About Chapter 47 Synopsis: The news that the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian led a million-strong army south reached the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The whole country was shocked, the Eastern Jin Dynasty Emperor Sima Yao hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures, the ministers had no opinion, and the minister Xie An recommended his nephew Xie Xuan to lead more than 80,000 elite Beifu soldiers to the north to defend against the enemy. Xie Xuan felt that he was in danger and had a heavy responsibility, and sent people to ask Xie An several times, but he returned in vain. Xie An was not surprised and was stable as usual, until Xie Xuan was about to lead the army, Xie An made a plan to hold on to the tired enemy.

In the official history, there are not many records in the preparatory stage of the Eastern Jin Dynasty's resistance to the former Qin army, and I made up the countermeasures for stubbornly defending the tired enemy. Sticking to the tired enemy is also the most common means of fighting between the two armies in the era of cold weapons. Now a lot of people are talking about Shea'an's performance during this period. It is also said that he is pretending to be calm, but in fact he is extremely flustered inside. I think Xie An, who comes from a big family, should do the same. The demeanor of the Wei and Jin dynasties gave these scholars who presided over state affairs a variety of means to gain fame and reputation, but they were not without practical talents, and at best they could come up with countermeasures to stubbornly defend the enemy. Therefore, just when Xie An calmly deployed to face the battle, Huan Chong, a general who was also from a big family, naturally knew what the Xie family was, so his worries were not unreasonable. It can be seen that the civil and military ministers within the Eastern Jin Dynasty at that time had no grasp of the war situation at that time, let alone any advanced strategies to resist the enemy. All the Eastern Jin Dynasty could do was send an army to resist with all its might, and then resign itself to fate.

We have also said before that the Eastern Jin Dynasty was dominated by the Shi landlord class. It is composed of many large families. These clans all have their own family territories, their own fields and slaves, and their power is so great that they are like independent kingdoms in the region, so the ruling structure of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is very similar to the situation of feudal towns in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. We take this opportunity to briefly talk about some things in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

In the history of our country, the most proud dynasties of today's people are the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, especially the Tang Dynasty has reached the grand occasion of the coming dynasty of all countries, but in the middle and late period of the reign of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, although the Turkic Khanate that dominated the northern Mongolian steppe declined under the continuous blows of the Tang Dynasty, but the Khitan, another nomadic tribe that had been enslaved by it, began to rise, and constantly harassed the border of the Tang Dynasty. He gave the frontier guards the power of conscription, election of officials, tax collection, etc., and named these local generals as Jiedu envoys, which allowed these Jiedu envoys to grasp the local financial and military power, and the interior of the Tang Dynasty because of many years of peace, the defense of various places was empty, and the soldiers did not know the battle array, but Tang Xuanzong was busy with his daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan to pick up ashes, and reached the point where the warm day of the Spring Festival tent was high, and the king did not come to the point of early dynasty. The festival of guarding Hebei made An Lushan and Shi Siming see this opportunity and rebelled, known as the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Xuanzong, who was intoxicated with the gentle township, suddenly panicked, and killed Yang Yuhuan and Yang Guozhong, who had committed public anger, and ran to Shu with hundreds of civil and military officials to hide. His crown prince Li Heng was proclaimed emperor under the support of all the soldiers, and he was appointed emperor by Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

During the reign of Tang Suzong Li Heng, he led the whole country to suppress the rebellion, under the escort of the loyal Hanmen Shu people, the Anshi Rebellion finally became the end of the strong crossbow, but in the process of counterinsurgency, it directly led to a large number of generals with heavy troops to serve as the Jiedu envoy, and the official position of the Jiedu to stabilize the frontier was no longer limited to the appointment of the border generals, and Tang Suzong was strongly supported by the eunuch Li Fuguo in the process of claiming the emperor to quell the rebellion, Li Fuguo was very trusted by Tang Suzong, and mastered the power of the forbidden army. This also opened the prelude to the eunuch chaos in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

After the death of Tang Suzong, his son Li Yu succeeded to the throne, during the reign of Li Yu of Tang Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion that lasted eight years was finally pacified, and Tang Dynasty Zong assassinated Li Fuguo, who held great power, regained control of the government, and maintained the rule of the Tang Dynasty by reforming the finances, but because of the local festival to make the forest, and he again favored other eunuchs, after all, the reform presided over by Tang Dynasty Zong was difficult to reverse the decline of the Tang Dynasty.

After the death of Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Yu, his son Li Shi succeeded to the throne, Tang Dezong Li Shi was quite virtuous, restricting eunuchs to gain power, reusing virtuous ministers, and continuing his father's financial reforms, and sent troops to successfully resist the invasion of Tibet entrenched in Tibet, and continued to conquer the feudal towns of the unsubstantial, during his reign, the Tang Dynasty had a great tendency to prosper, but in the later years of Tang Dezong, he favored the eunuchs, tolerated the feudal towns, and finally failed to let the Tang Dynasty's Zhongxing rule come in advance.

After the death of Tang Dezong, his seriously ill prince Li Yu succeeded to the throne, Tang Shunzong Li Yu succeeded to the throne less than a year, and finally it was difficult to deal with political affairs due to illness, and the powerful eunuchs in order to obtain the merit of support, took the opportunity to force their Zen in the crown prince Li Chun, soon after, Tang Shunzong died of illness, Tang Xianzong Li Chun used the eunuch political group that supported him to continue to attack the feudal towns around the country, greatly weakened the power of the feudal towns, and Tang Xianzong was diligent in government, continuing the reform method of the previous emperors, and opened the road to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, However, the power of the eunuch political group grew rapidly in the process of attacking the feudal town, and its internal support began to continue to fight for power and profit, Tang Xianzong Li Chun was also killed in the internal struggle of the eunuch political group, and his son Li Heng was proclaimed emperor by the eunuchs.

