Mention the Tang Dynasty, presumably most people think of a picture of prosperity, the influence of the Tang Dynasty on China is beyond time and space,
For example, its culture is still admired, admired and worshipped by modern people today.
But the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion
A large number of thrifty people have supported their own troops,
Although the central government of the Tang Dynasty had nominal dominance, its actual effects were difficult to implement in every army. In such a situation,
In order to consolidate and strengthen their own strength, the tooth soldier system was born and had an important impact in history.
The destruction of the prefectural military system and the dependence of moderation have encouraged the arrogance of the tooth soldiers
The people under the chaos of the world are fierce
As the saying goes, "The chaos of the world is out of the tyrant,
Almost every chaotic era can produce a large number of heroes and heroes.
With their ingenuity and superb martial arts, they broke through the chaotic world and reshaped the social order and hierarchy.
This was true from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, and it was still the case from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Fifth Dynasty.
In the chaotic world, the forces of all sides are fighting each other, wars are frequent, soldiers die in large numbers, and the lives of ordinary people are not effectively guaranteed.
Displacement after the bankruptcy of the family is even more commonplace.
In order to save his own life in the chaotic world,
People have had to improve their skills to increase their chances of survival, and their personalities and behaviors have changed accordingly.
In addition, due to the chaos of social order, mountain thieves and robbers are also frequently active, in order to resist their looting, the people have formed a fierce style over time. When a large number of people with a fierce style enter the army, it will only aggravate this atmosphere, and even increase with the increase in the number of battles.
The later arrogant posture of the tooth soldier system was also formed.
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The collapse of the military system at the end of the Tang Dynasty was also an important factor in the fierceness of the people.
The prefectural army is a system of integration of soldiers and farmers, which can concentrate a large number of surplus labor forces in society and give work, which can not only defend the country and maintain social stability, but also promote agricultural production.
However, this system was already in decline as early as the tang dynasty.
"Since emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu, the law of the fu soldiers has been broken, and the service has been changed, and many of them have not been timely, and the guards have died a little."
By the time of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang,
The prefectural military system was replaced by the conscription system,
Disappeared from the stage of history.
As a result of the destruction of the prefectural military system, people had to make a thorough decision on the status of peasant and soldier.
However, because he was born in a chaotic world, the peasants had no way to carry out normal production, so they could only choose to become soldiers.
Thus contributing to the fierce wind of the people.
An Lu Shan
The preference of the temperance envoys led to the cultivation of the character of the tooth soldiers
The emergence of tooth soldiers can be said to be the result of the fusion of Han culture and ethnic minority culture.
During the Tang Taizong period, in order to alleviate the contradictions between different ethnic groups, he appointed a large number of ethnic minority generals and officials, which enabled the culture between different ethnic groups to be spread and fully integrated, and the adopted child system that existed among the minority people also spread in the Tang Dynasty society at that time.
For example, Gao Kaidao once said, "Hundreds of soldiers, all brave soldiers, called 'righteous children', are often placed in the cabinet." "
The most important reason why they adopted their children was to cultivate cronies to expand their power. From this point of view,
The adoption of the adopted son and the tooth soldier system have the same magic,
It can even be said that it is the evolution and development of the adopted child system.
For example, the typical Wei Bo yabing in history was founded by Wei Bo under An Lushan, "still choosing its powerful and powerful people to defend themselves, called ya soldiers." "
Therefore, from the perspective of emotional color, the tooth soldiers are relative to other armies.
They are the commander's cronies and guards, and they are able to obtain more military resources and strategic equipment.
And once they have a special status, their psychology will change accordingly, first, they themselves
Have a stronger fighting ability than ordinary armies, and are not afraid of trouble.
Second, even if the basket is finally broken, the manager will do his best to keep them and not be destroyed. And jiedushi itself is also very dependent on the tooth soldiers, and does not dare to bind them with strict discipline provisions.
Gradually, a relationship of attachment was formed between them.
The arrogance of the tooth soldiers gradually increased.
Tang Dynasty tooth soldiers
The establishment of the tooth warrior system itself has a rebellious color
After the Anshi Rebellion, the central government of the Tang Dynasty suppressed the rebellion more safely and quickly.
Surrender measures began to be imposed on all the rebels.
Although many knots have transformed themselves into vassals who have nominally become vassals of the central government,
But its substantial military power and power have not been greatly reduced.
"Both its decline and decline, the number of the army is Fang Zhen, the largest of the town is more than ten states, and the small one is juggling three or four... The power of the world is divided from the present. "
Therefore, in terms of purely military strength, the Tang Dynasty not only had no advantage over the various envoys, but also needed to do its best to appease them in order to maintain a superficial state of peace. This also leads to the arrogance, arrogance, and arrogance of the emissaries,
More keen to strengthen the army to enrich their own strength.
In this case, many of the emissaries would choose to choose from their own place of domination
People with strong bodies and superb martial arts are organized into special "miscellaneous troops" - tooth soldiers,
It was also at this time that the tooth soldier system developed rapidly. Their physical fitness itself is at the top of the list, and after years of efficient training, their combat ability makes it even more difficult for other armies to compare.
