A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 357 Taiping Road, planning begins

Julu County, Ren County, Taipingguan
Taiping Temple was originally Pingsheng Temple. After Zhang Jiao was removed from the Tianshi Mansion, he returned here with the "Taiping Sutra" donated by Bai Guo and founded Taiping Dao.

"The Taiping Jing" is not only a Taoist scripture, but also a general book on politics, military affairs, farming, etc. It was compiled by the Bai Kingdom with great effort and revised with precious papyrus.

Just to revise such a book, Bai Guo spent several years and gathered more than a dozen masters of various subjects, great Confucians, high Gongs and hundreds of Confucian scholars.

This is an attempt by the Bai family. They want to see how much damage a heavyweight rebellion guide can cause.

At this time, the Taiping Temple was crowded with people, all wearing yellow scarves and yellow robes. Height, short, fat and thin are all different.

Ever since Zhang Jiao decided to start an uprising, he made Taiping Temple the headquarters of Taiping Dao. Those pilgrims in the past had to go to another Taoist temple if they wanted to offer incense.

"Everyone, be quiet, the Taoist master will be here soon."

A young Taoist priest entered the room from the backyard and said to the people inside.

"Tang Zhou, do you know why the teacher gathered us here?" In the crowd, a Taoist who was close to the young Taoist asked Tang Zhou.

Tang Zhou shook his head: "I'm just the teacher's assistant. I don't know some things, but I guess I should take action."

The Taoist clasped his hands and said excitedly: "Is this day finally coming? I've been waiting for so long."

"Yuan Yi, what are you waiting for? You've been waiting for so long?"

A Taoist in his forties, with a sallow complexion, deep eyes, a beard under his lips, a yellow scarf on his head, a nine-section staff in his right hand, and a Taoist sword slung across his back, walked slowly to the main hall with a smile on his face. Sitting cross-legged on the futon.

He is the Taoist protagonist of Taiping Dao and an abandoned disciple of Tianshi Mansion.

There were two people following behind Zhang Jiao. One of them was thin, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and thick earlobes. They were dressed similarly to everyone else in Taiping Dao, but the yellow Taoist robes were all covered with Taoist scriptures written with brushes.

He held a fly whisk in his hand, followed the angle with square steps, and sat down on the futon slightly lower on the right. This is Zhang Jiao's second brother, Zhang Bao, the right master of Taiping Road.

The other man has a broad face and a dignified look, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is tall and tall. Among a group of Taoist priests, he is rare in wearing a armor and stomach. However, unlike the Han army's armor and stomach, his armor and stomach are covered with yellow cloth. , full of Taoist texts written on it.

As he walked, he pressed the sword hanging on his right waist with his right hand, and sat down on the futon at the lower left of Zhang Jiao. He is Zhang Liang, the third younger brother of Zhang Jiao and the master of the left side of Taiping Road.

"See Taoist Master!"

When everyone in the arena saw Zhang Jue arriving, they all paid homage to Zhang Jue.

"Everyone, please excuse me."

After everyone sat down, Zhang Jiao looked around to see if everyone was here. When he saw no one was absent, he nodded slightly and said: "Since all the Qu Shuai from all over the country are here, let's start today's discussion!"

More than twenty years have passed since Zhang Jiao decided to give the Han Dynasty a surprise in the fourth year of Yanxi. During these twenty years, Zhang Jiao took Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang brothers to visit Qing, Xu, You and other places in the Han Dynasty. , Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan and Henan eight states.

He constantly relied on unpredictable means and the theory of Fu Shui to save poor people, spread his Taiping Tao faith among them, and accepted many disciples.

Nearly half of the people in the eight core states of the Han Dynasty were favored by Zhang Jiao, so seven years ago, he used his prestige among the people to conquer Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan , the believers in the eight states of Henan are divided into thirty-six parties.

