"The days are getting more and more difficult. Last year was worse than the year before, and this year is worse than last year..." "So, won't next year be more terrible than this year?" "Worse than this year? Wouldn't that be hell?" That's what people are talking about these days.I can't survive the current life. When the situation gets worse next year, will I still be able to survive? "It's better to hang yourself..." An old woman who sat by the road and listened to the farmers said in a tone of despair.There was a sad expression on her face.

"Don't even think about it!" With a scream that could frighten people, a man slowly came out from behind the locust tree. The people sitting and chatting on the side of the road were stunned by the sudden sound, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. "I'm already half dead. If life becomes more difficult, isn't there only a dead end?" The old woman sitting there said in an argumentative tone. "No, that's because your vision is not wide enough. You should look at the larger world. This year will be better than last, and next year will be better than this year—don't you know there is such a world?"

The man took off his hood and at the same time wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.His complexion is very smooth, unlike these skinny farmers, he can be said to be full of vigor. "If such a world really existed, I, an old woman, would be the first to want to see it. How could there be such a world?" said the old woman suspiciously. "Old lady, do you want me to take you to see it?" The energetic man smiled. "Okay! Take me to have a look." The old woman stood up staggeringly with her skinny hands on the ground. "Okay, I'll take you there! That place is not far from here."

"No matter how far away, I am willing to go with you." The old woman put a hand on her waist and said. "How are you? Would you like to go together?" The man also invited the five or six farmers who were chatting.They all frowned anxiously and shrunk their necks. "You said it wasn't far from here, did you?" one of them asked timidly. "Yes, it's very close to here. It's within walking distance of even this old lady." The man replied. "We should all know the place not far from here. What's the name of that village?" "The location doesn't matter. What matters is that someone is there."

"Who is this person?" "It's Master Daxian..." "Oh! Master Daxian..." The farmers looked at each other again.They have heard of this name a long time ago.It is said that this person has the ability to save the poor who are on the verge of starvation and is a leading figure in the Taiping Road. "Taiping Tao" is a school of Taoism.According to legend, Taoism originated from Lao Tzu, but Lao Tzu's thoughts were extremely personal, so no sects were formed.Later, a sect was established, probably because of the influence of the Buddha (Buddhism).Indian Buddhism came to China not so long ago.

The leader of Taiping Dao is a person named Zhang Jiao, who calls himself "Great Worthy Master".This man who never left his hands with a nine-stalk staff is said to be quite skilled in medicine.A person who can heal everyone is an object of reverence in any era.The great virtuous mage Zhang Jiao healed the patients all by spells and amulets, and because they were indeed effective, the number of people who believed in him was increasing day by day. Now, Master Daxian not only heals the sick, but is also regarded as a living Buddha who heals the sick society and saves all living beings.

"Then let's go and see!" "Mage Daxian is here, this is a rare opportunity, we don't want to miss it." "Let's go!" The drowning person climbs the weeds to survive, and people have almost believed in the Tao of Taiping and the great virtuous master.It is said that as long as those who receive medical treatment join the group of believers, they don't have to pay for the treatment. Officials only know about extortionate taxes, and there is no one in this society to rely on.At this time, don't ordinary people want to find a sustenance?The Taipingdao came into being in response to the spiritual needs of ordinary people, and expanded the power of the religious order in due course.

On this day, Taipingdao added another six or seven believers under this circumstance.There are cases of attracting people into religion like this everywhere, which shows the positive attitude of Taipingdao in evangelism. ——Healing and preaching. The Taiping Road with this signboard can be described as a typical real interest group. Less than ten years after its establishment, this group has gained hundreds of thousands of believers in eight states including Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou. The character Zhang Jiao, in addition to spells, seems to have great organizational skills.He divided his followers into thirty-six groups.The team is named after "Fang". Dafang has more than 10,000 members, and Xiaofang has 6,000 to 7,000 members.

