Chapter 204: The Last Year of the Eastern Han Dynasty
When people are busy, time always passes quickly.
On May 23rd, the world ushered in the second wave of spiritual energy recovery. It was already the night of May 30th. After nearly seven days of changes, this wave of awakening talents had basically been registered.
Most of them choose to join the research institute or the management department, while a few choose to remain in the opposition and be free ordinary extraordinary beings.
These are all personal choices, and Xiong Yan certainly respects their choice. For these extraordinary people in the wild, as long as they do not go abroad and show up regularly to show that they are still there, that will be enough.
This is not to restrain them, but to protect them. Once such wild extraordinary beings go abroad, they will most likely not be able to come back.
Whether they are brainwashed and controlled by some consortium capitalists, or sent to a biological laboratory for regular blood drawing and testing, they are all valuable. Even if they are drained of all their value and their lives are not long, they can still be used to perform certain
Dark magic can squeeze out a few drops of oil from ashes!
At this moment, Xiong Yan and Chu Xuan were discussing something in a low voice:
"Tsk tsk tsk, take sides and be neutral. If nothing happens, it won't be long before only Daxia and foreign countries are left in this world." Looking at the information sent by Chu Xuan, Xiong Yan said indifferently.
Intelligence shows that the beautiful country has launched in-depth cooperation with the European countries. In reality, there is a large amount of technical division of labor, and it is no longer stuck, or in other words, less European leeks are harvested.
In the past, the beautiful country harvested leeks from all over the world. It not only harvested its own leeks, but also the leeks from the European countries. The beautiful country also harvested the leeks of Bactria.
In the past, beautiful countries cultivated leeks all over the world and then cut the leeks. This is the so-called globalization, which is essentially a process of cultivating leeks and cutting the leeks.
At that time, in order to develop, a large number of countries even took the initiative to cooperate with the capital of beautiful countries and joined forces to harvest their own leeks. At one time, the leeks were almost extinct.
This is the truth behind the fact that fertility rates in so-called developed countries are all low or even negative. Their country’s leeks have to be harvested not only by their own country, but also by the capital of beautiful countries from time to time.
In this environment, even if the conscience of the country's politicians finds out that they want to stop cutting off the country's leeks, they cannot do so.
Because the leeks are there. If you don’t cut them, please cut them!
The result is that domestic politicians and beautiful Chinese capital are competing to harvest leeks, and then the leeks become extinct, and the old leeks are no longer willing to give birth to young leeks.
Then the fertility rate in developed countries dropped, and even began to grow negatively!
"This time it is a real alliance. The capital of beautiful countries joins officials from European countries to harvest leeks in their own countries and even around the world."
In the past, it was vicious competition that cut leeks.
Now it is time to join forces, one with a white face and the other with a black face, or simply join together sincerely to cut leeks together and harvest leeks in our country and around the world.
"This is how capitalists from all over the world unite to harvest leeks all over the world! Through ingenious system design and by buying off the upper class, we can embark on a sustainable path of harvesting leeks."
Having said this, Xiong Yan couldn't help but sigh.
Maybe the meaning of life lies in tossing. Anyway, with the growth of Daxia, the beautiful country has no intention of lying flat and dying. Instead, it has been thinking of ways to extend its life.
"In addition to the economic union, they have also begun to unite in a real sense in the virtual world and in the transcendent realm." After saying that, Chu Xuan handed over a document.
This document records the extraordinary current situation of the West.
The cultural backgrounds of various countries are similar, and the extraordinary systems are also more or less similar. Nowadays, faith is used as a link to integrate the extraordinary systems of various countries.
Obviously, there are real talents among the beautiful countries and the countries of Europa, as evidenced by the extraordinary system in front of them.
"Seek common ground while reserving differences, use faith as a bond, and build a system of extraordinary power under the same belief system..."
Looking at this beginning, Xiong Yan just felt like he was stuck in a rut and didn't know how to spit it out.
Is this a problem with the people in the beautiful country, or is there a problem with the translation?
But think about the content of Roosevelt's New Deal on the eve of World War II. Wasn't it just a reworking of the Soviet system?
At that time, freedom was no longer emphasized? The state also began to directly intervene in the economy, and began large-scale infrastructure construction...
Therefore, now that the beautiful country has been forced into a hurry, it seems that it is not unacceptable to seek common ground while reserving differences, to coexist peacefully with the European countries, and to join forces to become a semblance of a family.
