At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 43 Rejection
This question is very abrupt.

Before asking this question, Zhou Qi also struggled in his heart for a long time.

This is a big and empty topic, and it is also a must-have tool for the protagonist in the Three Kingdoms novels of the previous life to pretend to be a force to earn money.

In some novels, every time the protagonist uses the advantage of foresight to talk and reveal some things that will happen in the future, some famous ministers and military generals will be deeply admired, and then they will immediately follow the protagonist willingly, regardless of the protagonist's origin or status.

This kind of thing is actually very nonsense.

It is true that chaos has emerged now, but even the top strategists cannot accurately predict the detailed trend in the future.

Because the future is uncontrollable.

At best, they could only predict that the world was not peaceful, that there might be a big chaos, or that the Yellow Turban Army would cause chaos.

But at least in this time period, I am afraid that no one predicted that the big man would quickly decline.

According to the existing conventional logic, it is nothing more than a three-way competition between the gentry, eunuchs, and foreign relatives. The winner will naturally support the young emperor to control the imperial power as before after Liu Hong's death. When the young emperor grows up, the power in the court will be reshuffled again. That's all.

As for uprisings, alien races, and rebellions, to today's big Han people, they are all just scabies.

The turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty began with the Yellow Turban Uprising, but the root cause may not be here.

There is inevitability in history, but there are also great coincidences.

For example, if today's son Liu Hong hadn't died so early, even if there would be great chaos in the world, at least there would be no chaotic situation where the princes separated.

Although Liu Hong is considered a faint king, he is also quite capable, and he is also trying every means to enhance the imperial power.

At least under Liu Hong's rule, the aristocratic families were constantly suppressed.If there was no outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Liu Hong might have continued to suppress the gentry.

Even after the Yellow Turban Uprising, the imperial court was forced to confer the title of Zhou Mu. Except for Dong Zhuo, who was promoted and secretly conferred the title of Bingzhou Mu in an attempt to move him away from his hometown in Liangzhou, the rest of the Zhou Mu that the court officially conferred were basically Han clan clan members. .

Even if Liu Hong is dead, if General He Jin does not conscript Dong Zhuo to Beijing, but kills eunuchs with thunderous means, at most there will be another Dou Wu and Liang Ji.

Even if He Jin is eventually killed by the nobles, the nobles will use their influence to quell the unrest in all directions after gaining power.

All of these things are highly accidental.

(I will talk about it in detail when the plot arrives in the future. I can only say that Yuan Benchu's heart is higher than the sky, his fate is thinner than paper, and his painstaking calculations are in vain as someone else's wedding dress.)
Who else but Zhou Qi, a time traveler, could accurately predict the occurrence of these things?

If a certain traveler really follows the historical process and tells these things to fool others, there is a high probability that they will be regarded as crazy.

At least before today's death and Dong Zhuo's entry to Beijing, who would dare to say with certainty that the world is about to unite the princes?
The reason why Zhou Qi raised this topic was because of his own selfish motives.

Now that he is alone and weak, he wants to broaden the horizons of the Xu brothers first and see if he can convince them to follow him to seize the opportunity and make contributions as soon as possible.

Of course, Zhou Qi knew what should be said and what should not be said.

Xu Ding suddenly heard this question, but he was a little confused and said, "Why did Ziyi say this?"

Zhou Qi sighed deeply, and said, "In recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have occurred frequently, land annexation has been serious, and countless people have been displaced. Not long ago, a large-scale plague broke out, and countless people died."

"This world is no longer peaceful."

Xu Ding was speechless when he heard the words.

In fact, natural and man-made disasters have greatly promoted land annexation. Many people sold the land they depended on for survival precisely because of natural and man-made disasters.

After losing their land, they suffered even more cruel exploitation, making their lives more difficult. This is a true portrayal of the Han Dynasty at this stage.

The reason why there are many anonymous households in Xujiazhai is also because they began to rise in these years.

Because otherwise, the people in Xujiazhai might not be able to pay the high taxes, and they could only be displaced in the end.

Xujiazhai has the protection of the clan, which can unite thousands of households and work together to resist natural and man-made disasters, but ordinary homeowners cannot do this.

Xu Ding has helped manage clan affairs over the years and has a deeper understanding of the people's hardships.

Xu Ding smiled wryly, "So what if the world is not peaceful?"

"We are just peasants in the countryside. It is very difficult to protect the safety of our clan. We can neither promote filial piety nor be expropriated. We can only live in the countryside as a Guizhou Seoul!"

"What qualifications do we have to talk about the general trend of the world?"

Xu Ding's words were a little helpless and a little unwilling, just like Zhou Qi's mood when talking to Xiang Hong.

Classes have long since solidified, and ordinary people's path to advancement has been blocked. Even a talented leader like the Xu brothers can only feel hopelessness in his heart.

Zhou Qi raised his head, stared at Xu Ding with burning eyes, and said: "There are Bole in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses. Thousand-mile horses often exist, but Bole does not always exist. Therefore, although there are famous horses, they are only humiliated and died in the hands of slaves. The space between stables is not called a thousand miles."

"In normal times, we might have to die side by side between the stables."

"However, in today's court, the dispute between eunuchs and scholars is becoming increasingly fierce. Yang Shijun is even more jealous of evil, and he is on the same level as the eunuchs."

"Although I committed a felony by killing Wang Ji, it may be an opportunity for advancement."

"Even if it is a sharp knife in the hands of a scholar and the Yang Shijun, it is better than being stuck in the fields and dying!"

Zhou Qi looked at the Xu brothers eagerly, and said: "However, I am alone and alone, even if I am appreciated by Lord Yang, I am afraid that I am like a flat boat on the sea, floating in the turbulent waves, and every step is difficult. "

"If you don't give up, when Yang Shijun gives you the next opportunity, can the two brothers share the fame with me?"

For the current low-level people, if there is an opportunity to win fame, I am afraid that many ambitious people will fight for it even if they risk their lives.

Zhou Qi knew that the Xu brothers were not content with being ordinary, so he made such an unexpected invitation.

Of course, he was not so arrogant as to invite the two of them now. Instead, he made a precondition that he could get Yang Qiu's permission.

If a high-ranking official in the DPRK like Sili Xiaowei could use Zhou Qi.For someone who came from a humble background, it was definitely a meteoric rise.

Xu Chu was excited when he heard the words, and wanted to agree, but Xu Ding grabbed his arm.

Xu Ding pondered for a long time before he said apologetically: "To be honest, if there are only two brothers in my family, we should give up everything to gain fame and fame."

"However, thousands of families in the clan need our protection. If they leave at this time, they may be ashamed of their clansmen."

(End of this chapter)