Preaching begins with Tai Chi

Chapter 234

In Jixian County, Youzhou, Zhang Jiao looked at the list of secrets and sighed: "It's a pity that there are so many talents in the world, but they can't be used by me!"

Zhang Jiao discovered his biggest shortcoming, which is the talent crisis.

The banner of "the sky is dead, and the yellow sky shall stand", coupled with his background in Taoism, made it impossible for him to gain the loyalty of the scholars, and he could only cultivate it by himself.

Zhang Jiao once wanted to recruit Yu Ji, Zuo Ci, Zhang Lu and others who were on the Dao Dharma list, only to find that they had more ideas than the other, either establishing sects or wandering wild cranes, it was impossible for him to use them.

But Zhang Jiao is very resolute. After 300 years of fighting for the dragon, he has already taken the lead, and the next step is to eat away.

Jizhou is a fertile land in Hebei, the most acclaimed state of the Han Dynasty, and also the place where Zhang Jiao's fortune originated.

Zhang Jiao rubbed his hands on the map of the Han Dynasty that he had personally carved and recorded. Once he occupied Jizhou, he would have a foundation equivalent to that of Emperor Guangwu. In addition, the Yellow Turban believers who are still active in Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places, Zhang Jiao believes that he has an advantage It's huge, with endless potential.

Of course, the most important point is that we must develop elites and not recruit rabble.

The mob is simply unreliable.

Therefore, Zhang Jiao can no longer sweep the world directly like the first Yellow Turban Uprising, but will slowly eat away at county by county.

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In Chang'an City, Dong Zhuo was pleasantly surprised to find that he had so many talents under his command.

On the list of generals, there are Lu Bu at No. 17, myself at No. 20, Zhang Liao at No. 15, and Xu Huang at No. 17; on the list of Taoism, there are Jia Xu at No. [-], Li Ru at No. [-], and No. [-]. Cai Yan, Zhong Yao from No.[-].

If you really want to talk about quantity, your subordinates are the number one.

But what Dong Zhuo didn't know was that most of them were loyal to the big man, not Dong Zhuo himself.

Dong Zhuo himself admired Cai Yong very much, and he regarded him as the benchmark set by himself. Seeing that Cai Yan was actually able to be included in the list of Taoism, he immediately asked Cai Yan to marry his nephew as a marriage.

However, Cai Yan is also a man of character. She had already arranged a marriage in the early years, but she was a widow and devoted herself to Qin Dao. His father was afraid that her wisdom would hurt her life, so he specially found a "Tai Chi Longevity Sutra" for her. She can live healthy and happy.

However, Cai Yan's talent in practice far surpassed that of his father, and he soon became a disciple, and along the way, he achieved the status of longevity fruit.

After a long life, Cai Yan switched to various Taoist methods, and finally chose the "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing" as his main practice method, and he has already cultivated the form of an emperor.

After hearing the news of Dong Zhuo's forced marriage, Cai Yan immediately left with Jiao Weiqin in his arms, leaving only a letter to his father, saying that he wanted to travel around the mountains and rivers and cultivate his sentiments.

Gao Zhen, who is listed on the list of Dao Dharma, is a well-deserved celebrity even if she is a woman. With the right to choose, she is a guest no matter where she goes.

Just like female scholars and masters, they will be honored as "Mr."

For example, Jia Xu and Zhong Yao's generation are all ministers of the great man, not Dong Zhuo's. It's not that they are stupidly loyal to the great man, but that they haven't been able to find a suitable lord, and they are just practicing with the help of the great man's luck for the time being.

No matter who replaces Han in the future, they will not be so deeply bound to Dong Zhuo that they will be buried together.

Lv Bu, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang among the generals, only obeyed Dong Zhuo's orders. Before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Lv Bu was already in charge of Jinwu.

Therefore, Lu Bu only surrendered to Dong Zhuo, and did not have much gratitude.

The only people who are truly loyal to Dong Zhuo are Li Ru, Li Jue and Guo Si, and they are the real ones.

After some discussions, Li Ru and Dong Zhuo finally settled on a principle, that is, no matter what happens in the Kanto region, they must be a good crap stick and make good use of the emperor, so that there will be no big warlord in the Kanto region who merges counties across states and defends in Tongguan and Bingzhou , the main direction of attack is Xiliang.

Lu Zhi, the prefect of Wuwei, was like a thorn in their backs, like a thorn in their throats, and had to be pulled out.

The veteran official of the Han Dynasty was too powerful in appeal and too lethal, and he would never be allowed to integrate the entire Liangzhou to attack.

After pacifying Liangzhou, the second step is to enter Shu, and finally achieve the pre-Qin trend, and then go east to settle the world.

