All the high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty knelt under the high platform, and the emperor's head was placed at the top of the sacrifice.
A ceremony to offer sacrifices to the Emperor is being held in the palace.
"The Most High and Holy Emperor:
The world is in decline, and the common people are in exile. Jiao Zun, following your order, was born into the world to save the Han Dynasty from defeat and continue the destiny of the Han Dynasty.
However, the emperors of the Han Dynasty were mediocre and no longer as powerful as Jie and Zhou, and they also controlled the world, causing loyal ministers to disappear from the temples.
The officials of the Han Dynasty were as greedy and cruel as tigers, leopards and wolves. They fought against dissidents and rejected loyalty.
Under these two conditions, the destiny of the Han Dynasty was like a river sinking and it was irreversible.
I was trapped in the human world, and after receiving this destiny, I cheered up.
It is difficult to save the Han Dynasty, but it is easy to destroy the Han Dynasty. Defeating the Han Dynasty is successful.
Today, the emperor of the Han Dynasty seals this letter as a memorial.
I don't dare to be greedy for merit, I can only respectfully carry out the orders of the Emperor and Heaven. I only hope that the Emperor and Heaven will send down a new master of destiny as soon as possible. I hope that Liuhe and the Eight Wastes will be settled as soon as possible and all the Xia will be unified. "
Luo Xiao stood very high, so his voice spread far.
Now he stands at the highest place in the world, so the whole world can hear his voice.
Luo Xiao followed every step step by step.
From breaking the Han Dynasty's destiny on the Nine Heavens, to losing wars one after another, making the entire Han court's ruling class fall into self-doubt, and then using the emperor's head to worship the emperor, destroying the little sense of sanctity attached to the emperor. Finally, it is announced to the world.
Never ignore the power of words.
This sacrificial article has a great effect. Those who are loyal to the Han Dynasty will always remain loyal.
But those who have doubts in their hearts, or even have other ambitions, but are restrained, can use this one thing to break free from the restraints and do whatever they want.
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In Luoyang City, groups of Taiping soldiers were parading through the streets of Luoyang City holding the heads of those officials high, and broadcasting in real time who the heads belonged to.
Not all ministers were paraded through the streets. Han officials such as Lu Zhi who committed suicide were sent back to their mansions that night so that their families could settle down.
Some ministers survived, some committed suicide, and some were beheaded. This obvious difference in treatment caused all kinds of gossip in Luoyang City to fly all over the sky.
"I heard that the Taiping Army was doing justice for heaven, so these ministers who were ousted must be the traitorous ministers who brought disaster to the country and the people."
"Didn't you hear what the Taiping Army said? The emperor was also beheaded, and he was offering sacrifices to Emperor Tian in the palace. The sound just now was made when he was offering sacrifices to Emperor Tian."
"These ministers are treated the same as the emperor. They are definitely not good people. After all, the emperor is a coward."
These remarks spread wildly among the people, especially these ministers. Just like after the emperor's death, the emperor's stinky reputation was immediately contaminated by these ministers.
"The head of Shi Changshi has arrived!"
I don't know who shouted, and the city was silent for a moment, and then there was an instant burst of curses, "These traitors are finally dead.
My beloved, you can finally rest in peace. "
This is a scene that has never appeared before when the heads of ministers were paraded through the streets. From the scholars to the most ordinary people, everyone wanted to eat his flesh and blood. The reputation of the ten permanent servants was so bad, and the amount of evil they had done was so great that it drained the water of the Luo River. It's impossible to clean it either.
"The Taiping Army must be doing justice for heaven."
The common people's simple concept of justice kills unfaithful kings, traitorous ministers, and ordinary servants, but spares those ministers who have always had a pure and good reputation. Isn't this doing justice for heaven?
More importantly, since the Taiping Army entered Luoyang City, everyone thought that the Taiping Army would raid the entire city, burn, kill, and loot. I don't know how many ordinary people's families were even prepared to die together.
However, I did not expect that after the Taiping Army entered the city, they could not say that they had not committed any crimes, but they basically had no contact with the people in the city. They only followed the orders from the top and allowed the people to go out on time to watch the parade.
These actions of the Taiping Army not only made the people of Luoyang feel relieved, but also made some scholars completely change their minds, believing that the Taiping Army were not bandits, but actually came to carry out God's orders.
In fact, the Taiping Army was certainly not a high-spirited army. The soldiers below had long wanted to rob, but they were suppressed by the commanders, whose thoughts were blocked by Luo Xiao.
