Chapter 339 [Tang General 34]
During the reign of Tubo in Dunhuang, the common currency of the Tang Dynasty was abolished, and the primitive barter was implemented.
The part of the tax system that was paid in cash had to be replaced with physical collateral, including grain, cloth, firewood and grass, etc. During the reign of Tibet, all water conservancy facilities were abandoned, and Zhang Yichao restored them all.
Vigorously digging ditches and developing agricultural production, the Hexi region soon showed a thriving scene. Don't moisten the fields this year,
The homeland fruit trees are like jade". According to the records of the cultural relics unearthed in Dunhuang, Shazhou at that time implemented a system of asking for land, and the people could apply to the Guiyi military regime for barren land and idle land to engage in agricultural production.
Comprehensive sinicization does not mean the oppression of the ethnic minorities in Hexi, the Guiyi military regime respects the customs of the ethnic minorities, and allows their leading figures to also participate in the operation of the regime, and jointly build the prosperity of Hexi.
In the eighth year of Xiantong (867 AD), Zhang Yichao's brother Zhang Yitan died in Chang'an, and until then, he had remained in the central government as a hostage of the Guiyi military regime.
In order to express his loyalty to the Tang Empire, Zhang Yichao handed over the affairs of Hexi to his adult nephew Zhang Huaishen, and went to Chang'an as a hostage despite the fact that he was 69 years old.
After entering the court, the emperor gave him a high courtesy, canonized him as Situ, and had a rich land and mansion. In the thirteenth year of Xiantong (872 AD), 74-year-old Zhang Yichao enjoyed his days in Chang'an and died peacefully.
has completed his vigorous life.
After Zhang Huaishen took charge of Hexi affairs, he did his best to the Tang Dynasty and was very respectful, but the Tang Dynasty refused to grant him the festival because of the proton.
Caused a big misstep. In the first year of Dashun (890 AD), Zhang Yichao's son-in-law Suo Xun staged a mutiny and killed Zhang Huaishen, his wife and six sons.
Zhang Yichao's fourteenth daughter was the wife of Sima Li Mingzhen of Liangzhou, and she was very dissatisfied with her brother-in-law's perverse behavior, and she launched another mutiny.
Killed Suo Xun's whole family and supported Zhang Yichao's grandson Zhang Chengfeng as the envoy of the Guiyi Army, Zhang Chengfeng always took the Tang Dynasty as the right until the Tang Dynasty finally died.
"In this life, I didn't expect to come and ask in person. The special heavenly official is ninefold, the tin is difficult to hold, and the hundred lives are inscribed and sworn to be loyal",
Zhang Yichao's life is a portrayal of the spirit of the Tang Dynasty, loving the country, loving the family, and loving China. His iron-blooded legend reflects the glorious martial era,
Jin Ge Iron Horse, full of difficulties and dangers, only for the heart of China. As long as the hinterland of the Central Plains is as stable as Mount Tai, the lost frontier can be recovered by itself,
The fallen people can take the initiative to return, this is the bloody Tang people, this is the brave and strong Tang people, this is the proud Tang Dynasty!
Li Ke used
"The hero immediately started Shatuo, but Zhu Liang was domineering. It is difficult to support Tang Sheji with one hand. Liancheng and embracing the mountains and rivers", looking back on the stormy history of the late Tang Dynasty, there is always a feeling of wanting to cry in my heart, it was an era of rivers of blood, dark and dark,
The sea of bitterness is boundless, it was an era of moral degradation, there were no ministers, soldiers were in trouble, and the Tang Dynasty, which had strong troops, actually let Huangchao wash Chang'an with blood. The majestic capital was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the troubled times were full of intrigue and betrayal. In the long night, there was also a man who made Qingshi feel warm. He is brave and fierce, and he is the famous general Li Keyong of the late Tang Dynasty, who can be called the last hero of the Tang Empire.
Li Keyong was born in the tenth year of Tang Dazhong (856 AD) and died in the second year of Kaiping of Later Liang (908 AD). He is of the Shatuo tribe and belongs to the Turkic descent. His original surname is Zhu Xie, and the origin of this surname is recorded in the "Five Dynasties History Supplement", Li Keyong's ancestors were born in the carving nest,
The chief was very surprised, and ordered all the clans to raise the child together, and later, he took "Zhuye" as the surname, which contained the meaning that he was not raised by a father.
