At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

But when Dong Fu came to visit, he had to go out to greet him in person and put on a low profile.

The reason is simple, Dong Fu is a celebrity in the world, and he is 80 years old this year.

In this country that respects the old and loves the young, and in this era when the average life expectancy is extremely low, being able to live to 80 years old is a very remarkable thing in itself.

Not to mention that this man who lived to be 80 years old is still a world-renowned scribe and prophecy scientist.

Speaking of which, Mr. Dong Fu is also a legend of the times.

He is a native of Yizhou. Because he lived a long life, he was raised to a level that is beyond the reach of the world. He refused to be recruited by the imperial court ten times.

Emperor Ling was polite to him.

He himself is well-known for his study of Confucian classics, and he is also famous for his studies of prophecy and weft. Many disciples follow him to study.

It is difficult for modern people to understand why the theory of prophecy had such a market at that time, and a vague "Dang Tu Gao Ye who replaced the Han Dynasty" can attract the attention of the whole world.

It can only be said that the theory of prophecy was destined to have a huge impact on the Eastern Han Dynasty since Liu Xiu became emperor.

Because Liu Xiu himself became emperor smoothly because of a prophecy that "Liu Xiu should be the emperor".

I don't know if he really believed it, or because he knew it was false, in order to make the false true to maintain his legal status, so he maintained the official status of divination.

In any case, the theory of prophecy and weft had a profound impact on the Eastern Han Dynasty.

If there is something good at the top, the people below will naturally follow.

Not to mention that Liu Xiu believed in the prophecy to the point that ministers who did not believe in the prophecy would be demoted. It was quite the posture of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposing a hundred schools of thought to only respect Confucianism.

The founding emperor believed it so much, and the theory of prophecy and weft naturally became popular in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

A large number of magicians based on prophecy came into being. The Eastern Han Dynasty, which was disturbed by all kinds of prophecies, would not be peaceful even after death, and later generations debated it endlessly.

In fact, everything is for political reasons, and prophecies also serve politics.

Dong Fu is an extremely well-known prophecy expert and qi-watching magician. When he comes to visit, Liu Yan must be careful to receive him. If anything goes wrong, he, Liu Yan, will just wait to be drowned by the spittle of the world.

Carefully helping Dong Fu to sit down, Liu Yan hurriedly asked someone to pour water for Dong Fu. After Dong Fu took a sip of water, Liu Yan cautiously asked Dong Fu why he came.

"I heard that Jun Lang suggested to His Majesty the Emperor to restore the state pastoral system?"

Dong Fu didn't speak out, but instead asked about Liu Yan.

Liu Yan didn't find it strange at all, it was strange that Dong Fu held the position of servant and didn't know about it.

"Exactly, what do Mr. Dong think?"

"The old man also heard that Junlang recommended himself as Jiaozhou pastor?"

Dong Fu's words surprised Liu Yan.

"Yes, what advice does Mr. Dong have?"

"What's so good about Jiaozhou? It's hot, miasmatic, and uncivilized. The tax in one state is not as good as that in some big counties in the Central Plains. What's the use of it?"

"what?"

Liu Yan was very surprised.

He didn't expect Dong Fu to say that.

"Dong Gong means..."

"In the land of Yizhou, there are thousands of miles of fertile soil and dangerous mountains and rivers outside. Although the population is not as large as that in the Central Plains, it is much more than that of Jiaozhou. The roads are difficult and the traffic is blocked. No matter what happens, the imperial court cannot get it quickly Know."

Dong Fu grinned, and the smile was actually a bit mischievous: "Jun Lang, do you know that I watched the sky last night and found that there are..."

Dong Fu beckoned Liu Yan to come over with his ear, Liu Yan stretched out his ear in a daze, and Dong Fu said in a very low voice: "Yizhou has the spirit of emperor."

!!!

Son of heaven? !

Liu Yan's eyes widened immediately, and he looked at Dong Fu in disbelief.

