Chapter 9 Chapter Two

Although the matter has passed, if it is re-characterized, it can also play the role of "remedial after a dead sheep". In terms of soothing people's hearts, the court will also receive miraculous effects. Therefore, Cao Cao wrote his views and opinions on the matter of Chen Fan and Dou Wu back then, as well as the remedial measures that should be taken today, etc., into a well-founded opinion and submitted it to the court.At the end of it is a sentence: rehabilitate the so-called "rebellion incident" of Chen Fan and Dou Wu. Cao Yilang's opinion letter aroused great repercussions in the imperial court, because at this time the imperial court was still completely under the control of the eunuchs, who would dare to mention the "second disaster of party imprisonment"? This is a very taboo thing, extremely It is easy to arouse the suspicion and anger of the eunuch group.However, Cao Cao actually publicly proposed to rehabilitate Chen Fan and Dou Wu, the leading figures of the "Second Disaster of the Party".

The officials in the DPRK and China thought that Cao Cao was too reckless. He had just been reinstated and went to stab the tiger's butt again. This time it would definitely make the eunuch even more angry.And why didn’t Cao Cao think of this? But he did so, firstly because of his tolerance and sense of responsibility, and secondly because he thought that since he had no choice but to reinstate him, he would continue to keep him because of no choice. The imperial court legally uploaded the sparse, and whether to accept it or not is entirely up to the imperial court, and the sparse itself is not at fault.

Cao Cao estimated that he was right. Although the eunuch group was very angry with Cao Cao, they couldn't do anything to him, so they had to lobby the emperor and ignore Cao Cao.Therefore, Cao Cao's opinions and suggestions fell into the sea. After Cao Cao went to Shu, he waited for a reply from the court for a long time, but as time went by, there was still no response.He could fully intuit the reason, and he could only sigh up to the sky.He couldn't help but fell into a kind of discouragement again, and said to himself: "If this court continues like this, there is no hope anymore..."

As early as the seventeenth year of Emperor Yongyuan of the Han Dynasty, that is, in 105 A.D., there was a great famine in the Sili area. The imperial court was unable to provide relief, which led to starving people eating each other, and involving Liangzhou area. riots. In the first year of Emperor Huan's founding peace, that is, in 147 A.D., there was a great famine in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and people starved to death all over the mountains and fields. In the third year of Jianhe, that is, in 149 A.D., there was a flood in the capital area and an earthquake. The corpses of hungry people could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, and the court was helpless.

In the first year of Emperor Huan's Yongshou, that is, 155 AD, there was a famine in Jingzhou, and cannibalism occurred everywhere.In the ninth year of Yanxi Emperor Huan, a famine broke out in Yuzhou, and more than half of the dead were killed. The situation was very serious.The following year, Emperor Huan died. After Emperor Ling succeeded to the throne, the situation became even worse. The hungry peasants couldn't bear it anymore, and finally broke out in a full-scale resistance. The largest of these was the Yellow Turban Uprising led by Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao is from Julu County, Hebei Province. They have three brothers, the eldest brother Zhang Jiao, the second brother Zhang Bao, and the third brother Zhang Liang.The three brothers treated people and used the religious form of "Taiping Tao" to connect with the masses.In about ten years, Taiping Dao spread throughout eight states including Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, with hundreds of thousands of believers.

The three brothers Zhang Jiao set up thirty-six squares nationwide, with more than 10,000 people in the big square and six to seven thousand people in the small square, each with a leader.They also passed on four sentences as internal codes.The four sentences are: "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should be established; when the age is Jiazi, the world will be prosperous." "Cangtian" refers to the Han Dynasty, and "Huangtian" refers to the Taiping Dao.It means that it is agreed that the thirty-six parties in the world will hold an uprising together in the year of Jiazi, that is, in 184 AD, in the first year of Zhonghe, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and then "the world will be auspicious".

Zhang Jiao asked his disciples to secretly write the word "Jiazi" on various places with white clay.The characters are big and small.In the streets and alleys, the door of shops and houses has the word "Jiazi", needless to say, even the gates of state and county government offices, and even the gates of the capital city have the word "Jiazi". Ma Yuanyi, the leader of Dafang, first summoned tens of thousands of believers in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and planned to discuss with Zhang Jiao on the day of the uprising.He personally brought a large amount of gold and silver treasures to the capital, gave gifts to Zhongchang attendants Feng Qiao and Xu Feng, and asked them to be internal counselors.They agreed that on the fifth day of the third month of the Jiazi year, the whole country would rise up at the same time, attacking both inside and outside, to overthrow the decadent Eastern Han dynasty.Ma Yuanyi contacted Feng Xuan and Xu Feng, immediately notified Zhang Jiao of the date, and stayed in Luoyang by himself, secretly arranging people from the same party.

However, at this critical juncture, Tang Zhou, Zhang Jiao's disciple and Ma Yuanyi's assistant, rebelled and wrote a letter.Ma Yuanyi was arrested immediately.Ma Yuanyi resolutely rejected the "reward" of worshiping an official and becoming a marquis, endured various inhumane punishments, and finally died generously.The court could not obtain any confession from Ma Yuanyi, but some clues were obtained from Tang Zhou.People related to Zhang Jiao were quickly arrested, and more than 1,000 people were massacred in the capital alone. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict ordering the governor of Jizhou to arrest Brother Zhang Jiao.Zhang Jiao had no choice but to change the plan temporarily, and quickly sent people to notify the thirty-six parties half a month in advance, and the whole country uprising at the same time.All the rebels wore yellow scarves on their heads as a mark, and they were called "Yellow Turban Army".

Within a few days, thirty-six Yellow Turban troops attacked counties and counties together, burned government buildings, opened prisons, released prisoners, confiscated official property, opened granaries, and punished corrupt officials and local tyrants.In less than ten days, the world responded.The governors and governors of the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan rushed to the capital one after another, and Emperor Ling of Han was like an ant on a hot pot. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty worshiped He Jin, his uncle, as a general. He first defended the capital, set up captains at eight critical passes near the capital, stepped up defenses, and then dispatched elite soldiers under the imperial court's control to suppress the uprising peasants in two ways.One side was led by Shangshu Lu Zhi to march north of the Yellow River; the other side was led by Beidi prefect Huang Fusong and admonishment doctor Zhu Jun to attack the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan area.

In order to cooperate with the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, Cao Cao was worshiped as the captain of cavalry, and led 5,000 cavalry to Yingchuan to help in the battle. For the first time, Cao Cao showed his military command ability. In the "Battle of Changshe", he led the cavalry to charge with all his strength, causing Zhang Jiao's army to be in chaos. He successfully cooperated with Huangfusong's actions and quickly defeated the Yellow Turban Army.When Cao Cao led the cavalry to charge, he took the lead. With his superb riding skills and superb swordsmanship, he was invincible.Huangfusong took advantage of this opportunity to launch an all-out attack on the Yellow Turban Army.