The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Second more.

This is to make up for May 4th.

I just remembered that it was updated on May 1st, and what I added yesterday should be regarded as an apology to my classmates. Alas, plus last month, there were not many updates in two months. I was extremely ashamed. I just voted for myself all the red votes. If there are more interruptions, I will also vote for myself.

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"Bo Cai's younger brother?"

"Yeah, it's Bo Cai's co-brother."

Xun Zhen instructed all the villagers who were still kneeling on the ground to stand up and watch Bo Lian bring the passersby in fresh clothes and angrily.

Although he only knew the history of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, it was only general, and he did not understand many details, but he still knew the person "Bo Cai", because the surname "Bo" was too rare. Since time traveled to the present, this was the first time I heard about the Yellow Turban general whose name was written in the history books, and saw his younger brother with his own eyes. Rao is his city is getting deeper and deeper, and he can't help but feel a little excited.

In the eyes of the villagers gathered around him, his expression was calm and his demeanor was serene, no different from when he had just concluded the case, but in the eyes of Xu Zhong, who had been with him every day and night, he was keenly aware of his strangeness.

Xu Zhong looked at his tightly clasped hand behind him, and then looked at his calm face again, thinking, "Xun Jun rarely loses his temper like this, could it be that he is with this wave? Is it old?" Thinking of Xun Zhen's previous order to quietly investigate Taiping Road in his hometown, he became even more puzzled. Because there were many villagers around, he hid his doubts in his heart and did not ask.

Xun Zhen asked the villager who knew Bolian, and said, "You recognize this person, do you also believe in Taiping Dao?"

The villager replied: "There are quite a few people in this town who believe in Taiping Dao. The most popular one should be Fanyang Pavilion where Xun Jun was once. The villain heard that there is an entire area of ​​Taiping Dao believers there. A relative also believes this, but the villain doesn't."

"Oh? Then how do you know this person is Bo Cai's brother?"

"The villain lives in Benting Delhi, and one of them is named Chen Niu. Like Yuanpan of Fanyangting, he is the leader of Taiping Road in this township. This wave will come to this township once every one or two months. , call this Chen Niu to meet. So the villain knows him."

Xun Zhen was very interested in Taiping Dao believers in the county long before he became the head of Fanyang Pavilion. After becoming head of Fanyang Pavilion in September last year, he got a feel for the development of the local Taiping Dao in a very short period of time. transparent.

At the end of last year, he succeeded Mr. Youzhi from the township. Although he was busy with business affairs, he put a lot of energy into getting to know the gentry of the township and killing the third clan, but he did not forget the "big plan to save his life". Soon after taking office, Xu Zhong, Xiao Ren, Xiao Xia and others were ordered to continue to quietly investigate the situation of Taiping Road in their hometown.

According to the information obtained so far, as the villager said, most of the pavilions in this township have people who believe in Taiping Road. The distribution of believers is very wide, but the number varies. Some pavilions have many believers and some pavilions have few believers. , as few as four or five people, as many as dozens or hundreds, of which Fanyang Pavilion has the largest number of believers. In the Respect for the Elderly Lili where Yuanpan lives, almost all the people in the li believe in this religion.

It is for this reason that Yuanpan is very famous among the Taiping Dao believers in his hometown, and is a natural leader. It’s just that Yuanwan is quiet and not good at gaining power. Although he has the support of the believers in the village, he has never regarded himself as the leader. Usually, he only cares about the believers in the book, and seldom cares about the believers in other pavilions and liluo. In this way, it is very unfavorable for the upper-level people of Taiping Dao to control the believers of Taiping Dao in their hometown, so there is another "officially designated" leader, namely Chen Niu.

At the time of the Yellow Turban uprising, the eight prefectures moved in unison, and dozens of counties and counties launched at the same time, which was difficult to achieve under the objective conditions of poor information at that time. Why does Zhang Jiao have such a powerful control over the believers all over the world? Why does Taiping Road have such a strong organizational capacity? Of course, it was because Zhang Jiao set up thirty-six parties, and each party had Qu Shuai as the leader, and Qu Shuai had their own leaders. For no reason, but for a reason.