Dong Fu is a world-renowned fortune-telling magician and divination expert, and he will never talk nonsense to smash his own brand.

Could it be said that the division of Yizhou really has the spirit of emperors, and in the future, emperors will be born in Yizhou?

Doesn't that mean...

and many more.

Liu Yan suddenly reacted.

Dong Fu specially ran over to tell himself that Yizhou has the emperor's spirit, it seems that it is not just for this purpose, it seems that there is some other meaning in it, right?

Even if you want to say it, you should say it to the present day instead of yourself, right?

What does he mean?

Before asking me if I begged Jiaozhou shepherd, and then belittling Jiaozhou and praising Yizhou, this is clearly...

Advise me to go to Yizhou?

Could it be that that day's temper is...

Liu Yan pondered for a while with some doubts, then looked at Dong Fu who was still smiling mischievously, and asked in a low voice: "What Dong Gong said, is it true?"

"This old man has lived to be 80 years old. Is it possible to tell lies?"

Liu Yan's face was full of disbelief.

"This matter is very important, and it is related to the emperor's veins. Why didn't Dong Gong tell the emperor, but tell me?"

"Why does Jun Lang think it is?"

Dong Fu blinked and looked at Liu Yan with a smile.

The guess that didn't exist in Liu Yan's heart suddenly fell into reality.

"Dong Gong, I am the clan of the Great Han, and I will not do anything against the Great Han."

Liu Yan swallowed, and said with difficulty.

"Did the old man ask you to do something against the big man?"

Dong Fu had an innocent face: "The old man just told you that the Yizhou branch is a man of heaven, and he didn't say anything else. Do you think what the old man said?"

Liu Yan felt right, Dong Fu just told him and didn't say anything else.

But when Dong Fu said this, Liu Yan suddenly remembered the corruption of Xi Jian, the governor of Yizhou, who had caused a lot of trouble in the court recently.

Xi Jian is not a celebrity, but bought the position of governor of Yizhou by spending money to buy an official. This purchase of an official will cost a lot of money, and a huge amount of money will be paid.

What is the reason for spending so much money to buy an official position?

money!

Is it still for doing good deeds?

chapter 173

Xi Jian ingeniously set up a name to collect taxes on the post of governor of Yizhou. He not only scraped the common people's oil and water, but also stretched his hand into the pockets of the local gentry in Yizhou.

He completely disregarded the rules of each family and took advantage of others, threatening one family today and threatening another family tomorrow, and his food was extremely ugly.

If a certain family member refuses to obey his blackmail, he will implement the policy and lead his minions to rob directly, without even a soft policy.

As a result, in a short period of time, people in Yizhou were full of dissatisfaction, and everyone from the low-level people to the powerful families of the upper-class gentry hated him very much.

The enemy of the whole people is okay.

Since he is an enemy of the whole people, he must have taken action against Mr. Dong Fu's family.

The Dong family in Yizhou is also a well-known family with a lot of property. Xi Jian must be desperate to compete with them for their interests in order to make money.

It is estimated that it is not only the Dong family, but most of the gentry in Yizhou have reached a united front, and they must drive Xi Jian away in one go, so that he cannot continue to harm their Yizhou.

Mr. Dong is the most famous person in Yizhou in the capital, so they must have asked for Mr. Dong.

The old man began to think about how to drive Xi Jian away.

Now that the eunuch is in power in the imperial court, Xi Jian has gone through the eunuch's way, and bought the emperor with money. If he writes the letter directly, it will be of no use, and he will offend the eunuch instead.

Those eunuchs will not give themselves any good fruit to eat.

Dong Fu thought about it again and again, but felt that he had no clue. At this moment, he learned that Liu Yan had written a letter to restore the state pastoral system.

As a man matures, Dong Fu figured out all kinds of advantages and disadvantages in a short period of time, and then decided to take a risky move. In his twilight years, he will do one more thing for the people of Yizhou.

