At that time, the prime minister Li Linfu had selfish intentions, believing that the general had no literary talents, and no matter how much the emperor used him, he would not be able to assume the post of prime minister, and it would be impossible to threaten his power. Therefore, he played to Xuanzong and asked for the reuse of the generals. Xuanzong promised to pacify the four yi, and immediately agreed, and repeatedly promoted An Lushan, and finally he was also the envoy of the three towns of Pinglu, Fanyang, and Hedong, with 37% of the country's troops.

Before Xuanzong, although the imperial court used generals, it did not forget to contain Confucian ministers at all times, and adjusted the defense at any time, so as not to give the generals the possibility of taking charge of the army in one place for too long. However, because Li Linfu was jealous of Confucianism, An Lushan and others became more and more unrestrained. He was in charge of the army in the same place for fourteen years, and reorganized the country's important towns into private armies that only obeyed his orders.

After Tianbao, An Lushan entered Beijing many times to see Xuanzong. In order to curry favor with the emperor, he first despised the crown prince, saying, "I only know that there is a majesty, but I don't know that there is a prince", and then he first saluted Yang Guifei beside Xuanzong. Xuanzong asked him strangely why he didn't salute the emperor first? An Lushan actually replied: "The minister is a Tibetan person, and the Tibetan person is the mother and then the father." As soon as the words came out, Xuanzong Dayue not only did not get angry, but ordered the Yang family to be commensurate with An Lushan as brothers and sisters from Yang Yan down.

An Lushan, who is good at observing faces, understands the weight of Yang Guifei in Xuanzong's heart, and takes the initiative to ask to be the adopted son of the concubine who is eighteen years younger than him. Since then, his value has doubled in Xuanzong's heart.

However, the "honeymoon period" between An Lushan and the Yang family ended after Yang Guozhong became prime minister. Maybe it's because An Lushan looks down on himself, maybe it's because the two of them are both favored ministers and compete for power, and maybe it's because they really perceive An Lushan's rebellion, or both, in short, Yang Guozhong tried every means to put An Lushan to death.

Xuanzong once wanted An Lushan to serve as the prime minister, but Yang Guozhong stopped him: "Lushan can't read and write, and his fate is the prime minister, and I am afraid that Siyi is lighter than Tang." "Gently blocked An Lushan's promotion steps.

However, Yang Guozhong wanted An Lushan's life, but it was an unsuccessful task. Although he repeatedly played and said that An Lushan was rebelling, Xuanzong refused to believe it, and Yang Guifei was also confused by An Lushan's treasures and turned a deaf ear to her cousin's words. Later, Xuanzong even ordered that anyone who said that An Lushan rebelled would be sent to An Lushan for treatment.

In the first month of the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan wrote to the imperial court, proposing to change all the Han generals under his command to Fan generals. This time, Xuanzong finally became a little suspicious, and decided to adopt Yang Guozhong's words to guard against An Lushan, and sent his close attendant Xuan Lin to Fanyang to inspect the situation. However, Xuanlin, who didn't know the height of the sky, accepted a bribe from An Lushan, and after returning, he actually told Xuanzong good words about An Lushan's loyalty to the country. This not only made the Tang Dynasty lose the last great opportunity, but also made Yang Guozhong lose face with Xuanzong again.

Annoyed and angry, Yang Guozhong made a stupid decision: to provoke An Lushan, force him to rebel, and let Xuanzong understand that what he said was true. - He arrested An Lushan's doorman in Chang'an and searched for evidence of An Lushan's crimes. An Lushan, who learned the news, stepped up the pace of rebellion, and said that he was not sick.

In June, Xuanzong, who was still in the dark, held a wedding for An Lushan's eldest son, An Qingzong, and the lord of Rongyi, and summoned An Lushan to Beijing. Where does An Lushan, who has a ghost in his heart, dare to come!

In July, An Lushan presented to Xuanzong, saying that he wanted to offer 3,000 horses to the court. Henan Yin Da Xi Xun was suspicious, and Xuanzong finally felt that something was wrong, and ordered An Lushan, asking him to wait for winter before sacrificing horses, and he didn't have to bring his own "groom". Soon, Fu Xuanlin was executed by Xuanzong for taking bribes. An Lushan, who learned the news, forged an edict in November, saying that he had been ordered to fight against Yang Guozhong, and issued a document to denounce Yang Guozhong's misfortune to the country, and then personally led 150,000 troops (No. 200,000) and formally rebelled on the 9th.

When the news of An Lushan's mutiny came, Xuanzong was taking refuge with Yang Guifei in the Lishan Hot Spring Palace, and they didn't believe that the seemingly loyal and honest, rough and stupid "Hu'er" could do such a thing.

