In the process of quelling the Anshi Rebellion, the merits of the servant Gu Huai'en were second only to Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi.
At the critical moment when the Tang army counterattacked the rebels strategically, Guo Ziyi was already idle at home, Li Guangbi, although he had military power, had already stood aside, while the servant Gu Huai'en was full of spirit, as the de facto commander of the Tang army, he gave the rebels the final fatal blow, took the head of the bandit Shi Chaoyi, and ended the AnShi rebellion, which can be described as a great achievement.
(Servant Wynne Stills)
However, in the second year after the Anshi Rebellion was put down, the servant Gu Huai'en brazenly raised an army and embarked on the road of rebellion.
As the greatest contributor to the suppression of rebellion at that time, The Servant Gu Huai'en had already gained fame and fortune, and was an extremely popular subject, and the Tang Dynasty at that time was far from decaying to the point of being vulnerable, so why did the Servant Gu Huai'en embark on the road of rebellion?
There are two accounts of this matter:
First, the servant Huai'en's rebellious heart had long been revealed, and his purpose had always been impure. It's mainly manifested in two things.
The first is the seizure of Li Guangbi's military power. After Guo Ziyi was relieved of his military power by Emperor Suzong of Tang for his meritorious service, Li Guangbi became the commander of the Tang army. At that time, Li Guangbi adopted a very steady strategy, confronting the bandit leader Shi Siming and the front line of Luoyang, and slowly accumulating the strength to counterattack.
However, the servant Gu Huai'en was in a hurry to succeed, and repeatedly played Tang Suzong with the eunuch Yu Chao'en, asking for a decisive battle with the rebels, and the result was a major defeat at Mount Yao. Later, Gugu Huai'en took over Li Guangbi and became the deputy marshal of the Terracotta Army.
Second, at the moment of the final decisive battle, the anshi rebel generals Tian Chengsi, Li Huaixian, Zhang Zhongzhi, and Xue Song had already planned to surrender, but the servant Gu Huai'en was afraid of losing his power, so he raised Kou to respect himself and let the four officials reinstate themselves, resulting in a long period of feudal division.
Second, the rebellion of the servant Gu Huai'en was framed by the eunuchs Yu Chao'en and Luo Fengxian, as well as his colleagues Xin Yunjing and Li Baoyu, and was forced to rebel. Even Yan Zhenqing, an old minister of the Four Dynasties who was highly respected and respected, cried out for the servant Gu Huai'en in front of the Tang Dynasty Emperor, saying that except for the four of them, everyone thought that the servant Gu Huai'en had been wronged. Emperor Daizong Li Yu himself also said: "Huai'en is not opposed, and he is mistaken by the left and right!" ”
"History is like a little girl dressed up", the same events, the same results, from different angles, you will see a completely different side.
Take the matter of the servant Gu Huai'en replacing Li Guangbi, in fact, the two did not have much of a festival. When Li Guangbi took over Guo Ziyi's military power, the Shuofang generals were not convinced, and the servant Gu Huai'en was able to take into account the overall situation, suppressed the fire, and stabilized the situation. Therefore, the difference between the two of them, mainly in the way of countering the rebels, is that they have different opinions on their work.
Even if the servant Gu Huai'en intends to replace Li Guangbi, the soldiers who do not want to be generals are not good soldiers, and who does not want to be rewarded for meritorious service and throw themselves into the ground. So, there is nothing wrong with the servant Wynne.
On the issue of raising Kou's self-respect, the strategy adopted by The Servant Huai'en when counterattacking the rebels was a quick word, not giving Shi Chaoyi a chance to breathe, if the Servant Gu Huai'en fought steadily and steadily, accepting the surrender of the rebel generals one by one, or sweeping away the rebels who dared to resist state by state, county by county, then Shi Chaoyi was likely to gather strength and make a comeback.
(Tang Dynasty Emperor stills)
Therefore, in dealing with a historical event, it is extremely important to look at the problem objectively and comprehensively. There are two reasons why the servant Wynn rebelled:
First of all, from the background of the times, the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, ostensibly due to Tang Xuanzong's emphasis on biangong and the unprincipled expansion of the power of the emissaries, led to a military pattern in which the empire was heavy on the outside and light on the inside, and the ambitionist An Lushan seized the opportunity to brazenly raise an army.
