The populace scrambled to join the rebels
As a prosperous and prosperous world, the Tang Dynasty was brilliant for more than 200 years, but several people know that it was such a prosperous world, but in the last year, it suddenly went to the other extreme.
The people are in poverty, the people are not happy, the peasants are revolting, and natural and man-made disasters are coming one after another.
So much so that the end of Datang actually went to extinction in just a few years.
The Tang Dynasty was all killed, dozens of courtiers were not left, the emperor's body was thrown into the Yellow River, and even the newborn baby was not spared.
And the cause of all this is a man named Huang Chao.
So what exactly is the Yellow Nest? Why did it have so much power that led to the collapse of a prosperous dynasty in just a few years?
To know what Huang Chao is capable of, let's first understand this person.
Huang Chao's family is actually very rich, his family has been selling smuggled salt for generations, but despite the family's wealth, Huang Chao is bent on reading.
He was intelligent and ambitious since he was a child, not only proficient in swordplay, riding, but also in pen and ink, and when he was 5 years old, he served around his grandfather, and he could talk to his grandfather about poetry.
However, it was such a brilliant person who repeatedly fell behind Sun Shan when he was taking the exam, and several times he fell off the list made him indignant, and then he had no choice but to leave Chang'an, take over the ancestral industry, and become the leader of the Salt Gang.
No one expected that this seemingly very normal choice would become the beginning of the collapse of the Tang Dynasty.
Since ancient times, peasant uprisings have been natural and man-made disasters, and in 874 AD, floods and droughts occurred across the country.
In fact, throughout the ancient and modern dynasties, disasters are normal, as long as the imperial court can allocate grain in time to relieve disasters, the people can also get by.
Unfortunately, however, the imperial court at that time was already in chaos, and the states and counties never mentioned the disaster, resulting in the people suffering and nowhere to tell.
So Huang Chao seized the opportunity and gathered thousands of people with another salt smuggler named Wang Xianzhi and rose up in Changyuan.
In just a few months, they attacked Caozhou, Puzhou, Yunzhou and other places one after another, not only defeating the officers and soldiers who came to suppress them, but also expanding their ranks.
Wherever Huang Chao went, the people scrambled to join the uprising.
These people have nowhere to hide because they have suffered natural disasters, and they are forced by officials to pay heavy taxes, and they have no way to live.
At present, the Yellow Nest has undoubtedly become their savior.
In just two years, their troops had become so powerful that after gradually breaking through the entire prefecture and county, the rebel army was directly approaching Luoyang.
In an instant, the people and officials in Luoyang City were terrified, and not only did no one organize suppression, but they all scattered and fled, which made Huang Chao's army even more like no man's land.
To say why the city of Luoyang was conquered so easily by Huang Chao, we must start from the little emperor at that time.
The emperor at that time was Emperor Li Ofe of Tang, who was still a 13-year-old child, and when Li Yizong's father, Tang Yizong, was seriously ill, eunuchs led by Tian Lingzi surrounded Li Yan and sat on the throne of the crown prince.
When Huang Chao launched the uprising, Li Yan only reigned for two years.
This is not enough, but this little emperor is a master who does not learn any skills, he does not understand the politics of the dynasty, he can only have fun, gambling, cockfighting, and bowing are proficient, but he ignores the government.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty was controlled by eunuchs, and Li Yan, who only knew how to play in the palace, knew that outside the palace walls, he had already shouted to kill Zhentian?
The Savior becomes the Lord of the Last Days
It wasn't until Huang Chao really attacked Luoyang City that Li Yan finally couldn't sit still, and according to the advice of the prime minister, he wanted to recruit Huang Chao to safety.
So the imperial court sent representatives of officials to negotiate with Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi, and the imperial court said that it could promise Wang Xianzhi the position of "Divine Strategist Army", and Wang Xianzhi was excited and his heart was shaken.
