Heaven is dead, should Huang Tian stand?
Congregants from common people are generally willing to believe it. They were the most brutally exploited by the Han Empire, were the most dissatisfied with reality, and had the lowest level of education. They were the best targets for propaganda.
As long as there is a little encouragement, their dissatisfaction with long-term oppression will burst out in an instant. As long as someone leads, organizes, and distributes weapons, they do not lack the courage to fight.
But for those Taiping Taoists with a certain social status, this is not the case.
Some of them are powerful landowners, some are officials, and some are petty officials. They have different identities, but they are all vested interests under the current system.
They choose Taiping Dao because they want to gain greater benefits under the current system, use Taiping Dao's channels to get to know more people, and further open up channels to the higher level, not for change.
Except for a few individuals, most such people would not think about destroying their golden jobs.
If Taiping Dao continues to choose to develop within the existing system of the Han Empire, their interests will become larger and larger, and they will support Taiping Dao more and more. In the end, Taiping Dao under their control may have the same characteristics as the Five Classics Fourteenth The ability to compete with family members.
But if Taipingdao at this stage directly chooses to cut off from the Han Empire, the situation will be completely different.
What's more, they also know some inside information about Taiping Dao. Zhang Jiao has had quite a lot of contact with them in the past year or so. He tries to win their support both inside and outside of his words. No matter how ignorant they are, they still can't. You should know what Zhang Jiao plans to do.
Their abundant capital is destined to have bargaining power that ordinary people do not have. They can bargain with existing and potential rulers, and can even jump around repeatedly. It is not a bad idea to be a bitch who lives and eats here and there.
They have the capital and they have the qualifications.
So they can become members of Taiping Dao and at the same time not participate in what Zhang Jiao wants to do. Zhang Jiao asked them which side they were on, and they said I would stand in the middle. Zhang Jiao asked them who they were helping, and they said whoever wins, we help whom.
What can Zhang Jiao do to them?
When Zhang Jiao was alive, considering Taiping Dao's growing popular prestige and growing official base, although they would not participate in Zhang Jiao's military operations, they did not lack an investment.
If a corner is won, wouldn’t it be a huge profit?
But if Zhang Jiao died now.
Forget it!
The only possibility for Taiping Dao to succeed is to succeed under the leadership of Zhang Jue. Now that Zhang Jue is dead, can Taiping Dao still last?
I don’t want the sunk costs anymore, cut them off quickly!
They were in a hurry to draw a clear line with Taiping Dao. How could they participate in the uprising of the remaining forces of Taiping Dao without Zhang Jiao's unified command?
Smelling the smell of violence that was different from usual, the powerful landowners and officials who were very close to Taiping Road stayed away from Taiping Road. They also stayed away from those who tried to persuade them to join the team.
They began to look for ways to protect themselves.
The militant factions of Taiping Road fell into an atmosphere of isolation. This isolated atmosphere further prompted some less radical militant factions to waver, and further became swingists and chose Run.
And the minority that remains after the big waves are all die-hard hawks.
They decided to start an uprising.
Zhang Jiao prepared a large amount of grain and military supplies for the uprising. These supplies were secretly stored in some places, and people without contact with the core level would not know about it.
Fortunately, there are a few die-hard advocates among the hard-core hawks who know where these things are stored.
Zhang Jiao's disciples Gao Zheng, Yan Sheng, Wang Meng and others knew about this, so they agreed to develop a group of men and arm them, and then start an uprising on the spot, attack the government, obtain more resources, strengthen the team, and fight as Zhang Jiao The banner of revenge and the founding of the Yellow Sky World.
Their actions were very fast, and the process of instigating Taiping Dao believers who were ordinary people, refugees, and bandits was also very fast.
They agreed with each other to tie yellow cloth scarves on their heads, which symbolized the Taiping Dao concept of the yellow sky above their heads, formally breaking with the sky and officially breaking with the Han Empire.
This time, their actions were almost completed in broad daylight. There was no confidentiality or process. It was almost open to the public. Anyone who wanted to know could know it, so if the government wanted to do something, it would not be difficult.