Before crossing, Xun Zhen only knew that Taiping Road had a nationwide uprising, but after crossing, he knew that Taiping Road was in fact in the first year of Zhongping (184), before the Yellow Turban Revolt in the first year of Zhongping (184). 172-176) organized an uprising, but it was small in scale and ultimately failed. ——It was Zhang Jiao who learned a lesson from this failed uprising, which increased his control over the followers of the cult. It was against this background that Chen Niu was appointed the head of the township by Qu Shuaibo of the county.

Of course, Xun Zhen had only heard that there had been a small-scale uprising in Taiping Dao, and she was not sure what lessons Zhang Jiao had learned from it. He watched Bolian and the others go away, and asked, "I think Bolian's clothes are rich and noble. Although his followers are Taiping Dao believers, they seem to have family guests in their clothes. . . . Is this family rich?"

The villager replied, "I heard Chen Niu say that this family is a powerful family in Yangzhai. There are thousands of acres of fertile land in the family, and there are many guests and disciples who eat at the door."

Most of the people who believe in Taiping Dao are poor people, but there are also tyrants and court officials among them. For example, Zhang Jiao himself is the hero of Julu. Another example is the "Ten Permanent Attendants" of the court officials, many of whom were religious believers and often had correspondence with Zhang Jiao. Even today, Zi did not reject Taiping Dao, and believed in the book "The Classic of Taiping", and tried to requisition Xiang Kai, who presented this book to the imperial court.

Therefore, Xun Zhen was not surprised when he heard that the Bo family was a powerful force in Yangzhai. He is interested in Taiping Road, and fashion is not very interested in Taiping Road. Now fashion is full of gratitude to Xun Zhen, hurried forward, bowed to the ground, and said: "Shangben savages, you don't think that you are still despicable, and recommend it to the county court, so that the name of Shang's humble name can be used by the county lord. Shang was promoted to be the chief of the township. Shang was really frightened, and his gratitude is beyond words. Please accept Shang's worship."

Xun Zhen returned to her senses, lifted him up, and smiled: "I saw you already! You stood by the side for a long time, why didn't you come? The people who were with you just now were the county officials in the county? How to get there? already?"

"The man just now is the county's meritorious Cao Shuzuo, who came to Shang Chuan to be appointed by the county. He originally wanted to come to see Xun Jun with Shang, but he didn't dare to disturb him because he saw that the case was being settled, so he watched from the sidelines."

"I don't know why. In recent days, more and more villagers have come to complain to me, and there are four or five cases every day." Xun Zhen shook her head as if bewildered. In fact, he knew exactly why. What else could be the reason? It is only because he first destroyed the third clan and then forgave the "bribery" patriarch that his prestige among the villagers in his hometown increased sharply, so the villagers started to look for more "hometown elders" from the original. Xuanbo's complaint was changed to come to him more. It's just that Fashion is a disciple of Xuanbo, so I can't tell him these words, I can only pretend to be confused.

He asked, "Why did you leave since you came to see me?"

"Later, because he saw that your judgment was like a **** and had a high moral character, he was ashamed of himself, so he did not worship him. He said that he would come to worship you after taking a bath and changing clothes on the day of rest."

Xun Zhen was stunned for a moment, and thought: "Meet me after bathing and changing clothes? Hehe, although this person is unknown, he is quite similar to my brother Zhong, which means 'a celebrity's romance'." His "Brother Zhong" "Naturally, it is Xun Qu who likes to listen to mourning songs. He laughed and said, "I'm ashamed of myself? Fortunately, he didn't come to see me. If he came to see me, I should be ashamed! Look, after running in the fields for a long time, my shoes and clothes are all dusty and dirty. It's funny.... Mingde, you are a sage from your hometown. When you were serving as the supervisor of the li, I wanted to say to you: 'How can Xiaochi accommodate a dragon?' , I have to rely on you a lot!"

