Chapter 17: The Puppet
We have long known that Guan Shan will never interfere too much in the world, only make the world quiet in times of crisis, and do things only for the people of the world not to be affected by war.
Since this is the case, then such a bold and reckless thing will definitely not be done by Guan Shan.
In addition to Guan Shan, another force that we know and have this ability is only weak water.
Although I already have a general idea in my mind, because this matter is too suspicious, I still don't dare to be sure easily with Yihe.
Yi He and I looked at the two who knew the truth, and asked with hesitation.
"Could it be that Tang Xuanzong in the two periods before and after is really not the same person, which force can have such an ability to steal the sky and change the day, could it be weak water?"
Looking at the puzzled eyes of the two of us, Yebai seemed embarrassed to hang our appetite like the Spring Pavilion, and only explained to us after a slight pause.
"It sounds strange, but it's true."
"The wise and decisive king in the early stage who created the prosperous era of Kaiyuan is the real Tang Xuanzong, and the one who neglected the government and indulged in pleasure in the later period was just a puppet raised by the weak water, and the real Tang Xuanzong had already died at the hands of the weak water at that time."
Although I had already guessed it, Yebai's determination still shocked me and Yihe.
After calming down his mood, Yi He looked at the two of them with suspicion in his tone.
"Speaking of which, the two of you are Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang back then, you are both successful cultivators, didn't you discover the conspiracy of weak water at that time?"
"Nope."
After hearing our inquiry, Chun Ting snorted coldly inexplicably, and Ye Bai opened his tone with a little guilt.
"Although the two of us are from Guanshan together, our two philosophies are not the same, so we did not set off together after the death, but went our separate ways, thinking only about the common people in the world, but ignoring the safest but also the most dangerous imperial house."
"And by the time we find out that something is wrong, everything is already too late, with the ability of the two of us, we have no choice but to return to Guanshan for the time being, and ask the leader to go out of the mountain to stop this conspiracy of weak water."
It is not difficult to see from the expressions of these two people that although both are from Guanshan, their relationship with each other does not seem to be so harmonious.
However, these things naturally have nothing to do with us, and what we are most curious about at the moment is the real cause and effect of the Anshi Rebellion in the Kaiyuan period.
Looking at the guilty Yebai, Chunting's expression was not good, and there was anger in his tone.
"The Anshi Rebellion, the Anshi Rebellion, the world only knows An Lushan and Shi Siming, but no one knows that these two are nothing more than clowns jumping off the beam, if it weren't for the weak water secretly plotting, how could the two of them achieve such a big thing."
Although I don't know why Yi He has such an expression, I strongly agree with his statement.
According to historical records, because An Lushan saw Li Tangjiang River going down, he was convenient for Tianbao in the fourteenth year of his life, in the name of crusading against the traitor Yang Guozhong, he led his troops and horses from Fanyang to the south, and soon captured Luoyang, proclaiming himself Emperor Dayan.
In the second year, the Tang army was defeated again at Tongguan, and Tang Xuanzong had no choice but to flee south in a hurry, and went south to Sichuan to avoid An Lushan's army, while An Lushan led the army commander to drive straight into Chang'an, and almost bloodlessly captured this thousand-year-old capital.
But the subsequent development was unexpected.
There are actually many reasons why the Tang Dynasty was able to quell the Anshi Rebellion in the end, but whether it was Guo Ziyi's use of troops like a god, or Tang Taizong's borrowing of troops to recover Luoyang after succeeding to the throne, it was not the most important reason.
The biggest turning point in the matter came to An Lushan.
An Lushan died, he died at the hands of an unexpected person.
After An Lushan usurped the throne, there was a split within the rebels, and An Lushan was finally killed by his son An Qingxu, and it was because of this turn that the Tang army and the Hui reinforcements took the opportunity to counterattack and recover the lost Chang'an and Luoyang.
Soon after, An Lushan killed Shi Siming and An Qingxu to recapture Luoyang, but not long after he was killed by his son Shi Chaoyi, so the Tang Dynasty borrowed back the soldiers and successfully recovered Luoyang, and Shi Chaoyi finally chose to commit suicide.
At this point, the Anshi Rebellion, which lasted for eight years, finally came to an end.
And after careful analysis, it is not difficult for us to find that how can such two people who can't even control their own children have the ability to control the world.
So I very much agree with what Chunting said, not so much that these two people are the root cause of the Anshi Rebellion, but that these two people are actually just another puppet supported by weak water.
However, even if these two people are just puppets, what they support behind them is the weak water that has been passed down for thousands of years, so Li Tang Jiangshan was not wronged when he lost at the beginning, and such a force is not something they can fight against.
And the only one that can really fight against weak water is Guanshan, which has also been inherited for thousands of years and is intertwined with each other and influences each other.
Looking at our changing expressions, Chunting spoke again.
He didn't care about Yihe, but looked at me seriously, as if this issue was extremely important.
"Han Chuan, you should know how much impact the Anshi Rebellion had, but have you ever thought about it, there have been many turmoils in China for thousands of years, but why is the Anshi Rebellion the only one that can make a dynasty in its heyday decline?"
The question raised by Chunting made me think deeply, because there is no universal answer to this question.
Regarding the Anshi Rebellion, there was a general description of the world at that time in the "Biography of Guo Ziyi in the Old Tang Book".
The palace was burned, there was no one out of ten, a hundred cao was deserted, and there were no rafters. In the middle of the country, less than a thousand households, Jingyi Yingjing, jackals...... Cut off from people, thousands of miles of depression.
From these words, we can even make up for the damage caused by this war to Li Tang.
Moreover, it is very clear in the history books that the reason why the Tang Dynasty put down the Anshi Rebellion so quickly was because the imperial court compromised with the separatist forces.
However, as the saying goes, there are gains and losses, although this pacified the Anshi Rebellion, but the price was the hidden danger of the division of the feudal towns, and the Tang Dynasty not only did not solve the division of the feudal towns, but also derived many problems.
Because of this, the Tang Dynasty can only say that the national Zuo has continued, but it is absolutely impossible to reproduce the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
But this is really only one side of the explanation.
Although all dynasties have been extremely curious about this question, thousands of years have passed, and there is still no answer that can convince everyone.
However, looking at Yebai and Chunting beside me, I knew that I would be able to learn the truth about what happened a thousand years ago today.