ps: Tomorrow, I'm going to send out a new book, please keep an eye on it, get all the tickets ready, and smash it hard!

Chapter 4 Chieftain Appointed in Section 67

On the sixth day of the sixth month of June in the year 398 of the Han calendar (the second year of the first peace) (July 14, 191 of the Gregorian calendar), the lunar calendar is expressed as: on the day of Wuchen at the end of the second month of the last year of Xin, Cao Cao's envoy arrived in Youzhou.

On the same day, Sun Jin, the former minister of Changshan, and Zhang Yi and Zhang Zhan, the secretary of Youzhou Mufu, resented Gongsun Zan for killing the imperial court Da Sima (Liu Yu) on the first day of the first month of the last year of Xin, and united to break into the Youzhou Prefecture Mufu to meet Gongsun Zan and accuse him of overstepping his authority. Gongsun Chan was furious and ordered them all to be beheaded.

When Cao Cao's envoy arrived, he happened to see Sun Jin and others being dragged out of the lobby by soldiers, and they still cursed themselves.

After Liu Yu was killed, the Confucian scholars in Youzhou were excited. Gongsun Zhan did not get Jizhou because of his hard work, and he was faintly dissatisfied with Liu Bei, and Cao Cao supported him to ask for news of Jizhou, which made him feel more cordial when he was attacked on all sides. However, Gongsun Chan once promised Liu Bei: 'Never kill Liu Yu', and now he has made a breach of trust in a moment of anger, so he is a little timid about Liu Bei.

"Thank you Cao Gong for your good intentions, the matter between me and Xuande will be solved by myself, and when I finish dealing with the matter at hand, I will have an explanation with Liu Bei." Gongsun Chan seemed to be speaking to the messenger, and it was like explaining to himself.

Liu Yu is the recommender of Liu Bei's filial piety, according to the rules of the time, Liu Yu died, and Liu Yu's subordinate Liu Bei wanted to bring filial piety and even guard the tomb. Youzhou was full of affection, and Liu Bei, who joined forces with Gongsun Zhan to attack Yuan Shao, was also sitting on the cusp.

"Jizhou is decided, everything is complicated, and the lord just keeps filial piety for three days. To guard the tomb, you can send a righteous son to go, it is enough. Tian Chou suggested.

Liu Bei shook his head and vetoed: "At this moment, state affairs cannot be delayed. To let a big living person do nothing for three years, and to be sad - this is a waste of time. It's not difficult for me to waste much time in Qingzhou. I decided: starting with myself, Qingzhou abolished the rule of guarding the tomb for three years.

Mourning in the absence of the body, ordered Qingzhou people to meet the death of their father and mother in the future, they all wrapped their right arms in black yarn to show their grief. Seven days is enough to guard the tomb. After seven days, work as usual. ”

Tian Chou said worriedly: "As soon as this order comes out, I am afraid that the Confucian scholars will criticize. ”

Liu Bei waved his hand disdainfully, changed the topic and said, "How to deal with the group of strategists of the original duke, Zitai has a plan in his heart?" ”

Tian Chou flipped through the roster and took stock: "In addition, there are a number of generals under Yuan Shao, I checked them, they are all unknown, and they are not familiar with the military system of our army, and there are no available people." ”

Raising his head, Tian Chou added: "The strategists of the original duke, let them go to the countryside, I am afraid that they will gather people to attack; Entrusted to the county, I am afraid that they will secretly oppose the Qingzhou policy, so it is better for the lord to take them by his side and let them give advice, how about it? ”

Liu Bei tilted his head to look at Tian Chou, quickly calculating the gains and losses in his heart.

In recent years, Qingzhou's productive forces have developed rapidly, and Liu Bei took advantage of the war to close his contacts with foreign countries (mainly at home) and vigorously develop industry and commerce, which has always been despised. After Qingzhou allowed outsiders to enter and leave freely (after Gong Jing's death), all walks of life not only recovered, but also flourished more than before the war. When the Confucian scholars learned of the situation and attacked in groups, the abundance of Qingzhou made their attacks weak. The few and a half years of seclusion kept the people of Qingzhou away from the scourge of war, and the sudden opening of the outside world brought new refugees and made them aware of the misery of other counties. These attacks have no market in Qingzhou.

What follows is the pride of the people of Qingzhou and their sense of identity with Qingzhou. At the same time, Liu Bei's prestige has also risen to a new height, that is, when the beneficiaries are maintaining Liu Bei's prestige and their current life, the semi-closed life in the past few years has gradually made them xenophobic. Tian Chou's suggestion demanded that Yuan Shao's former ministers not be given real power and that they be hollowed out. On the surface, it is for Qingzhou, afraid that these people will not implement the laws of Qingzhou after taking office, but in fact, they are restraining these people, afraid that they will fight for power.

