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Chapter 2 Luoyang Turmoil

Early the next morning, as soon as there was a glimmer of light in the east, Liu Jing was already ready to set off.

At this time, Liu Jing had completely changed. He was wearing bright light armor and looked quite heroic. He was holding a horse pole weighing about forty kilograms in his hand. He was a young general with a handsome face and a childlike appearance.

Holding such a powerful weapon in hand is full of contrast.

Don’t underestimate this horse spear. Weapons like the spear only began to appear in the Han Dynasty. In fact, they are essentially the same as guns and spears. The difference is that the bladed part of the spear head is generally 50-60 cm long. Look

It looks like a long wooden pole with a sword mounted on it.

The requirements for the wood of the handle are also very demanding. It needs very good hardwood, the sword cannot be broken, and it must be flexible at the same time. Generally, mulberry wood is chosen as the material, and the production process is also very complicated, and the time needs to be calculated in years.

The casting of the spear head is basically similar to that of the Eight-sided Han Sword. It is thick and angular, and is more powerful than ordinary spears in breaking armor. In this era, very few people can equip it. The main reason is that the cost is too high and time-consuming. Generally,

Neither do the craftsmen.

It took Liu Jing three years to complete the horse pole. Fortunately, Liu Chong took in an old craftsman who had studied in Luoyang to make weapons in his early years.

Kao Gong mainly produces ordnance, part of which is used to equip the capital army, and the other part is used to equip the border defense army. The requirements for the quality of ordnance are very high, and the old craftsmen are from a family of craftsmen, passed down from generation to generation, and are also outstanding among Kao Gong.

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Unfortunately, eunuchs' children were gradually inserted into these institutions, and began to extort wages and ask for bribes from workers. Many people chose to resign, including the old craftsmen.

If you open Liu Jing's panel now, you will find that his force value has changed to 55. The extra 5 points are brought by Ma Shu. The old craftsman carefully selected the materials and worked hard for three years to cast the horse regardless of the cost.

He can already be regarded as a divine weapon.

Liu Jing took Liu Da out of the house and saw twenty Dawan cavalry lined up and waiting.

Seeing this scene, Liu Jing directly ordered: "Everyone get on the horse and go to Luoyang!" Then he got on his horse and galloped towards the city gate.

The team left the city gate and sped along the official road!

Luoyang was not peaceful at this time. There was a court meeting in the palace. Liu Hong changed his usual lazy attitude and sat upright, his eyes focused and focused, but his fat figure looked a bit silly.

"Henan Yin Hejin has made great contributions to the arrest of Taiping Dao in the capital. I will make you a general and a shenhou to control the world's troops!" Although Liu Hong's voice was not loud, his words made a big splash in the court meeting.

Although none of the ministers made a sound, they looked at each other crazily.

Seeing that the others had no different opinions, Liu Hong continued: "From now on, I will take command of the Yulin Army, the Fifth School of the Northern Army, and Tundu Pavilion to guard the safety of the capital, and then I will promote officials from the officers of the Five Schools of the Northern Army to guard the Eight Passes of Luoyang!"

Liu Hong was the emperor of pleasure, and the thing he cared about most was pleasure. The almost accident in the capital this time really frightened him into a sweat. He even dreamed of Ma Yuanyi's successful alliance with the Yellow Turban Army, but he died under the sword.

"Here!" He Jin quickly lowered his head and said, with an extremely bright smile on his face. He Jin's figure was completely different from that of the soldiers. He was dressed in a rough body, and despite his short stature, he looked like a ruffian. He was full of

A greasy feeling.

This He Jin was originally a pig butcher in Nanyang. His half-sister entered the palace and was favored by Liu Hong. In addition, she gave birth to Liu Bian, and successfully ascended to the throne and became the queen.

Youdao means that one person attains the Way, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. Director Qi arranged police dogs for the dogs in the same village. He Jin was the eldest brother of Queen He, so there was no ambiguity. Queen He first entered the palace as a noble, and He Jin suddenly changed from a pig butcher to a pig butcher.

After he became a doctor, he moved to Hu Ben, a doctor and a general, and became the prefect of Yingchuan.

After becoming the queen, she moved to the imperial court and became the great craftsman, Henan Yin. Jing Zhaoyin of the Eastern Han Dynasty was actually in charge of the Chang'an area, and Henan Yin was the real Jing Zhaoyin in charge of the Luoyang area.

Now that the search for Ma Yuanyi has been successful, and with Queen He's efforts at night, the position of general is within reach!

In fact, before the Yellow Turban Uprising, there was always peace in various parts of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the scale was not large and it did not affect Luoyang. As long as the safety of the high-ranking officials and nobles sitting in the royal capital was guaranteed, it would be a "peace and prosperity".

As for whether the farmers have enough to eat? What is the specific livelihood of the people? They don't care. What they care about is enjoyment, power, and money. During the chaotic wars from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, except for the Yellow Turbans, they were basically fought by the upper class.

Fight for.

Peasants and people at the bottom can only become batches of new forces in this process, attacking and killing each other on the battlefield.

Even if Zhang Jiao did not organize the Yellow Turban Uprising, there would still be Li Jiao and Wang Jiao. From the time Liu Hong decided to sell his official position in Xiyuan, it became a vicious cycle.

