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  táng tài zōng shì mín( 599 nián 1 yuè 23 649 nián 7 yuè 10 ), shì táng cháo 'èr wèi huáng míng de shì shì 'ān mín hàn lǒng chéng jīn gān shěng tiān shuǐ qín 'ān xiànrénzhèng zhì jiājūn shì jiāshū jiāshī rénpíng dòu jiàn wáng shì chōng zhī hòushǐ liàng jiē chù wén xué shū yòu bǎo chuán shì wèi wéi hòu tīng qún chén de jiàn xué wén zhì tiān xiàchéng gōng zhuǎn xíng wéi zhōng guó shǐ shàng zuì chū míng de zhèng zhì jiā míng jūn zhī táng tài zōng kāi chuàng liǎo shǐ shàng dezhēn guān zhī zhì”, jīng guò zhù dòng xiāo miè shì xīn jiànzài guó nèi xíng jié yuēshǐ bǎi xìng xiū yǎng shēng zhōng shǐ shè huì chū xiàn liǎo guó tài mín 'ān de miàn wéi hòu lái de kāi yuán shèng shì diàn dìng liǎo zhòng yào de chǔjiāng zhōng guó chuán tǒng nóng shè huì tuī xiàng dǐng shèng shí
   shēng shí jiānsuí wén kāi huáng shí nián shí 'èr yuè 'èr shí 'èr gōng yuán 599 niánhéng héng táng tài zōng zhēnguàn 'èr shí sān nián( 649 nián yuè 'èr shí liù ( 50 suì
   miào hào : tài zōng
   shì hàowén huáng táng gāo zōng jiā shì wén shèng huáng táng xuán zōng jiā shì wén shèng huáng wén shèng guǎng xiào huáng
   shǐ wèimín yīng xióngtiān hànqiān
  
  【 táng tài zōng zǎo nián
   táng tài zōng suí kāi huáng shí nián shí 'èr yuè 'èr shí 'èr gōng yuán 599 niánchū shēng gōng bié guǎnshì táng gāo yuān dòu huáng hòu de gōng yuán 614 nián zhǎngsūn shì jiǔ nián yuè 'èr shí wéi huáng hòu zhǎngsūn huáng hòu
   suí shí nián( 615 nián), suí yáng bèi jué shí wàn wéi kùn yàn ménjīn shān dài xiàn), shì mín yìng cóng tún wèi jiāng jūn yún dìng xīng qián wǎng jiù yuán chū zhāng jūn róngzhòu yǐn jīng shù shí zhēng xiāng yìng de bīng shí zhí dōng zhū jùn yuán bīng zhì xīn kǒujīn xīn xiàn běi), shǐ jué shǐ kèhán jiě wéi 'ér shí sān nián liù yuè xiōng jiàn chéng shuài bīng gōng jīn fén yáng), shǒu zhàn huò shèng shǐ yuān jué xiàng guān zhōngrèn yòu lǐng jūn tǒng yòu sān jūnfēng dūn huáng jùn gōng yuè suí yuān tài yuánjīn tài yuán nánnán xià zhōng yuān dòng yáo hái shī gèng hòu shì mín jiān jué zhù zhāng jìn jūn chū xiān xián yánghào lìng tiān xià de fāng lüè yuèjìn gōng huò jīn huò zhōu), xiān shuài qīng zhì chéng xiàyòu suí shǒu jiāng sòng lǎo shēng chū zhàn 'ér shuài měng chōng bèipèi yuānjiàn chéng zhèng miàn gōng zhǎn sòng lǎo shēng chéngjiǔ yuèjūn zhì dōngjīn yǒng nán), zhù jìn jūn cháng 'ānjīn 'ān), suì fèng mìng shuài qián jūn huáng shùn zhàn lǐng wèi běi háo qiáng fēn zhì jūn mén tóu xiàoshù zhī nóng mín jūn lái guī bīng xùn zhǎn zhì 13 wàn rénshí yuèhuì zhū jūn gōng cháng 'ān yuān dài wáng yáng yòu wéi suí gōng gǎi shí sān nián wéi níng yuán nián guāng dàjiàng jūntài wèi táng gōng wéi jiǎ huáng yuèshǐ chí jié nèi wài zhū jūn shìshàng shū lìng chéngxiàngjìn fēng táng wáng shì mín wéi jīng zhào yǐngǎi fēng qín gōng níng 'èr nián sān yuèwéi yòu yuán shuài fēng zhào guó gōng
   tóng nián( 618 nián yuèsuí gōng shànwèi tángtáng wáng huáng wèiguó hào tánggǎi yuán yuán nián zhào gōng shì mín wéi shàng shū lìngyòu wèi dàjiàng jūnjìn fēng qín wáng
   táng cháo jiàn hòuwéi tǒng quán guóxiān hòu jìn xíng liǎo liù de zhàn zhè liù zhàn shì mín jiù zhǐ huī liǎo quán liǎo shèng wéi táng wáng cháo xià liǎo zhàn gōng
   shì duì lǒng yòu xuē tuán de zhàn táng yuán niánxuē shuài jūn jìn gōng guān zhōngshuāng fāng zài xiàn shǎn cháng xiàn shēng zhànzài zhè shì mín liǎo shēng zhōng wéi de bài zhàngtuì huí cháng 'āndàn jiǔ biàn zài qiǎn shuǐ yuán zhī zhàn chè bài xuē jūnxiāo miè liǎo lǒng dōng tuán
   'èr liú zhōu juénán xià jìn gōng táng cháogōng zhàn liǎo jìn yáng shì mín wèi jiān xiǎnzhōng kuì liǎo rén zhù bìng chéng shèng zhuī liǎng tiān chī fànsān tiān jiě jiáchè xiāo miè liǎo jūnshōu liǎo diū shī de
   sān shì duì wáng shì chōng dòu jiàn de zhàn zhè zhàn guī wéi táng tǒng zhàn zhēng zhōng zuì dezài zhè zhàn zhōng shì mín xiān jiāng wáng shì chōng bàiwéi kùn zài luò yánglìng liáng cǎo gōng yìngdài jiù zài luò yáng jiāng xià wèi xià zhī shí běi de dòu jiàn jūn shí wàn zhòng hào chēng sān shí wàn wéi jiù yuán wáng shì chōng rán chū xiàn zài táng jūn bèi hòu shì mín pái zhòng zài láo zhī zhàn zhōng bài dòu jiàn jūnshēng qín dòu jiàn luò yáng de wáng shì chōng zhǐ tóu jiàngzhè shì mín liǎng liǎo jué dìng xìng de shèng
   shì píng dìng liú hēi de zhàn liú hēi shì dòu jiàn de xià dǎzháo wéi dòu jiàn chóu de hàozài běi bīng fǎn táng shì mín zhǐ huī liǎo píng dìng bīng de zhàn jǐn jǐn liǎng yuè jiù liǎo shèng 。( liǎng zhàn shì yóu xiào gōng zhǐ huī de píng dìng wēi de jiāng huái jūn píng dìng jiāng líng wéi gēn de xiāo de liáng zhèng quán)。
   shì mín wēi wàng lóngyóu shì zài láo zhī zhàn hòu jìn cháng 'ān shíshòu dào fēn jūn mín huáng de zhāo dài nián dōng shí yuèfēng wéi tiān shàngjiànglǐng xiá dōng dào xíng tái shàng shū lìngshí zēng zhì 'èr wàn gāo yòu xià zhào tiān zhì guān shǔyǎn rán xíng chéng xiǎo zhèng gòu
   shì mín zài zhàn dǒu zhōng zhù zhòng zhàn qián zhēn chásuī xiǎndàn měi zhàn dǒu dōunéng zuò dào zhī zhī shàn zhì zào zhàn dāng qiáng ruò shí jīng cháng yòngjiān cuò ruìde zhàn tuō kuǎ rénzhàn dǒu zhōng shēn xiān shì qīn shuài lǐng bīng zhènshèng hòu yǒng zhuī qióng kòu gěi rén chuǎn zhī yīn huò liǎo měi zhàn de shèng zài tǒng biān jiāng de zhàn zhēng zhōng yùn chóu wéi jué shèng qiān míng zhī jiāngxuǎn liáng cái liǎo zhàn zhēng de shèng shì mín yòng zhuó yuè de jūn shì cái néngwéi táng guó de jiàn zhǎn zuò chū liǎo de gòng xiàn kuì wèiwǒ guó shǐ shàng jié chū de jūn shì jiā de gōng yǒng chuí qīng shǐ
  
  【 xuán mén zhī biàn
  
    xuán mén zhī biàn shēng táng gāo jiǔ nián( 626 nián)。 617 nián yuān zài shì mín zhī chí xià zài tài yuán bīng fǎn suí bìng hěn kuài zhàn lǐng cháng 'ān。 618 niánsuí yáng bèi wén huà shā zhī hòu yuān jiàn táng cháobìng shì jiàn chéng wéi tài shuō tài yuán bīng shì shì mín de móu lüè yuān céng dāyìng shì chéng zhī hòu wéi tài dàn tiān xià píng dìng hòu shì mín gōng míng shèng yuān què yóu jué jiàn chéng suí lián wáng yuán pái shì mín yuān de yōu róu guǎ duàn shǐ cháo zhōng zhèng lìng xiāng chōng jiā liǎo zhū de bīng róng xiāng jiànshì nián jiàn chéng xiàng yuān jiàn yóu yuán zuò tǒng shuài chū zhēng juéjiè yào zhù qín wáng de bīng fáng zhǐ shì mín cuàn duó huáng tài zhī wèi shì mín zài wēi shí jué dìng bèi shuǐ zhànxiān zhì rénqiǎng xiān shā jiàn chéng yuán zhè jiù shì shǐ shàng yòu míng de xuán mén zhī biànxuán mén shì biàn zhī hòu jǐn jǐn sān tiān shì mín biàn bèi wéi huáng tài cóng qīn shǒu jiē guò zhèng de shí kòng zhì quán yuè chū jiǔtáng gāo bèi tuì wèi shì mín biàn zuò liǎo táng wáng cháo de 'èr wèi huáng
  
  【 shǐ xué píng jià
  
  《 xīn táng shū》:
   shèn zhì zhì zhī jūn shì chū yòu tiān xiàchuán shí yòu liù wángér shǎo kāng yòu zhōng xīng zhī tānɡ yòu tiān xiàchuán 'èr shí wángér shèn shèng zhěhào chēng sān zōng wáng yòu tiān xiàchuán sān shí liù wángér chéngkāng zhī zhì xuān zhī gōng suǒ chēng yānsuīshī》《 shūsuǒ zàishí yòu jué lüèrán sān dài qiān yòu bǎi niánchuán shí jūn zhuó rán zhù jiàn hòu shì zhě liù jūn 'ér wèi nán
  《 jiù táng shūpíng jià
   shǐ chén yuēchén guān wén huáng duō cōng míng shén rén dǎng zhì xián jìn cáisuǒ yùchíyóu chóu 'ér yuàn qīng xīn zhōuliú shū yuǎn 'ér wěi jūn héngzhōng píng tài jiēliàng yóu dàocháng shì lùn zhīchǔ rùn yún xīngchóng míng zhōng yuèsuī yáoshùn zhī shèng néng yòng chóu qióng 'ér zhì píng zhī xián néng wéi xià jiéyīn xīn 'ér chāng shèngjūn chén zhī zāo nán zhì jué pōu xīnchóng liú jīn zhuóliáng yóu zāo zhí zhī fángwèi zhī zhì qiūsuì néng zūn zhù mín zhězāo shí kuàng zhōu zhōu chéng zhī shì yòu yánjiào hàn wénhàn zhī huī hóng duō cán tīng duàn huòcóng shàn liúqiānzǎi chēng rén 'ér
   jīng zàizhēnguàn zhèng yào · zhōng shuō:“ tài zōng shí zhèng huàliáng guānzhèn 'ér láiwèi zhī yòu 。”
  《 zhēnguàn zhèng yào lùn de zhuàn zhě yuán cháo de zhí shuō:“ tài zōng zhī zhèng xīn xiū shēn zhī dào jiā míng lún zhī fāngchéng yòu kuì 'èr sān wáng zhī shì rán 'ér jiànrèn xián 'ér shǐ nénggōng jiǎn 'ér jié yòng kuān hòu 'ér 'ài mín sān dài 'ér xiàjué 'ér jǐn yòu zhě hòu zhī rén jūn shàn zhě 'ér cóng zhī shàn zhě 'ér gǎi zhī jiāo yòu suǒ !” zhè suǒ shuōtài zōng zài zhèng xīn xiū shēn jiā míng lún fāng miànyòu kuì 'èr sān wáng zhī shìzhù yào shì zhǐ tài zōng xiōng jiàn chéng de huáng wèi zhī zhēng
   míng xiàn zōng zài mìng chén dìng zhèng zhòng kānzhēnguàn zhèng yàoshí xiě dào:“ tài zōng zài táng wéi dài yīng míng zhī jūn shì kāng mínwěi yòu chéng lièzhuó suǒ zhězhèng xīn xiū shēnyòu kuì 'èr sān wáng zhī dàoér zhì wèi chún 。”
  
  【 fēng gōng wěi
  
  1. de yòng rénduì rén cái de shǐ yòng lǐng dǎo dào liǎo gāo de jìng
  2. huì yǎnkàn dào liǎo rén liàng de chōng fēn rèn shí dào jūn wáng shíliáng chén jiàngfāng yòu měi wèn shìduì chén de xiàng jìn zhī yán huò cǎi
  3. duàn zhuān xíngchū què liǎo sān quán fēn xiāng jiān de zhèng zhì guǎn zhì guī dìng lìng shèn zhì bāo kuò yǐng xiǎng guó jiā zhèng de fēnzhǐ mén xià shěng shěn chá shǔ hòu fāng shēng xiào bǎo zhèng liǎo zhèng de xíng xìng shí xiàn bìng jiū zhèng jué liǎo liáng zhèng duì guó jiā rén mín de wéi hài yǐng xiǎng
  4. rèn shí dào rén mìng zhì zhòng wàng shā de zhèng zhèng guī dìng xíng sān zòuwài zòu shěn zhǔn hòu fāng xíng xíngzhè jiù nán rèn rén men xiǎng zhēnguàn nián( 630 niánquán guó pàn xíng cái 29 rénzhēnguàn liù nián( 632 niánquán guó xíng fàn 390 réntài zōng shěn chá shí lìng quán 390 rén huí jiā tuán niándài lái nián qiū shōu hòu huí lái xíngjiēguǒ 390 rén jūn zhǔn shí dào lái rén táo wáng
  5. tài zōng cháo gōng zhī shèngchú duì gāo zhàn zhēng shàng méi yòu zhàn lüè shèng wài liǎo huī huáng de shèng dōng juétǔyùhúngāo chāngān zhèn běi xuē yán tuó děng), zhè dāng shí de guó jūn duì zhàn dǒu zhěng zhàn lüèyòng rén xuǎn jiāng pèi guò chéng xié diào zhì děng zhòng yào yīn shì fēn kāi deyīn zài zhōng huá shǐ shàng de míng jiāng míng xiāngzhòngzhēnguàn cháo zhàn yòu xiāng dāng de zài zhōng huá jūn shì shǐ shàngzhēnguàn cháo de zhàn duō bèi yǐn yòng
  6. tūn tiān xià detiān hàn zhì shì mín duō shǎo xià duōjīng diǎn zhī jiù shì zài wèi shuǐ dān xià tuì jué 10 wàn jīng jiù duì sòng zhēn zōng zài kòu zhǔn zài jiān chí qǐng qiú xià cái miǎnqiǎng zài jūn wèi xià dào chán zhōu nán chéngér yòu yào zhàn zhàn jīng jīng de shàng yào huí shì děng de tiān rǎng zhī bié 'ā
  7. xiōng huái hǎi tǒng de mín wài jiāo zhèng tài zōng cháo de mín wài jiāo zhèng liǎo huī huáng de shèng hǎi zhī nèi zhǐ yào zhī dào zhōng guó de jūn nèi táng wéi róng shǔ men dàn tóng táng rén yàng yóu zài de shēng cúnhái zuò guānzhù míng de shǎo shù mín jiànglǐng 'ā shǐ zhí shī xìn hēi chǐ cháng zhīnǎi zhì hòu shì de gāo xiān zhī guāng děngdōu wéi táng cháo zuò chū liǎo jié chū gòng xiànzài men shēn shàng zhèng hǎo fǎn yìng chū shì mín mín zhèng de guāng huīxiàn zài de táng réntáng rén jiē zhèng shí shí fán róng qiángwēi jiá hǎiwén zhī bāng de shēng dòng xiě zhào
  8. wán shàn zhì xīng bàn xué xiàozhòng shì jiào huó dòng guān xuǎn pìndāng shí de guó xuétài xué zhī shèng fāng yòu shǎo xué xiào cái nán xiǎng dāng shí de jiào huà tóng shí dāng shí de guī fàn huàkǎo xuǎn gōng píng jìn shì zuì wéi jié chū cái yòu tài zōng jiàn xīn jìn shì guàn 'ér chū yántiān xià yīng xióng zhèn gòu ”, táng cháo de jiào wéi zhèng zhì shàng gōng yōu xiù rén cái tóng wén huà jīng suǐ héng héng táng shī jīng zhǎn zuò chū jié chū gòng xiàn
  9. gōng shū wén tài zōng huáng rén xiū yǎng tiān gāozài shū tóng wén shàng yòu míng zài hóng yáng zhī chí xiàcái yòu táng dài shū wén xué shù zhī shèng
  10. chàng dǎo lián zhèngjié jiǎn zhòng shì nóng tián shuǐ tài zōng cháo zài lián zhèng jiàn shè fāng miàn shì xiāng dāng chéng gōng de bìng méi yòu xiàng zhū yuán zhāng yàng yán chéng tān guān ér shì jiàn lián jié fèng gōngzūn shǒu de zhōng yāng lǐng dǎo bān zhòng shì fāng zhǎngguān xuǎn dāng shí cháo tíng zhōng shǎo qīng xiāng jiā jìng pín kùnwēn yàn dài zhòu zhì níngwèi zhēngzhāng xuán děng děngzài jiā shàng liáng hǎo fēng de xuān chuán xíng zhèng jiān shí fáng liǎo guān yuán fàn cuòyīn dāng shí de guān yuán xiāng dāng fèng gōng shǒu lián jié tài zōng huáng jiào zhù jié jiǎn làn yòng mín zhù mín xiū dāng shí shè huì xíng chéng liǎo zhǒng qiú shí de zuò fēngtài zōng huáng xiāng dāng zhòng shì nóng jīng guān wài xún huí jīng tài zōng xiān wèn shìyīn tài guànlǐ nóng shí wéi bèi 'ér gēnggǎi
  11. yóu shè huì 'ān dìngshāng jīng dào zhǎnquán guó xīn xīng liǎo duō shāng chéng shìchéng shì yòu xiāng dāng de zhǎnguǎng zhōuháng zhōuyáng zhōuchéng jiāng língliáng zhōu děng chéng shì jīng zhǎn xiāng dāng xùn měngcháng 'ān tóng luò yáng zuò wéi shì jiè jīng huì jiù yán 'ér liǎozhè wéi fēng jiàn jīng dēng dǐng diàn dìng liǎo jiān shí de chǔ
  12. duì xuán zàng xué de zhī chí tóng yóu de kěn dìng tōng bìng wéi zǒu láng chóu zhī dōng lián xīn luó běn jìn liǎo zhōng wén huà jiāo liú jīng zhǎnwén chéng gōng zhù xià jià tǔbōshǐ tǔbō cóng zhì shè huì mài fēng jiàn shè huìkāi bìng jìn liǎo xīzàng de zhǎn
   zōng shàng suǒ shùtáng tài zōng shì mín kuì wèiwǒ guó shǐ shàng wèi wěi de zhèng zhì jiāshū jiāzhuó yuè de lǐng xiùyǐng xiǎng zhōng huá nǎi zhì shì jiè jìn chéng de jié chū rén wéi zhōng huá mín tóng rén mín zuò chū liǎo jié chū gòng xiànliú xià liǎo huī yào qiān de fēng gōng wěi jīng shén cái yīn shòu dào rén men de chóng jìngzhù dōng yáng xiān shēng suǒ shuō shì kǒng zhī hòu zhōng guó shǔyīshǔ 'èr de wěi rén”。
  
