In the early morning of June 13, 756, it was drizzling in Chang'an City.
Tang Xuanzong quietly left Chang'an with his concubines, children and grandchildren, close subjects, eunuchs, janissaries, etc., and just the day before, Tang Xuanzong publicly announced that he would march in person and eliminate the rebels under the command of An Lushan.
Tang Xuanzong fled in disgrace, and without even informing his many imperial relatives, he quietly left with only a small number of people.
A few hours after Tang Xuanzong left, the minister of culture and military affairs went to the court on time, only to learn that the emperor had actually escaped! Only then did everyone realize the seriousness of the matter, and they packed up their packages and ran away.
Chang'an became a mess, the cries reverberated one after another in the most prosperous world metropolis, many people dragged their families and fled, some moneyless and courageous outlaws simply took the opportunity to steal gold and silver jewelry, and some even rode into the palace on donkeys.
Tang Xuanzong, who was on the way to escape, was in a very low mood, Li Longji's life was like a Shuangwen novel, born in the imperial family, people looked very handsome, versatile, when they were young, they all relied on iq and aunt Princess Taiping to kill Wei Hou, after helping their father to ascend to the throne, they were also able to become princes, and then they fought with the Taiping Princess who wanted to seize power, won again, and after becoming emperor, they single-handedly created the Kaiyuan prosperous era with outstanding governing ability, pushing the peak of the Tang Dynasty to the peak, but in old age came a wave of plot twists. He ruined everything with his own hands.
Tang Xuanzong walked on the road with a large group of people and horses, although he was still the emperor, he was already the emperor who had fallen into distress.
At noon on the 13th, when we walked to the Wangxian Palace in Xianyang, no one took over the driver, and all the officials ran away.
There was no food to eat, Yang Guozhong went to the market to buy a few pieces of cake for Tang Xuanzong to eat, Tang Xuanzong was full, the people around him were still hungry, he had to open his mouth to the people to eat, although Tang Xuanzong was no longer the emperor who worked hard to rule in the beginning, and in his later years he did absurd things, but the people were always in awe and love for the Son of Heaven.
The local people have taken out miscellaneous grains to offer to the emperor, in normal times, how did such rough food enter the eyes of the nobles of the palace, and at this time, the princes and grandchildren, one by one, ate more fragrantly than the other, and after eating, they were still unsatisfied.
Their clothes were gorgeous, but the expression on their faces was so awkward.
Seeing such a situation, the common people were very sad, and one of them, an old master named Guo Congjin, couldn't help but say something heartfelt to Tang Xuanzong.
It was not a day since An Lushan harbored evil intentions, and someone had previously told the imperial court of his rebellion, but His Majesty did not believe it, which led to the success of his plot and the displacement of His Majesty. I still remember when Song Jing was a phase, every time he went in, he said bluntly, the world was too peaceful. After that, the ministers were afraid to speak bluntly, blindly flattering, and His Majesty did not know anything outside the Forbidden City. Those of us who are waiting for the opposition have long known that there will be today, but the palace is strict and cannot reach the heavens to listen. How can I complain to Your Majesty in person if this is not the case!
People all over the world knew that An Lushan was going to rebel, and countless people had reminded Tang Xuanzong, but at that time, Tang Xuanzong couldn't listen to it at all, and it was not a good thing to be too narcissistic.
After Tang Xuanzong listened to what Uncle Tang said, he sighed: "This decay is unknown, and there is nothing to regret!" ”
On the night of June 13, Tang Xuanzong and others arrived in Jincheng, the station was still empty, no one received, a group of people could only sleep on the ground horizontally and vertically, even if there was a little grace of Wang Sun nobles.
On June 14, Tang Xuanzong and others arrived at Ma Songyi. The soldiers had been rushing for days, and their mood had been extremely irritable.
Seeing that they are getting farther and farther away from Chang'an, no one knows what awaits them, and many people's families are still uncertain about their lives and deaths in Chang'an.
They couldn't blame the emperor, but the resentment in their hearts had accumulated to the peak and needed to be vented.
General Chen Xuanli knew that if the soldiers' grievances were not appeased, there would be a big problem.
Come to think of it, Yang Guozhong is the most suitable object to be blamed, as the prime minister, he has only done bad things and not good things for many years, causing a miasma in the imperial court.
Forcing An Lushan to rebel, forcing Ge Shuhan to send troops, he all had a share.
Chen Xuanli knew that Tang Xuanzong would not support him in killing Yang Guozhong, so he went to ask the crown prince Li Heng's opinion, but the prince did not express his position, that is, did not oppose.
Chen Xuanli had the confidence.