Among the thirty-six parties, there are more than 10,000 people in Dafang and 6,000 or 7,000 in Xiaofang. Each party has a Qushuai, who is directly under his unified command. And set up left and right Taoist masters to assist him in command.

Under Qu Shuai, a number of Zhuyous were set up as the lowest level managers. Most of these Qushuai are his disciples, but there are also a few who have converted from Tianshi Dao.

For example, Qushuai Ma Yuanyi, Qushuai of Nanyang, Zhang Mancheng, Qushuai Bocai of Yingchuan, Qushuai Pengtuo of Runan, etc. who were responsible for activities near Songshan and Luoyang were all direct disciples of Zhang Jiao.

Changshan Qushuai Zhang Niujiao, Fan Kai and others were all Tianshi Taoist priests who joined in midway.

There are no less than 400,000 people who believe in the "Huang Tian Tai Ping" created by Zhang Jiao. Among them are not only ordinary people who were forced into bankruptcy by corrupt officials and lawless powerful people, but also powerful people, officials, eunuchs, etc.

Of course, they all thought that Taiping Tao was a peaceful religion similar to Tianshi Tao and Ghost and God Tao. In order to learn the inside information of the imperial court, Zhang Jiao was not stingy in bribing them, which made them very fond of Taiping Tao. Internal information about Taiping Road was passed to Zhang Jiao.

Among them, Feng Xu and Xu Feng, who are among the regular servants of the Twelve Middle Schools, are typical examples.

"Everyone, Pindao has sensed the opportunity and decided to officially start the uprising on March 5 next year. The reason why I have called you all together is to make an agreement with you in person.

Since ancient times, rebellion has not been an easy task, especially the Shouyi, which has never been successful, but we have to do it because the court has given us no way to survive.

You all come from various places, and most of you were saved by me from hardships. You know the living conditions of the local people firsthand.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang said: Today, if you revolt, you will die. If you don't revolt, you will die. Sooner or later, you will die. Why don't you die vigorously?
Even if we are what they call untouchables, ants, and poor people, we still need to let them know that ants can never be bullied. The anger of a common man can even cause blood to spread at five steps, let alone tens of millions of ordinary people?

Heaven has five virtues. The Han Dynasty founded the country with the virtue of fire. Now the fate of the Han Dynasty has ended. The next combination should be the virtue of earth. I, the Taiping Dao, were born in line with Huang Tian Taiping. I was born to let Huang Tian replace the sky. Under the sky, ordinary people are like slaves, and emperors and powerful men are the rulers of the world. But under the yellow sky, the common people are the main ones, and anyone who dares to infringe on the interests of the common people will have his head cut off like a hair.

We want everyone in the world to know that Cang Tian is dead and Huang Tian is here to stand. Therefore, everyone must rise up at the same time, so that the court can take care of the left and right and not speak to him. "

Looking at the people in the audience who were trembling with excitement at his words, Zhang Jiao was also deeply moved. He stood up, raised the nine-section staff in his hand, and shouted enthusiastically:

"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky is standing. If you live for a year, the world will be blessed! Go and spread this sentence throughout the world, so that everyone in the world knows it."

Everyone present followed Zhang Jiao and roared enthusiastically: "The sky is dead, Huang Tian is here to stand, at the age of sixty, the world will be blessed!"

After the meeting, all the leaders from all sides went back. They will completely change the color of March 5th next year.

Zhang Jiao alone retained Ma Yuanyi, the commander in charge of the Haosong Mountain area in Luoyang.

"Yuan Yi, Luoyang, is the center of the Han Dynasty, the brains of the Han Dynasty. As long as Luoyang is in chaos, the Han Dynasty will not be able to smoothly mobilize the soldiers and horses from all over the country to attack us, so your side is the top priority.

Do you have any ideas? "

Ma Yuanyi looked at his most respected teacher and said confidently: "Teacher, don't worry, I have already made preparations in Luoyang. I have already gathered many important forces in Luoyang City.

