Young people who mention that Datang like ancient culture will always think about how open and prosperous the Tang Dynasty was, and those who like war history mention that Datang all regret that they actually died in the feudal town. Since the Anshi Rebellion, Fanzhen had been attached to the skin of the Tang Dynasty like a cowhide moss, and the Tang Dynasty had not been able to completely break this dilemma. However, Fanzhen was not the primary cause of the demise of the Tang Dynasty, on the contrary, after the Anshi Rebellion, because of the existence of Fanzhen, Tang was renewed for 150 years.
The Tang dynasty government and the fanzhen formed a symbiotic relationship
The weakening of the Tang Dynasty did have a lot to do with the excessive power of the Jiedushi, for example, the weakening of the Tang Dynasty was caused by the rebellion of An Lushan in the three towns of Hedong. But if the demise of the Tang Dynasty was because of the town, it would be a bit unreasonable. The Tang Dynasty was weak, but he was not destroyed by a certain clan town, but relied on the contradictions between these clan towns to make a big difference.
The real gravedigger of the Tang Dynasty was the Yellow Nest Rebellion, and this peasant uprising was huge and menacing. The local feudal towns were unable or unwilling to suppress it, resulting in these peasants relying on rudimentary weapons and equipment to invade the capital City of Chang'an. After the Yellow Nest Rebellion, a wave of military expansion began throughout the country, and the south also began to keep up with the pace of the times, and various festivals were arranged. After the turmoil, the northern knots, which had strong strength, still had a lot of strength, and the authority of the central government was beaten to the ground in the interlaced knots of the various knots.
In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, only the three towns of Heshuo really tore their faces with the central government, but what the three towns of Heshuo demanded was only the privilege of hereditary succession, and did not replace Tang's ambition to dominate the Central Plains, so a large-scale rebellion did not occur. The feudal towns in the Central Plains were relatively obedient, the Tang central government was able to mobilize them, and these emissaries were loyal to the imperial court.
Therefore, these feudal towns located in the Central Plains became an important force for the Tang Dynasty to deal with the three towns of Heshuo. The strong clans in Heshuo and other places were nominally vassals of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they were the tu emperors of one side, and the heirs of these tu emperors were simply powerless to interfere, so in order to avoid fighting each other, the imperial court would give them a name.
These powerful vassals basically did not have to pay taxes to the imperial court, and they would often make offerings to the imperial court, but this was not a tax payment in a sense, but to show their obedience to the imperial court. These clan towns are self-reliant in their own sphere of influence, and whenever a foreign enemy invades, the clan town will erupt with amazing strength for their own benefit to repel the invading enemy. Therefore, although the domain did not pay taxes, as a barrier to the Tang Dynasty, they paid for their own troops to fight, which undoubtedly reduced the burden of the Tang Dynasty.
The contradictions between the clans and towns are like raising clams
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, after several generations of Tang Emperors, the territory of Datang could be said to be listed as one of the largest countries in the world at that time, but the expansion of the territory also brought new problems, that is, how to rule. For example, orders issued by Chang'an sometimes take a month or two to reach certain remote areas, and when these remote areas encounter enemy situations, it is difficult to report them to the central authorities in time. In order to facilitate the management of such a large territory, this official position came into being.
From the crazy expansion of the Sheng Tang Dynasty to the saturation contraction, the moderation also spread from remote areas to the inland. Under the impact of the Huangchao Uprising, Datang finally came to the end of its life, but these people who overthrew Datang were also powerless to eliminate the feudal towns that had existed for more than a hundred years, so these feudal towns gradually evolved into a great division of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
During the existence of these clan towns, they fought each other and sometimes united against the imperial court, and the various clan towns fought and swayed. But the mutual beatings of these clan towns are like raising clams, dozens of poisonous insects are fighting around in a bucket, the strong ones swallow the weak ones, they are sometimes fierce, sometimes calm, and the clam keepers are quietly watching outside the barrel, and from time to time they have to use sticks to smoke those powerful poisons.
They fought endlessly, changing from dozens to dozens, and later the most powerful one jumped out of the barrel and bit the clam keeper to death, but he could not replace the clam keeper and jumped back to compete with other poisonous insects.
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