Liu Hong started selling officials in the West Garden in order to make money and build gardens for enjoyment. Real literati of the Qing Dynasty did not bother to buy an official position, and even those who had an official would not do it, because the emperor appointed you as an official, and you had to go to the West Garden to pay the gift.

If you really do this, you will be spurned by the scholars! You will be insulted! You will lose your circle of friends directly.

And people who buy official positions have become people with ulterior motives. After taking office, they plunder people's wealth and wealth to enrich their own pockets. If the search is slow, they may lose money.

Because Liu Hong directly accelerated the change of officials in order to make more money. He sold his official position to you today. If he sells it to someone else in two months, your term of office will be over.

It would be a big weird thing if the people didn't resist under such circumstances.

Julu County, in a quiet courtyard.

The leader was dressed in purple clothes and a large yellow robe, holding a nine-section staff. He did not seem to advocate the purity and inaction mentioned by Huang Laozhi, but instead revealed a bit of ruthlessness. This was Zhang Jiao, the Tiangong general.

After Zhang Jiao read the letter in his hand, his face turned ugly, "I didn't expect that I had been planning for so long, but in the end I was betrayed by my disciple."

The dozen or so believers standing in front of Zhang Jiao couldn't help but began to whisper to each other and make bursts of noise.

"Ma Yuanyi has been arrested in Luoyang. The original date of the uprising has been brought forward. You should set out now to notify the local commanders. When we receive the news, we will start our plan immediately. Otherwise, things will change later."

After hearing this, everyone quickly dispersed. Zhang Jiao sat on a chair and sighed: "God won't help me! I used to be eight percent sure, but now I have no confidence at all." Zhang Jiao was the only one who said this.

Only then can we talk about it.

He is a smart man and has a very clear judgment of the situation. The Han court seems corrupt and dark, but in fact it has a lot of power. The most critical issue is "legitimacy".

The Han court was "orthodox". It originally struggled for power internally, but once external conflicts appeared, the internal forces would unite and move outward. At that time, relying only on the peasant rebels under their command, there would be very little chance of winning!

The Yellow Turban was not the result of Zhang Jiao's efforts alone. There were also figures of aristocratic families and eunuchs in it. The two forces were similar to the identities of the traitors in the Three Kingdoms. If he openly opposed the Han, he would be attacked by the whole world.

The only choice was to use external forces to defeat the Han Dynasty and then get rid of the external forces and ascend to a high position. Zhang Jiao was not a good person. He knew that he could not achieve success by operating alone, so he chose to seek the skin of a tiger.

If Ma Yuanyi can really succeed, he can control the capital with internal and external cooperation, and a large number of external forces form a joint force. He can't say that he can control the world, but he will basically succeed in taking Sili, Jizhou and Yuzhou.

The rest is to mobilize more people to participate in the uprising, complete formal training, divide the remaining forces and defeat them one by one, and great things will happen!

But now that the secret has been leaked, we have to rush into action. Luoyang has not been overthrown, and the command center of the entire Han Dynasty is still alive. The eunuchs and aristocratic families will only join the team to eliminate the rebels, making it even more difficult to achieve anything!

That night, Julu County, which was supposed to be quiet, was extremely lively. The streets were crowded with people. Under the light of flashing torches, everyone could be seen wearing yellow scarves and holding different things in their hands.

Some were holding hoes, some were holding axes, and some were holding crooked sticks, as if they had been picked out of firewood at short notice.

Outside the gate of the county government, Zhang Jiao was holding a bleeding human head, which looked extremely terrifying in the dark.

"We have been oppressed for too long! The Han court and these wealthy gentry will not give us a way to survive! We can only find a way to survive for ourselves!" Zhang Jiao shouted loudly, his voice spreading in the night. "Now the governor of Julu is

The head is already in my hands, now we have to create a peaceful and prosperous age on our own!"

The eyes of the Yellow Turbans crowded on the street showed a kind of fanaticism, which was the admiration for the great sage and the longing for a prosperous age!

Seeing that his emotions were almost brewing, Zhang Jiao raised his arms and shouted: "Heaven is dead! Huang Tian is here to stand! At the age of sixty! Good luck to the world!"

After hearing the slogan, the enthusiasm of the Yellow Turban Army reached its peak, and they shouted: "The sky is dead! The Yellow Emperor is standing! The year is six years old! Good luck to the world!"

As the first man began to rush towards the county mansion behind Zhang Jiao, all the Yellow Turban troops began to take action. One group rushed into the county mansion, while the rest searched for nearby merchants and gentry courtyards to plunder.

The actions of the Yellow Turban Army are obviously different from those of the army. They are basically a ragtag group of people. They do not have any orders or prohibitions, and all they do is loot.

As for the soldiers, when they saw more than 100,000 Yellow Turbans inside and outside the city, they had already abandoned their armor and ran away. There were also soldiers who directly defected and joined the Yellow Turbans to save their lives.

The entire county fell overnight, and all the gentry, wealthy families, and officials, big and small, were purged.

At the same time, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, who were located at the north and south ends of Julu County, also succeeded in their respective rebellions and took control of a city.


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