Collapse, surrender to me!

Then I'm sorry.

This must be the reason.

Although there are only a few officials who care about the people of the world...

Lu Zhi looked at the three heroes who seemed to have been brainwashed.

He was so angry that he had never seen Gray Xiu take action.

Naturally, I think it's too far-fetched.

But who are these three people including Huangfu Song?

These three people combined are more than just a cobbler, they are better than Lu Zigan.

For a moment, Lu Zhi stopped writing, requesting to command the army.

……

In fact, it was useless for him to write a letter.

"Now that Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Dong Zhuo, and Lu Zhi have failed to defeat the enemy, they have all been imprisoned. Who should the imperial army send to lead the army to retake Jizhou? My lords, please express your opinions."

In the court, Emperor Lingdi Liu Hong waved his hand and said very generously.

"Come on, whoever wants to be the general, stand up."

"..."

The answer was silence.

Everyone has his or her own intelligence network, and almost everyone knows how Huangfu Song, with 50,000 elite troops, was trapped and surrendered.

It's okay if one or two people lie.

With an army of 50,000, there is nothing unusual about unifying their confessions, or even offering benefits or interrogating them.

Even if it is impossible, I am afraid that the rumor about the fairy descending to earth is true.

No one standing here is stupid.

"Yuan Wei?"

Emperor Lingdi began to call out names.

At that time, Yuan Wei was not the Taifu as he later became, but Situ.

"A few days ago, Yuan Situ strongly pushed Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to fight against the Yellow Turbans. As the saying goes, one should promote the virtuous regardless of their relationship with him. What a loyal minister, a great loyal minister!"

Liu Hong's tone was very gratified.

"Starting today, take office."

"Your Majesty! You must not!"

Yuan Wei shuddered.

Getting old is like the last rays of light.

A while ago, he wanted to let his family members take some of the credit.

Emperor Lingdi kept suppressing it.

Now I remember it.

But if he takes over the imperial army now, wouldn't that be pushing his own people into the fire?

Yuan Wei thought about it and changed the subject.

"There are rumors that a fairy has been born in Jizhou. Why don't you personally invite her back to the court to show your sincerity? With the fairy's help, the Yellow Turban bandits can be defeated in a snap."

“These are all rumors!”

Liu Hong naturally knew whether it was a rumor or not.

But there was no way he would admit it.

Because he himself was really guilty.

Could it be that he had been indulging in pleasure over the years and caused unrest in the world, and that the gods had really come down to earth to punish him?

Mainly since he started selling official positions on a large scale, the Han Dynasty has indeed been unstable.

Now, it is 184 AD.

On February 171, AD, an earthquake occurred, the sea overflowed, and the water of the Yellow River became clear.

In May of the same year, the ground in Hedong cracked (earthquake), hail fell, and mountain torrents broke out.

In April 177 AD, there was a severe drought and a locust plague in seven states.

Dingchou, earthquake; Wuyin, another earthquake.

On the last day of the Yisi month, there was an eclipse on the sun. The emperor retreated to the main hall, put down his troops, and did not attend to affairs for five days. A great locust plague.

According to statistics, seven earthquakes occurred during the 20 years of Emperor Ling of Han's reign.

This is not the modern earthquake bureau. Even if there is a slight tremor, it is still considered an earthquake.

In ancient times, earthquakes that were included in statistics must have caused houses to collapse and reached the point where disaster relief was needed.

Emperor Ling Liu Hong is the most panicked one now.

These frequent natural disaster warnings are real!

Naturally, some people had written to him before, asking him to be close to virtuous officials, stay away from villains, and correct his moral behavior.

But he didn't listen at all.

Without villains, wouldn't those upright officials still rebel against the heaven? His checks and balances as Emperor Ling cannot be missing any one of them.

But now there are immortals and gods descending to the world.

Liu Hong himself felt that it was because he did not listen to the warnings from natural disasters and ignored them again and again. Finally, God couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent a fairy to the mortal world to punish him.

His only doubt was.

Since she was a fairy from heaven, shouldn't the first person she wanted to kill be Zhang Jiao, who was always shouting that the Heaven was dead and the Yellow Heaven should be established?!

