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

Chapter 54: Yellow Turban Rebellion, War Spreads to the Han Dynasty
Jizhou, Yecheng.

Zhang Jue, dressed in a Taoist robe, was looking at the huge city in front of him with a slightly complicated expression.

"Brother."

At this time, a rough male voice was heard.

I saw the two brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao running over in a hurry.

"I have already sent the letter to Luoyang. I think Mr. Gu has seen it." Zhang Bao said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhang Jue nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "Given the current situation, we have no choice but to find a way out."

"Now that the message has been delivered to Lord Gu."

"Then the great event I've been waiting for can move forward again."

Perhaps due to years of running around, Zhang Jiao's skin was slightly dark, but he exuded an inexplicable aura.

He actually already has some of Gu Xi's charm.

He is so serious and always so indifferent.

Hearing this, the two brothers were somewhat excited, but also a little nervous.

After all, what they are going to do is earth-shaking!
“No need to panic.”

Zhang Jue only glanced at them and immediately saw their moods. He said, "The Blue Sky is dead, the Yellow Sky shall be established."

"The world is in my hands now."

"And Mr. Gu is here."

"Even if we fail, the people of the world will be saved."

His voice was always so calm.

The two brothers nodded immediately.

"Order the commanders of all factions to prepare themselves. Have them carve the word 'peace' on the walls of government offices in every prefecture and county. Wait for my decree, and we will unite and march!"

Zhang Jiao seemed to have thought of everything long ago, and his voice became more and more sonorous!

"Here!"

The two brothers said yes without any nonsense, then turned and left.

Zhang Jue turned around and looked towards Luoyang.

Although separated by thousands of miles.

But it was as if he could see the person he was thinking of. His eyes became more and more fierce, and he slowly tied the yellow scarf that had been prepared long ago on his head.

Luoyang.

Liu Hong has now completely determined to suppress the scholars.

He delegated almost all power to the twelve eunuchs he appointed, and usually enjoyed himself in the palace.

The eunuchs put all their efforts into this emperor.

Liu Hong has never seen a donkey.

They would find ways to spend countless dollars to help Liu Hong get a donkey cart for his entertainment.

This kind of thing even became a trend in Luoyang City.

Many children from wealthy families were proud to own a donkey cart.

Besides, this isn't the end.

When the eunuchs got tired of the donkey cart, they brought dogs to Liu Hong.

Put the official robe on the dog.

In front of the court officials, he kept shouting "dog official", which made Liu Hong smile happily.

The court officials were very angry.

Moreover, Liu Hong also played role-playing games in the palace.

He built luxurious palaces.

Then he asked the palace maids and eunuchs to pretend to be peddlers, while he himself became a wealthy businessman.

They rode donkey carts and led dogs through the palace and had a lot of fun.

These eunuchs used their power to bully the entire Han Dynasty.

The entire Han Dynasty was obviously on the verge of complete collapse.

——March, the fifth year of Jianning.

As a man hurriedly rushed to Luoyang, people in the city began to shout in panic, "The Taiping Dao wants to rebel, the Taiping Dao wants to rebel."

In an instant, the whole city was in an uproar!

This news was like flipping a switch.

The big man, who was already on the verge of collapse, became even more shaken.

——The country is shaking!
The Taiping Dao is well-known in the Han Dynasty today.

Everyone in the world knows that this is a great religion that has spread throughout the Han Dynasty.

Why did they suddenly rebel?

The news reached the palace in an instant.

Liu Hong still has some brains.

After hearing the news, he immediately climbed out of the pond, ignoring the reluctant looks of the palace maids.

While letting the eunuchs help him wipe his body, he quickly sent someone to summon all the ministers.

This is bound to be a big deal.

Gu Yi has been watching all this.

History has indeed changed.

To put it simply, Zhang Jiao has been strengthened!

The emergence of the Gu family has completely widened the gap between the current Han Dynasty and the original one, with a significant lead in both national strength and population.

Under this situation.

The followers of Taiping Dao were meant to be far more than they were originally.

And the most important thing is that Zhang Jiao has become stronger!

Yu Gu's years of experience have taught him a lot.

This is actually related to the policy set by Gu Yi in the past.

Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude can indeed enable the Gu family to recruit more talents and contribute to the development of the family.

But it was precisely because of this that Zhang Jiao learned a lot from the Gu family.

He is more capable of winning over the hearts of his followers; his vision is clearer and more accurate; his mindset is more resolute;
This is a huge change.

Today's Zhang Jiao will definitely make the entire Han Dynasty experience what it means to "when one common man is angry, the whole world is in mourning"!
Even if Gu Xi's presence can indeed stabilize people's hearts.

