Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

In the thirteenth year of the Daye era, Li Mi listed ten major crimes of Yang Guang in his "Proclamation to Luozhou on Behalf of Li Mi," one of which described Yang Guang's crimes in a single sentence.

"Even if all the bamboo of Mount Nan were used to record all the crimes, it would not be enough; even if the waves of the Eastern Sea were drained, the evil would not be completely washed away."

This proclamation, along with Luo Binwang's "Proclamation Against Wu Zetian" and Chen Lin's "Proclamation Against Cao Cao," is considered one of the three great proclamations of ancient China.

Luo Binwang raised his head, his expression a mixture of surprise and confusion.

Who is Wu Zetian? Is she related to the current Empress Wu, or is she a relative of the Empress?

Why did I write this manifesto to denounce him?

Unless he rebels!

In Luo Binwang's understanding, the name Wu Zetian, especially the character "Wu" (武曢), was...

Even though he was well-versed in poetry, literature, and history, he had never seen the character "曌".

Emperor Gaozong of Tang had an impression of Luo Binwang.

He had heard the poem "Ode to the Goose" when he was a child.

Even Li Shimin once said that others could compose poems at the age of seven, but what about you?

This person possesses literary talent and is loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

The key is the proclamation denouncing Wu Zetian.

The character “曌” can be broken down into the characters “明” and “空”.

It seems that his empress, Wu Zetian, had the Buddhist name Mingkong when she was at Ganye Temple.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi's face darkened.

Does she really dare to emulate Empress Lü's story and seize power?

Emperor Gaozong could never have imagined that his empress was not content with being merely the empress dowager.

She wants to be the emperor!

At the end of the Han Dynasty,

Cao Cao looked up at the sky and laughed heartily, quite pleased, and did not become angry.

"Kong Zhang's manifesto back then was truly a masterpiece, every word a gem, every sentence a dagger."

"When I first read it, I broke out in a cold sweat, and my headache was almost completely gone!"

"Chen Lin deserves to die a thousand deaths!!"

Chen Lin hurriedly got up, quickly walked to Cao Cao, and bowed to apologize.

"Hey!"

Cao Cao laughed heartily, bent down, and helped Chen Lin up.

"I must also thank Kong Zhang. If it weren't for Kong Zhang's proclamation, how could my name be listed in the heavens?"

Chen Lin stood up, filled with gratitude.

He naturally understood that Cao Cao was trying to win people's hearts.

This wasn't exactly a good reputation, but Cao Cao let it slide with such an attitude, so that no one could use it as an excuse to impeach or attack him in the future.

He was willing to serve Cao Cao and offer his loyalty to him!

The prevailing view online is that Yang Guang had both merits and demerits, with some even suggesting that his merits outweighed his demerits, placing him alongside Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han.

While Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han could be said to have more merits than demerits, what merits did Yang Guang have?

As for the claim that Yang Guang harmed the interests of the Guanzhong aristocracy, leading to widespread rebellion, this is utterly baseless.

[In the early stages of the uprising, most of the rebels were commoners, while in the middle stages they were small and medium-sized landowners. As for the Guanzhong aristocracy, how can we explain that after the defeat of Goguryeo, all the representatives of the Guanzhong group were promoted?]

The reason for this was that Yang Guang forced everyone in the country to rebel against him, and even the Guanlong Group, which should have supported his rule, could not stand it. In the end, the Li family seized power.

The Li family's ability to seize power was not primarily due to their status as a powerful Guanzhong aristocratic clan, but rather to Li Shimin's exceptional military prowess.

After conquering the country, the Tang Dynasty spent nearly a century cleaning up the mess left by Emperor Yang of Sui.

[Emperor Yang Guang reduced the population of the Sui Dynasty, which at its peak was 4600 million people and over 890 million households, to only 2000 million people and over 200 million households in the early Tang Dynasty, causing the empire to suffer a loss of more than half its population!]

It wasn't until the Kaiyuan era, a period of great prosperity, that the Tang Dynasty's population finally recovered to the peak level of the Sui Dynasty, more than 100 years after the fall of the Sui Dynasty.