Previously, Xun Yu's appointment made the people around Liu Bei feel more or less threatened. It stands to reason that Xun Yu's appointment needs to be assessed and gradually promoted, however, at that time, Cao Cao was inviting Xun Yu, and in order to compete with him for talents, Liu Bei made an exception to appoint Xun Yu.

The idea of enslavement, which has been accumulated for thousands of years, cannot be solved by injection democracy. Although Qingzhou is bound by various laws and regulations, officials at all levels are still accustomed to accepting orders from their superiors, and most of the elders also maintain the habit of raising their hands. Therefore, Liu Bei's appointment was not questioned, and Liu Bei had nowhere to say if he was ready. Now, Tian Chou has fought back.

The Han Dynasty scholars were divided into four classes, the first class was the royal family, which was composed of royal descendants; The second class is the official eunuch clan, which is composed of the family of the ancestors and bureaucrats, and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Xun Yu all belong to this class; The third class is the wealthy family, which is composed of large landlords and powerful families, and Sun Jian belongs to this class; The fourth level is the Hanmen clan, who has few acres of land at home, and whose ancestors have never been officials, all belong to the Hanmen clan. These hierarchies are heavily fenced, and there is a deep class divide between them.

It stands to reason that Liu Bei belongs to the Hanmen clan, and in history, Liu Bei desperately claimed to be a descendant of the Han family, just to put himself in the first class. Now Liu Bei erected the banner of Lu Zhi because Lu Zhi knew Liu Bei from the countryside, began to teach, and recognized Liu Bei as a great Confucian descendant of the Han family.

Xun Yu, a member of the eunuch clan, moved his family to Qingzhou, which had a great impact on the Central Plains, and for a time the displaced people everywhere watched and watched. The most important thing for these people who have lost their homes in the war is to have a peaceful environment. And Liu Bei's disobedience to defeat Yuan Yi and Yuan Shu across the border has become a symbol of Qingzhou's refusal to intervene and continued stability. Liu Bei, who was reversed in one fell swoop, left an unruly impression on people before. After the capture of Yecheng, not only did there be no escapees, but Jizhou quickly stabilized, which is proof.

Tian Chou was one of the famous Four Congs of the Wei State and could not fail to see this, however, he who followed Liu Bei at the earliest, and now that he was standing in a high position, he must be unhappy with any transcendent behavior. Yuan Shao, as the third prince of the fourth world, has a great reputation among his advisers, and as an old minister of Qingzhou, he can't help but plan in advance to eliminate future threats.

However, then again, politics is sometimes so helpless, and the maintenance and operation of a policy must take care of its vested interests. The operation of Qingzhou's official system can indeed no longer withstand an appointment similar to Xun Yu's.

"So be it." Liu Bei nodded and agreed to Tian Chou's suggestion: "Fu Hao (Tian Feng) has arrived in Hejian Country, and now that Liaodong has been decided, I have decided to recall Fu Hao and set up a special strategist organization - the Senate Department of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, which is in charge of Liaodong, Liaoxi, Sanhan, Qingzhou, Jizhou sergeants, you and Fu Shou, Tian Feng and Xu Shu The four military divisions lead the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and in the future, they will be assigned as left, right, front and rear governors, and also lead the division of the lieutenant general. Yuan Shao's former ministers were all transferred to the Senate Department and appointed as the squire of the (Governor's Mansion). ”

Tian Chou was originally the Grand Overseer of the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion, but he was promoted to the former governor at this moment, and he was very happy. Liu Bei fiddled like this, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion had been upgraded, which was equivalent to the military department of the imperial court, but he didn't dare to call out this name for the time being. Qingzhou is heavy on military affairs, the most rewarding and punishing military merits, occupying the third position of military ministers, and turning to a civilian position after earning enough titles, and the prominent position in the future can be imagined.

"There are nine counties under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, which are divided into Bohai County, Hejian County, Qinghe County, Changshan County, Zhongshan County, Julu County, Guangping County, Wei County, and Zhaoguo County, and I plan to divide it into three. Bohai County, Hejian County, Qinghe County and Pingyuan County were merged into a new county, which was called Bohai County; Julu, Guangping, and Wei, plus most of the counties of Zhao, were merged into one county, called Jin County; To the north of Fengshan in Zhao Kingdom, to the north of Shulu County in Julu County, and all of Changshan County and Zhongshan County were merged into Tang County (including the territory of the ancient Tang Kingdom).

Our army's strategy in the future is to ensure the safety of Bohai County and make every effort to build Xinjin County, what does Zitai think? Liu Bei asked.

