Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

What made Kong Ming feel most complicated was Zhang Jiao.

If we talk about today's troubled times, we cannot avoid the statement The sky is dead.

The Yellow Turban swept across the world, and the emperor lost control of his advance and retreat. He released military power to the states, which finally turned the former governors of states and counties into de facto princes, competing in the Central Plains, and the curtain of troubled times slowly began.

When it comes to crimes in troubled times, Zhang Jiao must be the first to be mentioned...right?

But later generations called it the Yellow Turban Uprising.

An uprising is an uprising, an uprising against an army and a fight against thieves, and an act of righteousness against rebellion.

What was officially designated as a traitor by the Han Dynasty was later designated as a righteous teacher by later generations more than a thousand years later. Why is this so?

Fortunately, this issue is not complicated for Kong Ming.

When we were in Gong'an County, the people gathered here could be said to be the source of the world.

Among them were people from the north who were afraid of Cao's soldiers going south, people from Jingzhou who were fleeing from the war, and people from Jianghuai who followed Lei Xu to join the army. Besides these people, there were also people from Jingnan, Jiangdong, Jingman and other places. Everyone can see the figure.

After dividing their fields, getting plows, teaching farming skills, and teaching about fertilization, etc., and successfully obtained a bumper harvest, the people who came to Kong Ming to thank him could not hold back their chatter.

The fragments of people's narratives sketched out a true picture of the late Han Dynasty. Coupled with Xuande Gong, an eyewitness from the Yellow Turban era to the present, Kong Ming came to only one conclusion:

The rise of the Yellow Turban makes sense.

People's lives in troubled times are described as dire straits and dire straits, which is indeed very appropriate.

[Fu Shui is to write characters and draw symbols on slips or silk, burn it to ashes and then mix it with water for the patient to take.

This is Zhang Jiao's most well-known method.

Alchemy, that is, using cinnabar to write talismans and seals to drive away plague ghosts, is now very common in movies and TV dramas.

However, the difference between the alchemy books of the late Han Dynasty and the present is that this thing was for eating.

Dan Shu swallows characters is recorded in the Taiping Jing and is also one of Zhang Jiao's main methods of manifesting his sainthood.

This logic is not complicated now, because the main component of cinnabar is mercury sulfide, and there is a probability of heavy metal poisoning if taken raw.

Being easily excited, agitated, anxious and prone to large mood swings are its main manifestations. To ancient people, these characteristics were no different from those of ghosts and gods.

Therefore, in the face of epidemics, Taipingdao's methods are effective in a sense.

After all, no matter how sick a person is, they can still recover after being poisoned. As for whether they can survive later, it depends on whether the patient himself is sincere and has nothing to do with Fu Shui Dan Shu.

From the first great epidemic at the end of the Han Dynasty in 171 to the uprising of the great sage Zhang Jiao in 184, epidemics continued incessantly for thirteen years, and four times were recorded in history as great epidemics.

Traditional medicine in the late Han Dynasty can almost be regarded as empirical medicine. It needs to summarize effective treatment methods from a large amount of clinical experience and practical accumulation of prescriptions.

This characteristic makes traditional medicine very weak in the short term in the face of epidemics.

As a result, Taiping Dao, which had remarkable results, quickly occupied the market. The Zhang Jiao brothers seized the opportunity and sent eight of their capable disciples to travel around the world to spread the Fu Shui Dan Book to spread the gospel.

Finally, when Zhang Jiao rose up in 184, the whole world responded, officially ringing the death knell of the Han Dynasty.

Although the Taiping Dao was involved, the Yellow Turban Uprising was still essentially a peasant uprising.

However, due to the historical limitations of the peasant uprising, the Yellow Turban Uprising ultimately failed, and Zhang Jiao eventually followed in the footsteps of Gan Zhongke.

Zhang Jiao's life ended here, but Taoism, which had begun to show its completeness, began to roll forward in history.

In fact, if you look forward a little further, you will find that from the contention of a hundred schools of thought to the exclusive respect of Confucianism, the ultimate goal of the famous scholars is the ruling class.

That is to say, serving politics is the first goal, thus neglecting the joys, sorrows and joys of the general public.

For the people who are suffering from various disasters in troubled times, although the Fu Shui Dan Book is ineffective, the peaceful world described by Taiping Dao has become the best spiritual comfort for the poor people.

This is also one of the first soils for Taoism.

After Zhang Jiao's troubles, Taiping Dao was severely banned, and other branches of Taoism such as Wu Dou Mi Dao and Ghost Dao were also implicated.

Although it is still spread among the people, at least among the aristocratic classes in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Taoism still needs to be viewed through colored glasses.

It was at this critical moment that Buddhism officially entered the market. The upper-level market that was missing from Taoism was quickly filled by Buddhism, and a top-down missionary route began.

This is where Buddhism and Taoism dance together in troubled times.

And in such a chaotic situation, there is another most intuitive change:

The confinement of Confucian classics was broken by Buddhism, Taoism, metaphysics, and epidemics.

The exclusive respect for Confucianism established since the time of Emperor Wu was thus knocked into the dust. 】

If this Taiping Road can really cure epidemic diseases, then...

Liu Bei shook his head, showing no interest.

Although his views on the Yellow Turban Uprising have now changed, his views on some Yellow Turban thieves have not changed.

It is a common sight in the countryside to spread talismans on water to ask for wealth, and to send alchemy books to invade fields and houses.

Perhaps Zhang Jiao, who initially started the uprising, did want to create a peaceful world, but the commanders from all sides were fighting on their own, and the Yellow Turbans were mixed in the countryside. The Han generals who were ordered by the Han to exterminate the Yellow Turbans were all veteran generals.

Various reasons ultimately made the people suffer more and more, and the peaceful world spread in the countryside became increasingly out of reach.

At this time, Liu Bei was a little curious about future generations:

With such methods in later generations, can there be a peaceful world?

Zhang Fei understood what his elder brother meant. If Taiping Dao could really cure epidemic diseases, how could the epidemic continue?

This reminds me of an old thing:

When I broke through Yangping Pass and entered Hanzhong, I also saw the five buckets of rice Taoist disciples.

More than a hundred people pretended to be gods and ghosts to stop them in front of the army. They said that they had asked Dao Dao to allow ghost soldiers to help, and our army would be defeated.

Oh? Ma Chao, who was still angry just now, was full of interest when he heard this:

What was the result? What did the ghost soldiers look like?

Ma Chao grew up in Yongliang. The fist is the last word and the unbreakable truth of Yongliang.

It is also for this reason that whenever there is rebellion in Yongliang, it is straightforward. A typical example is Han Sui, who was forced to retreat by Pang Junshi with just one word, but he was still able to rule the roost in Yongliang for decades.

Conspiracies were rare enough in Yongliang, and this method of using ghosts and gods to control troops made Ma Chao yearn for it:

I wonder if this ghost soldier can stop the charge of Yongliang's cavalry?

But he was destined to be disappointed.

Zhang Fei laughed and said:

I was also curious at the time, so I ordered two thousand soldiers to surround him and wait for the ghost soldiers.

In the end, less than half an hour later, these Taoist disciples with five buckets of rice broke out and asked for rice and meat to eat.

Pang Tong also knew about this. Hearing this, he sighed and said:

Where are the ghosts and gods standing by to help?

They are just some poor people who just want a meal to survive.