Speaking of the things of the world, such as the day of the middle of the sky, the star of the sea. The rise and fall are determined, and the rise and fall are based. The so-called division must be combined for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time.

However, it was said that there were three brothers in the Zhang family in Julu County, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang. The three of them were quite capable and willing to help the common people, so they were elected as leaders to rebel against the court.

Zhang Jiao once read a book, believed in Huang Lao, and also knew how to heal, and it was quite effective to treat people. The poor did not need money to see a doctor, and he quickly became famous. He saw that many peasants would only sue God when they couldn't stand the pain, so he decided to establish a sect called "Taiping Dao" with his own medical skills combined with the content of the strange book "Taiping Yaoshu". Zhang Jiao accepted some disciples and called himself "Taiping Taoist", and his disciples respected him as "Taiping Zhenren". They vigorously propagated that "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the year is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious".

Zhang Jiao won the hearts of the people in a religious way, established prestige among the poor peasants, and believed in hundreds of thousands. Zhang Jiao divided the believers in the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan into 36 parties; There are more than 10,000 people in the big square and 6 or 7,000 people in the small side; Each side has a commander under his unified command.

The power and influence of Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang spread throughout the country; Emperor Ling of Han was busy building a forestation garden, and he didn't take Taiping Dao to heart.

However, a month before the uprising, a traitor named Tang Zhou confessed to Ma Yuanyi, the inner response of the Beijing Division, Ma Yuanyi was torn apart, and the officers and soldiers vigorously arrested and killed the Taiping Dao believers, involving more than 1,000 people, and ordered Jizhou to hunt down Zhang Jiao. Due to the suddenness of the incident, Zhang Jiao was forced to attack in advance, because the insurgents tied a yellow scarf on their heads, so it was called the Yellow Turban Uprising in history. Zhang Jiao called himself "General Tiangong", and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were called "General Digong" and "General Rengong" respectively. They burned down the government and killed the officials, and the Yellow Turban Army shook Kyoto like a bamboo. At that time, a folk song said: "Hair is like a leek, cut and reborn; The head is like a chicken, cutting and recalling; Officials don't have to be fearful, small people are never to be taken lightly!"

Due to the lack of logistical supply, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army began to loot people's property and frantically kill the people, which was even worse than the oppressive policy of the Eastern Han court. The rebel army and the people lost their hearts, and the suppression of the Yellow Turban Army by the Eastern Han Dynasty became a righteous move, and the balance of the people's hearts began to tilt in favor of the imperial court.

In order to make up for the lack of troops, the imperial court ordered the warlords in various places to recruit volunteers on their own. If the people's hearts are still on the side of Zhang Jiao, it will be difficult for local warlords to recruit volunteers. For example, Guan Yu met Liu Bei and Zhang Fei on the way to join the army, and Guan Yu chose to join the government army, indicating that the Yellow Turban Army at that time was already unpopular.

In 184, the first year of Zhongping, Zhang Jiao died of illness in Jizhou, and the uprising was led by Zhang Liang.

In October, Huangfu Song beheaded Zhang Liang, slaughtered 30,000 and drowned 50,000, Zhang Jiao was broken and killed, and his head was sent back to Luoyang.

In November, Huangfu Song and Julu Taishou Guo Dian captured Quyang and killed Zhang Bao, capturing more than 100,000 people.

The three giants of the Yellow Turbans all surrendered, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided.

The Yellow Turban Uprising was the first peasant uprising led by religion in the history of our country, and it is of far-reaching historical significance. The Yellow Turban Rebellion led by Zhang Jiao shook the foundation of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which directly led to the warlords in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, it was said that Empress He's son Liu Bian was not raised in the palace after he was born, but in the home of the Taoist Shi Ziyi, because Shi Daoren had Taoist skills, and Queen He wanted to protect the prince Liu Bian with his Taoist skills.

Emperor Ling didn't like Liu Bian, but he liked Liu Xie, the prince born to Wang Meiren. When the ministers asked Emperor Ling to establish the crown prince, Emperor Ling thought that Liu Wei acted frivolously, did not have the prestige of the emperor, and was not suitable to be the emperor, and wanted to make Liu Xie the crown prince, but because Empress He's brother He Jin was a general and held a high position in the court, Wang Meiren was killed by Empress He, so the matter of establishing the prince was unresolved for a long time.

Soon Emperor Ling died, and Liu Wei ascended the throne as emperor, known as the young emperor in history. The young emperor respected his mother Empress He as the queen mother, because the young emperor was young, the Empress Dowager He came to the dynasty to weigh the system, announced an amnesty to the world, and changed the Yuan Guangxi. The nine-year-old imperial brother Liu Xie was named the king of Bohai, and the general Yuan Kui was the prince, and the general He Jin recorded the same Shangshu.

Jian Shuo still wanted to change the crown prince Liu Xie after the young emperor ascended the throne, and was afraid that He Jin would kill him after taking power, so he turned to Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs, and the eunuch Guo Sheng was He Jin's fellow countryman, and he betrayed Jian Shuo. He Jin preemptively killed Jian Shuo, and Jian Shuo's soldiers of the Eighth Captain of the West Garden were also transferred to He Jin's control.

