Friends who are familiar with history may know that in some specific historical periods, under the influence of a specific historical environment, it is likely that some special historical events will be derived. Take, for example, some folk uprisings. Most of our common uprisings are initiated in the midst of chaos, or a kind of Jedi counterattack forced by long-term pressure, and the historical events we are going to talk about today have some particularities. The Tang Dynasty, which was in a prosperous world, should have a fixed track of operation, so why did An Lu break this calm and decide to rebel?
First of all, I want to introduce the character of An Lushan to you, An Lushan's family lineage is relatively complex, her mother is a witch, probably acting as a fortune teller, her father disappeared from childhood, and when she grew up, she became a businessman who had been floating in the mall for a long time. Later, by chance, he embarked on the road of military service that affected his life, performed prominently in the army, was appreciated by Zhang Shoujue, and was recognized by Zhang Shoujue as a dry son, in addition to the character of An Lushan, who was very good at flexibility, very good at using power, often bribed officials in the imperial court to beautify him in front of the emperor, and then began to logically embark on the road of promotion. An Lushan's son also married the daughter of the crown prince and successfully joined the ranks of the royal family.
When the power reached a certain level, An Lushan's heart began to gradually expand, and even began to plot rebellion in private. At that time, An Lushan was already powerful enough, and as the main controller of the feudal forces, he had the right to compete with the imperial court. In addition, An Lushan's city government is deeper, as early as a long time ago, in fact, it was already rebellious, but it has been in the stage of accumulation and exploration, when he put this plan on the agenda, in fact, it was already well prepared, basically there was nothing too much to lose.
A very key factor that we should also mention here is that An Lushan is very good at taking advantage of the contradictions that already exist in society, and with the help of these contradictions, he can realize his own selfish desires, and the specific steps are like this. First of all, An Lushan first expanded the contradiction he had caught, and then bought more spare time for himself, using this contradiction threat to plague the enemy while killing the enemy without leaving a single piece of armor.
Specifically, this contradiction was the national contradiction at that time, and Tang Xuanzong's policy orientation for the border area at that time was mainly based on expansion, and blindly expanding made the contradiction between the Central Plains and the border area gradually deepen. In addition, An Lushan himself has always lived in the local area, and has a deep local foundation for the place where he is located. Taking advantage of the tension between the imperial court and the localities, he then took advantage of the situation to attract the forces that could be drawn together for their own use and overthrew the rule of the dynasty together.
In addition, the Tang Dynasty at that time, although it showed a vigorous trend of discovery. But in fact, there are many problems left inside, which can be summed up as external strength and middle cadres. An Lushan's advantage was that he had been in the imperial court for many years, and had worked hard to penetrate deep into the imperial court, knowing the number of reserves in the treasury and the actual military strength of the army. Regardless of whether the subsequent uprising is victorious or not, fully understanding the enemy is a kind of victory and a source of courage and self-confidence.