The problem is that the government has done nothing.
In other words, the officials of Julu County and Julu County didn't know what to do, and they were also very scared.
Zhang Jiao's reputation and foundation in the local area were too high and deep to be easily touched. However, when he died, the Taiping Dao base camp was shaken, and countless Taiping Dao believers marched toward Julu County together. It was like a pilgrimage, with no obstacles in their way. Can't live.
The Julu prefect was quite helpless when faced with this matter. He wanted to stop the abnormal flow of population, but he did not dare to touch the situation at this time.
The prefect of Julu did not dare, and the magistrate of Julu County did not dare even more.
It’s not like there weren’t some knowledgeable people who brought up the news of evil intentions within Taiping Dao and hoped that the authorities would prepare early. Some people even publicly reported to Julu Prefect that several of Zhang Jiao’s disciples claimed that the person who killed Zhang Jiao was. The people in the Luoyang court were ready to rebel.
But the Julu Prefect still didn't take any action, or he wanted to take action, but the staff around him were equally supportive or opposed, and the Prefect was so noisy that he didn't know what to choose.
So when they could do something, they did nothing. In response to the warning that someone was about to rebel, the government watched helplessly. They could not even use the power of the prefect to recruit soldiers from the county and make preparations.
After missing the best opportunity, the opportunity came to Taiping Road.
Because of Zhang Jiao's death, a large number of die-hard believers moved from various counties and even counties to Julu County, which gave Gao Zheng, Yan Sheng, Wang Meng and others excellent conditions to launch an uprising.
They quickly organized and encouraged these sad believers who could not restrain themselves, distributed weapons and yellow scarves, and then officially launched the uprising on the 29th of the first month of the seventh year of Guanghe.
The Yellow Turban Army was established.
On the day of the uprising, more than 10,000 Yellow Turban troops swept through Julu County and killed the panicked Julu County Magistrate. Gao Zheng, Yan Sheng, Wang Meng and others wanted to vent their personal anger, so they ordered the Yellow Turban Army to sweep through Julu County. Those powerful landowners who are unwilling to cooperate.
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Most of the powerful landowners and families in Julu County were caught off guard and were successfully raided by the Yellow Turban Army, completely destroyed.
For this purpose, the newly established Yellow Turban Army led by Gao Zheng, Yan Sheng, Wang Meng and others obtained a larger amount of goods, and the logistical supply problem was successfully solved.
Then they agreed to divide their troops into three groups to attack Julu County, and launch a mopping-up operation throughout Julu County, mopping up all the bastards who tried to watch the fire from the other side, robbing all their belongings, and killing all their belongings. Family people.
But this agreement soon lost its effectiveness.
This Yellow Turban Army went astray from the beginning. They didn't even pretend to be pretentious from the beginning. They lost the restraint of Zhang Jue's prestige and couldn't even control discipline at the beginning, directly revealing their chaotic and disorderly side.
Their siege of the city had gone very smoothly.
When Taiping Dao believers from all over the country heard that they were revolting under the banners of "Revenge for the Great Master" and "Heaven is Dead and Huang Tian should stand up", there were actually many people who responded. They all wore yellow headscarves and became the Yellow Turban Army. , start to combine inside and outside.
Governments in various places were brutally destroyed because they had no preparations and military mobilization. A large number of county magistrates, county magistrates and officials in the county government were killed. The rest either ran away or joined them with yellow scarves tied up. They were the so-called invincible Just join.
In just a few days, the situation in Julu County became out of control.
Just talking about the situation in Julu County, it can be said that Tianhu started. Everywhere, grassroots Taiping Dao believers transformed into Yellow Turbans to help them.
But the problem is that they have no military discipline, no military regulations, and basically have no goals other than revenge.
More importantly, no one has made clear provisions on the crucial question of who should take revenge.
So after getting the Huanshou Sword in hand and breaking the city, the Yellow Turban Army not only followed the orders to wipe out the powerful landlords, but also treated the people in the city rudely.
They "treat everyone equally."
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PS: When I got up today, I stepped out of the room with my right foot first, so I’ll add another chapter.
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