When the news was finally confirmed, Xuanzong couldn't help but be furious, and he decided to appoint the crown prince to supervise the country, and personally led the army to crusade against An Lushan. Then he told Yang Guozhong and Yang Guifei around him about this plan. Yang Guifei did not understand state affairs, and agreed as usual. However, Yang Guozhong was terrified when he heard this, and although he didn't dare to speak out on the spot, he came down and said to several Mrs. Guo sisters: "I'm waiting for death." Now the East Palace is in charge of the country, and he should be ordered with his wife. Then he asked several ladies to talk to Yang Guifei in detail, and Yang Guifei finally understood what the people had done all these years, and after hugging and crying with her sisters, she made the last wrong decision in her life (this decision would soon take her life): to ask Xuanzong to give up the idea of "Zen position". For this reason, Yang Guifei begged Xuanzong so hard that she "invited the soil". Xuanzong finally gave in.

In the first month of the fifteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan, who had been raising troops for two months, captured Luoyang and proclaimed himself the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom on the spot. On June 10, Ge Shuhan, who was also a general but loyal to the imperial court, ventured into the army at the urging of Xuanzong, but was defeated by An Lushan's army, Ge Shuhan himself was captured, and Tongguan was lost.

On June 13, Tang Xuanzong had to take Yang Guifei and some members of the imperial family to flee west.

Almost at the same time as the departure, another coup plan began to brew: Chen Xuanli, the escort of the Western Right Longwu general, asked Li Fuguo, the eunuch of the Eastern Palace, to tell the accompanying crown prince Li Heng: The soldiers believed that the great chaos in the world was caused by the traitor Yang Guozhong, and planned to kill Yang Guozhong to thank the world.

However, neither the concubine Xuanzong nor the Yang clan were aware of this matter.

In the evening of the next day, this wolf and mighty team arrived at Ximaweipo, Xingping County, Shaanxi Province to prepare for rest. As the prime minister, Yang Guozhong was responsible for arranging food and lodging for everyone, so 21 Tibetan envoys stopped him at the gate of the post house and asked him to implement it first. Chen Xuanli felt that this was a good opportunity, and ordered his subordinates to shout: "Yang Guozhong and the people of Lian Fan rebelled!" Everyone shouted as they drew their swords and ran towards Yang Guozhong's father and son and the Yang clan who were at a loss.

Soon, Yang Guozhong, who was once powerful, and the ladies of the country who were once glossy and pink all became a pile of meat puree. - Princess Wanchun's husband Yang Qi is the son of Yang Guozhong, and of course he will not escape death. Concubine Wu Hui's youngest daughter, Princess Taihua, lost her record after the rebellion and may have died in the rebellion. However, her husband Yang Qi escaped with his life, and later married the widowed niece Princess Wanchun.

The people of the Yang clan who could be found were all killed, and the soldiers still surrounded the post house and refused to disperse. Xuanzong ordered Gao Lishi to go out to inquire, and Chen Xuanli reported to Xuanzong in the post house: "Yang Guozhong has been killed by the generals for his rebellion. But the concubine was still by the emperor's side, and everyone was afraid, so they refused to disperse, so please cut your love. ”

Hearing this, Xuanzong said with tears in his eyes: "The concubine is in the deep palace, how can she know about the prime minister?" All Gao Lishi thought about was Xuanzong's safety, and he advised: "The country is loyal to the guilty, and the generals will ask for it." The concubine is the sister of the national loyalty, and she is still around Her Majesty, and the ministers can be fearless? Fu begging holy thoughts. ”

All the people around him were like this, Xuanzong knew that the matter was irreparable, and he had to pass down the edict to kill Yang Guifei and send her to the north wall of the horse road. The matter has come to this point, Yang Guifei knew that no matter how much she said, it would be useless, so she said the last sentence to Xuanzong: "I hope everyone will be good, the concubine will be honest and worthy of the country's grace, and she will die without hatred." Begging for the Buddha. Xuanzong was at the end of his rope at this time, so he could only answer: "May the concubine be born well." ”

Subsequently, Yang Guifei was hanged to death by Gao Lishi under the pear tree in front of the Buddha Hall. He was thirty-eight years old at the time of his death.

After Yang Guifei's death, Chen Xuanli still refused to break the siege, and it was not until Xuanzong called him to conduct an autopsy in person that he was relieved to withdraw the generals. Then he "pleaded guilty" to Xuanzong. Xuanzong said "release" and did not do any investigation. Of course, in fact, he no longer has the ability to pursue it.

When An Lushan met in front of Xuanzong in his early years, he met Yang Guifei many times, and was very tempted by Yang Guifei's beauty. Hearing the news of her death, An Lushan sighed for several days.

It is said that during the Tianbao period, there was a poem by the warlock Li Yaozhou: "Everyone in Yan City goes, and the Hanguan horse does not return." If you meet a ghost under the mountain, tie Luo Yi on the ring. There is also a folk song that says, "The righteous bun is thrown into the river, and the yellow skirt flows by the water." It was only then that they were fulfilled.

After the Ma Wei Rebellion ended, Xuanzong continued to flee to Shu.

At the time of departure, the local people asked for their lives and asked to leave the crown prince Li Heng to lead the troops to break An Lushan. Xuanzong had no choice but to agree (the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and it is impossible to prevent it).

