An Lushan once served as our envoy in Xiangyang (now southwest of Beijing), Hedong (now Taiyuan, Shanxi) and Pinglu (now west of Jinzhou, Liaoning). He was cunning and good at pandering, and won the favor and trust of Xuanzong because he asked to be the adopted son of Yang Guifei. An Lushan is the most powerful warlord, and his career is booming.
On the surface, he often goes to Chang 'an, the capital, to show great respect to the imperial court, but behind it he secretly accumulates strength and recruits; Use ethnic contradictions to engage in separatist activities. After about 10 years of preparation, in June of 1 1755, An Lushan colluded with the Ministry of Shi Siming and led15,000 troops south to fight against the Tang Dynasty in the name of attacking Yang.
No one dared to refuse the counties where the rebels passed. When the foot soldiers climb the city and hear the enemy's drums, they will be scared to fall at the gate. In June 756, Tongguan fell and Xuanzong fled to Chengdu. At Majipo, the sergeant mutinied and killed Yang. Xuanzong was forced to kill Yang Guifei and immediately went to Chengdu. Prince Hengli rushed to Lingwu and acceded to the throne in July of the same year, that is, Su Zong changed his name to Zhide.
This rebellion, which lasted for eight years, was finally put down in 762 under the resistance of the broad masses of the people and some generals in the Tang Dynasty. However, the people in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River have suffered unprecedented disasters and the northern economy has been hit hard. "Luoyang Baili County is surrounded by mound sites" and "You, Zheng and other states are extravagant houses, and people know that paper is clothing", which led to the tragic scene of breaking off diplomatic relations for thousands of miles. Since then, the Tang Dynasty has turned from prosperity to decline.
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The protagonist: An Lushan.
An Lushan was originally a half-blood Hu from Yingzhou, his father was a Sogdian, and his mother Arshid was a Turkic witch. Because his mother thought it was the God of War (god of light), Jia Yashan gave birth to this son only after hearing her prayers, so he was named "Lushan" (Jia Yashan's Chinese translation).
Later, Ashdod remarried the Turkic general An Yan, and An Lushan followed suit. An Lushan is smart, burly and chubby in vain. He can speak six languages and worked as a businessman (as a translator and intermediary in the trade between Turks and Tang people).
In the 24th year of Kaiyuan (736), when An Lushan was fighting Xi and Qidan on the northeast border, he was beheaded according to law because he failed to underestimate his enemy.
Just as the execution ground was about to execute, An Lushan shouted, "Aren't the doctors going to destroy Xi and the Khitan? Why kill a strong man! " Zhang Shousheng pitied him for being a brave general, and couldn't bear to kill him, so he took him to Beijing and asked the court to make a decision.
Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, saw that An Lushan was a great man and he could speak six languages, so he pitied his talent and wanted to avoid his death. Zhang Jiuling, the prime minister, wrote against it: "Military law cannot be shaken, and An Lushan is guilty of being killed. Moreover, this person's appearance is the opposite. If you don't kill him, it's a future trouble. " Xuanzong disagreed and said, "If you look at this person according to Wang Yan's view of Schleswig, you will be wronged."
Finally, under the protection of Xuanzong, An Lushan was pardoned. Since then, An Lushan's career has been flourishing. An Lushan is obese and is said to weigh more than 300 Jin. He was simple and honest in appearance, good at flattery, and soon got Xuanzong's favor.
Seeing that he was obese, Xuanzong made fun of him and said, "What's in your stomach? So big? " An Lushan took the opportunity to flatter: "I have nothing in my stomach except loyalty to your majesty." Xuanzong was very happy to hear that.
Once, An Lushan met Prince Hengli, and he turned his back on him. People around him advised him to salute, but he pretended to be stupid and said, "I am a monk, I don't know etiquette, and I don't know what official position the prince is." Xuanzong said: "The prince is Chu Jun, and he should be my monarch in a hundred years."
An Lushan immediately pretended to be surprised and replied in surprise, "I'm so stupid. I used to know that there was your majesty, but I didn't know there was a prince. "
Seeing that An Lushan was so loyal to himself, Xuanzong loved him even more and made him king of Dongping County. He not only built an extremely luxurious mansion in the capital, but also provided him with all kinds of delicious food. Even Yang Yuhuan, the favorite imperial concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, finally recognized An Lushan as the "adopted son"-although An Lushan was older than Yang Guifei 16 years old.
Under the impetus of Xuanzong, An Lushan was appointed as our special envoy in Fanyang, Pinglu and Hedong in the tenth year of Tianbao (75 1). An Lushan, which defends the northeast, is the most powerful in our time, with a total of 654.38+08,000 military forces, accounting for one third of the military forces in the world.
Armed to the teeth, An Lushan saw the emptiness of the mainland. The old emperor was obsessed with singing and dancing and was indifferent to political affairs, so his betrayal gradually surfaced. But he still has some "conscience", thinking that Xuanzong treated him well and wanted to wait until the old Xuanzong died before starting his army. However, Prime Minister Yang accelerated the process of Anshi Rebellion.
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