When Guo Bin was working hard to develop the economy of Yingchuan County and improve the living standards of the people in his jurisdiction, the world was in turmoil.

In the fourth year of Zhongping (187 AD), there was Changsha Thief Kou District (pronounced ōu) Xing, who claimed to be a general, gathered more than 10,000 people to besiege the city, and the Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi were also handsome and the disciples started from Zero and Gui, corresponding to the district star. The imperial court took Sun Jian as the Taishou of Changsha and went to the county to exterminate the traitors. Sun Jian went to the county to personally lead the soldiers, and applied the strategy equipment, between the ten months, and the stars of the Kepo District. He crossed the border to seek the Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi, and the county was subdued, and the three counties were purged. The imperial court considered that Sun Jian had previously made meritorious contributions in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and in the battle against the Qiang people with Zhang Wen, so he was named the Marquis of Wucheng.

In February of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), the people of Xingyang County (now Henan) revolted. The rebels attacked Zhongmu (now Hebixi, Henan) and killed Zhongmu Ling Luohao and the main book Pan Ye, and the momentum grew. In March, Henan Yin He Miao (the half-brother of the general He Jin) led troops to suppress it, and the rebel army failed. He Miao was promoted because of his merits, worshiped the general of the chariot cavalry, and was named the Marquis of Jiyang.

In the same year, Zhang Ju, a native of Yuyang, rebelled against Zhang Chun, a native of the same county, Zhang Ju claimed to be the Son of Heaven, and Zhang Chun called himself General Mitian and King of Stability. These two people colluded with Qiu Liju, the lord of Wuhuan, to kill and protect the Wuhuan captain Gong Qichou, Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Youbeiping, and the Taishou Yangzhong of Liaodong, gathered more than 100,000 people, and plundered Youzhou and Jizhou, and sent a book to various states and counties, saying that they wanted to replace the Han Dynasty. Zhang Chun also sent 50,000 troops including King Wuhuan Qiao to enter the two prefectures of Qingdao and Hebei, break through the Qinghe River and the plains, and kill the officials.

For a time, the Han world was turbulent, and the world shook.

Zhang Ju was originally a local tyrant in Yuyang County, and later Taishan Taishou; And Zhang Chun was the prime minister of Zhongshan, and both of them were former officials of the imperial court. In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Zhang Wen led Wuhuan to ride 3,000 people to attack Liangzhou Ma Teng, Han Sui and others. And Zhang Ju was also angry because he was not reused by Zhang Wen, so he colluded with the Wuhuan people to rebel.

If it was at the height of the Han Dynasty, not to mention that it was going to rebel before it was reused, I am afraid that it would not dare to do so even if it was imprisoned. Therefore, the actions of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun now reflect the powerlessness of the Eastern Han Dynasty at the end of the dynasty? I am afraid that it is precisely because the two of them have been in the system that they understand the weakness of the imperial court more and more.

The following year, that is, in the fifth year of Zhongping (188 AD), the imperial court appointed Liu Yu as the pastor of Youzhou, and he organized troops to suppress the rebellion of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun.

Liu Yuzi Bo'an, a native of Tancheng in the East China Sea, that is, a native of Tancheng, Shandong in later generations, is a relative of the Han family, and the son of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Liu Qiang, the king of Donghai Gong. Liu Yu's grandfather Liu Jia once served as Guangluxun, and his father Liu Shu served as the Taishou of Danyang, while Liu Yu himself served as a Cao official through filial piety, first served as a Cao official, and was promoted to a county official because of his ability to perform his duties, and then moved to Youzhou because of his accumulated political achievements. During Liu Yu's tenure as the assassin of Youzhou, he had high prestige among foreign tribes such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, Fuyu, and Huì Mò, and they paid tribute at any time and did not dare to intrude, so the people of Youzhou sang songs and praised Liu Yu's merits.

In the first year of Zhongping (184 AD), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, the Yellow Turban Army broke through the counties of Jizhou, and the imperial court appointed Liu Yu as the prime minister of Ganling to pacify the people after the famine. Although Liu Yu had a high official position, he was humble and frugal, and became a role model for his subordinates, and was soon promoted to Zongzheng.

The position of Zongzheng was originally set up in the Qin Dynasty, and continued to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and all related affairs such as the emperor's relatives or relatives and nobles were in charge of him. Later, the Western Han Dynasty followed it and was one of the nine Qings. In the first four years of Emperor Hanping, he changed his name to Zongbo. It was merged into the Chichizong sect at the time of the new mang. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was renamed Zongzheng. As for the more specific position of Zongzheng, it is to master the name book of the imperial family, distinguish their status as concubines or their kinship with the emperor in blood, and release the genealogy of the princes with the same surname every year. It can be seen that the position of Zongzheng is indeed an extremely noble position.

At this time, the imperial court appointed Liu Yu as the pastor of Youzhou to preside over the extermination of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, one shows the trust of the Son of Heaven in Liu Yu, and the other is related to the high prestige that Liu Yu established in Youzhou during his tenure in Youzhou. From this appointment, it can also be seen that the imperial court has basically compromised on strengthening the strength of local governments.

