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Chapter 116 Death of Concubine Yang

The ancients in the Tang Dynasty had different expressions, but Su Chen continued to explain.

"In the late Tianbao period, due to Tang Xuanzong and Li Longji's neglect of government affairs, the politics of the Tang Dynasty was dim and many people were displaced. After the implementation of the recruitment system, the power of the border military governors gradually expanded and formed a separatist force."

"In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan, who was also the military envoy of three towns, joined forces with Shi Siming to raise troops in Fanyang, and captured many places in the Tang Dynasty. After capturing Luoyang, he proclaimed himself emperor."

"After learning about it, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered a counter-rebellion. However, Luoyang, Tongguan and other places were lost one after another. Anlushan's army invaded Chang'an. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was forced to leave Chang'an and fled to Shu. On the way, the Imperial Guards launched a mutiny, which was known as the Mawei Mutiny in history. Yang Guozhong and Yang Guifei were killed."

When he heard this, Yang Yuhuan was dumbfounded and looked at Li Longji blankly.

She never imagined that there was something about her involved.

She couldn't figure out what this had to do with her, and why the Janissaries launched a mutiny to kill her.

Even if An Lushan recognized her as his godmother, An Lushan's rebellion had nothing to do with her. It was impossible for her to instruct An Lushan to rebel.

Could it be that just because An Lushan rebelled, he was angry with her and wanted to kill her to vent his anger?
  Or was it because of Yang Guozhong that the Imperial Guard wanted to kill her?
  She remembered clearly that the video played on the screen before had mentioned that An Lushan and Yang Guozhong were historical sinners.

She had always heard about the dirty things Yang Guozhong had done, so it was reasonable to say that Yang Guozhong was a historical sinner.

But even so, if you want to kill, just kill Yang Guozhong. Why implicate her?

Although she and Yang Guozhong both have the surname Yang, they are not brother and sister.

She and Yang Guozhong had the same great-grandfather, but they were just distant relatives that could not be reached. Her family had never had any contact with Yang Guozhong's family.

She was not familiar with Yang Guozhong and had never helped him.

Yang Guozhong's success and becoming an important minister in the court had nothing to do with her. It was all because of her second sister, Mrs. Guo Guo, who was at the emperor's side.

She only knew how to sing and dance, and had never interfered in government affairs, but she ended up like that.

At this moment, she felt extremely aggrieved and chilled.

She is just a woman and has no qualifications to interfere in national affairs, let alone the war that overthrew the Tang Dynasty. Why should she be blamed for the Anshi Rebellion.

Concubine Yang: Your Majesty, the Anshi Rebellion was caused by An Lushan, Shi Siming and Yang Guozhong, and had nothing to do with me. I am unjustly accused!

As Yang Yuhuan spoke, she cried so hard that Li Longji felt very distressed.

Li Longji: My dear, don’t cry. As long as I am here, no one can hurt you. There will be no more Anshi Rebellion, and your dear, you will not be killed.

Li Longji took his beloved concubine into his arms, gently stroked her head and comforted her.

He knew very well that his beloved concubine had suffered a terrible disaster, and it was entirely because of Yang Guozhong's implication.

The culprit who caused the Anshi Rebellion was Yang Guozhong. He speculated that after the Imperial Guards killed Yang Guozhong, they were afraid of being resented by his beloved concubine, so they killed his beloved concubine as well.

Fortunately, the trajectory of history has changed. An Lushan and Yang Guozhong have already been imprisoned by him. He has also sent people to arrest Shi Siming. The Anshi Rebellion will never happen again.

Therefore, his beloved concubine will not encounter the Mawei mutiny, and he will always be with his beloved concubine. “After the Mawei mutiny, Li Heng, who was the crown prince at the time, proclaimed himself emperor in Lingwu, and appointed Guo Ziyi as the governor of Shuofang to recover the lost territory.”

"Civil strife broke out between the Anshi rebels, and An Lushan was killed by his son An Qingxu. In the second year of Qianyuan, Shi Siming killed An Qingxu, proclaimed himself Emperor of Dayan, and captured Luoyang again. Later, he was also killed by his son Shi Chaoyi. The Tang Dynasty army recovered Chang'an and Luoyang one after another."

"In October of the first year of Baoying, Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty succeeded to the throne. He appointed the Tang general Gu Huai'en as the governor of Shuofang and the deputy marshal of Hebei. He led his troops to march into Luoyang and defeated Shi Chaoyi one after another."

"After being defeated in the first year of Guangde, Shi Chaoyi wanted to go north to challenge the Khitan, but he was chased by the Tang army and eventually hanged himself. This ended the Anshi Rebellion that lasted for more than seven years."

"The Anshi Rebellion lasted for more than seven years. The social productivity of the Tang Dynasty was severely damaged and greatly affected people's lives. The Anshi Rebellion broke the unity of the Tang Dynasty and became a turning point in the Tang Dynasty's rise and decline. The separatist forces of vassal towns were in It grew stronger during the war and seriously weakened the centralized power.”

Li Shimin's face was quite ugly. Although the Anshi Rebellion did not occur in his era, as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, he also felt deeply humiliated.

An-Shi Rebellion, An Lushan, An Qingxu, Shi Siming, Shi Chaoyi.

He could never have imagined that it was these four scum that caused seven years of war in the Tang Dynasty and brought the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to a sudden turn.

If he was a heroic figure, he would feel better.

But these four scum are all rubbish. An Qingxu first killed me, An Lushan, then Shi Siming killed An Qingxu, and then Shi Chaoyi killed me, Shi Siming.

But it happened that it was these rebellious scum that brought disaster to the Tang Dynasty for seven years and completely wiped out the scourge of the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, he really felt how stupid Li Longji was in his later years. He couldn't even deal with these four scum and ruined the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, even he wanted Li Longji to die early, so as not to cause great harm to the prosperous Tang Dynasty that he left behind.

Li Shimin: @李久久, if you can do the job for this emperor, do it. If you can’t do it, give up the throne as soon as possible.

Li Longji: Longji will remember the teachings of Emperor Taizong's grandfather, and please rest assured that Longji will not let the tragedy of the Anshi Rebellion reappear in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Longji looked somewhat embarrassed. Taizong criticized him in front of all the people in the world, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

But he knew that this was all his own fault, and Taizong's criticism and education were also correct.

But this time, now that he knows the original history, he will never make the same mistake again.

As long as the culprits who caused the Anshi Rebellion are eliminated, and there are no threats from An Lushan, Shi Siming, and Yang Guozhong, then most of the crisis in the Tang Dynasty can be eliminated, and the rest needs to be cured slowly.

He also noticed that the anchor said that the separatist forces in the feudal towns were getting stronger and stronger during the war, which made him worried.

The reason why An Lushan and Shi Siming caused turmoil in the Tang Dynasty was because as Jiedushi, they had too much power in their hands and had formed a feudal separatist power.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the separatist forces of vassal towns throughout the Tang Dynasty became more and more powerful, seriously threatening the rule of the central court.

Taking advantage of the fact that the power of the vassal and town separatist regime has not yet grown bigger, there is still time and everything is still under his control.

He has secretly made up his mind to solve the problem of Jiedushi's excessive power as soon as possible, so as not to threaten the imperial court.

(End of this chapter)