At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court was in chaos, and the rules and regulations were like white paper. In the current form, the king is not like the king and the minister, and then it becomes more and more intense, more and more biased, and finally forms a situation in which the princes of various places divide the territory and each is the king. In order to compete for territory, the princes everywhere showed their own skills, and some people came from the royal family and used their family prestige to attract various heroes, such as Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao and others; There were also people who, although their families were poor, had a reputation that had been passed down from generation to generation, so as to capture soldiers, such as Liu Bei, Sun Jian and others.
However, among the princes of various places, there were two special princes. They were able to be the highlights among the princes, and with years of experience and brains, they quickly captured some loyal soldiers by means of preaching. One of them divided the Hanzhong region for many years and dominated one side; The other, on the other hand, set off a mighty Yellow Turban Rebellion, which eventually led to the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty. These two are Zhang Lu and Zhang Jiao!
Zhang Lu, with his own strength and ability, divided one side in the Hanzhong region, and what was more disappointing was that he was just a small prince! Zhang Lu has a high status – Heavenly Master. According to the "Biography of Zhang Lu in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms", "Grandfather Mausoleum, Ke Shu, xuedao, and songming mountain, made a Taoist book to confuse the people, and from the recipient of the Tao came out five buckets of rice, so the world was called a rice thief." Ling died, and Zi Heng did his way. Heng death, Lu Fuxing. It is said that Zhang Lu's grandfather, Zhang Daoling, was the first Celestial Master. And Zhang Lu's ability to become a Heavenly Master is also inherited from his ancestral home, so his ability is beyond doubt!
The place where Zhang Lu first spread the Tianshi Dao was in the Hanzhong region. Because believers can join the Tianshi Dao as long as they pay five buckets of rice, (but if you are poor, they will give you food and let you be loyal to them) So Zhang Lu's Tianshi Dao is also known as the "Five Buckets of Rice Sect" by the world. For themselves, it is not a general rule of law and regulation, but a unique set of control systems: "Lu Sui according to Hanzhong, with ghost Taoism, called himself 'Shi Jun'." Those who came to learn the Tao were all called ghosts and pawns at the beginning. Believed in the Word, it is called 'sacrificial wine'. Moreover, in Zhang Lu's management, the internal arrangements of his Tianshi Dao still have an extremely strict process: "As a believer, you must have some responsibility, you must not be deceived, you must admit and obey mistakes, build stations in many places, put wine and meat, let passers-by eat for free according to their own meals, and slowly let the people submit to him!" Therefore, Zhang Lu's mission is purposeful and effective, and both believers and insiders have a magnanimous heart for him, rigorous and clear, and rewards and punishments! Therefore, "the people of Kansai from the Meridian Valley, tens of thousands of families" Tens of thousands of people have come to zhanglu, and zhanglu has all accepted it!
In the end, the better result was that after Zhang Lu defected to Cao Cao, he relied on his status as a heavenly master to assist Zhang Jaw in basically transferring the people of the Hanzhong region to the northern region. Because of the change in the form of war, it was feared that Liu Bei would attack the Hanzhong region, and the reason for transferring the people was that even if Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, he could only get an empty shell. After Zhang Lu defected to Cao Cao, he was made a general of Zhennan and the Marquis of Langzhong, which can be described as a manifestation of Wen Tao's martial strategy. The Tianshi Dao spread by Zhang Lu was thus introduced to the northern region. During the reign of Emperor Wuzong of Yuan, Zhang Lu was credited with spreading Taoism, and was posthumously awarded the title of "Zhengyi Shi Taiqing Zhaohua Guangde Zhenjun" to become the strongest of the strong!
After getting to know Zhang Lu, let's get to know another prince. This man was the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion – Zhang Jiao. According to the Later Han Dynasty Book of Emperor Fu Song's biography, "In the beginning, Julu Zhangjiao called himself a "great sage and good teacher", served Huang Laodao, raised disciples, knelt down to worship the first time, and spelled water spells to cure the sick, and the sick were healed, and the people believed in him. Jiaoyin sent eight disciples to the four directions to teach the world with good Taoism and turn to deceive each other. Zhang Jiao was kind and helpful to the immortals, and took his two younger brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang to spread the good religion in the Central Plains. Zhang Jiao has eight apprentices, each with great skills, who are also helping the poor in all directions, and serve the people for free, and the people appreciate them!
The Central Plains were in an area of frequent wars, where the plague was severe and there was a shortage of grain and grass. Zhang Jiao took this opportunity to begin to wash the hearts of everyone and promote the ideal concept of the "Taiping Dao" to the people who did not understand anything. Soon, the reputation of the "Taiping Road" quickly expanded. In ten years, the people of the eight prefectures were gathered and established into various units, and zhang jiao saw that the time was ripe, and issued an order in 184 AD, so that the war against the Han Dynasty immediately broke out!
In order to show his determination to this war, Zhang Jiao asked everyone to bring a yellow turban, so this armed resistance force was judged by the imperial court as a powerful yellow turban rebel army against thieves! At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao and his subordinates took action on this. How powerful was the Yellow Turban Uprising? This uprising swept through 28 counties in the seven prefectures of the Central Plains, and due to the influence of Zhang Jiao's previous good religion, people have been joining the rebel army. Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion eventually ended in failure, because the strength of the Han Dynasty was too small, it eventually gradually perished under the flames of this war!
It can be seen from this that the strength of Zhang Lu and Zhang Jiao may not be as good as others, but their determination and perseverance are incomparable to many people, so it is natural to say that their success is a matter of course!