The three of them drank wine and ate meat, and the topic returned to just now, Jiang Xun said: "Zitai just said that if the world is in turmoil, a hero like Cao Mengde will be the time for him to rise. When I watch the rise of this hero, it is not far away, I am afraid that it is right in front of me! ”

Jing Wei was still eating dog meat with his head bored, and he didn't react, Shi A was taken aback when he heard it, and he was extremely frightened when he thought about it, guessing in his heart what Jiang Xun knew, and hurriedly asked: "Jiang Jun is saying that this world is in chaos, just around the corner?" ”

Hearing what Shi Ayi said, Jing Wei also reacted and said, "The world is in chaos? ”

"Yes," Jiang Hyun nodded, and said slowly: "Zitai is often in Gyeonggi, and there are many rich and poor people in Luoyang, and you can see the corruption of officials and the extravagance of wealth, but you have not seen that the world is already miserable. Yi Zhixing is mostly in Yanxi and northern Henan, the essence of the world in these two places, although the rich Tian Lianqian Mo and the poor have no place to stand, but after all, it is worse. But I went from Liangzhou to Qingzhou, and from Qingzhou to here, all the way to see, the holes are long indescribable, there are many rumors that 'the small people are like leeks, cut and reborn. The head is like a chicken, cutting and singing. Officials don't have to be fearful, they must never be light? But the desire leads to the punishment! 'Every time an official levies and collects taxes, there are villagers who rebel, and thousands of people are killed at every turn, and even kill the rank and the pavilion chief, and then often escape into the mountains and forests, and the officials dare not arrest them! Because of the avoidance of punishment by the local governors, they often concealed it and did not report it, and the court did not know about it. At the beginning of the year, I heard that Xuzhou Taishan Taishou killed a county prison Peng because of selfish desires, and the son of the prison Peng gathered the doorman, robbed his father, killed the Taishou, and escaped into the mountains, greeting Haojie, in October, ten thousand people! "The father and son of the prison Peng that Jiang Hyun is talking about are Zang Jie and Zang Ba, but Jiang Hyun is also hearsay and does not know the names of the father and son.

Shi A and Jing Wei looked at each other dumbfounded, and then they both shouted: "There is such a thing? ”

Jiang Xun shook his head and said: "Not only that, in the fifth year of the first emperor Yanxi, there were a generation of people in Jingnan and Jiaozhou, and there were many people with 100,000 people, and there were many martyrs in the assassination history and Taishou. There was also a Wuling rebellion, which swept through Jingzhou, and the court was terrified. In the sixth year of Yanxi, Wuling rebelled, and Li Yanfu of Guiyang gathered people to capture the county. In the eighth year of Yanxi, it was Guiyang again, Hu Lan and Zhu Gai made a rebellion, and then Bohai Gaiden rebelled and called himself 'Emperor Taishang'. In the first year of Xiping, Xu Sheng, Xu Zhao's father and son made a rebellion, calling themselves 'King Yue' and 'General'. In the third year of Shangguang and today, Ba County Ban Yu rebelled, and Cangwu and Guiyang thieves attacked the county. During this period, there are small things that are not passed on by others, and there are many people who are concealed by officials and the world does not know. Let's ask, if it weren't for the long suffering, why would the people in the world be in turmoil? Jiang Hyun sighed and continued: "Alas! For more than ten years, floods and droughts have continued in various places, and the locust plague in seven states has almost affected the whole world, and hundreds of people have abandoned their homes and moved to displace. Yandong and Yuzhou are quite good, but Qingdao and Hebei are not on the road compared to the year, and the people are hungry and poor, displaced from the countryside, and starved to the side of the road. Even husband and wife breed each other, change children and eat! ”

These news are all major events that have happened in recent years, and they have been recorded by the imperial court, but most of them are difficult to know. Hearing so much news, the two of them couldn't digest it for a while.

