The Return of the High Tang

In the early Tang Dynasty, merchants had a very high status. After the Taiyuan Uprising, a group of aristocratic merchants recruited troops and contributed greatly. At that time, the status of the aristocratic family was very high, and quite a few of the children of the branch were engaged in business. In other words, they were official businessmen and red-top businessmen. After the establishment of Li Tang, the status of merchants was consolidated. Of course, after all, in an agricultural society, no matter how high the status of merchants was, it was impossible to climb above the heads of scholars. The most important thing is that the status of merchants is protected by law. The part of Tang Law involving merchants can be called the first commercial law in China. There are few types of commercial taxes, the burden is light, and there are no assessments and donations. Local officials who dare to set up checkpoints privately will be severely punished. Therefore, the early Tang Dynasty was a period when the interests of merchants were better protected. In the entire history of Chinese civilization, only the Song Dynasty could rival it. This is closely related to the many foreign wars in the early Tang Dynasty and the military system. Since expeditions often spanned thousands of miles, many supplies and spoils of war were transported by merchants. Soldiers equipped and maintained their own weapons and food. In addition to purchasing them from the government, most of them purchased them from merchants at low prices. During the Zhongzong period, there were lawsuits over this issue. In addition to ordinary merchants, Yangzhou's salt merchants and maritime merchants launched original letters of credit in record time, hundreds of years ahead of the West. It can be said to be a unique pride in the history of the Chinese nation. Unfortunately, due to the Anshi Rebellion, the land of Huainan was used to supply the country's military supplies, and wealthy merchants were under great pressure to pay donations and apportioned military expenditures. In the late Tang Dynasty, disasters continued, vassal towns were divided, and relevant legal protections disappeared. However, the living environment of merchants at that time was still far better than that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There is no life without business, as our little ancestor Li Longji said personally. The foundation of the Tang Dynasty's commercial society was devastated by the Huangchao Uprising. Millions of businessmen were killed, their properties were plundered, and the Chinese nation fell back into a dark period.

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Returning to the prosperous age and meeting Ming Jun, it is understandable that he will work honestly and leave a name behind him. However, shouldn't the last generation of this dynasty, the faint king, start the hegemony mode?

This chapter is a history written by the author himself. He has only heard that Guoheng was weak and perished, but only the Han Dynasty perished with strength. In the late Tang Dynasty, that bird-like appearance was worthy of being called strong!

I read three chapters. First of all, let me state that I personally like the style of this book. Here I am just analyzing this book from the perspective of a reader, hoping that the author can view this book from a different perspective. I guess the author must have a deep understanding of ancient Chinese, which is reflected in the article's half-literary and half-white style, which makes me feel very comfortable. In some small details, this book is very rigorous compared to other historical works, but I think this is both a strength and a weakness. In the mixed environment of Qidian Chinese website, not everyone knows something about ancient Chinese. Take me for example, if this book was published two years ago, I would definitely look confused and leave in the upper right corner. Maybe there is something wrong with what I said, and you are welcome to correct me. I will definitely correct my mistakes with humility, and please don't criticize me.

Even if you don't farm, it's just a castle in the air. I've read a lot of late Ming Dynasty articles, killing heaven and earth and killing the air, it's all fucking nonsense, the Little Ice Age, there's no food, it's all nonsense!

The ancients did not like high alcohol! What I like is rice wine. The alcohol content is not high and it is not harmful to the body. It is the only way to taste wine. Otherwise, who would taste those high-alcohol wines?

It's a very good book, and I don't feel it's poisonous at all. The background of the Tang Dynasty requires the author's writing skills and knowledge accumulation to be high. I hope the author can maintain this level and make the characters' IQs online~

Within a few days of time travel, I opened a farm tool shop, a seasoning shop, a food shop, a wine shop, and an ice shop... This is because I am afraid that I will not die quickly enough.

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