The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 540 The Real End of Han Dynasty

Gongsun Zan was born in the Gongsun family, a famous family in western Liaoning.

The Gongsun family is not a powerful family, it is a dignified family of two thousand shi.

It's just that because he is a bastard, he can't be reused in the family. When he became an official, he was just a small official in the county.

To be able to achieve today's achievements is entirely due to his own fighting.

So he is completely different from Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers, who almost completely rely on the Yuan family's family status.

The Yuan family brothers were more concerned about what the Yuan family should do, but Gongsun Zan was thinking about what he should do.

Because he was not welcomed by the Gongsun family since he was a child, Gongsun Zan would not do anything for the sake of the Gongsun family.

The appearance of Li Yunze made him see another bright road.

If he did well, he might not be able to get help from the elders, and he might be replaced by a big man.

If it doesn't work, then make some good impressions with the Immortal Elder, and follow the Immortal Elder to practice Taoism and seek longevity.

If it still doesn't work, then with the blessing of the Immortal Elder, it will be fine to dominate one side.

And no matter which one it is, first of all, let Xianchang see that he is worth investing in.

Li Yunze's actions also inspired Gongsun Zan. Liu Bei, whom Li Yunze valued, was also extraordinary.He also gave Liu Bei an investment.

The scale of the investment is not large, three hundred white horses and a batch of military horses and food.

The materials of the Great Han Dynasty are actually very rich.

Not to mention the Western Han Dynasty, but the Eastern Han Dynasty also has 200 years of accumulation, and the total amount of various wealth and materials is very large.

However, the only reason why the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out despite having a lot of wealth and materials was the unfair distribution.

Liu Xiu, who did not hesitate to fight the world all over again, but also fought to the end with the powerful family, lost the war in the end.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the whole Han Dynasty was not so much owned by the emperor, but rather divided and occupied by aristocratic families and local tyrants from all over the country.

There was no imperial examination in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and a recommendation system was implemented, that is, whoever wanted to become an official had to be recommended by a celebrity.

For such idealistic things, it is natural to stick to one's own family members, relatives and friends.

You recommend my nephew, and I recommend your uncle and brother, and help each other to become officials together.

Over time, a family of four generations and three fathers came out like this.

Not only do they hold great power in the court, but they also exist like local emperors in the local area.

The local sheriff and the court ministers are brothers, uncles, and relatives of the same family. They help each other embezzle the land, force the people who have no land to become serfs, and then invade all kinds of supplies of the court, sucking the blood of the big man to nourish their own families.

This kind of thing developed to the extreme, which was the disaster of the party's ban during the period of Emperor Huan and Lingdi.

The big turbans say that the scourge of party imprisonment is that eunuchs persecuted scholar-bureaucrats. This is purely talking nonsense with their eyes open and pouring dirty water desperately.

It's not that Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling had eaten too many brain fragments. The aristocratic families dominated the local area, causing the court to be unable to collect even the most basic taxes.

There is no money and food in the treasury!
The emperor is not blind, how could he not see it.

Because the common people who paid taxes to the big man no longer existed, they were basically reduced to local powerful serfs from aristocratic families, so naturally there was no taxation at all.

This kind of thing just needs to send eunuchs out to have a look, and it will be clear immediately after asking.

Therefore, in order to prevent the great man from being destroyed by the aristocratic family, Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling launched the disaster of party ban twice in succession, and tried their best to attack the literati and bureaucrats.

This has nothing to do with the eunuchs, they are just the emperor's tools to attack these lawless scholar-bureaucrats.

Which of those scholar-bureaucrats who were imprisoned was not wealthy?Which one is not home to countless fertile fields and hordes of serfs?

The big turbans insulted Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling for selling their officials and nobles, not because they had a sense of justice, but because they could not get their official positions if they were shot by the emperor.

And why did the emperor sell his official title?

Of course, it was because they were forced to be impatient, and the court could not collect taxes, so it could only attack the interests controlled by the big turbans.

Don't believe the so-called history books written by those big turbans.

What scholar-officials are unyielding, what is wronged and sent to prison, what emperor is fatuous and so on.

This is all nonsense, the real black hand is these pen-playing people.

It's a pity that the aristocratic family is deeply rooted, and Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling tried their best but failed to win. After death, they were maliciously crowned with humiliating posthumous titles such as Huan and Ling.

As for the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it is even simpler.

During natural disasters, the harvest is not good, but the grain that the aristocratic families have to collect is indispensable.

The serfs couldn't afford it and were either beaten to death or starved to death.

Those who didn't want to be beaten to death or starved to death took up knives, guns, sticks and dung rakes under the instigation of Zhang Jiao brothers.

Then, it naturally swept the world.

It is said that if it were not at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Rebellion would have been successful no matter whether it was at the end of the Tang Dynasty or the end of the Song Dynasty or the end of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that the military strength of the Han Dynasty at the end of the Han Dynasty was too strong.

The big man has no shortage of food or supplies, but these things are in the hands of the aristocratic families and local tyrants.

If you want to get something from them, you either want to make them feel that you are worth investing in. For example, Liu Bei, Cao Cao and even the Sun brothers, in essence, received multiple rounds of angel investment before they gradually made their fortunes.

