At the end of the Tang Dynasty, due to the darkness of imperial rule, people always lived in dire straits. Natural disasters have caused many farmers with fields to fail to harvest. Coupled with exorbitant taxes and levies, many farmers gathered to revolt because they had no choice, in order to overthrow the political affairs at that time. Among these uprisings, Huang Chao Uprising is the most famous one. In addition to the influence and scope, it is probably because of the news that Huang Chao takes human flesh as its rations. So what happened when Huang Chao used human flesh as rations?

In fact, the fact that Huang Chao takes human flesh as its rations is real. Since the rise of Huang Chao Uprising, it has developed very rapidly. However, in the end, the movement failed. Before the defeat, there was an event that surrounded Chen Zhou. Huang Chao led the army for a whole year. This year, because of the lack of food and grass, Huang Chao took human flesh as its rations. Huang Chao's army also uses very large stone mills. After the living are crushed, their meat is used as rations. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the army is preserved.

Huang Chao's army was deadlocked in this place for about 300 days. During this time, they ate human flesh every day, so the whole army could eat up almost all the people in several cities. It is said that the Huang Chao Uprising Army used human flesh as its rations. Before eating it, they will throw some men, women and children into a huge mill, and then grind it into minced meat and eat it as food. But this way of eating soon no one around, so Huang Chao sent people to the nearby counties to search for human beings. In fact, Huang Chao takes human flesh as its rations, which is not worse than the previous rulers, and even more cruel and cold-blooded.

Huang Chao's cannibalism is pure fiction.

According to the old and new books of the Tang Dynasty, when the Qi army besieged Chen Zhou, Huang Chao simply ordered the soldiers to feed on the people in order to make his army fight. Therefore, they made a stone mortar, threw the living into it and ground the bones into paste. This cannibalism record is creepy and has become the highest cannibalism record in history.

Let's see how the history books record this cannibalism. There is such a record in the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, which roughly means that the rebels surrounded Zhou Chen for three days, but Kanto still did not cultivate. The rebels catch people to eat, killing thousands of people a day, and grinding people with tools before eating. There is a similar record in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, saying that when Chen Zhou was besieged, people from the other ten states were taken captive to eat.

However, Li, the author of the recently published "Eternal Dragon Slayer", disagrees with this statement. He believes that the cannibalism incident is purely fabricated by historical materials, and there is no clear record of how many people have eaten. One of the doubts is why the number of cannibals has not been recorded on such a large scale. Second, according to the current scientific judgment, if every seven people eat a corpse a day, if they eat nearly 20 thousand people a day, they will eat more than six million people a year, far exceeding the population at that time. Thirdly, Huang Chao's cannibalism comes from the record of Old Tang Shu, written by Si Tuleideng Zhang Zhaoyuan. He looked at the peasant uprising from the standpoint of the ruling class, and began to discredit the peasant uprising everywhere, so such an incident may be his words to discredit the peasant uprising.

From this point of view, there are still many things to be discussed about the cannibalism in Huang Chao, and we can't jump to conclusions just by a few history books.

Huang Chao regime

Huang Chao Uprising was a peasant uprising in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had gradually entered a dark period, and politics was chaotic. In addition, under the leadership of Nuo religion, officials could not think of the people, which led to the Huang Chao Uprising. Of course, the Huang Chao Uprising had a great influence, and this time it was the only movement to establish political power. The establishment of Huang Chao regime was the culmination of this movement, but it didn't last long and it failed. So what is the Huang Chao regime like?

Huang Chao Uprising developed rapidly, visited a wide range of places and won many victories in the war. Until AD 88 1 year, Huang Chao led the army into Chang 'an, and at the same time, the general led his men to meet the enemy, and the Huang Chao regime was quickly established. So Huang Chao immediately acceded to the throne in Hanyuan Temple, and the Huang Chao regime was formally established. The title is Daqi, and the title is also announced as Golden Boy. Since the establishment of the Huang Chao regime, the original court officials have only stayed under the four products to continue to use, while senior officials have been replaced and replaced by Huang Chao's own people.

Although the Huang Chao regime was finally established, it did not last long. In the second year, after the Nopai started, it launched a counterattack, and Huang Chao officials were quickly defeated many times, and many officials surrendered. After several wars, Huang Chao always failed. As a result, Huang Chao finally failed, and the regime established by Huang Chao was naturally overthrown. In fact, Huang Chao just overthrew the emperor and became the emperor himself. Without substantial changes, the Huang Chao regime is no different from before.

Huang Chao Uprising and Anshi Rebellion

Huang Chao Uprising and Anshi Rebellion were both uprising wars in the Tang Dynasty. Although they were all aimed at overthrowing the rulers of that dynasty, the Huang Chao Uprising was very different from the Anshi Rebellion. However, these two wars had a great influence on the Tang Dynasty. The Anshi Rebellion changed many aspects of the Tang Dynasty and began to enter a period of decline. So what's the difference between Huang Chao and Anshi Rebellion?

There are many differences between Huang Chao Uprising and Anshi Rebellion. First, the Anshi Rebellion was a political rebellion launched because the rebels of the current dynasty wanted to seize the throne. The leaders are Minister An Lushan and others, who know the country's current situation and are still playing bright slogans. It can be said that it was a premeditated and directed coup. Huang Chao is different from Anshi Rebellion. Huang Chao Uprising is an uprising organized by farmers spontaneously. In this activity, both the leaders and the main force are mainly farmers, without advanced theoretical guidance. It was only because of the poor living environment of farmers that this uprising was launched. In this respect, there is a great difference between Huang Chao and An Shi Rebellion.

In addition, there are many differences between Huang Chao Uprising and Anshi Rebellion. When the Anshi Rebellion happened, the society was still relatively stable. An Lushan's purpose is obviously to seize power, so his attack route is also very clear. Although the final result was the victory of the Tang Dynasty, it was a great blow in the process. The Huang Chao Uprising and the Anshi Rebellion took place under different circumstances. Before the Huang Chao Uprising, people were displaced, and even the land on which they lived was gone. Their life was very difficult, and the darkness inside the imperial court led to the Huang Chao Uprising. It seems that there is an essential difference between Huang Chao Uprising and Anshi Rebellion.