End Of the Tang Dynasty

Toward the end of the Tang Dynasty, many young emperors had come and gone and done nothing during their reign. There were many fights for power between eunuchs. Tian Lingzi manipulated the last emperors like they were his pets. Angry peasants rebelled in 847. They were bombarded with high taxes and they had suffered through floods and droughts. They had had enough. They did not want taxes, they wanted a government that would help them in their time of need. Soon gangs of bandits joined the rebellion and Huang Chao and hid gang went to Guangzhou and slaughter many of the foreign merchants in that city. Upon receiving word of Huang Chao closing in on Chang 'an, the emperor fled just like Xuanzong from An Lushan. Huang Chao reached the Tang capital and established a new Dynasty. The reign of Huang Chao did not last long because he was a gang member and not suited to be an Emperor. Huang Chao's Dynasty was over after only 4 years, his own forces, upset with Huang Chao's government, killed him. The Tang emperor returned to Chang' an when he heard that Huang Chao was dead. The Tang was nearling its end because Tang officials were making their own decisions and Then Zhu Wen killed the Tang Emperor and named his heir Emperor. After the heir could not rule any better than the his father, Zhu Wen killed him and Established the Liang Dynasty.