Shi A is okay in Luoyang, but Jing Wei has experienced two major epidemics in Yanzhou, and he was quite touched when he heard it, and he was silent for a long time. Recalling that at the time of every pandemic, more than half of the people around him died of illness, which Jing Wei had seen with his own eyes.

In the end, it was Shi Axian who said: "In this way, the chaos is not far away, but it is not just around the corner!" ”

Jiang Xun nodded, and said, "If it's just like this, it won't be chaos immediately." But have you ever heard of the two of you in Taiping Road? ”

There are not many Taiping Daoists in the capital, and Shi A has only heard of it, so he said: "I have only heard of it, and I have heard of it. ”

Taiping Dao believes that the Yellow Sky is supreme, worships the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu, and the believers are all over the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan and Henan, with hundreds of thousands of disciples, mostly poor people, and there are also nobles and heroes, but there are very few believers in Sili and Xizhou, but even so, Shi A has also heard of it.

Jing Wei said: "I know a little about Taiping Dao, there is a Li Shi in Xihe Pavilion near Zaoyang Pavilion, named Li Yuan, who is the most famous Taiping Daoist in the vicinity, and I heard that he is a disciple of the 'great doctor' Zhang Bao. If he hadn't gone out recently, I would have called him to heal Zitai. ”

In the past, Zhang Jiao was taught the "Taiping Sutra" by the Taoist priest Yu Ji, and later said that "the stars are billions of billions, not as bright as one day; Zhu Tianqun's words are not as good as the country's virtuous and virtuous "self-proclaimed great sage and good teacher, and he is the general leader of Taiping Dao. His two younger brothers, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, claimed to be great doctors and were also the leaders of Taiping Dao.

"Oh?" Jiang Xun Wenzhi chuckled in his heart, and asked tentatively, "Is that Yi Zhi credible Taiping Dao?" ”

"Haha," Jing Wei said to himself, not paying attention to the subtle changes in Jiang Hyun's expression, and said with a smile: "I, believe it, and I don't believe it." ”

"Believe it or not, what does that mean?" Jiang Hyun was not at ease, but still asked.

"When it comes to ghosts and gods, if I ask for it, I believe it, and if I don't ask for it, I don't believe it. If I ask for it and believe it, if it doesn't work, I will go to tear down the statue and fight the witch. On the other hand, if there is a request and faith is fulfilled, what is it to believe in him again when it has already been fulfilled? ”

"You, you!" Jiang Hyun pointed at Jing Wei helplessly, and scolded with a smile: "What a bad person!" ”

Shi Ah didn't pay attention to Jing Wei's nonsense, and asked again: "Jiang Jun, what about Taiping Dao?" ”

Jiang Xun Fu Zhengse said: "The epidemic in Qing and Hebei is epidemic, Zhang Jiao scatters Fu Shui, treats people, and calls himself a 'great sage and good teacher'. There are countless disciples, all over the world, traveling all over the world, all of them can write talismans and recite mantras. But these methods are just to deceive fools and foolish women. Isn't it ridiculous that his words are sincere in curing the disease, but when he is cured, he is sincere, but if he is not cured, he is not sincere. Zhang Jiao instigated the head of Qiantou with a side door, and was forgiven without knowing how to restrain it, so that today's subordinates help the old and the young, and they are rushing to him. When Taiwei Yang Gong was Situ, he said, "Zhang Jiao and others have no regrets when they are pardoned, and they will be a little more prosperous, and if they are arrested in Xiazhou County today, they may be even more harassed and will soon become troubled." And if you want to cut the history of the assassination, 2,000 stones, simply don't flow people, and each of them will return to their own county, so as to weaken their party, and then punish their commanders, but they can be decided without work. 'This grandson's so-called soldier who surrenders without a fight, and the art of victory in the temple is also. However, if the Son of Heaven does not accept it, sooner or later there will be trouble. ”

