The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 142
Huang Chao is a character that has to be said in Chinese history, if the decline of the Tang Dynasty began with the Anshi Rebellion.

Then the Huang Chao Uprising put on the final evening clothes for the Tang Empire. Although he died in battle, his subordinate Zhu Wen later wiped out the Tang Empire, and history entered the stage of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Zhao Xu wondered in his heart whether he was referring to Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant uprising. He had said that Zhao Xu's knowledge of history was fine.

He remembered that Huang Chao once also established a regime called Daqi, and he was the emperor.

The fourth year of Tang Zhonghe was the year Huang Chao died, so this painting may not necessarily be painted by Huang Chao.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. To be honest, Zhao Xu is really interested in this Huang Chao. As a lower class person, he can shake the Tang Dynasty.

Lao Huang was originally a salt dealer who made a living by selling illegal salt. He drank wine and gambled with a group of friends on weekdays.

If there were no accidents, Huang Chao's life might have passed like this, but there is a saying that times make heroes.

The Tang Dynasty was already at sunset at this time, and Li Tang's royal family was even more useless. They knew that they were extorting and extorting money, and the people were in dire straits.

Huang Chao's life is also difficult, sometimes he will have to fight with the government, and it is in the process of dealing with the government that Lao Huang has practiced excellent kung fu.

There was a severe drought in Henan this year, and there was no harvest, but the imperial court ignored these and still doubled the tax collection.

At this time, Huang Chao's buddy Wang Xianzhi couldn't bear it and led a group of people to rise up against the tyranny of the Tang Dynasty.

In one year, most of the Tang Dynasty was swept away. All the provinces were shocked, and the governments in all places urgently sent troops to clean up.

At this time, Huang Chao was unwilling to be lonely. After Wang Xianzhi captured Puzhou and Caozhou, Lao Huang also joined in with his nephew.

For a while, the ranks of the rebel army continued to grow, many people joined in, and the prestige of the rebel army continued to increase.

Later generations always said that the peasant uprising had limitations, which is true, and the prestige of the rebel army continued to grow.

Originally, Wang Xianzhi rebelled because he didn't like it, but now his reputation is getting higher and higher, so when someone from the Tang Dynasty came to recruit him, he was shaken.

The temptation of high-ranking officials and generous salary made Wang Xianzhi sink. At this time, Huang Chao, who was the second figure in the rebel army, angrily reprimanded Wang Xianzhi, and then fought on their own.

Later, Wang Xianzhi died in battle. At this time, Huang Chao had actually become the de facto supreme leader.

He led his men from south to north to discuss and slowly moved to more than half of China, which made the rulers of the Tang Dynasty panic.

Finally, in 880 AD, Huang Chao captured Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.Chang'an is a symbol of the Tang Dynasty.

Tang Xizong and the great eunuch Tian Lingzi fled south to Chengdu, and continued to command the officials and troops from all over the country to attack Huang Chao's rebels.

On the day Huang Chao entered the city, he did something that was deeply loved by the people, which was to distribute property to the poor in the city.

General Shang Rang announced to the masses: "King Huang raised his troops for the common people. It's not like the Li family doesn't love Ru Cao. Ru Cao can live in peace without fear."

In other words, our King Huang raised his troops not for himself, but for the people, and we will not love you like Li.

Don't be so frightened, it's okay, you should go back to your respective homes and find your mothers.This trick really worked.

Soon the people in the city accepted the rebel army, and some even joined the rebel army. At this time, Huang Chao also lived in the palace.

On December 880th of the lunar calendar in [-] AD, Huang Chao was in the Hanyuan Hall of the Tang Palace, proclaimed Emperor, the country was named Daqi, and it was changed to Yuanjintong.

Of course, the establishment of a country requires officials to govern. Of course, the people in the original rebel army must be used, but their talents are really limited.

It was simply impossible to shoulder the important task of governing the world. At this time, Huang Chao made a decision to use the original officials of the Tang Dynasty.

However, not every official of him can enter the new dynasty. According to the reports of the people, he will retain these people as appropriate.

Not to mention that this trick really works. Many people who really do practical things for the people have stayed in the center of Daqi.

Later, Huang Chao was driven out of Chang'an, and later moved to other places, and was finally betrayed by his subordinates in 880 AD, and was finally killed.

Zhao Xu recalled the general life of Huang Chao in his mind, but he was a hero. This painting was kept here by Li Chongjin, so it must have some special meaning.

I'd better keep it for myself, in case there is anything I can use in the future, besides, I don't take this painting with me, and I can carry it with me.

He didn't know that this really caused another story, which he didn't know now, and then everything would be clear.

Zhao Xu looked inside again and found nothing, so he went out. As soon as he went out, he had his belongings carried out.

