As we all know, China's powerful dynasties are mainly the Han and Tang dynasties, economic, cultural, military have reached their peak, especially the Tang Dynasty, giving people the feeling that it is the dynasty of all states, which can be said to be the most powerful dynasty known in the world at that time. How did Datang develop from its peak to its decline in the later stages, and what was the fundamental reason?
Territory of Datang
The Tang Dynasty had a total of 289 years, 21 emperors, and 14th dynasty.
The tang dynasty was at its strongest in the era of Li Longji, the sixth emperor of Tang Xuanzong, who reached its peak in economic, military, cultural and other aspects, and this era of the Tang Dynasty also became the center of the world, and many countries came to China to make friendships, advocated Tang culture, and sent emissaries to China to study, do business and cultural exchanges. Kaiyuan is also the era name of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, which reached the peak of the history of the Tang Dynasty. From the reign of Zhenguan in the era of Tang Taizong Li Shimin to the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, after several generations of efforts and political reforms, the national strength reached an unprecedented strength, at this time, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, did not close their homes at night, the happiness of the people was high, and as the people of the Tang Dynasty, they felt extremely honored. The openness and compatibility of culture, feminism has gradually prevailed, especially when Wu Zetian became emperor, it is even more so that women have since looked up to be people, no longer completely dependent on men, confident, open-minded, open-minded, and bold, which is also incomparable to any other dynasty. Although during this period, there were also coups d'état within the court for power and profit, but none of them affected the stability of the country, and they were all alternate members of the imperial power, so they did not shake the foundation of the country. At this time of datang, there were many talents, and the wise generals were also loyal, guarding the border of datang and resisting foreign invasions.
Tang Taizong
The beginning of the decline of the Tang Dynasty was also in the late tang Xuanzong period, after experiencing the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty appeared to divide the feudal towns, invade each other, and the war year after year, which shook the foundation of the country, especially after experiencing the Anshi Rebellion, the national strength was greatly reduced, the war lasted for eight years, the destructive power was huge, the peasants were displaced, the land was annexed, the war caused the population to be sharply reduced, the capital city was destroyed, destroyed, the productive forces were seriously damaged, in order to suppress the feudal towns, the imperial power was constantly diluted, the feudal princes supported the army and respected themselves, and the tail was not lost. In order to obtain more territory and benefits, the various feudal towns did not hesitate to fight perennial wars and invade each other, and in the end, the national power was divided by the feudal towns, and they did not listen to the orders of the central imperial power, and the imperial power was further weakened. After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty could never go back to the past. Eunuchs, traitors, imperial power fell, about the later period, the power of the clan town grew, the central government could not control the local power, still its self-development, sometimes in order to suppress the clan town, but also need to borrow foreign forces to help. Especially in the late Tang Dynasty, the Huangchao rebellion had to requisition the Shatuo tribe Li Ke to deal with the town, drive out the Huangchao, and recover the lost land, but the new warlord forces that suppressed the Huangchao peasant uprising rose again, the power was bigger than before, more difficult to control, so that the national power was once again divided by several powerful warlords, under such internal and external difficulties, in the end, the Tang Dynasty imperial power was crumbling, and finally the strongest new warlord Zhu Wen usurped the throne, establishing the first state of the five generations of Hou Liang.
Yellow Nest
The Tang Dynasty thus disappeared on the stage of history, and the fundamental reason for the fall of the Tang Dynasty was that Tang Xuanzong was addicted to wine in the later period, desolate the government, appointed traitors, lacked the restraint and supervision of the local fan town forces, and finally, let the fan town forces rise, leading to the Anshi rebellion. After the succession of emperors, most of them were inactive, held hostage by eunuchs and traitors, the princes of the feudal towns went their own way, occupied one side, invaded each other, the war consumed the state's financial resources, destroyed the development of the productive forces, the peasants could not recuperate, the foreign tribes also took the opportunity to collude with local forces, internal and external difficulties, and finally, the national strength weakened, the credibility of the imperial power was lost, and the overthrow was also a reasonable thing.
Zhu Wen