Sixty-one Be a competent pawn
In response to the general situation of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Huangfu Song asked Emperor Ling to stop collecting money, take out the money in the West Garden to reward the soldiers, and recruit the army.
At the same time, the party should be relieved and party members should be employed.
Emperor Ling is not stupid, in the face of the crisis of the overturning of the country, he can give up a lot of things, such as money.
Therefore, Emperor Lingdi hesitated for a moment and agreed.
But with the latter request, Emperor Ling couldn't make up his mind after thinking about it.
At the critical moment, it was Lu Qiang, a close confidant and eunuch around him, who stood up and warned Emperor Ling.
Lü Qiang's words made Emperor Ling suddenly realize that this performance may not be the meaning of Huangfu Song himself, but the ultimatum of the scholars who were implicated by the disaster of the party to him, the emperor of the Han Empire.
That's what Lu Qiang said.
"The party has been accumulating for a long time, if you conspire with the Yellow Turban, you will regret it!"
At that moment, Emperor Ling seemed to see countless scholars staring at him with resentful eyes, and that gaze was so resentful and terrifying.
It was as if he could die through his heart in the next second.
The Spirit Emperor suddenly woke up.
He realized that his rule needed the help and maintenance of these social elites, and that once they abandoned the Han Empire, the Han Empire would de facto perish.
They have the knowledge and can be officials under anyone!
Whether it is a change of dynasty or a change of generation, they monopolize knowledge and education, they are tumblers, and whoever is the emperor, they will cooperate with whomever they want, the emperor cannot do without them, this is their gold medal for avoiding death!
The Yellow Turban Rebellion was so loud that the land of Bazhou had been attacked, and the rule of the Han Dynasty was in danger.
This is something that the Spirit Emperor can't accept no matter what.
In his opinion, neither of these things is a good thing, but the lesser of two evils, in order to keep the Han Empire alive, he would rather choose to let the scholars return to the rivers and lakes and return to power.
It's a big deal to continue to help the eunuchs.
So on the day of March Renzi, Emperor Ling announced an amnesty for the party, opened the ban on the party, and allowed the scholars who had been exiled to the border to return to their hometowns.
At the same time, the ministers were required to donate horses and crossbows to prepare for military funds, and the descendants of the generals and people with deep strategies were recommended to the public transportation department for interviews and preparations for battle.
I have to say that Emperor Ling's compromise and submission are very meaningful.
The old machine of the Eastern Han Empire can still barely function.
In the middle of the day, all sides mobilized, and various representatives of various forces gathered together to discuss strategies for dealing with the Yellow Turban Army, and various generals were selected to spy on the enemy's situation, which was quite a manifestation of collective wisdom.
What happened after that is enough to prove that the biggest source of strength for the Yellow Turban Rebellion was not Zhang Jiao, nor was it the local tyrants, but the scholars.
Only scholars who have read the scriptures and have complete knowledge and have mastered a considerable part of the local human and material resources can provide complete strategic, tactical, and public opinion support.
Only they were qualified to support Zhang Jiao's overthrow of the Han Empire.
As soon as the Warriors decided to cease their operations, the Yellow Turbans were effectively abandoned.
Such a huge "uprising" started as fierce as a tiger, and then it was put down in less than a year......
I thought it was a king, but it turned out to be just a bronze.
Not scientific, right?
In fact, if you do a little calculation, Zhang Jiao began to preach at the beginning of Emperor Ling's Jianning, and it was not until the seventh year of Guanghe's uprising, which highly coincided with the duration of the second party disaster.
Then Emperor Ling compromised and lifted the party, and after the party was lifted, the Han Empire re-represented the interests of the scholars, so their choice of alternate spokesperson, Zhang Jiao, lost the meaning of existence.
The Spirit Emperor and the Shi Clan reached an agreement, acquiesced to each other's results, and did not pursue each other.
Then the Shi clan gave up their support for the Yellow Turban Army, withdrew their capital halfway, and abandoned them.
Then Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun urgently led the army to Yingchuan to crusade against the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army.
Therefore, Guo Peng privately guessed that it was not Lu Zhi who decided whether this turmoil could be quelled, not Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, but Emperor Ling himself.