However, it was also Zhao'an, and the imperial court promised Wang Xianzhi the divine strategy, but did not have the slightest reward for himself, so this caused Huang Chao to be very dissatisfied, so he went back and fiercely reprimanded Wang Xianzhi, and there was a conflict.
In the end, under the one-sided opposition of the rebel army, Wang Xianzhi reluctantly agreed not to accept zhao'an.
Because of this, the two broke up, and later the two soldiers fought in two ways, wang Xianzhi failed in attacking Huangmei, so he was captured and killed, and the first rank was sent to the Beijing Division.
So the rest of Wang Xianzhi's subordinates ran to Bozhou to meet Huang Chao, and at this time Huang Chao's team once again grew.
As the leader, Huang Chao was embraced by everyone as the Yellow King, and he declared himself the "Great General of the Sky".
Just from this name, you can know what kind of hills and ravines are hidden in Huang Chao's heart.
After that, Huang Chao led the rebel army to attack all the way through western Zhejiang, and then opened up mountains and roads all the way into Fujian, they encountered officers and soldiers killing officers and soldiers, encountering grass and cutting grass, and the rebel army went everywhere there was no grass.
As long as they saw the people in the official palace, they would directly extinguish the door without saying a word, and then kill the mansion with the next fire, which was simply more than the grass.
In 879, Huang Chao had already invaded Guangzhou
At this time, the chancellor of the court was already dead, fleeing, and Li Yan on the throne gradually could not sit still, but at this time there were no soldiers to send, so he had to let the chancellor Wang Duo personally go out to fight against the Yellow Nest.
But what was surprising was that when Huang Chao arrived in Guangzhou, he did not rush to attack the city but sent someone to hand over a letter, which expressed the hope that the imperial court could give him a "balance and festival to make it a post".
This is Huang Chao's hometown, huang Chao's meaning is already obvious, if he gets this festival envoy, he will inevitably withdraw his troops and return to his hometown with peace of mind.
But the imperial court did not know what it was thinking, perhaps they thought that Huang Chao was afraid of taking the initiative to ask for peace, or they thought that Huang Chao was pretending to make peace.
But for whatever reason, the court refused.
But Huang Chao was not discouraged, and he continued to hand over letters, saying that he could retreat to the second place, and guangzhou jiedushi could also do it, but the imperial court again refused.
Twice showing goodwill and being rejected twice made Huang Chao furious and took the initiative to seek peace, but the imperial court looked down on himself so much, so don't blame me for not being polite.
So Huang Chao, with anger, began to launch an onslaught on Guangzhou, and in just a few months, Guangzhou completely fell
After that, he went all the way north and attacked Luoyang in one breath.
At this time, the imperial court was in a mess, some people said that they first pretended to give him the position of envoy, and then got rid of him, and some people said that they first dispatched troops to guard the city gate and did not let Huang Chao attack.
At this time, Prime Minister Lu Yi suggested sending troops, but no one in the government and the public could really come up with a good strategy, and finally the prime minister directly said that the illness was closed.
Huang Chao's army was unstoppable at this time, and he advanced all the way to Tongguan, then conquered Huazhou, and finally attacked Chang'an. The ministers in Chang'an City heard that the rebel army had already attacked, and even if they could still control the emperor, they should first save their lives.
So the chancellor scattered and fled, and Tian Lingzi also escaped with Li Yan.
At this moment, the city of Chang'an was surrounded by the people, and Huang Chao's rebel army was warmly welcomed, so Huang Chao said to the people:
"The Yellow King's army is for the people, and in the future, everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no need to worry about it anymore!"
The people heard Huang Chao's words and clapped their hands happily, but where did they know,
Their end has begun now.
Huang Chao was killed and the Tang Dynasty collapsed, who is the real winner?
After Huang Chao occupied Chang'an City, just a few days after it was stable, the soldiers below began to stir, these rebels had originally absorbed a part of the grass, plus they had been fighting everywhere over the years, and the fangs had long grown.