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In Bohai County, Yuan Shao finally launched his own big move.

He and Gongsun Zan cooperated internally and externally and killed Liu Yu.

Gongsun Zan is also an ambitious person, and he also wants to fight for the dragon in human way, to become the emperor, and to obtain the inheritance of the Red Emperor.

He and Yuan Shao hit it off immediately, and they both regarded Jizhou as their own territory, and Liu Yu, the Jizhou shepherd, as their sworn enemy.

Therefore, Liu Yu died in the countryside not far from Yecheng when he was on a tour. The murderer was the "Yellow Turban Remnant".

I don't know where the remnants of the Yellow Turban came from, but they were able to kill the shepherd of Yizhou.

Then Gongsun Zan was surprised to find that it was his main force who killed Liu Yu, but Yuan Shao raised his arms, and almost all counties and counties surrendered in anticipation, and almost all voted for Yuan Shao.

But I am not a human being inside and out, and I don't have any powerful family to pledge allegiance to!
So much so that only the remote Changshan County was occupied, while Yecheng and Jizhou's Julu, Guangping, Pingyuan, Yangping, Leling, Wei and other counties all became Yuan Shao's territory overnight.

Yuan Shao, as the prefect of Bohai, became the master of most of Jizhou overnight, but Zhang Jiao occupied four counties, and Gongsun Zan occupied one county.

This is the leader of the world's aristocratic family, the appeal of the fourth generation and the third lord, although it is not as good as Wang Mang at the end of the former Han Dynasty, it is far more than any other aristocratic family.

At the same time, Yuan Shu led an army into Yuzhou, expelled the governor Kong Ni, occupied Yingchuan, Runan, Ruyin, and Chenjun, and controlled most of Yuzhou.

The two Yuans, one in the south and one in the north, exerted their strength almost at the same time, and successfully obtained most of the most elite Jizhou and Yuzhou territories, which completely shocked the people of the world.

It can only be said that it is the Yuan family.

Cao Cao also began to exert his strength. In the name of crusade against the remnants of the Yellow Turban, he annexed Dongjun and Jiyin, and most of Yanzhou had already started.

Sun Jian of Jiaozhou successively pacified the three counties of Guiyang, Lingling, and Wuling, and firmly surrounded Changsha County. If Zhu Jun, the prefect of Changsha, was not the old boss and was not easy to operate, Sun Jian would have taken all the four Jingnan counties long ago.

Liu Biao is also exerting his strength, as the prefect of Xiangyang, he has joined forces with wealthy families in Jingzhou to annex Jiangxia, Yidu, Xincheng, Nanxiang, and Yiyang successively. It is a pity that Nanyang, the richest place in Jingzhou, is in the hands of Yuan Shu and it is difficult to seize it.

Liu Bei, the prefect of Donglai, has been switching between the two modes of construction and conquest in the past five years.

Like Zhang Jiao, he could not get the input of many scholars, so he had to rely on his own training.

And according to the "Chiqi Datong Jing", Liu Bei's cultivation of the entire Donglai County is far more than that of other princes, and he has completely inspired the people and is no longer a believer in the Yellow Turban.

He opened the salt fields and fishing grounds, cracked down on lawless tyrants, and organized the people to open up farmland, build water conservancy, and build roads, turning Donglai from a remote and desolate place into a paradise step by step.

In the past five years, he also successively responded to the invitations of Beihai Kongrong, Chengyang, Taishan, Langya and other counties to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

It's a pity that Liu Bei didn't have a planner, nor was he cruel enough, so that his power was limited to Donglai County, and the expansion speed was far behind the surrounding princes.

Looking at the entire thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty at this time, Xuzhou and Jiangdong are the last land of no man, or the place with the lowest difficulty in attacking.

Xuzhou Inspector Tao Qian, like Jizhou Mu Liu Yu, is not a strong and enterprising leader, and the prefects in Yangzhou are also independent, without a backbone.

But the window period left for Liu Bei is running out.

Yuan Shao in Jizhou, the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou in the north, Dong Zhuo in Bingzhou in the west, and Cao Cao in Yanzhou in the south. The only direction of attack is Qingzhou.

While Cao Cao was thinking about the whole of Yanzhou, he was also targeting Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu had a bigger appetite and plotted against Xuzhou and Yangzhou at the same time.

What Liu Bei needs most is an opportunity similar to "Longzhong Pair" to point out the strategic direction for him.

The current Liu Bei is no longer qualified for the position of prefect, but he is still very confused about the general trend of the world.

Liu Bei treats people with sincerity and benevolence. Not only has he cultivated many monks of the same way, he has also recruited many low-level scholars, but there are none of the top bosses.