Tang Muzong Li Heng was helpless in the face of the situation that the eunuchs held the power of the court, his banquet was excessive, not political affairs, the ministers of the court and the central government were constantly fighting, Tang Muzong was injured and died in the process of playing, his son Li Zhan succeeded to the throne, there must be his father and his son, Tang Jingzong Li Zhan's interest in playing was more than Tang Muzong, during his reign, the court was in turmoil, the annexation between the feudal towns was serious, and the eunuchs who were exhausted by Tang Jingzong's excessive play were really unbearable Tang Jingzong's absurd moves, and killed him, because Tang Jingzong was killed when he had no heirs, the eunuchs supported the clan Li Ang to succeed him.

Tang Wenzong Li Ang wanted to make great efforts to restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but he was subject to the feudal towns and the eunuchs inside, and could not display his political ambitions, so Tang Wenzong tried to start with the destruction of the eunuch political group and take the power of the court into his own hands, but the matter was leaked, and the eunuchs took the first step to launch a coup d'état, and put Tang Wenzong under house arrest.

After the death of Tang Wenzong, the eunuchs supported the succession of Li Yan of the clan, Tang Wuzong Li Yan believed in Taoism, vigorously suppressed the development of Buddhism, and in order to increase financial revenue, confiscated the monastic land, minted coins with metal Buddha statues, forced monks and nuns to return to the lay to engage in production, the history called Huichang Fa difficult, Tang Wuzong also sent troops to recruit the rebel towns, strengthened the centralization, and reproduced the road to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but he died of illness after only seven years on the throne. The eunuchs also supported the succession of Li Chen.

During the reign of Tang Xuanzong Li Chen, he learned the rule of the ancestor Li Shimin's Zhenguan, tried to innovate, limit the power of eunuchs, crack down on the secession of feudal towns, and implement the policy of lightly dispensing with small endowments, alleviating social contradictions, the Tang Dynasty briefly reproduced the prosperous scene, but unfortunately, Li Chen, who was called the little Taizong by later historians, was poisoned to death by taking pills, and the eunuchs who held the power of the forbidden army supported his son Li Yi to succeed to the throne, but Li Luo had no virtue of his father, arrogant and lascivious, and favored traitors. Soon ended the prosperity of the rule of Dazhong pioneered by his father Li Chen, because Tang Yizong Li Luo reigned for nearly 20 years, everything he did showed the state of a faint monarch, Li Luo was very happy, welcomed the Buddha's bones, and squandered the last political capital of the Tang Dynasty without restraint, and completely brought the Tang Dynasty into the abyss of destruction. However, the Buddha bones that it welcomes are hidden in the underground palace of Famen Temple, and today, with the archaeological excavation of the underground palace of Famen Temple, this rare treasure Buddha bone relics have reappeared in the world, which can be regarded as a contribution of Tang Yizong to the development of Buddhism! However, Li Luo, who was obsessed with fun, did not get the blessing of the Buddha because of the Buddha, and a few months after the end of the ceremony of welcoming the Buddha's bones, Li Yi fell ill and went to the west, and his son Li Yan succeeded to the throne.

Tang Xizong Li Yan inherited his father's preference for banquets, ignoring the vices of the court, all government affairs rely on eunuchs to deal with, the politics in the court are dark and corrupt, the annexation of the feudal towns outside the court is serious, and natural disasters continue, how can such a court solve the livelihood problem of the victims, the people who can not bear the layers of exploitation finally rose up, the Huangchao Uprising broke out, Tang Xuanzong had to follow the method of the ancestor Tang Xuanzong, first fled to the relatively safe Shu land and then gathered forces to suppress the uprising, and the feudal towns around the country in the name of counterinsurgency at the same time to exterminate the rebel army, also greatly expanded its own power, resulting in the eunuch political power that held the power of the forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty can no longer compete with the military strength of the feudal town. After Tang Xizong died of illness, his younger brother Li Ye succeeded to the throne, and the Tang Dynasty completely fell into a state of collapse.

Tang Zhaozong Li Ye tried his best to avoid the demise of the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty has accumulated a lot of difficulties, Tang Zhaozong with the help of the power of the feudal town even if the eunuch political group that holds the power of the dynasty is eradicated, but unfortunately, Zhu Wen, a general from the Huangchao rebel army, gradually controlled the military power of the Tang Dynasty in the annexation of the feudal town, Zhu Wen knew that Li Ye was by no means an idle person, and took the opportunity to kill Tang Zhaozong Li Ye after taking power, and set up his 12-year-old son Li Ji as the emperor, three years later, Zhu Wen, who was in power, abolished the puppet emperor Li Ji, After the establishment of the Later Liang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty perished, and the festivals of the Tang Dynasty in various feudal towns made the country destroy and die, and they established their own countries, and the era of five dynasties and ten kingdoms began.

As the Tang Dynasty with the Shu landlord class as the ruling class, the Tang Dynasty was naturally very different from the Eastern Jin Dynasty with the Shi landlord class as the ruling class, but the division of feudal towns and mutual mergers in the late Tang Dynasty and the struggle for power and profit within the Eastern Jin Dynasty were the root causes of the demise of these two feudal dynasties, however, because of the selfishness and hypocrisy of the Shi landlord class, the Eastern Jin Dynasty could not exist for more time, and although the rulers of the middle and late Tang Dynasty were subject to the eunuch political group, the eunuchs were born with disabilities, could not finally obtain power, let alone become a ruler, and although the local Jiedu envoy held local power, he also nominally supported the orthodox status of the Tang Dynasty, which made the Tang Dynasty gain nearly 300 years of enjoyment time.