Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 214 Whose adoptive father are you?

[One question: During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, as a low-level "miscellaneous barbarian", how could he achieve class crossing?
At this time, the road to the imperial examination was basically blocked. After all, the "exercise examination" method, which not only looks at family background, but also looks at talent and money, is really not a good choice.

The imperial examinations of this period have already been commented on as "the tribute examinations are obscene, the children of powerful families get drunk with each other, and the talented people from poor families abandon six or seven out of ten."

There is no way to pass the imperial examination, and there is no one in the government who cannot rely on his family to get an official position, so there is only one way in front of him:

military exploits.

Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, relying on the perfect military merit system and Erfeng's personal example, the word "martial arts" has been engraved into the genes of the Tang people.

One of the evidences that can be passed down to the present is Zhao Yishen's family letters.

Zhao Yishen, a native of Luoyang, stationed here after Erfeng insisted on destroying Gaochang's government.

Three thousand kilometers away from home, Zhao Yishen would write letters home when he was homesick. Zhao Yishen was buried in Gaochang after his death, and these family letters were his burial objects.

One thousand and three hundred years later, the Astana ancient tombs were rediscovered, and we can see the family letters that Zhao Yishen received in the 300th year of Zhenguan.

In this vaguely legible letter from home, Luoyang's parents told Zhao Yishen that his eldest brother had been awarded the title of Yunqi Lieutenant.

Among the twelve ranks of honorary officers in the Tang Dynasty, Yun Qiwei belonged to the second rank and was regarded as the seventh rank, only higher than the first rank Wuqi Lieutenant.

In response to this, Zhao Yishen's family responded with "indescribable joy". This is evident from the importance of military achievements in the Tang Dynasty and the admiration of military achievements by the people.

It was this spirit of worshiping martial arts that allowed the Tang Dynasty to create an unprecedentedly vast and prosperous empire.

And An Lushan, who started out as a miscellaneous barbarian and eventually served as the military governor of three towns, naturally used military merit as his career path, thus realizing his "Dream of the Tang Dynasty." 】

Everyone in the Chengdu government office is quite relaxed now. After all, Tang Dynasty has been away from them for 500 years, so relatively speaking, it doesn't matter much.

You can't backstab them in future generations, right?

However, when they saw the ancient tombs of the Tang Dynasty, everyone still sat up straight to show respect for these centuries-old soldiers.

The heroic soul will never die, and the border will never stop guarding.

They are now in troubled times and unable to aspire to conquer the Western Region, so their emotions are even more complicated.

"Is this the foundation of the prosperous Tang Dynasty?" Kong Ming was very interested.

With a hard pen in hand, I wrote down the thoughts I observed one by one.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the method of distinguishing grades by numbers seemed to be extended from the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, which was quite good.

"This system should be appropriate." Liu Bei thought about it carefully and said:

"After all, later generations also said that this thief died quickly, but the chaos lasted for eight years."

"It can be seen that neither Xuanzong's early death nor this thief's early death can resolve...the conflict."

Everyone nodded. In a sense, their situation was similar.

If Dong Zhuo dies, will the chaos be settled?

Zhang Fei, who always had a relaxed attitude, peeled two ground beans and threw them into his mouth, sighing:
"This Zhao Yishen is a good man."

Although he understood that later generations tended to be cautious about opening tombs, Zhang Fei still felt strange.

Especially when I think about the fact that most of my graves are unknown...

[In 712 AD, this year, An Zhenjie, who was then the governor of Lanzhou, Hedong Province, received the news:
The Turkic tribe where his elder brother An Xiaojie lived was destroyed by the Turkic Khanate, and his whole family came to surrender.

An Zhenjie naturally did not dare to neglect and went to greet him personally.

After the brothers met, An Xiaojie strongly praised the An Yanyan family for saving his brother who was an official.

Thanks to the life-saving grace and the fact that they both share the ninth surname of Zhaowu from Kang, the two quickly became acquainted and agreed that the two generations would be brothers.

However, among this group of brothers, there is one discordant one, Luo Shan.

Yaluoshan's mother was a Turk, and his father died shortly after he was born, so his mother remarried Anyanyan.

An Zhenjie was very tolerant of this, and still agreed to be brothers, and agreed to give Yaluoshan the surname An, so he was named Anlushan.

Also fleeing with An Yanyan at that time was his nephew An Sishun. An Sishun and An Lushan were unrelated cousins, but they had a very good personal relationship.

Under An Zhenjie's recommendation, the two brothers embarked on completely different but same paths:

An Sishun chose to join the army and soon went to Longyou's defense line, where he stayed for 38 years.

Famous generals such as Ge Shuhan and Guo Ziyi were all former subordinates of An Sishun, and eventually served as military governors of the two towns.

An Lushan, on the other hand, refused to join the military and chose to travel as a businessman, becoming a dentist, which is now commonly known as an intermediary.

In this job, An Lushan learned six foreign languages ​​and developed a good eloquence. Just when he was about to develop his ambitions, the economic crisis... ah no, the Tubo people came.

Tubo launched a massive attack on Hexi and blocked the Silk Road. An Lushan's commercial ambitions were shattered before they even took off, so he made a new career plan for himself:

He works as an intermediary during the day and steals sheep after get off work at night.

So An Lushan was naturally turned before Zhang Shougui, the governor of Youzhou, and received a sentence of "pushing him out and beating him to death with sticks".Of course, An Lushan couldn't accept this. In desperation, he shouted: "Doesn't the doctor want to destroy the two tribes? Why kill Lushan!"

Of course, An Lushan didn't understand military strategy. Although he successfully aroused Zhang Shougui's interest, he was eventually sent to be a "survivor general". This position is similar to that of a scout, who mainly captures survivors in enemy-occupied areas.

