Chapter 1: Chang'an, the imperial capital

In the first year of Tianbao, on the first day of the first month, the Tang Emperor Li Longji Imperial Qinzheng Building, received congratulations, amnesty to the world, and changed the Yuan Tianbao.

Later, the division of Lu Bei was the festival, and An Lushan was the festival envoy, which marked the formation of the situation of the Tang Dynasty's ten sections.

In the first month of the first year of Tianbao, the Tang Dynasty had a total of 331 states and 800 states. In order to resist the intrusion of the surrounding tribes, ten knots and economic envoys were successively set up in various places along the border, and troops were recruited to the border, and the power of the generals of the border defense towns was increased, forming a situation in which the internal affairs were light and the external weight was heavy.

Anxi Jiedu pacified the Western Regions, commanding 24,000 troops; Beiting Jiedu defended the Turkish, Jiankun tribes, Tunyi, and the territory of the two western states, commanding 20,000 troops.

Hexi Jiedu cut off the Tibetans and Turks, commanding 73,000 troops; Longyou Jiedu prepared for Tibet, commanding 75,000 troops.

Shuofang Jiedu defended the Turks, commanding 64,700 troops; Hedong Jiedu and Shuofang fought to defend against the Turks, commanding 55,000 troops. Fan Yang Jie Du was in control of Xi and Khitan, commanding 91,400 troops; Pinglu Jiedu suppressed Murwei and Jianya, commanding 37,500 troops.

Jiannan Jiedu west to resist Tibet, south to the barbarians, commanding 30,900 troops. The five prefectures of Lingnan passed through Sui Jingyi and Fang, and commanded 15,400 troops.

In addition, there is Changle Jingluo, which is led by Fuzhou and has 1,500 soldiers. Donglai guarded and captured, and Laizhou led it; Dongmu guarded and captured, and Dengzhou led it; 1,000 soldiers each. There were a total of 490,000 soldiers and more than 80,000 horses. Before the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the annual cost of clothing and food for border soldiers was only 2 million; During the Tianbao period, the border soldiers increased, with 1,200,000 horses of clothing and 1.9 million pieces of grain every year.

In the late reign of Kaiyuan, the country was peaceful for a long time, and the emperor Li Longji gradually lost the spirit of seeking governance upward. After the reform of the Yuan Tianbao, politics became more and more corrupt, which accelerated the annexation of land, so that many people migrated and went into exile. The destruction of the equal-land system, the loss of land and the loss of land and the displacement of the homestead farmers, which led to the complete destruction of the government and military system. Later, the border troubles increased, the soldiers were constantly used, the military period was extended, and the corruption became more and more serious, and the border generals embezzled the soldiers' property and forced the soldiers to perform hard labor for themselves, so no one wanted to be a government soldier.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the government military system was implemented since the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty, but the government military system was based on the Juntian system. Originally, the target of the government army was the peasants under the land sharing system, but when the land system was destroyed, the government army system lost the economic basis on which it depended. Therefore, since the beginning of the Kaiyuan period, the conscription system has gradually replaced the government military system. After the implementation of the conscription system, the state recruited Ding men as soldiers, provided food and clothing, and was exempted from conscription. This has reduced the burden of military service on the peasants, saved the consumption of government soldiers and roads, is conducive to the development of production, and provides a reliable source of troops for the border military towns.

After Tianbao, because of the long period of peace, people believed that China could sell troops, and the people also forbade the carrying of weapons. With the changes in politics and economy, there have also been changes in the social atmosphere, and people are ashamed to be soldiers, and their children are military attachés, and their fathers and brothers despise them. The recruits were all street vendors and scoundrels, and they had never practiced martial arts. In addition, because Emperor Li Longji listened to the slanderous words of Prime Minister Li Linfu, he adopted the policy of using razing to defeat raze, and appointed many Hu people, and a large number of Hu people were also appointed in the border towns. Moreover, the soldiers of the conscription system take being soldiers as their profession, and the generals command an army for a long time, and there is a subordinate relationship between the generals and generals, which leads to the formation of warlords.

In the third year of Datang Tianbao, this year, the Tang Emperor Li Longji was idle, so he did an extremely boring thing - changed "year" to "carry". In order to show that his martial arts are as famous as the ancient Tang Dynasty and the two emperors of Yu.

