched a larger-scale crackdown.

For a moment, the whole country was in an uproar.

The scholars once again found Gu Xi and asked him to come forward.

At the beginning, Gu Xi was still missing.

But later, more and more people came, and he had to meet some of them.

But how could he possibly show up?

Come when you call, and go when you wave?
Gu Xi holds a grudge.

Since he has decided to destroy and then rebuild, it is impossible for him to get involved in these things.

He simply sent them all away on the grounds of old age.

Such actions naturally made the eunuchs more daring.

For a moment, the entire Han Dynasty was plunged into gloom.

Gu Xi didn't get involved in any of this.

He even began to cultivate his energy.

Gu Yi could clearly feel the change in Gu Xi's mentality.

This change is too obvious.

It made him go from being able to face death calmly to gradually cherishing his life.

He is waiting for an opportunity.

Waiting for an opportunity to turn the Han Dynasty upside down and rebuild it from the ashes!

Of course, he would pay attention to the situation in the world.

Nowadays, there are more and more refugees from all over the Han Dynasty, and it can be said that the number has increased exponentially.

What surprised him was...

These refugees have not caused any major unrest.

I heard that an organization called Taiping Dao appeared and was trying to calm the hearts of refugees in various places.

Its rapid development far exceeds others' imagination.

It has even somewhat overshadowed Gu Xi's reputation among the people.

It is said that the Taoist Master Taiping possesses magical powers and can use talismans to cure diseases.

Although everyone in the court felt that Zhang Jue was good at educating and could prevent the refugees from causing chaos, they had a good impression of him.

But Gu Xi could feel it.

The opportunity he was waiting for might be related to the Taiping Dao.

The scale of Taipingdao.

If any accident occurs, it will definitely cause shock to the entire Han Dynasty.

Gu Xi also specifically asked someone to inquire about Zhang Jiao.

But if you don’t ask, you won’t know, and once you ask, you’ll be shocked.

——Zhang Jiao actually graduated from Gu’s private school.

This news really shocked Gu Xi, and he immediately sent someone to deliver Zhang Jiao's message.

After reading it, I became more determined in my thoughts.

People like Zhang Jiao are definitely not ordinary people.

Sure enough, it happened on a night in March of the fourth year of Jianning.

Gu Xi suddenly received a letter.

The content of the letter is very simple.

"Within a few months, Lord Gu will be able to regain control of the government."

Looking at the contents of the letter, Gu Xi frowned, as if he had vaguely guessed something.

Gu Yi was also extremely surprised at this time.

I never expected that things would change so drastically.

He had naturally noticed Taiping Dao a long time ago, but he did not realize that Zhang Jiao would have such an experience.

And according to the current development.

Zhang Jue's Taiping Dao goes far beyond the original history.

Because the population of the Han Dynasty increased, and he learned some of the methods of the Gu family.

These are all reasons.

What Gu Yi is more concerned about is whether Zhang Jiao will choose to take action in advance.

If this is true
Then the historical changes would be too great.

Today's Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others have not yet fully grown up!

So what will history become?

If troubled times come, how bad will the land of China be?
Even Gu Yi couldn't be completely sure about all this.
Ps: Begging for a monthly ticket~~
(End of this chapter)