Zhang Jiao, who had frequent contacts with the common people because of his medical practice, knew that the Han Dynasty had come to an end. "The times must change, and we must not continue like this..." He became more and more convinced of this through his healing and missionary activities. "Since it must be changed, let me do it! Yes! I will make it the world of Taiping Dao, no, my world! This is not something that is absolutely impossible..." Zhang Jiao began to have this idea. The post-Han world has become extremely corrupt.Even if it is a towering giant tree, if it decays to the extreme, it will be easily toppled.Taipingdao has a lot of strength, with an organization of 360,000 people.A religious organization can be changed to a military organization at any time.

——The current imperial court is fully supported by the power of eunuchs. This is Zhang Jiao's view.If eunuchs can be recruited to join, the power of the imperial court will be halved immediately. Eunuchs who feel inferior due to physical shortcomings are prone to religion.People like eunuchs are most likely to become the mainstream of Taiping Dao. Zhang Jue wins over some eunuchs and obtains their promise to respond internally when raising troops. The date of raising troops has finally been decided. As a result of choosing a date, the first year of the stem and branch—that is, "Jiazi"—is the best.The day is also selected as "Jiazi" to show auspiciousness.

The Year of Jiazi is the first year of Zhongping.Among the several Jiazi days, Zhang Jiao chose March 5th.He decided to make a fuss on this day. Of course he held military training in secret, and formulated the following slogan: The blue sky is dead, and the yellow sky will stand. Years old in Jiazi, good luck in the world! The slogan should be succinct, so what they actually shouted was: "Huang Tian Tai Ping!" Cangtian refers to Han Dynasty, while Huangtian refers to Taiping Dao.It means: the Han Dynasty will perish, and the Taiping Road will take over the world. Zhang Jiao handed over the specific plan of the uprising and the deployment of troops to his confidant Ma Yuanyi.They gathered troops at several important places not far from the capital, and prepared to attack the capital in one fell swoop. Ma Yuanyi used a man named Tang Zhou as his liaison officer.It is also Tang Zhou's job to contact the eunuchs who agreed to revolt together.For this reason, Tang Zhou went to the imperial capital Luoyang and visited the residence of an eunuch near the imperial palace. "This is the first time I've seen the imperial palace. It's much more magnificent than I imagined!" The towering city walls, the roof tiles shining in the sun, the huge palace pillars - when Tang Zhou saw this scene, he was so shocked that he couldn't breathe.The fundamental purpose of the architecture of a stately palace is to inspire awe.This purpose exerted a particularly great effect on Tang Zhou. Is it possible to capture such a majestic palace? Tang Zhou sighed. In front of the city gate, there are gorgeously-dressed imperial guards (imperial guards) standing guard. They are all burly husbands who are nearly two meters tall.Tang Zhou thought of those shabby-looking soldiers of the Taiping Army. They were all skinny peasant soldiers who rarely had a full meal.The imperial forest army wearing armor and holding a shining giant halberd probably has the power to fight against the old and weak soldiers of the Taiping Road, right? "This is not the way..." On the eve of raising his troops, Tang Zhou began to think about it.When the rebellion failed, those who participated in the rebellion would definitely be cut into pieces.This is no joke.Tang Zhou trembled unknowingly. What should I do now?In order to save his own life, the only way is to inform the court. What Tang Zhou was ordered to come to deal with was to meet with the eunuch Xu Feng and discuss with him how to temporarily paralyze the court when raising troops, delaying the time for his mobilization and crusade. "Even if the mobilization is delayed for a while, the Taipingdao rebel army will never be able to defeat the army of the emperor!" Bewildered by the magnificent palace, Tang Zhou didn't keep the agreement with Xu Feng, so he wrote a letter to the palace: Taipingdao is planning a rebellion.Ma Yuanyi was appointed commander of the attack on the capital.He is lurking somewhere in Luoyang... The denunciation of the Tang and Zhou Dynasties happened at the end of January of the Jiazi year. The arrested Ma Yuanyi was executed in mid-February.The punishment method is the cruelest "car cracking punishment".Since treason against the emperor is a crime of great treason, the government punished it with the rarely used capital punishment.After the two carriages were ready, Ma Yuanyi's left and right hands and feet were tied to different wheels.With an order, the two carriages drove suddenly to the left and right——Ma Yuanyi's