Or the simplest way is to buy it with money.

Among them, the value of gold and silver has long been recognized, and in the eyes of the aristocratic family, it is the real hard currency.

Because of copper coins and so on, they can cast them themselves.

As for silk, it can also be woven by planting mulberry and raising silkworms.

Only gold and silver are truly rare.

Liu Bei took three hundred white horse righteous followers, closed Zhang Zhang and the manpower he brought, left the camp of the coalition army, and went straight to Hanoi.

Along the way, many aristocratic families and local tyrants used the gold given by Li Yunze to buy a large amount of food, military supplies, and manpower.

That's right, there are very few people who are registered as taxpayers.

The vast majority of the common people have become slaves of the aristocratic families, and they are their private property.

For example, when Xuzhou tycoon Mi Zhu invested in Liu Bei, he gave [-] servants in one stroke.

And these servants are soldiers, and they are also people who have been embezzled by aristocratic families.

In the last description of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when the Kingdom of Shu fell, there were only 90 people in the whole country.When Wu State fell, there were only 200 million people, men, women and children in the whole country.

Even thinking about it with a normal IQ knows that this is impossible.

That is, although there is war on the border, the interior has been peaceful and peaceful for decades, and generations of people have multiplied.

These are just the people who are registered and have to pay taxes.

The slaves occupied by the powerful families and local tyrants are not included in the calculation.

Falling into the hands of the aristocratic family, the common people are no longer able to do even the common people, they are just slaves.

The root cause of Li Yunze's unwillingness to take the initiative to provide investment to Gongsun Zan was that Gongsun Zan came from an aristocratic family.

From the bottom of his heart, he disliked the aristocratic family.

Liu Bei doesn't count, not even local tyrants.

He is the most typical down-and-out grandson, the kind that his ancestors lived hundreds of years ago.

After all, King Jing of Zhongshan, whom he talks about all day, is the brother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it has been almost 300 years.

This Prince Jing of Zhongshan is the famous super Dumas, and there are more than 100 sons recorded in the book alone.

Not counting daughters, not counting those who are not recognized.

In contrast, his younger brother Liu Che couldn't do it. After all, he was busy expanding the territory all day long, so he didn't have time to pass on the family line.

But the big turbans poured dirty water on Liu Che, saying that he bullied the nomadic tribes in the bitter cold land and refused to give him a way out. He has no mercy and is a tyrant and a fool.

On the contrary, he greatly appreciates Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, because such a waste is most suitable for the big headscarves to control the power, so as to develop their family into a powerful family.

That's why Li Yunze also disliked big headscarves, because these people have no bottom line at all.

If you want to refresh your moral bottom line, you just need to listen to what the big turbans are screaming.

Here, Cao Cao was explaining and apologizing to Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao originally wanted to take the soldiers from Chenliu County directly back to Chenliu to suppress the bandits, but when he returned to his camp, he found that his soldiers and horses had been swallowed by his friend Cao Cao!
The anger in his heart, I treat you as a good brother, is this how you treat me?

Cao Cao couldn't help it, and he didn't expect Zhang Miao to come back alive.

In desperation, he could only apologize again and again, and then patted his chest to guarantee that these county soldiers were still Zhang Miao's. He was just worried about the camp noise and helped manage it for a while.

Zhang Miao accepted this explanation, since they are very good friends after all.

It's just that this gap can no longer be eliminated.

The matter of Li Yunze caused an uproar among the Kwantung Allied Forces.

The princes from all walks of life have different ideas, especially after Gongsun Zan and Zhang Miao made clear statements and led their troops to leave, the heroes naturally adopted a wait-and-see attitude.

At this time, all the pressure was concentrated on Yuan Shao.

The leader of the coalition forces intended to take this opportunity to establish the Yuan family's detached status, enter the imperial court with a strong force, and control the world.

But when Li Yunze appeared, it was like Mount Tai running across his face.

He couldn't even get through the Hulao Pass, so there was no talk of entering the imperial court.

His idea before was to fool the heroes into fighting, and benefit himself as the leader of the alliance.Even for this reason, he left his main force in Hebei to recruit troops and expand his strength.

But now, all the heroes are cautious and will not stand out. If he, the leader, does not want the coalition to disband and return without success, then he must continue.

It was impossible to count on the heroes, and before they found out about Li Yunze's details, they would not stand out except for drinking and having fun.

At this time, Yuan Shao could only go up by himself.

Yuan Shao at this time is not the kind of arrogant mentality that he despised the world during the Guandu period, he only respected himself, and he would not listen to any kind of persuasion. His thoughts at this time are very normal.

Until he could not break through Hulao Pass simply by relying on his own strength, he directly sent Xu You as an envoy to submit a letter to Guanxia.

The content of the letter is very simple, it is to greet Li Yunze directly, "Didn't you say that you are an immortal who has known 500 years before and [-] years later?"That being the case, then come out in front of the heroes of the world and prove yourself! '

'If you have proved yourself, the heroes will naturally be willing to listen to you and go to wipe out all the bullies. '

'If you can't prove it, then go back where you came from, and don't get involved in the affairs here. '

(End of this chapter)