But the news that he had not been reused had already caused resentment in the hearts of people all over the world.

Can the Han people today withstand this resentment?
Not necessarily!

Liu Hong would not use Gu Xi, and Gu Yi had noticed this a long time ago.

Different from Liu Zhi.

After all, Liu Zhi had received favors from Gu Xi.

No matter how much he disliked scholars, he still had some feelings for Gu Xi.

But Liu Hong had never had any contact with Gu Xi.

To him, Gu Xi is someone who can threaten his throne at any time.

The difference during this period is obvious.

Liu Hong is also a smart man. He may not be as smart as Liu Zhi, but he actually has his own ideas.

This kind of person, before paying enough price.

Obviously, he is not fully awake.

Just like the original history.

After learning the news, Liu Hong immediately ordered the arrest of Taiping sect members and the execution of all the traitors in the palace. He also sent people to Hebei to arrest the three brothers Zhang Jue.

——The trend has begun.

His own disciple's backstabbing did disrupt Zhang Jue's plan.

But now Zhang Jiao has already successfully transformed.

He made quick arrangements.

——In the fifth year of Jianning, at the end of March.

He led his followers to capture Ye City and killed officials and offered sacrifices in the city.

"The sky is dead, Huang Tian must stand!"

Loud slogans echoed everywhere.

——April 7th.

The Guangyang Yellow Turban Army killed Youzhou Governor Guo Xun and Prefect Liu Wei, captured Anping King Liu Xu and Ganling King Liu Zhong, and completely destroyed the entire Han court's control over Hebei Province, causing a huge impact.

——April 13th.

The Yellow Turban Army of Yingchuan was led by Bo Cai and attacked Yingchuan County directly.

——April 20th.

The Yellow Turban Army of Runan defeated the prefect Zhao Qian, took control of some counties and kingdoms of Runan, and set fire to the south of Luoyang.

——April 27th.

Under the leadership of Zhang Mancheng, the Yellow Turban Army of Nanyang attacked and killed the Nanyang prefect Zhu Gong, and directly captured the important town of Wancheng.

Taiping sect members in various places rose up one after another and captured states and counties.

These people who were once the people of the Han Dynasty were venting their anger madly.

The flames of war spread across the Han Dynasty in an instant. Just as these news continued to arrive in Luoyang,

Finally, Liu Hong panicked.

The current momentum of the rebellion has exceeded everyone's expectations.

How could the Han people end up like this?

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the Han Dynasty has gone through several generations of emperors, although there have been some twists and turns.

But when did it come to this?

How could the Han army be so vulnerable?
How could we be defeated one after another in the face of these rebels composed of refugees?

In just one month, the war situation in various places even made people feel the breath of national destruction.

Liu Hong finally woke up!
He quickly made arrangements and began preparing for a counterattack.

The Han Dynasty is now in chaos.

But at this critical moment of life and death, it still showed a certain degree of systematicity.

Liu Hong quickly made arrangements.

——Send Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to lead the main force of more than 40,000 people to attack Yingchuan County in Yuzhou to fight against the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan.

Lu Zhi led the Northern Army and the Youzhou cavalry to attack Yecheng in Jizhou.

Trying to take Zhang Jue directly, to capture the leader first.

He Jin was promoted to general in charge of the imperial guards and stationed in Luoyang.

A series of arrangements followed.

Under such circumstances, someone naturally proposed to invite Gu Xi out of retirement no matter what.

Even though Gu Xi is old, we must at least let him come up with a solution.

But Liu Hong refused.

He still seemed very confident, thinking that the Han Heavenly Soldiers could solve these problems, and he didn't want to give Gu Xi any more chances.

However, he agreed to Huangfu Song's advice to lift the party ban.

At the same time, he listened to the advice of Taichang Liu Yan to "abolish the historian and establish the governor", and ordered all places to recruit soldiers to resist the Yellow Turbans.

He seemed to be somewhat ill.

He wanted to rely on his own actions, without resorting to Gu Xi, to suppress this overwhelming force.
Champion House.

"Grandfather, His Majesty abolished the Shi and established the Mu, allowing the locals to have military power."

"This move is a disaster for the country!"

Gu Wei's face was a little flustered, and his eyes were full of confusion.

He really couldn't figure it out.

Why did Liu Hong issue such an edict?

In his opinion, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was indeed a difficult problem.

But it would not be possible to completely crush the Han Dynasty. It would be enough to lift the ban on political parties and prevent the scholars from joining forces with the Yellow Turbans.

Then send heavy troops to suppress it.

How can we allow local governments to have military power?
Gu Xi's expression was also very complicated at this time, and his eyes, which had been calm for many years, also changed.