  【 zhēn guān zhī zhì
   zhēn guān zhī zhì
   xíng chéng yuán yīn
   
   suí cháo zhèng zhì zhì jīng fán róng wéi táng cháo jiā qiáng zhōng yāng quán zhǎn jīng chuàng zào liǎo tiáo jiànér suí yáng bào zhèngshē chǐ huà bǎi xìngqióng bīng huài shè huì shēng chǎn huà shè huì máo dùndǎo zhì nóng mín táng chū tǒng zhì zhě qīn yǎn kàn dào liǎo nóng mín zhàn zhēng jiě suí cháo de guò chéngrèn shí dào liǎo guǎng nóng mín duì fēng jiàn tǒng zhì wěn dìng de zhòng yào xìng suí wáng jiào xùntiáozhěng tǒng zhì zhèng huǎn jiē máo dùnwěn dìng shè huì zhì huī jīng
   'èryīn wéi shàng shù yīn táng tài zōng què dìng liǎoān bǎi xìng”、“ zhòng rén cái”、“ qiáng zhèng zhìde zhì guó xiǎngbìng tōng guò liè de zhì zhèng cuò shī xiè de shí jiàn shí xiànshǒu xiāntáng tài zōng rèn shí dào liǎo tǒng zhì zhě rén mín shìzhōu shuǐde guān tōng guò shuì zhì de tiáozhěng ān bǎi xìng”。 èr shì rèn shí dào liǎo zhòng yòng rén cái huái jiàn de rén shàn rèncóng jiàn liúyíng zào chū zhèng zhì qīng míng de fēn wéibǎo zhèng liǎo jiào wéi kāi míng zhèng què de zhèng zhìjīng mín wài jiāowén huà shàng de zhèng zhì dìng shí shīsān shì jiā qiáng zhèng zhìwán shàn sān shěng liù zhì zhì gǒng zhōng yāng quán gāo xíng zhèng xiàolǜkuò tǒng zhì chǔ
   zhù yòng rén jiàn shì zhēn guān zhī zhì chū xiàn de yuán yīnyòu shì zhēn guān zhī zhì de zhòng yào biǎo xiàn
   zài shì mín tǒng zhì jiāntáng cháo guó qiáng shèngbèi chēng wéi zhēn guān zhī zhìwǎn nián zhù fàn shū jiào jiè tài zhōng zǒng jié liǎo shēng de zhèng zhì jīng yàn duì de gōng guò jìn xíng liǎo píng shù
   zài wèi jiāntuī xíng bīng zhì yōng tiáozhì jūn tián zhìbìng tuī xíng zhì
  630 nián bài dōng juébèi jué zūn wéitiān hàn”。 641 nián jià wén chéng gōng zhù gěi tǔbō de sōng zàn gān
  649 niánmìng tài zhì dào jīn mén dài guó shì shì mín 649 nián 7 yuè jià bēng cháng 'ān hán fēng diànxiǎng nián 52 suìzàng jīn shǎn quán dōng běi 50 duō de shān fēng shàng de zhāo língshì hào wéiwén huáng ”。
   táng tài zōng shàn tīng cóng chén de píng jiàn jiěwèi zhēng zhí jiàn 200 duō zhí chén de guò shī
   táng tài zōng hái jīng shàn shū xíng shū xiě bēiwéi hòu shì zhù míng zuò pǐn yòuwēn quán míng》《 jìn míngděng hòu gèng dōng jìn shū jiā wáng zhī suǒ zuòlán tíng wéi péi zàng pǐn
   zhēn guān zhī zhì shì zhǐ táng cháo chū chū xiàn de tài píng shèng shìyóu táng tài zōng néng rénrén wéi xiánzhī rén shàn yòngkāi yán xīn jiànzhòng yòng wèi zhēng děngbìng cǎi liǎo xiē nóng wéi běnjiǎn qīng yáo xiū yǎng shēng xíng jié yuēwán shàn zhì děng zhèng shǐ shè huì chū xiàn liǎo 'ān níng de miàn hòu lái lóng dekāi yuán shèng shìbìng jiān 'ér
   táng tài zōng shì mín zài wèi 23 niánshǐ táng cháo jīng zhǎnshè huì 'ān dìngzhèng zhì qīng míngrén mín 'ān kāngchū xiàn liǎo kōng qián de fán róngyóu zài wèi shí nián hào wéi zhēnguànsuǒ rén men tǒng zhì de zhè duàn shí chēng wéizhēn guān zhī zhì”。“ zhēn guān zhī zhìshì guó shǐ shàng zuì wéi cuǐ càn duó mùdì shí
   tài zōng suí cháo miè wáng de yuán yīnfēi cháng zhòng shì lǎo bǎi xìng de shēng huó qiáng diào mín wéi běncháng shuō:“ mínshuǐ jūnzhōu shuǐ néng zài zhōu néng zhōu。” tài zōng wèi zhī chūxià lìng qīng yáo ràng lǎo bǎi xìng xiū yǎng shēng táng tài zōng 'ài mín cóng qīng zhēng yáo huàn yòu shì zhù zài cháo shī de jiù gōng diàndàn zhí zài suí cháo de jiù gōng diàn zhù liǎo hěn jiǔ
   zhēnguàn zhī chūzài táng tài zōng de dài lǐng xiàjūn chén xiéquán guó shàng xià xīnjīng hěn kuài dào liǎo hǎo zhuǎndào liǎo zhēnguàn jiǔ niánniú biàn bǎi xìng fēng shí dào shí chū xiàn liǎo piàn xīn xīn xiàng róng de shēng píng jǐng xiàng
   tài zōng zài wèi 20 duō niánjìn jiàn de guān yuán xià 30 rén zhōng chén wèi zhēng rén suǒ jiàn qián hòu 200 shìshù shí wàn yánjiē qièzhòng shí duì gǎi jìn cháo zhèng hěn yòu bāng zhù
   tài zōng shí fēn zhù zhòng rén cái de xuǎn yán zūn xún cái jiān bèi de yuán tài zōng rèn wéi zhǐ yòu xuǎn yòng yòu zhēn cái shí xué de réncái néng dào tiān xià zhìyīn qiú xián ruò céng xiān hòu bān qiú xián zhào lìngbìng zēng jiā kǎo shì de kuò yìng shì de fàn wéi rén shù biàn shǐ gèng duō de rén cái xiǎn chū lái yóu táng tài zōng zhòng shì rén cáizhēnguàn nián jiān yǒng xiàn chū liǎo liàng de yōu xiù rén cái wèi shìrén cái jǐjǐwén jiān bèi”。 zhèng shì zhè xiē dòng liáng zhī cáiyòng men de cōng míng cái zhìwéizhēn guān zhī zhìde xíng chéng zuò chū liǎo de gòng xiàn
   táng tài zōng shí fēn zhù zhòng zhì céng shuō:“ guó jiā shì wáng jiā zhī shì tiān xià dōuyào gòng tóng zūn shǒu de yīn qiēdōu yào wéi zhǔn。” zhì dìng chū lái hòutáng tài zōng shēn zuò dài tóu shǒu wéi de huàyī wěn dìngzài zhēnguàn shí zhēn zhèng zuò dào liǎo wáng fàn mín tóng zuìzhí shí tiě miàn dàn liàng xíng shí tài zōng yòu fǎn kǎoshèn zhī yòu shèn shuō:“ rén liǎo néng zài huózhí kuān jiǎn yuē。” yóu tài zōng de xīn jīng yíngzhēnguàn nián jiān zhì qíng kuàng hěn hǎofàn de rén shǎo liǎobèi pàn xíng de gèng shǎo zài zhēnguàn sān niánquán guó pàn xíng de cái 29 rénjīhū dào liǎo fēng jiàn shè huì zhì de zuì gāo biāo zhǔn héng héngxíng cuò yòng xíng
   mín wéi běn de xiǎngguǎng kāi yán huái jiàn de xiōng jīnzhòng yòng rén cáiwéi cái shì rèn de zhǔn tiě miàn bàn shì de gòu chéng liǎo zhēn guān zhī zhì de běn chéng wéi fēng jiàn zhì shì zuì hǎo de bǎng yàngshǐ táng cháo zài dāng shí fāng guó jiā xiāng lùn zài zhèng zhìjīng hái shì wén huà shàng zǒu zài shì jiè de zuì qián liè
   shè huì zhì kōng qián 'ān dìng
   shǐ shū jìzǎi
   zhēnguàn nián jiānguān duō qīng jǐnzhì wáng gōngfēi zhù zhī jiā xìng háo huá zhī jiē wèi wēi bǐngjì gǎn qīn rénshāng dào zéilíng cháng kōng niú wài yòu pín zhì fēng rěn dǒu sān qiánxíng jīng
  [《 zhēnguàn cháng zhōng de shì mín ( táng guó qiáng shì )]
  《 zhēnguàn cháng zhōng de shì mín ( táng guó qiáng shì )
   shī zhì lǐng biǎo shān dōng zhì cāng hǎijiē liáng gěi shān dōng cūn luòxíng jīng guò zhě hòu jiā gōng dàihuò shí yòu zèng jiē wèi yòu ”。
   èrkāi fàng guó jìng
   yóu dōng luó guó( 395 héng 1453) de shuāi luò fāng biàn zhī suìdào liǎo suí cháo shí zhōng guó jīng shì shì jiè shàng zuì qiáng de guó jiā liǎoér táng guó yóu shì zhēnguàn shí de táng cháo gèng shì dāng shí shì jiè wéi de wén míng zuì wéi qiáng shèng de tǒng guóshǒu cháng 'ān shì shì jiè xìng de huì mín shāng lái wǎng duànjiù xiàng jīn tiān de měi guó niǔ yuē yàng shí de táng guó shì shì jiè guó rén rén zhì shì xīn zhōng deyáng guāng dài”, guó de jié cái jùn shì mào zhe shēng mìng wēi xiǎn yào wǎng táng guó páolái shì jiè guó de wài jiāo shǐ jié fēn fēn zàn tàn táng cháo de shèng shìtáng cháo gāo zhǎn de wén huàshǐ lái dào táng cháo de guó rén duō shù chéng wéi táng rén wéi róng jǐn shǒu cháng 'ānquán guó dōuyòu lái guó wài deqiáo mínzài dāng dìng yóu shì xīn xīng de shāng chéng shìjǐn guǎng zhōu chéng de yáng qiáo mín jiù yòu 'èr shí wàn rén shàngzhēnguàn shí de táng wáng cháo wáng cháo shì zhōng guó shǐ shàng shǎo yòu de wán quán kāi fàng de wáng cháo hàn cháo de jǐn xiàn mào chuán jiào hái yào kāi fàng zhì guó de tōng lǎo bǎi xìng dōukě lái dào táng cháo táng guó dídí fēng cǎitáng cháo zhèng hái zài shè liú suǒ xiàn zài de shǐ guǎn chàbù duō), wéi kāi fàng biān jìng guān kǒu jìn shōu wài lái wén huà zhì wén míng
   táng guó chú liǎo jiē shòu de wài guó mín wàihái jiē shōu yòu de wài guó liú xué shēng lái zhōng guó xué xiān jìn wén huàjǐn běn de guān pài de gōng fèi liú xué shēng jiù jiē shōu liǎo měi dōuyòu bǎi rénmín jiān fèi liú xué shēng yuǎn yuǎn chāo guò shùzhè xiē běn liú xué shēng xué chéng guī guó hòuzài běn jìn xíng liǎo xiàn dài huà yùn dòng ―“ huà gǎi xīn”, jiù shì zhōng guó huà yùn dòngshàng zhì diǎn zhāng zhì xià zhì shì fēng quán fǎng xiào dāng shí de zhēnguàn wáng cháoshǐ chǔyú yuán shǐ luò zhuàng tài de běn mín píng kōng yuè jìn liǎo qiān nián
   běn mín bìng gāo míng zhǐ shì shàn xué 'ér zhè bié rén màn bàn pāi de mín yòu zuì de yōu diǎn―― luò hòu dàn zhídāng wài lái wén míng qīn shí zǒng shì huái ruò zhù dòng jiē shòu běn mín xiān jìn de wén huàyòng zuì kuài zuì biàn jié de fāng shì jiē shòu rén lèi wén míng de xiān jìn chéng guǒshǐ kuài yuè jìn dào xiān jìn mín de hángliè
   mín luò hòu bìng zhí cái shì zuì de
   sānzhèng zhì qīng píng
   zhōng guó guān chǎng de tān bìng jūn shì kǒng de zhì zhàn jué duō shù de guó réndōu rèn dìng tān shì rén lèi shè huì de zhì zhī zhèngzhǐ yào shì yòuguānde fāng jiù miǎn liǎo tān dāng cóng yīng měi děng guó guī lái de liú xué shēng xiàng men de qīn péng hǎo yǒu chén shù zhè xiē guó jiā běn shàng xiāo miè liǎo tān shíméi yòu rén rèn wéi shì zài shuō dào shítān bìng shì rén lèi shè huì de biàn xiàn xiàng qiú shàng jiù yòu shǎo wén míng chéng jiào gāo de guó jiā běn shàng xiāo miè liǎo tān jǐn shì měi jiān yīng děng xiàn dài huà qiáng guójiù lián zhù yào yóu huá rén chéng de xīn jiā běn shàng xiāo miè liǎo tān
   zhè suǒ shuō de běn shàng xiāo miè liǎo tān bìng shì shuō wán quán jué liǎo tān xiàn xiàngér shì zhǐ tān xíng wéi zài zhěng guān chǎng zhōng shǔ bié de xiàn xiàngqiě tān de shù 'é nián de tān 'é bān huì chāo guò rén nián de xīn shuǐ), chí de shí jiān huì hěn chánglián zuò 'àn sān nián shàng de shǎo zhī yòu shǎo), huì hěn kuài bài qiě shòu dào háo liú qíng de yán chéng
   zhēnguàn shí shì zhōng guó shǐ shàng běn méi yòu tān de zhèng zhìzhè shì shì mín zuì zhí chēng dǎo de zhèng zài shì mín tǒng zhì xià de zhōng guóhuáng shuài xiān chuí fànguān yuán xīn wéi gōng zuǒ 'ān běn fènlàn yòng zhí quán tān dòu zhí de xiàn xiàng jiàng dào liǎo shǐ shàng de zuì diǎnyóu wéi guì de shì shì mín bìng méi yòu yòng cán de xíng lái qíng gào tān zhù yào shì shēn shì fàn zhì dìng tào jìn néng xué de zhèng zhì zhì lái fáng tān zài jīng míng de tǒng zhì zhě miàn qiánguān tān de dòng hěn xiǎotān guān róng zhǎo dào cáng shēn zhī fáng fàn tān zhù yào jué tào xué xiū míng de zhèng zhì zhìguāng kào shì hòu de zhǐ néng xiào shí néng cóng gēn shàng chǎn chú tān lài shēng de shè huì rǎng
   fēn quán zhì
   zhōng guó fēng jiàn zhì de zhù yào zhēng shì quán gāo zhōng fāng cóng zhōng yāngzhōng yāng yòu wéi huáng shǒu shì zhānzhè zhǒng zhōng yāng quán de zhèng zhì zhì xiàn zhì liǎo guó mín de chuàng zào xìngzhù dòng xìng líng huó xìngqiě niàng chéng bào zhèng
   zhōng guó fēng jiàn shè huì de zhōng yāng zhèng zhì shí xíngsān shěng liù zhì”, dàn zhēnguàn wáng cháo de sān shěng zhí quán huàfēn chū xiàn liǎo xiàn dài huà zhèng zhì zhēng―― fēn quán yuán zhōng shū shěng mìng lìngmén xià shěng shěn chá mìng lìngshàng shū shěng zhí xíng mìng lìng zhèng lìng de xíng chéngxiān yóu zhū zǎixiàng zài shè zhōng shū shěng de zhèng shì táng xíng huì xíng chéng jué hòu bào huáng zhǔnzài yóu zhōng shū shěng huáng míng zhào shūzhào shū zhī qián sòng mén xià shěng shěn chámén xià shěng rèn wéi shì de jué shǔ”。 zhào shū quē shǎo shǔ néng bān zhǐ yòu mén xià shěng shǔhòu de zhào shū cái chéng wéi guó jiā zhèng shì lìngjiāo yóu shàng shū shěng zhí xíngzhè zhǒng zhèng zhì yùn zuò fāng shì hěn yòu diǎn lèi xiàn dài mín zhù guó jiā desān quán fēn zhì fāng zài shí shì xīng de fēn quán xué shuō shì mín zǎo zài qiān duō nián qián jiù yùn yòng zhōng guó de zhèng zhì zhìjìn shuō míng liǎo zhēnguàn wáng cháo de wén míng chéng shì děng zhī gāozuì wéi nán néng guì de shì shì mín guī dìng de zhào shū yóu mén xià shěng shǔhòu cái néng shēng xiàocóng 'ér yòu xiào fáng zhǐ liǎo zài xīn xuè lái cháo xīn qíng hǎo shí zuò chū yòu sǔn qīng de shèn zhòng jué dìngzhōng guó shǐ shàng chū liǎo bǎi shí sān wángzhǐ yòu shì mín rén yōng yòu jié chū zhì huì xiōng jīnměi guó de kāi guó zǒng tǒng huá shèng dùn yòu diǎn xiàng de xué shēng)。
   shāng
   zhōng guó fēng jiàn wáng cháo lái de jīng zhēng shìzhòng nóng shāng”, shāng zài guó mín jīng zhōng suǒ zhàn de zhòng xiāng dāng shāng rén de wèi yīn zhī zhòngtián rén yào hǎo děng zhè shì zhōng guó de fēng jiàn jīng zhí dào shí zhì xìng zhǎn de zhù yào yuán yīn
   zhēnguàn wáng cháo shì zhōng guó shǐ shàng shǎo yòu de shì shāng de fēng jiàn wáng cháo dàn shìhái gěi shāng zhǎn gōng liǎo duō biàn tiáo jiànzhè jìn xiàn liǎo shì mín jiāng yǎn guāng fàng dào hěn yuǎnzài shì mín zhèng de chàng dǎo xiàzhēnguàn wáng cháo de shāng jīng yòu liǎo xùn cháng jìn zhǎnxīn xīng de shāng chéng shì xiàng hòu chūn sǔn bān xīng dāng shí shì jiè chū míng de shāng chéng shìyòu bàn shàng zhōng zài zhōng guóchú liǎo yán hǎi de jiāo zhōuguǎng zhōumíng zhōu zhōu wàihái yòu nèi de hóng zhōujiāng nán chāng)、 yáng zhōu zhōuchéng běi de shā zhōuliáng zhōushǒu cháng 'ān péi luò yáng shì shì jiè xìng de huì
   hàn kāipì de chóu zhī zhí shì lián dōng fāng zhì wén míng de niǔ dàitáng cháo jiāng liáo kuòzài shè liǎo 'ān zhèn biān jiè zhí zhōng de shí guójīn shǔ tǎn), wéi dōng fāng lái wǎng de shāng gōng liǎo 'ān dìng de shè huì zhì yòu xiào de 'ān quán bǎo zhàngjiēguǒ chóu zhī shàng de shāng jué pǐn zhǒng fán duō de zōng huò zài dōng fāng shì jiè wǎng lái chuán shǐ chóu zhī chéng liǎo zhěng shì jiè de huáng jīn zǒu láng
  “ zhēn guān zhī zhìzǒng jié
  1 hán zài táng tài zōng tǒng zhì shí shè huì zhì jiào 'ān dìngjiē máo dùn xiāng duì huǎn jīng fán róngguó qiáng shèngtáng tài zōng de nián hào jiàozhēnguàn”, shǐ shàng zhè shí jiào qīng míng de fēng jiàn tǒng zhì chēng wéizhēn guān zhī zhì”。
  2 yuán yīn: 1。 suí táng gēngtì jiān de zhàn zhēng shì rén kǒu jiǎn shǎo yuē 2000 wàn shàngzhàn zhēng jié shùrénshào duōrén xīn 'ānzhè shì zhēn guān zhī zhì chǎn shēng de zuì zhòng yào yuán yīn
  2。 suí kāi chuàng liǎo yùn yùn de láo mín dǎo zhì suí miè wángdàn zhè xiē què chéng liǎo zhēn guān zhī zhì de chǎn shēngkāi chuàng yùn zài dāng shígōng zài qiān qiū
  3。 qián de shì mín suí shī bài de jiào xùnzhèng hàn cháo chū qín miè wáng de jiào xùn yàngràng bǎi xìng xiū yǎng shēng shì mín běn néng huái cóng jiàndàn shìwǎn de shì mín biàn liǎo zài me huái cóng jiàn zài ràng bǎi xìng xiū yǎng shēng ér shì hàodàxǐgōngzhēng gāolí shī bàizhè xiē shì zhēn guān zhī zhì néng chí jiǔ de yuán yīn
  3 zhèng
   jīng shàng shí xíng jūn tián zhì yōng tiáozhìshǐ nóng mín yòu néng 'ān dìng shēng chǎngēng zuò yòu shí jìn liǎo jīng de zhǎn
   'èrzhèng zhì shàng shí xíng sān shěng liù zhì zhìsān shěng liù zhì de shí xíngshǐ zǎixiàng de rén shù qín hàn shí zēng duōbiàn huáng kòng zhì
   sāntáng tài zōng shí jiā qiáng liǎo guó nèi hàn shǎo shù mín de lián jiā qiáng duì běi děng de guǎn xiálìng wài hái jiā qiáng liǎo zhōu guó de yǒu hǎo wǎng lái
   táng tài zōng shàn yòng rén jiànzhè shìzhēn guān zhī zhìxíng chéng de yuán yīn zhī shìzhēn guān zhī zhìde nèi róng zhī zhòng yòng fáng xuán líng huìwèi zhēngzhǎngsūn děng néng chén
   : zhòng shì nóng , jiǎn qīng nóng mín shuì láo ." jiè shē cóng jiǎn ", jié zhì de xiǎng shòu wàng ; chú " mín shàolì duō " de zhèng , jiǎn qīng rén mín de dān .
  