Now the people in Yangzhou City are already very poor after being searched by these police, and the money is just distributed to them.

Anyway, he didn't care where Li Chongjin got the money. He only remembered one sentence, that is, take it from the people and use it for the people.

So it is most practical to return these things to the common people, otherwise what is the use of putting them here, right?

When the person in charge distributes these things to the people in the city, it is said that the imperial court sent them.

Immediately, the common people knelt down on the ground in unison, shouting Long live the Song Dynasty.The demands of the people are so real.

No matter who is the emperor, as long as he benefits them, he will support them, so Zhao Xu sighed that people's hearts are really...

Zhao Xu's affairs in Yangzhou city were basically on the right track, and he had no interest in being here anymore, so he was going back to Beijing.

Before that, Zhao Xu had asked someone to tell Zhao Kuangyin the situation here, and at this time Zhao Kuangyin had also seen the detailed battle report.

"Haha, the crown prince really lived up to my expectations. He put Li Chongjin down so quickly. Come on, all the generals will be rewarded."

At this moment, all the ministers in the court finally understood that it was the court who won the battle, and how long it took.

It seems that the prince really deserves his reputation. I really don't know whether the prince is too powerful or Li Chongjin is too incompetent.

But they still say congratulations to His Majesty, congratulations to the prince.

Zhao Kuangyin narrowed his eyes with a smile, and quelled a rebellion by an old official from the former dynasty. This time, the Song Dynasty became more stable.

"The draft decree, I have approved all the prince's performances, let the prince return to the palace as soon as possible."

What Zhao Xu played was to let Chen Sihui be the magistrate of Yangzhou, Zhai Shouxun pass the judgment (the judgment has not yet been implemented), and let Han Lingkun succeed Li Chongjin as the governor of Huainan.

At this time, Minister Fan Zhi came out:
"Dare to ask Your Majesty what is a general judge and what kind of position is it, the old minister remembers that we don't have this official position?"

Not only him, many people also don't understand what kind of official position this is, and they have never heard of it before.

Zhao Kuangyin saw that everyone was very puzzled, but he laughed himself:

"Don't all the ministers know, and Zhao Pu, don't you know?"

Zhao Pu came out honestly, saying that he didn't know, it wasn't modesty and he really didn't know.

Zhao Kuangyin really discussed with him before, but this time he really didn't know, so he looked at Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Guangyi also shook his head. He didn't know that Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi had a good relationship.

After the two of Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, the three of them often discussed state affairs together, and most of the time they knew the important affairs of the court.

But this time it was really a black eye, the judge and the two of them really didn't know what was going on with the emperor today.

"It seems that all the loves really don't know about it. It's not my fault. This is something I have discussed with the crown prince for a long time, and it happens to be implemented in Yangzhou this time."

"Now I will explain to you what this general sentence is all about." Zhao Kuangyin explained slowly while speaking.

After an extremely exhausting explanation, everyone finally understood this time, it turned out that the emperor wanted to limit the power of the local government.

According to the emperor's explanation, the Tongsan is the abbreviation of "Tongsan State Affairs" or "Governor Tongsan", and it is the assistant of the Zhizhou.

Place this position in the states and prefectures to assist the prefects or prefects in handling government affairs. It is clearly stipulated that as long as it is money, household registration, taxation, prison litigation and other state government affairs within this jurisdiction, the general judge has the ability to intervene.

This intervening is not a direct interfering, after all, these are the prefect's duties, but the documents signed by the prefect when dealing with these matters must be signed together with the general judge.

Otherwise, it is invalid, that is to say, the general judgment indirectly limits the power of the Zhizhou.

Even the general judge is also responsible for the evaluation of the officials under his jurisdiction. This is the power of the prefecture, but it was also assigned to the general judge.

In this way, this general judgment really has the power of personnel, which can compete with Zhizhou.

Moreover, the general judge was sent by the emperor, and there were special personnel responsible for the supervision and assessment, so the local government could not ask.

That is to say, this is the imperial envoy sent by the emperor, who is in charge of supervising the Zhizhou. The ministers are like mirrors in their hearts. Whoever can stand here is an idiot.

Zhao Kuangyin was very satisfied with this policy. When Zhao Xu proposed it to him, he found that it was a very good suggestion.

A large part of the chaos of the Five Dynasties was caused by local separatist regimes, and it was these places that did not obey the control of the central government that led to the fall of centralization.

The magistrate of a place will have a lot of power. In case of dissent, it will be difficult for the court to control it. Now that there is an extra judgment, it will be different.

The general sentence limited the power of the prefect to a large extent, and also reported the situation of this place to the imperial court at any time, which was more conducive to the central control of the place.

Zhao Kuangyin really admires his son very much, adding one more position can solve the disadvantages of a five generations.

(End of this chapter)