Liu Xian's development in Yangshi County and Liulin Village does not need to be detailed, and today, various affairs have already been arranged, and they only need to be implemented step by step.

Generally speaking, it is to make money, accumulate grain and wait for the opportunity. At the same time, expand their own trade routes, with Yangshi County and Liulin Village as the center, build more shops and inns to the surrounding counties, and then collect news and intelligence from all over the country through these livelihoods. Doing these actions is also so that Liu Xian can take advantage of the situation to bring those counties into his own power in the future. All you need is intelligence to be in place, and then you can get a clear picture of the situation in these places.

Just when Liu Xian was immersed in the development of Yangshi County and Liulin Village and started the construction of castles, all parts of the Han Dynasty were actually in a turbulent situation. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, heroes from all walks of life who took advantage of the trend were also in a stage of buried development during this period.

Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, etc., they all have their own experiences, but one thing is the same, that is, they are not the kind of people who are willing to be ordinary, and they are also waiting for the opportunity while developing at this moment.

Long before the Yellow Turban Uprising, there were many rumors among the people, such as rumors that the world was going to be chaotic and that the big man was about to run out.

These rumors, or for ordinary people, are indeed just rumors, and most of the people, deep down in their hearts, are still loyal to the big man and do not approve of these rumors.

But it's just for the general public. In fact, as long as there are people with a certain amount of insight and foresight, they can see the shortcomings of the Han Dynasty and the danger that the Han Mansion is about to collapse.

There is a way to take history as a mirror, and people who only need to have a certain amount of research on the history of the past dynasties can see that there are many similarities between the situation of today's Han Dynasty and the defeat of the previous dynasties.

What's more, the Han Dynasty itself was an eventful dynasty, with ups and downs, prosperity and decline. Or to confirm that sentence, the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty is now dissolute, extravagant and lascivious, favoring eunuchs, relying on relatives, the imperial power is aside, and the dynasty is sluggish. And the world has been a succession of natural disasters, earthquakes, droughts, floods, insect plagues, etc., has already made the people of the Han world miserable, this yellow turban riot, it is equivalent to lighting a fire under this withered tree, so that the tree will fall down at any time.

In such a situation, in fact, there are still many courtiers who want to turn the tide and save the edifice that will collapse. Unfortunately, after the efforts of many people, in the end it was difficult to save and could not support this collapsed edifice.

There is no way, it is not that there are no loyal ministers, but in today's Han court, it is difficult for ordinary people to speak in front of the emperor. The emperor ignored the government and was completely controlled by the palace attendants. And the military power of the military horses of the Han court outside the palace has completely fallen into the hands of relatives. Among them, there are also some scheming and treacherous ministers who are obstructive.

Ordinary courtiers, or local officials, they have thousands of good ways to govern the country, but it is impossible for them to reach the heavens directly, and it is impossible to be valued and implemented.

Under such circumstances, some young Zhuang faction and people with great talents and strategies, they were disappointed in the Han court, and naturally developed ambitions, or ambitions.

Dong Zhuo was the first person to see through the imminent collapse of the Han Building, and he was also the one who had ambitions early.

In the process of fighting for the Yellow Turban Army, he did not simply want to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army, but just wanted to use this turmoil to strengthen his own strength, or to enhance his reputation in the Han Dynasty.

His initial idea was probably to take advantage of this turmoil to master more military power, and then he could go straight to the court and occupy a place in the Han court. I even hope that I can fight with those eunuchs and relatives in the court and achieve the pinnacle of my life.

But unfortunately, through this turmoil, he really saw the face of the court clearly, making him understand that he was very foothold in the court. Those eunuchs and powerful ministers all looked down on a vulgar martial artist like him, no matter how much credit he made on the battlefield, but those people would not look at him at all. In the imperial court, he seems to be so slight, and even, even if his life and death are possible, it may be between the thoughts of those eunuchs and ministers. Under such circumstances, he understood better that if he wanted to develop, then he had to be outside and have military power in his hands.

It is precisely because of this consciousness that he gladly accepted the dismissal of the imperial court and accepted the matter of being demoted back to Longxi.

Xiliang is his birthplace, is his blessed land, returning to Xiliang, this is equivalent to a pig cage into the water, the dragon back to the sea.

As a result, the Xiliang alien rebellion, the alien rebels were huge, and the Han regime was facing the crisis of being overthrown. In this way, Dong Zhuo was reused, relocated General Zhonglang, worshiped General Polu, and led the army to resist the Xiliang rebels.

