Chang'an Twelve Years

In the last years of Tianbao, crises were everywhere, but Li Longji was immersed in the illusion of a prosperous age, addicted to pleasure, and dreamed of eternal kingdom. An Lushan's rebellion tore off the cloak of prosperity. In the eight years of the Anshi Rebellion, the population dropped by more than 35 million, or two-thirds. The Tang Dynasty encountered an unprecedented crisis. This book not only describes the suffering and rise of common people such as Zhang Xiaojing, but also the self-inflicted misdeeds of power centers such as Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, and An Lushan, which together pushed the Chinese nation into the abyss, and the feudal prosperous age began to decline. This book is divided into three volumes. The first volume, Crisis in the Prosperous Age, writes about the many crises in the prosperous age at the end of Tianbao, trying to analyze the causes of the crisis; the second volume, The Rebellion of Anshi, writes about the attitude of the power center towards the Rebellion of Anshi: Li Longji fled to Shu, enfeoffed his sons to fight against thieves and princes in various ways. Is it better to control the situation in the world so that he can continue to be emperor, even if he faces the danger of the world falling apart? Or do you really want to fight the rebels? What choice did he make between the Li family dynasty and Li Longji's dynasty? An Lushan rebelled and died after more than a year. Why could the Anshi Rebellion last for eight years and drag the Tang Dynasty into an endless abyss? The third part is about the separatist rule of Pan Town. Was the separatist regime due to Jieduzhi's excessive power, or was it because the Li family dynasty lost the support of the people? This book describes the power struggle at the top and the struggle and resistance of the people at the bottom in the torrent of history. What kind of experience did Zhang Xiaojing go through from a royal guard who was loyal to the Tang Dynasty to a dominating military governor? Was he an active choice or was he forced to betray? This book explains for you the choices made by individuals in history and their final outcomes.