The deep reason is that with the progress of society, the Juntian system gradually collapsed, causing the collapse of the prefectural military system on which the Tang Dynasty relied, and caused various social contradictions, which led to the Anshi Rebellion. Because in an agrarian society, all social activities revolve around the fundamental nature of the land.
However, confined to the limitations of the times, the feudal emperors did not realize the deep reasons. They attributed the root causes of the rebellion to the system of moderation.
(An Lushan stills)
Therefore, after the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Tang made it his primary task to cut off the power of the various envoys. However, after eight years of war, the relationship between the central and the localities, the central and the localities, and the feudal towns and the localities, these relationships are intricate, and it is necessary to explore a set of effective methods to change the situation of the division of the feudal towns, and this work cannot be solved overnight.
Therefore, the Tang emperors did not have a good solution, in order to prevent another rebellion, they could only solve the problem through frequent substitutions, from Guo Ziyi to Li Guangbi to Gu Huai'en. It is to prevent the emergence of a second An Lu Mountain.
After the end of the counter-rebellion, the personal prestige of the servant Huai'en had reached a level that made the emperor jealous, and at this time, he held the Shuofang soldiers and horses on which the imperial court depended for its survival; Huiqi Khan was his son-in-law; he himself was also the leader of the Tiele Jiu surnamed Shugu tribe.
At this time, the threat of the servant Huai'en to the imperial power was no smaller than that of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. So, cutting his power was bound to happen in that era. Even if there were no Yu Chao'en and Luo Fengxian, there would have been other eunuchs framing him, and without Xin Yunjing and Li Baoyu, there would have been other colleagues who would have excluded him. To put it bluntly, these people were the executors of the emperor's will.
Whether it is Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, or The Servant Gu Huai'en, the situation they are facing is the same. It was only Guo Ziyi's wisdom that eventually flowed through the ages; Li Guangbi hovered between reaction and non-reaction, and ended up depressed; and the servant Gu Huai'en boldly chose to rebel, which caused him to be late and unsafe.
Secondly, The Servant Ofgu Huai'en fought bravely, strictly observed military discipline, and was an excellent general. He once beheaded his sons who fought badly; three daughters married back to the country; and forty-six members of the family died for the country.
Although he eventually embarked on the path of rebellion, his former loyalty was beyond doubt. In the face of the false accusations of eunuchs and colleagues, he also proved his loyalty to the emperor, but the unique communication method of ethnic minorities was counterproductive.
The imperial court sent the eunuch Luo Fengxian to learn about the situation of the servant Gu Huai'en, and Hedong Jiedu made Xin Yunjing desperately try to bribe Luo Fengxian, a move that he liked, which made Luo Fengxian very useful.
(Stills of Luo Fengxian)
At the station of the servant Gu Huai'en, this mobei hanzi used the highest etiquette of the nomadic people to entertain Luo Fengxian. At the banquet, the servant Gu Huai'en invited his mother to sit on the high hall, and he put down the shelf to marry this eunuch To show sincerity. While drunk, in order to keep Luo Fengxian for a few more days, he hid his mount again.
This kind of nomadic frankness and bold sincerity would have played a very good role in the iron-boned Hanzi, but for Luo Fengxian, a eunuch who only coveted yellow and white things, it would only play the opposite role, frightening him to flee back to Chang'an overnight.
Subsequently, in the face of the emperor's questioning, the servant Gu Huai'en, like a gambler, summed up the merits of his life into six major crimes and reported them to the Tang Dynasty Emperor. In the face of such a furious performance, Emperor Daizong was furious: Where is this self-justification, it is clear that he is accusing me, the emperor, of being an ungrateful tyrant! This moment strengthened Daizong's determination to get rid of him.
This kind of prairie enthusiasm and roughness is so out of place in the political struggle of deception. The character of the servant Gu Huai'en determined that he would not have the wisdom of Guo Ziyi, nor would he make a choice like Guo Ziyi after all. (Text: Bearfish laughing to himself)