It became "Zhu Xie", and Li Keyong's father was called Zhu Xie Chixin. Li Keyong's birth is also legendary, when his mother was about to give birth, she was already thirteen months pregnant, and she suffered a difficult birth.
The condition of the mother and child is very critical, and a god man came out to point out the maze, "The medicine is useless, you can let the clansmen be fully armed, ride war horses to the sound of drums, and run around the pregnant woman three times,
can ensure the safety of the big and small", after complying with the order, the child croaked to the ground, only blind in one eye, the official history records that the visions at that time were endless, the house was full of red light, and the well water skyrocketed.
Li Keyong has been extremely brave since he was a child, good at riding and archery, and at the age of thirteen, he can shoot two birds with one arrow, and become a well-known archer.
At the age of fifteen, he went out with his father and charged on the battlefield. In the tenth year of Tang Xiantong (869 AD), Xuzhou Pang Xun gathered people to rebel,
Zhu Xie Chixin led three thousand Shatuo cavalry, thundered and attacked, defeated Pang Xun, and established a lot of meritorious service.
The imperial court canonized Zhu Xie Chixin as the envoy of the Zhenwu Army and gave him the surname of the country, and Zhu Xie Chixin became Li Guochang from then on, and his son with extraordinary talents became Li Keyong.
In the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty (878 AD), there was a famine in Daibei, and the defense of Yunzhou made Duan Wenchu cut the military rations, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the soldiers.
led the army to hold a riot and killed Duan Wenchu, and everyone reported to the imperial court, asking Li Keyong to serve as the defense envoy of the Datong Army, which caused the imperial court to be furious.
Soldiers and horses from all walks of life went to conquer Li Keyong. The Tang army was outnumbered, and although they were defeated repeatedly, they finally drove Li Keyong and his son to the Tatar Ministry for refuge.
At that time, the peasant army commander led by Huang Chao drove straight into Chang'an and coerced Chang'an, and Li Ke used the wait-and-see shape shì to have the idea of serving the country.
"Our father and son were framed by traitors and were not tolerated by the court. Now that Huangchao is rushing to cross the Huai River, for the sake of disaster in the Central Plains, the Tang Emperor will definitely pardon our father and son, and let us serve the king of Qin, which is also my long-cherished wish. Life
But in a hurry for decades, the eldest husband should serve the country, how can he die of old age in this desert land", Guangming Yuan, Huang Chao entered Chang'an, Tang Xizong fled to Sichuan, he appointed Li Keyong as the envoy of the Yanmen Festival in the first year of Zhonghe,
Let Li Keyong lead the troops to the king. In the second year of Zhonghe, 30,000 cavalry arrived in the river under the leadership of Li Keyong and confronted the peasant army of Huangchao across the river. Although the imperial court has encircled and suppressed Li Keyong many times before,
Li Keyong was still loyal to the Tang Dynasty and remained unswerving throughout his life, and when Huang Chao sent someone to send a heavy gold and an edict, he immediately burned the edict and distributed the heavy money to his subordinates. Li Ke's personal soldiers are called the Raven Army,
Everyone wears black. All of them are fierce and brave, like tigers descending from the mountain, and at the moment when the soldiers of the towns are afraid to move forward, the crow army takes the lead. Fight to the death with the peasant army. The peasant army was defeated like a mountain,
The Ya'er army defeated Shang Rang's 150,000 soldiers and horses in one fell swoop at Liangtianpo, and the peasant army was dead for 30 miles, and the blood flowed like a river. Zhuzhen soldiers and horses will be in Chang'an, and the battle of Weiqiao will be great. Li Keyong won the first credit again,
Huang Chao's peasant army suffered heavy losses and was forced to withdraw from Guanzhong. Jingshi Kefu, Li Keyong made great contributions, and was appointed by the emperor as the inspector of the school, the Tongzhong Shumenxia Ping Zhangshi, and the Hedong Jiedu envoy
, acting as an envoy, this year, he was only twenty-eight years old. His father, Li Guochang, was appointed as the envoy of the camp north of Yanmen, and died in October of the same year.
