The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 324: Salt Merchant and Chrysanthemum Lover

[On June 875, AD, Wang Xianzhi and his companion Shang Junchang captured Puzhou and Caozhou, and proclaimed himself the Great General of Heavenly Protection and Commander-in-Chief of All the Heroes in the Country. His followers quickly expanded to tens of thousands, and his prestige was greatly boosted.]

[The people were living in extreme hardship, and when they saw someone taking the lead in a rebellion, many people responded.]

[Among the many responders, there is a real gravedigger of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao! ]

……

On the canopy.

The scholar with a thick mustache was wearing a yellowish-white silk robe.

He looked at the chrysanthemums in the pot in front of him and couldn't help choking up.

"Why..."

"Just because of their different family backgrounds, children from ordinary families no longer have the opportunity to pass the imperial examinations..."

"What is the basis for all this?!"

The scholar sat alone in his shabby and simple apartment, sobbing.

Listening to the laughter coming from the houses of neighbors on both sides.

A hint of red gradually dyed his pupils.

The writer picked up his pen in anger, and his brush strokes were like a dragon running on the white wall!

"Wait till September 8th in autumn, my flower will bloom and all other flowers will die."

"The fragrance of incense permeates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor."

After finishing writing, he threw the pen to the ground.

He took a big step forward and disappeared into the well.

……

{Full of murderous intent! Full of domineering power!}
{I like the poet Huang Chao very much. His words and deeds are consistent, and his poems represent his writings.}
{Famous patriotic romantic poet (dog head)}
｛A man who keeps his word (dog head)｝

｛Tang Dynasty small town test taker.｝
{On how angry a Shandong person would be if he failed to pass the civil service exam.}
……

Late Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and savored the poem.

"Good poem, good poem..."

“But this poem is not clear!”

"Chrysanthemums bloom in autumn, but winter comes soon. Spring flowers at least last for a season, but chrysanthemums wither as soon as winter comes."

"This person must be making wedding clothes for others, so that the flowers will bloom more brilliantly next spring."

Liu Bei nodded calmly:

"King Wei is very experienced and can see the mystery at a glance."

Zhuge Liang covered his face with a fan.

Cao Cao glanced at him and then said leisurely:
"Xuan De, there is something I forgot to tell you."

Liu Bei frowned, feeling ominous.

"King Wei, please speak."

Cao Cao took a sip of tea and said calmly:
"Sun Quan is on his way."

Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang:!!!
……

[Huang Chao was from Yuanju County, Caozhou. His ancestors had been salt traders for generations and had accumulated a lot of property.]

……

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"Why is it the salt dealer again?"

Liu Che slammed his hand on the table in annoyance.

He was not trying to speak up for the Tang Dynasty, he didn't have the time to do so.

The problem is the word "salt merchant"!
As we all know!

The Zhou Dynasty established salt administration officials, established its own salt law, implemented salt monopoly and prohibited private operation!
You are a salt merchant one moment and a salt merchant the next!
Who are you scolding here!
"Your Majesty, the problem here is the officials and the land."

Sang Hongyang, who came to the side to meet the emperor, sat upright and said respectfully:

"After the An-Shi Rebellion, Emperor Dezong of Tang implemented the Two-Tax System, which was beneficial to the country, but it could easily lead to more and more taxes being levied."

"A rough calculation shows that the burden on the people has at least tripled."

"There is no need to say more about the reign of Emperor Xizong. The government was corrupt and the officials were corrupt to an unprecedented degree."

"Officials at all levels ignored the imperial edict and imposed additional taxes at will. The people could not bear the burden and would flee."

"Some lived in foreign lands as tenant farmers, while others fled to the mountains and forests and became bandits."

"When the people lost their land and had no way to make a living, they would take risks and violate the imperial ban to sell private salt in order to survive."

"After all, the salt monopoly law enacted during the reign of Emperor Suzong of Tang greatly increased the profits from salt, making it the main source of revenue for the Tang Dynasty."

"The expenses of the imperial court, military funds, and even the salaries of all officials all depend on the salt tax."

“This matter has fallen into a vortex.”

"The imperial court wants to use severe laws to prohibit private salt sales, but the people are willing to risk their lives to sell salt in order to survive."

"From my observation, the number of salt smugglers will only increase."

Liu Che stroked his beard thoughtfully.

"So do you have any solution?"

Sang Hongyang was slightly startled.

"Method……"

Liu Che sneered at the minister in front of him. "After talking for so long, there is no solution?"

"Think about it for me!"

"I will not allow salt dealers to appear in the Han Dynasty!"

……

[Huang Chao himself had studied since childhood, was well-versed in classics and history, and was good at poetry and prose. However, he failed in the imperial examinations repeatedly. He took the examinations six times in more than ten years, but failed every time.]