They were regarded as an important tool for maintaining their rule, and they were also an important guarantee for the moderation to be able to be arrogant in front of the Tang Dynasty.
"If the Son of Heaven does not heal his strength, he will endure shame and dirt, so he caresses it, which is called a government of appeasement."
However, as the strength of this army of tooth soldiers became stronger
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In the end, even the manager is decided by themselves,
Its strength is evident. Therefore, in the eyes of the tooth soldiers, whether it is the Son of Heaven or the Emissary of Moderation,
Only if you have enough strength, you can make decisions about them,
Naturally, there is no need to have much respect for them.
The reason for the emergence of the tooth soldier system is doomed to the characteristics of the tooth soldier
Courage and good fighting are the most obvious characteristics
The reason why Jiedushi set up the Tooth Army was to strengthen his strength and achieve the final victory in the chaotic world.
Therefore, they set out to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the tooth army in all aspects. In terms of military resources, the recruitment of tooth soldiers is very wide, especially after the five generations and ten countries, and it has attracted a large number of rogues to join, which makes the tooth soldier army more difficult to tame.
But the corresponding thing is the super combat effectiveness of the tooth soldier army.
For example, Li Cunxun "dewei prefecture silver gun service festival is nearly 8,000 people, thinking that the pro-army, are brave and invincible, the battle of the river, really rely on its use, many special merits." "
It can be said that the success of every warlord during the five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty,
Both have an inseparable relationship with the tooth soldiers.
It can only be a product of the age of chaos
The tooth soldier system developed rapidly at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period,
The tooth soldiers played a huge role in promoting the historical development of that time.
As a capital used by ancient warlords to make a name for themselves and make meritorious achievements, it is often favored, but it is precisely because of this preference that the arrogance in the army of tooth soldiers has become more and more intense.
It is even more common to kill the commander-in-chief and change the flag and change the banner: Yi wu is surnamed thirteen kings, and the eight who have been killed in the country.
Tooth soldiers
However, during the Song Dynasty, after a series of reforms, Song Taizu directly strengthened the emperor's own control over the army, and the tooth military system was gradually abolished. therefore
The tooth soldier system can only exist in the chaotic era of fierce fighting,
Once in peacetime, it will be abolished first.
The powerful army of tooth soldiers had a profound impact on Tang society
The increase in the strength of the tooth soldiers directly strengthened the division of Tang society
In the balance of their own military forces, as the forces of the various knots grow, they "began to act exclusively on their own, and they were forced by the plot of interests, so that their joy was even horizontal and rebellious, and their anger was combined with strength, and even more so they rose up and weakened the royal family." "
The Tang Dynasty was no longer able to truly eliminate them in order to maintain the unity of the whole country.
And when the various knots made them have their own tooth soldier army, their strength increased again, not only making the tang Dynasty's dream of unification more difficult,
Even in the end it is almost impossible to maintain nominal rule,
The government of appeasement gradually became the government of weakness.
Under such circumstances, the ambitions of the emissaries will continue to expand with the growth of time and the enhancement of their own strength.
Wars became more frequent, and the more severe the social division of the Tang Dynasty.
The demise of Wei Boya's soldiers hastened the demise of the Tang Dynasty
As a powerful army, Wei Boya's arrogant style lasted for more than a hundred years.
Not only did it cause great chaos in society, but it also caused dissatisfaction among its managers.
Unable to really master Wei Boya and disgusted by their arrogance, Luo Shaowei always wanted to get rid of them quickly.
Wei Bo Ya Bing
Under the alliance with Zhu Wen, he "led hundreds of slaves to attack with Si Xun, and more than a thousand people stayed in Yacheng at the time, and Chi Ming did his best to punish them, and all eight thousand families were red, and the city of Zhou was empty." "
Although this move removed the hidden danger of rebellion of Wei Boya's soldiers,
But Luo Shaowei's own strength has been greatly weakened,
There was no longer the capital to compete with Zhu Wen, so he had to rely on him. Zhu Wen's power also expanded, and he directly claimed the title of emperor on behalf of Tang and became the person who destroyed the Tang Dynasty.
Although Wei Boya bing originated from the decline of the Tang Dynasty, the demise of the Tang Dynasty was more directly related to it.
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The birth of any system is closely related to a specific era and social environment, and its analysis is inseparable from the analysis of the environment, and the same is true of the tooth soldier system. As a tool for the ancient warlords to complete their ambitions,
The tooth soldiers themselves have a strong resistance color,
This doomed it to be unable to be as disciplined and disciplined as the regular army.
And the warlords' transformation of it is mainly to enhance combat effectiveness, and other aspects have almost been shelved.
Management is naturally difficult to keep up with, which leads to the development of tooth soldiers to the later stages, and the devouring master becomes the norm.
But it is precisely this nature that makes the tooth soldiers can only be implemented as a system in a chaotic world, and they cannot exist for a long time.