The Rise and Fall of Huangchao

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao wrote "Ode to Chrysanthemums after Not Ranking": "The incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the city is filled with golden armor." The "golden armor" in the poem is not only the armor of the rebel army, but also a metaphor for the declaration of war against the privileged class. Huang Chao's rebel army swept through most of China with "rogue-style" tactics. All the wealthy families in Luoyang and Chang'an were slaughtered, and "the bones of public ministers were trampled on in the street" became a true portrayal. After the Huang Chao Uprising, the Tang Dynasty was forced to expand the scale of the imperial examination and lower the threshold, so that children from poor families could enter the officialdom.