In terms of fame, Li Shimin is the biggest, known as the Heavenly Khan, Wu Zetian second, known as the first empress in history, followed by Li Longji, Li Yuan, Li Zhi, but if you say ability, personally think there should be the following rankings:
Tang Minghuang, who believes in love, ranks at the end
It can be said that Li Longji stood on the basis of the foundation laid by the previous emperors and ascended the throne as emperor, it can be said that it is the emperor of the peak period of the Tang Dynasty, but in his later period, he gradually ignored the government and favored the noble concubines, and actually let the Tang Dynasty in the peak period turn from prosperity to decline, ranking him last, no one has any opinions.
Empress wu Zetian, ranked fourth, the only empress
As the only empress in Chinese history, her talents were brought into play in the era of Li Shimin, and by the time of Li Zhi, it can be said that he and Li Zhi jointly ruled the world, and their ability was still very powerful, but after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, all kinds of political struggles to suppress it, especially the struggle between the wu family and the Li family, deducted points, plus the external situation of Wu Zetian's period has not been very calm, and it has always been in the stage of war or war preparation, so it ranks fourth.
Zhenguan Zhizhi - Li Shimin, ranked third, Heavenly Khan
Speaking of Li Shimin, it is not necessary for the author to say more, his various political achievements represent the prosperity of the rule of Zhenguan, and the destruction of turks represents his martial arts of wenzhi, it can be said that during Li Shimin's period, it is not without reason that all the states came to the dynasty and were honored as heavenly khans. So ranked third!
Yonghui Zhizhi - Li Zhi, ranked second, the underrated emperor
Once saw an article, detailing Li Zhi's great achievements, it can be said that Li Zhi ascended to the throne, overthrew the powerful minister Sun Wujie internally, suppressed the Gate Valve Clan, conquered Goguryeo in the external conquest, completed the feats that Li Shimin did not complete, and his Wenzhi martial arts were called the best, if it were not for the headache attack in the back, the untimely death, there might not have been anything wrong with Wu Zetian.
The founding monarch - Li Yuan, ranked first, deservedly
Many people say that Li Yuan has no opinion, the Tang Dynasty and the Mountains were all laid down by Li Shimin, and even after sitting firmly in the Jiangshan, it was also the rule of Zhenguan created by Li Shimin, but if you really study history deeply, you will find that Li Yuan is not as indecisive and hesitant as everyone thinks!
During the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan, as a relative of the emperor, started from Qianniu Bei (that is, a high-ranking military attaché who guarded the military), successively served in the history of Chenzhou, Longzhou, and Qizhou, showing his outstanding political talent, 12 years of Great Cause, the Turks invaded, and it was also Li Yuan who led the army to resist and win hundreds of battles, so he was named Taiyuan for his merits, and more importantly, Yang Guang was not a broad-minded person, he was wary of Li Yuan, and the political pattern at that time, the four gate valves fought each other, Li Yuan was able to stand alone in such a power vortex, and based in Taiyuan. It can be seen that its political wisdom is very high!
In the later period of the world chaos, Li Yuan was even more decisive, set up his own portal, led several sons to start a vigorous rebellion, and finally achieved the Tang Empire, so whether it was political ability, wrist, military talent is the first, but there is a disease in the back, coupled with too much neglect of several sons to eventually lead to tragedy, but in any case, the ability to rank first is beyond doubt!
Summary: The above is the ranking of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, if you have different views, welcome to leave a message, pay attention, we exchange and discuss those interesting historical stories together!
Today's topic: Tang Gaozu Li Yuan and Tang Taizong Li Shimin, two fathers and sons, which of them has achieved greater achievements, and what brilliant achievements have each made?