Guo Bin read the information handed over by Xi Zhicai, and knew that the tense atmosphere in Beijing was all because of a fire.

It is ridiculous to say that Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, which controlled the 13 prefectures in the world, 150 counties and states, and a total of 4.25 million square kilometers of land, was unexpectedly unquiet because of a fire. I'm afraid no one will believe such a thing, right?

However, this matter is really not big, not small.

Why is it not small? Because the location of this fire was in Jingshi, and it burned the palace of the Son of Heaven - Nangong. And if there is chaos today, the Yellow Turban thieves have just been basically wiped out, and there is such a thing again, no one can stand it!

The burning of the palace was originally a very ominous thing, and in ancient society, if this matter was explained by the doctrine of heaven and man's induction, it would be a great accident.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty said unceremoniously: "If the heavenly precept says: Let the virtuous reward the prostitutes, why do you use the old classics? Therefore, the secret house of Taimen was burned. In the next three years, Emperor Ling collapsed, and the rebellion of Dong Zhuo continued, and the fire continued for three days, and Kyoto was a mound and ruin. Jingfang's "Yi Chuan" said: "You don't think about it, and the demon fire burns the palace." "This is to put the responsibility for the burning of Nangong on the Son of Heaven Liu Hong.

Moreover, what is the so-called gimbal? If you just come up with such a place name, many people may not know, but if you say "Yuntai Twenty-eight Generals", more people will know.

The so-called 28 generals of Yuntai refer to the 28 generals under the command of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu who helped him dominate the world and rejuvenate the Han dynasty with the greatest merit and the strongest ability. In the third year of Emperor Yongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty (60 AD), Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Dynasty ordered people to draw the portrait of 28 generals in the Yuntai Pavilion of Nangong, called the 28 generals of Yuntai.

Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty remembered the heroes of his father, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and placed the portraits of twenty-eight meritorious generals in Nangong Yuntai. Later generations also corresponded these generals to the names of the twenty-eight stars of the heavenly court in myths and legends, which is the "Yuntai Twenty-eight Constellations".

The 28 generals of this Yuntai are similar to the eleven heroes of the Qilin Pavilion in the Western Han Dynasty and the 24 heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, and they are all sacred places for the heroes of this dynasty. How many people with outstanding talents and wisdom have wanted to enter this place and be worshiped all their lives.

Therefore, the symbolic meaning of the Yuntai is far greater than its actual meaning, which is basically equivalent to the foundation of the Han Dynasty is no longer stable. In the eyes of people at this time, this is undoubtedly a small punishment from God to the imperial court, and a warning to the Son of Heaven. And if we connect the Yellow Turban Rebellion and even the great drought in the world, then the "providence" seems to be about to come out.

It is precisely because this matter seems so simple and clear that the Son of Heaven has almost no room to shirk his responsibility, and everyone does not dare to mention it again, because if it is mentioned again, it will really be nothing to draw from. As a result, there is a slightly awkward and depressing atmosphere in Beijing.

At this time, Xi Zhicai spoke: "My lord, there is information that Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong persuaded the Son of Heaven to order the Tiantian land tax of ten yuan per mu to repair the palace room, and send timber and aragonite from Taiyuan, Hedong, and Didao counties, and send them to Jingshi in each state and county. ”

It means that Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong persuaded the Son of Heaven to order the world to increase the tax per mu by ten yuan, which was used to build palaces and cast bronze people. In addition, the good wood and rockery made from Taiyuan, Hedong, and Didao counties were transported to Jingshi by each prefecture and county. In fact, this is basically the same as the flower and stone gang collected by the emperor of the Song Dynasty, which is a kind of great project that wastes money and labors to mobilize the people, and it is often a sign of the death of the country.

Guo Bin Huo Ran stood up, his hands trembled with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I can't avoid the hardships and dangers, I risk the arrows and stones, fight in the east and the west, and finally wipe out the yellow scarves and protect the Han family." You can't avoid the heat in summer, you can't avoid the cold in winter, throw your head and spill your blood, what kind of heaven is you protecting? What kind of imperial court is it that is xing? ”

When everyone heard this, their faces changed greatly, and Xi Zhicai was even more shocked and said: "The lord is cautious!" ”

Guo Bin glanced around at everyone, and saw that Guan Yu's face was also full of indignation and concern for himself, and he never had doubts because of his words. Look at Guo Jia and Guo Quan again, these two boys, after hearing Guo Bin's words, they glanced at each other, and they were all smiles, these two are really afraid that the world will not be chaotic!

Everyone's reaction was in the bottom of their eyes, and Guo Bin said to Xi Zhicai: "What did the ministers of the court say? ”

Xi Zhicai said: "The lords in the court are naturally strongly opposed, and the Son of Heaven openly sells his official position in order to rebuild Yuntai. Julu is too conservative to Sima Zhi, and because of his 'clear name', he reduced his debt by 3 million. Sima Zhi couldn't bear to cut off the people to please the emperor, so he resigned from the government under the pretext of illness, wrote a book to show the gains and losses of the world, and committed suicide by swallowing medicine. ”

Guo Bin sighed, and after a while, Fang said: "I know, let me think about this matter carefully." ”

When everyone saw Guo Bin in such a demeanor, their hearts were all painful. Guy Guo Bin has always been an energetic, self-confident tough guy look, the entire Guo Bin Group, from Fulong Villa to the entire Yangzhai County more than 100,000 people, as if with him is fearless. And he rarely shows this kind of disappointment, helplessness, pain, self-blame, remorse, anger and many other negative emotions and his appearance.

