How did the Anshi Rebellion that lasted for eight years caused the Datang Empire to fall from the prosperity?

The Tang and Han dynasties were the pinnacle of the feudal dynasty in China. The Han Dynasty opened up the Silk Road and strengthened the connection between the Western Regions and the Central Plains. The Tang Dynasty was the most powerful country in the world at that time. Changan was also the largest city in the world. Nothing, coupled with the settlement of the capital in the Western Regions, officially opened up the Silk Road, the extension of the Tang Dynasty and the world was unprecedented, so that it was called "Tang people" overseas today. The Tang Dynasty also became one of the most open and powerful dynasties in ancient my country.

And such a powerful empire did not have the prosperity of people imagined, and Yuyang raised the sound. How many people worked hard to operate the Huamei Building, which was built between the night. So how can the Tang Dynasty become so prosperous? How did the Anshi Rebellion that lasted for eight years caused the Datang Empire to fall from the prosperity? What role did Xuanzong play the heyday of creating a prosperous world and seeing it? What impact of this great rebellion on the Tang Dynasty? Regarding these issues, regardless of historians and ordinary readers, they have some or less interpretation of themselves. But academic works are difficult, and the understanding of ordinary people may not be comprehensive. Is there any book that can be rigorous and not too obscure?

Recently, in the "Polishment of the Shengshi: Politics, War and Poetry of the Tang Dynasty and Anshi" published by Tianxi Culture and Tiandi Publishing House, the author Guo Jianlong explained the prosperity of the readers from the three major dimensions of finance, military, and politics. How the fatal illness behind Tang dragged the Tang Empire to the abyss.

Guo Jianlong's 2022 new work, "Tang and Song Shengshi Double Combined Drama" in the second part

Author Guo Jianlong is a free writer and social observer. He has been a reporter from the 21st Century Business Herald. He has had in -depth research on ancient Chinese history and modern history of the world over the years. His most popular works are the "Empire Code Trilogy" series ("The Financial Code of the Central Empire", "The Philosophy of the Central Empire", "The Military Code of the Central Empire") and "The Block of Jingjing". "The Block of Jingjing" concentrated on the last few years of the Northern Song Dynasty, especially the last year, and discussed the reasons for the death of the Northern Song Dynasty. After the book was listed, the response was strong, and it became a good word of mouth of the Song history enthusiast. Later, Guo Jianlong planned to write this "The collapse of the prosperous age" to explore the prosperity of the Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty and the subsequent Anshi Rebellion. Regarding this book, the author said in the "Postscript" that "the collapse of the prosperous age" and another book "The Bird of the Jingjing" constitute a set of 'Tang and Song Shengshi Double Drama'. These two books record the history of Chinese history Two gorgeous dynasties, the Tang Dynasty because of its martial arts, and the Song Dynasty because of its culture. "

As a history of history written by narrative brushwork, "The collapse of the prosperous age" continues the consistent style of Guo Jianlong's history, relying on the "New Tang Book", "Old Tang Book", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", "Sui Shu", "Reading History Fang" A large number of classics such as the Minutes of the Tang Dynasty, from the designs of a series of system design in the Tang Dynasty, began to start with the complex socio -economic crisis, the relationship between the central and local government of the Tang Empire, and the changes in the external military regime of the Tang Dynasty. In -depth inspections, trying to trace the great prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, how to build a step by step, and how it quickly collapsed. In the historical context of the building, the emperor, virtuous phase, generals, and gathering groups, and struggling in the torrents, ups and downs Different choices and endings of literati. There are both calm and restrained writing and historical reliability, which perfectly combines the historical value of this book with literary nature.

Tracing the full historical details of the chaos of Anshi, the panorama presents the true hundred state of this history

Guo Jianlong divided this book into two parts: "Shengshi" and "Collapse". In "The Shengshi", he carefully told how the Tang Dynasty moved step by step. What are the gains and losses; and "Collapse" tells about the collapse of the Datang's prosperous self -fishery and the drums, and finally the rebellion successfully and reshaping the rule. During this period, the Tang army and the rebels had the gains and losses of the army.

Any writing requires enough information. In the early days of printing in the Tang Dynasty, the printing of books has not been fully popularized, and the records of the Tang people are more legendary and lack of historical facts and credibility. To this end, Guo Jianlong made a lot of efforts before writing. In addition to reference to the relevant history, he also deeply tapped the Tang poetic notes. From it to the detailed records of the prosperous and Anshi chaos of Kaiyuan and his own experience, he tried his best to make up for the positive history. Insufficient records.书中从政治、经济、军事、文化等多方面进行全面的考察，所记载的人物除皇帝、宰相、高官、武将之外，还有文人，主要是诗人，如李白、杜甫、王维、高Wait -they are struggling and ups and downs in historical torrents, not only the footsteps of the prosperous world, but also the epitome of participants in this era. By showing the circumstances and final choices faced by these people, readers can experience the lives and experiences of people's life and experience in the chaos, so as to have a more specific understanding and deeper touch of the collapse of the prosperous world.

