Chapter 71 The building will fall into chaos, and natural disasters and man-made disasters will flourish

In the three years of light and harmony, I was like a young eagle that had just flown alone, soaring on the grassland of Mobei. The invasion of the Wuhuan people made me befriend Zhang Wenyuan and recognize Lu Fengxian. I don't want to be a few years later, and finally get Wenyuan, but I lost Fengxian. It's really a matter of the world!

——This is Liu Bei's emotion when he recalled the experience of the Rongma border pass back then.

The Xianbei invasion of Youzhou lasted four or five months.

From the autumn of the third year of Guanghe to the end of the cold winter, hundreds of battles have been experienced.

In any case, the border guards of the Han court, that is, the Ding Yuan troops in Bingzhou and the Guo Xun troops in Youzhou, defeated the Xianbei people.

Although there are reasons for the infighting among the Xianbei people, anyway, the Xianbei people have retreated to the desert.

In this war, Liu Bei came to prominence and won the appreciation of Liu Wei, the Taishou of Guangyang County.

The Pingyin County Commander died in the battle and has been vacant.

Liu Wei worshiped Liu Bei as the captain of Pingyin, received the Pingyin order, and was stationed in Pingyin City.

After the war, Pingyin was in ruins, the border villages were somewhat dilapidated, the people were displaced, and there were many people in the mountains and wilderness.

Liu Bei arranged for Chen Mi to count the land under the jurisdiction of Pingyin County and coordinate the resettlement of displaced people.

In the nearly half year of the war, hundreds of villages on the border of Pingyin were destroyed by Xianbei soldiers, and tens of thousands of people died under the swords of Xianbei soldiers.

Thousands of displaced people gathered in the ruined temples outside Pingyin City alone.

Fortunately, Liu Bei has always remembered Liu Du's teachings: "The homeless people are a force to be reckoned with." Their needs are simple - to eat saturated and stable. When you can dominate one side, you can easily fulfill their wishes. Once you have met their needs, they will always remember your kindness. And you have a solid following. ”

Therefore, in the face of these displaced people, he personally went to the scene to open a warehouse and release grain.

In order to allow them to live with peace of mind, he led his soldiers to plan more than ten villages and build houses outside Pingyin City.

He elected the chief from among the homeless people, and he chose the chief of the pavilion from among the chiefs.

Next, he appointed a tun commander from his subordinate subordinates to lead a tun of soldiers under his jurisdiction to be stationed in the administrative district of the township. The soldiers had to cultivate the fields.

Due to the war, most of the land in Binh Yin was deserted.

In the spring, Liu Bei settled the displaced people, and organized the people and soldiers to start spring ploughing.

The people were given a place to live.

And because of this series of events, Liu Bei's reputation among the people has increased dramatically.

Knowing that Pingyin accepted the homeless, tens of thousands of homeless people flocked to him.

Liu Bei had to guide the homeless people to dig wild vegetables, borrow good seeds, and open up the wasteland.

His classmate friend Gongsun Zan also received the approval of the assassin Shi Guo Xun after this battle, and led the army to the post of Cao.

In the cold winter, from the visits of Gongsun Zan and Yan Gang, Liu Bei indirectly learned for the first time that the darkness in the court and officialdom was unbearable.

He learned from the pain, often reflected on himself, restrained his subordinates more, and treated the people kindly.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Guanghe, the grain in the granary in Pingyin City was exhausted, and even the grass roots in the nearby mountains were dug up by people to satisfy their hunger.

Fortunately, there was a bumper harvest of grain in various places, and the people had surplus grain and warm clothes in every household.

The townships handed over borrowed grain one after another, once again enriching the granaries in the city, and the grain obtained by the soldiers from the fields also filled the granaries in the army.

The people elected representatives to bring Liu Bei grain and cloth, which filled the courtyard where he lived.

Pingyin County presents a sense of peace.

But when the edifice is about to fall, how can one man lift it up? How can a small county be saved?

After all, it is still a natural and man-made disaster, and it has come to an end......

In the spring of the fifth year of light and light, the grass and trees revived and the willows sprouted.

The people took out the good seeds, cultivated the fields, sowed seeds, and prepared for another year's labor.

At the beginning of April, north of the Yellow River, the sky changed dramatically, and the temperature plummeted, almost to the extent that the water turned into ice.

Families had to take out the cotton clothes that had been put away and put them back on.

In Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou and other northern places, many people died of cold and starvation.

There is even a place where goose feathers and heavy snow are beginning to fall.

How can farmland crops withstand the bitter cold of winter?!

Various prefectures and counties sent envoys to Beijing one after another to report the disaster to the Son of Heaven.

Urgent paperwork is like snowflakes outside the house, too many to count.

The Ten Standing Servants pressed down these twists and turns one by one, blindly trying to please Emperor Ling.

Faced with the sudden snow scene, Emperor Ling arrived very novelly, so he arranged for Zhang Rang to hold a banquet in the imperial garden, drinking and enjoying the snow scene.

Taiwei Yang Ci led more than 20 officials to wait outside the palace, begging Huangmen to report it.

Huangmen had already received the advice of Zhang Rang and others, and made a promise, so he returned to the palace and did not come out again.

And all the people sighed,

Huang Wan said to Taiwei Yang Ci: "Today, the north is suffering from natural disasters, and many Li people are dying of cold and starvation. But the Son of Heaven is indulging in wine, and the lord is classified as the emperor, so he should go to stop him from doing this and help him rectify the government. ”

Yang Ci said with emotion: "The Son of Heaven favors the ten permanent servants, but he is far from the virtuous ministers. It's all the fault of the old man! Today, the old man has lost this old life, and he has to break into the palace to see the saint. ”

"Good! My lord, we are willing to work with you to advance and retreat. Huang Wan and the others shouted in unison.