Half a month later, Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu and became emperor, and Xuanzong was revered as the "Emperor Taishang" from afar. He was afraid of his son's seizure of power all his life, and finally lost.

When Xuanzong arrived in Shu in August, there were only 24 palace maids serving, and there were more than 1,300 officials and sergeants who "guarded the guard"; A year later, when Li Heng finally recovered the two capitals and welcomed the "Emperor Taishang" Li Longji back to Luan, his "filial piety" increased unabated: he went to Fufeng to greet his old father with a full 3,000 fine horsemen.

Xuanzong began his career as "emperor" gloomily.

At this time, he recalled the news of Concubine Mei Jiang Caiping and sent people around to look for her, but he had a dream in which Concubine Mei told that she died in the chaos when Chang'an fell and was buried next to the plum tree in Chidong. Later, the body of Concubine Mei was exhumed in the plum forest by the hot spring pool. In order to comfort Xuanzong, the eunuch took out a portrait of Concubine Mei and gave it to him.

Xuanzong's counterpart sighed, and the inscription said: "Recalling the past Concubine Jiao in Zichen, Lead Hua is not naïve." Although Shuangxuan seems to be in the current state, she fights for Nai Jiaobo and does not care about others. ”

What makes Xuanzong even more unforgettable is, of course, Yang Guifei.

It is said that Xuanzong once dreamed of "Dongxu Mansion" and "Taiyi Jade Zhenyuan Shangfei Courtyard", sat across the screen with Yang Guifei in the courtyard, and asked the concubine, "The blue sea is endless, the immortal road is endless, what is the cost?" Yang Guifei replied: "If you meet the Venerable Master of the Yan Mansion, you can attach a letter." ”?

Soon, sure enough, there was a Shu Taoist priest Yang Tongyou who asked to see Xuanzong, saying that he "has Li Shaojun's technique". Xuanzong was overjoyed and immediately ordered Yang Tong to find Yang Guifei's soul and reunite with him. The Taoist priest did not bring the soul, but brought half a pair of golden hairpins, as well as the private words of Yang Guifei and Xuanzong Tianbao on the seventh day of the seventh month of the tenth year, "May the world be a husband and wife". - This legend still shook Bai Juyi's heart until decades later, and it was written into his famous "Song of Long Hatred".

The poet's imagination is beautiful, but Li Longji's old age is lonely and lonely.

In July of the third year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, Xuanzong was conspired by Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo of Suzong to be placed under house arrest in the Ganlu Palace.

In April of the second year of Shangyuan (762 AD), the seventy-eight-year-old "Emperor" Li Longji died in embarrassment in the Xinei Shenlong Temple, thirteen days before his son died - more than 1,200 years later, history repeated itself again: the Empress Dowager Cixi and Guangxu also passed away, becoming another palace mystery case.

After his death, will Tang Xuanzong Li Longji be able to meet Yang Guifei?

The facts known to later generations are: although Yang Guifei was reburied after her death, the well-known tomb of the concubine is still in Maweipo; Accompanying Xuanzong to be buried in Tailing was a woman he had long forgotten - Suzong's biological mother Yang Guifei.

The souls depend on each other, but I'm afraid it's just a dream.

Yang Guifei is not a good woman, but to tell the truth, it should be Tang Minghuang and Li Linfu who really tolerated An Lushan. As for Yang Guifei, is she very pampered with her family? That's absolutely. It's just that it should be more of Tang Minghuang's meaning.

The old man has been in peace for a long time, and he has no longer regained the anger of the past, and he himself is addicted to luxury, and of course he feels that it is not surprising that he is a foreigner.

A pearl to send the concubine who fell out of favor, how many emperors in history were willing to give up this hand?

As soon as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty begged for a reward, his sister-in-law, Mrs. Qin Guo, gave out hundreds of thousands without blinking an eye, and the emperor was so happy that he had no necessary reaction and vigilance.

Only when the top is good can it be effective.

Now let's imagine that if Li Longji's love for Yang Yuhuan is a little shallower, or if he loves wisely, and does not let her cousin Yang Guozhong be a big official, all disasters will not happen, Li Longji will be in love with Yang Yuhuan, Yang Yuhuan will die in the glory of life, and her family will not be "scattered into mud and dust" in the prime of life, and her family will not perish. Li Longji's confused and excessive love not only harmed his country, but also harmed the woman he loved. But then again, if Yang Yuhuan wasn't so gentle and beautiful, Li Longji wouldn't have fallen so deep in the gentle township, whose fault was it, or the woman's beauty was to blame. The consequences of the Anshi mutiny were devastating, the number of people in the war zone was reduced by nine-tenths, the subjects on both sides of the Yellow River dug up tree bark and grass roots to satisfy hunger, and used paper clothes to keep out the cold, and the prosperous Luoyang became a scorched earth. After this great change, the strong period of the Tang Dynasty ended, and since then it has entered irretrievable decline. China's hopes of becoming a world empire have since been dashed. Yang Yuhuan changed not only the course of Chinese history, but also the course of world history. (To be continued.) )