The systemic disease of the pulse empire and the deep cause behind the changes of the Tang Dynasty

In the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, after several generations of emperors' efforts, in the Xuanzong Dynasty, it finally ushered in the prosperity of the Kaiyuan. However, in just a decade, it was collapsed under the witness of Xuanzong, the founder of Xuanzong. The reasons for this have the defects and decision -making mistakes of Xuanzong, but the hidden diseases since the founding of the Tang Dynasty -vicious party contention, fiscal crisis, land issues, military reforms, military diseases, the central government, local separatist forces, monarchs and people's various contradictions Expinion ... These problems are the root causes of the Tang Dynasty's prosperous age. In the book, Teacher Guo Jianlong explored these issues of the Tang Dynasty, and combined with various research and research to give his own analysis and evaluation. For example, in the book, "Wedding" is based on the title of "the prosperous world destroyed by war", and it points out a strong shadow behind the prosperous world: the sides of the Tang Dynasty. In the Wedding ", the" masterpiece "of the well -known general Gao Xianzhi in the Rebellion of Anshi -attack Xiaobo's law. The origin of this discussion was the tap of the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo on the border. In order to facilitate the attack of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo and his pro -primary had the right to borrow the law of the Taoism. This time the expedition is successful. From the difficulty point of view, it is almost the limit of ancient expedition from the north to the glacier attack. Essence Gao Xianzhi also won the extremely generous reward of Tang Xuanzong this time because of this martial arts, and was named the four -town of Anxi, so he showed a stronger ambition and greed, and launched a war against the stone country in Central Asia. Sheng captured King Shi and obtained a lot of wealth. However, the prince Shi Guo fled and united the Arab Empire to attack the Tang army. Gao Xianzhi led 30,000 people and the Arab Empire Army encountered a war in Laoros, and the Tang army was almost annihilated in this battle. Some opinions believed that the battle of the Keros determined the National Games of the two countries. Since then, the Tang Dynasty has fallen into a slump, which exaggerates the importance of this war. However, for the Tang Dynasty, when the emperor decided to show off the prosperous age with force, it was decided that he would have more and more power, and the more and more wars that they launched for power would gradually ruin the government's finances. The prosperous world was slowly corroded and infringed, and the gorgeous appearance was the wormhole. The Anshi Rebellion is the last help to push the prosperous age. Even without this huge change, the political dangers left by Xuanzong will direct other chaos. In this regard, the book has more detailed interpretations.

A novel perspective and a comprehensive view of the Tang Dynasty collapse of the Tang Dynasty

Why did the Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty born? What are the hidden dangers of the Tang Dynasty's fiscal system? Why did Xuanzong change the years, why should he show off the prosperous world with martial arts? Why does Jiediao appear, what are the functions and disadvantages of it? ... All these questions can be found from the book one by one. In the "Collapse" in the second half, Guo Jianlong focused on the military and the rebels' offensive and defensive ways. Taiyuan Guardian War, Heyang Battle, and Blood Battle in Puyang had a detailed analysis of the gains and losses of the battle and loss of a large and small battle in Puyang.

For example, Li Guangzhang's defense in Taiyuan. Ordinary people think that they should hurry up and add time to the city wall before the rebels coming, but Li Guangzhang believes that the walls of Taiyuan City have forty miles long. Soldiers and migrant workers are exhausted. He chose to use less manpower and material resources: Digging the Hucheng River outside Taiyuan, and the dug out of the river brought back to the city to make bricks. Then when the rebels attacked, they first resisted the city of the city and observed where the walls of the city were weaker in the offensive. Use bricks to quickly repair the damage. This dynamic repair is more efficient and targeted. Li Guangzheng himself is also good at the advantages of each soldier. He made good use of the technical talents discovered from the soldiers, launched authentic warfare, and made cannons (the cannons fired stones at the time). Keeping this Tang army and the rebels that could not be kept in Taiyuan City, and for the Tang army, they fought against the Tang army. With these wonderful explanations, the image of historical figures is more fresh.

In addition to the above -mentioned military examples, there are more interpretations on the political and economic of the Tang Dynasty. What is the relationship between Lushan's troops and the internal fighting tradition of the Tang Dynasty, inheriting how the complex fiscal and tax systems of the Northern Wei and Sui Dynasty affect the Tang Dynasty's military system and foreign policy ... Among them, Guo Jianlong's sentence is extremely profound: "The Tang Dynasty's The problem can be summarized as the three categories: there is no internal fighting without bottom line, and constantly squeezing the northern part of the financial space of the central government, and the chaotic fiscal system. "He analyzed the various causes and consequences of the prosperity and decline of the Tang Dynasty around these issues. Let the vivid historical figures real and clearly go to the readers, showing the politics, war and poetry of this strong and prosperous dynasty.

Author of this article: Wei Shanshan

Editor in this issue: Wang Jie Trial: Li Yun

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