Jiang Hyun said that Yang Gong is Hongnong Yang Ci (the word Boxian), and his tenth ancestor Yang Xi was meritorious in chasing and killing Xiang Yu, and was named the Marquis of Chiquan. Its sixth ancestor, Yang Chang, was the son-in-law of Ma Qian of Taishi Company, and was the prime minister when Emperor Zhao. His ancestor Yang Zhen was also an official to Taiwei, famous all over the world, known as Confucius in Kansai. His father, Yang Bing, was also an official to the rank of lieutenant. This Hongnong Yang clan can be described as extremely prominent, and the Yuan clan of Runan is the crown family of the world. Just talking about Yang Ci himself, his character, talent, and ability are also rare in the world. He suggested that the Son of Heaven should make the imperial court and counties simply select the displaced people, send people to send them back to their hometowns, take the opportunity to weaken their henchmen, and then punish their leaders, which is indeed a pertinent strategy, but the current imperial court is no longer able to do it.

Jiang Hyun drank a cup of himself, and then continued: "The water and fire soldiers in various states are becoming more and more intense, so the more displaced people, the more displaced people, the more disasters. Today, it has become an irreversible trend. Zhang Jiao won the hearts of the people, he only needed to choose the time to call, and there were disciples from all over the country to respond, not to mention a hundred responses? It is Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at the end of Qin, and the pseudo-new green forest with red eyebrows, which may not be able to match it. At that time, I am afraid that half of the world in Thailand will be caught in the chaos of war! ”

What Jiang Hyun said, Shi A and Jing Wei couldn't believe it for a while, but their speculation was reasonable and well-founded, and it was clearly pointed out that Zhang Jiao of Taiping Dao was the head of the trouble. The three of them were silent for a while, Jing Wei was silent, Shi A still felt incredulous, so he asked: "Jiang Jun, if it is as you said, there is only one side door and left way, Yin and evil warlocks, how can you incite the whole world to rebel?" ”

"Zitai," Jiang Xun said: "In the past, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were pawns and Lu Zuo'er, but they led the tired pawns and attacked Qin with hundreds of people; Chopping wood for soldiers, unveiling poles for flags, and even the world gathered to respond, it was a difficult man to do seven temples. Can it be like this, is it because of the fish book and the fox song? It's really a long time in the world! And now, although it is not as good as Qin Shi, it is not far away. ”

Shi A Moran began to agree with Jiang Hyun's idea. In the past, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted in Daze Township, and in order to build momentum, they wrote the words "Chen Shengwang" on a piece of white silk with cinnabar, stuffed them into the belly of the fish caught by others with nets, and then imitated the voice of the fox and shouted: "Da Chuxing, King Chen Sheng." On the contrary, it was just a momentary momentum, and it didn't play a role after the army, but in the end, the anti-Qin war ignited by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang became a prairie fire, swept the world, and finally eliminated the tyrannical Qin.

Thinking of this, Shi A asked again: "But the Han family has been in the Han family for 400 years, but luck is going to end here?" ”

Jiang Xun shook his head and said, "No, Yan Han has been in the past four hundred years, and his fortune is clear, and he will never stop here." But in the past, the new reckless and chaotic government, although there was the ancestor Zhongxing, the Han Dynasty was able to extend Zuo to this day, but the people were wasted, two out of ten survived, and two out of ten survived! ”

There are two out of ten existences, and the number of people on paper is less than eighty percent, but in fact, at least half of the population who died directly or indirectly in the war. Behind this, how many lives have been ruined, how many wives have been separated, how many families have been ruined, and how many fields have been barren. Seeing that Shi A frowned and was speechless, Jing Wei also lowered his head and pondered, Jiang Xun said again: "Since ancient times, the people of the people have suffered, and the people have suffered since ancient times, and the people have suffered when they die, and the chaos is not far away, but I don't know how to save the people from fire and water at that time!" ”

When Shi A and Jing Wei heard it, they both sighed.