Tian Chou immediately understood what Liu Bei meant: "Lord, do you have to give Gongsun Zan a share of food?" Our army took Jizhou, but the Zan army did not contribute a single effort, besides, Gongsun Zan was arrogant and only assigned him a poor Tang County in the north, I'm afraid he won't be satisfied, it's better not to give it at all, how? ”

Liu Bei sighed: "I also know Gongsun Zhan's character. However, I can't forget my roots, and I wouldn't be where I am today without Gongsun Zhan's support. And when our army first entered Jizhou, it was to fight with him against Liyi, and now we have taken Jizhou, and we will not give Gongsun Zhan, which is unreasonable.

Furthermore, Gongsun Chan defended the northern part of the Han Dynasty, and before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court had been dispatching money and grain from Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou for many years to support the northern defense line. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, this subsidy ceased to exist. It is not easy for Gongsun Chan to support the northern defense line alone in the past few years. The northern defense line is the pillar of the stability of all my subjects of the Han Dynasty, and since Qingzhou and Jizhou are stable, how can we not support him?

Of course, if he is still not satisfied with Tang County, then tell him that New Bohai County is related to our land transportation with Izumo, and it belongs to the old ministers of Han Fu, and we will never let go of the right to govern and tax. Jin County, the caravan of Qingzhou needs to enter the division through it, and our army must protect it along the way, so Jin County must be governed by us. However, we are willing to open up Jin County and let his army cross the border freely, and the tax revenue of Jin County, except for deducting the operating costs of the government, can be completely given to him to show support for the defense line of Youzhou in the Han Dynasty. ”

Tian Chou no longer insisted, and changed the topic and said: "My lord, after investigation, the total population of Jizhou is 930,000, and Yecheng began to distribute grain from door to door today, and by the way, the household registration was re-registered, and at present, the budget is 120,000. In the end, there is still such a large population in the war, what a big state. ”

18 years in advance, Jizhou ended the war 18 years ahead of schedule, in history, after 18 years of war, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, Jizhou still has a population of 300,000, is the largest state in the north. The population of 930,000 is equivalent to the population of a Shu country. The area under Liu Bei's actual control has a population of more than three million. In addition to the newly recovered Lelang County and Xuansu County in Liaodong, the territory occupied by the eight affiliated tribes, the Sanhan region, and the Sunrise City (Kyushu Island) occupied by Liu Hun, the total territory of the Han Dynasty is close to half of the territory of the Han Dynasty.

"The territory is expanding, the population is increasing, education must keep up, and the prefectures and counties have set up three-level schools, martial arts halls, and township guards (public security police), which is a huge amount, and the money in the Yecheng government treasury is all used, and I am afraid it is not enough." Liu Bei said worriedly: "It seems that we have really digested Jizhou for a while and a half." ”

The war in the Central Plains, Jizhou except for Wei County, most of the rich moved to the south, a Wei County market, far from meeting the production capacity of Qingzhou Izumo, it seems that it must penetrate into Yanzhou through Wei County and Qinghe County.

Tian Chou suddenly remembered Gao Tanglong's confession before, and interrupted Liu Bei's train of thought: "My lord, Guan You'an (Guan Ning) sorted out the classics that were transported back from Luoyang and sent a bibliography. Please designate a few books, print them to the world, and give them to the students to read. He also sent a book, saying that the lord must be interested, would the lord be willing to read it? ”

"What book?" Liu Bei asked casually.

""Taiping Qing Lingdao", the yellow scarf is in turmoil in the world, and there are many proverbs in it, and the young man said that the lord must understand it."

"Taiping Qing Lingdao", isn't it a martial arts cheats, isn't it a collection of the Yellow Turban Army's statecraft? Liu Bei couldn't hold back his curiosity, and hurriedly beckoned: "Come on, I'll take a look."

Flipping through a few pages of the book, Liu Bei smiled dumbly. It turned out that this was not a martial arts cheat, nor a statecraft, but a "Liar's Handbook", and the most surprising thing was that this book was actually written by Momen believers.

The Mohists were the first to form a guild of craftsmen in a form similar to that of the secret society of later generations (underground party). After the Qin and Han dynasties, the country tended to be unified, and the unified Chinese society forbade the activities of non-governmental associations - because non-governmental associations would inevitably increase the cost of plunder for the government - but the followers of the Mo family, with their physical and chemical attainments, became skilled in making utensils and practicing elixirs. The Mojia guild organization also became a secret organization of Fangshi.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism gradually became popular, giving Mohist believers a kind of inspiration to establish a religion. The demons combined all the immortal techniques of the Fang Shi with the mysterious words in the book "Lao Tzu" such as "the god of the grain is immortal" and "the gate of the Xuanqi", so the immortal art was renamed Taoism, the Fang Shi was renamed the Taoist, and the philosopher Lao Tzu was also transformed into the leader of Taoism. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty sent his cronies and eunuchs to Kuxian to worship Laozi, and in the palace in the Huanglao Futu Temple. Taoism, which is based on the magic of Fangshi immortals, has become an open religion after being recognized by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.