The hussar general Dong Zhong is also a relative, and his aunt is the mother of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, that is, the mother-in-law of the Empress Dowager He, and there has never been a discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Empress Dowager Dong once said to Empress He, "What are you angry about? Do you want to take advantage of your brother's power? I told the hussar general to kill your brother." When these words reached He Jin's ears, He Jin sent troops to surround Dong Chong's hussar general's mansion, captured Dong Chong alive, and forced him to commit suicide. Soon the Empress Dowager Dong also died of depression.

At this time, He Jin was in power, and the empress dowager listened to the government, and the eunuchs divided power, which was the standard model played by the Eastern Han Dynasty for more than 100 years. However, He Jin did not like the eunuchs and was ready to kill the ten permanent servants. It stands to reason that Empress Dowager He should be on her brother's side, but she fell to the eunuchs in an all-round way.

It turned out that Empress Dowager He thought that eunuchs were both bad and good. The bad ones can be killed, but the good ones can't. He Jin thought that there were no good eunuchs and should be killed together. Empress Dowager He said, "You have killed all the eunuchs, who am I calling in the palace?" How can a bearded man use it?"

He Jin saw his sister hesitating and wanted to create a mess to scare her. He said that there were people in the northeast and northwest who rebelled, and his sister was not afraid; He asked Ding Yuan, who was guarding the suburbs of Luoyang, to pretend to rebel, but his sister was still not afraid.

He Jin took a fancy to Dong Zhuo again, Dong Zhuo is a native of Gansu, and his subordinates are Qiang and Hu, and he is known for his poor discipline. Now he is the Taishou of Hedong, just opposite Luoyang, across the river. He Jin secretly sent someone to tell Dong Zhuo that he would rebel in the name of petitioning for eunuchs.

Empress Dowager He was really frightened, and issued an edict to remove all the eunuchs from their posts and ordered them all to go out of Beijing and return to their hometowns. The eunuch Zhang Rang won the favor of Empress Dowager He's mother, Wuyangjun, and the old lady interceded for the eunuchs, and Empress Dowager He withdrew her life and still asked the eunuchs to enter the palace on errands.

He Jin was in a hurry, so he went to the official to fight, and asked the Empress Dowager He to immediately order to kill all the eunuchs; Unexpectedly, he himself was killed by the eunuchs.

As soon as He Jin died, the situation immediately got out of control, and his original subordinates Yuan brothers immediately frantically retaliated against the eunuchs, these people led troops into the palace and killed the eunuchs when they saw them, and almost killed all the eunuchs in the palace in a very short time, but there were still many eunuchs who escaped in the chaos, such as Zhang Rang, who held the young emperor hostage, was one of them.

At this time, a big devil rushed to the capital, and he was Dong Zhuo.

The eunuch was killed, and Dong Zhuo should take his soldiers back to Hedong, but he was to stay in Luoyang and fight for power with Yuan Shao.

Dong Zhuo and the Empress Dowager Dong originally had nothing to do with each other, but under the banner of avenging the Empress Dowager Dong, he said that Empress He did not follow filial piety and forced her mother-in-law to death, so she wanted to abolish Empress Dowager He, and Empress Dowager He's son Shaodi would also be abolished, and it would be right to set up the son of Wang Meiren to offer the emperor.

Yuan Shao is a friend of He Jin and belongs to the party of Empress Dowager He, how can he agree? Dong Zhuo insisted on his proposition, and his voice was vigorous. Yuan Shao said, "You are not the only capable person in the world, Dong Zhuo." After saying this, he left Luoyang City, crossed the Yellow River and went to Hebei.

Dong Zhuo proclaimed himself Sikong, and his power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and he decided to abolish the young emperor and set up Chen Liuwang as the emperor. Because Dong Zhuo had a heavy army, no one in the court dared to oppose it, so he decided to abolish it.

On September 28, 189 AD, Dong Zhuo convened hundreds of officials in the front hall of Chongde and forced Empress Dowager He to issue an edict to depose Liu Wei as the king of Hongnong, and set up Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, as the emperor, which was the emperor of the Han Dynasty. The Queen Mother returned to power. Empress Dowager He choked up, and the ministers were sad in their hearts, but they dared not speak out.

After Liu Wei was deposed, Dong Zhuo sent Lang Zhong to order Li Rujin to offer him poisonous wine, and said: "Taking this medicine can ward off evil." King Hongnong said, "I am not sick, but you want to kill me!" Refuse to drink. Li Ru forced him to drink, and Liu had no choice but to say goodbye to his wife Tang Ji and the entourage of the palace people. During the drinking, King Hongnong sang sadly:

"Heaven is easy, how difficult it is for me!

Abandon the ten thousand times and retreat to Tibet.

When the rebel sees that his life is not delayed,

Passing away will be gone, and you will be suitable for the mystery!"

Then he made Tang Ji dance, and Tang Ji raised her sleeves and sang. After the song, King Hongnong said to Tang Ji: "Aiqing is the concubine of this king, and she may be the wife of the people in the future." Take care of yourself and leave forever!" So he drank poisoned wine and died, at the age of fifteen.

In February of the first year of the first peace, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to bury King Hongnong in the tomb of the late Zhongchang servant Zhao Zhong, and said that King Huai.

The next story is in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so I won't say much about it here.

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