Throughout the dynasties, whenever there was a large-scale rebellion, local vassal and town separatist forces would definitely appear after the rebellion was suppressed. This was especially true in the Tang Dynasty. In the early years of Tianbao, there were no rebel forces at that time, but because Xuanzong liked side work, Because of this, the number of troops in the border towns of the Tang Dynasty was much higher than that of the inland army. Moreover, due to the corruption of the army army system, most of the inland prefectures only had 60 to 70% of their establishment. Some state capitals had even 60% of their army. The grass grew and most of the people disappeared.
In contrast, the frontier troops were brave and adept at fighting and had strong combat effectiveness. Such a situation was naturally very dangerous.
Before that, Li Longji had been relying on his powerful imperial skills to maintain the balance between the border towns and the central plains soldiers, and he also came up with the method of changing the local military governors every two years, which restricted the self-respect of these military governors. possible. However, with one exception after another, Li Longji was no longer able to control these huge numbers of frontier troops. Wang Shuai was okay. After all, he was raised by Li Longji. It was reasonable to be the governor of the four towns, but An Lushan He is just a Khitan who only knows how to flatter others and is very scheming. How can such a person be able to achieve the Three Towns Jiedu? Moreover, Hedong and Fanyang are the two most elite towns among all the border towns in the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the Youzhou Iron Cavalry is famous all over the world, as famous as the Mo Dao Army in Anxi. Such a huge force, combined with the surrounding If he doesn't fight against the powerful tribe, he will really be a loser.
While the rebels in Anlu Mountain were put down, the vassal towns in various places were able to expand their armies in the name of legitimacy. After the rebellion in Anlu Mountain was put down, the Li family could not weaken the separatist forces of these vassal towns. To be precise, It cannot be weakened. These feudal separatist forces have become stronger. If one of them is moved, everyone else will take action. Once all the feudal separatist forces unite, even An Lushan will not be able to fight against them. If compared to this, it would be an even greater disaster. Therefore, in the past dynasties, such meritorious local separatist forces have really made it difficult for the court to deal with, and they could only allow them to get bigger and bigger, and in the end it became an unmanageable situation.
I’m afraid it’s impossible for the current military governors and vassal kings to be replaced in just two years, right? I am afraid that they have all changed from the defensive system to the hereditary system. Although they belong to the army of the Tang Dynasty in name, they are actually equivalent to the private armies of the military governors and vassal families.
From this perspective, although the killing of heroes in the past dynasties has always been criticized, it is an effective policy to maintain national peace and stability. Although he felt sorry for Li Guangbi, one can imagine a commander who quelled the Anshi Rebellion. , how terrifying will its reputation be? Not only does he hold a large number of troops, but most of the generals in the army are his subordinates. If he wants to rebel, he will probably be the second best in history. Isn't such a person terrifying? If it were him, he might not be able to let Li Guangbi go, right?
"As expected of Mr. Ye, it is true. The separatist forces in local vassal towns were the biggest problem after the Anshi Rebellion was pacified. During Suzong's reign, it was difficult to solve these problems. After his death, the problem naturally fell on Daizong. But It happened that while there were external troubles, the court also had internal troubles... Before Emperor Suzong died of illness, Empress Zhang wanted to initiate a palace coup. It was the eunuch Li Fuguo who notified the relevant people. Emperor Suzong successfully ascended the throne. After he ascended the throne, Li Fuguo was naturally affected. In order to check and balance him, Emperor Daizong replaced Li Fuguo with another eunuch, Cheng Yuanzhen. But who would have thought that Cheng Yuanzhen was worse than Li Fuguo. Not only did he control the government, but he also offended a number of local feudal separatist forces. ."
"Did someone raise an army again under the pretext of getting rid of Cheng Yuanzhen?"
"That's not true, but something happened that no one expected. Because of the crusade against the Anxi rebels, all the frontier troops had been mobilized internally. During this period, Tubo took the opportunity to occupy the four towns of Anxi, and in front In the past few years, Daizong sent large armies all the way to Chang'an, but no one paid heed to the summoning orders issued by Daizong to the separatist forces in various vassal towns. This was because of Cheng Yuanzhen's relationship. In desperation, Daizong and the court had no choice but to flee, and Chang'an was occupied by the Tibetans. ."
Ye Qingcheng couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this. He didn't expect that the prosperous and majestic Chang'an in his memories would be occupied twice by foreign enemies, once by the Xiqi Allied Forces and once by Tubo, both of which were once controlled by the Tang Dynasty. The ethnic groups that were violently beating on the ground were now able to make the emperor flee and occupy Chang'an. This was something he would never have imagined back then. If he could go back to that time and tell others what happened to Datang today, I'm afraid everyone would regard him as a lunatic, right?
He could imagine what kind of disaster it would be for those barbarians to rush into the wealthy Chang'an...
However, according to what Xiao Pianshui said just now, Chang'an is still in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, so there should be some separatist forces that are still loyal to the Li Tang royal family to help. However, I am afraid that this will cause something similar to The Li Fuguo and Cheng Yuanzhen people mentioned by Xiao Shishui.
And Xiao Pianshui's narration is still going on. He doesn't care whether Ye Qingcheng has really been on Yaoshen Island these years. He only knows that Ye Sanlang was a young man who loved the Tang Dynasty very much. As long as he mentions Ye Sanlang, the chief minister of the imperial censor, no one knows about him back then. Who doesn't know? No matter what happened to Datang in recent years, Ye Qingcheng didn't know about it, so Xiao Shuishui had the obligation to inform Ye Qingcheng of Datang's current situation.
In fact, it was not only Ye Qingcheng who was listening carefully to what he said in the carriage, but also his son Xiao Yongan. Because of his frailty and illness, he rarely had any contact with the outside world, and the things he knew were limited to In his own home, he rarely knew what was going on outside. He could only occasionally hear the servants talking about it.
As for what his father Xiao Shishui said about family and country, although he didn't understand it very well, looking at the expressions of his father and benefactor, he could understand the importance of these things, so he didn't make the slightest sound to disturb the two of them.
Not to mention the monk surnamed Xue. As a monk, he is a transcendent person and does not care much about things in the mortal world. He has no feelings at all about what Xiao Pianshui said.
"Chang'an was occupied and it was natural to take it back. As a last resort, Emperor Daizong Li Yu, who was on the run, activated Guo Ziyi, now known as Guo Laolinggong, to lead the troops to drive away the foreign enemies. After Guo Laolinggong arrived, Although he didn't have many troops at the time, he only relied on a strategy to make the Tibetan army in Chang'an City flee after hearing the news, and was defeated without a fight. It was amazing, and Chang'an returned to the hands of the Tang Dynasty again. ."
