Chapter 253: The Yellow Turban Uprising
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, from the first year of Emperor Ling's Xiping to the first year of Zhongping, there is no record except for the Huiji Xu Zhao Uprising and the Lujiang Huangsui Uprising (historical materials), but this silent situation is obviously only a symptom, because the Yellow Turban Uprising led by the stronger Zhang Jiao broke out.
However, due to the limitations of the peasant uprising, the peasant uprising could not fundamentally put forward a complete and correct political program and social reform program, so they could not make the revolution go further, and were eventually used by the landlord class as a tool to change the dynasty.
Therefore, the Son of Heaven announced the abolition of the party and the re-use of the party after weighing, which was a victory in the struggle between the scholars and the eunuchs or a compromise under pressure from the eunuch group.
The so-called imprisonment is to prohibit being an official, and it is only the parties who are imprisoned. But in the second party rebellion of the fifth year of Xiping, because Yongchang Taishou Cao Luan wrote a letter to avenge the grievances of the party members and angered the Son of Heaven, not only arrested Cao Luan into Huaili Prison and plundered him, but also issued an edict to expand the scope of the party management, all party protégés, former officials, fathers and sons, brothers, and even within the five ethnic groups, are all in the party management, and all those who have appointed officials are all dismissed and imprisoned for life.
The Second Party Rebellion has continued to this day, and if it were not for the Yellow Turban Riot, it would continue to continue, and it was possible until the death of Emperor Ling.
But it is precisely like this, when the news of the abolition of the party and the re-activation of the party came, Liu Yuanqi, who was leaning on the door and looking at the moon, seemed to see hope, not that he could become a leader, but that the Han Dynasty began to rule from the chaos. He fantasized that the eunuch party would decline, his relatives would no longer be tyrannical, and the party member Da Confucianism would be in charge of the center and assist the Son of Heaven to create a prosperous era.
Liu Yuanqi is already sixty years old, the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he can finally see the great cause that Sanjun did not do decades ago, how many times has he fantasized about such a moment coming, but when the moment really comes, he did not cry, because he thought of the young grandson and the righteous son.
At this time, Liu Lan was discussing with everyone in the county guard mansion and received a message from Beixincheng that the Jizhou Yellow Turban invaded Zhuo County, and Liu Lan was instructed to lead troops to Beixincheng overnight to help.
Liu Lan took his headquarters to kill his enemy, since he said that the enemy? In other words, the Yellow Turbans also see you as an enemy.
Such an enemy is just a general name, because you don't know what their names are or where they may come from. I don't know if he is really evil in his heart.
But the only thing Liu Lan knew was what kind of lies they were deceived into leaving him far from home to fight?
They may prefer to stay in their hometown and live a peaceful life, but the reason is that they cannot live in their hometown, so they are forced to stay away from their homeland.
Liu Lan in contemplation didn't speak, but Zhang Fei and the others were already dancing and thinking about receiving merit rewards before they really went to the battlefield, thinking about it, it was also a skill like Zhang Fei to get military merit, naturally it was easy to capture, but you must not underestimate the cruelty of the battlefield, but these Liu Lan can't say that they are all new recruits, and morale is the most important thing, so it is a good thing for them to be confident now, it is better than being cowardly and defeating yourself without a fight.
Guan Yu and several people also appeared beside Sima, and Xu Atai, who has always spoken little, still didn't speak, but Guan Yu, who was side by side with Zhang Fei, said: "The proverb says: Kansai is a general, Kandong is a minister." Now that Sanming (Liangzhou Sanming Duan Yingzhang Huan Huangfu Gui) is deceased, there is no one in the imperial court who can really be regarded as a famous general, and I don't know how the imperial court dealt with these yellow turban rebels. "
Liu Lan knew that Guan Yu was here to probe the situation, to put it bluntly, this was what the soldiers in the army who had some insight were worried about, if even the imperial court could not deal with them, even if they could protect a state, they would not be able to protect the world. However, Liu Lan naturally knew the development of the situation, even if he didn't know that when he saw Wen Shu in the council hall before, he already knew that the imperial court appointed Huangfu Song, the nephew of Huangfu Gui, as the general of the left middle lang and the festival, and first handed over the history of the state assassination, and advised the doctor to make Zhu Jun the general of the right middle lang, plus the general Lu Zhi of the North Zhonglang sent a total of five schools, the Three Rivers Cavalry and the recruitment of Jingyong, a total of more than 40,000 people to fight for the Yellow Turban. And this Huangfu Song has the legacy of his uncle, and he can be said to be a genius in the art of war, so the Yellow Turban will not be rampant for long, and the volunteers are gathering everywhere, and everyone in the clan is building a dock fort to protect themselves, if I didn't know this, I would have been as worried as you would have been."
