It has been two years since Guo Jia helped the refugees, and in 182 AD, Guo Jia became famous in Yingchuan for his extensive benevolence, and the fame of the little prince among the people was not comparable to that of the scholars and officials, and now, Guo Jia has taught more than 200 children.

The drizzle continued, and two handsome young men knelt opposite each other in the wooden house next to the farmland, among which the young man in a beige robe was Guo Jia, who was now almost thirteen years old, with the perennial practice of martial arts, he was tall, not mighty and strong, but he did not lose his masculine beauty in handsomeness.

Guo Jia poured tea for the young man opposite, then looked at the rain outside the window, and sighed lightly: "Yuan Zhi, you and I have known each other for a year, in this year, you always ask me about the general trend of the world, I always keep my mouth shut, today I say, you and I might as well speak freely, okay?" ”

Xu Shu, who was about to drink water with a teacup, was shocked, his expression was obvious, he put down the teacup and bowed to Guo Jia, and said humbly: "Teach me filial piety." ”

The person in front of Guo Jia is Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi, who is only about sixteen years old now, although Xu Shu is young, he already has a good reputation, but his fame is not in Shilin, but in the rivers and lakes.

When he was a teenager, he liked to make friends with the ranger hero, Xu Shu, a martial arts far better than ordinary martial arts, determined to eliminate violence and peace, help the poor, faintly have the ambition to sweep away the injustices in the world, and did a lot of chivalrous things when traveling around the world, and thus became a well-known young knight.

But with the passage of time, Xu Shu knew that relying on his own force was just a drop in the bucket for the people in the world, and if he wanted to save the world, he had to learn the knowledge of peace and stability and governing the world, so he came to Yingchuan alone to study, but he was snubbed and ignored in Yingchuan Academy.

Xu Shu, who was extremely disappointed in his heart, heard that the benevolence and virtue of the little prince of Yingchuan came to visit, and after listening to the knowledge outside the wooden house of the school, he hurriedly wanted to worship Guo Jia as a teacher, Guo Jia, was taboo about being an elder, so he introduced Xu Shu as a friend and studied together, so Xu Shu stayed here with Guo Jia.

"Yuan Zhi, what do you say about the world today?" Guo Jia looked at the drizzle outside the window, but he was thinking in his heart: Two years have passed, and there are still two years before Zhang Jiao is about to do something, but there are still eight years before the era of the real world chaos heroes, I really, really, can't wait.

Xu Shu pondered for a moment and then said solemnly: "The world is hot and cold, hunger is everywhere, and the people are cannibalistic, and it is miserable. ”

"Why? The Han Dynasty was also very prosperous, why did the foundation of the dynasty that lasted for 400 years reach today, but the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are full of holes? ”

Guo Jia's eyes kept looking out of the window, and his tone was flat, while Xu Shu said indignantly: "The root cause is that the Son of Heaven is ignorant, allowing the dictatorship of the eunuchs of his relatives, the chaos of the court, the unclear government decrees, and the corpses of hundreds of officials, only caring about fighting for power and profit, seeking their own selfishness, and ignoring the life and death of the people in the world, which is really chilling." The second root, Shu believes that it is the disaster of the family gate, the family has the view of the door, because of the private abolition of the public, ignoring morality, seeing death and not saving, racking their brains to squeeze the people, step by step to force the people to a dead end, if they have a trace of compassion, benevolence, then the current situation will not be like this. ”

Guo Jia retracted his gaze this time, turned to Xu Shu, looked at him for a long time and chuckled: "Yuan Zhi, you always said that you gave up martial arts when you were young, but you were just a reckless man, and now what you say is beyond what ordinary scholars can think of." However, I would also like to add an objective factor, natural disasters, although I live in a corner of Yingchuan, but I have also heard that in recent years, natural disasters have continued in various places, or there are major droughts, no rain for many years, or floods, and thousands of hectares of farmland have been destroyed. ”

"Acts of God? Is the sky going to die? Xu Shu muttered to himself, his expression changed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Guo Jia continued to ask: "Since Yuan Zhi already knows the root cause of the decline of the world, then may I ask, what is Yuan Zhi's strategy to save the world?" ”

Xu Shu raised his head and looked at Guo Jia, sighed, shook his head and said: "In today's situation, the Han Dynasty is in danger, if you want to rule the world, you must be the Ming monarch, the Qing Dynasty is clean, and the family is rectified, only the monarch is virtuous, the government decree is accessible, and the officials are ...... Qingming."

Xu Shu didn't continue, because he knew that it was impossible.

Guo Jia nodded in agreement with this statement, but he still asked: "Then according to what Yuanzhi said, isn't this world hopeless?" ”

Xu Shu pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Shu remembers that Feng Xiao once said, since Emperor Huan, the dynasty [***], the people are not happy, and today Emperor Ziling sells officials and sells knights, this is a sign of the death of the country, and Shu Shen thinks so." In today's situation, if you want to rule the world, you must first be in chaos, if the troubled times come, the heroes of the world will rise in all directions, Qin will lose its deer, and the heroes will chase together. ”

These words can be described as a big rebellion, but they are the truth, and far-sighted and talented people must be able to see this, but Guo Jia has been chatting with people all these years, and there are only two people who can really speak freely, Xi Zhicai and Xu Shu.

For them, if the world is really in turmoil, they must look for the master to vote for it, as for the death of the Han Dynasty or not, it is secondary. Second, Guo Jia is now also a famous man in Yingchuan, he doesn't have to be cautious but also to avoid trouble from his mouth, in the face of another friend Xun Yu, Guo Jia will never say that the Han will die, the Xun family has been a Han minister in the past dynasties, and the world has been favored by the emperor, even if Xun Yu can see the decline of the Han Dynasty, he does not dare to think about the death of the country.