Liu Bei's life is very fulfilling, but when looking to the future, he is very depressed.

He felt that the room for him to gallop was getting smaller and smaller.

Unify Qingzhou?

Even Kong Rong's reputation is far higher than him, and after eight years of hard work, he raised an army of [-] in Donglai.

However, the happiness of the people under Liu Bei's rule is definitely the highest. Liu Bei tried his best to be fair and practiced the way of great harmony.

Liu Bei established primary and secondary schools in every county and township. With Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Tai Shici, he personally taught exercises such as "Tai Chi Longevity Sutra" and "Indestructible Mysterious Kung Fu". , choose the elite practice "Five-Star War World Judgment".

This army of 3 people can be said to be the only army of benevolence and righteousness in this era, the teacher of justice.

On the streets and alleys of Dongnae, a knight appeared. This man is majestic with a white horse and a silver gun. He looks like an admiral at first glance. His eyes keep falling on the people around him, lingering in taverns, markets, and countryside , and eventually stayed outside the walls of a middle school.

Liu Bei's control over his subordinates is far superior to that of other princes. After reporting layer by layer and finding "Zhao Yun" suspected of being on the list of generals, Liu Bei didn't even have time to take a bath and change clothes. He hurried back from the countryside and rushed all the way to the middle school. .

In a middle school, a teacher is talking about the way of Great Harmony. Although the teacher is almost just holding the "Red Banner Great Harmony Sutra" according to the scriptures, the spirit in it and the vision of "everyone is like a dragon" have also infected all students. And the knight listening outside the window.

Liu Bei now also has the status of longevity fruit. When he saw this young general with a white horse and a silver spear, he could also feel that although his inner beauty was like beautiful jade, he was not obvious, but he was far stronger than himself, no less than his second and third brothers. Such a shape, such a way of doing, can only be Zhao Yun on the list of generals.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, and stepped forward to grab the knight's hand: "Is it Zhao Zilong with the white horse and silver spear?"

The knight nodded: "Grassman Zhao Yun, pay homage to Duke Xuande."

Liu Bei took Zhao Yun's hand and never let go. He came all the way to his own prefect's mansion and gave him a banquet.

This banquet has fish and meat, it is extremely delicious, but it can only be regarded as home-cooked food, it is not luxurious, and it is far from worthy of the high position of a prefect of a county.

When Zhao Yun asked, Liu Bei sighed: "When I first came to Donglai, the powerful and lawless, the people were poor, and food and clothing were difficult to live in. Now the tea, food, fish and meat are all obtained by me leading the people to cultivate and hunt. , now the people under the rule, can also eat a full meal with meat during the festivals, my heart is at ease!"

Zhao Yun said with emotion: "In the past five years, the grassroots have traveled around several states, and I have never seen anyone who loves the people as much as Xuande Gong!"

For a time, the host and guest enjoyed themselves, Zhao Yun believed that Liu Bei was an extremely rare benevolent master in the world, and such a master was worthy of following his whole life, and with Liu Bei's sincerity, benevolence and way of treating others, he quickly recruited Zhao Yun under his command, and there were many more A general.

In five years, the Yingchuan Xun family can be regarded as seeing the general direction of the wind.

Finally a decision was made.

Xun Shuang sits in his hometown in Yingchuan, and nominally serves Yuan Shu, but he does not become an official.

Xun Yu went to Chenliu to join Cao Cao.

Xun You went to Yecheng to join Yuan Shao.

The future true dragon will most likely come from between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and directly regarded Xun Yu as the mastermind, ranking above Chen Gong and Xi Zhicai.

The Taoism that Xun Yu is best at is born from the comprehension of various Taoisms, which can be called "governing the country and maintaining the country".

Wherever this Taoism is covered, the politics is clear, the place is peaceful, the officials are less corrupt, and the people are less rebellious, the absolute talent of Wang Zuo.

In this way, Cao Cao has generals such as Xun Yu, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu, and Wu has Dianwei, Xu Huang, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and other generals.

Afterwards, Cao Cao gradually annexed the entire Yanzhou and took complete control of the whole state.

In Chang'an City, Situ Wangyun is planning a big plan.

Now in the Xiliang Army, Lu Bu is the biggest leader besides Dong Zhuo. He has famous generals such as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun under his command, as well as tens of thousands of tigers and wolves.

The generation of Lu Bu and Li Jue and Guo Si also had great conflicts.

Now Dong Zhuo ordered the army to go to Liangzhou to attack Lu Zhi Ma Teng, and the city of Chang'an was empty, so Lu Bu's army was very important.

So Wang Yun used the beauty trick without hesitation.