"What a tyrant."

He whispered to himself.

Unlike Gu Wei, he could see the connection between them.

Liu Hong's move was obviously for the so-called balance.

For him.

Obviously, nothing can compare to the autocratic nature of imperial power.

In fact, Gu Xi didn't care about these things. He had already made his own judgment on whether he had power or not, and he was not in a hurry.

It was just an imperial decree that gave local governments military power.

It did have a great impact on his subsequent plans.

This was the first time he commented on an emperor in this way.

Even Emperor Jingping Liu Hu and Emperor Huan Liu Zhi had never made such an evaluation of him.

Hearing this, Gu Wei's body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Gu Xi didn't care about it. His expression returned to normal and he asked, "Did Zhang Jiao avoid the giant deer?"

"good."

Gu Wei nodded immediately: "Zhang Jiao did not allow the rebels to disrupt Julu."

"Send someone to inform the family."

Gu Xi seemed to have anticipated this and immediately said, "We should make preparations early and not put our hopes on others."

How could he not know who sent the letter until now?
It must be Zhang Jiao!

Zhang Jiao's move was purely overt.

If the court does not value Gu Xi, then he will force the court to bow its head.

Use the general situation of the world to help Gu Xi.

After all, Gu Xi still has to consider his family.

The reputation of the family's ancestors and the situation of future generations were destined to make it difficult for Gu Xi to make many choices.

But Zhang Jue did all this for him!

He wanted to use this method to force the court to surrender!

This move is indeed a brilliant one.

It's a pure conspiracy.

Even if someone knew all this in advance, it would be impossible to stop it.

Because this is where the resentment of the Han people lies.

Even if Zhang Jiao doesn't do it, someone else will do it.

At this moment, Gu Xi even felt like he and Zhang Jiao had become close friends.

But unfortunately, this is destined to be impossible.

When Zhang Jiao took this step, he and Gu Xi could only become opponents.

"My grandson understands."

Gu Wei nodded immediately, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he looked at Gu Xi and asked again, "Grandfather, are you really not going to care about the big man?"

"No rush." Gu Xi shook his head: "The opportunity will come."

"And this matter"

“It’s not all bad.”

Break and then stand!
What does it mean to destroy and then build?
Only after everyone in the world knows how terrifying the people's anger is can we restore people's hearts.

Gu Xi knew it very well.

Even if he attacks again now.

Even if this rebellion could be suppressed and the bureaucracy could be eradicated, the Han Dynasty could even maintain its superficial prosperity again.

But so what?
Until the fundamental problem is resolved, this matter is destined to be a sword hanging over our heads.

Moreover, this sharp blade is likely to harm the Gu family in the future.

Public and private.

He can't be impatient!
Gu Yi had been watching all this, and his heart was becoming more and more nervous.

Obviously, Gu Xi's action already had a taste of licking blood from the tip of a knife.

Gu Yi suddenly felt an inexplicable uneasiness.

This is obviously a game of chess with God!

The moment of historical correction is here. Gu Xi wants to completely solve the fundamental problems of the Han Dynasty through this move. Isn't this just playing against God?

This is bound to be an extremely risky move.

If successful.

The Gu family no longer needs to worry about their status!

Such an achievement is hard to find in history.

But is this possible?

Will the heroes who are about to appear in the troubled times really be worse than Gu Xi?
Thinking about this, Gu Yi couldn't help but become more nervous.
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"Zhang Jiao was from Julu.

When he was young, he studied under Gu, learning the art of medicine, with the ambition of saving the world.

However, during the reign of Emperor Huan, the Grand Tutor Gu Xi was dismissed, and Jiao gave up his ambition to advance in his career and wandered around the world.

Later, he obtained a strange book, combined it with profound principles, and founded the Taiping Dao.

He held a nine-section staff and cast talismans and water to cure diseases. The people were grateful for his kindness and followed him.

Jiao then sent eight disciples to the eight directions, pretending to be good people but spreading evil words secretly, misleading more and more people.

Over the years, the number of believers spread to the eight states of Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Yu.

He then divided his followers into thirty-six factions. The large factions consisted of more than ten thousand men, and the small factions consisted of six to seven thousand men. Each faction had a leader and secretly stored armor and weapons.

Jiao falsely claimed that "the blue sky is dead and the yellow sky should be established", and wrote the word "peace" with white clay in the temples and government offices in the capital, and his evil deeds gradually became more prevalent.

In the fifth year of Jianning, Jiao suddenly launched an uprising. Within ten months, he successively conquered prefectures and counties. Officials were unable to stop him, and the whole country was terrified.

——"Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty: Biography of Zhang Jue"

(End of this chapter)