The river of time flows endlessly, and history continues to develop. Let the editor of History Encyclopedia take you through the fog of history, back to the era of swords and shadows, and see the story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
An Lushan was a great figure during the Tang Dynasty. He was exceptionally intelligent, despite being overweight, he was very agile, brave and skilled on the battlefield, proficient in the languages of six countries, and could be said to be both civil and military. An Lushan’s career in the officialdom can be described as soaring. He was smooth and used bribery and other means to establish connections with the court, especially recognizing Yang Guifei as his godmother. An Lushan is old and fat. Why didn’t Emperor Xuanzong stop Yang Yuhuan from bathing him?
An Lushan has a larger body size than the average person and looks very majestic. However, he behaved very childishly in front of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei. In order to please Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei, Yang Guifei was the most favored concubine of Emperor Xuanzong. With a smile from the Red Dust concubine, no one knew it was lychee, which means that if Yang Guifei wanted to eat lychee, Emperor Xuanzong would travel thousands of miles to get it for her. But she should never have accepted An Lushan as her godson.
As the godson of Yang Guifei, An Lushan had to obey the customs of the time. At that time, it was popular for mothers to give their sons three baths on their birthdays. The scene of Yang Guifei, who was as beautiful as a flower, going to give a big fat man a bath was a bit discordant, but Tang Xuanzong did not stop her.
The main reason was actually An Lushan’s performance in front of the two, which made Tang Xuanzong increasingly feel that An Lushan was the real son and trusted him very much. To what extent did Tang Xuanzong indulge An Lushan? It is said that when An Lushan met Tang Xuanzong in court later, he bowed to him and didn’t even want to bend down.
Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is also the brilliance of An Lushan. From An Lushan’s performance after coming to power, it can be seen that his previous acts of pleasing Yang Guifei and the emperor were all staged. Through this method, An Lushan won the trust of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and in the end, his power grew to a great extent, even launching the An Lushan Rebellion, causing chaos throughout the world and accelerating the downfall of the Tang Dynasty.