What's more, even within the same system, there are internal differences and contradictions, and Beautiful Country takes advantage of these contradictions to maintain its dominant position.
Although it is a union, although it is nominally equal, the beautiful country is obviously not equal to other countries.
"Under the belief system, there are devout believers and ordinary believers. There are many kinds of belief systems. Some belief systems are monogamous, some belief systems are polygamous, some belief systems are polyandrous, and some belief systems are polyandrous.
Everyone is equal in the system, some belief systems and some people are born noble..."
At this point, Xiong Yan felt speechless, but he could accept it after thinking about it.
On the surface, the Western belief system is quite simple. It mainly focuses on belief in the Lord of Hosts, but internally it has long been divided into countless schools, large and small.
Since our ancestors in history could create so many factions, it is normal for the beautiful country to create an extra 180 factions for my own use now, considering the future of our country.
Then, there was what we have now: a new extraordinary system that unites all countries with faith as a bond.
In such a supernatural system, the current main supernatural powers are arcanists, magicians, priests, and paladins.
Pastors are mainly played by capitalists. In addition to being pastors, they can also be bishops. After changing their skin, they are still superior.
Paladins are mainly played by the military of various countries and are also the great masters.
Arcanists are scientists from various countries, and the most outstanding scientists act as them, while magicians are ordinary scientific researchers.
Anyway, whether it is capital, the military or scientific researchers, they can all find their place here.
And countless schools have made great contributions to easing conflicts. Although such a system seems to have many loopholes, and it is even easy for people to beat out dogs, but at this moment, it has truly united all countries.
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Of course, so far, it is only a superficial alliance.
Otherwise, Xiong Yan and Chu Xuan would not be able to obtain such confidential internal documents before they reached a consensus.
Anyway, Xiong Yan will not tell others that this confidential document comes from a certain country of gentlemen. This country has a very long history of being a troublemaker. Now it seems that it is indeed well-deserved!
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The time soon came to twelve o'clock at night
It's still the familiar out-of-body experience, the earth star is still in the center, exuding infinite attraction, and it's still surrounded by stars. The difference is that this time the number and size of the surrounding stars have changed significantly.
Opening his eyes, Xiong Yan first looked at his clothes. It was a relatively loose dress. As for the style, it was similar to the Han Dynasty and the pre-Qin era.
There is a sword on his waist. He pulls it out gently. Judging from the style, he knows it is a Han sword. Close his eyes and the identity of his predecessor is automatically revealed.
Based on the information provided by Virtual World, Xiong Yan quickly compiled the following information:
Time: Han Dynasty.
Detailed time: early March of the sixth year of Zhongping (189 AD).
Seeing this time, Xiong Yan quickly started thinking and came to the relevant conclusion: there was only one month left before Ling Emperor's death.
After the death of Emperor Ling, the general He Jin took power. Then the struggle between the eunuchs and the scholars became increasingly fierce. He Jin was recorded in the history books as a big fool.
In the end, under the planning of thoughtful people and various chances and coincidences, General He Jin, the last Optimus Prime of the Han Dynasty, was stupidly assassinated by the officials. Then Yuan Shu and others directly brought him with him in order to survive. With the soldiers, they forcibly attacked the palace!
(If He Jin had not died, whether he was a powerful minister or a virtuous minister, the Han Dynasty would have been able to continue to flourish. Of course, if Emperor Ling had not died, the effect would have been better.
However, just by continuing the wave, the demise of the Han Dynasty cannot be changed. But by continuing the wave, living a few more years and changing the way of death is still normal.
And after He Jin died, if Yuan Shu and the others gave up and ran away, then the eunuchs would definitely take revenge wildly after they came to power again. By then, neither Yuan Shu nor Yuan Shao would be able to escape, and they would definitely die.
Let me explain here, the direct descendant of the Yuan family, the next generation head of the family is Yuan Ji, so it is Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao who are causing trouble. Regardless of whether the trouble is successful or not, Yuan Ji can successfully inherit the title of the Yuan family, inherit everything of the Yuan family, and continue to be the third prince. , then sing and then dance!)
Seeing this time, Xiong Yan thought of the series of historical events that followed. In other words, there is still one month until Emperor Ling's death, and this may be difficult to change.
It was still half a year before General He Jin died. He Jin died on September 22nd, and Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor on September 28th.
