Chang'an Spies: Lingwu Chess Game

After reading the third chapter of "The Spies of Chang'an", I sighed deeply. Mr. Jiuwu used a subtle flaw in a seal to pierce the suffocating historical moment of Tianbao's fifteenth year. When Li Congcong used a crystal convex mirror to see that the word "" on the "Pingzhang Military Seal" was half a grain of rice shorter, I seemed to hear the sound of the opportunity for self-rescue in the prosperous Tang Dynasty shattering. In the beacon smoke of Tongguan, Ge Shuhan's 200,000 troops were like puppets on strings. The "secret court order" urging the war was not so much a military instruction as it was the final madness of the bureaucracy in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. According to historical records, Ge Shuhan "came out of seclusion in mourning". This famous general who once made Tubo fearful and "high in the Big Dipper" was so powerless in the face of political strangulation. The novel cleverly embodies the great helplessness of history as a scent of "ambergris" - coming from the fallen Luoyang and drifting into the core of Chang'an's decision-making. Isn't this a metaphor for the last line of defense in the prosperous Tang Dynasty? What Li Congcong discovered in the ruins of the Jing'an Department was more suffocating than the fighting of thousands of troops. The fate of the empire hangs on a forged seal, and the enemy has already penetrated the capillaries of information transmission. This reminds me of the aphorism in Du Mu's "A Fang Gong Fu": "The one who destroyed the Six Kingdoms was the Six Kingdoms, not Qin." Didn't the self-destruction of the prosperous Tang Dynasty start from within? Before the dust of Xuanzong's flight to Shu has settled, the novel has already allowed us to see the inevitable collapse of the system. The most embarrassing thing is that this may be the only chance for the Tang army to reverse the situation during the Anshi Rebellion. If Ge Shuhan can hold on to Tongguan, if Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's Shuofang army can encircle the enemy as scheduled, if Chang'an's decision-making is not penetrated by the Yan spy department... History has no ifs, but the novel gives us a glimpse of another possibility. It is in this gap that Mr. Kugo completes an astonishing marriage of the suspense of espionage and the heaviness of history. When Li Congcong was stopped by Li Mi to meet the prince, the sun pierced the clouds and the crows screamed. This is not only a scene description in the novel, but also an epitaph for the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. What we follow is not only the suspense of the story, but also the final struggle and helplessness of a civilization at the critical moment of life and death. The cracks in this seal eventually became a wound that was difficult to heal for an era.

When I read about the dark side of Xuanzong's escape, I felt a knot in my chest. When Li Congcong found the Youzhou general evaluation that had been tampered with five years ago among the burned documents, the scratched out "Wolf and eagle watch, for a long time..." Was like a slap on the face of Xuanzong who abandoned the city and fled. The collapse of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was never caused by the rebels' sword - it was this king who allowed An Lushan to become powerful and took the lead in running to Shu in times of crisis, abandoning the country's mountains and rivers and millions of people like worn shoes. The most ironic thing is that such a major event as the tampering of the central company's files was only accidentally discovered on the eve of the empire's fall. The man on the throne completed his final betrayal of the country by escaping. What Mr. Jiugo brilliantly depicts is not only the dark side of history, but also a touchstone of the conscience of those in power. When Xuanzong's chariot ran over the Shu Road, the lights in Chang'an were extinguished one by one. Those abandoned loyal ministers and people paid for the emperor's disqualification with their flesh and blood. This dark side story allows future generations to see clearly: if there is no responsibility on the throne, it will be the greatest disaster for the people in the world.

The author's literary skills are still very good. I hope the author will work hard and continue to catch up on updates recently. I hope there will be surprises later 😁😁😁😁

Alas, I finished reading it again, looking forward to the update 😁😁😁😁😁

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