The Complete Version of Tongjian Chronicles (annotated Version, Volume 35)
by Yuan Shu
About This Novel
It consists of five chapters: "Return to Nanzhao", "Eunuchs Kill Rebels", "Disasters of Clique", "Wuzong Pingzelu" and "Qiu Fu invaded Zhejiang East". It mainly describes the political events in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. "Nanzhao's Submission" records how the Nanzhao Kingdom, established with the support of the Tang Dynasty, once rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and submitted to Tubo, and then rebelled against Tubo and submitted to the Tang Dynasty. "The Eunuch Kills the Rebellion" and "The Disaster of Cronies" describe the eunuchs who monopolized power to disrupt the country, government, army, and people after the mid-Tang Dynasty, the life-and-death contest between court officials and eunuchs, and the struggle within the ruling group between the "Li Party" headed by Li Deyu and the "Niu Party" headed by Niu Sengru and Li Zongmin. "Wuzong Pingzelu" records how Wu Zong put down the rebellion of Liu Zhen and Zelu, and "Qiu Fu invades Zhejiang East" records the process of Qiu Fu's uprising in eastern Zhejiang and Xuanzong's suppression of the peasant uprising.
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