Probably because I studied "Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising" in textbooks since I was a child, I always felt that the peasant rebel army was forced to revolt by the people who could not survive, and must be a righteous army representing the wishes of the people. Today's talk about the Yellow Nest is an example.
Huang Chao, born as a salt smuggler, the family can definitely be called well-off, even if it is not rich. It can be seen from the fact that he was very cultured that he repeatedly took the imperial examination (the extremely poor class in ancient times did not have the opportunity to study), that is, he did not pass the examination (if he passed the examination, the history of the Tang Dynasty may be rewritten).
He wrote a famous poem after he fell behind, "Fu Ju after the first place", which was included in the poems of the Quan Tang Dynasty.
When autumn comes on September 8, I will bloom and kill all flowers.
The incense of the sky penetrated Chang'an, and the city was full of golden armor.
The verses are majestic, and I may have been a little prejudiced, but in addition to the beauty of the words, I read more murderous intent and tyranny.
Because he had not been able to win, Huang Chao, who felt good about himself but had nowhere to show his talents, began to be indignant, coupled with his boldness and morality, he launched a vigorous rebellion movement.
The first to rebel was a salt smuggler named Wang Xianzhi, and then Huang Chao heard about it, and he cried with joy, and the opportunity in his dream came, and he immediately pulled up a rebel team at home and joined Wang Xianzhi. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was already at the end of the crossbow, the Lord was faint, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the people were living in deep water, so the uprising team developed rapidly and the cause was in full swing.
Later, the Tang Dynasty adopted the strategy of abduction, to give Wang Xianzhi the title of official, the robber who was supposed to be destroyed suddenly became a high official, and Wang Xianzhi and others were still quite willing to accept it. Alas, it is a pity that the Tang Dynasty will not do things, only give Wang Xianzhi an official, and no one else has been sealed. Wang Xianzhi was overjoyed, but Huang Chao was so angry that he jumped to his feet, he could not study and become an official, and he rebelled and became a second-in-command official without his share, so in a fit of rage, he beat Wang Xianzhi violently, and from then on he parted ways with Wang Xianzhi.
Huang Chao was indeed still the angry young man with a hot temper and dissatisfaction!
Huang Chao's heart is estimated to be very eager to become an official, and the fall and disapproval at that time were estimated to have become stubborn in his heart, and it is estimated that this is the deep driving force for his rebellion. After that, he had several times asked for officials, wanting to taste the taste of dividing one side, such as asking for the same day's pingjiedushi envoy and Guangzhou jiedushi envoy, but unfortunately the stingy Tang government sealed a small official who led the government. Of course, Huang Chao, who has money, does not agree, and the cause of rebellion continues to be carried out!
Later, Wang Xianzhi failed to die, and Huang Chao collected the remnants of him, officially sat on the top seat of the rebel army, and declared himself the "Great General of the Sky". His fighting style is flexible guerrilla, winning battles and winning battles, and his footprints are almost all over most of China.
In fact, is the Yellow Nest really so powerful?
No, in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, eunuchs used things, the emperor was confused, good and evil were not distinguished, and the generals also had to protect themselves, "cunning rabbits die, hunting dogs cooked", the general Liu Jurong said, "The state has always failed its subjects, and when it is needed, it will be appeased, and when it is not needed, it will be guilty; if you leave this thief to play slowly, as a capital for seeking wealth." The country is like this, the courtiers are like this, and the end of the Tang Dynasty has come.
Finally, in 881 AD, Huang Chao led an army into Chang'an, and soon officially declared himself emperor and established Daqi (the time was too short, and there was no name left in history). Here we are going to start writing about his cruelty, yes, it is not an exaggeration to call him a murderous demon.
The history books record that because the people of Chang'an had assisted the officials and troops, Huang Chao began to kill and kill. At first, the Tang Dynasty clan and officials were almost killed by him (he always had the revenge psychology of Qiu Fu). Later, he simply allowed the sergeants to go to the streets to slaughter, plunder property, and rape women at will, and the blood stained Chang'an City, and called this the washing city.
After that, the Tang Dynasty introduced Shatuo soldiers, and Huang Chao defeated Chang'an. Now, Huang Chao is not just a murderous demon, he and his army have become man-eating demons. Yes, there is no grain that is not tight, and when it sees a living person, it is killed, it is salted, it is dragged by a car, and it is ready to eat at any time. He also made hundreds of huge stone cones to crush human flesh.
As a result, most of the people in dozens of prefectures such as Henan and Shandong were eaten by Huangchao. According to conservative statistics, the number of people who were eaten by Huang Chaojun at that time exceeded 300,000.
Such a peasant rebel army is really a nightmare for the people!
As far as killing people at him, I have always felt that he is a worse and more terrifying dark element than the Tang Dynasty, and will only drag the people into deeper darkness.
Finally, in 884, Huang Chao was killed by Li Ke, the leader of the Shatuo army. The Yellow Nest Rebellion lasted for ten years, and finally brought the already crumbling and decaying Tang Dynasty into the countdown to its demise, and the five more turbulent generations were coming.
A few last words. I think that the source of Huang Chao's excessive killing is that Huang Chao's Huai Cai did not meet, and then transformed into a perverted revenge psychology of hating heaven, hating the earth, and hating the world.
Friends, I will continue to walk into the five generations and ten kingdoms of this great turmoil and thrilling stories, heroes and beauties, loyal subjects and traitors, enmity and revenge or loyalty and righteousness, are just the recurrence and reincarnation of human nature.
I hope you will be more supportive and continue to pay attention to me.
Chicken feather jun, a chicken feather jun, even if there are thousands of chicken feathers, you must also be hearted for the sun.
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