This "Taiping Qing Lingdao" has a total of 170 volumes, the earliest is when Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, the Lang evil man Gong Chong went to the palace gate to present his teacher Yu Ji obtained the divine book (according to the "Later Han Shu Xiangkai Biography" record), this book, in cosmology using the views of Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi, in the organizational structure of the use of secret societies like a structure, hoping to use spells and talismans to govern the country (deceiving people), until the whole people recuperate physically and mentally, to achieve the realm of immortality (in the romance, the Lang evil Taoist Yu Ji who was beheaded by Sun Ce is an impostor).

The book focuses on how to use spells and talismans to deceive the worship of the common people in order to promote their own policies. For example, when it comes to curing the sick of the people, it says: "All men are foolish, not for personal reasons, but they all deceive themselves without reason by writing false words." Therefore, it is possible to fool the people in a method similar to hypnotism. For example, starch turns blue when exposed to sea salt (iodine blue reaction) and can be used to attract ghosts. Using chemical reactions to ignite yellow paper can be used to show the depth of one's mana, the avoidance of ghosts, and so on. All kinds of deception are listed in it, which can be described as a complete collection of ancient deception.

In addition, this book is also the first **** in China, and there is a chapter in the book called "Yellow Book" (the name of the Yellow Turban Army comes from "Yellow Book"), he is the earliest book on the art in the room in China. The core content of the "Yellow Book" is to advocate the mass practice of real estate, teaching "the way of the handover of men and women, the four eyes and two tongues are facing each other, the way lies in the dantian, and there are walkers who spend the year of doom." The godhusband is changed to the woman, only the color is the beginning, the father and brother stand up, they are not ashamed, and they claim to be the true art of Zhongqi. ”

According to the Momen association method described in this book, although Zhang Jiao died, the inheritance of Momen was not broken, and before it was destroyed, Zhang Jiao must have secretly sent his inheritor out of the army as a spark in the future, and this inheritor must be hiding in the people, waiting for an opportunity. Since then, the Momen secret organization has also been called the "Demon Gate" by the Chinese government because of its repeated rebellions.

China has never lacked the power to turn magic into decay, and it is a pity that Momen, which was once full of benevolence, should be transformed into this. Maybe it's for life. But it's more likely for personal ambition.

(PS: The extant "Taiping Sutra" is from the "Taiping Qingling Book", but the two are slightly different, the "Taiping Qingling Book" is written for insiders of the secret organization, and it is written more straightforwardly.) The above is based on the research of scholars between 1995 and 1997. ）

"Yu Poison, after Yuan Tan occupied the plain, Yu Poison disappeared silently, could it be related to this?" Liu Bei frowned and fell into deep thought.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Bei felt more and more uncertain, if Yu Poison lurked in the plains, it would really be a big disaster, Qingzhou does not prohibit associations, and the retired military organization itself is a big community. And the strong atmosphere of folk martial arts practice has led to the establishment of many associations with martial arts halls as the core, and if Yu Poison is secretly lurking in order to protect Zhang Jiao's fire, it is definitely an unstable factor.

"Immediately investigate Pingyuan County thoroughly, and dig three feet into the ground to find Yu Poison", Liu Bei resolutely ordered.

The whereabouts of Yu Poison may be Yanzhou and Cao Cao's territories. Historically, the relationship between Cao Cao and the Yellow Turban Army has always been inexplicable. When Cao Cao was the prime minister of Jinan, all kinds of sacrifices were forbidden in the local area, and the activities of the Yellow Turban Army were not prohibited, for which Zhang Jiao wrote to Cao Cao to express his gratitude. After Cao Cao got power, he once set an era name, called: Huang Chu. And the tomb bricks of the Cao family are engraved with four words: The sky is dead.

In addition, Zhang Yan and Zangba and other remnants of the Yellow Turban Army were reused as soon as they arrived at Cao Cao, and Zhang Lu, another branch of Taiping Dao, surrendered as soon as he saw Cao Cao. Therefore, the relationship between Cao Cao and the Yellow Turban Army has become the biggest historical mystery in the Three Kingdoms period.

Could it be that Cao Cao is another hidden line in the later development of Taiping Dao. If Cao Cao had received the covert support of the secret organization, the future struggle would have been completely different, and more brutal battles were brewing. In the future, it is necessary to strengthen the intelligence organization and prevent subversive activities.

Liu Bei looked up at the sky, and it was cloudy: "The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, and the flowers are gradually charming." Zitai, the wind is blowing. ”