At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Shandong took the lead, angrily writing crazy poems throughout the ages. Later, the uprising invaded Chang 'an and proclaimed himself emperor.
When the prosperous Tang Dynasty came to an end, the scenery of the past was long gone, and the rulers lived on it. Peasant uprisings are frequent everywhere, and the people are in dire straits. In this environment, literati either covet fame and fortune, or escape from the world and reality. These chaos have occupied the social impression of the late Tang Dynasty for a long time, which means that the decadent Tang Dynasty is not far from complete collapse. But in troubled times, there are always people who are eager to help the building collapse and solve the problems of the people. The annual imperial examination is an example. Students who have been studying hard for ten years come to the examination room with the enthusiasm of serving the country wholeheartedly or just the desire to realize their own value. It's a pity that the officialdom is corrupt, how can the imperial examination be spared? The truly talented people have fallen to Sun Shan, while those who rely on money and connections have risen to the top. Such a farce is a great sorrow. Society shattered the dreams of poor students with injustice and lost the opportunity of self-rejuvenation. However, the person I want to talk about today is not among the poor students. His ancestral home is Shandong, and his father is the leader of the salt gang. He grew up rich and a little talented. It is said that when he was five years old, he could write poems with his grandfather, which was a temporary choice. This man is Huang Chao. After Huang Chao was a teenager, he went to Beijing several times to catch the exam, but unfortunately he didn't succeed every time. Having never suffered any setbacks since he was a child, he naturally could not accept this reality, so he wrote this famous poem angrily, vividly showing a young man's arrogance and self-confidence. Tang Dynasty: Huang Chao stayed in Qiu Lai on September 8th, and I killed all the flowers after they bloomed. Blooming chrysanthemums are in full bloom, Chang 'an is fragrant, the city is bathed in the fragrance of chrysanthemums-Italy, and the land is like golden chrysanthemums. In the poem, chrysanthemum is used as a metaphor for himself, and withered flowers are used as a metaphor for a decadent court, which fully shows his majestic and firm spiritual outlook and personality charm. He can write such heroic poems, no wonder so many people are willing to follow him. After returning home, Huang Chao stopped thinking about the Imperial Examination and became the leader of the Salt Gang, inheriting his father's career. Until 874 AD, when a serious natural disaster occurred, the imperial court still did nothing, causing people to starve and mourn everywhere. Under the leadership of Wang Xianzhi, the unbearable peasants rose up against the Tang Dynasty and were called "grass troops". When the grass army swept to Huang Chao's hometown, Huang Chao relied on his own strength and personality charm to gather thousands of people to respond to the grass army, and Wang Xianzhi was besieged from now on. However, with the change of the situation of the insurgents, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao finally parted ways and fought, and Wang Xianzhi was finally captured and killed by Tang Jun, leaving only Huang Chao. But Huang Chao persisted under the dense encirclement of Tang Jun, and its momentum gradually grew. In 880 AD, Huang Chao's army successfully invaded Chang 'an, which became a milestone in the disintegration of the Tang regime and dealt a heavy blow to it. Shortly after the rebels laid Chang 'an, Huang Chao acceded to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. The emperor's good days didn't last for a few days. After all, the Tang Dynasty has a history of hundreds of years, and the legacy is still there. As the saying goes, "Take a step forward." Tang Jun's last counterattack was unbearable for Huang Chao, and he was finally defeated and killed, which made people feel sad. The ancients said: "The yellow scarf is worn by the dead Han, and the yellow scarf cannot have Han;" : The dead in the Sui Dynasty are thieves, and thieves cannot have the Sui Dynasty; Huang Chao died in the Tang Dynasty, but Huang Chao can't have the Tang Dynasty. " This sentence can be said to hit the nail on the head. It is always the peasant uprising that kills the dynasty's effective strength. The short-sightedness of peasant leaders makes them doomed to lose the unstable and turbulent country even if they can be brave for a while. At the end of troubled times, it will eventually fall into the hands of a powerful warlord. Thought of here, I can't help but sigh. The word rise and fall is the epitome of the whole historical novel.