Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 27
Speaking of the Yellow Turban uprising, Zhang Jiao didn't plan to start the army in a hurry, but his disciple Tang Zhou became a traitor, so he could only start the uprising in a hurry.

It is said that in the first month of the first year of Zhongping, that is, around February 184 AD, a wide-ranging and influential epidemic broke out all over the country. Zhang Jiao and his 2 apprentices recited mantras with book amulets and scattered water talismans. To heal people.

Zhang Jiao himself is a great virtuous teacher, and his disciples are more and more. Zhang Jiao established them as 36 parties, with more than 7000 people in the big party and [-] people in the small party. He became a general, and his nickname was "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky will stand; when the age is Jiazi, the world will be happy."

Its believers each put the word "Jiazi" in white clay script on the gate of their respective homes. People from the eight prefectures of Qing, You, Xu, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan all believe in the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao.

On the other hand, Zhang Jiao sent his subordinate Ma Yuanyi to secretly make friends with Zhongjuan Fengxuan with gold and silk and other property, preparing to let him be his internal support. Zhang Jiao and his two younger brothers, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, felt that the time was ripe for rebellion, so they privately They made a yellow flag, agreed on a specific time for raising troops, and at the same time sent Tang Zhou to report to Feng Xuan to make him ready for internal response.

However, Tang Zhou betrayed Zhang Jiao and told all about Zhang Jiao's secret plan to raise troops. The news reached the emperor's ears, and he urgently ordered General He Jin to dispatch troops to capture Ma Yuanyi. Ma Yuanyi lost the match and was killed. Feng Xuan and other people who rebelled with Zhang Jiao were arrested and thrown into prison.

After Zhang Jiao learned that the rebellion had been exposed, he had no choice but to raise troops at night. He called himself "General Tiangong", his younger brother Zhang Bao called "General Digong", and Zhang Liang called "General Rengong".

Zhang Jiao said to those who followed him: "The fate of the Han Dynasty is coming to an end, and the great sage will come out. You should all obey the heavens and follow the righteousness, so as to enjoy the peace." It means that the strength of the Han Dynasty is exhausted, and Zhang Jiao is the destiny Dear people, if you want to rebel with me, you are obeying the destiny, and you will succeed in building a perfect world of peace.

People in various states have been suffering for a long time. Although many people in history believed that compared with the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, the life of the people in the Han Dynasty was much better, especially the tax burden seemed to be very low, but in fact the real situation may be It's not like this.

As the so-called Han inherits the Qin system, in terms of taxation, the Han Dynasty actually followed the Qin Dynasty's system in many respects. Although it seems that the grain tax of the Han Dynasty is not high, you must know that the tax collection standard at that time was not high. It was not collected according to the land, but the head. It was fine in the Western Han Dynasty, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, land annexation became very serious. A large number of farmers lost their land, and they became refugees but had to bear the burden. Taxation and service, especially various labor and military services, also weighed down the common people.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, rebellions and raids by ethnic minorities on the border frequently occurred, and the Han Dynasty adopted the conscription system passed down from the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, when wars increased, the common people had to bear more military service. Various natural disasters and man-made disasters continued in the last years, and many ordinary people lived very hard. At this time, the Eastern Han Dynasty was even inferior to the so-called Tyranny in many aspects.

With Zhang Jiao's order, the number of ordinary people who followed him in the uprising in all states and counties reached 50 million, and the number is still increasing. These peasant rebels wear yellow turbans on their heads, so they are called the Yellow Turban Army. The reason why yellow is used is said to be because the Han Dynasty was red fire virtue, while yellow was earth virtue, red raw soil, and earth virtue was to replace fire virtue.

For a while, the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army was very fierce. The officers and soldiers from all over the country seemed to have no power to parry. One of the big reasons for this was that the Han Dynasty imposed very strict restrictions on local armed forces. The government lacks a sufficient number of standing troops, so in the first time after the Yellow Turban Uprising, many cities and government offices were easily occupied by the Yellow Turban Army.

He Jin saw that the situation was very bad, so he returned to the court and informed the emperor of the situation. After urgent discussions between the emperor and the ministers, the emperor had no choice but to decentralize the general power from the central government, and let the local governments Obtain the right to recruit and train their own troops, and try to use these local government forces to wipe out the Yellow Turban Rebel Army.

Judging from the later situation, although this decision did solve the Yellow Turban Uprising relatively quickly, because of the decentralization of military power, it caused all localities to start to embrace their own self-respect, which laid the root for the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms.

The emperor then dispatched Zhonglang generals Lu Zhi, Huangfusong, and Zhu Jun as the main forces to destroy the Yellow Turban Army, and each led the elite Central Army into three armies to destroy the Yellow Turban Army.

After Zhang Jiao's uprising, the offensive was swift and fierce. At this time, he had led his army to attack the boundary between Youzhou and Jizhou.

Liu Yan didn't expect the Yellow Turban Army to advance so rapidly when he learned that at first, he had to summon the school lieutenant Zou Jing to discuss it. Only by recruiting troops and buying horses can we have a chance to resist the enemy."

After Liu Yan heard this, he couldn't help but nodded. What Zou Jing said was exactly what he thought a few days ago, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to post a list in all counties and towns to recruit volunteers from all walks of life.

When the announcement was posted in Zhuo County, it also led to a hero. This man didn't like reading when he was young, but he had a generous personality. He didn't like to talk at ordinary times. He has lofty ambitions and likes to make friends with the heroes of the world everywhere.

He is seven feet and five inches long, with his ears hanging down his shoulders, his hands over his knees, his eyes can look at his ears, his face is like a crown of jade, and his lips are like grease. Germany.

At the beginning, Liu Zhen, the son of Liu Sheng, was granted the title of Marquis of Zhuolu Pavilion during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Later, he was deprived of the title of Marquis because of the poor quality of the gold that was offered during the sacrifice. This is how the descendants of Liu Bei stayed in Zhuo County. middle.

Liu Bei's father, Liu Hong, was also promoted to be a filial piety and an official, but it was a pity that he died when he was young, leaving only Liu Bei to live with his mother, orphans and widows. Weaving mats for a living.

Liu Bei lives in Zhonglousang Village, Zhonglousang Village. There is a huge mulberry tree in the southeast of his home, about five feet high. Looking from a distance, the branches and leaves are so dense that it looks like a huge car cover. After passing by, he said, "There must be a very remarkable person in this family."

When Liu Bei was very young, he played games under the big mulberry tree with some friends of his age in the village. He shouted loudly: "If one day I become emperor, I must take a car with this A car with a big canopy."

Liu Bei's uncle Liu Yuan couldn't help being very surprised when he heard it. He felt that Liu Bei was really different from ordinary children.

When Liu Bei was 15 years old, Liu Bei bid farewell to his mother and traveled all over the country to study. During this process, Liu Bei worshiped Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi and other powerful figures as teachers, and became friends with Gongsun Zan and others.

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