They began to burn and loot around Chang'an City, and in order to rob the people's homes, they directly raised their butcher knives, and in the blink of an eye, the whole family was killed in Huangquan.
In just a few days, Chang'an City had become a purgatory on earth, and the blood at the foot of the city was three feet deep, and what was even more terrifying was that the city was already silent than the people's crying wolf howls, because the people in the city had almost burned out!
At this time, in order to cut the grass and remove the roots, Huang Chao, who had successfully rebelled, directly ordered all the people in the royal family to be killed, even the newborn baby could not be spared.
After that, Huangchao was officially called emperor and changed the name of the country to Daqi
It's just a pity that such a person who kills people and doesn't recognize his relatives is doomed to not last long even if he becomes emperor.
Huang Chao's ass was not yet hot, and he ushered in his own doom.
Huang Chao had a general named Zhu Wen under him, who suddenly defected for some reason, and he contacted Li Yan, who had fled long ago, and sent troops to fight Huang Chao, and Zhu Wen and Li Keyong joined forces to fight Huang Chao all the way back.
In desperation, Huang Chao fled to the Wolf tiger valley with his wife and children and family members
At this time, Huang Chao probably did not expect that this place not only failed to let him hide, but let him "fight a battle behind the water".
This time, Huang Chao finally lost, for people like Huang Chao, defeat is equivalent to death, in the Wolf tiger valley, Huang Chao's family was all killed, and none of them remained.
From the uprising to the end, 9 years have passed since Huangchao, and during these nine years, the Tang Dynasty has been shaken by storms and the people have suffered a lot.
In 884, Li Yan returned to Chang'an City
And hung the head of the Yellow Nest at the city gate.
Huang Chao had 23 concubines still in the city, and in order to show his benevolence, Li Yan deliberately let the concubines get drunk and then execute, many of these women were the daughters of prominent noble families, and before the execution, they were all crying and shouting, and in the end they could not save their lives.
Although Huang Chao is dead, the matter is not over.
Zhu Wen, who had rebelled at the beginning, grew little by little with his army, and he reoccupied the commanding heights.
He was able to rebel against Huang Chao in the first place, and now he can also rebel against Li Yan.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhu Wen to lead his troops to conquer Hedong, and then led his troops to capture Hezhong, and Li Keyong, who had captured the Yellow Nest with Zhu Wen, was not his opponent, and he was seriously injured overnight.
During this period, Li Yan could not withstand several upheavals and displacements, and his body could not bear to die, and after Li Yan's death, his younger brother Li Ye took the throne.
Li Ye was still a relatively enterprising emperor, but at this time, the Tang Dynasty was no longer something that could be saved by endeavor.
Zhu Wen broke through the situation and directly led his troops into Chang'an, and Chang'an City fell again.
At this time, Li Ye fled with the empress and the little prince, but it was not long before he was found by Zhu Wen, who coerced Li Ye to return to Chang'an City, but on the way, the empress was about to give birth, and Zhu Wen directly killed the medical officer who delivered the baby in order to hurry.
Later, after entering Luoyang, Zhu Wen thought that keeping the emperor would be detrimental to him, so he simply did not stop and directly killed Li Ye, and all the officials and children around Li Ye were also killed, without exception.
Zhu Wen ordered their bodies to be thrown into the Yellow River, and later found Li Ye's remaining 9 sons in the palace.
In order to cut the grass and remove the roots, Zhu Wen strangled them all to death.
This prosperous and ruined Tang Dynasty finally ended its fate.
In 907, Zhu Wen ascended the throne himself and changed the name of the country to Da Liang, which was later Liang Taizu.
People say that "chaos produces tyrants", and the Huangchao uprising is inevitable, even if the Huangchao does not revolt, there will be others to replace this position.
Many people say that Huang Chao is a tyrant, but after he occupied Chang'an City, he connived at his subordinates to kill in the city, causing the people to be scattered in the wilderness.
So in your heart, what kind of person is Huang Chao?