Logically speaking, Dong Zhuo and Lv Bu are both listed on the list of generals with longevity fruit powers, how can they still look up to ordinary women?
However, Diao Chan is not ordinary, she has the extremely rare blood of Qingqiu, and her talent and understanding are extremely outstanding. At a young age, in the age of [-] years, she has already become the Nascent Soul Realm, and her beauty is far beyond that of ordinary women. Cai Yan on the list of Taoism can be compared.

Diao Chan really conquered Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, but if he wanted to turn the two against each other and let Lu Bu successfully kill Dong Zhuo, he couldn't avoid a key figure-Li Ru.

Li Ru was the tenth great cultivator on the list of Dao Dharma. He was by no means just a frail scholar. At a critical moment, he was enough to make all Wang Yun's plans come to naught.

And Wang Yun had no choice but to test Jia Xu, Tai Chang, the one with the highest position in the Dharma List of Chaozhong Dao.

Jia Xu felt troubled, and finally could no longer fish happily.

Jia Xu himself is from Liangzhou, if Dong Zhuo is really expected to become a true dragon in troubled times, then Jia Xu has already given his full assistance.

It's just that Dong Zhuo's personality is too flawed, he is not a real master, and the degree of hatred is tied with the Yellow Turban Zhangjiao. Although the ranking is high, it is still impossible to truly succeed.

But if Dong Zhuo is dead, can Wang Yun and Lu Bu take power?

Just kidding, Wang Yun is an arrogant and frivolous person, he almost looks down on anyone in his heart, and Lu Bu is also a stubborn, repetitive person, although his force is strong, his will is not firm.

Even if the two are lucky enough to succeed, it is impossible to settle the overall situation.

However, at a critical moment, an unexpected person made a move.

Emperor Liu Xie.

Jia Xu was surprised to find that in the past few years of fishing, the young emperor had already achieved the status of longevity fruit, and all of this was beyond Dong Zhuo's control.

This son of heaven is far more intelligent, more scheming and more patient than his father and brother.

If it was an ordinary time, it would definitely be called Mingzhu, but in this world of great controversy, even if there is righteousness, it is difficult to succeed.

Guandong Eryuan and Cao Cao, as well as Liu Biao and Sun Jian are all making efforts. These five princes, plus the yellow scarf and Zhangjiao, are basically the most promising princes.

It's a pity that the little brother Liu Bei, who knew a letter from him back then asking him to help run an official, has been living in Donglai all these years, and he didn't even win Qingzhou.

Slow step by step, slow step by step, until the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty have fallen into the hands of the princes from all walks of life, it will be extremely difficult to rise again.

Jia Xu thought a lot, and finally decided to take action secretly, only restraining Li Ru, and finally sat and watched Wang Yunlu Bu's success or failure.

Anyway, he is not involved in any cause and effect, and he is a tumbler in the officialdom.

The sixth position on the list of Taoism and Dharma is his confidence. He is just practicing with the help of human luck, and he doesn't have to worry about his life being unsafe in troubled times.

Wang Yun and Lu Bu's big adventure were a great success. Dong Zhuo is really not a virtuous man. He only has the ambition to rule the world, but he doesn't have the skills to control the overall situation.

And Li Ru was also subtly influenced by Jia Xu, unable to detect the key clues and traces.

In the end, under the pull of the emperor Liu Xie, an anti-Dong alliance was formed. In the end, on the Zen platform, Lu Bu directly killed Dong Zhuo.

Li Ru woke up at the last moment, how could he not know that he was being plotted against?
However, Jia Xu did not have the idea of ​​relentless pursuit, but stopped here.

Li Ru hastily assembled the generals of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, seized the gate of Chang'an, and fled.

Adhering to the principle of "the poor should not chase after them", Wang Yun and Lu Bu did not dare to fight the Xiliang iron cavalry. They just killed Dong Zhuo's whole family and never let anyone live.

Most of the Xiliang army was on the front line of Liangzhou. After Li Ru escaped, he soon got entangled with Li Jue and Guo Si's generation, preparing to counterattack.

At a critical moment, Emperor Liu Xie issued an imperial edict, affixed the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and named Wuwei prefect Lu Zhi as Taiwei and General, calling on all heroes in the world to crusade against Dong Zhuo's remnant party.

However, Liangzhou iron cavalry has always occupied Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, Fufeng and other places, and only the city of Chang'an is in the hands of the emperor and others.

At a critical moment, Huangfusong, the captain of the Sili School, led a large army into Chang'an to escort him, and Huang Zhong, the prefect of the Shangdang, sent five thousand elites to come. Assassin Dong's contribution was granted the title of Hussar General, and Wang Yun also replaced Dong Zhuo as Grand Master.

Even Jia Xu was promoted one step further and became Sikong.

(End of this chapter)