Suddenly heard of Jibei from outside the sword, tears filled his clothes at first.
——Du Fu
After experiencing the Anshi Rebellion, Du Fu, a poem saint, first heard the news that the officers and soldiers had recovered Jibei, and his tears and nose were running happily. From this we can see the influence of the Anshi Rebellion on the Tang Dynasty, and the two main characters that caused the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan and Shi Siming, are not only close friends and brothers, but even the same way of death. The son was killed. But people generally know An Lushan, but they don't understand Shi Siming. Why is this?
An Lushan was a sheep-stealing hawker in his early years, and he has known Shi Siming since he was a child. With constant efforts, he finally became the Three Towns Jiedu Envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and was also deeply loved by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. In order to please Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, An Lushan used everything to please Tang Xuanzong. The Book of Old Tang records An Lushan: "The belly hangs over the knees, weighs three hundred and thirty catties, and lifts his body with his shoulders. , Can move. ” Anlu Mountain weighs 330 kilograms, and his belly can hang over his knees. Every time two people on the left and right lift his shoulders to walk.
But it was not the case when facing Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. "Old Tang Book": "To Xuanzong's imperial front, do Hu Xuan dance, as fast as the wind." arrived in front of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Hu Xuanwu, who is quite tall, turns in circles as fast as the wind, flowing like flying. In addition to being good at pleasing Tang Xuanzong, he is also very good at pleasing Concubine Yang, who considers Concubine Yang to be a goddess, who is more than ten years younger than him.
But hungry wolves are wolves after all, and they will show their claws even if they are full. In 755 AD, Anlu Mountain launched the Anshi Rebellion. Two years after the poisoning of the Central Plains, the older Anlu Mountain not only suffered from leg and foot inconvenience, but also suffered from various diseases, which made Anlu Mountain, which was originally interested in cruelty, more cruel. Bloodthirsty. Finally, he was killed by the attendant and his son An Qingxu.
After the death of Anlu Mountain, the Anshi Rebellion became Shi Siming's home court. In 756 AD, Shi Siming was ordered by Anlu Mountain to travel through Hebei and burned, killed and looted everywhere, which greatly boosted the morale of the rebels. Subsequently, Tang Suzong succeeded in Lingwu and began to recover Hebei. After the death of An Lushan, An Qingxu was very jealous of Shi Siming and sent two generals to take over his troops with the intention of killing Shi Siming.
However, Shi Siming not only captured the two generals, but also surrendered to Datang as a vote of fame. Tang Suzong knew that Shi Siming was not sincerely surrendering, so he pretended to accept that he actually wanted to assassinate Shi Siming. In 758 AD, An Qingxu had been suppressed and couldn't overcome any big waves, but Tang Suzong set his sights on Shi Siming. He sent a killer to assassinate Shi Siming, but he didn't expect to be known by Shi Siming, so he rebelled against Datang in an open manner.
In 759 AD, An Qingxu was defeated by Guo Ziyi's army and brought 300 people to seek refuge with Shi Siming, but he did not expect to be killed by Shi Siming. After that, Shi Siming became the emperor on his own and became the third emperor of Dayan after Anlushan and An Qingxu. History is always similar. Like his good brother An Lushan, Shi Siming was still brutal after he became emperor, even when he treated his son. Shi Siming once said to his son Shi Chaoyi: "I am afraid of righteousness, it can't be my business.....Changing down Shan, Xizhan is a thief (Shi Chaoyi)". "New Tang Book" records that Shi Siming was very dissatisfied with his son, but because he could not inherit him, he also stated that he captured Shaanzhou in the morning and killed Shi Chaoyi in the afternoon.
In the end, Shi Siming also died at the hands of his son, and the reason why he is not well known may be the following: An Lushan was the initiator and main planner of the Anshi Rebellion. Secondly, the status of Anlu Mountain is higher than that of Shi Siming, and the image of Anlu Mountain is very distinctive, and Shi Siming's history records are "plain and unremarkable", and the appearance is not brilliant. In fact, Shi Siming did not lose to Anlu Mountain in terms of talents, Wang Shizhen commented on him: "Shi Siming is also a fierce Hu Ye, and his talent is far beyond Lu Mountain."