But anyway.

Liu Hong would never admit that there really was an immortal descending to the world.

As long as he doesn't admit it, no one can say that it is a problem of his moral character that led to punishment from God.

As for Grace's arrival.

We'll talk about it when we get there.

"What about Jizhou now?"

Yuan Wei didn't intend to push too hard.

Even Emperor Ling must be alive and well.

After all, if an immortal really came to the world, Liu Hong would be the perfect person to take the blame.

earthquake?

The problem of Emperor Ling.

The people are living in poverty, it’s Emperor Ling’s problem.

Don't ask, it's all Emperor Ling's problem.

This is not because these Han officials are disloyal.

They are loyal to the Han Dynasty. As for the foolish emperor Ling, it is not impossible to replace him if it can make the Han Dynasty better.

Of course, deposing and enthroning is not something they can do.

But there is no problem for immortals.

Divine right of kings.

Now that God has come, it’s okay to change someone else to grant it.

Even if Dong Zhongshu were resurrected, he probably wouldn't have thought that this day would come.

……

"Zhang Jue, you really don't want to be emperor?"

Grayxiu, who is in the heart of all the officials in the court, is preparing to grant the royal power to Zhang Jue.

I guess he vomited blood after seeing this.

"I plan to try to govern Jizhou first." Zhang Jue said. "The court should not send troops anymore now. I want to give it a try."

"How to try?"

“Return the land to the people.”

Zhang Jue said solemnly.

As the leader of the peasant uprising, Zhang Jue naturally understood why the peasants were forced to this point.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the Eastern Han Dynasty's system of selecting officials and appointing people only focused on family background, public power was increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people in interest groups. Land annexation was very serious, and the power of powerful landlords expanded rapidly. They "had houses in prefectures and counties, and their fields were connected to the states." Some "rich people had hundreds of houses connected together, fertile fields spread all over the fields, thousands of slaves and servants, and tens of thousands of followers."

Relying on the farmlands, powerful landlords possessed a large number of dependent populations such as guests and guests, forcing the displaced peasants to be separated from the state household registration, attached to the powerful, and live a hard life by renting the powerful's land.

In 184 AD, due to serious land annexation, people were living in poverty, and there was a severe drought. The state tax revenue did not decrease, which led to the outbreak of Zhang Jue's Yellow Turban Rebellion.

To put it in modern terms, in today's society, the polarization between the rich and the poor has reached its extreme.

No matter how poor you are today, you will not starve to death.

But it was different in ancient times.

So what Zhang Jue meant by returning the land to the people is to equalize the rich and the poor.

If successful, it should not be difficult for everyone to live and work in peace and contentment.

After all, they have land, and every family has a small peasant economy. There is no excessive consumption or debt. As long as there is no war, it is difficult for problems to arise.

It's not impossible.

After the fierce battle, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang's 80,000 Yellow Turbans still had more than 60,000 people, plus his 150,000 Yellow Turbans.

Excluding the old and the young, there are nearly 100,000 troops.

It shouldn't be a problem to sweep away the Jizhou families and take the land back.

If it can be implemented in Jizhou, it can be implemented in other states and even the whole world.

"What do you think, Immortal?"

"If you want to do it, just do it."

Naturally, Gray Xiu didn't mean anything.

Regardless of whether Zhang Jue succeeded or failed, it was all due to his own efforts.

That is a color that belongs exclusively to the Great and Good Teacher, and Grayshu will not interfere.

She has always done this.

Gresh prefers to collect different colors rather than turning others into puppets with the same thoughts as herself.

When Zhang Jue announced the news in public.

The whole big man was shocked.

You can call it ahead of its time or you can call it crazy.

At least others can still wait and see, but the local noble families in Jizhou are really in an uproar.

Zhang Jue announced first.

It is obvious that the strategy is to use courtesy before force.

If you are willing to give it up, the land will no longer belong to you. But Zhang Jiao can keep the house and property as they are now.

If you don't want to.

Then when the army arrives, there will be nothing left.

After all, people can run, but the earth cannot.