35. Divergence
For a while, the people who had suffered from the oppression of the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" stood up, and even the people who were not the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" began to join in, and Zhang Xiu, who was the head of the "Five Bucket Rice Sect", also rose in prestige, and the situation in Yizhou changed dramatically for a while.
Although Yin Jian quickly reacted, sent troops to encircle and suppress the "Five Dou Rice Sect" and designated the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" as a cult, but this was completely powerless, and the influence of the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" in Yizhou was too great, and Xu Jian had been resented by the people for a long time, and the people were unbearable, but they lacked a leader with appeal.
After the prestigious Zhang Xiu took the initiative to stand up against Yin Jian, for a time the people of Yizhou gathered and responded, winning food and Jingcong, Zhang Xiu's rebel army team quickly expanded to more than 100,000 people, and almost all the towns in Yizhou were drummed down by Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu led people to quickly break through Ba County with the secret support of Liu Lan, occupying most of Yizhou, only Hanzhong was still in the hands of Hanzhong Taishou Sugu, but the situation in Hanzhong was also precarious, who let Xu Jian's usual rule oppress too much, so that the sky was angry and resentful, even if Su Gu was the Taishou of Hanzhong, he was powerless, and being able to hold Hanzhong was the reason why Su Gu's official reputation was good.
But even so, Hanzhong didn't last long, the players in Yizhou have long been tired of the calm situation in Yizhou, and only when they are in chaos can they have a chance to fish in troubled waters, so under the player's internal and external cooperation, Hanzhong only lasted a few more days before it was broken.
After breaking through the Yizhou Assassin's Mansion, Zhang Xiu immediately sent someone to find out the hidden Yin Jian, and then publicly listed dozens of charges such as Xu Jian's greed, tyranny and harm to the people, and executed him under the anger of the masses, which greatly boosted the confidence of the oppressed Yizhou people and improved Zhang Xiu's reputation.
Although it was Liu Lan's insistence that he raised troops in the name of "doing the right thing for the sky, cutting down the way, and clearing the monarch's side", just to crusade against those traitorous ministers who were corrupt and perverted the law and brought disaster to the country and the people, but after occupying Yizhou, Zhang Xiu began to expose his original purpose, and the officials of Yizhou who went along with it lived, and those who went against it died.
Liu Lan had long expected today, so he would restrain the congregation with canons such as "loyalty and patriotism" in the canon, and even the name of the army only dared to say "Qingjun side" instead of "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand" like the Yellow Turban, but Zhang Xiu's original purpose was to rebel, so Zhang Xiu and the others' actions began to slowly become contrary to these purposes.
When Zhang Xiu first raised the army, Liu Lan gave an explanation to Yin Jian, after all, as a descendant of the Liu family, he could not be in the company of rebellious ministers and thieves like Zhang Xiu, so he publicly reprimanded Zhang Xiu's rebellious behavior and drew a clear line with Zhang Xiu.
Although Zhang Xiu had long known that Liu Lan would do this, he was still dissatisfied when Liu Lan spoke out, especially after speaking out, which caused a turmoil in his ranks, after all, the banner raised by Zhang Xiu was a crusade against the rebels rather than treason, although these two situations were the same in the eyes of the imperial court, but in the hearts of ordinary people, if they could not be related to the anti-thieves, they would not be related to the anti-thieves, and the kind of thing to the uprising had always been a last resort.
Therefore, when the No. 2 person of the "Five Doumi Sect" spoke out to reprimand Zhang Xiu's rebellion, the chaos of Zhang Xiu's subordinates can be imagined, and even under the situation that the people of Yizhou continued to respond to Zhang Xiu, someone actually fled, at this time Zhang Xiu found that Liu Lan, the No. 2 person, was not under his reputation, and his fear of Liu Lan was deeper, but fortunately, Liu Lan never showed any intention of fighting for power.
And after Zhang Xiu occupied Yizhou, Zhang Xiu began to find a way to solve this problem, although Liu Lan was with him, but after Liu Lan spoke out, people outside didn't think so, and now that Xu Jian is dead, there are almost no people who know the reason for Yin Jian's sudden increase in taxes, so Liu Lan has no reason to refuse himself anymore.
So after secretly meeting and negotiating with Liu Lan, Liu Lan persuaded the powerful in Yizhou to accept Zhang Xiu's rule as a condition, so that Zhang Xiu and Liu Lan publicly reaffirmed the purpose of only crusading against traitors and not treason, resolving the differences within the "Five Bucket Rice Sect", and also reassuring the people of Yizhou.
