Chapter 265: The Yellow Turban Uprising
The little Jin Dan pinned on the emperor's expectation of immortality, but it was precisely the culprit who sent those emperors who hoped for immortality to Huangquan Road.
Irony, right?
But in order to realize the desire for immortality, the emperor also embarked on such a road of no return one after another.
Just like us, the authors, in order to become a great god writer, are unwilling to work, just hoping to earn income through writing, which is also a point of no return. After all, even though there are countless great god writers in history, the great god writers of the same period are only a small number of people.
Because the emperor has the expectation of immortality, and the Taoists have a deep attainment in immortality.
Therefore, Taoism has a deep and high status in the emperor's mind, but Taoism still has no way to become the emperor's heart.
The most painful thing about Taoism is that the Taoist doctrine is to learn from nature.
The so-called method of teaching is naturally liberalism to a certain extent.
Liberalism is a reluctance to be regulated.
But the emperor's favorite thing to do is to control others.
What about the regulated people who practice Taoism?
Rebel.
In fact, there is a shadow of Taoism behind many peasant uprisings in our country.
For example, the Yellow Turban Uprising.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion, also known as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, was a peasant war in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and one of the largest religiously organized rebellions in Chinese history, beginning in the seventh year of Emperor Guanghe of the Han Dynasty (184 AD), when the imperial court was corrupt, eunuchs and relatives were fighting, and frontier wars were continuous. The country's situation is getting weaker and weaker, and because of the great drought in the country, the grain is not collected and the taxes are not reduced, and the desperate poor peasants have risen up one after another under the order of the giant deer people, they have yellow scarves on their heads, shouting the slogan "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the year is in Jiazi, the world is auspicious". A fierce attack was launched on the bureaucratic landlords. It had a huge impact on the rule of the Eastern Han court, and in order to quell the rebellion, all localities supported their own troops, although the final uprising ended in failure. However, the situation of warlord secession and the existence of the Eastern Han Dynasty in name only is irreversible. This eventually led to the formation of the Three Kingdoms situation.
The political situation in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was unstable. The dictatorship of foreign relatives and the dictatorship of eunuchs lasted for decades against Xiqiang. The cost is huge, and the conscription is onerous. In addition, the phenomenon of land annexation is serious, and the people are not able to make a living. In addition, in the era of feudal superstition, the people all have religious beliefs, Zhang Jiao took this opportunity to use the strange book "Taiping Technique" on the classics, to save the people, and vigorously preach that "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious." [3] This kind of superstitious thinking is demagogic, and the people have long lost trust in the current court. Under these circumstances, Zhang Jiao founded the Taiping Dao, which won the hearts of the people in a religious way, and established prestige among the poor peasants, with hundreds of thousands of believers. Zhang Jiao used his right to speak in the hearts of the people to divide the believers in the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan into 36 parties, with more than 10,000 people in Dafang and 6,000 or 7,000 people in Xiaofang.
In 184 A.D. (the year of Jiazi), Zhang Jiao asked the believers to raise an army against the Han Dynasty on March 5 with the slogan "Cangtian is dead, Huangtian should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious"; "Cangtian" refers to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and "Huangtian" refers to the Taiping Dao, and according to the speculation that the five virtues have always said, the Han is the fire virtue, the fire gives birth to the earth, and the soil is yellow, so all the believers tie the yellow scarf on their heads as a sign, symbolizing to replace the corrupt Eastern Han Dynasty. On the one hand, Zhang Jiao sent people to write the word "Jiazi" on the door of the government office as a recognition, and on the other hand, he sent Ma Yuanyi to Jingzhou and Yangzhou to gather tens of thousands of people to Ye to prepare, and went to Luoyang several times to collude with the eunuchs Feng Xu and Xu Feng, wanting to cooperate with the outside world. However, a month before the uprising, a disciple of Zhang Jiao named Tang Zhou told the informant and confessed to Ma Yuanyi, the inner director of the Beijing Division, Ma Yuanyi was torn apart, and the officers and soldiers vigorously arrested and killed the believers who believed in the Taiping Dao, and ordered Jizhou to hunt down Zhang Jiao. Due to the suddenness of the incident, Zhang Jiao was forced to attack in February one month in advance, known as the Yellow Turban Rebellion or the Yellow Turban Rebellion, because the insurgents tied the Yellow Turban on their heads, so they were called "Yellow Turbans" or "Moth Thieves", Zhang Jiao called himself "General Tiangong", Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were "General Digong" and "General Rengong" in the northern Jizhou area. Within a month, wars broke out in 28 counties in seven prefectures across the country, and the Yellow Turban Army was overwhelmed, and the prefectures and counties were lost, and the officials fled, shaking Kyoto.