  【 tiān hàn zhī
   táng cháo shì zhōng guó shǐ shàng zuì fēng de shí dàizhè yòu de cháo dài zhōngbiān jiāng zhàn zhēng zhī pín fán zhàn shèng shù zhī duōzài zhōng guó dài shǐ shàng fēi cháng hǎn jiànsuǒ zhǐ yòu táng cháo cái néng dàn shēng zhuān mén de biān sài shī pàidàn shēng xiàngnián nián zhàn mái huāng wàizhè
   yàng de shī ér zhì hàn jiā jīng zhì mǎn yīn shān , qiǎn 'ér háiyuàn shēngzhǎng bào guó shēng mén guān?”,“ fēng chén hūnhóng bàn juàn chū yuán ménqián jūn zhàn táo běi bào shēng qín tǔyùhún”,“ qīng hǎi cháng yún 'àn xuě shān chéng yáo wàng mén guānhuáng shā bǎi zhàn chuān jīn jiá lóu lán zhōng hái”,“ táo měi jiǔ guāng bēi yǐn shàng cuīzuì shā chǎng jūn xiào lái zhēng zhàn rén huí?” zhè zhǒng háo yán zhuàng yóu hòu shì cháo dài yǎn xiū wén de fēng shèn zhì chéng wéi liǎo dài shǐ shàng zhōng guó rén shàng jīng shén de jué xiǎngyóu shì zhēnguàn nián jiān táng guó miàn chū jīn tiě tūn wàn
   shí táng tài zōng shí quán miàn kuò zhāng miàn chū
   zhēnguàn nián jiān shì táng cháo tuò biān zuì měng liè de shí shì huò shèng zuì de shí zhēnguàn nián jiāntáng cháo liǎo duì dōng juétǔbōtǔyùhúngāo chāngyān juéxuē yán tuógāo qiūcí shèn zhì néng hái bāo kuò yìn yòng bīng de shèng zhè xiē shèng diàn dìng liǎo táng cháo 300 nián de jié kèhán kǒng shì yòu shǐ lái bèi zhōng guó jūn duì huó zhuō de cǎo yuán guó zuì gāo tǒng zhì zhětáng jūn chū dìng xiāngtòng jiān juéhuó zhuō jié kèhán shì táng cháo shǐ shàng tuò biān zhàn zhēng zhōng zuì huī huáng de shèng jié kèhán bèi zhuā dào cháng 'ān jué shì táng cháo zuì de biān huànzuò wéi tóng shí cún zài de liǎng chāo guó zhī zāo dào huǐ mièjiàn dān shì jiè jiù biàn róng duō liǎotáng cháo de lìng zhù míng jiànglǐng hòu jūn fèng mìng dài bīng xiū jiāo héng de tǔbō rénhòu jūn tōng guò bài liǎo tǔbō jūnzhǎn shǒu qiān tǔbō jūn tuì bīng hòusōng zàn gān zuò liǎo jié kèhán zuò guò de shìpài shǐ zhě xiè zuì qiú dàn shì méi yòu fàng qīn de qǐng qiú néng shì bèi de zhí zhe gǎn dòng, 7 nián hòu de yào qiú zhōng dào liǎo mǎn zhēnguàn shí nián( 641 nián), wén chéng gōng zhù cángzhēnguàn nián (634), tǔyùhún fàn tángtáng jūn zài yuǎn zhēng zhōng quē shuǐjiù yǐn xuèzhōng kèhán yǔn de zhàng yǔn diū xià lǎo hái liù zhī jiǔ zài shā zhōng bèi xià suǒ shātǔyùhún cóng bèi táng cháo de shì fàn wéizhēnguàn shí sān niángāo chāng guó shī chén gāo chāng wáng wén tài kàn dào táng bīng lái me kuàixià bìng láigǎn dào lěng tiān hòu jìng rán mìng yóu zuò wéi bèi táng jūn huó huó xià de rén 'ér zài shǐ
   'èr shí zhēng zhàn gāo
   gāo suī rán xiàng xīn chéng de táng cháo cháo gòngdàn shí shàng què duì táng cháo chí huái yòu shì tài dào hòu lái táng cháo 'èr dài huáng táng tài zōng shì mín de shí hòuwéi yuán zhù chǔyú gāo bǎi wéi kùn zhōng de xīn luó(《 xīn táng shū》:“( bǎi gāolí lián xīn luó shí chéng bīng shǒu zhīyòu móu táng xiàng chéngjué gòng dào” , xīn luó gào ) , bìng tǒng bèi gāo yòu de liáo dōng dāng shí deliáo dōngde gài niàn lüè tóng hàn cháo jùn de fàn wéi zhōng guó dōng běi liáo dōng cháo xiān bàn dǎo de běi ), táng tài zōng zhēng tǎo gāo fàng huà gěi xuē yán tuó men dōuyào gāo cháng 'ān kōng yào shì xiǎng fàn jiàn zhǐ guǎn fàng guò láizhè me shēng měng de huàxuē yán tuó dāng shí jiù xià duǎn liǎo jié(《 jiù táng shūzài hòu lái gāo yòng hòu yòu huò xuē yán tuó pàn tángdàn shì nán shè gǎn dòng”)。
   zhēnguàn shí jiǔ nián( 645 nián), táng jūn xiàng liáo dōng jìn jūntáng tài zōng zài shàng duì shǒu xià rén shuō fāng běn 'ān dìng liǎojiù shèng xià zhè kuài fāng liǎochèn zhe hái méi liáng jiāng men hái yòu jīng dìng yào jiě jué diào
   xià shì 'àn chén cāng rán chū xiàn zài liáo dōng chéng xiàgāo shì bīng hàiyíng zhōu zhāng jiǎn yōu xiù jiànglǐng dào zōng shuài bīng jìn liáo dōng bài gāo bīngzhǎn shǒu shù qiān yuètáng jūn gōng gāo gài móu chéng liǎng wàn duō rénjiǎo huò liáng shí shí duō wàn shí yuèlìng táng jūn cóng shān dōng hǎi gōng gāo bēi shā chéng qiān rénshàng bǎi nián lái zhōng guó jūn duì zài yālùjiāng biān yuè bīng
   jiǔ dào zōng suǒ jìn liáo dōng chéng xiàgāo jūn shù wàn lái yuányòu rén jiàn shuō gāo jūn duō táng jūn shǎoyīnggāi jiān shǒu shì dào zōng shuō gāo rén zhàng zhe rén duō wèiwǒ men gǎn men zěn me yàng men jiù shì yào gōng menshā shā men de ruì shuō men bèi pài lái jiù shì huáng shàng sǎo dexiàn zài gān jìng men zěn me néng duǒ shì táng jūn chǔyú liè shì què měng liè chū gāo bīng shǐ liào bèi chōng luàn zhèn xíng bài 'ér guītáng tài zōng jūn bīng dào hòu liáo dōng wéi shuǐ xiè tōng gōng chéng zhe guā nán fēng de huìtáng tài zōng zhǐ huī shì bīng diǎn rán chéng chí nán lóushùn fēng fàng huǒgāo jūn dǎng zhù liǎoliáo dōng xiàn luòtáng jūn shā gāo bīng wàn duō rén wàn duō rén wài hái yòu bǎi xìng wàn duō rén
   gōng liáo dōng hòutáng jūn xiàng bái yán chéng jìn chéng pài bīng wàn zhī yuánbèi táng jūn tuì zhàn táng jūn zhǐ yòng liǎo 800 rén)。 liù yuèbái yán chéng zhàn 'ér jiàngtáng jūn xiàng 'ān shì jìn gāo jiànglǐng gāo yán shòu děng rén shuài lǐng gāo bīng shí wàn lái jiù yuánbèi bàigāo yán shòu xiàng táng jūn jiànglái dào táng jūn jūn yíng jìn mén jiù guì xiànuó dòng gài xiàng qiánbài zài 。(《 zhì tōng jiànshàng shuōyán shòuhuì zhēn shuài zhòng sān wàn liù qiān bǎi rén qǐng jiàng jūn mén xíng 'ér qiánbài qǐng mìng。”) táng tài zōng duì men shuō:“ dōng shàoniántiào liáng hǎi jīn gǎn tiān zhàn ?” gāo yán shòu děng rénjiē néng duì”。 táng tài zōng jiāng jiàng jūn zhōng de gāo jūn guānqiú cháng sān qiān rén wǎng zhōng yuán gāo rén shù shì fàng
   ān shì chéng xiǎo 'ér jiānzài chéng zhù yáng wàn chūn de kàng xiàtáng jūn wéi gōng shù yuè zhǎngsūn wéi tiān qīn zhēng zhū jiāng chéng wēi jiào xìngjīn jiàn 'ānxīn chéng zhī zhòng yóu shí wànruò xiàng jiē niè hòu xiān 'ān shì jiàn 'ānrán hòu cháng 'ér jìn wàn quán zhī ”) ér zhè zhǒng fāng shì guò zhí shì táng jūn zhì shèng de bǎozuì zhōng táng tài zōng jué dìng zàn shí tíng zhǐ zhè chū zhēng。 9 yuètáng jūn bān shīzhè zhēng gāo gōng xuán héng shāngài móu liáo dōngbái yánbēi shāmài yín shānhòu huáng shí chéngqiān liáogàiyán sān zhōu kǒu zhōng guó wàn rénxīn chéngjiàn 'ānzhù sān zhànzhǎn shǒu wàn zài táng jūnzhàn shì zhèn wáng de yuē 2000 rénsǔn shī zuì shì zhàn sǔn shī liǎo chéng
   zhàn suī zhòngchuāng gāo dàn shì zhàn shì kuàng chí jiǔhào fèi zuì zhōng què wèi néng miè wáng gāo yīn táng tài zōng rèn wéi zhè zhàn shǔ zhàn bài liǎotòng xīn shuō guǒ wèi zhēng hái huó zhekěn dìng huì ràng jìn xíng zhè yuǎn zhēngdàn zhè zhàn de hái shì jiào zhòng dezhè shì sān guó shí qiū jiǎn gōng gāo wáng chéng lái shàng bǎi nián zhōng guó jūn duì zhēn zhèng zhàn shèng gāo rénshōu liǎo jīn tiān liáo níng dài hěn duō nán běi cháo shí bèi gāo duó de wéi jīn hòu táng cháo chè zhēng cháo xiān xià liǎo chǔ
   zhēnguàn 'èr shí 'èr nián( 648 nián), dǎo shì yòu yìn de xiǎo chāqǔwáng xuán zuò wéi táng cháo de shǐ zhě yìn zhōng tiān zhú chén 'ā luó shùn cuàn wèijié chí táng shǐwáng xuán zhǐ shēn táo dào tǔbōjiè lái tǔbō jūn 'ěr jūn xiàng yìn jìn lián zhàn sān tiānyìn jūn bàitáng jūn zhǎn shǒu sān qiān shuǐ zhōng yān yìn bīng yuē wàn rénā luó shùn chéng táo páo shǐ jiǎng shī rén zhuī shàng bìng zhī wài nán wàn 'èr qiān rénniú sān wàn
  