In the early days of Dong Zhuo's rise to power, there was a sweet period with the scholars. At that time, both sides felt that the other was a big fool and was deceiving the other.
During this sweet period, the scholars recognized Dong Zhuo as the Grand Master, and Dong Zhuo frequently promoted the scholars. Everyone cooperated very well. Even in deposing the emperor, a large number of scholars were temporarily blinded. Said he didn't see it.
This sweet period can be regarded as the third stage, and it did not end until the second year when the Kanto scholars joined forces to challenge Dong.
Joining forces to challenge Dong is the fourth stage. There is nothing much to say about this stage. If we follow the style of the novel, it is that the eighteen princes join forces to challenge Dong, the battle at Hulao Pass, and Lu Fengxian single-handedly challenges the heroes of the world.
Then came the fifth stage. Dong Zhuo felt that the Kwantung princes were powerful and invincible, so he decided to retreat and moved the capital directly back to Chang'an.
The chaos in the world has begun!
After sorting out these five stages, Xiong Yan continued to sort out the information in his mind:
Location: Xinye County, Nanyang County.
Xinye County is the place where Uncle Liu Huang stationed troops when he visited the thatched cottage in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It calls itself Xinye County and has three thousand troops.
Nanyang County was the most powerful county in the Han Dynasty. It was an imperial township, belonging to Jingzhou, but it had 37 counties under its rule, with a total population of 2.4 million!
Do you think this is the limit?
Of course not. The 2.4 million is the population counted by the government. In fact, there are also people hidden by large families. If all are added up, the population in its heyday could have been 3 million!
What is the concept of three million people?
At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, when the entire Shu Kingdom surrendered to the Wei Kingdom, the entire country only had a population of three to four million.
According to the original memory, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population of Nanyang County shrank directly to 1.2 million.
Half of them were lost in one breath. Did they all die in the Yellow Turban Rebellion?
Of course not, these people are no longer under the rule of the Han Dynasty. They have become the private property of powerful families.
Private property!
Private property!
They are no longer even human beings. Noble families will not treat them as human beings, powerful people will not treat them as human beings, and of course, the government will not treat them as human beings either.
Anyway, people in ancient times were quite unlucky.
Except for a very few emperors like Zhu Yuanzhang, the other emperors basically did not regard the common people as human beings.
The few actors who are willing to treat the common people as human beings on the surface have been praised highly by the common people for their historical status, and they will never be forgotten.
In fact, in the memory of the original person, only a few people actually died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and most of them were annexed by powerful families.
Even the people and the land were swallowed into the stomach in one mouthful. The common people were bloody from being eaten, while the rich and powerful families were so happy that their mouths were full of oil.
Identity: New powerful person in Xinye County.
Introduction to deeds: Ben was an orphan. His parents died when he was young. He lived in the jungle and made a living by gathering and hunting. He was extremely talented. He was born with inner energy when he was six years old. He started to refine energy at the age of twelve.
He was able to tear apart tigers and leopards alive. At the age of fourteen, he single-handedly killed thirty-six thieves who were harassing the villagers, thus becoming famous...
At the age of eighteen, he began to reclaim wasteland, protect a party, accept tenants, recruit heroes, and raise private soldiers.
When he was twenty years old, he coincided with the Yellow Turban Uprising and suppressed one party with overwhelming strength. However, because he was unwilling to surrender to the noble family, his military achievements were stolen and replaced. In anger, he returned to his hometown and continued to reclaim wasteland, accept refugees, and train private soldiers.
He is twenty-four years old this year, spanning three counties, with 150,000 acres of land, 15,000 tenants, 2,000 private soldiers, 500 navy troops, and 1,500 army troops. Among them, the navy is responsible for smuggling, and the army is responsible for smuggling.
Responsible for maintaining civil order in the three counties.
Good guy!
What a great guy!
This was Xiong Yan’s first reaction after reading the memory of his predecessor!
Two thousand professional private soldiers rely on 150,000 acres of land, waterway smuggling, and protection fees on land to support themselves.
The so-called collection of protection fees means that all caravans passing through the three counties have to pay Xiong Yan privately! If they do not pay, they have to ask the private army under Xiong Yan whether they agree!
And this kind of behavior of powerful people occupying a place, collecting protection fees privately, and smuggling openly and openly is quite common in today's Han Dynasty!