No one is born a thief, and Zhang Jiao is no exception.

Especially the general public, starting from the earlier peasant uprising, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, they were actually forced into desperation, so they had to raise troops, shouting the slogan of the princely general Xiangning, and raised troops against Qin.

But for Zhang Jiao, as far as he is concerned, he is not actually forced to the point where he has no choice but to raise troops against the Han.

Sometimes, for some fixed history of the past, everything is taken for granted in the eyes of later generations. Because it has happened, it is a reasonable existence, that is that history.

But the truth of history may not be the case sometimes.

When a person does something, especially something that kills his head, there will always be a reason why he has to do it. Personal philosophy, personal ambition, personal situation, personal temperament, etc., are affected by many reasons, and when combined, they will decide to do the big thing that will kill their heads.

Zhang Jiao must have a person with his own philosophy, and the teachings of Taiping Dao speak for themselves. And ambition, or ambition, it's hard to say, Zhang Jiao may also have a certain ambition. But I really don't know whether his ambition is big or small, but it is certain that even if Zhang Jiao was ambitious at the beginning, it was definitely not big enough to overthrow the Han court.

As for the situation, if Zhang Jiao was forced to raise troops against the Han because of his situation, this makes some sense.

Zhang Jiao is the founder of Taiping Taoism, and he must not lack status, money and wealth. From this point of view, he has no reason to do the anti-Han thing that will kill the head.

Speaking of temperament, in fact, from an objective point of view, the Yellow Turban Uprising led by Zhang Jiao was indeed a peasant uprising and a pioneer of anti-oppression and exploitation. This is worthy of the respect of future generations, and there is no need to demonize Zhang Jiao.

A person who can be called a great sage and good teacher, even if he claims to be a good teacher, has also won the respect and recognition of the people. This is enough to show that he should not be the kind of person who is brutal and cruel.

Now, Liu Xian feels that Zhang Jiao's letters explain some of his doubts very well.

It can be determined that Zhang Jiao is indeed a person with his own ideas, and he founded Taiping Dao to realize his ideals. But initially, he should just be within his own Taiping Dao, and run Taiping Dao into that kind of Taiping world.

But Emperor Huan secretly ordered him to enter the palace and obtain the edict of the first emperor, so that he suddenly set his sights on the larger world. It also made him see the opportunity to turn the entire Han world into a peaceful world. As long as he obeys Emperor Huan's edict and assists his younger brother Liu Kui to ascend the throne as emperor, then his Taiping Tao is the state religion of the Han Dynasty. As long as he becomes the state religion of the Han Dynasty, then he will have more convenience to propagate his teachings and educate the public.

Zhang Jiao and Emperor Huan had some friendship when they were young, or the kind of friendship that was very innocent, but it was not enough for Zhang Jiao to die to complete Emperor Huan's edict. The most important thing is that Zhang Jiao is still in order to realize his ideals.

But the situation is changing too fast, and the matter of the imperial court establishing an emperor is not something that a mountain and wild person like him can control at all, even if his Taiping Taoism has become a certain climate at that time. But his Taiping Dao has nothing to do with the imperial court at all, and his influence is among the people, not in the imperial court.

When he was about to find Liu Kui, Liu Kui had already received another edict from the first emperor, restored the identity of King Bohai, and happily followed back to his subject fiefdom.

Zhang Jiao himself is naturally a knowledgeable and talented person, with extraordinary wisdom, and he must have a little vision for people.

He went to Bohai Kingdom to contact Liu Kui, and found that Liu Kui didn't dare to think about the throne of the Han Dynasty at all, and he didn't realize that the first emperor died without a queen, and his only surviving brother was the most orthodox heir to the throne of the Han Dynasty.

Since ancient times, the emperor of the Han Dynasty should have been his Liu Kui, no matter what others say, they are not qualified to inherit this throne. Not to mention that Liu Kui is in the prime of life, in terms of talent and talent, Liu Kui is not the kind of person who does not learn and has no skills.

In short, it is better for Liu Kui, a young and vigorous prince, to ascend the throne as emperor than for an ignorant child to become the emperor, which will be more conducive to the development and prosperity of the Han Dynasty. Unless Liu Kui is really the kind of person who has no talent and morality, is extremely stubborn by nature, and can't be supported by mud.

But unfortunately, Zhang Jiao found that Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, had a bit of a small vision, so he only stared at his position as the king of Bohai, and just wanted to be a prince in peace.

Zhang Jiao thought about it for a long time, and he didn't take out the edict of the first emperor to Liu Kui.

This, naturally, is also a foregone conclusion with the throne of the Han Dynasty, and he is powerless to return to heaven. What if the edict of the first emperor was given to Liu Kui at this time? It's impossible to change anything at all. His idea at that time was to rely on his own ability to find a way to develop and strengthen the Taiping Dao, and when he could influence the imperial court, he invited Liu Kui out, sacrificed the edict of the first emperor, defeated the Empress Dowager Dou and General Dou Wu, and regained the throne for Liu Kui.

But four years later, Liu Kui was still killed, and more than 100 children died.

Zhang Jiao understands very well that this is definitely the act of the emperor who has already sat on the throne, he is worried that Liu Kui will suddenly jump out to compete for the throne of the Han Dynasty, one day Liu Kui will not die, Liu Kui's children will not die, and he, the emperor who has been supported, will be a little unjustifiable, but if Liu Kui and his children are dead, then Emperor Liu Hong is the rightful heir to the throne, legal and reasonable.

You must know that in terms of relationship, Liu Hong, the emperor supported by Empress Dowager Dou Wu, is actually the cousin of Emperor Huan of Han, and his blood relationship is also quite close, and he is the grandson of Emperor Huan's father and brother. Of course, in the case of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, his brother Liu Kui is even the child of Liu Kui, and this blood relationship is closer than Liu Hong. Like Liu Xian, he is the nephew of Emperor Huan of Han, but Liu Hong is the nephew of the cousin. If the emperor succeeds to the throne, Liu Xian will be more qualified and famous than Liu Hong.

But Liu Kui is dead, and his children are also dead, Liu Hong is the rightful emperor, even if there is an edict from the first emperor, what is the use?

This made Zhang Jiao feel a little lost. What can he do if he strives to develop and grow Taiping Dao? The main lord is all dead, and what he does is tantamount to wasted effort.

Well, at this time, he didn't have the idea of directly raising troops to overthrow the Han court.

Until he met Zheng Feng in Liulin Village.

That's right, it's Zheng Feng, he once saw Zheng Feng by Liu Kui's side, and he was one of Liu Kui's guards. As soon as Zhang Jiao understood this, he immediately made Zhang Jiao, who was in despair, see a glimmer of hope. It turned out that Liu Kui also had a daughter alive.

All of a sudden, Zhang Jiao immediately had the energy again.

He immediately met with Liang, explained the situation to her, and handed over the edict of the first emperor to Liang.

Since then, he has been working hard to develop the Taiping Dao, on the one hand, he wants to cultivate Liu Xian as a future emperor.