Guo Jia asked again: "If the world is in turmoil, how will the family survive in the troubled times?" ”

This question made Xu Shu fall into contemplation, but the diligent and intelligent Xu Shu quickly sorted out his thoughts and replied in a deep voice: "If the world is in chaos, there will inevitably be a mob everywhere, although the family is strong, it is also afraid of overturning. ”

"Yuan Zhi's words are exquisite, if the heroes of the troubled times want to have a deed, the soldiers and horses, the money and food, the ministers and generals, and the territorial cities are all indispensable conditions, and the wealthy families can recruit troops and horses for money and food, and the children of the family are not all mediocre people, in the troubled times, the role of the family should not be underestimated." Guo Jia poured Xu Shu another cup of tea and gently pushed the cup in front of him.

Xu Shu suddenly looked sad and said bitterly: "Today's chaos in the world, the family accounts for one of them, and the family also accounts for one of the world, I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Shu said hatefully: "Yingchuan is a rich land, outstanding people, and there are not a few wealthy families. ”

For this matter, Guo Jia just smiled lightly, and did not take it to heart, he knew that in recent years, there were not a few people who had offended because of his pride, Yingchuan Academy invited him to go many times and was politely declined, the children of the family were quite dissatisfied, and his prestige among the people in helping refugees made many Yingchuan families secretly jealous.

Although there is nothing to do on the surface, Guo Jia sees the family's face clearly in his heart, and secretly makes up his mind that if the world is in chaos in the future, he must not be merciful to these families.

Today, I talked with Xu Shu about the general trend of the world, and I didn't want the topic to go far, so Guo Jia said: "Yuan Zhi, just now you and I predicted that the troubled times were coming, so I will ask more carefully, how is the world chaotic?" When did the troubled times begin? ”

"This and this, filial piety, and shallow learning, how can you expect what will happen in the future? Today, it can be said that the general trend of the world after the future is also the work of filial piety, if filial piety does not hesitate to teach, I am grateful. ”

After Xu Shu finished speaking, he bowed his hand, looking like he was humbly asking for advice, this is something that Guo Jia is helpless, he hopes that his friends will be more easy-going, but he has told Xu Shu many times to no avail.

Guo Jia stood up and came to the window, looked up at the gray sky, and asked, "Do you know who Zhang Jiao is?" ”

Xu Shu replied after sorting out his thoughts: "It is rumored that this person preached to all parts of the Central Plains in his early years, casting spells to relieve diseases and save people, and all states from the north to the Central Plains can hear this person's good name. ”

"Then you say that if Zhang Jiao is against him, what should the court do?"

"Heavy troops will be sent to suppress it! Zhang Jiao will be defeated! However, why did Zhang Jiao rebel? Even though he has millions of followers, they are all unarmed civilians, and they are simply vulnerable compared to the regular army. Although Xu Shu didn't believe it, he also beat a drum in his heart.

This person is known as a great sage and good teacher, and his followers are all over the Central Plains and northern states.

Guo Jia smiled lightly and returned to his seat and sat down, and said softly: "If you can win the hearts of the people in the eight states of Ji, Qing, You, Yang, Yan, Jing, Xu, and Henan, and there are millions of people listening to your service, don't you have other thoughts?" If you and I are both out of the woods, if you are born in the most disaster-stricken state and county, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive, if the great sage and good teacher save the lives of you and me, won't you serve him? There are not a few talented people among millions of civilians, there is no shortage of capable people under Zhang Jiao's command, Taiping Dao has been preaching for nearly 20 years, and it has developed to this point today, is Zhang Jiao still willing to be a religious leader? Even if he is willing, will the people around him be willing? As the situation intensified, the Taiping Dao rebellion was ready to be launched. ”

Xu Shu was terrified when he heard this, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and after wiping it, he said with palpitations: "If Fengxiao's words are true, the Han Dynasty may be in danger of overturning." ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "You also said that Zhang Jiao will be defeated, although the Han Dynasty is declining, it has not yet fallen apart." ”

Xu Shu looked puzzled and asked hesitantly: "If that horn is defeated, what does it have to do with the general trend of the world?" A lot of rebellion has happened over the years, what is the difference between Zhang Jiao's rebellion? ”

Guo Jia closed his eyes and said: "If Zhang Jiao rebels, half of the country will be in flames, if the Son of Heaven wants to quickly exterminate the rebels, is there enough soldiers in the imperial court?" ”

Xu Shu comprehended it in his heart, and said in a lost voice: "Could it be that the Son of Heaven is so ignorant that he will release military power?" ”

Guo Jia opened his eyes and praised: "It is easy to talk to smart people, in order to extinguish the huge thief army as soon as possible, the Son of Heaven will inevitably let the county guards expand the army to suppress the thieves, and those who get it will be destroyed in Si, although Zhang Jiao is defeated, but it has shaken the foundation of the Han Dynasty, the imperial power has fallen, the world is in chaos, and the heroes are not far away." ”

The room fell silent, and it took Xu Shu a long time to calm down his excitement, and asked thoughtfully, "But will Zhang Jiao really be opposed?" ”

Guo Jia didn't answer and asked: "Does Yuan Zhi have the intention to go to Yecheng in Jizhou with me?" ”

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What are you going to do in Yecheng?" ”

"Zhang Jiao is in Yecheng."