If he does not lift the party, Zhang Jiao will become the new emperor, not Zhang Jiao, but Li Jiao.
Because the scholars are fed up, and the Taiping Dao is just a tool to be used.
Emperor Ling was also confused, why did he think that he could launch the party to imprison the scholars, and the scholars could not use the 'Yellow Turban Uprising' to retaliate?
They who monopolize knowledge and monopolize local interests have the strength and capital to call Emperor Banling, but they can't be blatant and need a fig leaf.
This was one afternoon after that, Lu Zhi asked Guo Peng to drink, and after drinking a little more, Lu Zhi sighed and revealed some information to Guo Peng, so that Guo Peng himself understood.
He didn't know if there was a mistake in his understanding, but he knew that the hands of the scholars were definitely not clean.
Lu Zhi wanted to say more than that, but Lu Zhi didn't seem to be planning to finish it all in one go.
Maybe Lu Zhi really doesn't want to say it too thoroughly, too thoroughly, it is estimated that Lu Zhi himself will be frightened.
There are some things that you need to comprehend yourself.
What Guo Peng realized made his own hairs stand on end, and cold sweat soaked his back.
But Guo Peng is young and has a strong ability to accept, so on the way home, Guo Peng laughed.
It's still too naïve to laugh at yourself.
With such a deliberate action, why would he be naïve to think that it was just an ordinary peasant uprising?
Isn't it normal for the ruling group to use high-level tactics in infighting?
Isn't it normal to use all living beings as pawns to gain benefits?
It's just a pity that those people, those who are bewitched by the clamor of coercion, those who just want to have enough to eat, have all become victims.
But it doesn't matter, there are still 50 million such victims.
Die slowly, 20 million, 30 million, 20 million, 10 million.
There are not many other big men, there are a lot of victims, and they are multiplying very quickly, one stubble after another.
Guo Peng raised his eyes and looked around, feeling that everything he saw was chess pieces, chess players, hiding behind the scenes.
Guo Peng suddenly felt an invisible big hand on his head, gently pinched himself, and then placed it in a pre-set position.
Nothing went beyond their preconceived notions.
Now that I think about it, Tang Zhou, as a disciple of Zhang Jiao, has a not low status in the Yellow Turban Army, and he should belong to the category of people who support the Yellow Turban Army, why did he suddenly go to the informant?
There is no record.
It's weird, it's weird, it's weird.
Isn't it, someone is behind it?
Taking a deep breath, Guo Peng slowly exhaled this breath again.
"Finally, I have the qualifications to be a chess piece...... Hehehehehe......"
He lowered his head, suppressed his emotions, and laughed under his breath.
The laughter is extremely intoxicating.
Leaning less, he stopped smiling, raised his head, and looked indifferently at his front.
As far as the eye can see, it is obviously an innocent world, but for some reason it falls in the eyes, but it is a black piece, although it is not so much that you can't see your fingers, but you always feel very uncomfortable.
And an equally black emotion was raging in his heart.
At that moment, he suddenly felt a little unpleasant.
Don't you really see them as human beings?
They don't deserve to be people?
Are you human?
Are they all ants?
Don't even have the qualifications to live?
You guys......
You all deserve to die and experience that feeling of despair.
Experience the despair and fear of those who you do not think of as human beings, but who are in fact human beings just like you.
Maybe that's better for you.
High up in the sky, thinking you've become a god?
A hundred-year-old dynasty thousand-year-old family, right?
Everything is an ant, isn't it?
The top grade has no cold door and the lower grade has no scholars, right?
Damn, all deserve to die.
Guo Peng suddenly had such an idea.
And at this moment, two tears poured out of Guo Peng's eyes and flowed down his cheeks.
Guo Peng was shocked, immediately put away this emotion, and reached out to wipe away the two inexplicable tears.
No, no, you can't think like this now, you can't think like that.
To be happy, to be happy, to have a chess piece and a sense of responsibility.
Yes, from today onwards, be a competent chess piece, face the sea, spring flowers bloom, step by step upward.
And then......
And then what to do?
Guo Peng smiled, stepped briskly, and walked on the way home.