"That's right!!"

"Was Yang Guang's action considered harming our interests?"

"That clearly harmed the interests of everyone in the world; we just happened to be a part of it. You can't whitewash it like this!!"

Guanlong Group,

The ancients quickly realized that it referred to the group of people who rose to power during the early stages of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Led by the Eight Pillars of State, those aristocratic families in the Guanzhong region of Shaanxi...

The description given by later generations is quite apt.

"Hahaha, the prosperous Kaiyuan era!!"

"Did you all hear that?!"

"Later generations refer to this period as the Kaiyuan Prosperity!!!"

An excited Li Longji personally started playing the small drum beside him, humming an unknown melody as he played, clearly a tune he had composed on a whim.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations!!"

During the Kaiyuan era, the court officials bowed in unison to offer their congratulations, their faces filled with pride and glory.

Although many people now call this a golden age, that's just what we say, and it's not on the same level as the recognition by future generations!

After Li Longji finished singing, the attendant beside him, who had been writing furiously, stopped and handed him the sheet music for the song Li Longji had just sung for his review.

The saying goes, "When superiors have certain preferences, subordinates will follow suit."

Li Longji loved music and dance, and the eunuchs who served him naturally studied these subjects as well.

"My beloved subjects, I am filled with boundless pride and glory!"

"The Kaiyuan era of prosperity wasn't enough!!"

Li Longji gradually became fanatical and unusually confident.

"I will create an era even more prosperous than the Kaiyuan era!"

"It's my decision!"

"Change the era name to Tianbao!!"

"I will create another golden age like the Tianbao era!!"

On the sky, comments from later generations flooded in, turning the comment section into a chaotic mess where people were already hurling insults at each other.

Yang Guang was an even worse emperor than Hu Hai and Wanyan Gou.

Follow-up comment: He's not that bad. He's still capable; he's just a little impatient.

Follow-up comment: Well said! You're rewarded with a job repairing the canal.

Upon hearing these three words, Wanyan Gou reacted violently and began roaring at the court officials.

"Why do later generations keep harping on this issue?"

"Am I the only one in all of China who couldn't defeat foreign tribes and had to sign a treaty to sue for peace?"

"Why were their last names changed?!"

Seeing Wanyan Gou's broken state, the general at the end kept cursing in his heart.

"If signing a peace treaty requires changing your surname, then you should be called Yelü Gou now."

"Your ancestors did it too!"

Yang Guang put everything together and carried it out simultaneously. Other emperors had done this before, but none of them did it as quickly.

Follow-up comment: Zhu Di took fourteen years to move the capital, while Yang Guang only took ten months.

Follow-up comment: You can't have it all!

Follow-up comment: Yang Guang wanted to build the Eastern Capital, construct the Grand Canal, and wage war all at the same time.

Yang Guang successfully demonstrated the limits of nationwide mobilization in ancient times when consequences were disregarded.

Follow-up comment: The largest war in ancient history was Yang Guang's campaign against Goguryeo.

Follow-up comment: Because of this spendthrift son, Yang Jian was not even allowed to enter the Temple of Emperors, simply because his reign was too short!

Follow-up comment: Even in the Qing Dynasty, when the number of emperors worshipped was expanded to 188, Yang Jian was not included.

Follow-up comment: Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Jin also didn't make the list.

"If they won't let us in, then we won't go in. Who cares!"

Ying Zheng curled his lip and said in feigned disgust,

"No matter what, as long as you remain emperors, my achievements cannot be erased!"

Ying Zheng tried to comfort himself and not care about these things, but the bitterness in his heart kept welling up.

Meanwhile, the Western Jin Dynasty...

"Is Emperor Wu of Jin me?"

Sima Yan was filled with doubt, feeling that it was like him, yet not like him.

After all, the dynasties of Qin Shi Huang and Yang Jian were both short-lived; it's unlikely that the Western Jin Dynasty, which he just established, was also short-lived.

But when he looked at his second son, Sima Zhong, beside him, he saw an innocent and simple appearance, as pure as a newborn.

This kind of thing seems a bit hard to say!