Feng Xu and Xu Feng, among the twelve permanent servants of the imperial court, have the handle in my hands, and I am confident that they will serve as my internal agents.

Moreover, I have also developed many internal agents in the Forbidden Army and some government offices in the city. Even the guard of a city gate in Luoyang has believed in Taiping Dao.

When I launch an attack on Songshan Mountain, with tens of thousands of troops, I can rush to the gate of Luoyang City in an instant, and then ask the internal officials to open the city gate, and capture Luoyang with lightning speed. Such a big man will definitely fall into unprecedented chaos. . "

Zhang Jiao was very satisfied with Ma Yuanyi's plan, but suddenly there was an extremely abnormal throbbing in his heart. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he said to Ma Yuanyi:

"Songshan and Luoyang are two different things after all. They are in two places. You have to prepare for the uprising in the direction of Songshan and contact the internal intelligence in Luoyang City. I am worried that you will not be able to take care of it.

Let's do this, I will send Tang Zhou to you and let him help you contact Luoyang's internal response. You only need to concentrate on preparing for the uprising in Songshan, Yangzhai, and Yangcheng. "

After Ma Yuanyi thought for a while, he nodded in agreement: "It's okay. Junior Brother Tang Zhou comes to help me. It can also make me relax and concentrate on the work. It's the teacher's consideration."

Zhang Jiao smiled, then looked at Tang Zhou aside: "Tang Zhou, have you written down what I just said to your senior brother Ma Yuanyi?"

"Disciples all write it down."

Zhang Jiao nodded, but was still a little worried and said: "Remember, you are only here to assist your senior brother. Listen to your senior brother in everything. Do not do anything without permission. This matter is related to a major event in Taiping Dao. You should have the weight in it." clear."

"Disciple, please obey your master's orders!"

Tang Zhou was very excited to receive such an important task all of a sudden, because he was the youngest disciple accepted by Zhang Jiao and had been working beside Zhang Jiao since he was a child.

He never left Zhang Jiao's side. Seeing that the fellow disciples around him had become the responsible commanders, shouldering important responsibilities, but he had been doing the work of serving tea, delivering water, and sending messages, I felt extremely unbalanced. Now I can finally show off my past revenge.

We must make a name for ourselves and let the master and brothers take a good look at it. I, Tang Zhou, am not willing to lag behind others.

Watching Ma Yuanyi take Tang Zhou off, Zhang Jiao looked at the falling white snow in the sky, stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake, and murmured: "Are you afraid?"

"Brother, everything is ready, it's time for us to set off."

Behind him, Zhang Liang covered his armor and stomach with a cloth robe, and reminded Zhang Jiao with a loud sound while riding on his horse. Zhang Bao on the side was also dressed in the same dress, holding two horses and looking at him with a smile.

The snowflakes turned the three brothers white, and with a long breath of hot breath, he walked to Zhang Bao, took the horse, and climbed on.

The three brothers stood on horseback in the snow. Zhang Jiao said to them: "Here we go, and we will teach you how to turn the sky upside down and open a road to the sky for all people."

After saying that, he patted his horse and headed towards the destination. Behind him, Zhang Liang laughed and followed. Zhang Bao also kept smiling and followed, followed by dozens of knights in yellow armor.

In the past twenty years, Zhang Jiao was not only preaching, but also selecting warriors and forming his own personal guard "Huang Tianlishi".

There are more than 500 Huang Tianlishi. They are all knights with strong stature and excellent martial arts. They can fight when dismounted and charge when mounted. They are led by Zhang Liang, which is why Zhang Liang always wears armor and stomach.

As for why these five hundred knights have been staying in Ren County, no one knows. This has to be said about Zhang Jiao's methods. A few years ago, Zhang Jiao used some methods to completely control the entire Ren County in his hands.

Ninety percent of the people in Ren County have already believed in Huang Tian. Where did the resources to form the knights come from? They were picked up from the mountains.

(End of this chapter)