Fashion said without hesitation: "Only the king is the one who obeys!"

Although Xun Zhen was the first "scholar" to be cast under his own family, Xun Zhen was not very happy. For him, recommending fashion is just a matter of convenience, he just wants to establish himself in his hometown more quickly. If you want to save your life in the coming turbulent times, it is not enough to simply rely on these Confucian scholars. The focus must be on recruiting warriors.

He pretended to be happy, and first ordered the onlookers to disperse, and then he chatted with the fashion, and subconsciously, he glanced at the backs of Bo Lian and others on the official road, and said to himself, "Listen to that villager. , this wave will come to this town once every two months. He came so diligently, it is not just to see Chen Niu, he must have other plans, nine times out of ten, to organize the congregation. Brother Bo Cai is the commander of Taiping Daoqu in this county, and he is Zhang Jiao's confidant.

Thinking about it, I think it's very possible. The entire empire spanned nearly 10,000 miles from south to north. If nothing else, it would be seven or eight hundred miles from Julu to Yingchuan, and it would take more than half a month to go back and forth even on horseback. Rebellion is a matter of losing your head, and it is absolutely impossible to cradle the Buddha's feet when it is over. Zhang Jiao must have revealed his words to the confidants in various places early on. It would not be surprising at all if this wave of talents knew now that Taipingdao was about to revolt and began to prepare for it.

"Today, I have punished the third clan, and I have won the respect of the local officials by not investigating the 'bribery' pavilion chief, and I have also won the awe of the majority of the villagers by compensating for the orphans and widows, and rectifying cases. Also, because of the rewards from last year's annihilation of thieves and the money I got from selling horses recently, I have more money in my hands. It can be said that I have the right time, the right place, the people and the people. I can start to recruit the local chivalrous people with confidence and boldness in the next step. Warriors."

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1. Actually, before the Yellow Turban Revolt in the first year of Zhongping (184), an uprising had already been organized in Taiping Road during the Xiping period (172-176~www.wuxiaspot.com~).

According to the text "Eastern Han Dynasty Primitive Taoism and Politics Examination", there was a revolt in Taiping Road during the Xiping period, but it failed. Then, the participants in this revolt got lucky because they met the Great Amnesty (176). live.

The evidence is: Yang Ci, who took over as Situ in the sixth year of Xiping (176), said to Liu Tao, the history of the rafters: "Zhang Jiao and others will not regret when they are forgiven, ..." "Dianlue" also said: "In Xiping, the demon Thieves are rising." And after Liu Tao wrote again later, the eunuchs slandered him in front of Emperor Ling, and also mentioned this, saying: "The former Zhangjiao incident happened, and the edict showed grace, . . . "

In addition, there have been many uprisings called "demon thieves" long before the Taiping Road uprising. Bo is also known as "real person" and so on. These uprisings are religious in nature. From Emperor An to Emperor Huan, there were more than 40 such uprisings. Zhang Jiao's Taiping Road uprising must have been influenced by these uprisings.

2. When today Zi did not reject Taiping Dao, he believed in the Book of Taiping, and tried to requisition Xiang Kai, who presented this book to the court.

Xiang Kai once again dedicated the "Tai Ping Jing" to the imperial court when Emperor Huan said, "When Emperor Ling came to the throne, it was in the regular script. Tai Fu Ju (Xiang Kai) was upright and did not accept it. The village revered it. In Zhongping, along with Xun Shuang and Zheng Xuan, he was awarded a doctorate.”

Not only did Emperor Ling not reject Taiping Dao, but many of the emperors before Ling Emperor had close contacts with Taoist masters. As early as the late Western Han Dynasty, Taoist priests had already begun to intervene in politics. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, they had a greater influence on the court and the opposition, and because the politics at that time became more and more dark and "political punishment was more and more violent", thus "driven by a strong mission of salvation" "under", gradually evolved from "involved in politics" to "replaced".