The great man will live forever

Chapter 296: Poor Taoist Zhang Jiao, asking the big man to die!

AD 184, January th, Yecheng, Jizhou.

A luxurious hall was filled with people.

Sitting at the top is an old man, with a kind appearance and a fairy-like spirit. He is quite old. His vicissitudes of life show the traces of time, but he also conveys wisdom and tenacity.

His hair is as white as silver, spread on his broad forehead, slightly raised, and seems to be able to carry endless wisdom.

His eyes are deep and bright, shining with mysterious light, like stars twinkling in the night sky. His face has deep outlines and sharp angular lines.

His cheeks are slightly concave and he looks slightly haggard, but it also shows his determination and courage as a leader.

His long beard stretches across his chin, and the vicissitudes of his lines outline his strength and wisdom that have gone through ups and downs.

This is Zhang Jiao. He is tall and thin, with a back as straight as a pine tree. Although he is quite old, his body is still strong. He has a wide robe covering his shoulders, and his demeanor exudes a detached temperament, as if he is not involved in the troubles of the world. Out of place.

On his left are his two brothers, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, both about 45 years old.

Then, there were many people sitting around, mainly Zhang Jiao's disciples, divided into direct disciples and registered disciples.

There are Zhang Mancheng, Bocai, Sun Xia, Guo Tai, Ma Xiang, Zhang Niujiao, Chu Yan, Li Damu, Peng Tuo, Bu Ji, Guo Daxian, Yu Digen, Qingniujiao, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zuo Miao Zhangba, He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man, Xu He, Sima Ju, Wu Ba, Zhao Zhi, Chen Bai, Wan Bing, Wu Huan...

"I've seen the Heavenly Master!"

Everyone saluted with fanaticism in their eyes. They were peasant disciples, their families were poor, and they were full of expectations. They had guessed what was going on before they came.

"Yes." Zhang Jiao asked them to stand up and said unhurriedly: "This year is the year of Jiazi. The Han Dynasty is the virtue of fire, fire produces earth, and earth is yellow. Among the gods of my Taiping Sect, Huang Taiyi is the virtue of earth. , the great Han Dynasty is corrupt, the common people are in dire straits, disasters are coming from heaven, it’s time..."

According to the theory of the five elements creating and restraining each other, Zhang Jiao chose March 184, the Jiazi day of the Jiazi year (i.e., the first year of Zhongping Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, AD), to hold the uprising.

Taiping Dao believes in the "Zhonghuang Taiyi", which regards "earth" as auspicious and advocates the color yellow, so Zhang Jiao put forward the slogan "Heaven is dead, Huangtian shall stand". The heads of the insurgents were wrapped in "yellow scarves", which implied the main destiny. The Taiping Road of Tu De will soon replace the Eastern Han Dynasty, which mainly transports Fire De, and the desire to establish a "Huang Tian Tai Ping" society.

There seemed to be something burning in everyone's eyes, and they shouted: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky will stand, the age will be six years old, and the world will be prosperous!"

Jiazi, as the first year of sixty years in the traditional Chinese Ganzhi calendar, also has the meaning of the beginning of all things, because the decayed old order is replaced and the new Huangtian will come.

Zhang Jiao prepares for the announcement of the event in Yecheng, and it will be settled in Zhending, which means that the great auspiciousness of the world began in Yecheng and finally became Zhending, which means that the great cause will not be settled until this point.

Immediately afterwards, he claimed to be a great sage and mentor based on the "Billions of Stars" in the "Tianping Jing" that "the billions of stars are not as bright as a day; the actions of the pillars in the sky are not as bright as a single virtuous person in the country".

"Greetings to the Great Master!"

Zhang Jiao looked around at the people who were kneeling and worshiping, filled with pride. He had been planning for this day for more than ten years, and he would give everything to build a world of balance.

"Bocai," he shouted, and a young man stood up.

"exist!"

"I set up thirty-six parties to lead the rebel armies all over the world, with Fang as the first canal commander, and you as the canal commander of Yuzhou, in charge of Yuzhou, responsible for the uprisings in Yingchuan County, Chen County, Lu County, and Runan County..."

Zhang Jiao said, and handed a token that he had made long ago to Bo Cai, who took it solemnly.

