Chapter 35: Calculation
"How can you not plan it?" Liu Xin said without thinking, "Look, I'm a taishou now, and I'm on the territory of Hebei again. Next year, there will be the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and in another five years, Emperor Ling of Han will die, and the three kingdoms will be divided. Hebei will belong to Cao Ying's territory, and there will be no major wars until the Jin Dynasty, as long as Cao Ying is attached to him, he will be a peace officer. ”
Ma Yun shook her head and said, "You think too simply. Before Cao Ying completely occupied Hebei, Hebei was still in constant turmoil. First of all, the center of the Yellow Turban Uprising was in Hebei, and then Yuan Shao occupied Hebei and fought several battles with Cao Ying, during this time, what did you do to protect the safety of our mother and son? Now in troubled times, Ma Yun's first thought is her children.
Liu Xin pondered for a moment and said: "Forget it, don't think about it so far, I have both literature and martial arts under me now, are you still afraid that you won't be able to hold on, it's really not good, I can also fight for the world." ”
Ma Yun hurriedly covered his mouth and said, "You can't talk nonsense, it's hard to spread it." You better hurry up and find a way to bring Zhang Jiao's matter to the court. ”
Liu Xin sighed: "Alas, it's a pity that I didn't interrogate the horse thieves I caught last time, I just wanted to calm things down, and now I am playing the imperial court, and there is really no real evidence." ”
Ma Yun thought for a while and said, "Don't you often lie to them that there is a golden armor god who has a dream?" Can you think of a way from this? ”
When Liu Xin and Ma Yun were calculating Zhang Jiao here, Zhang Jiao was also in full swing preparing for the incident.
In the secret room, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang, Guan Hai, Cheng Yuanzhi, Ma Yuanyi, Bo Cai, Peng Tuo, Zhang Mancheng and other major leaders of Taiping Dao gathered together.
"Generals, I brought everyone here today to discuss the major matter of rebelling against the government." Zhang Jiao has long called the leaders of all parties generals, and his counter-intentions have been clearly exposed.
"Today's emperor has no way to be in power, and the people are struggling to make a living. The immortal master has done many acts of benevolence and righteousness, and the world has returned to the heart, and now there are hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life. The subordinates thought that the time had come to raise troops. "It was Bo Cai, the leader of Yingchuan Taiping Dao, who spoke.
"The subordinates thought that the time had not come, there was a great drought last winter and this summer, and there was no harvest in many northern states, and now the cold winter is coming, and the people will freeze to death and starve to death. It was Zhang Mancheng, the leader of Nanyang Taiping Road, who offered the plan.
"Big brother, listen to me earlier, don't help the victims, the world has long been in chaos, and now the government has begun to release grain, it is difficult to say whether it will be chaotic or not." Zhang Bao is an anxious surname.
"Or is Mancheng right, I intend to raise troops next year when the green and yellow are not in charge, what do you think?" Zhang Jiao asked after a moment's thought.
"Since the eldest brother has this intention, why not be sure of the date, when the thirty-six parties will launch it together, the government will be caught off guard, and it will be done." Zhang Liang, who had not spoken, proposed.
"Okay, then make an appointment with all parties to start an incident on March 5 next year. Yuanyi, how is the matter with your capital? Zhang Jiao turned to Ma Yuanyi again and asked.
Ma Yuanyi has been bribing eunuchs recently, and he has already had a very close relationship with Feng Zhen, and when he heard Zhang Jiao ask him, he immediately stood up and said: "Master, I have recently contacted Feng Chen, what to do next, please give me instructions." ”
Zhang Jiao nodded and praised him: "Good job, you will start immediately, prepare enough gold silk, bring more people into Beijing, and agree to seal the title as an internal response." I have a nursery rhyme - 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious.' Buy more children and let them sing in the city. At the end of the year, the word 'Jiazi' is written everywhere in the capital to confuse people's hearts. ”
Peng Tuo, the leader of Guangyang Taiping Dao, said loudly: "This nursery rhyme is well made! 'Cangtian' is the Han Ting, and 'Huangtian' is the guru. ”
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zhang Jiao said, "Okay! After the generals returned, on the one hand, they could make the children sing this ballad, and on the other hand, they needed to step up their training. The success of great things depends on your strength, and we will all enjoy the wealth when the time comes! ”
The people have decided and acted separately.
Liu Xin also summoned Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei and others, and all those sitting in the hall were his henchmen.
Liu Xin looked at everyone and said: "I had a dream last night, I dreamed that there was a group of thieves, with yellow turbans on their heads, they called themselves the Yellow Turban Army, there were many of them, and they were mighty, attacking cities and cities, burning the official mansion, and they were unstoppable. Liu Xin said in his heart, dreams are really a good thing, anything can be pushed to this.
Zhang Fei stood up and said, "Big brother, the soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, where is the yellow turban thief?" I'll take a troop of soldiers and horses to kill him, and I won't leave a piece of armor behind! ”
Tian Feng knew that Liu Xin's dreams had always come true, so he couldn't help but get nervous and asked, "I wonder if you have ever dreamed of how many people are in this Yellow Turban Thief Party?" ”
Liu Xin thought for a while and said: "It's not very clear in the dream, I just feel that there are too many people, about ten or two hundred thousand." ”
"Ahh So much! Everyone present was taken aback and began to discuss.
Liu Xin waved his hand at everyone: "Everyone be quiet and listen to what I have to say." I also dreamed that the leader of these Yellow Turban thieves was the so-called Great Sage and Good Teacher Zhang Jiao, and he also called himself General Tiangong. In addition, I seem to have dreamed that he sent a person named Ma Yuanyi to the capital to make friends with the eunuchs, as if he was befriending a eunuch surnamed Feng, called Feng or something, I can't remember it for a while. Actually, he really couldn't remember it for a while.
