Ji Huai responded and immediately ran down the platform and asked someone to invite Guan Hai to come.

Ji Huai had been watching from the side, and he also understood that Liu Xie valued Guan Hai, so when he asked Guan Hai to invite him, he reminded him to be polite.

Soon, Guan Hai was brought to Liu Xie by a small yellow man.

Guan Hai looked at Liu Xie, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should kneel down and salute. Logically speaking, his identity at this time was still a rebel or a bandit. He couldn't even be considered a civilian.

After all, Guan Hai used to hang out with Zhang Jiao, the great virtuous master, and he was more or less the leader.

He came to participate in this civil and military competition with the idea of ​​clearing his name, but in his expectation, even if he couldn't get first place, he could still get in the top ten.

If he really got into the top ten, he estimated that Liu Xie would give himself a new identity. By then, not only would he be able to get rid of his identity as a rebel, but he would also be able to become an official.

But now, let alone the top ten, he was eliminated in the first round. Therefore, Guan Hai was a little panicked at this time.

Especially, at this time, he recognized Zhao Yun, the man who had beaten him to pieces in Qingzhou. He naturally knew how powerful Zhao Yun was.

Then he turned around and saw Ma Chao again, and suddenly felt a big headache.

Since Ma Chao can serve Liu Xie with Zhao Yun, this can already illustrate the power of Ma Chao.

He couldn't even defeat Zhao Yun, let alone Ma Chao.

Thinking of this, Guan Hai also felt bitter. He didn't know why Liu Xie was looking for him now.

"Why, Guan Hai, you don't even know how to salute when you see me?" Liu Xie looked at Guan Hai and felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't know why he suddenly wanted to laugh.

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Guan Hai only reacted at this time. He quickly knelt down on one knee, clasped his fist towards Liu Xie and said, "The common people have seen your majesty."

When Liu Xie heard Guan Hai's words, he just smiled and then said: "I remember that you followed the great virtuous master, right? It seems a little inappropriate for you to call yourself a grassroots citizen with me now."

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Guan Hai felt a little embarrassed. He didn't know what to say, so he knelt on the spot blankly, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Okay, I'm just joking with you, get up." Liu Xie looked at Guan Hai's red face, and he knew that the joke was enough.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Guan Hai breathed a sigh of relief when Liu Xie asked him to get up.

"Guan Qing, I have something unclear, and I would like to ask Guan Qing to help me clarify my confusion." Liu Xie thought for a while and asked Guan Hai.

"Your Majesty, please speak. The common people will tell you everything they know." Guan Hai once again said to Liu Xie with his hands raised.

"Guan Qing, I don't understand why you choose to participate in this competition. I know that you are a powerful general under the great virtuous master. Logically speaking, you and I should be considered mortal enemies. Why do you choose to participate in this competition again? And?

, you should also know that participating in this competition means that you want to serve the imperial court." Liu Xie asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter actually starts with Zhang Pingbei." Guan Hai thought for a while and then said to Liu Xie.

"Oh? Does this matter have something to do with Zhang Yan? Then tell me." Liu Xie suddenly became interested when he heard Guan Hai's words.

"Back to Your Majesty, ever since Your Majesty conquered Bingzhou and defeated Xianbei, Zhang Pingbei has sent people to deliver letters to us old Yellow Turban Party members."

"In the letter, Zhang Pingbei told us in detail the measures His Majesty took after returning to Luoyang, and also explained the difficulties His Majesty is currently encountering, so we chose to surrender."

With that said, Guan Hai told Liu Xie the situation on his side in detail.

In fact, it is very simple to say that Guan Hai and others are willing to surrender. In addition to what was said before, the princes in various places have risen and began to pay attention to the unstable factors within their own territories, and then began to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Yellow Turbans like Guan Hai and others on a large scale.

As a result, the living space of Guan Hai and others was further compressed, causing them to hide in the deep mountains and old forests.

In addition, there is another important reason, which is the reason why they participated in the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Speaking of the Yellow Turban Uprising, many people will think that it was just Zhang Jiao who encouraged the people to follow him in order to realize his personal ambitions (this chapter is not finished yet!)

Chapter 290 Guan Hai’s past

opposite.

But in fact this is not the case, but the reasons are more complicated, but in summary, there are only a few reasons.

First, the court was in chaos and the Ling Emperor was incompetent, which led to the ten permanent ministers taking control of the government. However, the group of relatives headed by He Jin did not want the ten permanent ministers to suppress them, so party strife began in the court and the government orders were unclear.

Second, the taxes and miscellaneous taxes are excessive and heavy, but the people at the bottom cannot afford to live. The two sides of the party struggle are fighting to the death in the court, but the same problem exists in the local areas.

It can be said that they fought back and forth, and in the end, the people had to pay for all the conflicts, which made the people at the bottom very miserable.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for millions of people to follow Zhang Jiao's command.

Although it is said that in the early to mid-term, the Golden Thieves, after breaking through a city, forcibly led the people in the city to rebel, it cannot be said that the imperial court itself had no problems.

To put it simply, whether it was Zhang Jiao or the other Yellow Turban leaders who actively wanted to rebel, their initial purpose was just to make the people at the bottom live a better life.

Although this approach did not gain the support of the family and led to the failure of the uprising, from a historical perspective, Zhang Jiao and the others were not wrong.

Afterwards, Emperor Ling died, the court was taken turns to be controlled by Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, and princes from various places began to fight, which led to even more hardship for the people.

At this time, the remaining Yellow Turban leaders began to think about a problem. If they had not followed Zhang Jiao in the rebellion at the beginning, then the princes from all over the country would not have been able to gain military power.

In that case, would the people live a better life? At least they wouldn't have to face the threat of whether they can survive to tomorrow every day.

This led to some leaders becoming disheartened and hiding in the mountains and forests, but there were also people who stood up at this time and wanted to protect the people on their own.

Among them, the representatives hidden in the mountains and forests are people like Guan Hai, and the representatives from the other side are Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain Army.

After Zhang Yan was recruited by Liu Xie, he remembered his former companions and wrote letters one by one, asking them to come out and join the imperial court.

Although the princes and the court could not find the location of these Yellow Turban remnants, Zhang Yan was also born in the Yellow Turban, so how could he not find them?

As a result, Zhang Yan's letter was successfully delivered to the hands of the Yellow Turban leaders of all parties.

It was after receiving Zhang Yan's letter that Guan Hai decided to participate in this long civil and military competition.
Chapter completed!