There was no way to tell others in public that Dong Hu was dissatisfied with the former prefect of Longxi County Li Kuan, county magistrate Sun Ying, and southern captain Li Quan. After scolding them in front of Cai Yong, the atmosphere in the hall was much worse. In addition, after the Taiping Road in Jincheng, Dong Hu and Dong Mao were in trouble and worried, and the reception banquet ended early in the suppression atmosphere.

There was a hidden rule for being an official in the Han Dynasty. For example, Dong Zhuo was from Lintao, Xu Rong, and Xu Rong, the general under Xu Rong, was from western Liaoning, and the general under Xu Rong, Chen Jiu, were from Wuwei. Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong, and Chen Jiu could not serve in Lintao, western Liaoning, and Wuwei. Even though it seemed that Dong Zhuo had no direct relationship with Chen Jiu and had never even met, if Chen Jiu was appointed as the prefect of Wuwei County, Dong Zhuo could not go to work.

This unspoken rule is related to the special official selection system of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty had very narrow ways to enter the officialdom. Often, the prefect or the chief generals of the army were not appointed by the court, but were recruited and appointed by the prefect or generals themselves. This was like the "monarch and minister, father and son" relationship between the emperor and the ministers. The relationship between the two parties was far from being as simple as the "affiliated" relationship among bureaucrats.

Once the relationship between the "priest" in the Han Dynasty was determined, no matter where the "subject" below went, they had to be honest and obedient, otherwise they would be despised by the world. This is why many famous scholars were unwilling to be recruited by some people. Even if famous scholars may gain a high status, once they become officials, they will be labeled as labels for the rest of their lives, and it is difficult to be unfaithful.

Due to the "three mutual laws", the Han Dynasty had a wealthy family that had been rich for hundreds of years, especially the prefectures and counties with many people in the Central Plains. The wealthy families could not become governors or prefects, so that some places lacked a landlord official all year round, which also gave the eunuchs the inner court the opportunity, because the eunuchs' disciples were not rich families, and their relationship was not that complicated, and they were very low in influence by the "three mutual laws". There was no restriction on where to go to serve as governors or prefects.

However, the greed and messy eunuchs made the place also aroused the dissatisfaction of countless local aristocratic families. This led to the fact that Cai Yong submitted a statement to abolish the "Three Mutual Laws". The good man believed that the "Three Mutual Laws" influenced the wise officials to govern the world, but this touched the interests of the eunuchs, and was suppressed by the eunuchs, and only asked him to write books and carve steles in Luoyang.

Cai Yong submitted a memorial to dismiss the "Three Mutual Laws". The court officials and civil and military officials, and countless officials from all over the country supported it. The court abandoned the Three Mutual Laws. Otherwise, Li Shen, the Li family, would not have served as the prefect of Longxi County, and Li Kuan's son Li Quan could not have become the lieutenant of the southern Longxi County.

The foundation of the Dong family is in Lintao. Lintao is a little smaller and its location is remote. However, it is because it is on the edge that the Dong family is stable and can be hidden in the abyss. Dong Hu couldn't figure out why Dong Zhuo wanted to abandon his foundation, but this was Dong Zhuo's private matter. He didn't want to intervene too much, so that the irritable Dong Zhuo was disliked.

But Dong Hu was very angry with Didao's Li family. He made his hometown messy in less than a year, and felt a sense of rebellion that was about to come, which made him unwilling to give Li Kuan a good face.

At the reception banquet, Dong Hu knew Cai Yong's real purpose, but he did not care too much. If a good man was willing to be the prefect of Jincheng County, it would be fine to manage Jincheng County in Yunwu City. But he knew that just because he was Dong's army and the King of Qiang in Hehuang, Cai Yong would not be able to establish a "lord" relationship with him. At most, it was the relationship between the officials and chieftains of the Song and Ming dynasties later. Even so, Dong Hu was willing.

After sending the pale-faced Li Kuan, Sun Ying and others away, someone asked someone to settle Cai Yong, so that Dong Hu and Dong Mao could only sit alone and sigh.

Dong Mao knew Dong Hu's personality the most. After he revealed some signs of "the world's chaos", his heart became a mess, but he didn't know where Dong Hu saw it.

With a pot of hot tea and two tea cups, the two brothers sat opposite each other on the chessboard...

"Bang."

Dong Mao fell down a black spot, and his heart was in a mess. The fallen spot was also casual. He held a teapot while pouring tea with Dong Hu.

"Tiger baby."

"Is the world really going to be in chaos? Can my brother know some reasons?"

When he heard "brother" instead of "my son or me", Dong Hu couldn't help but look up at Dong Mao, who looked worried, and took the hot tea from him, which was his favorite tea.

Dong Hu drank a little tea and sighed helplessly after a while.

"Not only tiger kids, there will definitely be countless knowledgeable people who can see the signs of chaos in the world, and even... there will be countless people who take the initiative to push behind the scenes... or indulge them."

Dong Hu fell down a son and sighed: "The eldest son came to Lintao. Along the way, he must have seen some Taoist people wrapped in yellow turbans. When countless people gathered together, can't they still see signs?"

Dong Mao was stunned at first, and opened his mouth to say "Fu Shui" to save people. When the words came to his mouth, there was another silence...

"Thuwa, according to your estimate, the world is in chaos...when will it be?"

Dong Hu frowned and fell down another son.

“It’s hard to determine.”

"Huwa did not go to the Central Plains to see what happened. He could not determine when the Taiping Road would cause chaos. However, they suddenly appeared in the counties of Liangzhou. Even at this time, it was the twelfth lunar month when water was falling into ice, they still set up an altar in the city to preach, use water to save people, and the possibility of rebellion in the next year is greater."