Xu Huang said: "I have been in the forbidden army in the capital for many years, and I have never heard of a eunuch surnamed Feng. ”
Liu Xin listened to Xu Huang's words, and couldn't help hesitating, after all, it was something from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and there were many errors in the records in the history books, not to mention the Romance.
Fu Zhu also believed in Liu Xin's dream, and said cautiously: "Since we have never heard of a eunuch surnamed Feng, it is better to send someone to the capital to inquire, if there is really a eunuch surnamed Feng, it will be taken seriously." ”
Liu Xin nodded and said, "This is a good way." For this matter, I think it is still necessary to show the emperor and let the court prepare early. But now that I am in power, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to reach and listen to it. I thought about it again and again, and I only took the opportunity of the approaching New Year to send someone to the capital to give Zhang Rang a gift, tell the truth what I saw in my dream, and ask him to submit it on my behalf. And if there is a eunuch surnamed Feng, Zhang Rang must know. ”
Tian Feng and Fu Zhu were both deeply affected by the eunuchs, and after listening to Liu Xin's words, they glanced at each other, Tian Feng got up and said: "Adults must not befriend the eunuchs because of what they saw in their dreams, destroy their reputation, and be ashamed of the gentlemen of the world." Xu Huang, Zhang He, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei also nodded secretly, obviously agreeing with Tian Feng's opinion.
Liu Xin showed a righteous and awe-inspiring look, and said: "How can I not know what Yuan Hao said. However, if what you see in your dreams comes true, the world will be in chaos, and it will inevitably be ruined. Liu is also afraid of being able to love his own reputation, and disregard the safety of all the people in the world. ”
Fu Zhu hesitated: "This ......, in this way, the sacrifice of the adults is not too great." ”
Liu Xin stood up "Huo": "For the sake of the common people in the world, what is personal sacrifice." ”
Everyone saw that Liu Xin had made up his mind, and there was no objection. This gift-giving errand was naturally handed over to Xu Huang again.
Zhang Rang was very happy when he heard that Liu Xin gave him a gift. Although he had only met Liu Xin once, he felt that this kid was very good, first gave him a tiger whip to cure his old cold leg for many years, and later gave him a kind of furniture called "chair". Because after the eunuch is cleaned, his lower body is always dripping, and there is always a smell of shame when he sits on his knees, so the eunuch will always use some perfume, but this chair is different, the higher he sits, the lower it will naturally be refreshed, and he will not feel so uncomfortable, so he will help Liu Xin speak in front of the emperor twice.
In fact, if you want to talk about the gold, silver and jewelry sent by Liu Xin, he really doesn't care about it. However, listening to Xu Huang's explanation of Liu Xin's meaning, Zhang Rang hesitated, there is indeed a eunuch surnamed Feng in this palace, called Feng Zhen, who only came out this year, so Xu Huang didn't know. This seal is also a close confidant of Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, so Zhang Rang was a little undecided and agreed to visit.
Xu Huang came back from Luoyang, but did not bring news that satisfied Liu Xin and Ma Yun.
In the blink of an eye, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and it was getting closer and closer to the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the imperial court still had no movement at all, there were no pedestrians on the road in Hejian County, and the people had returned home, and tomorrow was the Spring Festival, which was the most important festival of the year for the Han nation.
In front of the door of the Taishou Mansion, Fu Zhi neatly wrote on two pieces of red cloth with a calligraphy worker, "Firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, peach charms welcome the new year", he almost never saw Liu Xin write, so this year's Spring Festival couplets took the initiative to do it for him.
Fu Zhi was directing the soldiers to hang on the gate, Liu Xin was happy when he saw it, and hurriedly stopped him and said, "Wait, wait." Gong and, last year's Spring Festival couplets were this, why is this still this year, change a fresh sprinkling. ”
"Fresh? This was just written. "I don't know what to do.
"This Spring Festival couplet is to express good wishes, as long as the text is neat, dual, concise, and exquisite. If every household, every year, every year is pasted with the same Spring Festival couplet, how boring it is! In this way, you go and ask Mrs., this year's Spring Festival couplets are decided by Mrs. Liu Xin also knew that she didn't have much goods in her stomach, so she didn't dare to be ugly, so she immediately kicked the ball to Ma Yun, who was standing aside with her son and enjoying the scenery.
In fact, there are not many couplets in Ma Yun's stomach, but when she does winter vacation homework in school, she will always ask to copy a few pairs of Spring Festival couplets, and a few common ones still have some impressions, so she glanced at Liu Xin and said, "Well, change to a fresh one." For example, 'Spring returns to the earth and flowers compete for beauty, and everything in Shenzhou is warm', 'The days increase the years, people increase longevity, and the spring is full of blessings'. ”
Frustrated and applauded: "The sentence 'The days increase the years and the people increase the longevity' is said well, I didn't expect the lady to have such literary talent!" Admire, admire. ”
At this moment, a group of cavalry came from the direction of the city gate and came straight to the Taishou Mansion. Liu Xin looked around, and the first person seemed to be dressed as a eunuch. When the team approached, the eunuch led by him turned over and dismounted, but it was the little eunuch Zhang Gou'er.
Zhang Gou'er got off the horse and shouted loudly: "Liu Xin takes the order!" ”
Liu Xin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly knelt down. Zhang Gou'er slowly unfolded the yellow silk in his hand and said slowly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said ......"