"promise!"

"Guotai!"

"Here!" Another young man stood up.

"I appoint you as the Commander-in-Chief of the Bingzhou Canal, responsible for the uprisings in Dingxiang, Yanmen, Shuofang and Wuyuan."

"promise!"

"Zhang Mancheng."

"exist!"

"I appoint you as the Commander-in-Chief of Jingzhou Qu, responsible for the uprisings in Nanyang County, Nan County, and Jiangxia County."

"No!" Zhang Mancheng also respectfully borrowed the token.

"Zhang Rao, Guan Hai, Bu Si, Zhang Bo, Liang Zhongning, Xu He..."

As Zhang Jiao gave orders one by one, he divided the believers who followed him into thirty-six parties. One party was an army. He appointed Qu Shuai as the general of each party. Dafang commanded more than ten thousand people, and Xiaofang commanded six or seven thousand people. people.

He spread the slogan "The sky is dead, the yellow sky is standing, the age is Jiazi, the world is good". He also asked believers to use white clay to mark the word "Jiazi" on the walls of the capital Luoyang and the prefecture and county officials as a sign of attack after the uprising. Target.

Zhang Jiao also asked Dafangqu Commander Ma Yuanyi to gather tens of thousands of believers from Jingyang and Yangzhou to Yecheng (today's Linzhang, Hebei Province), and sent him to Luoyang to contact Changshi Feng Xu, Xu Feng and others as internal agents. The two sides agreed to meet in March Unrest was launched simultaneously inside and outside the country for five days.

Everything is ready, just wait until March 3th.

However, something unexpected happened.

A.D. 184, February , Luoyang, Imperial Palace,

"Beauty, where are you running??"

Liu Hong was blindfolded and chasing, surrounded by blankets. He stepped on them with bare feet and no clothes on his body. In the empty hall, there were more than a dozen palace maids standing scattered. They were well-behaved and beautiful. Most of them were half-naked. Revealing snow-white skin.

"His Majesty!"

"Come and catch me."

"Ha ha!"

"Your Majesty, I am here!"

Wine pools and meat forests are as debauchery as you can imagine.

"Haha, caught it!"

"oops!"

Liu Hong held a beautiful woman in his arms and was about to go straight to Huanglong...

"Your Majesty, something serious has happened!" Zhang Rang hurriedly came in with the memorial.

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, this is a letter from Tang Zhou."

"Who is Tang Zhou? I don't remember that there is such a high official in the imperial court?"

"Zhang Jiao's disciple, Your Majesty, Zhang Jiao gathered hundreds of thousands of people with the intention of rebelling."

"What? Let him come to see me immediately!" Although Liu Hong is ridiculous, he is not stupid. Rebellion is a big deal, and Zhang Jue is very popular. He has too many believers, so many that even the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was shocked.

"promise!"

Not long after, Tang Zhou saw Liu Hong, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, solemn and solemn.

"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor, the common people Tang Zhou pays homage to your majesty."

"Keep your head up."

Tang Zhou slowly raised his head. He was about 30 years old, with a Chinese character face, and his face was rosy, and he seemed to be excited.

"You said Zhang Jiao intended to rebel, but is that true?"

"Absolutely true!"

"Elaborate."

"Nuo, Zhang Jiao divided the believers who followed him into thirty-six parties. One party was an army. He made Commander Qu the general of each party. The big party commanded more than 10,000 people, and the small party commanded six or seven thousand people.

He spread the slogan "Cangtian is dead, Huangtian is here to stand, if he is born in Jiazi, the world will be auspicious". Cangtian refers to the Han Dynasty, and Huangtian refers to the Taiping Sect.

He also had people use white clay to mark the word "Jia Zi" on the walls of the capital city of Luoyang and the prefecture and county government offices, as targets for attack after the uprising.

It is planned to launch an uprising in Yecheng on Jiazi Day this year. Zhang Jiao also asked Dafangqu Commander Ma Yuanyi to gather tens of thousands of believers from Jingyang and Yangzhou to Yecheng, and sent him to Luoyang to contact the Changshi Feng Xu, Xu Feng and others as internal agents to prepare for all internal and external movements. He also asked me to assist Ma Yuanyi …”

"Then why did you report him?"

"Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty is orthodox. The great ancestor killed the White Snake and revolted. He is the son of the Red Emperor...

He does not know the fate of his people. Your Majesty is wise and powerful. If he intends to rebel, the common people will naturally report him! "

Mr. Tang Zhou boasted about the big man, and then praised Liu Hong fiercely. He said so, but in fact, he didn't think so at all.

He knew that Zhang Jiao would not be able to accomplish anything if he led a bunch of idiots, because these people had not received professional military training, had no military generals who could lead troops in war, and did not have weapons.

They were just poor people, and what they wanted to do was go to war with the heavily armed court. Tang Zhou saw that Zhang Jiao would definitely fail, so he chose to betray Zhang Jiao in exchange for a huge fortune, so he reported it to the emperor. Zhang Jiao's plan.

"Okay, you think so, that's great. I will reward you greatly."

Liu Hong smiled slightly. He naturally saw that Tang Zhou was greedy for money, but who is not greedy? He is the most greedy person in the world.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Immediately, Liu Hong asked the Forbidden Army and Ting Wei to handle the matter...

"Feng Xu, Xu Feng, you are planning to rebel, take it down!"

"I want to see Your Majesty!" Feng Xu yelled, but it was of no use. He was captured by the Forbidden Army. Although the Forbidden Army could no longer fight, it was still easy to capture a few eunuchs.

……

In the Luoyang vegetable market, thousands of people were taken to the execution ground.

"kill!"

"Haha, dog emperor!"

"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, and the age of Jiazi will bring good luck to the world!"

"I want to see His Majesty."

"Your Majesty, I was wrong."

"what!"

Some are pleading, some are crying, some are fanatical, and some are not afraid of life and death...

Following the order to behead, blood flowed into a river for a while.

Because Zhang Jiao's disciple Tang Zhou from Jinan wrote a letter to report their plot, Ma Yuanyi was arrested in Luoyang and sentenced to death.

Emperor Ling ordered the execution of more than a thousand followers of Zhang Jue inside and outside the palace, and arrested Zhang Jue and other Taiping Dao leaders in various places.

……

Jizhou, Julu.

Zhang Jiao's head was wrapped in a yellow scarf and he stood on a tall platform.

Below are countless people wearing yellow scarves. Most of them are naked and thin, but their eyes are bright. Their heads are wrapped in yellow scarves. They look at Zhang Jiao on the stage, holding a blazing torch, and they seem to be able to It's like burning the whole sky.

Zhang Jiao looked at them with complicated eyes. For a moment, he went back to many years ago, and memories came flooding back to him like a tide.

That year, there was a great drought in the world, almost all ten houses were empty, and death was everywhere.

When he was young, he bid farewell to his master and began to enter the world. He wanted to rely on his medical skills to cure diseases and save people.

Before leaving, the master said to him, "Zhang Jiao, you can go down the mountain for treatment, but you must not enter the world, otherwise your life will be in danger."

Still looking like a little Taoist priest, he nodded and said, "Master, don't worry, this disciple cherishes his life more than anyone else."

Walking out of the mountains, he and his two brothers treated illnesses and rescued people while heading towards the places where the plague was most severe.

Along the way, he saw tens of millions of victims without money or food, with ulcerated wounds and pus and blood all over their bodies.

But even so, the entire court ignored the disaster and taxes were not reduced at all.

The emperor was busy selling his official position to make money, the children of aristocratic families were busy enjoying beauties, the relatives and eunuchs were busy fighting for imperial power, and the wealthy families were busy enslaving the people. No one wanted to look at the eyes of these suffering people, even for a single glance.

It was as if the common people were like stinky ditches, and one look at them would pollute their noble and bright eyes.

He was a little confused, but saving people was the most important thing at the moment. He and his two brothers had to cure diseases first. They cured countless people and their reputation grew.

Later, he preached widely and educated the people. In just a few years, he had more and more followers, covering eight states.

At that time, he was still thinking that the epidemic was only temporary, and he tried his best to cure the disease and save people. When the emperor eradicated the traitorous officials, everything would get better.

As long as you can survive, you can see hope.

