Remember the days of old, when Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal and heroes rose across the land. Sixty-four rebellions stirred, and eighteen factions proclaimed their own reign names: Li Mi of Wagang, Xiao Xian of Jiangnan, Liu Longzhen of Youzhou, Dou Jiande of Mingzhou, Liang Shidu of Hezhou, Lin Shihong of Raozhou, Li Gui of Liangzhou, Shen Faxing of Huzhou, Xu Yuanlang of Yanzhou, Zhu Can of Chuzhou, Li Zitong of Dengzhou, Fu Gongyou of Jizhou, Liu Wuzhou of Shan Hou, Liu Heita of Jianzhou, Wang Shichong of the Eastern Capital, Yuwen Huaji of Yangzhou, Xue Ju of Lanzhou, and Tang Bi of Jinan. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan, and Tang Taizong Li Shimin campaigned east and west, crushing the eighteen rebel kings and the sixty-four insurgencies one by one, unifying the land and founding the Tang dynasty. During the Reign of Zhenguan, the country grew strong and its people prosperous, while the surrounding tribes paid tribute at court. The Kaiyuan Golden Age brought wealth and strength, making the Tang the greatest power of its time. But in the later years of Xuanzong's reign, the court grew extravagant and corrupt, and the An Lushan Rebellion shattered the realm. Though the dynasty struggled to recover, wars broke out on every side, its fortunes steadily declined, and its former glory faded. In its final years, under the rule of Emperor Yizong Li Cui and Emperor Xizong Li Xuan, the government was corrupt and oppressive, and the peasants…
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