  【 yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng
   táng tài zōng yuán zhàn lüè xiǎngshì táng tài zōng guān yuán zhàn lüè wèn de xìng rèn shíshì táng tài zōng yòng táng wáng cháo zhōu biān shǎo shù mín zhèng quán zhī jiān de yuán guān zuò yòng móu wéi táng wáng cháo de zhàn lüè xiǎngtáng tài zōng yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng shì zhōng guó dài yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng de zhòng yào chéng fēn yòu tóng fāng tóng xiàn dài de de xiǎng nèi róng
   táng tài zōng zài wèi jiān guó guǎng biān jiè xiàn mián yán zhé yuán xíng shì bìng suí shí jiān tuī 'ér zhǎn biàn huà guān zhè shí táng zhōu biān suǒ shēng de zhū duō yuán guān yòu táng jūn shì yōu guān de yòu táng zhèng zhìwài jiāo yōu guān dehái yòu táng jīng yōu guān degèng duō de shì zhǒng jiān 'ér yòu zhīcuò zōng táng tài zōng jiào chéng gōng chǔlǐ liǎo juétǔbōgāo chāng zhū guógāolíxīn luóbǎi děng guó zhī jiān de guān táng tài zōng de yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng zhèng shì zài chǔlǐ zhōu biān yuán guān de shí jiàn guò chéng zhōng zhú chǎn shēng zhǎn bìng zǒu xiàng chéng shú de
   táng tài zōng yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng yòu xiān míng de shí dài yòu yòu rén de yòu liǎng zhě qiǎo miào róng zài guàn chuān de yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng de shǐ zhōng
   táng tài zōng yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng de zhù yào yòu xià diǎn shì jìn zhè shì táng tài zōng yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng de zuì xiǎn zhù de shì xiǎng zhōng zuì chéng gōngzuì de fāngtáng tài zōng de xióng háo mài shì dài duō wáng suǒ dezhè shì chéng gōng huò quē de yīn èr shì líng huó yìng duìtáng tài zōng zài zhòng biàn miàn qián jīng huāng shī cuò néng gòu guān xíng shì duì xiàng de biàn huà 'ér biàn huàcóng 'ér jiào chéng duódì bǎo zhèng liǎo jué de zhèng què xìngsān shì lěng jìng shítáng tài zōng jiàn suí wáng jiào xùn wǎng wáng gōng jìn qióng bīng de quē xiànzhù jié xiàn shí yàoliàng 'ér xíngzài lěng jìng fēn de chǔ shàng tuī xíng shí zhèng shì cuò zhì yòu lùn shì běi juéhái shì píng gāo chāngyóu shì jīng lüè dōushì xiān hòu huǎnyóu jìn yuǎnyòu tiáo yòu jìn xíngcóng zhōng jiàn táng tài zōng yuán zhàn lüè jué zhī chéng shú
   táng tài zōng yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng shì jūn shì xiǎng de zhòng yào chéng fēn jǐn zài lùn shàng liǎo dào liǎo xīn gāo gèng zhòng yào de shì zài shí jiàn zhōng huò chéng gōng fěi ránshǐ zài:“( zhēnguàn shí niántáng dōng hǎi zhì yān nán jìn lín běi jiē wéi zhōu xiànfán dōng jiǔ qiān bǎi shí nán běi wàn jiǔ bǎi shí 。”(《 zhì tōng jiàntáng tài zōng zhēnguàn shí nián jiǔ yuè。) táng tài zōng de chū chéng jiù zhèng zài chāo yuè qián rén de yīng xióng mài zhī chóngxīn kāi tuò liǎo zhōng huá mín de jiāng wéi hòu lái zhōng guó bǎn díquè dìng zuò chū liǎo zhòng de gòng xiànér zhè huī huáng de huò shì táng tài zōng de yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng mìqiè fēn de shǐ jīn tiān kàn láitáng tài zōng de yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng miàn zhī chù
   táng tài zōng yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng bāo hán fēng de nèi róngzhù yào yòu xià diǎn
  ( zhuóyǎn zhēng duó guān zhōnggǒng zhōng guóde běn xiǎng zhōng zhòng qīng de guān zhōng běn wèi xiǎngnǎi shì táng tài zōng chéng jiù degēn běn”, shì yuán zhàn lüè xiǎng de chū diǎntài zōngshēn gēn běnzhì 'ān zhōng guózhī xiǎng yòu chuán tǒng zhèng yán zhī yīn yòu yòu chū dāng shí chū táng zhèng zhìjīng bèi jǐng kǎo zhī yīn bié shì duì yuán yīn de kǎo wéi gǒng zhèng quánmìqiè zhōng wài guān zhǎn jīng jìn 'ér zēng qiáng guó 'ér wéi zhī
  ( èr zhì bǎo fān de yuán fān píng xiǎngzhù yào xiàn zài huái jizhèng suí guī mín bìng jiāng nèi 'ān zhì zài táng zhōu biān de liè xíng wéi shàngcóng 'ér dào lìng shì zuò fān píngde mùdì
   táng tài zōng de yuán fān píng xiǎng zhù yào yòu xià liǎng nèi róng
   zhì nèi shǔ shǎo shù mín zhèng quán zhōu biān zuò fān píng
   zài táng zhōu biān zhí qīn táng zhèng quán zuò fān píng
  ( sānzòng héng bǎi de yuán zhì héng xiǎng
   zhù yào nèi róng yòu yuǎn jiāo jìn gōng lián xuē yán tuó zhì jué ruò qiángbǎo chí shì jūn héng lián xīn luó gōng gāolíbǎi lián tiě zhū 'ě zhì xuē yán tuó lián jìn kàng yuǎn jìn shè yuǎnwěn dìng jìn lín gōng huò wēi shè yuǎn fāng zhèng quán lián tǔyùhún duì tǔbō lìng wàitáng tài zōng hái yòu zhēn duì mǒu dìng zhèng quán nèi zhì dìng de zhì héng xiǎngzhǐ zài fēn huà jiě shì zào chéng nèi zhēng quán duó xuē ruò tǒng zhì shí zhè yóu xiàn zài duì xuē yán tuó de wèn shàng
   táng tài zōng shí xíng yuán zhì héng de lüè xiǎng běn qíng kuàng zhì yòu xià zhǒng
  1 yuǎn jiāo jìn gōng lǒng bìng yòng héng héng táng dōng juéxuē tíng tuó de yuán zhì héng guān
  2 ruò qiángbǎo chí jūn shì
  
  【 tài zōng zhēng
   mendōu zhī dào shì mín shì rénrén wán rénshì rén jiù yòu cuò zhēnguàn hòu táng tài zōng kāi shǐ yòu liǎo xiē biàn huàxiān cóng jiàn kāi shǐ xiàn chū láizhēnguàn shí nián( 636 nián), wèi zhēng xiàn jiàn 'è zhí yán”, zhè shì táng tài zōng zǒu xiàng xiē cuò de kāi shǐ
   shì zhēng gāo zhè bèi mǒu xiē rén rèn wéi shì cuò de dòngdàn shìjiù dāng shí xíng shì lái kàn zhēng shì yào de yào de dòng zhàn zhēng de rèn shì gāo gāo hàn rán jìn gōng táng cháo yōng guó xīn luó tiǎo zhàn duānwèile wéi quán wēitáng yào dòng zhàn zhēng lái bǎo de shǔ guó de 'èrzhàn zhēng zhōngtáng jūn shì zhèng rén xìng dezhè shì bǎo zhèng táng jūn sǔn shī fēi cháng xiǎo de wài zài tiáo jiànzài táng jūn gōng zhàn de chéng chí zhōngjūn yōng táng jūndàn shì yóu wèile bǎo chí zhèng xìng rén xìng huàdǎo zhì piān qiú wěnér shǐ zhàn cháng sāntáng jūn de chè tuì hòu zhàn zhēngchōng fēn xiàn liǎo shì mín de xiōng huái gāo chāo de zhàn lüè xiǎngtáng jūn 2000 rén de sǔn shī xiāo miè gāo shù shí wàn rénqiān hǎn jiànchè tuì zhī shí jiāng chéng qiáng guì bài shí shǔ hǎn jiàntáng jūn hòu de jūn shì sāo rǎo zhèng zhì fēng suǒshǐ gāo de shí měi kuàng xiàzuì zhōng gāo zōng xiāo miè gāo
   hái yòu shē chǐ xiàn xiàng de míng xiǎn zēng jiāzài zhēnguàn shí liù nián de shí hòutáng tài zōng xià zhào shuōtài suǒ yòng zhī guān xiàn zhìjiēguǒ zào chéng tài de yán zhòng làng fèi xiàn xiàngtáng tài zōng kāi shǐ xiū zào gōng diànzhēnguàn shí nián zài dōng luò yáng xiū fēi shān gōngèr shí nián yòu xiū cuì wēi gōngzhè xiē shǐ táng tài zōng hòu méi yòu qián qín jiǎndàn shì xuán zōngqián lóng děng zhī dào yào qiáng duō shǎo bèi
   hái yòu de cuò jiù shì cānyù shǐ guān suǒ xiě de zhù dāng zhōngzhè shì zhuān mén xiě huáng cháng shēng huó cháo zhèng yán lùn dehuáng quán gān shèzhè shì lái de chuán tǒng lái de huáng dōuméi yòu kànzūn zhòng shǐ guān de zhí quán wèiér shǐ guān shì gōng zhèng zhí shūcóng yǎn shì shénmecóng hài huáng bào dàn táng tài zōng zhè míng jūn què fàn liǎo de shǐ cuò yǐng xiǎng gān liǎo shǐ guān de gōng zhèng xìngdāng ránméi yòu rèn wán zhěng zhèng biǎo míng tài zōng liàng wāi shǐtóng shí jǐn jǐn shì tài zōng chūn qiūkàn shǐ zhě zhǐ shù bǎidǒng zhí chén shòu suǒ huìtài shǐ bèi gōng yào shuō qīng cháo de wén liǎolìng wài jìng zōng duì shì mín bìng méi yòu hǎo gǎnzhè yàng biǎo míngtáng chū shǐ yīnggāi yòu xìn de
   táng tài zōng zài zhēnguàn chū chén wèi zhēng liàng de quàn duì guī shùn de běi fāng yóu mín luò yào gěi yào gěi jiēguǒ zhè xiē luò xiǎng shòu gòu táng cháo de 'ēn huì hòu wèi kǒu fǎn 'ér yuè lái yuè suǒ xìng jiù pàn luàn liǎo
   hòu lái táng tài zōng jiǎn tǎo:“ zhōng guó bǎi xìngshí tiān xià zhī gēn běn zhī rénnǎi tóng zhī rǎo gēn běn hòu zhī ér qiú jiǔ 'ānwèi zhī yòu chū wèi zhēng yánsuì jué láo fèi shèn shī jiǔ 'ān zhī dào。”
   zhēnguàn 'èr shí nián( 646 nián), liáo dōng zhàn huí lái shítáng tài zōng bìng hòu zhí tiáoyǎngyóu kāi shǐ yòng fāng shì liàn de jīn shí dān yàoxiān qián táng tài zōng hái céng jīng cháo xiào qín huáng hàn liàn fāng shù xún qiú dān yàoxiàn zài yóu zhù xiàn jìn liǎozhēnguàn 'èr shí nián( 647 nián), táng tài zōng yòu liǎofēng ”, fán zào biàn ràng rén zài shān dǐng fēng xiū cuì wēi gōng 'èr niánpài rén cóng zhōng tiān zhú qiú fāng shì luó 'ěr suō mèibìng qíng duàn 'è huàzhēnguàn 'èr shí sān nián( 649 nián yuè èr shí liù( 7 yuè 10 jià bēng hán fēng diànxiǎng nián shí 'èr suì
  
  【 hòu fēi
   huáng hòu
  
   zhǎngsūn huáng hòu
   táng cháo zhù míng de xián hòuzhōng guó shǐ shàng zuì wěi de huáng hòu zhī dāng dài shǐ xué jiā píng lùn zuì zhī xìng de huáng hòuqín wáng fēi jiānzhòng chén shǔ jiù gǎn zài huáng hòu wèizhì hòu gōng jǐng jǐng yòu tiáoduì zhēnguàn zhèng xiàn yòu yǐng xiǎngzǎo shìtài zōng huáng 'āi shāng cháng yuǎn tiào zhāo líng hòu wèi zài huáng hòuhuáng hòu shēng yòu yòu jìn wáng jìn yáng gōng zhù bèi tài zōng qīn dài zài shēn biān yǎngtài zōng bēng huáng hòu tóng zàng xuékāi chuàng hòu xué xiān
   yòu rén shuō wěi de nán rén bèi hòu zhàn zhe wěi de xìngtáng tài zōng zhì tiān xiàshèng shíchú liǎo kào shǒu xià de móu chén jiāng wài xián shū wēn liáng de zhǎngsūn huáng hòu de zuǒ shì fēn kāi de
   fēi pín
   wéi guì fēi
   yáng guì fēi yáng fēishēng zhào wáng wéi suí yáng yáng fēi bié bèi xiàn dài rén chēng xiǎo yáng fēiguì fēi yìng wéi hòu zhuī fēng
   xián fēi huì bēngāi chéng kěn jìn yàoyuē:“ hòu xiān gǒu shì yuán qǐn zhì 。” wéi shīlián zhū jiàn yǒng huī yuán nián nián 'èr shí zèng xián fēipéi zàng zhāo líng shí shì
   yàn fēi yàn fēi
   yáng fēi suí yáng
   yīn fēi hòu jiàng wéi pín
   wéi zhāo róng wéi
   yáng jié yáng gōng dào sān
   xiāo měi rén xiāo shuò 'èr
   cuī cái rén cuī hóng dào cháng
   xiāo cái rén xiāo kēng 'èr  
   cái rén tiān
   yáng shì yuán zhī
   wáng shì
  
   tài chéng qián zhǎngsūn huáng hòu , tài zōng huáng zhōng zuì wéi biāo hàn cōng yíng zhěyīn móu fǎn bèi fèi
   chǔ wáng kuān xiángzǎo hōng kuānguò shū chǔ 'āi wáng zhì yúnzǎo shìzhēnguàn chū zhuī fēng hòuguó chú
   wáng suí yáng zhī yáng fēiyòu wén cáitáng gāo zōng shí bèi yuān shā
   wèi wáng tài zhǎngsūn huáng hòutài zōng huáng zhōng zuì wéi xué zhězuì shòu chǒng 'ài zhěyīn zhēng huáng wèi bèi biǎngāo zōng nián jiān bèi shòu zūn chóng)( 619 nián― 652 nián huì bāoyǒng huī sān nián( 652 nián yún xiāng xiànshí nián 34 suì
   wáng yòu yīn fēihòu fèi wéi shù rén
   shǔ wáng yīn suí yáng yáng fēi tóng shì mín chēng qín shòu bèi hài zhōu。)
   jiǎng wáng yùn wáng shì
   yuè wáng zhēn yàn fēi
   gāo zōng zhìyuán wéi jìn wáng zhǎngsūn huáng hòuhuáng zhōng wéi bèi tài zōng qīn yǎng zhǎngdà zhě
   wáng shèn wéi fēi
   jiāng shāng wáng 'áo yàn fēizǎo hōng
   dài wáng jiǎn xiángzǎo hōng
   zhào wáng yáng fēi
   cáo wáng míng yáng shì
  
   xiāng chéng gōng zhù
   nán gōng zhù
   nán píng gōng zhù
   suì 'ān gōng zhù
   cháng gōng zhù zhì zhǎngsūn huáng hòuchū jià shí yīn tài zōng yào gěi de jià zhuāng bèi cháng gōng zhù 'ér bèi wèi zhēng jiàn
   zhāng gōng zhùzhǎngsūn huáng hòu yǎng
   líng gōng zhùxià jià chái lìng ), xià jià chái shào píng yáng gōng zhù zhī chái lìng yǒng huī nián fáng 'ài móu fǎnbèi táng gāo zōng xiǎn qìng zhōng zhuī zèng wéi běi jǐng gōng zhù
   'ān gōng zhù
   dōng yáng gōng zhù
   lín chuān gōng zhù mèng jiāng wéi guì fēi
   qīng gōng zhù jìng
   lán líng gōng zhù shū
   jìn 'ān gōng zhù
   ān kāng gōng zhùguān 'ān kāng gōng zhùtáng shǐ zhǐ yòu huà:“ ān kāng gōng zhùxià jià móu。”)
   xīn xīng gōng zhù
   chéng yáng gōng zhù zhǎngsūn huáng hòu
   gāo yáng gōng zhù gōng zhù
   jīn shān gōng zhù
   jìn yáng gōng zhù míng zhǎngsūn huáng hòugōng zhù zhōng wéi bèi tài zōng qīn yǎng zhǎngdà zhěwéi tài zōng zuì wéi 'ài de 'érduō shòu zhòng chén 'àizǎo hōngyòu fēng
   cháng shān gōng zhù
   xīn chéng gōng zhù zhǎngsūn huáng hòuchū fēng héng shān gōng zhù
  