At this time, a young man named Huaxing at the Jinguang Gate of Chang'an City dragged his baggage, touched the letter and the guide in his arms, and looked up at the sky, as if to say: "Hello Datang!" I'm coming. ”

Because he's a traverser.

More than three months ago, Huaxing was just a senior liberal arts student at a university in the 21st century, because he participated in the "volunteer teaching" to teach in a certain place in the west, probably because of the problem of high altitude, he had "altitude sickness" and fainted at a highway rest stop, and three days later Huaxing found that he "woke up" and became a 20-year-old "Xianggong" scholar who fell ill in an inn on the outskirts of Chang'an by Tang Tianbao three times to Beijing to take the exam - "Huaxing" with the same name and surname.

Hua Xing looked at the ancient capital of the fourteen dynasties at this moment, and his mind flashed over the description of her in the book of his previous life: it was the capital of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the capital of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the most magnificent capital in ancient China, and the largest city in the history of the world. It covers an area of 87.27 square kilometers, which is 2.54 times that of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty, 1.45 times that of Beijing City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 7.29 times that of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire in the same period, 2.87 times that of Baghdad City built in 800 AD, and 6.39 times that of Rome, with a population of more than 1 million. For thousands of years, it has been the largest capital city built by mankind and is well deserved to be the "first city in the world".

However, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and the rebels attacked Luoyang, broke Tongguan, and Chang'an City fell, and was ravaged by military disasters; Later, when Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi borrowed troops to return to Chang'an to recover Chang'an, they were ravaged by the military disaster again, the palace was burned, there was no one in ten, and one hundred Cao was deserted, and there were no rafters. In the middle of the country, less than a thousand households, well-eups, hazelnuts, jackals. There is a lack of military reserves, fresh manpower, no population, and thousands of miles of depression. Du Fu has a poem that says: "After the lonely Tianbao, the garden is full of artemisia terrestris, there are more than 100 families in me, and the world is chaotic." Since then, Chang'an has been in a slump, and since the Song Dynasty, it has ceased to be the capital of China.

"Anshi Rebellion!" Huaxing's heart was tight at the moment, whether it was from TV or books before the crossing, he knew the tragic situation of the place where the rebels passed, and finally crossed and was reborn once, although he didn't experience it in the Tang Dynasty, but he finally lost his life in the Anshi Rebellion, so it was a big loss.

Huaxing has had successes and failures before crossing, not a weak person, since it can't be changed, you can only find a way to adapt, and you can't sit still.

How to deal with the coming Anshi Rebellion? He thought about it and thought about it, but there were no more than three ways, one to take refuge in An Lushan, one to avoid other places, and the other to gather people to protect himself.

Defection is obviously not possible. Although the Anshi Rebellion was strong, it was quickly suppressed. If you don't take refuge, you don't necessarily die; Take refuge and you will die. It is not possible to avoid other places. When An Lushan raised troops, An Lushan climbed high and shouted, Pinglu, Fanyang, Hedong three towns, the three towns, the army of more than 200,000, connected to the state capital, covering the sky and the sun, the sea was terrified. Although the world is big, where can you find the source of peach blossoms?

Neither can be done, only to gather crowds to protect themselves. It's just that it's easier said than done. He has no prestige, no money, no family, he is weak and weak, and the world does not know, how to gather people?

"Ahh O God! Since you let me be reincarnated as a human being, why didn't you give me a 'golden finger'! Other traversers showed their spirit one by one, and generals, strategists, and beauties entered the curtain one after another, and I was so aggrieved when it was my turn. Huaxing complained wildly in his heart.

"You scholar, what are you doing here! Dig out the road guide! Fast! The city gate sergeant interrupted Hua Xing's thoughts with a loud shout.

At this time, the front gate of Mingdemen was crowded with people entering the city, noisy and lively, there were farmers picking vegetables into the city, there were merchants leading mules and horses, and there were many scholars.

"Don't block the road in front of you, go quickly!" A dozen or so vegetable pickers shouted impatiently.

"Brother Bing! I'm sorry! Huaxing hurriedly took out the way and handed it to the sergeant: "Huaxing, Shangluo County." ”。

The drawbridge at the gate was full of soldiers, but they only scrutinized caravans or those who entered the city with more than two people, and did not pay much attention to those who entered the city alone.

After charging a foreigner ten cents for entering the city, a soldier waved Huaxing into the city, and shouted to the back: "Next!" ”