I secretly believe that the Tang Dynasty was prosperous only in comparison.
From the late Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, north and south, and then to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the political power was in turmoil and the people were displaced.
When the Bei clan was strong and powerful, the external environment was uneasy, the palace walls were jealous, and internal troubles were endless. Emperor Jinyang raised his army and gathered all the great achievements in the world. Emperor Taizong worked hard to govern, and the world was peaceful, and the prosperity of Zhenguan and Kaiyuan began.
The people are good, they want to have enough food and clothing all day long, they want to live in peace and enjoy their careers, they have children and grandchildren around their knees, and they die well, so they are called prosperous.
However, things must turn against each other when they are at their peak, and when they are at their peak, they will decline. Anshi was in chaos, and the glory of the Tang Dynasty was declining.
The book "Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty" narrates the history from Taizong's Xuanwu Revolution, the Wu clan's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion, to the Huangchao Civil Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and explores the history of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
I secretly believe that the Xuanwu Change caused chaos in Wang Gang but not in the country. The people of the world used thunderbolt methods and the speed of thunder to eliminate the troubles of brothers and worry about the ancestors. Although they were criticized by later generations, they are beneficial to the present generation.
The Wu clan's rebellion caused chaos in the clan. They usurped the Tang Dynasty to replace the Zhou Dynasty. The two clans of Li and Wu were at war with each other. They were also troubled by cruel officials and favored slaves.
However, she was finally able to return power to Li Tang and bring order out of chaos. The merits and demerits of a generation of empresses will be commented by future generations.
The Anshi Rebellion originated from the system of vassal towns and brought disaster to the people. All people in the world were miserable. In the morning, they bathed in hibiscus in the pool of Huaqing Palace, and in the evening they returned to the soil at the foot of Mawei slope.
Afterwards, there were rebellions by foreign relatives and disasters by internal eunuchs. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, chaos was spreading among the people.