Dong Zhuo has another prestige in Xiliang, and in Xiliang, in addition to the military horses he owned earlier, the army has surged to 100,000 horses.

In fact, at this time, with Dong Zhuo and his generals, it was completely possible to defeat the Xiliang rebels earlier and faster and pacify Xiliang.

However, Dong Zhuo deliberately delayed, ignoring the supervision of the army supervisor Zhang Wen, as well as the supervision of Yuan Peng, the ruling Jinwu general, and Zhou Shen, the general of Dangkou, etc., and only cared about training the army and accumulating strength. This is Dong Zhuo's desire to raise his own dignity and use the imperial court's military salary to raise and train the army for himself.

This is also the main reason why Dong Zhuo's strength was not necessarily stronger than Sun Jian and Cao Cao during the Yellow Turban Riot, but after three or four years, his strength suddenly reached the sky, and 200,000 Xiliang cavalry troops could be stationed in Luoyang, Beijing.

All of this is actually in Dong Zhuo's hands, and at this time, it is also the time when Dong Zhuo determines his development goals. In this way, he directly used the imperial court to raise and train his army, and his starting point was indeed higher than others, so he got a congenital advantage. There is no need to develop secretly like Liu Xian, he is openly recruiting troops and buying horses, and the food and salary of military horses are still allocated by the imperial court.

In this way, it is no wonder that he can take the lead in becoming the most powerful prince of the Han Dynasty, and the prince who has the best chance to seize the Han Dynasty.

Let's talk about Sun Jian.

Sun Jian became famous in his early years, and Sun Jian when he was a teenager was indeed full of enthusiasm and passion, and he wholeheartedly supported the big man.

However, being in the officialdom, I have seen through the weakened nature of today's Han Dynasty. Hence the ambitions.

Sun Jian was in Eastern Wu, and he was indeed a little far away from the center of the Han regime, and he had actually seen that if he could take Jiangdong, then after the Han rebellion, he would have something to do.

Of course, his official position is not high, and he, like Liu Xian, clearly understands that when there is no real chaos in the Han Dynasty, he must not be a leading bird, that is, he can only secretly accumulate his strength.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, especially when the imperial court ordered the righteous people of the world to fight against the Yellow Turban Army, Sun Jian felt that the opportunity had come. He immediately returned to the township and gathered the villagers to form a rebel army.

Of course, Sun Jian also gained innate benefits, because he himself had an official position, and he was recommended as the Sima of the Zuo Army. In addition, there are many Jiangdong businessmen's funding, so that Sun Jian's starting point is also relatively high, this beginning, Sun Jian called on thousands of troops and horses to accompany him.

However, Sun Jian was more anxious, and after defeating the Yellow Turban Army, he was appointed as the Sima of other departments, but he was still not satisfied. It happened that Sikong Zhang Wen entered Dong Zhuo, the overseer of Xiliang, and invited Sun Jian to lead the army into Xiliang and attack the Xiliang rebels together.

Sun Jian was eager to make meritorious contributions, and seeing that Dong Zhuo was reluctant to send troops to attack the rebels, he attacked privately.

Dong Zhuo originally planned to raise his own self-respect, and Sun Jian was extraordinary in martial arts and was able to fight well, in case Sun Jian led the army to defeat those Xiliang rebels, how would he develop his strength? How can he get the imperial court to allocate grain and grass for him to raise the army?

As a result, he made Ji Yin Sun Jian once, causing Sun Jian to lose his troops and dismantle the generals, Sun Jian was angry and wanted to assassinate Dong Zhuo, but was dissuaded by Zhang Wen, so Sun Jian had to return with hatred.

This is how the grudge between Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo was settled, and in the future, Sun Jian bravely sought revenge against Dong Xianxian, and there were also reasons for revenge.

Sun Jian returned to Jiangdong, used the original rebel team, calmed down to develop, and waited for the opportunity to raise troops again.

As for Cao Cao, he was already a court courtier as early as 180. After the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was worshipped as a cavalry captain. At this time, Cao Cao did not have much ambition.

Let's put it this way, after Cao Cao was originally a eunuch, he wanted to enter the court as an official, and he didn't need to be as tortuous as ordinary people, and he had connections and connections. In addition, Cao Cao's Cao family has a lot of wealth, and there is no need to worry too much about money.

However, Cao Cao does have great talents, and he has excelled since he was a child.