Liu Lan's words were reassuring everyone's hearts, looking at their expressions and smiling, but he sighed with emotion: "Shandong is chaotic, Shandong is peaceful, but it's a pity, the waves are in the middle of the waves, and the wind rises at the end of Qingping." "
Xu Atai heard Sima's emotion, and said with a smile: "Although the Yellow Turban is fierce in Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, and the last general has also seen blood, but to say that the world is going to be chaotic, I'm afraid that there are some alarmists." "
Liu Lan shook his head, but nodded again, will history continue to move forward steadily or will it go to a fork in the road? I don't know, because of the frustration of being powerless to change, I can only smile reluctantly, as if this is the only way to vent the resentment in my heart.
Everyone saw that Sima was stunned, but Li Xiang grinned and said, "No matter what, anyway, Lao Tzu will recognize one thing in his life, follow Sima Ming, it's right to keep it!" "
Liu Lan was amused by this kid's exaggerated expression, patted him on the shoulder and said You guys, don't look at the ferocity of the yellow turban now, it will be the end of the summer and autumn in the third or fifth month, seven or eight months, even if it is a hundred-legged insect, even if it does not die in winter, it will be stiff, with a light foot, the big man is still a big man, the chaotic party, it is just a cold dead corpse, but it is a pity that these people are still the seeds of my Han family in the final analysis.
Zhongjun's thinking can't tolerate Liu Lan to have such feelings, rebellion is rebellion, how can he be pityd, but Liu Lan is different, he is from the next generation, even if he has received such and such an education, he will understand the truth when he grows up. A person can not love his government, but he cannot not love his country, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion is just some ordinary people who have been exploited by the government and have no way out, are they wrong, there is nothing wrong with revolutionizing for their livelihood!
It's just that since he thinks they are right in his heart, why does Liu Lan want to stop them, or even make enemies of them?
Maybe this is the answer Liu Lan is looking for.
Liu Lan has been deeply confused for several days, he has found an excuse for himself, even a reason, such an excuse is not difficult to find, but it is very difficult to convince himself.
Fortunately, after several days of marching, he found the answer. Maybe when a person is most tired, even when he can take a nap on horseback is the most sober and clear-minded time, maybe Liu Lan is an alternative, or the reason for the latter, his understanding of the peasant war made him convince himself to stop this war, the reason is very simple, because he is Han, because of the simple Han complex in his heart.
He understood that although the peasant wars in history struck at one feudal dynasty after another, and even some peasant wars overthrew a feudal dynasty, they were bound to establish a more powerful feudal dynasty, which showed that although the peasant war could weaken or even overthrow a feudal dynasty, it was not capable of preventing the establishment of a new and more powerful feudal dynasty, which was caused by the peasant class or the limitations of history, which was a product of history, not the goal pursued by the peasant class. In order for the peasant class to get rid of this historical limitation, it must be under the leadership of the advanced class (bourgeoisie or proletariat) in order to finally destroy the feudal system and establish a new social system instead. And what the Yellow Turban Uprising has to do now is to overthrow a decaying feudal dynasty and establish an enlightened new feudal dynasty.
And this is not what Liu Lan wants, overthrow the master, become the master himself, and then oppress and exploit others, and then wait a few years later, these oppressed and exploited people will rebel and overthrow the dynasty that became the master, and then oppress other people, so that the endless cycle must be stopped and broken, and this is the reason why Liu Lan persuaded himself.