With everyone's support, Yang Ci's confidence is enough: "Go, I don't believe it!" What else can they do to me! ”

Seeing that they were about to break into the palace, the yellow gate hiding inside panicked.

They're really going to break through the palace gate!

What can I do?

Father-in-law must be told!

Xiao Huangmen suddenly lost his sense of proportion, and ran towards the imperial garden in a panic.

"Oh no! Oh no! If my father-in-law is to blame me, my little life will be over! He thought uneasily as he ran.

When he came to the Imperial Garden, he whispered to Zhang Rang's ear.

Zhang Rang's face changed, and he hurriedly knelt down in front of Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, please forgive your sins!" ”

"Father, why is that? Hurry up! Seeing Zhang Rang like this, Emperor Ling was very puzzled.

Zhang Rang covered his face with his sleeves, swept to the Spirit Emperor with the corner of his eyes, and saw that the Spirit Emperor looked concerned, hurriedly lowered his head, and pretended to sob: "Your Majesty, Yang Ci and others have bewitched the public, spreading that this beautiful snow scene has killed the people in the north. The old slave sent the Yellow Gate to warn them that they were not allowed to come and disturb His Majesty Yaxing! However, they actually broke through the palace gate......"

It is really the wicked who sue first.

That Spirit Emperor didn't take the life and death of the people as the same thing!

He cares more about the fact that the mood of enjoying the scenery is going to be ruined now!

"Humph! What a guts! Emperor Ling said angrily, "It's just a trivial matter, and it's bothered three times or twice!" Do I really think that you are my teacher, and I am really reluctant to punish you? Feng Zhen, you go and summon the palace gate guards to me. ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was angry, the ten permanent servants exchanged glances with each other, and a look of pride was faintly hidden.

Not long after, Yang Ci and others rushed to the Imperial Garden.

Seeing the Son of Heaven drinking, watching songs and dancing, leisurely.

After taking all the officials to pay homage, Yang Ci knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the weather is cold, and many people in the north are dying of cold and hunger." The old minister implored His Majesty to give an order. Ordered all states and counties to open warehouses to provide grain relief to relieve the suffering of the people! ”

In front of the ministers, Zhang Rang and the others knew forbearance, and they all looked at the Son of Heaven.

Emperor Ling had already annoyed these officials in his heart, and when he saw Zhang Rang and the others looking at him, he couldn't make it too obvious, so he had to ask, "How many places have been affected?" Do you want to use the money and food in the treasury? ”

Hearing Emperor Ling say this, Yang Ci hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, last year, there was a bumper harvest in various places, but there was surplus grain in all places. However, there were too many places affected by the disaster, and many of the food in the treasury had already been eaten by the people. Or use the money and grain in the treasury! ”

As soon as he heard that the money and grain from the treasury were used, Emperor Lingke's face changed.

Finally, under the advice of the ministers, he granted 100,000 loads of grain.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong suggested to Emperor Ling that Cao Jie follow him to distribute grain for disaster relief.

What is Grain Relief? In fact, it is to exploit this batch of grain.

When the 100,000 quintals of grain reached the county level, there was not much left of what they had divided.

In this cold spring, people in Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou abounded to death from freezing and starvation.

The bitter cold lasted for more than a month.

At the end of May, the weather warms up.

The bodies of the dead were left empty, thawed and began to decompose.

A major disaster that endangered the people of the Han Dynasty silently enveloped the Han nation.

Pestilence!

The plague produced by the decomposing corpses of the dead is like the scythe of death, harvesting those fragile lives from time to time.

Nowadays, there are three brothers in Julu County, one Zhang Jiao, one Zhang Bao, and one Zhang Liang.

That horn was just a non-talented man, and when he went into the mountains to collect medicine, he met an old man.

The old man, blue-eyed and childish, holding a cane of quinoa, took Zhang Jiao to a cave, taught him three volumes of the Book of Heaven, and said to him: "This name is "Taiping Yaoshu", you get it, the contemporary Tianxuanhua, and the universal salvation of the world; If you have a different heart, you will get bad retribution. ”

Zhang Jiao knelt down to thank him and asked for his name.

The old man replied, "I am the old immortal of Nanhua." After saying that, he turned into a gust of wind and passed away. Zhang Jiao got this set of heavenly books, studied at dawn and night, and soon was able to call the wind and rain, and was called "Taiping Taoist".

At the beginning of the third year of Guanghe, Zhang Jiao believed that he had succeeded in cultivation, and organized the establishment of the "Taiping Dao" to develop followers in the northern states.

The Han court was messed up by Emperor Ling, a group of eunuchs, and relatives, and the people lived in dire straits. With the advent of Taiping Road, they seem to have found a refuge where they can take refuge.

Therefore, many people joined the Taiping Dao.

In the summer of the fifth year of light and harmony, natural disasters fell and plagues were rampant.

Zhang Jiao pretended to use talisman water and spells to treat many sick people with medical skills, and thus became famous.

The suffering people flocked to it.

In just one month, Taiping Road has grown to tens of thousands of people in Youzhou alone.

In the winter of the fifth year of Guanghe, with the support of his disciples, Zhang Jiao promulgated the teachings of Taiping Dao, preaching that he would "educate the world with good Taoism", calling himself a great sage and good teacher, and calling his brother Zhang Liang a great doctor.

The teachings of the Taiping Tao gave more prominence to the doctrines and views of opposing exploitation and accumulating wealth and advocating equality and mutual love, and they used water charms and mantras to cure diseases without collecting a penny, so they won the support of the poor people.

Zhang Jiao also sent eight main disciples to distribute them in various states to develop disciples.