  【 zhù yào shī zuò
  【 fáng xuán líng
   tài xiān zhōu jiǒng yuán yǐn shàng cáiwèi xiǎo zhēng chē míng guān zǎo kāi
  【 xiāo
   fēng zhī jìngcǎobǎn dàng shí chéng chényǒng 'ān shí zhì zhě huái rén
  【 liáo chéng wàng yuè
   xuán yuè chū míngchéng huī zhào liáo jiéyìng yún guāng zàn yǐn shù huā zhuì
   mǎn guì zhī yuánlún kuī jìng cǎi quēlín chéng què yǐng sàndài yùn chóngwéi jié
   zhù wán zhù guān yāo fēn miè
  【 yǐn cháng chéng xíng
   sài wài bēi fēng qiējiāo bīng jiéhàn hǎi bǎi zhòng yīn shān qiān xuě
   jiǒng shù wēi fēng huǒcéng luán yǐn gāo jiéyōu yōu juàn pèi jīngyǐn chū cháng chéng
   hán shā lián shuò chuī duàn biān shēng chén qīng sàiqiāng yùn jīn zhēng
   jué gān chē zhèn yuán wèi fǎn lóng duījiāng jūn xuán
   yáng huī fēn jìng shí gōng míng huāng róng líng tái kǎi
  【 jīng xuē zhàn
   nián huái zhuàng chū zhàng jiéxīn suí lǎng gāozhì qiū shuāng jié
   fēng jīng diàn zhuǎn zhàn cháng juéyíng suì luò xīng chénzhèn juàn héng yún liè
   huī fēn jìngzài jīng miè jiù yuánzhǔmù zhù huá xuān
   chén shā jiǎn zào yòu cán hénlàng xiá chuān shuǐ jìngfēng bào lián hūn
   shì liú rén shì shū jīn cháng xiǎng tiào qián zōng gōng liáo shì
  【 hái shǎn shù huái
   kǎi rán cháng jiàn shì yāo míngxīng fēn diàn tiān xíng
   biàn tún wàn lín yuán zhù yíngdēng shān huī jiébèi shuǐ zòng shén bīng
   zài róng dòngjīn lái zhòu píng
  【 chū liè
   chǔ wáng yún mèng hàn cháng yáng gōng ruò yīn nóng xiáyuè chū huán sōng
   sān chén ruì cuì liè cái xiónghán shuāng fēn báipíng yuán shāo huǒ hóng
   diāo xià jiàn chén gōng shòu qián yōu jīng qín sàn cuì kōng
   cháng yān huì luò jǐngguàn zhèn yán fēngsuǒ wéi chú mín fēi shì yuè lín cóng
  【 yuán
   gāo xuān 'ài chūn suì mèi cháo guāngtóng tíng fēi cǎi pèicuì huǎng yào míng dāng
   gōng lín chuí huāngshuāng liè dān zhú yùn cháng láng
   xūn fēng màokāng zāi dào chāng wén zūn hòu guǐxún jiàn qián wáng
   cǎo xiù chūn méi yàn nián zhuāng chuān zhōng zhōu háng
  【 xuě
   hūn cháo dān juàn míng tāo xiájié fán yún níng qióng biàn xuě huá
   guāng lóu jiǎo ruò fěnyìng shāfàn liǔ fēi fēi zhuāng méi piàn piàn huā
   zhào tái yuán yuèpiāo zhū chuān yáo jié duǎn cháng jiē cóng gāo xià shù
   yìng tóng guī lěi báiyíng fēng lián bào duàn jiāng chénpái huái suì yún
   huái zhēn kuì yǐn biǎo ruì zhù fēng niánruǐ jiān fēi jìn yuàn chù chuān
   tǎng yǒng yōu lán tóng huān huáng zhú piān
  
  【 biān nián shì
  
   zhēnguàn yuán niánliù 'èr zhēngyuè chū gǎi yuán zhēnguàn
   zhēnguàn yuán niánliù 'èr zhēngyuètáng tài zōng xià zhìlìng jīn hòu zhōng shū shěngmén xià shěng sān pǐn shàng guān shāng guó jiā shìdōuyào yòu jiàn guān gēn suí yòu dāng zhī chùjiàn guān jìn jiàn
   zhēnguàn yuán niánliù 'èr zhēngyuètáng tài zōng mìng shàng shū zhǎngsūn děng xué shì guān děng rén chóngxīn dìng lìngfàng kuān jiǎo xíng shí tiáo wéi kǎn duàn yòu zhǐtáng tài zōng réng xián zhè zhǒng ròu xíng tài cán shǔ wáng cáo cān jūn péi hóng xiàn qǐng zài gǎi wéi jiā liú sān qiān zuò sān niánzhào cóng zhī
   zhēnguàn yuán niánliù 'èr táng tiān jié jiāng jūnyàn jùn wáng jīng zhōu fǎn
   zhēnguàn yuán niánliù 'èr èr yuèbìng shěng quán guó de zhōu xiànjiāng quán guó fēn wéi shí dào guān nèi dào nán dào dōng dào běi dàoshān nán dàolǒng yòu dàohuái nán dàojiāng nán dàojiàn nán dàolǐng nán dàofèi jùn wéi zhōu měi dào xiá ruò gān zhōu
   zhēnguàn yuán niánliù 'èr shí yuè lǐng nán qiú cháng féng 'àng qiǎn cháo
   zhēnguàn yuán niánliù 'èr shì láng liú lín zòu qǐng hòu shí tīng xuǎnsuí jué zhù rén wéi biàntài zōng zhào mìng fēn rén dào luò zhōu cān xuǎntài zōng shuōguān zài rén zài yuán duō。” mìng fáng xuán líng bìng shěng zhōng yāng guān yuánzhǐ liú xià wén guān 'é liù bǎi shí sān rén
   zhēnguàn 'èr niánliù 'èr ), zhào zhì cāngxuē yán tuó shǒu lǐng nán shòu táng fēng wéi kèhánjiàn hàn tíng běi
   zhēnguàn 'èr niánliù 'èr sān yuè shǎo qīng yǎn xiàng tài zōng shàng bào měi yuè qiú de zhàng tài zōng mìng lìng hòu zuì yóu zhōng shūmén xià shěng pǐn shàng guān shàng shū shěng dìng miǎn yuān lànjiē zhe yòu zhú dài jìn qiú lún dào zhōu shǐ zhèng shàn guǒ shítài zōng rèn wéi shàn guǒ suī yòu zuìguān pǐn yìng qiú zhī liè shìyòu mìng hòu sān pǐn shàng guān fàn zuì yòng dài jìn zài tài gōng chéng tiān mén zuǒ yòu cháo táng tīng pàn jué
   zhēnguàn 'èr niánliù 'èr ), guān nèi shēng hàn zāibǎi xìng quē liángyòu duō rén mài 'ér mài huàn liáng yuètài zōng zhào chū jīn shú huí bèi mài 'ér tóngjiāo hái yòu yīn nián jiǔ jīn nián yòu zāo shòu hàn zāihuáng zāi shè tiān xià
   zhēnguàn 'èr niánliù 'èr yuè pài shǐ lái táng qǐng qiú yuán zhùtài zōng zhào chén tǎo lùnbīng shàng shū huì qǐng chū bīng gōng juézhēnguàn sān niánliù 'èr jiǔshí 'èr yuè kèhán cháotài zōng rèn mìng wéi yòu wèi dàjiàng jūn jué běi píng jùn wáng
   zhēnguàn 'èr niánliù 'èr jiǔ yuèzhōng shū shè rén bǎi yào qǐng zài chū gōng réntáng tài zōng mìng shàng shū zuǒ chéng dài zhòu jǐshìzhōng zhèng lún zài tíng mén jiǎn xuǎn gōng rénqián hòu fàng chū gōng yòu sān qiān rén
   zhēnguàn 'èr niánliù 'èr pài qiǎn yóu jiāng jūn qiáo shī wàng cóng xiǎo dài zhe shū bài nán wéi zhēn zhū kèhán gěi dào nán fēi cháng gāo xīngpài shǐ gòng
   zhēnguàn sān niánliù 'èr jiǔsān yuètài zōng fáng xuán líng wéi zuǒ shè huì wéi yòu shè shàng shū yòu chéng wèi zhēng shǒu shū jiānjūn cānyù cháo zhèngfáng xuán líng shàn móu lüè huì shàn jué duànwéi táng cháo míng xiāngbìng chēngfáng ”。
   táng cháo chū niánfán guó jiā jūn zhèng shìzhōng shū shè rén de jiàn jiěqiān shǔ de míng bèi chēng zuò huā pàn shìyóu zhōng shū shì lángzhōng shū lìng shěn cháyóu jǐshìzhōnghuáng mén shì láng jiàozhèngzhēnguàn sān niánliù 'èr jiǔ yuètáng tài zōng chóngxīn shēn míng jiù de zhì shì hěn shǎo shēng cuò shì
   zhēnguàn sān niánliù 'èr jiǔ hàntài zōng zhào qiú zhí yáncháng dài zhōu xiàng tài zōng liǎo 'èr shí duō tiáo jiàntài zōng zhāo zhōu jiànlìng zhí mén xià shěng jiǔ zhōu wéi jiān chá shǐzhōng zhì bài xiāng
   zhēnguàn sān niánliù 'èr jiǔ yuèmìng bīng shàng shū jìng wéi xíng jūn zǒng guǎnzhāng gōng jǐn wéi zǒng guǎnqián zhēng tǎo jué jué jīn jiǔ rén dài lǐng sān qiān bīng jiàng táng děng qiú cháng shuài zhòng jiàng táng
   zhēnguàn sān niánliù sān língrùn shí 'èr yuèdōng xiè qiú cháng xiè yuán shēnnán xiè qiú cháng xiè qiáng cháo tángdōng xiènán xiè shì nán mán de fēn zhīfēn zài qián táng tài zōng xià zhào dōng xiè zhī wéi yìng zhōujīn guì zhōu jiāng xiàn zhēnguàn sān niánliù sān língrùn shí 'èr yuèzāng qiú cháng xiè néng yǎn zhōu mán xiàng táng gòngtài zōng zhào zāng zhī wéi zāng zhōudǎng xiàng qiú cháng fēng lài jiàng tángtáng wéi guǐ zhōu jìng), nán xiè zhī wéi zhuāng zhōujīn guì zhōu jìng nèi), shǔ qián zhōu
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān língzhēngyuè zài bái dào bài jué jìng zài yīn shān bài jié kèhán
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān língzhēngyuè jìng shuài sān qiān jìn zhù 'è yáng lǐng dìng xiāng bài juéjié kèhán jīngqiān zhàng kǒujié de qīn xìn kāng suí yáng hòu xiāo shì sūn yáng zhèng dào jiàng táng
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān língsān yuè jūn cháng dào cháng 'ān qǐng táng tài zōng chēng tiān kèhántáng tài zōng xiào dào:“ wéi táng tiān nán dào yòu wéi kèhán zhī shì ?” dàn hòu táng tài zōng gěi běi jūn cháng de shū yòngtiān hànde chēng hào
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān língsān yuètáng xíng jūn zǒng guǎn zhāng bǎo xiāng zhì shī bīng yíng jié sòng wǎng cháng 'ān
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān língjiǔ yuè chéng zhù dào cháng 'ān cháo tángxiān shì nèi shǔsuí shè zhì jùnsuí chéng zhù xiàng jué chēng chénjié bèi táng gōng miè hòu chéng zhù shuài suǒ shǔ de chéng jiàng tángtáng cháo zài shè zhì zhōujīn xīn jiāng )。
   tài zōng yuè zhōng zhù zuòmíng táng zhēn jiǔ shūhòurèn wéi rén de zàng guī jié zài bèi shì zhēnguàn niánliù sān língshí yuè xià lìng hòu shěn xùn fàn rén biān bèi
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān líng), quán guó fēng shōuliú sàn dào de bǎi xìng huí guī měi dǒu chāo guò sān qián nián jǐn pàn chù liǎo 'èr shí jiǔ rén xíng
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān líng yuè běn qiǎn shǐ quǎn shàng sān tián zuò tián qiāo)、 yào shī huì děng lái tángshì wéi běn qiǎn táng shǐ
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān ), kāi dǎng xiàng zhī wéi shí liù zhōu běn qiǎn táng shǐ quǎn shàng tián qiāo děng zhì tángfèng shǐ zài shàng nián)。 lín xīn luó qiǎn shǐ dào táng
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān shí 'èr yuè chū 'èr táng tài zōng zhì:“ pàn jué zuìyào zài liǎng tiān nèi shēn zòuxià zhōu de yào sān shēn zòuxíng xíng dāng tiānshàng shí jìn jiǔ ròunèi jiào fāng tài cháng zòuyuèmén xià shěng hái yào zài jiǎn cháyòu yīngdāng 'ér chǔjìng kān lián zhělìng wài xiě zhuàng shàng zòu。” shēn zòu shì zhǐ xíng xíng qián liǎng tiān dào xíng xíng zhī gòng shàng zòu rén mìng guān tiān shì shèn zhòngzhǐ yòu fàn 'è zuìsuí shí 'è shèzhī táng chéng zhīde rén zhǐ zòu
   zhēnguàn liù niánliù sān 'èr), tài zōng nǎi zhǐzēng zhì sān shī guāntài shītài tài bǎo)。 tài zōng shì chén lùn 'ān wēi zhī běnzhǎngsūn hòu tài zōng jiàn chényān wáng qiǎn shǐ gòngtáng tài zōng pài hóng shǎo qīng liú shàn yīn qián shú wéi duō kèhán
   zhēnguàn liù niánliù sān 'èrshí yuè tiě shí zhī luò qiú cháng shuài suǒ liù qiān jiā dào shā zhōujīn gān dūn huáng xiàng táng zhèng guī jiàng
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān sān), tài zōng shè qiú chún fēng zào hún tiān huáng dào
   zhēnguàn niánliù sān ), jìng děng zhū dào chá qíng
   zhēnguàn jiǔ niánliù sān ), táng gāo yuān jià bēngxiǎng nián 70 suìtáng píng tǔyùhún
   zhēnguàn shí niánliù sān liù), táng jiàn nán běi
   zhēnguàn shí niánliù sān liùliù yuè 'èr shí tài zōng huáng hòu zhǎngsūn shì xiǎng nián sān shí suì
   zhēnguàn shí niánliù sān yuèshì shǐ zhōu shàng shū cháo tíngjiàn zhèng yìng zhòng shì zhōu xiàn fāng guān de xuǎn rèntài zōng wén zòushēn wéi shìjué dìng hòu shǐ yóu qīn xuǎnxiàn lìng yóu jīng guān pǐn shàng rén
   zhēnguàn shí 'èr niánliù sān xuē yán tuó xiǎo hàntài zōng jiàn bǎi
   zhēnguàn shí sān niánliù sān jiǔtài zōng tíng shì shǐ
   zhēnguàn shí niánliù língliú guǐ guó qiǎn shǐ gònghóu jūn miè gāo chāngtáng zhì 'ān jiāo guān gǎi zhìtáng wén chéng gōng zhù cáng
   zhēnguàn shí niánliù táng fān qīn jūn mǎi píng tǔyùhún zhī luàn fēng bǎi wáng shì bài xuē yán tuó
   zhēnguàn shí liù niánliù 'èrwèi wáng tài shàngkuò zhì》, tài zōng zuì zhě shí zhōujìn shāng zhī guō xiào bài jué duō kèhán
   zhēnguàn shí niánliù sānwèi zhēng xiǎng nián 64 suìzhēng gāo shì mín mìng huà gōng chén xiàng líng yān tài chéng qián zào fǎnbèi fèi jìn wáng zhì wéi huáng tài
   zhēnguàn shí niánliù tài zōng qīn zhēng gāo
   zhēnguàn shí jiǔ niánliù tiě jiǔ xìng shǒu lǐng shuài zhòng jiàng tángxuán zàng jīng huí guózhāng liàngchéng míng zhèn gāolí bēi shā chéng shì gōng gāolí liáo dōng chéng děng yǒng gāolígāolí bái yán chéng jiàngtài zōng gāolí 'ān shì jiù bīngtài zōng xià zhào cóng gāolí bān shī
   zhēnguàn 'èr shí niánliù liùxuē tíng tuó duō zhī jiàng tángchì zhū cháo táng
   zhēnguàn 'èr shí niánliù táng bīng gōng qiūcítài zōng gāo shì lián gān gòngwáng zào chuán gōng gāolí jué chē kèhán xiàng táng cháo gòng zhào qiú cháng zhào nèi
   zhēnguàn 'èr shí 'èr niánliù xuē wàn chè děng shuài jūn gāolí bǎi yào jié cháosōng wài mán táng dān shǒu lǐng nèi ā shǐ jiàng tángwáng xuán zhōng tiān zhúfáng xuán líng bìng shìxiǎng nián 70 suì
   zhēnguàn 'èr shí sān niánliù jiǔ zhī děng mán nèi
   zhēnguàn 'èr shí sān niánliù jiǔ yuètáng tài zōng bìng wēilín zhōng qián zhào jiàn zhǎngsūn chǔ suì liángràng men zuǒ tài zhì tīng zhèngtóng yuè tài zōng jià bēng cuì wēi gōng hán fēng diànxiǎng nián 52 suìtài zhì wèishì wéi táng gāo zōng shì shǐ shàng zuì wéi wěi de huáng zhī
  