At the same time, it was also during the period of Yilang in the imperial court that he saw through the weakness of the imperial court, and slowly developed some different thoughts.

After defeating the Yellow Turban Army, Cao Cao was named the prime minister of Jinan by the imperial court, governing one side and ruling more than ten counties.

In fact, Jinan is not too far from Yangshi County where Liu Xian is here, from Yangshi County to the southeast, arrive at the Yellow River, cross the Yellow River not far away, is the Jinan area, in the northwest of Mount Tai.

Under the governance of Cao Cao, Jinan quickly purged the political affairs of his place, making a county clear and peaceful and supported by the people.

Needless to say, Cao Cao's talent has to be admired. However, compared to Dong Zhuo's recruitment and development of his own power with the help of the imperial court's money and grain, and Sun Jian's return to Jiangdong to develop, there is still Liu Xian's secret development.

At this time, Cao Cao should still have a bit of angry characteristics. During his time as the prime minister of Jinan, Cao Cao was extremely dissatisfied with the darkness of the court and the system of buying and selling officials, and refused to cater to the powerful in the court, so he actually resigned and returned home.

However, don't think that Cao Cao's character is so noble.

In fact, there are some hidden secrets in it.

Cao Cao, his father's nature is Xiahou. After worshipping the eunuch Cao Teng in the palace as his father, and then there was Cao Cao.

In other words, Cao Cao was originally a eunuch. His political identity is a force belonging to the eunuchs.

It can be said that Cao Cao is in the same group as the eunuchs and ten permanent servants who now hold power in the court.

This is a fact, Cao Cao's background has already destined him to belong to that camp. The relationship between the Cao family also has this camp.

Such a situation actually caused Cao Cao to be unwelcome in the imperial court. The powerful ministers and relatives in the court all looked down on Cao Cao's background.

As for the eunuchs in the court, they are no longer satisfied with just holding the authority in the imperial palace, and they deliberately stretch out their hands outside.

For example, during the Yellow Turban turmoil, when Lu Zhi led the army to attack Zhang Jiao, the eunuchs in the palace came to supervise the army and asked Lu Zhi for a bribe, which was actually a temptation. I want their power to extend beyond the palace and into the Han army.

But this was not easy, because no one in the Han army was really willing to listen to the orders of those eunuchs, let alone act as their thugs. Anyway, their orders won't have much effect after they leave the palace.

Of course, this only refers to the military. In fact, these eunuchs, who are foxes and fake tigers, still have greater authority in the local area.

Anyway, the eunuchs in the palace, they just want to master an army.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, is the most suitable person to take charge of an army outside for them.

Therefore, it is naturally coercion and temptation, hoping that Cao Cao can surrender to them, and hope that Cao Cao can join them. If Cao Cao is willing to serve them, then Cao Cao will immediately get a greater promotion, first becoming the guardian of a county, and then slowly rising up.

It can be said that it will not be long before Cao Cao can become a general who can master more military horses and have more military power.

How could Cao Cao be willing to be controlled? He had always wanted to get rid of his identity as a eunuch, and he was even more reluctant to go along with the eunuchs in the palace.

However, Cao Cao naturally knew very well that if he was unwilling to serve those eunuchs, then what followed would be when those eunuchs gave him small shoes to wear. If one is not good, it will be convicted and arrested on trumped-up charges.

Under such circumstances, Cao Cao simply resigned on his own and returned to the village.

This, it is not so much that Cao Cao resigned because he couldn't get used to those darkness, it is better to say that Cao Cao was to avoid trouble.

However, when he returned to his hometown, Cao Cao was not really just studying at home, he was also secretly recruiting troops, accumulating strength, and waiting for the opportunity to raise troops.

Anyway, there are also Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other figures who will become princes in the future, they are not idle at this time, and they are secretly accumulating strength.

At this time, the big man is indeed already turbulent, and it will set off a monstrous wave at any time.

Some people do it on purpose, while others go with the flow, but with the development, there will always be times when they are pushed to the top of the waves.

At this time, the situation of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro has been reported to the imperial court.

In addition, the Ma nobles of the Plains Mansion received Liu Xian as his righteous son, and he also sent the table to the current emperor's case.

Together, there is also Liu Xian's situation.

Ma Guiren's acceptance of Liu Xian as a righteous son is not a big matter, and it is not a trivial matter to say that it is small. Especially when the Han Dynasty was in turmoil, why did the nobles of the Plains Mansion suddenly accept a righteous son?