Yuan Zai is a real figure in history. He was the prime minister in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that Yuan Zai's first half life was very inspirational, but the second half life was on the road of no return. Yuan Zai was born in poverty, but he was young and studious. Later, he was admitted to Jinshi and started his own career. Yuan Zai helped the emperor get rid of two powerful ministers, Li and Yu Chaoen, and gained trust. But since then, Yuan Zai has also embarked on the road of monopolizing state affairs, and he has become more and more arrogant. Therefore, it was rejected by Daizong, and the end was very miserable. The whole family was killed.

Speaking of Yu Ailei, few people may know who he is. But when it comes to Yuan Zai in the hit drama The Longest Day in Chang 'an, many people hate him.

As the villain in the play, Yu Ailei profoundly portrayed this role. See the needle, have it both ways, try your best to seize every opportunity to gain power and benefits. When the situation changes suddenly and danger comes, he just becomes a little puss-head, flinches everywhere and switches freely between the two. But in addition, I can win your daughter Wang Xiuxiu's heart in Beijing. She said rustic sweet nothings and made her be dead set on him and promise him for a lifetime.

In real history, Yuan Zai also existed, but he didn't get the lunch box as early as everyone expected, but became a prime minister. However, as everyone expected, they were eventually robbed and beheaded.

Yuan Zhen in history is an ancient process of grass-roots growth, without Li Bi's illustrious family background. He was instructed by famous teachers since he was a child, and all his contacts were contemporary celebrities. Bathed in the upper culture, influenced by the highest education of this empire, there is not even a detailed record of his parents and ancestors in history. Only recorded that he was born in Qishan, Yu Fengxiang. After my father died, my mother remarried to a man named Yuan Jingsheng and changed her surname to "Yuan". However, what is Yuan Zai's real name and how his biological father died are not recorded in the history books, so we don't know today.

In this family, life is far from being rich, and it is impossible to know whether Yuanzai's childhood is happy or not, and what influence this childhood has brought to his later life. But perhaps it was the poverty when he was young that made him unable to satisfy his wealth and brought his greed to the extreme after he ascended to a high position in the future.

As a teenager, Yuan Zai studied very hard and read widely. In addition, I am talented and interested in Taoism. When I was young, I had a lot of knowledge, which was considered a success. Only in the era of high reading, everything is inferior. After reading, it is for the sake of fame and fortune and the realization of every scholar's dream. But there was no current education system at that time, and not all talented people could show their talents and give full play to them. In order to take the imperial examination, Yuan Zai walked from his remote hometown to the place where he took the provincial examination, but the result was not satisfactory. He was named in Sun Shan.

Until the early days of Tianbao, as an emperor who respected Taoism. Tang Xuanzong appointed four scholars: Zhuang Ming, Laozi, Liezi and Wen Zi. It was this opportunity that Yuanzai used his advantages to become a high school student. Since then, he has embarked on his career and started his career journey.

After Yuan Zai entered the DPRK, the first post he was awarded was New Wei Ping. After living in poverty and repeatedly falling out of the list, Yuan Zai seized every opportunity to climb up on the court. The desire for fame led him to take some extreme measures. At that time, Xuanzong was not as ambitious as he was in his early years, and he was unwilling to bother to manage state affairs. The emperor's slackness made him no longer have harsh advice, but full of flattery and rhetoric. Beauty is in your arms, relieve your troubles. Eunuchs wait on them and don't listen to tedious things. At this time of the court, eunuchs were in their prime.

The cart flies dust, and the pavilion is black in the afternoon. China is more expensive than gold, and Lianyun has a room. He Huihe was dubbed cockfighting. When the rainbow is dried in one breath, pedestrians are afraid.

Such an overbearing eunuch group is hated by many people, but it has also become the best choice for many people to hold their thighs. Li, the great eunuch, became his target. During the Anshi Rebellion, Hengli mercenaries were strongly advised to go north, and then Hengli became emperor in Lingwu, that is, Tang Suzong. Therefore, when Hengli ascended the throne, he received a great reward and was promoted to the prince's family commander. And the name given to Li, the original name of Li Huguo was abandoned, so he suddenly fell into the ruling and opposition.

The eunuch's wife happened to be surnamed Yuan, and Yuan Zi then dragged herself into the relationship with Yuanshi County. It was because of this relationship that Yuan Zaicai officially joined Li and was appreciated and promoted by him. With the full support of Li, the official helped Yuan Zai to write a chapter on the same book, which was actually the prime minister at that time.