Seeing that the Taiping Road was so powerful, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty hurriedly took He Jin as the general on the Wushen Day of March, and led the five battalions of Yulin to be stationed in Duting, and ordered the weapons on the hour to guard the Beijing Division; and set up garrisons at the Kyoto Pass[9] such as Hangu Pass, Datani, Guangcheng, Yique, Yuyuan, Xuanmen, Mengjin, and Xiaopingjin[9], and issued an edict to strictly defend all places, ordering all prefectures and counties to prepare for battle, train soldiers, count weapons, and gather righteous troops.
Huangfu Song asked for the lifting of the party ban, and took out the palace money and the good horses of the West Garden to give to the sergeants to improve morale, and Lu Yi said to Emperor Ling: "The party has accumulated for a long time, if you conspire with the Yellow Turban, you will regret it." The scourge of the party has been accumulated for a long time, and if it conspires with the Yellow Turban, I am afraid that it will be hopeless. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty accepted the proposal, granted amnesty to the party members on Renzi Day, returned the migrants, asked the ministers to donate horses and crossbows, and recommended the descendants of the generals and people with deep strategies to be interviewed at the bus office. On the other hand, he sent elite troops to suppress the chaos in various places: Lu Zhiling, the deputy general Zongyuan, led the five soldiers of the Northern Army to take charge of the northern front and deal with Zhang Jiao's main force; Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led an army, controlling more than 40,000 people from the five schools, the knights of the Three Rivers and the newly recruited elite warriors, and crusading against the Yellow Turban Army in the Yingchuan area. On Gengzi Day, Zhang Mancheng attacked and killed Chu Gong, the Shou of Nanyang County, and responded to Zhang Jiao. The Han army did not gain in the first battle, in April, Zhu Jun's army was defeated by the Yellow Turban Bocai and retreated, Huangfu Song had to enter Changshe with him to defend, was besieged by Bocai led a large army, the Han army was few, and the morale was low. In addition, the Runan Yellow Turban Army defeated Taishou Zhao Qian at Shaoling, and the Guangyang Yellow Turban Army killed Youzhou Assassin Shi Guo Xun and Taishou Liu Wei, and the Yellow Turban Army showed no signs of defeat due to the actions of the Han Dynasty.
In May, when Jingshi saw that Huangfu Song was besieged, he sent Cao Cao to lead an army to rescue. However, when the reinforcements did not arrive, Huangfu Song had a plan, in the evening a strong wind blew, Huangfu Song ordered the soldiers to secretly go out of the city with torches, using the weeds around the Yellow Turban military camp, using fire to attack the enemy, shouting to attack, the city also raised torches in response, Huangfu Song with drums to help the battle, rushed into the enemy formation, the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos, running around. encountered Cao Cao's reinforcements again, and was attacked by Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Cao Cao on three sides, killing tens of thousands of people, and the Han army won a great victory. In June, Nanyang Taishou Qin Jie fought with Zhang Mancheng and killed Zhang Mancheng. The Yellow Turban Army changed to Zhao Hong as the commander and occupied Wancheng with more than 100,000 people. And Huangfu Song and Zhu Junjun continued to attack the Yellow Turbans of Runan and Chen State, pursued Bocai to Yangzhai, and defeated Peng Tuo in Xihua after the last day, and the Yu army wanted to flee to Wancheng, but Sun Jian entered the city first, and everyone advanced like ants, broke the enemy army, and successfully pacified the Yellow Turban Army in the area of Yuzhou. On the other hand, Lu Zhi broke the horns during the war and killed more than 10,000 people. Zhang Jiao can only retreat to Guangzong, and Lu Zhi will be able to capture the city by building blocks, digging trenches, and making ladders. Just when Emperor Ling sent Zuo Feng to inspect the military situation, someone persuaded Lu Zhi to bribe Zuo Feng, but Lu Zhi refused, so Zuo Feng falsely accused Emperor Ling of Lu Zhi's ineffective battle. Emperor Ling was furious and used a prisoner car to recruit Lu Zhi back to Beijing. The Jingshi had no choice but to issue an edict and then readjust: Huangfu Song went north to Dongjun, Zhu Jun attacked Zhao Hong in Nanyang, and Dong Zhuo replaced Lu Zhi. The same religious form of Wudou Midao rebelled in Ba County, and the leader "Wudou Mi Shi" Zhang Xiu attacked the county, but it was not taken seriously by the Han family.
