Chapter 9 As long as my play lasts, the Tang Dynasty will not fall

[In 705 AD, Crown Prince Li Xian, Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi, Cui Xuanwei and other ministers launched a mutiny in the capital Luoyang Ziwei City. Wu Zetian abdicated and restored the Li Tang Dynasty. ]

[In 712 AD, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, ushered in the second golden age of the Tang Dynasty, the Kaiyuan Era, which marked the beginning of another golden age of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty reached another peak with clear politics, stable society, prosperous economy and flourishing culture, becoming one of the famous golden ages in ancient Chinese history.]

See that Wu Zetian was eventually forced to abdicate.

The Li family's sons recreate the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin finally let go of his worries.

"My descendant Li Xian is a good man. He was able to restore order and get the Tang Dynasty back on track. He has the same iron-blooded skills as I did in the Xuanwu Gate Incident."

"And Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi, they are all the most loyal ministers of our Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin's face was filled with joy, and the depression in his heart was gone.

All the ministers congratulated him.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

At this moment, Changsun Wuji said: "I congratulate Your Majesty. This is a blessing for our Great Tang and Your Majesty."

Cheng Yaojin was puzzled and couldn't help muttering: "The kingdom was taken away by a woman, is this considered a blessing?"

"Yizhen." Changsun Wuji called out Cheng Yaojin's name and said with a smile, "What I am congratulating is Li Longji and the Kaiyuan prosperous era."

"What Wuji said is correct. I also think that Li Longji is good."

Li Shimin nodded approvingly, expressing his recognition of his descendant.

"If I had more descendants like Longji, the Tang Dynasty might last for thousands of years and stretch as far as the sky!"

I thought of the scene recorded on the sky curtain of a foolish emperor and people living in misery.

Li Shimin couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion.

If the Tang Dynasty had more rulers like Longji who could revive it, wouldn't there be hope for the Tang Dynasty to last for thousands of years?

Just as the officials of the Tang Dynasty were rectifying the chaos and restoring the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty for future generations.

The picture in the sky changed quietly.

[Due to Tang Xuanzong's indulgence in pleasure and his favor for Yang Yuhuan in his later years, Yang Guozhong became a monopolistic ruler and ruined the country, which eventually led to the An-Shi Rebellion.]

[In 755 AD, An Lushan raised an army in Fanyang in the name of attacking Yang Guozhong, and the Anshi Rebellion began. ]

[In 756 AD, the rebels captured Chang'an, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled in a hurry. The soldiers mutinied, executed Yang Guozhong, and forced Yang Guifei to hang herself. This is known in history as the Mawei Mutiny.]

[The Mawei Rebellion was an important turning point in the history of the Tang Dynasty, marking the end of Emperor Xuanzong's reign and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's decline.]

During the Zhenguan period.

All the ministers were moved by what Tianmu said.

What?
How could such a wise person in the beginning become so foolish later?

Changsun Wuji almost vomited blood.

Damn it, I was just bragging about how the Tang Dynasty is blessed to have such children and grandchildren, and now you show me this?

Isn't this a slap in the face in public?
Did something go wrong?
At this moment, Changsun Wuji wished he could teach this young man named Li Longji a lesson.

Damn it, can’t you just fight for it?

It is really speechless that a lifetime of fame is ruined in old age.

Not only the ministers felt speechless.

Li Shimin also felt a little embarrassed.

"This bastard, I thought this guy had some ability, what happened?"

"Have you read history books into a dog's stomach?"

"Have you forgotten the lesson of King You of Zhou lighting beacons to amuse the princes?"

"Before there was Wu Zetian, after there was Yang Guifei."

"Is my Tang Dynasty going to be destroyed in the hands of a woman?"

……

During the Kaiyuan period.

Inside Chang'an City.

Somewhere on the city wall.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was holding Yang Guifei's hand and looking up at the sky curtain together. After seeing the message on the sky curtain, the two were shocked.