[At that time, the imperial examination had already become an important outlet for eunuchs to amass wealth, and those who were not wealthy and noble did not even have the opportunity to enter.]

[For the last time, Huang Chao wrote this famous poem "Poem of Chrysanthemum after Failing the Imperial Examination" in anger]

[By the way, this guy is a chrysanthemum enthusiast.]

[It is said that he wrote another poem about chrysanthemums when he was young: "On Chrysanthemums":
The rustling westerly wind is full of plants in the courtyard, and the cold and fragrant flowers are hard to come by.

If I become the Jade Emperor in the future, I will reward you by letting the peach blossoms bloom together! 】

After failing the last imperial examination, Huang Chao gave up all hope of taking the imperial examination and started to inherit his family business and became a salt smuggler. It was at this time that he met Wang Xianzhi and partnered with him to sell salt smuggled.

[On June 875, AD, Huang Chao gathered people in Yuanju, responded to Wang Xianzhi and joined forces with him. The two fought in Shandong area, and within a few months, their team had reached tens of thousands of people.]

……

Datang.

Li Shimin looked at the sky and couldn't stop sighing.

The rebellion was not a big deal in his eyes.

He has countless ways of dealing with them.

But what was revealed behind this uprising made him extremely chilled.

Since the Anshi Rebellion, there have been eleven emperors: Su, Dai, De, Shun, Xian, Mu, Jing, Wen, Wu, Xuan and Yizong.

It's almost like one emperor is worse than the other.

Some favor eunuchs, some are superstitious about Buddhism and Taoism, and some try to make elixirs to seek immortality.

The government was corrupt, eunuchs were in power, local military governors were in power, and the people were living in misery. Generation after generation of Tang emperors were either deposed by eunuchs or died of poisoning from taking elixirs. Almost none of them had a good ending.

By the time of Emperor Xizong, the government was in an extremely chaotic state, and the common people were fleeing and starving to death.

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no cock crowing for thousands of miles.

It is really because the officials forced the people to rebel, so they had no choice but to rebel.

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it."

"It's too late to reverse the situation."

……

[In December 875 AD, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Song Wei, the governor of Pinglu, as the envoy to recruit and suppress bandits in various regions, and sent imperial guards and armored cavalry.]

[And unified the command of the five towns of Huainan, Tianping, Xuanwu, Zhongwu, and Yicheng to suppress the rebellion.]

[In June 876 AD, Song Wei led his army to defeat Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao near Yizhou.]

[Song Wei reported victory to the court: the rebellion has been quelled and the leader of the rebels has been killed.]

【He then ordered the disbanding of the armies in each town.】

[But he didn't expect that this rebel group was different from all the previous rebel groups. ]

……

On the canopy.

The yellow army of "Wang and Huang" first broke through Yuzhou and Jiaxian in Henan.

After seeing the "Tang Army" strengthen the military in Luoyang, Shanzhou and Tongguan.

The army then turned south and captured Linru.

Then they successively conquered Zhongxiang, Tianmen in Hubei, Xinyang, Huangchuan in Henan, Hefei, Shouxian, Qianshan in Anhui, and Qichun in Hubei.

Finally, the troops were stationed in Qizhou.

……

[In August 876 AD, Wang and Huang conquered Yangdi (Yuzhou City, Henan) and Jiacheng (Jia County, Henan)]

【Tang Xizong had no time to hold Song Wei accountable, so he immediately issued an edict.】

【Ordered the Zhongwu Jiedushi Cui An to secretly destroy Wang Xianzhi. 】

[He ordered Zhaoyi Jiedushi Cao Xiang to lead 5,000 troops to guard Luoyang.]

[He ordered Li Fu, the governor of Shannan East Road, to lead an army of 2,000 to guard Ruzhou and Dengzhou.]

[He ordered Fengxiang Jiedushi Linghu Xuan and Fangning Jiedushi Li Kan to lead 1,500 troops to station in Shanzhou and guard Tongguan.]

[The strategy is fine, but Emperor Xizong of Tang may have forgotten how his father treated Kang Chengxun. ]

[Except for Linghu Xuan and Li Kan who guarded Tongguan, the rest of the people ignored the little emperor.]

[Wang Huang's army directly broke through Ruzhou (Linru, Henan)]

[Ruzhou was only 160 li away from Luoyang. The fall of Ruzhou shocked Luoyang, and the people fled with their families.]

[In November, they marched south again and captured Yingzhou and Fuzhou.]

[In December, they went north again and swept across Shenzhou, Guangzhou, Luzhou, Shouzhou, Shuzhou, Qizhou and other places.]

[The area between the Huai River and the Yangtze River is almost completely deserted.]

[Finally, due to the concentration of Tang troops in Yangzhou, Wang and Huang's armies stopped advancing eastward and temporarily stationed outside Qizhou.]

(End of this chapter)