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  Emperor Taizong of Tang (Chinese: 唐太宗; Pinyin: táng tàizōng, January 23, 599 – July 10, 649), personal name Lǐ Shìmín (Chinese: 李世民), was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. As he encouraged his father, Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu) to rise against Sui Dynasty rule at Taiyuan in 617 and subsequently defeated several of its most important rivals, including Xue Rengao the Emperor of Qin, Liu Wuzhou the Dingyang Khan, Wang Shichong the Emperor of Zheng, and Dou Jiande the Prince of Xia, on Tang's path to reuniting China after the collapse of the preceding Sui Dynasty, even as of the later emperors of Tang Dynasty itself, he was ceremonially regarded as a cofounder of the dynasty along with Emperor Gaozu, and the status appeared certain by the time that Southern Tang, which claimed inheritance of Tang heritage, was established, as Southern Tang's founding emperor Emperor Liezu (Li Bian) recognized that status by treating Emperors Gaozu and Taizong, as well as his adoptive father Xu Wen, all as founders of his state. He is typically considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, emperor in all of Chinese history. During his reign, Tang China flourished economically and militarily.
  In 630, Emperor Taizong sent his general Li Jing against Eastern Tujue -- to which Tang had once submitted -- defeating and capturing its Jiali Khan Ashina Duobi and destroying Eastern Tujue power. This made Tang the dominant power in eastern Asia, and Emperor Taizong subsequently took the title of "Heavenly Khan" (天可汗). Throughout the rest of Chinese history, Emperor Taizong's reign was regarded as the exemplary model against which all other emperors were measured, and his "Reign of Zhen'guan" (貞觀之治) was considered one of the golden ages of Chinese history and became required study for future crown princes. Indeed, the greatest praise that one of his better-regarded successors, Emperor Xuānzong, received, was the epithet "Little Taizong" (小太宗). The modern Chinese historian Bo Yang, for example, opined that Emperor Taizong achieved his greatness by accepting criticism that others would find difficult to accept and trying hard not to abuse his absolute power (using Emperor Yang of Sui as a negative example as well as employing the capable chancellors Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng. Bo also opined that Emperor Taizong's wife Empress Zhangsun served as a capable assistant to him as well.
  Background
  Li Shimin was born in 599 at Wugong (武功, in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi). His father Li Yuan the Duke of Tang was a general of the Sui Dynasty and a nephew, by marriage, to Sui's founding emperor Emperor Wen, as Li Shimin's grandmother Duchess Dugu was a sister of Empress Dugu Qieluo -- both were daughters of Dugu Xin (獨孤信), a major general during Sui's predecessor dynasty Northern Zhou. Li Shimin's mother was Li Yuan's wife Duchess Dou, who was a daughter of Dou Yi (竇毅) the Duke of Shenwu and Dou Yi's wife, Northern Zhou's Princess Xiangyang. Duchess Dou bore Li Yuan four sons -- an older brother to Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, and two younger brothers, Li Xuanba (李玄霸, who would die in 614) and Li Yuanji -- and at least one daughter. Li Yuan named Li Shimin "Shimin" as a shortened form of the phrase "save the earth and pacify the people" (濟世安民, jishi anmin). Li Shimin apparently showed talent early in his life, and in 613, the official Gao Shilian, impressed with him, gave him a niece (the later Empress Zhangsun) in marriage as his wife; he was 14 and she was 12. In 615, when Emperor Wen's son and successor Emperor Yang was ambushed by Eastern Tujue forces at Yanmen (雁門, in modern Xinzhou, Shanxi), a general call was made for men to join the army to help rescue the emperor. Li Shimin answered that call and served under the general Yun Dingxing (雲定興), apparently doing so with distinction. In 616, when Li Yuan was put in charge of the important city of Taiyuan (太原, in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi), Li Shimin followed his father to Taiyuan, while leaving at least three other sons -- Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, and Li Zhiyun (李智雲, by Li Yuan's concubine Lady Wan) -- at the ancestral home Hedong (河東, in modern Yuncheng, Shanxi).
  Participation in the rebellion against Sui rule
  Emperor Yang was soon dissatisfied with Li Yuan and Wang Rengong (王仁恭), the governor of Mayi Commandery (馬邑, roughly modern Shuozhou, Shanxi), over their inability to stop Eastern Tujue incursions and the growing strengths of agrarian rebels, particularly the Eastern Tujue-support Liu Wuzhou the Dingyang Khan, who soon rose against Wang and killed him and soon captured Emperor Yang's secondary palace near Taiyuan. Li Yuan also became fearful that there had been prophecies throughout the empire that the next emperor would be named Li -- and that Emperor Yang had killed another official, Li Hun (李渾) and Li Hun's clan over his fears that Li Hun's nephew Li Min (李敏, the son-in-law of Emperor Yang's sister Yang Lihua the Princess Leping).
  in fear, Li Yuan considered rebellion, and at that point, he did not know that Li Shimin had also been doing so -- secretly discussing such plans with Li Yuan's associates Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing. Once Li Shimin's plans matured, he had Pei inform Li Yuan of them -- and also had Pei warn Li Yuan that it it were revealed that Li Yuan had had sexual relations with some of Emperor Yang's ladies in waiting at the secondary Jinyang Palace (晉陽宮, which Pei was in charge with and had allowed Li Yuan to do so), all of them would be slaughtered. Li Yuan agreed to rebel, and after secretly summoning Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji from Hedong and his son-in-law Chai Shao (柴紹) from the capital Chang'an, he declared a rebellion, claiming to want to support Emperor Yang's grandson Yang You the Prince of Dai, nominally in charge at Chang'an with Emperor Yang at Jiangdu (江都, in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu), as emperor. He made both Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin major generals and advanced southwest, toward Chang'an. He created Li Shimin the Duke of Dunhuang.
  However, when Li Yuan arrived near Hedong, his army was bogged down by the weather, and with food running out, there were rumors that Eastern Tujue and Liu Wuzhou would attack Taiyuan. Li Yuan initially ordered retreat, but at the earnest opposition by Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, continued to advance. After defeating Sui forces at Huoyi (霍邑, also in modern Yuncheng), he decided to leave a small contingent to watch over Hedong while advancing across the Yellow River into Guanzhong (i.e., the Chang'an region). Once he did, he headed for Chang'an himself, while sending Li Jiancheng to capture the territory around the Tong Pass region to prevent Sui forces at Luoyang from reinforcing Chang'an and Li Shimin north of the Wei River to capture territory there. Meanwhile, Li Shimin's sister (Chai's wife) had also risen in rebellion in support of him, and she was able to gather a sizeable army and capture some cities. She joined forces with Li Shimin and her husband Chai Shao. Soon, Li Yuan reconsolidated his forces and put Chang'an under siege. In winter 617, he captured Chang'an and declared Yang You emperor (as Emperor Gong). He had himself made regent (with the title of grand chancellor) and created the Prince of Tang. (Meanwhile, most of Sui territory did not recognize Emperor Gong as emperor and continued to recognize Emperor Yang as emperor and not as retired emperor.) He created Li Shimin the Duke of Qin.
  Li Yuan's control of the Chang'an region became almost immediately contested by the rebel ruler Xue Ju the Emperor of Qin, who sent his son Xue Rengao toward Chang'an. Li Yuan sent Li Shimin to resist Xue Rengao, and Li Shimin defeated Xue Rengao at Fufeng (扶風, in modern Baoji, Shaanxi), temporarily causing Xue Ju to toy with the idea of surrendering to Li Yuan, although Xue was subsequently dissuaded by his strategist Hao Yuan (郝瑗) from doing so.
  In spring 618, with Sui's eastern capital Luoyang (where the officials in charge did not recognize Li Yuan's authorities) under attack by the rebel ruler Li Mi the Duke of Wei, Li Yuan sent Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to Luoyang, ostensibly to aid the Sui forces at Luoyang but instead intending to test whether Luoyang might submit to him. The officials at Luoyang rebuffed his attempt at rapproachment, and Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, not wanting to fight either them or Li Mi for control of Luoyang at this stage, withdrew. Li Yuan subsequently changed Li Shimin's title to Duke of Zhao.
  In summer 618, when news arrived at Chang'an that Emperor Yang had been killed at Jiangdu in a coup led by the general Yuwen Huaji, Li Yuan had Emperor Gong yield the throne to him, establishing Tang Dynasty as its Emperor Gaozu. He created Li Jiancheng crown prince but created Li Shimin the Prince of Qin, also making him Shangshu Ling (尚書令), the head of the executive bureau of the government (尚書省, Shangshu Sheng) and a post considered one for a chancellor, while continuing to have Li Shimin serve as a major general as well.
  During Emperor Gaozu's reign
  The campaign to reunify the empire
  The first thing that Li Shimin had to deal with was another incursion by Xue Ju, as Xue attacked Jing Prefecture (涇州, roughly modern Pingliang, Gansu) and Emperor Gaozu sent Li Shimin to resist Xue. Li Shimin established his defenses and refused to engage Xue to try to wear Xue Ju out, but at that time, he was afflicted with malaria, and he let his assistants Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan (殷開山) take command, ordering them not to engage Xue Ju. Liu and Yin, however, did not take Xue Ju seriously, and Xue Ju ambushed them at Qianshui Plain (淺水原, in modern Xianyang), crushing Tang forces and inflicting 50%-60% casualties. Li Shimin was forced to withdraw back to Chang'an, and Liu and Yin were removed from their posts. (This would be Li Shimin's only defeat recorded in historical records until the Goguryeo campaign of 645.) Xue Ju, in light of his victory, was ready to launch an assault on Chang'an itself, under Hao Yuan's advice, but suddenly died of an illness in fall 618 and was succeeded by Xue Rengao. Emperor Gaozu then sent Li Shimin against Xue Rengao. Three months after Xue Rengao took the throne, Li Shimin engaged him, and after a fierce battle between Li Shimin and Xue Rengao's major general Zong Luohou (宗羅睺), Li Shimin crushed Zong's forces, and then attacked Xue Rengao. Xue Rengao was forced to withdraw into the city of Gaozhi (高墌, in modern Xianyang as well), and once he did, his soldiers began surrendering to Li Shimin in mass. Xue Rengao was himself forced to surrender. Li Shimin had him delivered to Chang'an, where he was executed. Around new year 619, Emperor Gaozu made Li Shimin Taiwei (太尉, one of the Three Excellencies) and made him in charge of Tang operations east of the Tong Pass.
  In spring 619, Liu Wuzhou launched a major offensive against Tang. He captured Taiyuan in summer 619, forcing Li Yuanji, who had been in charge there, to flee, and then continued his offensive south. Emperor Gaozu sent Pei Ji against him, but by winter 619, Liu had crushed Pei's forces and taken over nearly all of modern Shanxi. Emperor Gaozu, shocked at the development, considered abandoning the region altogether. Li Shimin opposed doing so and offered to lead the army against Liu. Emperor Gaozu agreed and commissioned him with an army. He crossed the Yellow River and approached LIu's major general Song Jin'gang (宋金剛) but did not engage him, choosing to try to wear Song out, only having his subordinates Yin Kaishan and Qin Shubao engage the other Dingyang generals Yuchi Jingde and Xun Xiang (尋相) in relatively low-level engagements. Eventually, in spring 620, when Liu and Song ran out of food supplies, they retreated, and Li Shimin gave chase, dealing Song a major defeat. Yuchi and Xun surrendered, and after Li Shimin chased further, both Liu and Song fled to Eastern Tujue. All of Dingyang territory fell into Tang hands.
  In summer 620, Emperor Gaozu again commissioned Li Shimin against a major enemy -- the former Sui general Wang Shichong, who had Sui's last emperor, Emperor Yang's grandson Yang Tong, yield the throne to him in 619, establishing a new state of Zheng as its emperor. When Li Shimin arrived at the Zheng capital Luoyang, Wang offered peace, but Li Shimin rebuffed him and put Luoyang under siege. Meanwhile, his subordinates took Zheng cities one by one. By winter 620, most of Zheng territory, other than Luoyang and Xiangyang (襄陽, in modern Xiangfan, Hubei), defended by Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Honglie (王弘烈), had submitted to Tang. Wang sought aid Dou Jiande the Prince of Xia, who controlled most of modern Hebei. Dou, reasoning that if Tang were able to destroy Zheng, his own Xia state would be corner, agreed. He sent his official Li Dashi to try to persuade Li Shimin to withdraw, but Li Shimin detained Li Dashi and gave no response. Meanwhile, during the campaign, Li Shimin chose some 1,000 elite soldiers, clad in black uniform and black armor, commanded by himself, to serve as advance forward troops, with Qin, Cheng Zhijie (程知節), Yuchi, and Zhai Zhangsun (翟長孫) as his assistants.
  Main article: Battle of Hulao
  By spring 621, Luoyang was in desperate situation, and Xia forces had not yet arrived, but Tang troops had also suffered serious casualties, as Luoyang's defenses, aided by powerful bows and catapults, were holding. Emperor Gaozu, hearing that Dou had decided to come to Wang's aid, ordered Li Shimin to withdraw, but Li Shimin sent his secretary Feng Deyi to Chang'an to explain to Emperor Gaozu that if he did withdraw, Wang would recover and again be a major threat in the future. Emperor Gaozu agreed and allowed Li Shimin to continue to siege Luoyang. When Xia forward troops arrived first, Li Shimin surprised and defeated them, and then sent Dou a letter suggesting that he withdraw. Dou would not do so, and, against the advice of his wife Empress Cao and secretary general Ling Jing (凌敬) that he should instead attack Tang's prefectures in modern southern Shanxi, he marched toward Luoyang. Anticipating Dou's maneuver, Li Shimin left a small detachment, commanded by Li Yuanji, at Luoyang, while marching east himself, taking up position at the strategic Hulao Pass. When the armies engaged at Hulao, Li Shimin defeated Dou and captured him. He took Dou back to Luoyang and displayed him to Wang Shichong. Wang, in fear, considered abandoning Luoyang and fleeing south to Xiangyang, but as his generals pointed out that his only hope was Dou, he surrendered. Xia forces, after initially fleeing back to the Xia capital Ming Prefecture (洺州, in modern Handan, Hebei), also surrendered. Zheng and Xia territory were Tang's. Li Shimin returned to Chang'an in a grand victory procession, and, to reward Li Shimin, Emperor Gaozu awarded both him and Li Yuanji three mints so that they could mint money of their own. He also bestowed on Li Shimin the special title of "Grand General of Heavenly Strategies" (天策上將, Tiance Shangjiang). Meanwhile, Li Shimin's staff, already full of generals and strategists, were now being supplemented with a number of literary men.
  The former Xia territory did not remain in Tang hands for long, as in winter 621, the Xia general Liu Heita rose against Tang rule, claiming to be avenging Dou, whom Emperor Gaozu had executed after Li Shimin took him back to Chang'an. He was allied with Xu Yuanlang, a former agrarian rebel general who was nominally under Wang Shichong and who had submitted to Tang after Wang's defeat. Liu dealt successive defeats to Emperor Gaozu's cousin Li Shentong (李神通) the Prince of Huai'an, Li Xiaochang (李孝常) the Prince of Yi'an, and Li Shiji. Emperor Gaozu sent Li Shimin and Li Yuanji against Liu. In 622, after some indecisive battles with Liu, who had by that point taken over almost all of former Xia territory and claimed the title of Prince of Handong, Li Shimin defeated Liu by flooding his army with water from the Ming River (洺水, flowing near Ming Prefecture), and Liu fled to Eastern Tujue. Li Shimin then headed east and attacked Xu, defeating him. After leaving Li Shiji, Li Shentong, and Ren Gui (任瓌) to continue to attack Xu, Li Shimin returned to Chang'an.
  The struggle against Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji
  Main article: Incident at Xuanwu Gate
  By this point, Li Shimin and his older brother Li Jiancheng, who was created crown prince in 618, reportedly after Emperor Gaozu first offered the position to Li Shimin due to his contributions, were locked in an intense rivalry, as Li Shimin's accomplishments caused people to speculate that he would displace Li Jiancheng as crown prince, and Li Jiancheng, while an accomplished general himself, was overshadowed by his younger brother. The court became divided into a faction favoring the Crown Prince and a faction favoring the Prince of Qin. The rivalry was particularly causing problems within capital, as the commands of the Crown Prince, the Prince of Qin, and the Prince of Qi (i.e., Li Yuanji) were said to have the same force as the emperor's edicts, and the officials had to carry conflicting orders out by acting on the ones that arrived first. Li Shimin's staff was full of talented men, but Li Jiancheng was supported by Li Yuanji, as well as Emperor Gaozu's concubines, who had better relationships with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji than they did with Li Shimin.