"What? My loyal adopted son would rebel against me? How is this possible?"

Li Longji could not believe that this was true.

In fact, over the years, people like Zhang Jiuling, Wang Zhongsi, and Yang Guozhong had all told him that An Lushan would rebel.

But he never believed it.

In his eyes, An Lushan was just a simple man with no ambitions, and he was also his adopted son and the godson of the imperial concubine.

How could such a loyal person rebel?

Why rebel?
At this moment, Yang Guifei, who was standing by, couldn't help but panic and lose her composure when she saw the news of her own death.

"Your Majesty? This sky curtain says that I will die. Is this true?"

"And your adopted son, I see he is loyal and doesn't seem like someone who would rebel. Could it be that the sky is wrong?"

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang shook his head with a heavy heart.

After a long while, he sighed and said, "I don't believe that this will happen. I also hope that Tianmu is wrong, but Tianmu is the power of the immortals, and the history it speaks of has never been wrong so far."

After calming himself down for a while, he said in a deep voice, "Come here! Call the people from the six ministries over! I want to send troops to wipe out this heartless beast!"

at the same time.

An Lushan looked at the empty sky and was filled with indignation.

"This damn sky curtain ruined my plan!"

……

[In 757 AD, the Tang army and the rebels fought a decisive battle, and the Tang army won a great victory, and the Anshi Rebellion was put down. ]

【After the An-Shi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty lost a large number of people, its national strength declined sharply, the north gradually declined, and the south replaced the north and became the economic center.】

[The great poet Du Fu once wrote: "The country is ruined but the mountains and rivers remain; the city is overgrown with grass and trees in spring. The flowers shed tears when they feel sad; the birds startle my heart when they say goodbye." This is to express his deep concern for the ruin of the country and the decline of people's livelihood, as well as his feelings about the current situation. 】

[After this, most of the Tang Dynasty emperors had no real power and were controlled by eunuchs. ]

[In 878 AD, the Huang Chao Uprising broke out and Chang'an fell. ]

[In 884 AD, Huang Chao was defeated and died.]

[In 907 AD, Zhu Wen forced Emperor Ai of Tang to abdicate, usurped the throne, and established the Later Liang Dynasty, becoming the Taizu of the Later Liang Dynasty.]

【From then on, the Tang Dynasty, which had existed for 289 years, fell, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms began. 】

As historical scenes passed by.

Li Shimin was speechless for a long time.

After a long while, he finally let out a long sigh.

"I never thought that my prosperous Tang Dynasty would end up like this."

Although I know that the change of dynasties is the trend of the times.

But when we really learn how the Tang Dynasty went from prosperity to decline, it is still a cause for regret.

Li Shimin looked through the boundless sky and seemed to see the scene when the Tang Dynasty collapsed and the people were displaced.

"War breaks out again, and the world will be filled with more bones."

……

[After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, five dynasties emerged in the Central Plains, namely the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han and Later Zhou, which are known as the Five Dynasties in history.]

[There were ten political regimes not in the Central Plains, so they were called the Ten Kingdoms.]

[During this period, there were five dynasties and ten countries that attacked each other and never achieved unification, which is known in history as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.]

[In 907 AD, Liang Wang Zhu Wen established the Later Liang Dynasty. ]

[In 923 AD, Li Cunxu, the Prince of Jin, established the Later Tang Dynasty. At the end of the same year, he destroyed the Later Liang Dynasty and occupied the Central Plains.]

[In 936 AD, Shi Jingtang led the Khitan army to attack Luoyang, and the Later Tang Dynasty was destroyed. ]

[In the same year, Shi Jingtang established the Later Jin Dynasty and ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to the Khitan. From then on, the Central Plains was completely exposed to the Khitan's iron hoof.]

[Shi Jingtang's act of ceding territory was regarded as "a shame for all eternity". In order to show his submission to the Khitan, he called himself "the son emperor" and respectfully called the Khitan emperor "the father emperor".]

(End of this chapter)