Chapter 108 6. The King of Nanzhao started an incident

The so-called fool is a person who is stuck in his childish thinking and always conflicts with society. Therefore, wise people have always kept a respectful distance from fools.Because stupid people mean conflict, and smart people avoid conflict, so it is difficult for the two to overlap. However, when two idiots meet, there is bound to be a struggle.There is a Chinese saying called "Enter the Dragon and the Tiger Fight", which means that idiots meet idiots.When two smart people meet, they will smile knowingly, but when two idiots meet, conflicting personalities will inevitably cause trouble.

And any idiot will inevitably meet a idiot.It has been said that a wise man avoids a fool, so what a fool can find is still a fool.Now that Yizong could be identified as an idiot, another idiot would definitely make his debut. It is said that when Yizong ascended the throne, he first handled the funeral for his father Xuanzong, and notified the news to his friendly country—Nanzhao Kingdom. Guilin, the capital of the Nanzhao Kingdom, is a vassal state of the Tang Empire. There are only kings in the country, but no emperor.Its king must be stamped and signed by the Emperor of Tang to take effect.Therefore, the emperor of the Tang Empire died. According to the situation, it is necessary for the Nanzhao Kingdom to express its deep condolences.

But when the letter of credence asking for condolences arrived in Nanzhao, it happened that the old king of Nanzhao had just died.The old king's son is called Chief Dragon, he is only stupider than Yizong, and he is a typical subjective personality.He didn't say think about it, your king just died, how could the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty who is far away in Chang'an know?You must also issue a letter of credence, and Datang will know about it. But subjective people will force others into the basket of their own imagination.Chief Long himself knew that his father was dead, so he thought that everyone in the world knew about it.So when I saw this letter of credence, I immediately became popular and said: Did I make a mistake?My father is dead, instead of sending people to kowtow and cry, you asked me to mourn your emperor, is that plausible?Also, this credential should be issued to me, I am the king now.Why is my father's name written on it-how did people know that your father is dead?Therefore, Chief Long's disturbance is obviously ignorant.

The envoy who submitted the credentials was scolded by the chief dragon, and after going back, he added fuel and vinegar to fool him. If Yizong was a sensible person, he would know that he had encountered a fool, and then he would send another sensible person to fool the chief dragon, and he would be fine. .But Yizong is also stupid. When he heard that Chief Long was so unreasonable, he thought it was because Chief Long didn’t give him face—he loved face so much, and forced others to give him face. This is the second characteristic of a fool—so Yizong announced that he would punish him The Nanzhao Kingdom took countermeasures.

What countermeasures? It is not to recognize the chieftain as king, and not to be canonized. When Chief Dragon saw it, hey, you little one, you look down on me, don't you?Immediately announced that he was enthroned as the emperor. The king thinks that his official position is too small, so he will be the emperor if he wants to do it.After he became emperor, Chief Dragon issued a letter to the people of Nanzhao, angrily condemning the Tang Empire's repeated border crimes, and the Nanzhao Kingdom could no longer bear it.So Nanzhao officially launched a war against Datang. When the war broke out on the frontier, Yizong responded calmly. He immediately ordered the officers and soldiers to dispatch to keep the enemy out of the country.So the soldiers set off excitedly.Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang bang, this battle lasted for six years, until everyone was exhausted and wanted to go home even in a dream, suddenly remembered the oath of three-year rest, and asked Yizong to fulfill his promise.But I don't know that the more the population is increasing, the more shortage of social resources, which is reflected in the governance of the country, that is, the more the population, the more bandits, and the higher the cost of raising soldiers.At this time, the Tang Empire can't afford to support soldiers at all. At any rate, there are still a few people who can work here. If you want to take a rest, who will replace you?So it's not possible at all.

When it was discovered that Emperor Yizong's words were not counted, and that the rest of the rotation was in vain, the soldiers of the three armies were furious, and led by the food officer Pang Xun, they set off a rebellion.So Pang Xun led the rebel army to ignore the invading army of the Nanzhao Kingdom, but turned around and entered the interior. Along the way, the green forests of all corners of the country came to join them, and the team became larger and larger, and soon captured Suzhou and Pengcheng. Pang Xun was very happy to find that his men were strong and strong, and he wrote a letter to Yizong, suggesting peace talks between the two sides.Yizong did not want to, but he was determined. He mobilized all the troops in the world, negotiated with Pang Xun, dispatched troops and stepped up the attack, and launched the Xuzhou battle with Pang Xun's army.As a result, Pang Xun lost his support and fled towards Bozhou and Songzhou.The officers and soldiers chased after him all the way to Qizhou, where Pang Xun died on the battlefield, and the disturbance was suppressed in this way.

It doesn't matter if it is suppressed. In fact, the Pang Xun incident is not meaningless. He is a preview of the upcoming Huangchao uprising.The Great Tang Empire at this time is like sitting on the crater of a volcano. The countless vagrants and social idle labor will inevitably completely destroy this empire fundamentally. But Yizong didn't bother to think about these things, he was too tired.He devoted himself to promoting the development of Buddhism, and sent envoys to Fengxiang Famen Temple to welcome the Buddha bone.The minister tried to stop him.Yizong said: I can see it in life, and I have no hatred in death.

In April of the fourteenth year of Xiantong, the Buddha bone arrived in the capital. Yizong came out of the palace and knelt down to worship the Buddha bone. Because he was so excited that his chest was wet with tears. After worshiping the Buddha bone, Yizong felt that his mind was over, so he closed his eyes and bid farewell to this world.