Great Tang: How to Become the Mastermind Behind the Xuanwu Gate Coup

After reading novels for so many years, I have always been curious. It has always been said that families invade the land of ordinary people. What about poor families? The poor families are not ordinary people, but declining aristocratic families. If they rise, won't they occupy the common people's land? There is a characteristic of today's novels. They almost describe poor families as white lotuses.

The princess of the Tang Dynasty, the general of the Song Dynasty, the official of Hongwu

The historical deduction in this book is okay, and it can be seen that it is proficient in history. But when it comes to industrial development, it's complete nonsense. Especially when it comes to trains and firearms manufacturing, it is written entirely from the perspective of a liberal arts student, thinking that he can just imagine the existence of the object. A train involves an explosion of parameter data. Only a professional team can do design work. Moreover, this team must be led by a boss who is proficient in trains as a whole. A train can be divided into systems such as body, steering, traction, power, braking, buffering, and assistance. Each system is a very complex research object and can become a doctoral topic in one direction, and each system requires experts. No matter how simple and primitive these systems are, when you can complete the design by yourself but let others manufacture the parts, as long as the finished product can be combined into a complete train + rails and can still run, you will be the industry benchmark. In the past few years, students from the Polytechnic University designed their own satellites and sent them to the sky, which became a hot news. Although the satellite launched was not groundbreaking, it was something that took a team several years to accomplish. These participating students were later scrambled by various aerospace institutes. This is a testament to the complexity of engineering creation. So, with a history buff, a group of craftsmen from the feudal era, and using cast iron from hundreds of years ago, how can you really make train tracks? This author also emphasizes the high precision of workers' hand rubbing. But what he probably doesn't know is that hand-made high-precision parts require various turning, milling, planing, grinding, and washing tools. The manufacture of these tools is a big trouble. The author probably thinks that craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty also had metalworking sets from the industrial era 😒 In addition, high-precision manufacturing skills are not something that leaders think they need, and the craftsmen below can produce them as required. Our country has entered the industrial age for decades. When we want to build high-precision instruments, we still need to engage in a large-scale war mode. Do you think there are not many eighth-level workers in a factory? Why are you still having a big war? It's not because it's a whole system. To be high-precision, you must first have a measuring instrument that is accurate enough. What measuring instruments did the Tang Dynasty have? Can it be measured by the author's eyes? Are eyes a ruler? Can you see at the micron level? So, just write the historical deduction honestly. If you make mistakes in writing that stuff, no one will laugh, because it is just fantasy in the first place. It's no problem to write about educational development. But don't write about industrial development. Your eyes are dirty and need to be washed.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the status of princesses was very high, not only because they were favored by the emperor, but also had a high political status... In addition, the princes-in-law in the Tang Dynasty were basically vassal to the political status of the princess... The status of prince-son-in-law in the early Tang Dynasty In the early Tang Dynasty, the prince-son-in-law (the princess's husband) was mostly from a hero's family or a high-ranking noble, and was often used as a tool for political marriage. His status was superficially respected but in fact he was vassal to the princess, and his official career and family autonomy were limited. - **Selection and origin**: In the early days, the selection of princes-in-law was institutionalized, based on literary etiquette and talent, and the best were selected from famous families. It was often used as a reward or a means for the emperor to win over heroes. For example, during the period of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, the "heroic" consorts, such as Chai Shao (who married Princess Pingyang), came from a high family in Guanlong, and their status was derived more from family inheritance than from the marriage itself. There are no strict blood restrictions in the selection, and even relatives are allowed to "increase relatives". During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the requirements were further relaxed, allowing unrelated descendants of famous generals to be selected. - **Political and career status**: The prince-in-law is usually awarded the title of "Captain Prince-in-law" and serves as a third-grade foreign official (inspector). He appears to be of high rank but has no real power, no salary, and no formal position, and his career development is limited. Among the 163 princes-in-law in the entire Tang Dynasty, only a few (such as 2 to prime minister and 10 to jiuqing) had significant achievements, and most of them were idle. The political risks are high, there is no exemption when it comes to family mistakes, and execution is often faced (for example, more than 20 princes-in-law were killed throughout the Tang Dynasty). Although the prince-in-law was relatively high in the early days (for example, Chai Shao was able to inherit the family's political legacy), starting from Fang Yiai (who married Princess Gaoyang), his status began to decline and it was difficult to transform it into real power. - **Marriage and Family Roles**: The prince-in-law is like a vassal in the princess's house. All wealth and servants are controlled by the princess. He cannot take concubines. If the princess dies, he will have to mourn for three years and lose traditional male dignity. Many consorts have to tolerate the princess's strong and bad behavior, such as Fang Yiai who tolerated the affair between Princess Gaoyang and the monk. This makes marrying a princess regarded as a "high-risk" matter, and the society regards it as "having an officialdom on a plain land, which is terrible". The children of public ministers, new scholars and even magicians all refuse to do so.

So far, no big problem. It is unreasonable to reveal that the protagonist started planning the Xuanwumen rebellion four years ago. Li Er has always wanted to cover up the fact that he rebelled. You started planning four years ago. Didn't you make it clear that you were rebelling?

Nowadays, the abilities of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian are being praised to the heavens on the Internet. Why are they two of them from a poor family? Didn't they have the ability to oppose the aristocratic family at that time? Not at all. Those two people used the power of the Shandong gentry to suppress the meritorious veterans. The common emperor's balancing method was blown to the sky. Another point is that these two guys later randomly granted official positions, especially Wu Zetian, which ruined the Tang Dynasty's finances. It was from the two of them that the aristocratic family became powerful. Later, Li Longji briefly suppressed the aristocratic family. Later, after the Anshi Rebellion, the aristocratic family could no longer suppress it. The subsequent prime ministers were basically members of the aristocratic family.

The aristocratic families and the Five Surnames and Qiwang are not as awesome as everyone thinks. Historically, it is very interesting that those aristocratic families once married their daughters to businessmen and made a lot of money. Li Er even scolded him about this matter, saying that the family would not even give up their face for money. In order to highlight the protagonist's awesomeness, the novel will create a powerful opponent for the protagonist. To travel through the Tang Dynasty, you must belong to the Qiwang and Guanlong nobles of the Five Surnames; to travel through the Ming Dynasty, you must belong to the civil service group

Is the daughter of the fifth surname Qiwang very noble? Qi Wang, the fifth surname, married his daughter to a businessman for a small gift. Li Shimin had many daughters with the surname Wu Qiwang in his harem.

Have you changed your name? The new name is good for your hips.

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