Yebai didn't seem to notice the puzzled expression on our faces, but continued to talk to himself.

Although Emperor Taizong's longevity is limited and will eventually return to the sky, Yuan Tiangang and Li Jing are cultivators who have been inherited by Guanshan.

Therefore, after the death of Emperor Taizong, the two still existed in the world, but for the sake of identity, these two chose to cheat death one after another after instructing Wu Zetian to build the Vientiane Divine Palace, and left the palace and began to wander around Shenzhou.

Because of this, except for a very small number of people who know the truth, no one knows that although these two are nominally dead, they are actually still secretly guarding Li Tang Jiangshan.

And it was precisely with the death of these two people that the weak water hidden in the dark mistakenly thought that the two had really left Li Tang and returned to Guanshan, so a new round of conspiracy to disrupt Shenzhou was launched.

Although the two had already cheated to death, the turning point of this conspiracy did not occur in the early Tang Dynasty, but after a long time.

At that time, the emperor sitting on the dragon chair was no longer Emperor Taizong, nor was he a generation of empress Wu Zetian, but the grandson of Gaozong and Wu Zetian, the third son of Ruizong Li Dan, that is, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, commonly known as Tang Ming Emperor.

Hearing Yebai say this, my mind flashed through the various records I had seen in the book, and after thinking about it, I couldn't help but exclaim.

"What happened during the time of Tang Xuanzong was enough to be called a conspiracy to disturb the world, could it be that you are talking about the Anshi Rebellion?"

Yebai nodded after hearing my guess, it seems that my guess was correct.

Because the Anshi Rebellion is recorded in many historical books, I am no stranger to it, at that time the Tang Dynasty was a civil war for the right to rule, it was this war that caused a large loss of population in the Tang Dynasty, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was sharply reduced, and it was an important turning point in the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.

Because the people who initiated the anti-Tang rebellion were mainly An Lushan and Shi Siming, this war was named Anshi, and because it broke out in the Tianbao period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, it was also called the Tianbao Rebellion.

China has been inherited for thousands of years, whether it is the change of dynasties or the struggle within the dynasty, there are actually not a few, but the Anshi Rebellion is a war that historians of all dynasties are extremely interested in.

Because of the Anshi Rebellion as a node, the scene presented before and after the Tang Dynasty was completely different.

Before the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, the early Tang Dynasty was thriving, and Taizong single-handedly created the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, which was world-famous.

After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty collapsed, although the national Zuo was continued, but it never reappeared in the former Tang Dynasty.

It can be said that the Anshi Rebellion was like a sharp knife, cutting off the prosperous Tang Dynasty, so that when many people mentioned the Tang Dynasty, they would not mention the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion.

Looking at me and Yihe's frowning, Yebai asked with an elegant expression.

"In your opinion, what is the cause of the Anshi Rebellion?"

Although I knew that our opinion might not be correct, since Yebai asked, I had no choice but to answer him seriously after sorting out my thoughts.

According to historical records, in the late Kaiyuan Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong gradually lost the spirit of hard work, indulged in pleasure after he changed his name to Tianbao, pampered Yang Guifei, trusted the eunuch Gao Lishi, and handed over the government to Prime Minister Li Linfu to deal with.

And although Li Linfu welcomed Xuanzong on the surface, he used his power to be arbitrary and arbitrary in private, and after Li Linfu's death, Yang Guifei's cousin Yang Guozhong succeeded him as prime minister, and he rejected dissidents, embezzled and accepted bribes, which was even worse than Li Linfu.

It was under the indulgence of Tang Xuanzong and the misdeeds of the two prime ministers before and after that the government became increasingly corrupt, and the Tang Dynasty gradually showed signs of decay.

Hearing me say this, Yi He suddenly spoke, and seemed to have another opinion.

"What you are talking about is indeed the various evils of the Tianbao period, but the root cause of the Anshi Rebellion is not these, but for another reason."

After seeing my puzzled eyes, Yi He began to tell what was the other reason for his mouth.

Due to the destruction of the Tang Dynasty's Juntian system and the government military system, the Tang Dynasty Xuanzong had to replace the government military system with the conscription system, and these recruited people were bribed and co-opted by local warlords, forming an intricate and inseparable relationship with the generals.

Moreover, Tang Xuanzong stationed heavy troops on the border because of foreign development, set up ten major military towns, and took the Jiedu envoy as the highest commander, which was the direct root cause of the Anshi Rebellion.

In order to consolidate his power and block the possibility of the border marshal entering the prime minister, Li Linfu used the excuse that the civilian officials did not understand military affairs, and used more Hu people as the Jiedu envoys, and as a result, An Lushan was given the opportunity to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty.

By the first year of Tianbao, the border army continued to increase to 490,000 people, and only the three towns of Fanyang and other towns under the command of An Lushan reached 150,000 people.

It was precisely because of the growing strength of the Jiedu envoy that the contradiction with the Li Tang Dynasty deepened day by day, until the last years of Tianbao finally broke out into the Anshi Rebellion.

After Yi He finished saying his opinion, he looked at Ye Bai, although it was an inquiry, but his eyes were extremely confident.

"Not bad, that's good."

Yebai nodded appreciatively, signaling that what Yihe said was correct, but when Yihe smiled, Yebai spoke amazingly.

"But what you said is recorded in the history books, and the truth that happened during the Tianbao years has not left half a penny in the history books."

Listening to Yebai's tone, it seems that there is something else going on in this matter.

He looked at us and guided us in the tone of an elder to continue our thinking.

"Have you ever thought that An Lushan was originally a Hu man, even if he was a festival envoy, how could he let his soldiers willingly follow him against the Tang Dynasty?"

We were stunned for a moment and had to admit that this question is indeed worth pondering.

It has been recorded in the history books that An Lushan was originally a mixed-race Hu person, although he seems to be loyal and honest, but in fact he is cunning by nature, because he has won the favor of Xuanzong and Yang Guifei, so he is also the envoy of Fanyang, Hedong and Pinglu three towns, and he is in the limelight for a while.

And herein lies the problem.

Even if Li Linfu wantonly appointed Hu Ren as the envoy of the festival in order to consolidate his position, but Tang Xuanzong must have his superiority in becoming the emperor, how could he sit idly by and ignore such absurd behavior?

Taking a step back, even if Tang Xuanzong indulged in pleasure and ignored political affairs, why would An Lushan's soldiers be willing to fight Li Tang Jiangshan for him?

It seems that in the midst of this war, there must be a story that we do not know.