But this was not what Luo Xiao did on his own initiative, but what the Taiping Army commanders did themselves to figure out Luo Xiao's thoughts. Of course, it was very in line with Luo Xiao's thoughts.
In the streets and alleys of Luoyang, there were Taiping troops recording the city's reactions and then reporting them to Luo Xiao.
In the palace, after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Emperor Tian was completed, large groups of Taiping troops began to station and take over the Yamen in Luoyang. How could it be enough to just kill a few ministers?
The ten permanent servants, ministers, relatives and relatives, everyone is the leader of a force, and there are many people under his command who are not qualified to enter the palace, but have done all kinds of bad things. These are all the targets that the Taiping Army wants to clean up.
The people in Luoyang City watched helplessly as every family of powerful people was arrested and taken to the palace. There were also those ruffians who worked for the powerful and oppressed kind-hearted gangsters. The Taiping Army accepted reports.
…
There was a lot of commotion outside the palace, but the palace was peaceful and peaceful.
The Qu commanders gathered around Luo Xiao. You looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, Zhang Yan, who was the most respected one, stepped forward and asked a question that everyone was very concerned about.
"Master Dao, the Han Dynasty has been destroyed, and those princes who fled are just waiting to die in front of you.
As the saying goes, the world cannot be left without an owner for a day. When are you going to ascend the throne and become the emperor? "
As soon as Zhang Yan said this, all the commanders of the Taiping Army looked at Luo Xiao with excitement.
When the uprising first started, no one thought that this day would come, but with the attack on Luoyang City, this idea suddenly burned in everyone's hearts like a flame.
If Taiping Dao can really conquer the world, then these people will be the founding ministers of the country.
Among the founding ministers of Henkel, the worst have enjoyed wealth for a hundred years, and as long as they are not too cheating, they have lasted for two hundred years. If Wang Mang hadn't messed up the government and Emperor Guangwu had reopened the world, it could have continued.
Look at the seven families with five surnames in Guandong. They have been great nobles for three hundred years!
Who wouldn’t want their family to be a part of it?
Then the excited Taiping Army Qu Shuai felt that the Taoist Master's expression was strange because there was no trace of excitement.
This made them all a little uneasy. Although the Taoist master had always been calm except when commanding the army, this was an opportunity to become the master of the world!
Why doesn't the Taoist master seem to be interested at all?
"Taoist Master, you..."
Someone asked in a low voice. He opened his mouth but didn't know what he should ask.
Luo Xiao stood up from the palace and walked to the palace gate. He looked at the clear sky and white clouds. There was a faint smell of blood in the air. The liquidation in Luoyang City was not over yet. Qu Shuai of the Taiping Army couldn't wait to start thinking. Take the throne yourself.
Luo Xiao doesn't blame them. They are just a group of normal ordinary people, working hard to conquer the world, not just for enjoyment.
"After I ascend the throne, what do you want?
Beauty?
There are countless noble ladies in Luoyang City, each of which you could not touch in the past. There are many maids and concubines in this palace.
money?
After the liquidation in the city is completed, I will open the treasury and give all the properties of the ministers' homes to you and the Taiping soldiers. There is no need to go to the whole city to collect from ordinary people.
If you only want this, I can give it to you now. You have accompanied me all the way from Jizhou and have contributed to the world. This is what you deserve. "
Something's wrong!
Something is really wrong!
Now even the dullest Qu Shuai felt that something was wrong with the state of Taoist Master. It didn't look like he was going to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor at all.
Why is there not only no excitement at all, but also a feeling of explaining the aftermath?
"Master Dao, aren't you willing to proclaim yourself emperor?"
This is the only reason that everyone can think of, but as soon as they say it, they want to hit themselves. How can there be someone in this world who doesn't want to be the emperor?
The last person who didn’t want to be the emperor was the Suwang Emperor?
There is only one case in history where he really refused the position of emperor which was easily available to him.
"It seems that even you don't believe that we, Taiping Dao, are obeying the orders of God to defeat the Han Dynasty."
Luo Xiao turned around and looked at Commander Qu of the Taiping Army who had a confused look on his face, "I have told you a long time ago that the destiny of the Taiping Road is to crush the destiny of the great man. Now this destiny has been fulfilled, and my mission is over. Oh, so you never believed it?"
Luo Xiao's words made all the commanders of the Taiping Army feel a little confused. Could something as illusory as destiny be real?