He led his soldiers to find Yang Guozhong, and it was noon, and more than 20 Tubo emissaries who had followed Tang Xuanzong all the way to flee were blocking Yang Guozhong from asking him for food because they had no food to eat. The soldiers took the opportunity to shout yang Guozhong to rebel, and one of the soldiers shot Yang Guozhong's saddle with an arrow, and Yang Guozhong realized that things were not good, and quickly got off his horse and fled.
The soldiers followed closely behind, and a group of people hacked Yang Guozhong to death.
After Yang Guozhong's death, everyone was still indignant, cut off his flesh and ate it, and hung his head outside the station door. Wei Fangjin, the imperial master of the imperial history, accused the soldiers of killing the prime minister, and at this time, the soldiers had already killed the red eye, and killed Wei Fangjin by the way. Prime Minister Wei Jiansu was beaten to the head and blood in the chaos, fortunately someone knew him, and he was usually a good person, so he was lucky not to die.
Tang Xuanzong was resting in his room at that time, listening to the noise outside, not knowing what was happening, sending people out to inquire, when the eunuch told Tang Xuanzong that Yang Guozhong was killed because of the rebellion, Tang Xuanzong was shocked, he knew that Yang Guozhong would not rebel.
However, at this time, Tang Xuanzong no longer had the prestige of the past, and he knew that his future life of fleeing would depend on the protection of these soldiers, and he could not do without them.
Tang Xuanzong could only beat his spirits and go out on crutches to comfort the soldiers and praise them for doing a good job.
When Tang Xuanzong finished speaking, the soldiers had no intention of dispersing.
Looking at the soldiers' faces full of resentment, Tang Xuanzong felt a little hairy in his heart, afraid that the next person they would kill was himself.
He asked Colliers to ask them what else they were dissatisfied with?
Colliers returned and told him that the soldiers thought "the thief was still there"
The thief was Yang Guifei. Yang Guozhong was a relative of Yang Guifei, and Yang Guozhong, who had brought calamity to the country and the people, had died, and Yang Guifei was not spared as a "red face and disaster water".
When Tang Xuanzong heard these words, he was silent for a moment and said, "Treat yourself." ”
He turned back to the room, but the current situation had given him no time to breathe, and both Colliers and the minister were urging him to make up his mind quickly. If Yang Guifei did not die, Tang Xuanzong's safety could not be guaranteed.
The soldiers had already tasted the sweetness from the murder of Yang Guozhong, and the mood was the time of anger.
Tang Xuanzong loved Yang Guifei and loved his own Jiangshan even more.
He finally agreed to execute Yang Guifei, and Yang Guifei saw Tang Xuanzong's last face and cried a lot, how could Yang Guifei think that this was her end. She did enjoy the favor of Tang Xuanzong, but she was not interested in politics, nor did she cause trouble to the imperial court, and people were not bad, but at this moment, she must be a scapegoat for men.
After Yang Guifei was hanged, Tang Xuanzong ordered someone to carry her body to Chen Xuanli and others for an autopsy.
This year, Yang Guifei was 38 years old and accompanied Tang Xuanzong for nearly 20 years.
A generation of beauties died of incense, leaving Tang Xuanzong with endless sorrow.
After a night's rest at Ma Songyi, Tang Xuanzong wanted to continue to Sichuan, but the people urged him to show courage to return to Chang'an to quell the rebellion.
At this time, Tang Xuanzong was more than 70 years old, the older people were, the more afraid of death, he had long lost his fighting spirit, he hesitated for a moment, and did not have the intention of turning back, but continued to move forward, he left the prince to comfort the people.
More and more people surrounded Prince Li Heng, hoping that he could set an example. Several of his sons also expressed their willingness to follow him in their crusade against the thieves.
Li Heng said that he wanted to follow Tang Xuanzong, and from the actions behind him, it seemed that he was duplicitous.
Li Heng was 45 years old this year, had been the crown prince for many years, and had been living in fear and fear, Tang Xuanzong once executed three sons in one day, and Li Heng was constantly framed by Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong.
His plastic father-son relationship with Tang Xuanzong was not strong, he was born in the imperial family, and the affection had to give way to politics.
Li Heng finally decided to part ways with Tang Xuanzong in the persuasion of those around him, and he was responsible for quelling the rebellion, although Li Heng was not as intelligent as his father, but his courage at this moment was far superior to Tang Xuanzong.com.
When Tang Xuanzong learned of his son's decision, he sighed, and only a few days after he fled from Chang'an, Yang Guozhong and the others were killed, and the favored eunuch Yuan Siyi ran away to surrender to An Lushan, and now the son was leaving him.
