The Tang Dynasty was undoubtedly the most prosperous period in history, one of the most powerful countries in the world at that time, with a long-standing reputation and contacts with Asian and European countries. The famous reign of Zhenguan and the kaiyuan flourishing era all appeared in this period.
But it was such a heyday. An anshi rebellion caused the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to fall from a peak, and since then the Tang Dynasty's economic, political, and military strength has been in a slump. The seemingly inconspicuous An Lushan was so capable that he seriously injured the Tang Dynasty.
According to legend, An Lushan's hometown lived in Central Asia, and his mother, Ashde, was a Sorcerer of the Turkic tribe who was engaged in divination. The Turkic word "fighting" was pronounced as Mount Anlu, and it was used as the name of Mount An Lu. He lost his father as a child and lived with his mother in the Turkic tribe, and the brother of the general An bozhi, An Yanyan, married his mother.
By the time he was ten years old, An Lushan was ashamed to live with his brother and stepfather An Yanyan. He became a brother with An Sishun and others, and then changed his surname to An.
When he grew up, he wandered along the Silk Roads. An Lushan was therefore well versed in the Six Chinese and acted as an intermediary in the international trade market.
Later, together with his good brother Shi Siming, he joined Zhang Shoujue to serve, and from this time on, An Lushan officially joined the formation of the Tang army and began to eat Junlu. It is also twenty years later, that even An Lushan himself did not expect that Datang would be stirred up by him.
An Lu Shan
An Lushan, who had joined the army, had committed two capital crimes. The first time, Zhang Shoujue was in Youzhou Jiedu, An Lushan was caught stealing sheep, Zhang Shoujue tortured him, ready to beat him to death with a stick, but he shouted loudly: Doesn't the doctor want to destroy the two Tribes? Why kill me! Zhang Shoujue saw that he was full of arrogance, and he was white and fat, so he couldn't bear to let him go.
After that, he facilitated the good brother Shi Siming to capture the prisoners together, and the two good brothers were also good at it, and went out to arrest one by one. Later, because he was known for his bravery and good fighting, Zhang Shoujue adopted him as an adopted son.
The second capital crime was committed when Zhang Shoujue sent An Lushan to fight against the Khitan and Xi, but what he did not expect was that An Lushan, who was known for his bravery, was ambushed by the Xi and Khitans because of his light enemies, and was completely destroyed, and An Lushan fled back to Youzhou on his own.
An Lushan, who had lost the battle, should have been dealt with by military law, but because he was Zhang Shoujue's adopted son, Zhang Shoujue was moved by selfishness and did not sentence him to death, but sent him to the imperial court for disposal.
So An Lushan was sent to Tang Xuanzong and Zhang Jiuling for trial, at that time, Zhang Jiuling wanted to order his execution, but Tang Xuanzong not only pardoned him, but also felt that this little fat man was white and fat, and there was a little cuteness in his bravery. I didn't expect Tang Xuanzong to be good at this mouthful. An Lushan still liked this type when he saw the emperor.
An Lushan pondered how to ascend to the throne. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in charge, so An Lushan began to bribe officials everywhere in order to say more good things about them in front of the emperor. As a result, An Lushan became more and more popular with the emperor, so he was reused, became a jiedushi envoy, and began to hold heavy soldiers.
When he became an envoy of jiedushi, An Lushan began to think about how to obtain battle merit. Many of the small border actions were made by him, and while provoking trouble, he said to the emperor, look, I hit another one. In this way, Tang Xuanzong became more and more fond of him and trusted him more and more.
An Lushan had another nobleman in addition: Yang Guifei. This fat fat see fat that is two tears. Soon the two established a deep relationship and became mother and son. Children, do you have a lot of question marks, you know that Yang Fat was fat at that time, but he was sixteen years younger. I think, maybe this is deep love. The mother-child relationship is more or less so.
Yang Yuhuan
An Lushan, who was married to Yang Fat and Fat as a mother and son, had to visit Yang Guifei first every time he entered the palace. Tang Xuanzong also felt strange and asked him what the reason was, and An Lushan said that in our Hu people, the mother is the first father. Tang Xuanzong was also happy when he heard this, so he ordered the Yang family brothers and sisters below Yang Feng to marry An Lushan as brothers and sisters.
An Lushan, a child of more than three hundred pounds, since he married Yang Fat fat as a mother and son, it was the sound of flutes all day long, dancing around, laughing for her, crying for her. This little fat man in both the imperial court and the harem had people, and his appearance was thick and cute, and he was really deeply loved by Tang Xuanzong and was spoiled in the sky. His power was also growing, and the moderation of the three places made him alone.
This An Lushan, who held a lot of power, began to have selfish intentions. On the one hand, he courted Tang Xuanzong, and on the other hand, he secretly formed a party for personal gain.
He even secretly wanted to ask Tang Xuanzong for a beggar to be a minister, and Tang Xuanzong almost agreed. Yang Guozhong was not happy for a day, how could this illiterate person be the prime minister. An Lushan originally didn't deal well with Yang Guozhong, and as soon as he made such a fuss, Liang Zi would tie up even deeper.
Yang Guozhong
An Lushan secretly prepared for rebellion and built Xiongwu City north of Fanyang County, ostensibly to defend against aggression, but in fact stored weapons and grain for the deployment of defending Fanyang, with fifteen thousand warhorses and cattle and sheep equivalent to this number. He was also responsible for the three towns of Pinglu, Fanyang, and Hedong, and there was nothing he did not agree to when he entered the court.
It didn't take long for An Lushan to rebel in the name of revenge against Yang Guozhong. At the beginning, the right minister Yang Guozhong had warned Tang Xuanzong that An Lushan would rebel sooner or later. However, Tang Xuanzong was so fond of An Lushan's little fat man that he could not listen to the "rumors".
At this time, Tang Xuanzong, who consolidated and developed the power of the Tang Dynasty and created the tang Dynasty's extreme prosperity "Kaiyuan Prosperous Era", was forced to flee everywhere. The soldiers mutinied again, forcing Tang Xuanzong to kill Yang Guozhong, who had brought calamity to the country and the people, and hang Yang Guifei before ensuring that Tang Xuanzong fled to Chengdu. After this move, Tang Xuanzong had already lost the hearts of the people, and even he himself was exhausted and unable to support the Jiangshan Society in Kuang.
Tang Xuanzong
Not long after the rebellion, An Lushan could not wait to change his title to emperor and proclaim himself Emperor of Great Yan. An Lushan, who had not been emperor for a long time, was anxious to enjoy himself, and it was not long before he was killed by his own people. Later, after Shi Siming killed An Qingxu, he took the throne of Great Yan and made An Lushan the Emperor of Guanglie.
This is the history of An Lushan's ascension to the throne.