Which masterpiece did Bai Juyi write that implied disadvantages and wrote about the sufferings of the people?

Bai Juyi has a famous article, all about the sufferings of laborers at that time, which has become a thousand-year classic and is still our must-read content.

This article is "Selling Charcoal Weng" and "Selling Charcoal Weng, Reducing Salary and Burning Charcoal on Nanshan Mountain". His face was covered with dust and fireworks, his temples were gray and his fingers were black ... "

Bai Juyi's image as a charcoal seller emerged in a few strokes. Then, why did Bai Juyi describe such an old man only out of sympathy?

In fact, what is hidden behind selling charcoal Weng is a major drawback of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Empire finally died on this issue.

Today we will talk about Bai Juyi's The Charcoal Man and the history behind it.

"Selling Charcoal Weng" was written in the period, and Tang Xianzong was a relatively successful emperor in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. During his reign, Pei Du and other famous ministers were appointed to put down the rebellion and clean up the bureaucracy, which achieved certain results and was called "Yuanhe Zhongxing".

However, Tang Xianzong has never been able to solve a chronic disease in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the eunuch dictatorship. The problem of eunuch dictatorship in Tang Dynasty has a long history. Tang Xianzong's former emperor Tang Shunzong was abolished by eunuchs. Tang Xianzong was enthroned by eunuchs, so he couldn't solve the eunuch problem.

"Selling Charcoal Weng" said: "Kumiya is also". The "palace market" here is the monopoly privilege of the eunuchs in the DPRK. Eunuchs are powerful, dominating the market in the name of purchasing, and buying and selling strongly. The people complained, but they were helpless.

This problem is reflected in the charcoal seller. In the face of the eunuch's fraud, an old man selling charcoal can only "worry about charcoal and wish it is cold" in the cold winter, and finally he can only let "half a red horse stand in a silk, which is to pour charcoal into the cow's head."

The power of eunuchs in Tang Dynasty may be the peak of eunuch dictatorship in China. Although the eunuchs in Zhao Gao and Han Dynasty also had great power, there were consorts and imperial clan to check and balance. Eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, were free to abolish emperors, chase officials and command our times, which can be said to be the biggest in the world.

The reason for this is that after the Anshi Rebellion, the central imperial power of the Tang Dynasty weakened, and the emperor had to rely on eunuchs to organize troops to counter the rebels.

After the eunuchs came to power, they gradually took control of the central imperial army in the Tang Dynasty, and regarded the emperor as a plaything in their hands, repeatedly abolishing and committing crimes. In this case, even if the emperor of the Tang Dynasty wanted to do something, it was impossible and he could only let the eunuchs do evil.

More than a hundred years in the middle and late Tang Dynasty can be said to be a history of eunuch dictatorship. Finally, the Tang Dynasty lost its last spirit under the attack of external vassals and internal eunuchs, and was devastated by Huang Chao, and finally died in Zhu Wen, Le 'an.

The era of Bai Juyi was the peak of eunuch dictatorship. Seeing that the eunuch was overbearing, Bai Juyi was helpless. He could only record the sadness of selling charcoal Weng with literati notes and leave it to future generations to remember. Today, we can empathize with that era. Apart from history books, we rely on writers like Bai Juyi.