Li Keyong fought for the Tang Empire and soon became famous. Sonic booms in all directions. At that time, Yang Xingmi, the Huainan Festival, wanted to see Li Keyong's style, so he sent a famous painter to Li Keyong's station. The whereabouts of the unlucky painter are exposed,
He was soon captured by Li Keyong's men. Li Keyong met with the painter in person and threatened half-truthfully, "You can paint for me now,
If you don't paint it well, you will die on the spot", the painter is indeed ingenious, he saw that Li Ke was blind with one eye, so he painted Li Ke's posture when he used an arrow. Squinting with one eye, heroic,
cleverly covered up Li Keyong's flaws, and Li Keyong was very happy. He rewarded the painters and sent them back to Huainan, leaving a rather playful story in history.
In the fourth year of neutralization, Li Keyong led the Tang army to sweep the peasant army of Huangchao in Henan. The peasant army was defeated, and retreated to Caozhou, the hometown of Huangchao, and in the blink of an eye, the bloody peasant army was wiped out.
The head of Huang Chao was sent to the Tang Emperor. At this time, a sudden incident caused Li Keyong to form a blood feud with Bianshuai Zhu Wen, and affected the history of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
Li Ke passed through Bianzhou, and Bianshuai Zhu Wen invited him into the city and entertained him with hospitality. That night, Li Keyong and his 300 followers were so drunk that they didn't expect that Zhu Wen was secretly harboring evil intentions. Zhu Wen's army surrounded the Shangyuan Station where Li Keyong stayed,
Murder and arson, when the torrential rain was pouring in, lightning and thunder, Li Ke used it under the desperate protection of several guards,
broke through the siege and fled back to the barracks, but unfortunately his three hundred personal soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but died in vain under Zhu Wen's butcher's knife. Li Ke escaped death and hated Zhu Wen to the core,
At that time, he remembered that the soldiers attacked Bianzhou, and his main room, Mrs. Liu, understood the righteousness and tried her best to dissuade her, "Sikong fights for the country, and everything must be accounted for." Now that Zhu Wen is planning to murder, we can appeal to the imperial court,
Let the imperial court uphold justice, if we attack Bianzhou without authorization, it means that we do not take the majesty of the imperial court in our eyes, and in this way, we will be passive in public opinion", Li Keyong has always been obedient to Mrs. Liu,
He repeatedly wrote to the imperial court to complain, demanding that Zhu Wen be severely punished. For the purpose of containing various warlords, the imperial court tried its best to appease Li Keyong, crowned him as the Taifu and the king of Longxi County, and issued an edict asking him to reconcile with Zhu Wen.
Li Keyong has always done his best to the Tang Dynasty, regardless of previous suspicions, for the sake of the face of the Tang Emperor, Li Keyong endured this evil breath.
Militarily, Li Keyong was at a disadvantage in the contest with Zhu Wen, and in politics, Li Keyong never had the ambition to override the Tang Emperor.
Whenever the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was held hostage, he was always the first to stand up and beg for thieves, and regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty everywhere.
In the second year of Qianning (895 AD), in order to protect Tang Zhaozong, he turned the tide and quelled the rebellion of Li Maozhen, Wang Xingyu and others, and was canonized as the king of Jin by Tang Zhaozong, becoming the first person to be crowned king among the warlords in the late Tang Dynasty.
It is precisely because of Li Ke's storage that Zhu Wen's wolf ambition has been curtailed, and although the Tang Empire has been exhausted, it has been able to survive.
In the first year of Tianfu (901 AD), Zhu Wen's army approached the city of Jinyang, trying to exterminate Li Keyong in the name of the imperial court.
Why run away today? In the past, the king ran to take refuge outside the plug, and his life was almost lost, not to mention any grand cause, today we are desperate, and we may escape from death.
If you abandon the city and leave, I am afraid that there will never be a day to turn over", Li Keyong obeyed Mrs. Liu's Jianyi, defended Jinyang, and finally let Zhu Wen's army retreat.