A total of 18,000 soldiers of Zhu Jun and Xu Xuan and Qin Jie besieged Zhao Hong, but they could not conquer it from June to August. But Zhu Jun still rushed to attack Zhao Hong, and Zhao Hong was killed and replaced by Han Zhong. Zhu Jun was defeated because of the small number of soldiers, so he expanded the defensive encirclement, built a fortress, and piled up earth mountains to look inside the city. Zhu Jun's army beat the drum to attack the southwest, the Yellow Turban Army was led away, and Zhu Jun personally led 5,000 elite soldiers to cover the northeast, sneak attack the enemy's rear, and attack the city, Han Zhong had no choice but to retreat to the inner city. The Yellow Turban Army was frustrated, their morale was low, and they surrendered to the Han army. Zhang Chao, Xu Xuan and Qin Jie all thought it was acceptable, but Zhu Jun thought that if he accepted it, he would give the people the wrong idea that they would be good for thieves and beg for surrender, so they did not accept it and rushed to attack the enemy, but they could not overcome it in several battles. Zhu Jun then relieved the siege, Han Zhong really went to war, was broken by Zhu Jun, Zhu Jun pursued Han Zhong to the north for dozens of miles, killed more than 10,000 people, Han Zhong surrendered, Qin Jie has always been at odds with Han Zhong, so he killed him. This move made the Yellow Turban Army uneasy, and promoted Sun Xia to be the commander of Wanzhong City. Zhu Jun attacked again, on the day of November Guisi, Sun Xia was defeated, the Han army chased to the West Ejing Mountain, and was broken again, killing Sun Xia and more than 10,000 people, the Yellow Turban Army was disbanded, and the Wancheng area was pacified. In the spring of 185 AD, the class teacher returned to Beijing. On the other hand, Huangfu Song arrived at Dongjun Cangting in August, broke and captured Bu Ji alive, and killed more than 7,000 people. However, Dong Zhuo's attack on Zhang Jiao was unsuccessful and returned in vain, so he asked Huangfu Song to continue to go north on Yisi Day. However, Zhang Jiao had already died of illness, and in October Yu Guangzong fought with Zhang Liang, and Zhang Liang's army was strong, and Yu could not overcome it in the first battle. On the next day, Huang Fu Song closed the camp and rested with the soldiers, on the other hand, he sent people to observe the enemy's movements, the Yellow Turban Army's fighting spirit was slightly relaxed, Huang Fu Song took the night to lead the troops, raided the enemy position at dawn, fought until the afternoon, successfully broke the enemy army, killed Zhang Liang and more than 30,000 people, drowned more than 50,000 people when fleeing to the river embankment, burned more than 30,000 cars, and captured a large number of people. And Zhang Jiao was broken and killed, and the head was transported back to Beijing. In November, Huangfu Song and Julu Taishou Guo Dian attacked Quyang, successfully beheaded Zhang Bao, and captured more than 100,000 people. The Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided. (To be continued......)