With the rising power and prestige of Yuan Zai, Su Zong died suddenly, and the new emperor Li Yu succeeded Tang Daizong. The new emperor's accession to the throne made Li more arrogant, intolerant of others and even ignored the emperor. In the end, he was dissatisfied with the new emperor Daizong and dismissed him. The sudden collapse of the backer did not bring Xia Yuanzhai down, and his official road was broken from then on. Yuan Zai, who has been wandering in the officialdom for a long time, not only relies on Li as a backer, but more importantly, he bribed people around the emperor early, understood the emperor's preferences, and held the emperor's joys and sorrows in his hands.

So, after Li's accident, the emperor not only didn't punish Yuan Zai, but trusted him more, and even gave him all the positions before Li's death. However, there is another person in the court who is with Yuan Zai's regime, and that person is Yu Chaoen. Like Li, he is also a eunuch. The emperor's love and the military power in his hands made him do whatever he wanted. All kinds of behaviors eventually led to Dai Zong's boredom, but he was afraid of Chao En's military power and his cronies in the DPRK, and he was too late to start. At this time, Yuan Zai, who was eyeing the opportunity, volunteered. In the end, Yuan Zai joined hands with the emperor and won Yu Chaoen.

Just after this incident, Yuan Zai no longer needs to be attached to anyone's strength in North Korea, and there is no opponent who can match him. Yuan Zai realized his desire for power, and the position below one person and above ten thousand people finally belonged to Yuan Zai.

From entering official career to being in power. Yuan Zai experienced two springboard events, each time achieving a perfect take-off and landing. However, the sinister officialdom behind him forced him to play an extremely active role. Today's comrades do not know whether they are friends or enemies until the sun rises again. Although he is very smooth, he wandered around in the complicated court, desperately looking for his place. Find the fastest shortcut to fame and fortune. Small people generally want to climb up in officialdom.

Behind the behavior of despising villains, Yuan Zai has another side that we seldom see.

Coupled with the political situation, since the last years of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, eunuchs have been popular, and troubles have continued, leading to no peace in North Korea. The curse of eunuchs has also become a topic that cannot be skipped when analyzing the reasons for the gradual decline and decline of the Tang Dynasty. However, during the reign of Zong Yi, the disaster of eunuchs was much lighter than that of other dynasties, which was due to Yuan Zai's contribution.

In addition, since the Anshi Rebellion, the forces of the vassal regions have been expanding day by day, challenging the rule of the Central Plains dynasty many times, which has had a great impact on the rule of the Tang Dynasty. In this struggle, Yuan Zai, who was in power at that time, was very supportive of anti-enemy activities. He sat in the imperial court and actively cooperated with the needs of soldiers fighting outside.

In the process of fighting Tubo, he saw the importance of Yuanzhou and wanted to move to Yuanzhou. He tried his best to give advice to the emperor and drew a map to tell him the importance of this place. At the same time, secretly send people to investigate on the spot and plan to build a defensive city. At that time, Dai Zong was already dissatisfied with Yuan Zai and did not listen to his advice. It made the Tang dynasty in a passive state for a long time between the war with Tubo, which consumed a lot of national strength of the Tang dynasty. The instability in the rear left the Tang Dynasty too busy to take care of internal time. The proposal to form an army and expand Tang Jun's influence was also rejected by the emperor.

Rebellion in various places, smoke rising gradually, but the Central Plains dynasty lacked generals. In this situation, how long can the once prosperous Central Plains Dynasty last? In addition, the long-term internal and external wars have caused huge loopholes in the national treasury. In order to solve the financial problems, Yuan Zai promoted Ada and put him in charge of finance. Ada dredged the Bianhe River, so that hundreds of thousands of stones of grain were transported into Guanzhong and Beijing every year, which eased the situation of sharp drop in grain output and soaring food prices in Guanzhong after the war.

In addition, during Yuan Zai's administration in the DPRK, the tax collected by Tang Chao was reduced and then reduced. At the same time, the government adjusted the household registration standard for tax collection and raised the standard. People who pay household registration tax are not only ordinary people, but also those households, landlords and nobles. Later generations of Yang Yan inherited and developed this tax law. These are two landmark tax laws in the history of China's tax system. When it comes to it, future generations will only remember Yang Yan's great achievements and Ada's inheritance, but who will remember Yuan Zai, the guide?

In this kind of praise, the voice and shadow of Yuanzai will never appear. Besides these achievements, influenced by the culture of Tang Dynasty, Yuan Zai also loved poetry very much. In private, I have contacts with many poets. The top ten talents in Dali, although not as good as the previous Songshi in terms of literary status, also surpassed Han Meng and others later. But at that time, he was also a man with brilliant statements. These people have a good personal relationship with Yuan Zai. His poems are even included in the whole Tang poetry.