The change of the history of the assassination to the state pastor and the strengthening of local political power were not only the practical needs of exterminating the bandits all over the world, but also the result of the secret promotion of the local wealthy families. This matter has been brewing in the DPRK for many years, starting from Guo Bin's appointment as the commander of Yingchuan County and the establishment of 2,000 people under the Yuecai battalion into his personal guard. In the fifth year of Zhongping (188 AD), Taichang Liu Yan wrote to the Son of Heaven: "Assassinating the history and Taishou bribed officials, exploited the people, and caused the people to rebel and leave their relatives." Those honest and honest officials of the DPRK and Central China should be selected to serve as local governors of prefectures and counties, so as to maintain stability in the world. The imperial court agreed to Liu Yan's request, and at this point, the abolition of Shi Limu was finally determined.

"Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion did not directly destroy the decaying Eastern Han Dynasty, it dealt a huge blow to it, causing it to exist in name only, and finally to its demise."

When he first studied history, Guo Bin had always been puzzled by this sentence in the textbook to evaluate the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but now that he is in it, he really understands it thoroughly. Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion failed, it dealt a heavy blow to the original decadent ruling order, and the poor peasants who lacked food and clothing in various parts of the country were coerced by bandits and bandits, so that the originally fragile central finances were finally overwhelmed, and the originally seemingly powerful central government had to gradually strengthen the strength of the local government because it could not afford huge military expenditures, and finally embarked on the road of abolishing Shi Limu.

Once the abolition of history and pastoral affairs was determined as a national policy, it marked that the complete formation of local separatist forces had become irrepressible, the central government's control over local political power was further weakened, and the Eastern Han Dynasty really existed in name only.

Since Guo Bin was reborn at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he has known the trend of history, and he doesn't know if the history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty will change because of the flapping of his little butterfly wings. However, after several years of hard work, he also understood one thing, that is, the collapse of the Eastern Han Dynasty government was really rolling forward like a mighty river, and any force or individual who wanted to stand in front of it could only be crushed to pieces.

At one time, he also wanted to try his best to reverse the course of history and strive to strengthen the centralization of power in order to resist the formation of a situation in which the local government could not be defeated. Therefore, when he was received by Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, for the first time, he proposed to open an expo for him. This was not only the idea he came up with in a hurry at that time, but also the result of his mentality when he first arrived in your realm that had not been completely reversed. He gave Liu Hong such an idea, which is indeed a typical benefit for several parties, and it is also a means to give Liu Hong a little money to accumulate money, so that the central government can be richer a little richer, so as to cope with the upcoming Yellow Turban Rebellion, so that he can obtain more abundant financial support in the war to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Of course, Guo Bin later proposed to the Son of Heaven to build the three cities outside the Saiwai and open up the entrepot trade between the Central Plains and the horse-riding peoples outside the Saiwai, not only to prevent the Yellow Turbans from being killed and the population of the Central Plains from plummeting, but also to enrich the central finance with the taxes collected by the three cities outside the Saiwai to deal with the Central Plains, which was full of smoke and holes, which was consistent with Guo Bin's original thinking.

However, several years have passed, and the phenomenon of decay and degeneration in the central government has not improved, and even though tens of millions of dollars of fiscal revenue have been added every year, the situation of selling official positions has not improved, but has even intensified. In order to save financial expenditures, the central government had to decentralize military power to the localities, which led to the formation of local powerful factions in various parts of the Han Dynasty with counties or prefectures as units.

In Guo Bin's view, today's Eastern Han Dynasty is like a train that is about to derail at high speed, and it is an impossible task to pull it back on the track.

Under the current circumstances, if the Eastern Han Dynasty continues according to the original trajectory for several decades and then destroys, then history will inevitably run according to the original trajectory, the three divisions of the world will continue to appear, the situation of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties will continue to appear, and even the final Wuhu Chaohua will still be re-staged according to the original script of history. The Chinese nation is bound to be unable to escape from that tragic and dark catastrophe, which Guo Bin does not want to see when he is reborn.

However, if we step on the brakes in today's situation, strengthen centralization, and weaken decentralization, we will inevitably face the resistance of all wealthy families and families in the world. If this is the case, then Guo Bin's efforts all the time will come to naught, and the situation of the original good scholar class and cooperation with local wealthy families will become vulnerable in the face of interests. Moreover, judging from the huge pressure on the central government's finances today, if Guo Bin puts forward this proposal, the first person who does not agree to it may be Liu Hong, the son of heaven.

Even aside from these, Guo Bin himself has now become one of the representatives of the local powerful faction, all his sources of wealth and power come from the imperial court's policy of strengthening decentralization, if you want to strengthen the centralization of power, Guo Bin has to make his own rebellion first: this is undoubtedly unrealistic, without the power in his hands, Guo Bin is not even a wild dog in the troubled times.

The so-called "Guoheng perishes with weakness, and Han independence perishes with strength". The Han Dynasty was strong with local forces, and weak with the central government. The end of the Han Dynasty is imminent, and Guo Bin and his interest groups are facing an extremely important turning point.

When history rolled forward along its inherent trajectory, the general He Jin died at the palace gate, and Dong Zhuo led the army into Beijing and abolished the Son of Heaven, Guo Bin's original policy of supporting Liu Baohan finally failed, and the Han Dynasty truly entered the troubled era of the rise of the heroes.

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