  Late in 622, when Liu Heita returned to former Xia domain after receiving aid from Eastern Tujue, defeating and killing Li Shimin's cousin Li Daoxuan (李道玄) the Prince of Huaiyang, he again regained most of former Xia territory. Li Jianheng's staff members Wang Gui and Wei Zheng suggested that Li Jiancheng needed to enhance his own reputation in battle, and so Li Jiancheng volunteered for the mission. Emperor Gaozu thus sent Li Jiancheng, assisted by Li Yuanji, to attack Liu. Li Jiancheng defeated Liu around the new year 623, and Liu was subsequently betrayed by his own official Zhuge Dewei (諸葛德威) and delivered to Li Jiancheng. Lli Jiancheng killed Liu and returned to Chang'an in triumph. China was, by this point, roughly united under Tang rule.
  For the next few years, the rivalry intensified, although during the meantime both Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin served as generals when Eastern Tujue made incursions. In 623, when the general Fu Gongshi rebelled at Danyang (丹楊, in modern Nanjing, Jiangsu), Emperor Gaozu briefly commissioned Li Shimin to attack Fu, but soon cancelled the order and sent Li Shimin's cousin Li Xiaogong the Prince of Zhao Commandery instead.
  In 624, when Li Jiancheng was found to have, against regulations, tried to add soldiers to his guard corps, Emperor Gaozu was so angry that he put Li Jiancheng under arrest. In fear, Li Jiancheng's guard commander Yang Wen'gan (楊文幹) rebelled. Emperor Gaozu sent Li Shimin against Yang, offering to make him crown prince after he returned. After Li Shimin left, however, Feng Deyi (now a chancellor), Li Yuanji, and the concubines all spoke on Li Jiancheng's behalf, and after Li Shimin returned, Emperor Gaozu did not depose Li Jiancheng, but instead blamed the discord between him and Li Shimin on Li Jiancheng's staff members Wang Gui and Wei Ting (韋挺) and Li Shimin's staff member Du Yan, exiling them to Xi Prefecture (巂州, roughly modern Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan).
  Later that year, Emperor Gaozu, troubled by repeated Eastern Tujue incursions, seriously considered burning Chang'an to the ground and moving the capital to Fancheng (樊城, also in modern Xiangfan), a suggestion that Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, and Pei Ji agreed with. Li Shimin opposed, however, and the plan was not carried out. Meanwhile, Li Shimin himself was sending his confidants to Luoyang to build up personal control of the army there. After an incident in which Li Shimin suffered a severe case of food poisoning after feasting at Li Jiancheng's palace -- an event that both Emperor Gaozu and Li Shimin apparently interpreted as an assassination attempt -- Emperor Gaozu considered sending Li Shimin to guard Luoyang to prevent further conflict, but Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, after consulting each other, believed that this would only give Li Shimin an opportunity to build up his personal power there, and therefore opposed it. Emperor Gaozu therefore did not carry out the plan. Meanwhile, the rivalry continued. Traditional historical accounts also indicated that at one point, when Li Shimin visited Li Yuanji's mansion, Li Yuanji wanted to assassinate Li Shimin, but Li Jiancheng, who could not resolve to kill a brother, stopped the plot. There was yet another incident in which Li Jiancheng, knowing that a horse threw its rider easily, had Li Shimin ride it, causing Li Shimin to fall off from it several times.
  By 626, Li Shimin was fearful that he would be killed by Li Jiancheng, and his staff members Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Zhangsun Wuji were repeatedly encouraging Li Shimin to attack Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji first -- while Wei Zheng was encouraging Li Jiancheng to attack Li Shimin first. Li Jiancheng persuaded Emperor Gaozu to remove Fang and Du, as well as Li Shimin's trusted guard officers Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Zhijie, from Li Shimin's staff. Zhangsun, who remained on Li Shimin's staff, continued to try to persuade Li Shimin to attack first.
  In summer 626, Eastern Tujue was making another attack, and under Li Jiancheng's suggestion, Emperor Gaozu, instead of sending Li Shimin to resist Eastern Tujue as he first was inclined, decided to send Li Yuanji instead. Li Yuanji was given command of much of the army previously under Li Shimin's control, further troubling Li Shimin, who believed that with the army in Li Yuanji's hands, he would be unable to resist an attack. Li Shimin had Yuchi summon Fang and Du back to his mansion secretly, and then on one night submitted an accusation to Emperor Gaozu that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were committing adultery with Emperor Gaozu's concubines. Emperor Gaozu, in response, issued summonses to Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji for the next morning, convening the senior officials Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda to examine Li Shimin's accusations. As Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji approached the central gate leading to Emperor Gaozu's palace, Xuanwu Gate (玄武門), Li Shimin carried out the ambush he had set. He personally fired an arrow that killed Li Jiancheng. Subsequently, Yuchi killed Li Yuanji. Li Shimin's forces entered the palace and, under the intimidation of Li Shimin's forces, Emperor Gaozu agreed to create Li Shimin crown prince. Li Jiancheng's and Li Yuanji's sons were killed, and Li Shimin took Li Yuanji's wife Princess Yang as a concubine. Two months later, with Li Shimin firmly in control of power, Emperor Gaozu yielded the throne to him (as Emperor Taizong).
  Early reign
  One of the first actions that Emperor Taizong carried out as emperor was releasing a number of ladies in waiting from the palace and returning them to their homes, so that they could be married. He created his wife Princess Zhangsun as empress, and their oldest son Li Chengqian as crown prince.
  Emperor Taizong was also immediately faced a crisis, as Eastern Tujue's Jiali Khan Ashina Duobi, along with his nephew the subordinate Tuli Khan Ashina Shibobi (阿史那什鉢苾), launched a major incursion toward Chang'an, and just 19 days after Emperor Taizong took the throne, the two khans were just across the Wei River from Chang'an. Emperor Taizong was forced to, accompanied by Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling, meet Ashina Duobi across the river and personally negotiate peace terms, including tributes to Eastern Tujue, before Ashina Duobi withdrew.
  Late in 626, Emperor Taizong ranked the contributors to Tang rule and granted them titles and fiefs, naming among the first rank of contributors Zhangsun Wuji, Fang, Du Ruhui, Yuchi Jingde, and Hou Junji. When Li Shentong, as his distant uncle, objected to being ranked under Fang and Du, Emperor Taizong personally explained how Fang and Du's strategies allowed him to be successful, and this managed to get the other objectors to quiet down, as Emperor Taizong was even willing to rank low such an honored individual as Li Shentong. Emperor Taizong also buried Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji with honors due imperial princes and had their staff members attend the funeral processions. Meanwhile, he appeared to began to reshuffle government further -- which he had already begun after being created crown prince -- by dismissing his father's trusted advisors Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, making his own trusted advisors chancellors. (Xiao, however, was soon restored to being chancellor, although his career during Emperor Taizong's reign would see repeated dismissals and repeated restorations.) However, he also began to greatly pay attention to the officials' submissions and their criticism of imperial governance, making changes where he saw needed. He also particularly began to trust Wei Zheng, accepting much advice from Wei as far as his personal conduct was concerned. He was also willing to demote his own trusted advisors, as he demoted Gao after finding that Gao had held back submissions from his deputy Wang Gui. Viewing Sui's Emperor Yang as a negative example, he frequently solicited criticism, rewarding those officials willing to offer them, particularly Wei and Wang Gui.
  Also in 627, the general Li Yi the Prince of Yan -- a late-Sui warlord who later submitted to Tang, who associated with Li Jiancheng -- fearing that Emperor Taizong would eventually take action against him, rebelled at Bin Prefecture (豳州, in modern Xianyang), but was quickly crushed by the official Yang Ji (楊岌) and killed in flight. Later that year, when Emperor Gaozu's cousin Li Youliang (李幼良) the Prince of Changle, the commandant at Liang Prefecture (涼州, roughly modern Wuwei, Gansu), was accused of allowing his staff to oppress the people and to trade with Qiang and Xiongnu tribesmen, Emperor Taizong sent the chancellor Yuwen Shiji (Yuwen Huaji's brother) to investigate, and in fear, Li Youliang's staff members plotted to hold him hostage and rebel. When this was discovered, Emperor Taizong forced Li Youliang to commit suicide. Late in the year, Wang Junkuo (王君廓), the commandant at You Prefecture (幽州, roughly modern Beijing), also rebelled, but was defeated quickly and killed in flight. However, although there were also reports that Feng Ang (馮盎), a warlord in the modern Guangdong region, was rebelling, Emperor Taizong, at Wei's suggestion, sent messengers to comfort Feng, and Feng submitted.
  Also in 627, Emperor Taizong, seeing that there were too many prefectures and counties, consolidated and merged many of them, and further created another level of local political organization above prefectures -- the circuit (道, dao) -- dividing his state into 10 circuits.
  In 628, with Ashina Duobi and Ashina Shibobi having a fallout, Ashina Shibobi submitted to Emperor Taizong, as did the chieftains of Khitan tribes, who had previously submitted to Eastern Tujue. With Eastern Tujue in turmoil, Ashina Duobi was no longer able to protect the last late-Sui rebel ruler who along remained standing against Tang pressure -- Liang Shidu the Emperor of Liang, and in summer 628, with the Tang generals Chai Shao and Xue Wanjun (薛萬均) sieging the Liang capital Shuofang (朔方, in modern Yulin, Shaanxi), Liang Shidu's cousin Liang Luoren (梁洛仁) killed Liang Shidu and surrendered, finally uniting China. With Eastern Tujue weakened, Eastern Tujue's vassal Xueyantuo also broke away and formed its own khanate, and Emperor Taizong entered into an alliance with Xueyantuo's leader Yi'nan (夷男), creating Yi'nan the Zhenzhupiqie Khan (真珠毗伽可汗, or Zhenzhu Khan in short).
  In late 629, believing the time ripe for a major attack on Eastern Tujue, Emperor Taizong commissioned the general Li Jing with overall command of a multi-pronged army, assisted by the generals Li Shiji, Chai, and Xue Wanche (薛萬徹, Xue Wanjun's brother), attacking Eastern Tujue at multiple points. The army was successful in its attacks, forcing Ashina Duobi to flee, and by late spring 630, Ashina Duobi had been captured, and Eastern Tujue chieftains all submitted to Tang. Emperor Taizong spared Ashina Duobi but detained him at Chang'an, and he considered what to do with the Eastern Tujue people. The main opposing views were from the chancellors Wen Yanbo (who advocated leaving the Eastern Tujue people within borders to serve as a defense perimeter) and Wei (who advocated leaving them outside the borders). Emperor Taizong accepted Wen's suggestion and established a number of prefectures to accomodate the Eastern Tujue people, still leaving them governed by their chieftains, without creating a new khan to govern them.
  In 631, Emperor Taizong established a feudal scheme, where the contributors to his reign were given, in addition to their current posts, additional posts as prefectural governors, to be passed on to their descendants. Soon, however, receiving much opposition to the plan, the strongest of which came from Zhangsun Wuji, Emperor Taizong cancelled the scheme.
  After the conquest of Eastern Tujue, Emperor Taizong's officials repeatedly requested that he carry out sacrifices to heaven and earth at Mount Tai, and Emperor Taizong, while at times tempted by the proposal, was repeatedly dissuaded from doing so by Wei, who pointed out the expenses and the labors that would be imposed on the people as a result, and also that this would open China's borders to attack.
  Middle reign
  In 634, Emperor Taizong sent 13 high level officials, including Li Jing and Xiao Yu, to examine the circuits to see whether the local officials were capable, to find out whether the people were suffering, to comfort the poor, and to __select__ capable people to serve in civil service. (Li Jing initially recommended Wei, but Emperor Taizong declined sending Wei, stating that Wei needed to stay to point out his faults and that he could not afford to have Wei away even for a day.)
  Around this time, Tang was having increasing conflicts with Tuyuhun, whose Busabo Khan Murong Fuyun, under instigation by his strategist the Prince of Tianzhu, had been repeatedly attacking Tang prefectures on the borders. At one point, Murong Fuyun sought to have a Tang princess marry his son Murong Zunwang (慕容尊王), but the marriage negotiations broke down over Emperor Taizong's insistence that Murong Zunwang come to Chang'an for the wedding. In summer 634, Emperor Taizong had the generals Duan Zhixuan and Fan Xing (樊興) lead forces against Tuyuhun, but with Tuyuhun's forces highly mobile and avoiding direct confrontation, Duan, while not defeated, could not make major gains. Once Duan withdrew, Tuyuhun resumed hostilities. In winter 634, with the Tufan king Songts?n Gampo making overtures to marry a Tang princess as well, Emperor Taizong sent the emissary Feng Dexia (馮德遐) to Tufan with an eye toward an alliance against Tuyuhun. In winter 634, he commissioned Li Jing, assisted by the other generals Hou Junji, Li Daozong, Li Daliang (李大亮), Li Daoyan (李道彥), and Gao Zengsheng (高甑生), to attack Tuyuhun. In 635, Li Jing's forces crushed Tuyuhun forces. Murong Fuyun was killed by his own subordinates, and his son Murong Shun killed the Prince of Tianzhu and surrendered. Emperor Taizong created Murong Shun the new khan, although Murong Shun was soon assassinated. Emperor Taizong then created Murong Shun's son Murong Nuohebo as the new khan.
  Also in 635, Emperor Gaozu died, and Emperor Taizong, observing a mourning period, briefly had Li Chengqian serve as regent, and after he resumed his authorities less than two months later, he still authorized Li Chengqian to thereafter rule on minor matters.
  In spring 636, Emperor Taizong commissioned his brothers and sons as commandants and changed their titles in accordance with the commands that they received, sending them to their posts -- with the exception of his son Li Tai the Prince of Wei, who by this point was beginning to be highly favored by him. He further allowed Li Tai to engage literary men to serve as his assistants, as Li Tai favored literature. From this point on, Li Tai would be so favored that there began to be talks that Emperor Taizong might let him displace Li Chengqian, whose favors began to wane.
  In fall 636, Empress Zhangsun died. Emperor Taizong mourned her bitterly and personally wrote the text of her monument.
  In summer 637, Emperor Taizong recreated the feudal scheme that he had considered and abandoned in 631, creating 35 hereditary prefect posts. (By 639, however, the system was again abandoned after much opposition.)
  Sometime before 638, Emperor Taizong, disgusted with the traditional noble clans of Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng and believing that they were abusing their highly honored names, commissioned Gao Shilian, Wei Ting, Linghu Defen (令狐德棻), and Cen Wenben to compile a work later to be known as the Records of Clans (氏族志), with the intent of dividing the clans into nine classes based on their past contributions, good deeds, and ill deeds. In an initial draft that Gao submitted, he nevertheless ranked the branch of the Cui clan that the official Cui Min'gan (崔民幹) belonged to as the highest, a decision that Emperor Taizong rebuked, as he pointed out that Gao was merely again looking at tradition and not the recent contributions. He therefore personally intervened in revising the work, reducing Cui's clan to the third class.
  In fall 638, Tufan's Songts?n Gampo, displeased that Emperor Taizong had declined to give him a Tang princes in marriage and believing that Murong Nuohebo had persuaded Emperor Taizong to decline the marriage proposal, launched a major attack on Tuyuhun and then on several Tang prefectures, putting Song Prefecture (松州, roughly modern Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan) under siege. Emperor Taizong commissioned Hou, assisted by Zhishi Sili (執失思力), Niu Jinda (牛進達), and Liu Jian (劉簡), to counterattack, and Niu, who commanded the forward forces, defeated Tufan forces at Song Prefecture. Songs?n Gampo withdrew and sued for peace, but still sought to marry a Tang princess. Emperor Taizong agreed this time.
  Also in 638, believing that Xueyantuo was growing increasingly strong and difficult to control, Emperor Taizong granted Yi'nan's sons Bazhuo and Jialibi (頡利苾) both lesser khan titles, to try to create dissensions between them.