Tang Xuanzong once again tasted the taste of a loser.
On July 13, Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu (Ningxia) for Emperor Suzong of Tang.
Tang Xuanzong and others had already rushed to Jiange County, Sichuan, and he did not know that he had become the Emperor Taishang, but since the moment Li Longji chose to abandon Chang'an, perhaps his political career had ended.
Tang Xuanzong did not realize this, he still wanted to hold the power tightly in his hands, he never wanted to give way to the prince.
On July 16, Tang Xuanzong issued a counterinsurgency strategy on the road.
On July 29, Tang Xuanzong arrived in Chengdu.
On August 13, emissaries from Lingwu finally arrived in Chengdu, and Tang Xuanzong learned of the crown prince's ascension to the throne. At this point, Tang Xuanzong was no longer willing, and could only accept this fact. According to the history books, he smiled and said to the minister: "Wu'er should be a good person, and I should be worried about it", but having said that, only Li Longji himself knew whether he was happy or worried in his heart.
This scene is too familiar, many years ago, Li Longji forced his father to hand over power, and now it is his turn to be forced to step down by his son, and history often has a reincarnation.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang issued the Edict of the Emperor of the Imperial Household, officially announcing the fact of his abdication and stressing that he would no longer meddle in military affairs. This was a wise decision that would allow Li Heng to concentrate on recovering the rivers and mountains without being distracted by the struggle for power and profit.
Tang Xuanzong lived in Chengdu for more than a year, during which time he reflected on his past misuse.
He remembered Yao Chong, Zhang Jiuling and other sages, and when he talked about Li Linfu, the longest reigning generation of adulterous ministers, Tang Xuanzong gave an objective evaluation: "Jealous of the virtuous and jealous of ability, but also invincible." ”
What is inevitable today.
While Tang Xuanzong was retiring in Chengdu, his son was also actively directing troops to fight in various places.
In 757, after Tang Suzong recaptured Chang'an, he sent someone to take Tang Xuanzong home.
When Tang Xuanzong and others arrived at Fufeng, Tang Suzong sent 3,000 elite soldiers to pick them up, and asked the 600 forbidden army brought by Tang Xuanzong to disband in situ.
Tang Xuanzong realized that his son was not at ease with himself, and could not help but smile bitterly, under the careful protection of these 3,000 soldiers, even passing by Ma Songyi, Tang Xuanzong could not stop to pay tribute to Yang Guifei.
All the way to the Xianyang Wangxian Palace, Tang Suzong personally came to pick up the old father, only to see him take off his yellow robe, put on the purple robe, kneel on the ground, hold his father's feet, cry and weep bitterly, Tang Xuanzong also shed tears, I don't know if I really think that my father is kind and filial piety.
Tang Xuanzong wanted to put on a yellow robe for his son, Tang Suzong resolutely resigned, and Tang Xuanzong advised his son to obey the mandate of heaven and continue to be emperor.
Tang Suzong therefore "reluctantly" accepted the arrangement, he put on the yellow robe again, and everyone around him was shouting long live.
Tang Xuanzong smiled and accompanied his son to continue acting. Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, what is the son's heart, can he not be clear?
He stayed overnight in the Wangxian Palace in Xianyang, and when he set out the next day, Tang Suzong wanted to lead a horse for Tang Xuanzong, and although Tang Xuanzong refused, he had to continue to cooperate with his son's performance.
He sighed, "I have been the Son of Heaven for fifty years, and I have not been noble; now I am the Father of Heaven, but my ear is noble!" Tang Xuanzong said that he had been emperor for decades and did not feel honored, and now that he was the emperor's father, he felt honored.
Every emperor is a shadow emperor! Now Tang Xuanzong, who had to live on his son, also began to speak against his heart.
He was bitter, but he couldn't say.
After Tang Xuanzong returned to Chang'an, he once offered to rebury Yang Guifei, but was eventually rejected. He could only quietly send eunuchs to Ma Songyi to rebury Yang Guifei, and when the eunuch returned, he brought back a sachet and told Tang Xuanzong that Guifei's body had rotted. Tang Xuanzong looked at this sachet and was heartbroken.
He had also been to Huaqing Palace, but things were not human, without Yang Guifei, Huaqing Palace was a sad place for Tang Xuanzong, full of memories, Tang Xuanzong's old tears.
Tang Xuanzong was initially arranged to live in the Xingqing Palace, this period of time is more comfortable, xingqing palace repair in the city center, Tang Xuanzong can see people coming and going every day, the people pass by downstairs, see Tang Xuanzong, will also habitually shout a few words "long live", shouting Tang Xuanzong's eyebrows and smiling.