Liu Yan was not the only one who saw the instability of the imperial court, and many people of insight saw such omens.

Dong Fu was getting old, and he didn't want to die in a foreign land amidst the chaos of the imperial court. What he wanted was to return to his roots and return to his hometown in Shu.

So he came to find Liu Yan.

As for Tianziqi, Tianziqi, whether there is such a thing, then of course there is no such thing.

The so-called "watching qi" by the ancients is looking at the sky and the transformation of stars, and the transformation of stars is astronomical law, science, and the movement of the universe. What does it have to do with Tianzi Qi?

However, this did not prevent people in the Han Dynasty from believing in such things. Even Dong Fu himself must have seen something exactly, found some astrological changes corresponding to the records, and felt that it was a sign that the Son of Heaven was about to appear.

A coincidence is a true coincidence.

Liu Yan would not doubt it. After figuring out the political interests, he felt that Dong Fu wanted to make a deal with him.

Let him help Yizhou people drive away Xi Jian and restore order, and then Dong Fu will use his reputation as a guarantee to help Liu Yan gain a firm foothold and let him avoid disaster in Yizhou.

The 80-year-old Dong Fu still has considerable appeal and influence in Yizhou.

Liu Yan thought about the stakes carefully, and felt that such a condition was quite attractive.

"Dong Gong really thought I should go to Yizhou instead of Jiaozhou?"

"Naturally."

Dong Fu said with a smile.

Liu Yan took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly.

"But I have asked the emperor to go to Jiaozhou. Even if the emperor agrees to restore the state pastoral system, then I am also a Jiaozhou pastoralist, not Yizhou pastoral."

Liu Yan pointed out his own difficulties.

Dong Fu shook his head.

"This is not a problem, as long as Jun Lang is willing, the old man has a solution."

Liu Yan looked at Dong Fu with a confident attitude, hesitated for a moment, and nodded slowly.

In fact, Dong Fu's methods are quite limited, because there are some things that Dong Fu can't control, but some things really happen.

The resurgence of the Yellow Turban Army in Hebei just happened in February. As a result, in April, the Yellow Turban Army in Gepi in Runan revived.

The Yellow Turban Army of Gepi in Runan was so powerful that it plundered the prefectures and counties everywhere, killed officials, defeated the officers and troops, endangered the hinterland of the Central Plains, and shocked the Han court.

The war broke out in Hebei, and the war broke out in Runan again. Emperor Ling was terrified.

Then Cao Song was unlucky.

In April, because the Yellow Turban of Gebei in Runan broke through the prefectures and counties and caused losses, the Taiwei Cao Song was dismissed as a vegetarian meal.

Cao Song, who had been a lieutenant for five months, lost his official position and thought he had no money to buy other official positions, so he could only choose to retire and return to his hometown in Qiao County to support the elderly.

It seemed that this incident had hit him hard. Cao Cao even wrote a letter to complain to Guo Peng, saying that Cao Song knew how to drink every day after returning to his hometown in Qiao County, and then dragged himself to complain.

Cao Cao seemed helpless about this.

So what about the officials who bought it?

But in this way, a very embarrassing problem arises.

No one from the Cao family is an official in the court, and the heirs of Cao Teng's line have disappeared.

As far as Guo Peng is concerned, because of Zuo Feng, he is not very worried that no one can provide him with shelter when Cao Song is gone. His biggest protector is Lu Zhi, followed by Yuan Shu, who are all tumblers for the time being.

But the Cao family is different. Without Cao Song, there is no one in the central government who can speak. Among the closest relatives, only Guo Peng is a high-ranking official.

Cao Song began to ask Cao Cao to find a way to return to the central government. In order to stand up and rise, the Cao clan must not only have one Guo Peng in the local area, but also have one in the central government.

No matter what position it is, you must go back to the central government, ask Yuan Shao for help, and let Cao Cao go back no matter what.