As an official, Yuan Zai's efforts are indeed underestimated. However, Yuan Zi is like a piece of white paper splashed with ink. Black and white are mixed together, and the ink has gradually penetrated most of the paper.

After Yuan Zai came to power by politics and means, he no longer had to be controlled by others and lived in the cracks. The position of one person below ten thousand people made him put down his guard and caution. From a poor boy who was born in poverty to the glory and power he has now. Let him no longer stand the temptation of money, a kind of greed breeds from the bottom of my heart and grows wantonly. Relying on his position as prime minister, he plundered wealth. Selling officials and titles has turned the selection of national talents into a series of money and power transactions.

Xu Hao, our envoy from Lingnan, wanted to be an official in Beijing, so he collected treasures from all over the world and dedicated them to Yuan Zai. Soon after, Yuan Zai made him the assistant minister of the official department at that time, crowding out Yang Wan who once held this position, and he didn't like Yuan Zai's behavior very much. At that time, it was even widely rumored in officialdom that if you want to be an official, you should look for Zai Yuan.

Yuan is using politics to collect money for himself. During his ten years in power, Yuan collected countless treasures from all over the country, with countless assets. In addition to these jewels, Yuan Zai also invested heavily in building houses in Chang 'an Chen. The house he built in Chang 'an occupied Daning, Anren and Changshou. You know, there are 109 squares in Chang 'an under the square market system, and Yuan Zai alone accounts for three, which shows its large scale and deep corruption.

In the private house, Yuan Zai also built a house specially, using gold and silver as components to place the treasures he collected from all over the country. In addition, a garden has been built in Luoyang, the eastern capital, for your own entertainment. After being confiscated, this garden can be directly used as a royal garden, which is enough to show the luxury of the garden.

In addition to a large number of real estate, Yuan Zai is also very particular about food and clothing. There are more than 100 maids at home, and everyone wears silks and satins, far exceeding the average person. Xue is the favorite concubine in the family, so he is fit and can't bear the burden. Yuan zai specially ordered people to get her dragon clothes, and there were no two or three pieces, so he didn't get them. In diet, the cost of each meal is equivalent to the income of a medium-sized family for half a year. When I copied the guy, I actually found 60 tons of peppers from Yuan Tsai's house. At that time, the price of this condiment was just a few tablets, but Yuan Zai suddenly hoarded 60 tons.

As the saying goes, "One person gets the Tao". When Yuan Tsai was insatiable, he took all his relatives with him. Yuan Zai's wife, Wang Yixiu, was the daughter of Wang Zhongsi when we were in Hexi, and silently supported Yuan Zai when he was a small official. But reason and calmness were gradually eroded by the flame of money and power, and Wang joined in when Yuan Zai was looking for it. She indulged her sons, Yuan Bohe and Yuan Zhongwu, in accepting bribes and plundered the people's cream. In Yuanshi County, a family's "Qi Xin Cooperation" was corrupt all the way.

In his early years, he helped the emperor get rid of eunuchs, which made Zai Yuan feel unparalleled. Unexpectedly, he gradually ignored the emperor, which became the emperor's biggest taboo. Coupled with Yuan Tsai's insatiable greed, many people have long been dissatisfied with various crimes. After all this time, the punishment finally came.

In March of the 12th year of Dali, Dai Zong, the last straw, finally ordered General Sakingo to arrest Yuan Zai and his wife and children in the government hall. After the trial, in the face of hard evidence of years of crime, Yuan Zai chose to confess. Finally, together with his wife and children, he was sentenced to death. Even the married daughter was filled into the harem as a maid. In the end, all the treasures collected by Yuan Zai were confiscated, leaving nothing behind, but taking away the life of the family.

Autumn judgments in the Tang Dynasty were generally carried out near Wannian County. On this day, Yuan Zai was sitting in the prison car, which was dangling all the way, and people came to watch along the way. The countdown to life seems louder and louder.

Looking at the resentful eyes of the crowd outside the prison car, his eyes gradually failed to focus, vaguely seeing that he was once a teenager and a scholar. And the determination to serve the country and the people. But he doesn't know when, maybe it's failure again and again, maybe it's a pawn kneeling as a eunuch, or it's a dazzling treasure.

He doesn't know where he started to go astray in his life and went astray step by step. He only remembers that he was gradually satisfied and empty day by day. What have you lived in your life? The sudden neighing of horses forced him to regain consciousness and looked up to find that he had reached the execution ground. He looked at the official who was going to execute him and only said, "I hope to die soon." The execution officer didn't answer him, only said that "xianggong" must have been slightly insulted. Don't take it personally. "Then take off your socks and put them into Yuan Tsai's mouth.

Yuan Zai, once in power, was finally beheaded and killed with dirty socks in his mouth.