After Tang Suzong knew, it was ridiculous that any spark that could ignite the plains would cause Tang Suzong to be uneasy.
When he learned that his father was still with Guo Yingqi, the leader of the Forbidden Army, Guo Yingqi was quickly transferred to a foreign country.
When Luoyang was once again occupied by the rebels, Tang Suzong began to worry that his father would take advantage of the opportunity to make a comeback.
At the instigation of the eunuch Li Fuguo, Emperor Suzong of Tang agreed to move Tang Xuanzong from Xingqing Palace to Taiji Palace.
Xingqing Palace is in the bustling area of the city center, people come and go, very lively. The location of the Taiji Palace is isolated from the rest of the world and very desolate.
In July 760, Li Fuguo sent someone to tell Tang Xuanzong that Emperor Suzong invited him to visit the Taiji Palace.
The son invited, and Xuanzong did not dare not go.
The eunuch Gao Lishi set out with Xuanzong's horse, and halfway to the road, 500 riders with knives suddenly appeared and blocked the way.
Tang Xuanzong saw these 500 strong men holding knives, and he was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse, and Gao Lishi steadily supported Tang Xuanzong.
Li Fuguo then told Emperor Xuanzong that Emperor Suzong of Tang was worried that the Xingqing Palace was not safe, so he wanted him to move to the Taiji Palace.
When Tang Xuanzong's six gods were without a master, Gao Lishi spoke: "Fifty years of Taiping Tianzi is on top, how can Li Fuguo be rude!" Li Fuguo, as a red man around Tang Suzong, did not pay attention to Gao Lishi at this time. Gao Lishi shouted to the 500 soldiers: "The Emperor Taishang has a commandment, and all the soldiers have worked hard."
The 500 generals put down their swords and knelt in front of the Emperor Taishang, and Gao Lishi quickly asked Li Fuguo to lead the horse for Tang Xuanzong with him.
Jiang was still old and spicy, and Li Fuguo was frightened by Gao Lishi's powerful aura, did not react for a while, and listened to Gao Lishi's words, which slightly saved Tang Xuanzong's face and safety.
Tang Xuanzong had been emperor for decades, and only he was angry with others, and He had suffered from this kind of anger, and the more he thought about it along the way, the more sad he became. After arriving at the Taiji Palace, Tang Xuanzong cried and said to Gao Lishi, "Without you, Ah Qi (Li Longji's nickname) would have been a ghost under the sword."
Although there was no Gao Lishi, Tang Xuanzong would not become a ghost under the sword, but Gao Lishi stepped forward at the most difficult time for Tang Xuanzong, obviously giving Tang Xuanzong a lot of comfort.
Gao Lishi followed Tang Xuanzong for decades, always loyal to Tang Xuanzong, and was the most trusted person of Tang Xuanzong, but because Gao Lishi offended Li Fuguo, shortly after Tang Xuanzong lived in the Taiji Palace, Gao Lishi was exiled to Hunan, which was another huge blow to Tang Xuanzong, you know, Tang Xuanzong said that with Gao Lishi, he slept more peacefully.
Tang Suzong not only exiled Gao Lishi, but also forced another of Tang Xuanzong's close associates, the general Chen Xuanli, to retire, and he forced away those close to Tang Xuanzong and put him under house arrest in the Taiji Palace.
Tang Xuanzong was originally old, and after constant blows, he was already like a candle in the wind, and there was no one around him who could talk about it, day after day, suffering.
Having lost his rights, dignity, freedom, love, he had nothing.
Tang Xuanzong, who fell from the peak of his life to the bottom, fell into endless regret, but there is no regret medicine in the world, and the more beautiful the past, the more desolate it is set off at present.
Tang Xuanzong even lost the will to survive and decided to go on a hunger strike.
On May 3, 762, Tang Xuanzong died of illness at the age of 78. Tang Xuanzong died 13 days ago, and his son Tang Suzong also died of illness at the age of 52.
In the year of Tang Xuanzong's death, gaolishi, who was exiled, was pardoned, and he planned to return to Chang'an to continue to take care of Tang Xuanzong, but he heard the news of Tang Xuanzong's death halfway through.
Gao Lishi fell to his knees, wept bitterly, vomited blood and died, and followed Tang Xuanzong.
Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Yu felt Gao Lishi's loyalty to Tang Xuanzong, and buried Gao Lishi in Tailing, the only person buried with Tang Xuanzong, which also fulfilled Gao Lishi's wish, and when he went underground, he would continue to serve Tang Xuanzong.