Hope doesn't matter if it exists, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't exist. Just believe.

Not long after, the disciples brought bad news. Not only were there no tax exemptions, but taxes had also increased significantly.

At this time, plagues continued throughout the country, and severe droughts from time to time also left the land with no harvest. Countless people starved to death and bloated to death. They wailed in the fields. Changing children to eat was not recorded in history books, but it really happened. In front of him.

The aristocratic families didn't care, hoarding food, eating meat, and drinking wine. They didn't care about the life and death of the people. They would rather throw away the food and wine than give any to the people.

After he found out, his vision suddenly went dark and he almost fainted.

That kind of powerlessness and pain, that kind of suffering, that kind of sadness, tortured him every day. He asked the sky, why?

Don’t those people even have the right to live?

They have no dignity and are like pigs and dogs. Even so, don't they deserve to live?

After being silent for a long time, he still couldn't figure out why he was struggling so hard?

To save the people and let them live like animals, then struggle, and then die?

At that moment, he thought a lot, thinking about his wish to hang a pot to help the world when he was young, thinking about the warnings given by Master Linxiashan, and thinking about how he had cured diseases and saved countless people over the years, but he was starved to death.

The powerful people threw away the meat and wine and refused to share the common people. The common people were forced into desperate situations like grass and grass. No matter how hard they tried, they could not survive at all.

At that moment, he realized the truth. He seemed to have found new hope and murmured to himself: "Since the world is seriously ill, then I will overthrow him and re-establish a peaceful world."

……

Thinking of these and the hardships he had endured for so many years, Zhang Jiao felt filled with emotion, and then became extremely determined. Even if there was an abyss ahead, he would not look back.

Zhang Jiao stopped hesitating and looked around. The common people with yellow scarves tied to their foreheads were skinny and weak.

They are in ragged clothes, have no armor, and some even have no weapons, but they believe in themselves and the peaceful and prosperous age they say.

If the sky doesn't give you a way to survive, then smash it and build a new world.

In fact, there are times when even he doesn't know whether the peaceful and prosperous age he talked about will come true, but now those weak people who are willing to be eaten by mermaids will eventually erupt with power like a volcano erupting and cracking the earth.

With them, it seems that realizing such a wish is not that difficult.

He raised his arms and shouted, "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky is about to stand. The six feet of water are still in the water, which is a sign that the Yan Han will perish!"

The Three Lords have appeared, leading the way and standing in the sky. The three talents of heaven and earth, carrying great virtues, have driven away evil spirits.

I use this body as medicine to cure the world's diseases. You call me a thief, but what did I steal?

You people have eaten the people's fat and squandered the people's anointing, and you deserve to die from the disaster!

The world should be shaken by Dabai.

The poor man is asking the big man to die! "

PS: "The Biography of Huangfu Song Zhujun in the Later Han Dynasty" records: "In the first year of Zhongping, Dafang Ma Yuanyi and others first gathered tens of thousands of people from Jing and Yang, hoping to send them to Ye.

Yuan Yisu traveled to and from the capital, with the regular attendants Feng Xu and Xu Feng as internal responders. He started both inside and outside about March 5. Before the rebellion broke out, Zhang Jiao's disciples from Jinan, Tang and Zhou Dynasties, wrote to tell them, so Yuanyi was sent to Luoyang by car. ,

Emperor Ling used Zhou Zhang to deputize the three princes and divisions, and sent Gou Dun to order Zhou Bin to seize the subordinates of the three mansions, investigate the cases of the imperial guards of the palace, provincial governors, and the common people who had troubles, kill more than a thousand people, test Jizhou, and hunt for horns. "

"Zi Zhi Tong Jian" records: "Governors such as Jiao have been exposed, and they are rushing to all directions in the morning and night. They all wear yellow turbans as a sign, so people at that time called them 'yellow turban thieves'."

In the second month of the month, Jiao called himself General Tiangong, his brother Bao called him General Digong, and Bao's brother Liang called himself General Renggong. He burned down the government offices, robbed and gathered towns, lost control of prefectures and counties, and many officials fled. Within ten months, the world responded, The capital was shocked. The people of Anping and Ganling each held their own kings to deal with the thieves. "

(End of this chapter)