"If you rebel in the next year... huh?"

Dong Hu suddenly remembered something and suddenly asked: "Young Master, is it the Jiazi year after the New Year?"

Dong Mao thought carefully and made a careful calculation, Zheng Keyou.

"The next year is the year of Jiazi!"

Dong Hu was silent...

"It must be the next year, in February and March after the New Year, when the people are poor and have no food..."

"It must be the time when Taipingdao rebelled!"

"Crazy..."

Dong Mao shook his palm and knocked the wooden box containing the chess piece to the ground... Dong Hu stood up and was about to pick up the fallen chess piece...

"Huwa, you... are you sure it's after the New Year, are you sure it's February and March?"

Dong Hu patted his palms twice, holding his arm tightly. After Dong Mao let go, Dong Hu picked up the chess piece one by one and sat back on the opposite side.

"Taiping Taoist is a Taoist, and Taoist people pay attention to following the heavens and going against the heavens. Jiazi year is a cycle of reincarnation. If you want to rebel, you should choose Jiazi year after the year."

"In February and March, people are hungry and hunger. If summer grains are put into storage in May, people will hesitate when they have food. After April, they will first plant rice, beans, sorghum, and wheat will be planted in August, and there will be grain harvests during this period..."

"If the rebellion occurs after April, unless the people suffer disasters and lose food, the people cannot survive. This will cause disasters that turmoil the whole world. However, if there is no natural disaster, after the people harvest the wheat in May, people will not be too restless and will hesitate, and even if there is turmoil, it will not be too great."

Dong Hu sighed: "Food is the most important thing for the people, and the people attach great importance to food for life. If they were not forced, they would not easily miss the farming season and choose to rebel."

"There are at least two benefits to rebellion in February and March. One is that when the people are hungry and cold, they are easily transferred to the court under the temptation of others. The people involved in the rebellion will have multiples or multiples than other times."

"Secondly, kill officials and rebels in February and March, killing countless wealthy families. When the food is harvested in May, they can obtain food that can be available for up to one year. With sufficient food and supplies, the morale of the rebels will be stable and undisturbed."

Dong Hu frowned and said, "As a general, there are two things that are the most important. One is the soldiers and the other is the food and supplies. Only after two prerequisites are guaranteed can the soldiers be trained and marched to fight. If you do not have these two prerequisites, you can only be able to win the God of War!"

"Taiping Road preached in Lintao, and used water to save people. Eight out of ten people participated in the people. Although they were mobs, if they really wanted to rebel, the core leader would not be able to ignore the most important military source and supplies of an army. If they didn't even care about these two prerequisites for the army, even if they rebelled, it would be the same as a joke. The court only needed 10,000 or thousands of soldiers to quell the turmoil in three to five months. Such rebellion would not have much impact on my uncle."

Dong Mao remained silent for a long time...

"How much chance does my father have to win?"

...

"My uncle has no chance of winning in the battle against the Central Plains."

Dong Mao's breathed heavily in an instant, and after a few breaths...

"reason?"

...

"The eldest son should be able to think that the generals of the Central Plains have become. The ability of the wealthy families of various aristocratic families is to be granted marquis on the battlefield. Even if the children of aristocratic families talk about war on paper, they are much better than a group of people who don't know anything. After a few battles on paper, they have the experience of commanding troops. Such a family grows very quickly."

"There are countless wealthy families in the Central Plains. After several battles, it is no problem to take out countless generals of all sizes. However, the soldiers in the Central Plains are not good. Judging from the rebellions of Beigong Boyu, Han Sui and others, as well as the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, the soldiers who were recruited were all Wubao soldiers on the border, or the East and West Qiang, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei Yicheng. Could it be that soldiers on the Central Plains have been recruited?"

"No!"

Dong Hu said solemnly: "Fighting with the East and West Qiang, Xiongnu, Xianbei, the Han Dynasty recruited generals of the Central Plains, but never recruited soldiers from the Central Plains. Even the Jiujiang Barbarians, Jingzhou Barbarians, Jiaozhou Barbarians, Banyan Barbarians, and Yizhou Barbarians used soldiers from the Jiangnan or Sichuan Mountains. Most of them were the same barbarians who had never recruited soldiers from the Central Plains."

"Soldiers are not familiar with battle formations, and they only hold more soldiers and broader generals, rather than elite soldiers and brave generals. There is a fundamental difference between the two."

Dong Hu sighed, "My uncle is from Lintao, Xiliang. He is a remote Dong family in the eyes of the wealthy families. If the war starts in the heart of the wealthy families, how can the wealthy families of the wealthy families be willing to achieve merits on the battlefield of the Central Plains?"

"The soldiers are not good at all, and there are countless people behind them. The soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers, and the morale of the upper and lower levels is different, so how can we win?"

Dong Hu smiled bitterly again.

"It would be fine if there was a rebellion in Liangzhou. If it were in the Central Plains, even if we did not live alone in Hehuang Valley, once we fought in the Central Plains, the wealthy families would definitely not choose their uncle at first, at least the master would not. They would never let their uncle become the top general of the Han Dynasty, because in the eyes of the court, this would make his uncle a person who would be too big to lose his head."

"If my uncle becomes a general in command of a military army, only after the imperial court is defeated and the generals of the aristocratic families in the court cannot cope with the rebels will consider that his uncle becomes a general. Even so, the aristocratic families will definitely keep pulling their legs. Only when the aristocratic families occupy the absolute dominance is in line with their interests."

"So... If my uncle only relies on the current thousand cavalry in Huangzhong, the battle of the Central Plains..."
Chapter completed!