body was torn into several pieces immediately. Taipingdao's scheduled uprising date is Jiazi Day—March 5th. Since the matter has been revealed, it cannot wait until this day.The imperial court has repeatedly issued mobilization orders, and various localities are urgently organizing crusade troops.Due to Tang Zhou's informant, the plan of the Taipingdao rebel army should have been known to the court. The rebel army had no choice but to quickly modify the content of the plan and decided to revolt immediately.The military organization of 360,000 people is almost completely prepared. "Wear the yellow scarf!" Zhang Jiao issued this order to the whole army. In order to distinguish between the enemy and ourselves, all 360,000 people in Taiping Road wrapped their heads in yellow scarves.For example, at the end of the Han Dynasty, there was an uprising army known as the "Red Eyebrow Army" who painted their eyebrows red, and this group of rebel groups at the end of the Later Han Dynasty was called the "Yellow Turban Army". An incidental point to be made here is that the rebellion at the end of the Pre-Han period was very different from that at the end of the Later Han period.The rebel army at the end of the Han Dynasty, including the Red Eyebrow Army and the Green Forest Army, took the form of choosing a royal family and supporting it.The Green Forest Department enshrined Gengshi Emperor, while the Red Eyebrow Army enshrined Liu Penzi as emperor by drawing lots.In this way, they can win over governors and powerful people from all over the country to expand their power. The rebellion this time at the end of the Later Han Dynasty used the slogan "Heaven is dead".In other words, they declared that they would not want Emperor Liu. The basic policy of combat is also different.They attacked yamen everywhere and killed their chiefs.The magistrates and those with power are the enemies who exploit the common people.The Taipingdao rebel army murdered these people, announcing the birth of a new regime with "the yellow sky will stand". After entering the fighting situation, Zhang Jiao, the ancestor of Taiping Taoism who used to call himself a great virtuous master, changed his title to "General Tiangong". Zhang Jiao has two younger brothers.The eldest brother Zhang Bao is known as the "General of the Earth", while the younger brother Zhang Liang is known as the "General of the People". The 360,000 troops can be said to be the regular army of Taipingdao.Believers from all over the world also responded and took guerrilla actions. The Yellow Turban Army burned all the yamen they saw in various places.This is because the yamen is the direct unit of oppressing the common people and is hated by the common people.As for the governor of the state, the prefect of the county, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and other officials, none of them were spared if they were seen. Taiping Road is most popular in the central and southern parts of Hebei Province, northern Shandong Province, and eastern Henan Province.It was these areas that the Yellow Turbans invaded at the beginning. The government was burned, Juyi (townships and villages) were looted, states and counties were lost, and many officials fled.Between ten and a month, the whole world responded, and the capital was shaken. History books so record. When it first emerged, the Yellow Turban Army could be described as unstoppable.The governors from all over the country heard that the Yellow Turban Army would kill all senior bureaucrats. Therefore, before the rebel army arrived, they had already fled with their heads in their arms. The imperial court was scared out of their wits. Emperor Ling, who liked to have fun, was still playing the game of opening a shop in the palace courtyard when Tang Zhou reported the Taipingdao rebellion. --what?The leader Ma Yuanyi has been arrested?Isn't that all right? In fact, it's not that nothing has happened, but something is about to start. After Taipingdao's raising of troops was exposed due to a secret report, the imperial court once issued a mobilization order, but that was mainly to strengthen the defense of the capital Luoyang. In order to protect the capital, he appointed a general.This general is none other than He Jin, the elder brother of Empress He. He Jin's original occupation was a butcher.He has a beautiful sister with a strong personality, but he tries to make a fortune by virtue of her beauty. According to the regulations, only women from good families are allowed to enter the harem, but He Jin bought the eunuchs and let his sister enter the palace as a maid. At the age of fifteen, Emperor Ling made Song the queen, but she was not favored and was deposed shortly thereafter.He Jin's sister took the opportunity to flatter Emperor Ling, and was finally made queen in the third year of Guanghe (AD 180). Of course He Jin made his fortune because of this.He is now a general.