In 732, An Sishun was appointed governor of Taozhou and envoy of the Momen Army. He was rewarded with 300 satin, 50 taels of silver and [-] yuan, and received [-] soldiers and horses.

When An Lushan looked at his only subordinate, Shi Siming, he felt like tears were about to fall.

An Lushan came back to his senses and learned from the pain:

Since you can't become a staff member of the Jiedu Envoy without understanding military strategy, then be a hero like Lu Bu! 】

Li Shimin's attention on An Lushan was finally temporarily pulled away:

"The Eastern Turks were destroyed by me, and the Western Turks were destroyed by me... After Prince Zhi ascended the throne, they were destroyed. How did the Turkic Khanate come to be?"

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty's unintentional complaint made Sun Simiao tremble in his heart:
Prince rule ascends the throne?Where is the prince?
His Majesty called me over so sincerely... Sun Simiao's face turned a little pale for a moment.

No!Don't be determined!
Yan Lide, on the other side, had seen the political turmoil. Seeing that his brother and other ministers had normal expressions, he immediately understood that there must be something inside.

The Turkic Khanate is easy to judge. Du Ruhui speculated from the position of Anzhen's Lanzhou:
"This Turkic Khanate is still in the north of Hexi. It will no doubt be restored by cunning people!"

Restore the country!Li Shimin couldn't help but wonder, had he been more tolerant of these Turkic survivors?
After the defeat of Jieli, after discussions between the DPRK and the Central Government, it was decided to first establish Jisi Prefecture for the Turkic remnants and make the tribal leaders the governors.

Later, a governor's office was set up to divide the Turkic remnants into separate parts. The good people moved inward, while the disobedient ones stayed in place to serve as a line of defense against the north.

This is the consensus finally reached by the DPRK and China after discussions, but now it seems that it is not perfect.

Fang Xuanling is relatively optimistic:
"Don't worry, everyone, the Western Turks have not been destroyed, and there is still room for change in the Turks' strategy."

"On the contrary, An Sishun is the brother of An Lushan and the military envoy of the Second Town. With the help of An Lushan, it is no wonder that there is a shocking chaos."

It was a very reasonable guess. Li Shimin nodded, but looking at An Lushan's deeds, he still wanted to grind his teeth:
A sheep-stealing tooth man actually caused such a shocking disaster...Why didn't the Youzhou Jiedushi kill him on the spot!
……

Zhang Fei looked at Lu Bu's words and laughed:

"An Lushan recognized the Emperor of Tang as his adoptive father, but he rebelled and conquered Chang'an."

"Lu Bu recognized Dong Zhuo as his adopted father, and ended up killing Dong Zhuo."

Fazheng was familiar with this and said with a smile:
"Lu Bu's killing of Dong can be called killing a thief, but An Lushan is rebelling..."

The implication is self-evident, even if later generations lamented that Xuanzong did not die early, An Lushan still rebelled after all.

Zhang Fei also smiled and sighed:
"It's not easy to be a foster father."

As he spoke, Zhang Fei looked at Kong Ming:

After all, Adou is in Chengdu now, and the eldest brother said before that he wanted Adou to worship Kong Ming as his adoptive father.

Kong Ming's face suddenly darkened, and he waved his hand in disgust with the feather fan:
Don't expect me to teach you arithmetic!However, Liu Bei also sighed when he looked at An Lushan's account:
"If there had been no Tubo Rebellion, An Lushan might have been nothing more than a mediocre businessman throughout his life."

But then Liu Bei laughed at himself:
"What if?"

After that, he didn’t reply.

[Surviving a desperate situation, An Lushan discovered for the first time that this job was quite suitable for him.

After all, An Lushan himself is a miscellaneous person, and he is proficient in six languages ​​and good at observing words and emotions.

Basically, these skills honed during Yalang's career can be seamlessly used in the position of catcher.

It can even be used on his boss Zhang Shougui, observing his actions and following his fancy. Zhang Shougui hates obese people, so he takes the initiative to go on a diet to lose weight, and even takes the initiative to wash Zhang Shougui's feet as a daily routine.

Zhang Shougui was of course very talented to be so favored by An Lushan. This envoy to Youzhou came from a good family and was promoted through military exploits gained from fighting against the Turks.

Before coming to Youzhou, the Tubo rebellion that caused Anlushan's economic crisis was also put down by Zhang Shougui.

The purpose of being transferred to Youzhou was also to pacify the "two Tibetans" in the Anlu Mountain Pass, that is, the Khitan and Xi people in the north.

Zhang Shougui himself was on the top level, and after arriving in Youzhou, good news came frequently. An Lushan held Zhang Shougui's thigh and had a good time, and at the same time, he worked hard to bribe officials with remarkable results.

In the end, Zhang Shougui accepted An Lushan as his adopted son. So far, An Lushan had managed to form a three-company company relying on his biological father, stepfather, and adopted father.

But trouble soon came. An Lushan himself was not a traditional military commander. Relying on his foreign language and appearance, he was an extremely good soldier, but leading the army was a disaster.

Taking advantage of his advantage, Zhang Shougui planned to give his adopted son some benefits and ordered An Lushan to lead [-] troops to attack the Khitan. However, the result was that the Xi people revolted and the Khitan attacked.

What about Anlushan?His saddle was hit by an arrow, his crown was broken, and his shoes were lost. He fled the battlefield with more than [-] of his horsemen, resulting in a complete defeat for the Tang army.

Zhang Shougui was not a prime minister who could kill Ma Su with tears, so he hesitated and chose to protect his adopted son.

How to protect?An Lushan was escorted to Beijing, and Chang'an was already half of An Lushan's home court. 】

　Now I still remember the officials of Qin, and sincerely hope that the boss will be healthy and well in July.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)