Everyone knows that only extreme disappointment and extreme pain can make Guo Bin as lifeless as a frosted eggplant.

Seeing this, Xi Zhicai waved his hand and beckoned everyone to leave the study, and a boundless sense of powerlessness surged in his heart: he and others had worked so hard, but there were always people sitting on our credit books and wantonly squandering the short-term peace and tranquility, and they did not appreciate our efforts at all.

It was night, Guo Bin had no sleep in the study, only Dong Xing'er was by his side and accompanied him all night.

On the second day, Guo Bin seemed to have nothing to do, and was busy receiving officials and old people who came to visit him. His reputation in Beijing is not to be underestimated, he is very trusted by the Son of Heaven, and now he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats in the war to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and at the age of eighteen, he was appointed as the county guard of Yingchuan, and he got the title of Marquis of Yangzhai County, and got the Shang Fang sword of the emperor, except for the traitors, and the Han Dynasty. With the importance of the Son of Heaven and Guo Bin's talent and age, his future is indeed unlimited. Therefore, a group of speculators came to visit him, hoping to be valued.

However, only half a day later, Guo Bin, who was most afraid of trouble, was unbearable. In his opinion, this kind of boring and complicated work is far more difficult than rushing to kill dozens of times in an army of millions, but when he saw Liu Bei, who came to help today and was comfortable among the visitors, as if he was enjoying it, the admiration in Guo Bin's heart was like a surging river.

With Liu Bei dealing with it on his own, Guo Bin was finally able to get out. left Xi Zhicai in charge, and sneaked out with Guo Jia, Guo Quan, Dong Xing'er, and Guan Zhang.

Because they had already made an appointment with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, everyone ordered wine and food in Zuixian Lou and waited for the two to arrive.

Cao Cao came as agreed, and after a long time, Yuan Shaofang was late.

Everyone shouted for a penalty for drinking, but when they saw that Yuan Shao was sullen and really poured himself three cups, everyone noticed his abnormality.

To say that Guo Bin, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao are all rich, with high status, and they are all people with a bold and open-minded temperament, and there are very few times when they are depressed, at least the three of them will not bring out this negative emotion when they get together. If you talk about the differences between the three people, Yuan Shao is polite, Cao Cao is low-key and introverted, and Guo Bin is arbitrary and casual. Among the three, Yuan Shao is the most polite and polite, although he is not as good as Wang Yue, but he has a solemn face, poems and books in his belly, and is very cultivated, which makes people close and dare not be presumptuous.

Seeing Yuan Shao's actions at this time, Guo Bin and Cao Cao glanced at each other and said, "Brother Ben, what's the matter?" ”

Yuan Shao glanced at the two of them, sighed and said, "It's not for the fire in Nangong." For example, if there is chaos today, in order to rebuild the South Palace, the Son of Heaven actually accepted the suggestion of Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong to increase taxes, isn't this the life of the common people! ”

After listening to Yuan Shao's words, Dong Xing'er on the side secretly glanced at Guo Bin, and seeing that his face was the same, Fang breathed a long sigh of relief.

Cao Cao obviously knew about this, and slapped the table angrily and said, "All eunuchs in the world can be killed!" ”

Guo Bin sighed and said: "The younger brother has also heard about this matter, I heard that the Son of Heaven wants to add ten yuan to each mu of land?" ”

Yuan Shao said: "That's right, the edict of the Son of Heaven has been sent to Yousi, if it weren't for the desperate efforts of all the old ministers in the court, I'm afraid it would have already been made clear to the world." ”

When Guo Bin heard this, he was also helpless. In fact, he was the most lazy, that is, in his previous life, he was not a person who worked hard and was striving to be the first in everything. But since he was reborn in the Han Dynasty, either because of the persecution of things, or because of too heavy responsibilities, he had to work hard to overcome many bad problems in his previous life.

He is a man, a traverser, and has his own dignity. Now that he is doing well, he naturally wants to change society, maybe every Chinese has a universalist ideal in his heart, right?

He has always been considered a smooth sail, and he rose up with pride and ambition, in order to avoid the excessive death of the Han population and repeat the tragedy of the five chaos in his previous life, he wanted to revitalize the Han Dynasty. Who knows, every time he works hard, he seems to have done something just now, but he is severely shattered by reality. The Son of Heaven took down Lu Zhi, the coach of the Northern Route Army, like a pig teammate, and the suspicion of Huangfu Song, who was a special honor, was also one.

What made him even more discouraged was that if it had just stabilized today, it was the critical moment to buy people's hearts and rest with the people, and the Son of Heaven would even increase the world's taxes as if he was dying! Didn't he know how the Yellow Turban Rebellion happened? Hasn't the Yellow Turban Uprising awakened Liu Hong?

Guo Bin admits that Liu Hong's IQ and political wisdom are beyond doubt, and many small means are indeed very beautiful. But why do you make a mistake at every critical moment? Is it really because of lack of cultivation, not because of the son of heaven who has been cultivated since childhood, is it really that the pattern is too small?

Now, Guo Bin even doubts that he really did something wrong when he worked hard to exterminate the Yellow Turban thieves as quickly as possible, and every time he went into danger? The Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed in just one year, is it not enough to wake up Liu Hong? Does it have to be delayed for more than ten years before Liu Hong can wake up?

This is the problem that plagued Guo Bin last night.