Although he affirmed that he and the others were not rebels, Zhang Xiu, who occupied Yizhou, could not just release the arrested officials in Yizhou and relinquish the power of Yizhou, especially some of them who had a good reputation like Xiang Hanzhong Taishou Su Gu.
Therefore, under Zhang Xiu's connivance and secret manipulation, the believers of the "Five Doumi Sect" wantonly hunted down and killed Yizhou officials on the grounds of the charges before the liquidation, but some officials with good reputations were preserved under Liu Lan's intervention.
As for Hanzhong guarding Su Gu too much, Liu Lan originally wanted to protect him, but Zhang Xiu was resolute, and would rather turn his face with Liu Lan than get rid of Su Gu, with Su Gu here, Zhang Xiu's rule over Yizhou is not justified, and if Zhang Xiu is not ready to rebel, then he should lay down his arms and accept Su Gu's incorporation, which is not what Zhang Xiu wants.
And Liu Lan also gave up this idea after thinking about it carefully, his original plan was to rule Yizhou as a "savior" after Zhang Xiu, but if Su Gu is there, whether it is in terms of fame or qualifications, he is far inferior to Su Gu, so like Zhang Xiu, it is impossible for Su Gu to control the power of Yizhou with Su Gu.
Liu Lan didn't want to make a plan for so long and finally made a wedding dress for Su Gu, although Su Gu's official reputation was good, but if he was there, it would undoubtedly become a stumbling block for him to control Yizhou, Liu Lan didn't want to see this situation, so he had to give up this behavior that would make him famous.
Although Liu Lan only showed some slightly different views on the issue of Su Gu, and quickly gave up at Zhang Xiu's insistence, Zhang Xiu began to have a different view of Liu Lan.
Who let Zhang Xiu wantonly brutalize Yizhou officials in order to maintain his rule, regardless of whether they are good or bad, to be precise, some good officials, like Su Gu, because they are deeply popular with the people, are even higher on Zhang Xiu's must-kill list.
In this way, the people below began to have different opinions, but they all relied on Zhang Xiu's prestige to force it down, and at this time, Liu Lan kept singing against him, and also rescued several insignificant characters.
Liu Lan's reputation in the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" was not weaker than Zhang Xiu's, and after such a trade-off, Liu Lan's reputation began to surpass Zhang Xiu's, and Zhang Xiu felt that his position was in jeopardy.
Although he successfully forced Liu Lan to retreat on the issue of Su Gu, which gave Zhang Xiu a little comfort, Zhang Xiu still wanted to solve this problem once and for all, and wanted Liu Lan to personally order the execution of this Su Gu to deal a good blow to Liu Lan's reputation, but Liu Lan refused mercilessly.
Zhang Xiu, who was rejected, was disappointed, but he didn't dare to turn his face with Liu Lan, he had just won Yizhou, and he still needed the support of Liu Lan and the forces behind Liu Lan, but Zhang Xiu had already decided to find an opportunity to kill Liu Lan when the situation was stable, after all, Liu Lan was too much of a threat to himself now.
And the differences between Zhang Xiu and Liu Lan are not only these, before Xin Jian saw that he had no chance of winning, he was ready to transfer his property and escape, but these properties were swallowed by Liu Lan by means, and when Zhang Xiu let people break through Yin Jian's mansion, there was almost no gain.
Although he knew that it was privately swallowed by Liu Lan and others, Zhang Xiu did not want Liu Lan to hand it over, because in order to obtain the support of Liu Lan and other Yizhou Haoqiang, Zhang Xiu promised that their seizures would be distributed by themselves, which is also the reason why Zhang Xiu hurriedly sent people to attack Yin Jian when he had the opportunity, after all, Yin Jian has collected a lot of people's fat and ointment in Yizhou for so many years, but he did not expect to be secretly Chen Cang by Liu Lan, but Zhang Xiu worked in vain for a long time.
Although he successfully took Yizhou, it was not without damage, especially the cities and buildings damaged by the war needed money to repair, and although Zhang Xiu captured a lot of wealth in the Battle of Yizhou, it was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for the loss of the entire Yizhou.
In desperation, Zhang Xiu had no choice but to collect taxes from the people of Yizhou. For the people of Yizhou, he and others followed Zhang Xiu to overthrow the rule of the corrupt official Xu Jian, but they didn't expect that they still had to pay taxes in the end, so they were naturally very dissatisfied.
For a while, the people's resentment boiled, Zhang Xiu's reputation plummeted, and Zhang Xiu was even more dissatisfied with Liu Lan who caused his situation.
So for a while, the relationship between Zhang Xiu and Liu Lan became tense.