Along the way, I haven't seen you calling the wind and rain like King Zhaosheng, nor have you been assisted by Heavenly Rain like Emperor Guangwu. How come you just obey God's orders?
Guan Hai, such a majestic man, had his eyes turned red and said loudly: "Tao Master, the theory of destiny is so illusory. It takes only half a mile to travel a hundred miles. Now that you have reached this stage, if you don't ascend the throne, will you still have to retire?" ?
It doesn't matter to us people, but how could you?
Didn't destiny only allow us to conquer the Han Dynasty, but didn't give us the destiny to conquer the world?
So what is the purpose of such a destiny?
Man can conquer heaven. As long as you are the emperor, if there is any blame for the emperor and heaven, I will bear all the blame.
For you, I am willing to die on the spot in this palace. "
As soon as Guan Hai said this to the generals, the crowd suddenly became excited and said: "Master Tao, I am willing too. Please ascend the throne. How can the world be without you?"
If you go around the world and ask, wherever our Taiping Army has passed, who is not willing to let you ascend the throne?
Isn’t the human heart of the world inferior to the will of God? "
There was an unspeakable emotion in Luo Xiao's eyes. He had the heart of all people. He felt the beating of his heart and looked at the crowd.
The Qu commanders fell silent because they all felt that the Taoist master had something to say.
"I'm going to die!"
Boom boom boom!
On a sunny day, several thunders suddenly rang over the palace!
The entire city of Luoyang was shocked by the sudden sound of thunder, but no matter how loud the thunder was, it was still less than one ten thousandth of the thunder in the minds of these commanders.
They couldn't believe what they just heard. Zhang Yan turned her head with difficulty and looked at Guan Hai and said stiffly: "Did I hear wrong just now?"
Guan Hai knelt directly on the ground. He was obviously a majestic man, but he burst into tears in an instant, "Tao Master, you must have been lying just now. How could you die suddenly?"
A crowd of people knelt down in front of Luo Xiao. No one wanted to hear what they heard. Although the lifespan of a strong martial artist is indeed shorter than the normal lifespan of ordinary people, the age of the Taoist master is not yet Da, how could he die?
"This is the price for defeating the destiny of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty's century-old national destiny was defeated in one day. How could it be possible without paying some price?"
Luo Xiao said calmly, and said in his heart: "Your true great master has already sacrificed his own life, plus the life of a Taoist master, it is not a loss."
Luo Xiao's words of confirmation made all Qu Shuai feel desperate. They suddenly lost all direction and didn't even know what they should do.
"I can still live for a while, so don't worry too much. I will find a good escape route for you when things are finished in Luoyang City.
After this period of training, you are all rare talents.
I want to select some noble families with pure family backgrounds for you to marry, and then you will each lead an army to the county where that noble family is located.
After my death, you will support your troops, respect yourselves, be your own princes, defend your land in peace, and do not cause trouble.
In such troubled times, one must bend one's knees and wait for the right time, and when the time is right, he will seek refuge with the princes who have the future to compete in the world.
It's a pity that there are no talents among you who can lead the overall situation. Otherwise, if Taipingdao is left to you, you may be able to compete for the position of emperor in the future.
Now we can only disperse. You are all from Taiping Road. You can watch and help each other. No matter which prince you are, you will be valued very much. "
Hearing that Luo Xiao had planned their future path for them, everyone felt a little relieved amidst their sadness. It could be seen from his words that the Taoist master had long known that he was not going to die soon, but he had been hiding it from people like him. .
But think about it, what can you do if you don’t hide it?
Ever since the Taiping Dao rebellion broke out between states and counties, these people have embarked on a path of no return, and now this is the best ending.
At least no supreme emperor accused them of being rebellious. At least they jumped up and entered the chessboard of the world.
Thinking of this, Guan Hai kowtowed heavily again and said with tears: "Tao Master!"
Just after comforting the handsome men, Luo Xiao felt that he was a little more emotional. He turned around and looked at the sky again, thinking about what else he had not done.
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Whether in ancient times or modern times, there is no shortage of regrets about Zhang Jiao's sudden death, and they blame it for the collapse of the Taiping Road. However, after researching the deeds of the Taiping Army's commanders, the author surprisingly found that these channels All of Shuai's arrangements are based on the premise that Zhang Jue will not proclaim himself emperor. In other words, Zhang Jue has long known the news that he is not going to die soon. This is unbelievable, but it is true, and based on this As a premise, many doubts have been reasonably explained. ——"The Biography of Zhang Jiao"
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