"According to the information from the county guard in recent days, it can be seen that the peasants are targeting the bureaucratic landlords this time, and the main reasons are as follows."

"After the autumn, only Danyang County did not have a drought because of the drainage and irrigation, plus the melons in the sky. Not necessarily elsewhere. ”

"For example, Xuzhou and Yuzhou, because of the relatively high terrain, coupled with the drought in autumn, the harvest has been greatly reduced. Although the land reform system implemented in the palace had the interests of the landlords, it was the peasant class that suffered the most, because they did not have much surplus grain at home, and the winter would soon begin, and the harvest would have to wait for the autumn harvest of the following year. ”

"If this were the case, the peasant class would not have pointed the finger directly at the bureaucrats and landlords, but the corruption of the imperial court is not a day or two, the foreign relatives and eunuchs are constantly fighting, the border wars are continuous, and the ministers of the court and the central government are all too busy to take care of themselves, so how can they focus on the peasants who have no harvest?"

At this time, the main contradiction was concentrated on the imperial court, because of the unreduced taxation, the peasants realized that they had to fight against the imperial court.

Sweet Potato was fascinated by what he heard, and when he came here, he couldn't help but interject: "But if you calculate it this way, the main spearhead is still related to the palace, if there is no such system, this factor will not appear at all." ”

Cheng Liu smiled and rubbed his hands vigorously.

"After the country is getting weaker and weaker, the real beneficiaries are not the peasants, but the landlord class, they can wantonly collect wealth, by virtue of the trend of land annexation, quickly squeeze the peasants, take Yuzhou as an example, drought at the moment, no harvest, the fields are also collected, the poor are getting poorer, and the rich are getting richer, businessmen and celebrities open warehouses on the surface to help, but for the common people, they can only get by and live, and can not solve the fundamental problem of food and clothing."

"You have also seen the intelligence of the foreign war, the Xiqiang war lasted for decades, and the national strength was lost, can the confrontation against the imperial court still solve the fundamental problem at this time?"

Sweet potato shook his head slightly.

"Therefore, according to the meaning of the prince, the reason why the general trend of the world has evolved to this point is that the relatives and eunuchs of the imperial court cannot get rid of the politics, the foreign wars for decades cannot be separated from the foreign wars, and the landlord class cannot be separated from the annexation of land, but the last straw that crushed the peasants was actually the land annexation, and when the drought led to no harvest, the landlord became the last executioner."

Cheng Liu's face could not hide his sadness, the reason why he left a strong mark in the history books in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was precisely because the government and the opposition did not care about the lives of the people, which caused Zhang Jiao to quickly stand in line with the poor people and win the hearts of the people, founded Taiping Dao, and quickly expanded his power to Bazhou.

In the last two months, this force will spread to all parts of the country, and Cheng Liu has already prepared to deal with it and take advantage of the situation to rise up.

Sweet potato couldn't help but sigh slightly, and said with some sadness: "The Han family is in decline, and it is hopeless......

Cheng Liu saw that the atmosphere was getting more and more dull, so he changed the topic and asked, "How long will Xu Shu come back?" ”

Xu Chu has been found, but it just so happened that civil strife broke out in the place where he was, and Xu Shu took the initiative to avoid the battlefield for the sake of safety, and took a detour all the way, which has been delayed for about ten days so far.

Sweet potato took out a document and replied: "I will be there about tomorrow morning, but the post stations along the way have been almost demolished, so it will be a little slower to rush now." ”

Cheng Liu put away the official document on the table and put the map again.

"Is there any movement in Qingzhou and Xuzhou?"

Sweet potato explained: "Xuzhou County has taken advantage of the situation to gather soldiers and horses, and recently also implemented the Taiping Road, because when the Luoyang Rebellion, the imperial court did nothing, praying for peace in the world. ”

Cheng Liu muttered, Taiping Dao?

"That's right, didn't Childe read that official document? They also shouted the slogan 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the year is in Jiazi, and the world is peaceful'. At this time, not only Xuzhou, but also Qingzhou has joined, and will soon go south, this trend may have to stay in Jiaozhou. ”

Cheng Liu waved his hand: "No, it's enough to go to our Danyang County." ”

The time when Zhang Jiao appeared was almost at this time, according to the development of history, there should be no accidents at this time, so with the speed of Zhang Jiao's admiration for Taiping Dao, it has already attracted a lot of people's hearts at this time.

And Cheng Liu suddenly noticed at this time that after the assassination of Emperor Han Ling, many forces were not directly suppressed, such as Zhang Jiao, who took this opportunity to save people, he has medical skills, and he is also generous, and he directly opened a position for relief, which attracted a lot of people's hearts.

In addition, the imperial court at this time has long lost the support of the people, and the people need a new faith to support their survival, Zhang Jiao chose this time to rise, which is really ingenious.

Cheng Liu took a deep breath and said softly: "Maybe if you can't wait for the beginning of spring, Zhang Jiao will sweep the whole country with Taiping Dao, and then even if the government of the Eastern Han Dynasty has spare time, I am afraid it will be difficult to suppress it." ”

Sweet potatoes are a little puzzled.

"Aren't the soldiers and horses of the court very strong? Why can't you control it? ”

"The war against Xiqiang for nearly ten years has already consumed a lot of national strength, and now the real soldiers and horses may not be as strong as the states, counties and counties! But if you take a closer look now, although this garrison is tightly wrapped in Luoyang, it is just an illusion, if there is a rebellion, they will take action, but it is only a formality, and it will not be completely suppressed. ”

When the Yellow Turban Rebellion was really suppressed, it was when the imperial court sent He in to suppress it, but later as time progressed, this was only temporary.

Cheng Liu suddenly thought that if he followed the uprising at this time, maybe because he didn't have enough prestige, he could only help Zhang Jiao lift his shoes, so he had a new plan.

There is almost more than a month left in this, and many forces are holding back, to see how long the peasants can hold out, and whether the spread speed of the Taiping Road will be directly suppressed, even if a large number of soldiers and horses are stationed, they will not move.

The next day, Xu Shu came back with Xu Chu, and Cheng Liu immediately ordered Xu Chu to guard the north gate of Jianye, and led an infantry army of 5,000 to garrison the city with Dian Wei and others.

Xu Shu was taken out of the city by him, and Cheng Liu had to find a way to accumulate a little prestige in the last time.

The place to go is Jingzhou, because the place where Zhangjiao rebelled is Jizhou, if you want to bypass Zhangjiao, you can only go north to Jingzhou.

Among them, it is located in the abdomen of Xinye, which is Cheng Liu's goal this time.

Sweet Potato sent fifty dead soldiers to protect secretly, and the rest of Xia Cicada and Sweet Potato went together, plus a team of light cavalry, led by Gan Ning to press the formation in the rear, and the group went to Jingzhou Xinye.