In the first year of Tianyou (904 AD), Zhu Wen killed thirty auxiliary ministers and forcibly moved the Tang capital to Luoyang.
When the bad news reached Jinyang, Li Keyong cried bitterly to the south, like a bereaved relative, and the three armies of Jinyang were dressed in plain clothes, mourning for Tang Zhaozong. In the second year of Tianyou (905 AD), Li Ke used an alliance with Yelu Abaoji,
Prepare for the southern expedition to Zhuwen to save the situation in the Tang Dynasty. In the following years, Li Keyong and Zhu Wen started a tug-of-war, and the two sides won and lost each other, and the fight was tied. In the fourth year of Tianyu (907 A.D.),
Zhu Wen finally tore off the last disguise, abolished Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, changed the Yuan Kaiping, and established the Later Liang, Li Keyong took a firm position, refused to recognize the Zhu Liang regime, and still used the Tang Dynasty's "Tianyu" era name,
Fight with Zhu Wen to the end. At that time, Xichuan Jiedu made Wang Jian persuade Li Keyong to be the emperor, but Li Keyong refused, and Li Keyong replied to express his attitude, "Swear in this life, dare to lose the festival", and he was still loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Keyong's ancestors have served the Tang Dynasty since the time of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, due to the ethnic policy of the Tang Empire, Li Keyong was not regarded as an outsider by the Han people, and Li Keyong did not regard himself as an outsider in the Tang Dynasty, and his children received a good education in Han culture since childhood.
Li Cunqiao (Li Keyong's son) was thirteen years old when he "Xi "Spring and Autumn", writing by hand, slightly understanding the righteousness", Li Keyong's children are basically married to the well-dressed family of the Han nationality, you have me, I have you,
can no longer distinguish each other, according to the Confucian standard of "benevolence, righteousness and faithfulness", although Li Keyong is from a foreign land, he is a standard Chinese descendant, and he is loyal and brave, and he touches the heavens and the earth. Although the ambition has not been rewarded,
But there were successors, which turned his regret into the fear of the enemy. Later Liang Kaiping two years (908 AD), Li Keyong contracted a sudden illness, died in Jinyang, at the age of fifty-three, legend, Li Keyong on his deathbed, handed over three feather arrows to Li Cunqing, one of them, to attack the Yan King Liu Rengong,
Second, to crusade against the Khitan Yelu Abaoji, and third, to eliminate the sworn enemy Zhu Wen, Li Cunqiao swore to the sky that he would never live up to his father's expectations and must fulfill his father's wish with his own hands.
The young Li Cunqiao went out of the division again and again, first grabbed Liu Rengong and his son in Youzhou, beheaded them for public display, and then fought with Hou Liang (at this time Zhu Wen had died in the hands of his own son).
In one fell swoop, he wiped out more than 70,000 Houliang troops, and then waved his army north, defeated the Khitan army, and finally returned to the south and broke through the capital of Houliang.
Zhu Youzhen, the late emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty, committed suicide in despair, and the Later Liang founded by Zhu Wen has since been wiped out and no longer exists.
In 923 A.D., Li Cunmiao proclaimed himself emperor in Weizhou (west of Daming County, Hebei), the country name was Tang, and the history was called the Later Tang Dynasty, and he soon moved the capital to Luoyang, with the year name "Tongguang". His father, Li Keyong, was posthumously named Emperor Wu, and the temple name was Taizu.
"The majestic name is awe-inspiring and shatuo, and he is a deep old man for national merit. How many three drooping oka hate, which one of the servants into the hundred-year-old song", in that era of self-interest and betrayal as child's play,
Li Keyong always adheres to his beliefs and loyalty, abides by the duties of a Tang soldier, goes to the soup for the Tang Empire, and does not regret his death, although he is often wronged, although he is often suspicious, he can do it regardless of his past suspicions.
Dedicated to the country, he is the last nobleman in the sunset of the Tang Dynasty, and the spirit of the Tang Dynasty has been exerted to the extreme in him, in his eyes, only the righteousness of the country, in his mouth,
The so-called truth after the collapse of faith will never be spoken, "there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests". (To be continued.) )