  In summer 639, Ashian Jiesheshuai (阿史那結社率), the younger brother of Ashina Shibobi, whom Emperor Taizong did not favor and gave little recognition to, formed a conspiracy with Ashina Shibobi's son Ashina Hexiangu (阿史那賀暹鶻) to assassinate Emperor Taizong. They had planned to wait for Li Zhi the Prince of Jin to depart from the palace in the morning and use that opportunity to attack the palace. On the day they planned, however, Li Zhi did not leave the palace, and Ashina Jiesheshuai attacked anyway but was quickly defeated, captured, and executed. After this incident, however, the officials began advocating sending the Tujue people away from the heart of the state. In fall 639, Emperor Taizong created a Tujue prince who had served him faithfully, Li Simo (李思摩, né Ashina Simo) as the khan of a newly recreated Eastern Tujue state (as Qilibi Khan), giving him all of the Tujue and Xiongnu who had surrendered as his subordinates, to be settled north of the Great Wall and the Yellow River. However, the Tujue people were fearful of Xueyantuo and initially refused to head to their new location. Emperor Taizong issued an edict to Yi'nan that he and Li Simo keep their peace and not attack each other, and after receiving from Yi'nan the assurance that he would not attack, the Tujue people advanced to the new location.
  Meanwhile, Qu Wentai (麴文泰), the king of Gaochang, who had previously been submissive to Tang, had become increasingly hostile to Tang, allying with Western Tujue. In 640, Emperor Taizong commissioned Hou, assisted by Xue Wanjun, to launch a major attack on Gaochang. As they approached Gaochang, Qu Wentai died in fear and was succeeded by his son Qu Zhisheng (麴智盛). Qu Zhisheng offered to submit, but Hou demanded a surrender, which Qu Zhisheng refused. However, Hou put Gaochang under siege, and with aid from Western Tujue not arriving, Qu Zhisheng surrendered. Wei suggested that Emperor Taizong allow Qu Zhisheng to remain king, pointing out that the monetary and human costs would be high to keep a permanent garrison at Gaochang, but Emperor Taizong disagreed, and he converted Gaochang into two prefectures and annexed it into his state.
  In winter 640, Songs?n Gampo sent his prime minister Ludongzan (祿東贊) as an emissary to Tang, offering tributes and again requesting marriage. Emperor Taizong created a daughter of a clansman as the Princess Wencheng, and in 641 sent Li Daozong to accompany Princess Wencheng to Tufan to preside over the wedding.
  in winter 641, believing that Emperor Taizong was about to carry out sacrifices to heaven and earth at Mount Tai and would be unable to aid Eastern Tujue, Yi'nan launched a major attack on Eastern Tujue, commanded by his son Dadu (大度). Li Simo was forced to retreat inside the Great Wall. Emperor Taizong commissioned Li Shiji, assisted by Zhang Jian (張儉), Li Daliang, Zhang Shigui (張士貴), and Li Xiyu (李襲譽), to attack Xueyantuo. Li Shiji soon defeated Dadu at Nuozhen River (諾真水, flowing through modern Baotou, Inner Mongolia), and Dadu fled.
  Late reign
  By 642, it was clear that Li Tai had ambitions on replacing his brother Li Chengqian, and the governmental officials began to be divided into pro-Li Chengqian and pro-Li Tai factions. After urging by Wei Zheng and Chu Suiliang to take actions that would clarify that Li Chengqian's position was secure, Emperor Taizong attempted to do so by making repeated statements to that effect, but his continued favoring of Li Tai led to continued speculation among officials.
  Also by 642, Xueyantuo had posed a sufficiently serious threat (albeit still formally submissive) that Emperor Taizong saw two alternatives -- destroying it by force or forming into a heqin relationship by marrying one of his daughters to Yi'nan. This particularly became an issue after the Tang general Qibi Heli (契苾何力), the chieftain of the Qibi Tribe, was kidnapped by his own subordinates and taken to Xueyantuo. In order to ransom Qibi, Emperor Taizong made a promise to eventually give his daughter Princess Xinxing to Yi'nan in marriage, and Yi'nan released Qibi.
  in winter 642, an event that would eventuall precipitate wars between Tang and Goguryeo -- happened in Goguryeo. According to Chinese accounts Gao Jianwu/Go Geonmu (King Yeongnyu), the king of Goguryeo, was apprehensive about his general Yeon Gaesomun and was plotting with his other officials to kill Yeon. When Yeon received the news, he started a coup and killed the king and the high level officials. He declared King Yeongnyu's nephew Gao Zang/Go Jang (King Bojang) king, while taking power himself with the title of Mangniji (莫離支/???, regent). When Emperor Taizong received the news, there were suggestions that an attack be launched against Goguryeo, suggestions that Emperor Taizong initially declined.
  In spring 643, Wei died, and Emperor Taizong mourned him bitterly, authoring Wei's monument himself and, prior to Wei's death, promising to give his daughter Princess Hengshan in marriage to Wei's son Wei Shuyu (魏叔玉). Later in spring, Emperor Taizong commissioned 24 portraits at Lingyan Pavilion to commemorate the 24 great contributors to his reign.
  Also in 643, Emperor Taizong would see major turmoil among his own closest family. In spring 643, his son Li You (李祐) the Prince of Qi, angry over restrictions that his secretary general Quan Wanji (權萬紀) had often placed on him, killed Quan and declared a rebellion. Emperor Taizong sent Li Shiji against Li You, but before Li Shiji could engage Li You, Li You was captured by his own subordinate Du Xingmin (杜行敏) and delivered to Chang'an, where Emperor Taizong ordered him to commit suicide and executed 44 of his associates.
  The death of Li You drew out news of another plot. Li Chengqian, who had been fearful that Emperor Taizong would eventually remove him and replace him with Li Tai, had begun to conspire with Hou Junji, Li Yuanchang (李元昌) the Prince of Han (Emperor Taizong's brother), the general Li Anyan (李安儼), and his brothers-in-law Zhao Jie (趙節) and Du He (杜荷, Du Ruhui's son) to overthrow Emperor Taizong. During the investigations in the aftermaths of Li You's rebellion, one of the co-conspirators, Li Chengqian's guard Gegan Chengji (紇干承基), was implicated by association, and in order to save himself, he revealed Li Chengqian's plot. Emperor Taizong was shocked by the news, and he appointed Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu, and Li Shiji, along with the officials in charge of the supreme court and the legislative and examination bureaus of the government to carry out a joint investigation. At the suggestion of the mid-level official Lai Ji, Emperor Taizong deposed, but did not kill, Li Chengqian, while ordering Li Yuanchang to commit suicide and executing Hou, Li Anyan, Zhao, and Du.
  After Li Chenqian was deposed, Emperor Taizong briefly promised Li Tai that he would be made crown prince. However, as the investigations continued, Emperor Taizong came to the belief that Li Chengqian's downfall was driven by Li Tai's machinations, and therefore resolved to depose Li Tai as well. At Zhangsun's suggestion, Emperor Taizong created a younger son, Li Zhi the Prince of Jin (who, like Li Chengqian and Li Tai, were born of Empress Zhangsun), crown prince, who was considered kinder and gentler, while exiling Li Chengqian and Li Tai. (Starting later that year, however, Emperor Taizong began to have doubts as to whether Li Zhi's personality was sufficiently strong to serve as emperor, and he toyed with the idea of making another son, Li Ke the Prince of Wu, a son of his concubine Consort Yang (Emperor Yang of Sui's daughter), crown prince, but did not do so due to strong opposition by Zhangsun Wuji.)
  Meanwhile, coming to the belief that he made an ill-advised promise to Yi'nan to give him Princess Xinxing in marriage, Emperor Taizong demanded a large amount of bride price -- 50,000 horses, 10,000 cows and camels, and 100,000 sheep -- a price that Yi'nan agreed to, but could not immediately collect and deliver. Emperor Taizong used it as an excuse to cancel the marriage agreement. Meanwhile, as as Wei Zheng had, prior to his death, recommended Hou and Li Chengqian's staff member Du Zhenglun as chancellors, Emperor Taizong came to suspect that Wei was part of the plot as well. He destroyed the monument he had authored for Wei and cancelled the betrothal between Wei Shuyu and Princess Hengshan.
  In 644, with Yanqi's king Long Tuqizhi (龍突騎支), who had assisted the Tang campaign to conquer Gaochang, turning against Tang and allying with Western Tujue, Emperor Taizong sent the general Guo Xiaoke (郭孝恪), the commandant at Anxi (安西, i.e., Gaochang) to launch a surprise attack on Yanqi. Guo caught Long Tuqizhi by surprise and captured him, making his brother Long Lipozhun (龍栗婆準) regent. (The Western Tujue viceroy Ashina Quli (阿史那屈利) subsequently captured Long Lipozhun and briefly occupied Yanqi, although he then, not wanting a direct confrontation with Tang, withdrew, and the Yanqi nobles made Long Tuqizhi's cousin Long Xuepoanazhi (龍薛婆阿那支) king.)
  Also in 644, with Goguryeo attacking Silla and Silla requesting aid, Emperor Taizong decided to prepare for a campaign to conquer Goguryeo. He arrested the emissaries that Yeon sent to the Tang court, accusing them of disloyalty to King Yeongnyu. By winter 644, the mobilization was in full force. (Apparently because of Tang's preparation to attack Goguryeo, however, the reconstituted Eastern Tujue people, fearing an attack from Xueyantuo at a time that Tang would be ill-equipped to assist, panicked and abandoned their khan Li Simo, fleeing into Tang territory. Emperor Taizong reabsorbed the Eastern Tujue people into Tang, while making Li Simo a general in his army.)
  In spring 645, Emperor Taizong departed from Luoyang and led the troops northeast, behind forward forces commanded by Li Shiji and Li Daozong. By summer 645, Tang forces had captured Liaodong (遼東, in modern Liaoyang, Liaoning), and headed southeast toward the Goguryeo capital Pyongyang. Emperor Taizong defeated a large force commanded by the Gogureyo generals Gao Yanshou (高延壽) and Gao Huizhen (高惠真) and then put Anshi (安市, in modern Anshan, Liaoning) under siege. However, the capable defense put up by Anshi's commanding general (whose name is not recorded in history but traditionally is believed to be Yang Manchun) stymied Tang forces and, in late fall, with winter fast approaching and his food supplies running out, Emperor Taizong withdrew. He much regretted launching the campaign and made the comment, "If Wei Zheng were still alive, he would never have let me launch this campaign." He reerected the monument he authored for Wei and summoned Wei's wife and children to meet him, treating them well. He also began to suffer from an illness or injury -- which might have been inflicted during the Gogureyo campaign -- an ilnness that he would never appear to completely recover from.
  Meanwhile, in the aftermaths of the Goguryeo campaign, Xueyantuo's Duomi Khan Bazhuo (拔灼, son of Yi'nan, who had died earlier in 645) launched attacks against Tang's border prefectures, with largely inconclusive results. In spring 646, the Tang generals Qiao Shiwang (喬師望) and Zhishi Sili counterattacked, defeating Bazhuo's forces, causing him to flee. His vassals Huige, Pugu (僕骨), and Tongluo (同羅) tribes took the opportunity to rebel and attack him. Hearing this, Emperor Taizong launched a major attack, commanded by Li Daozong, Ashina She'er (阿史那社爾), Zhishi, Qibi, Xue Wanche, and Zhang Jian, against Xueyantuo. With Xueyantuo under attack from multiple sides, Bazhuo was killed by Huige forces, and the remaining Xueyantuo people fled and supported Bazhuo's cousin Duomozhi (咄摩支) as Yitewushi Khan, but soon offered to submit to Tang. Emperor Taizong sent Li Shiji toward Duomozhi's location, with the direction to either accept his submission or destroy him. Duomozhi surrendered and was taken to Chang'an, ending Xueyantuo's rule over the region. The other tribes formerly submissive to Xueyantuo offered Emperor Taizong the title of "Heavenly Khan" and thereafter largely became submissive to Tang. Tang nominally established seven command posts and six prefectures over the region. (Huige's khan Yaoluoge Tumidu (藥羅葛吐迷度), while submissive to Tang, for some time tried to take control over the region himself, but was subsequently assassinated in 648, and there would be no other organized attempt by Huige to take over the region until for about another century.)
  After the victory over Xueyantuo, Emperor Taizong again turned his attention toward to Goguryeo, cutting off relations once more and considering another campaign. Under suggestions by some of his officials, he decided to launch harassment campaigns against Goguryeo's northern region on a yearly basis, to weaken Goguryeo gradually. The first of these campaigns was launched in spring 647, with Niu Jinda and Li Shiji in command, and would reoccur.
  In 648, Emperor Taizong launched another campaign, commanded by Ashina She'er, aimed at Qiuzi (龜玆, in modern Akesu Prefecture, Xinjiang]), but first attacking Yanqi and killing Long Xuepoanazhi and replacing him with his cousin Long Xiannazhun (龍先那準). Ashina She'er advanced on Qiuzi and captured its king Bai Helibushibi (白訶黎布失畢), making his brother king instead.
  By summer of 649, Emperor Taizong was seriously ill -- with some believing that his illness was caused by his taking pills given him by alchemists. Believing Li Shiji to be capable but fearing that he would not be submissive to Li Zhi, he demoted Li Shiji out of the capital to be the commandant at remote Die Prefecture (疊州, roughly modern Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu), with instructions to Li Zhi that if if Li Shiji hesitated, to execute him immediately, and if he did not, to recall him after Emperor Taizong's death and make him chancellor. Li Shiji, when receiving the order and realizing that his life was at stake, immediately departed for Die Prefecture. (After Emperor Taizong's death, Li Zhi would indeed recall Li Shiji and make him chancellor.) Soon thereafter, Emperor Taizong, after entrusting Li Zhi to Zhangsun Wuji and Chu, died at his summer palace Cuiwei Palace (翠微宮). His death was initially kept a secret, and three days later, after his casket had been returned to Chang'an, his death was announced, and Li Zhi took the throne as Emperor Gaozong.
  Taizong "reign" 616-649 Colors show the succession of Taizong (Tang) conquest in Asia: Shanxi (617: his father is governor, Taizong encouraged him to revolt.) Sui's Empire Protector (618). Tang dynasty 618. Controlled all of Sui's China by 622-626. Submit the Oriental Turks territories (630-682) Tibetan's King recognizes China as their emperor (641-670) Submit the Occidental Turks territories (642-665) (idem) add the Oasis (640-648: northern Oasis; 648: southern Oasis) [Not shown in the map: Conquest of Korea by his son (661-668)] The two darkest area are truly the Chinese empire, the 3 lightest area are temporaly vasalised. Borders are not factual, they are indicatives.
  Taizong "reign" 616-649
  Colors show the succession of Taizong (Tang) conquest in Asia:
   Shanxi (617: his father is governor, Taizong encouraged him to revolt.) Sui's Empire Protector (618). Tang dynasty 618. Controlled all of Sui's China by 622-626. Submit the Oriental Turks territories (630-682) Tibetan's King recognizes China as their emperor (641-670) Submit the Occidental Turks territories (642-665) (idem) add the Oasis (640-648: northern Oasis; 648: southern Oasis) [Not shown in the map: Conquest of Korea by his son (661-668)] The two darkest area are truly the Chinese empire, the 3 lightest area are temporaly vasalised. Borders are not factual, they are indicatives.
  The Sui dynasty tried to invade Goguryeo in 598, 612, 613 & 614. Taizong campaign was in 645. Gaozong's campaigns were in 661, 667 & 668. (Map: end of the 5th)
  The Sui dynasty tried to invade Goguryeo in 598, 612, 613 & 614. Taizong campaign was in 645. Gaozong's campaigns were in 661, 667 & 668. (Map: end of the 5th)
  Era name
  * Zhen'guan (貞觀 zhēn guān) 627-649
  Chancellors during reign
  * Xiao Yu (626, 627, 630, 643-646)
  * Chen Shuda (626)
  * Feng Deyi (626-627)
  * Yuwen Shiji (626-627)
  * Gao Shilian (626-627, 638-647)
  * Fang Xuanling (626-643, 643-648)
  * Zhangsun Wuji (627-628, 645-649)
  * Du Yan (627-628)
  * Du Ruhui (628-629)
  * Li Jing (628-634)
  * Wang Gui (628-633)
  * Wei Zheng (629-642)
  * Wen Yanbo (630-637)
  * Dai Zhou (630-633)
  * Hou Junji (630-632, 632-643)
  * Yang Shidao (636-643, 645)
  * Liu Ji (639-645)
  * Cen Wenben (642-645)
  * Li Shiji (643-649)
  * Zhang Liang (643-646)
  * Ma Zhou (644-648)
  * Chu Suiliang (644-647, 648-649)
  * Xu Jingzong (645)
  * Gao Jifu (645)
  * Zhang Xingcheng (645)
  * Cui Renshi (648)
  Family
  * Father
  o Emperor Gaozu of Tang
  * Mother
  o Duchess Dou, Emperor Gaozu's wife, daughter of Dou Yi (竇毅) the Duke of Shenwu during Northern Zhou and Sui Dynasty and the Princess Xiangyang daughter of Yuwen Tai, posthumously honored as Empress Taimushunsheng
  * Wife
  o Empress Zhangsun (created 626, d. 636), mother of Crown Princes Chengqian and Zhi, Prince Tai, and Princesses Changle, Jinyang, and Xincheng
  * Major Concubines
  o Consort Xu Hui (徐惠) (627-650), titled Chongrong (充容), posthumously honored Xianfei (賢妃)
  o Consort Yang, daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui, mother of Princes Ke and Yin
  o Consort Yin, mother of Prince You
  o Consort Wang, mother of Prince Yun
  o Consort Yan, mother of Princes Zhen and Xiao
  o Consort Wei, mother of Prince Shen and Princess Linchuan
  o Consort Yang, mother of Prince Fu
  o Consort Yang, formerly wife and princess of Li Yuanji the Prince of Qi, mother of Prince Ming
  o Consort Wu, later wife and empress of Emperor Gaozong, later Emperor of Zhou, commonly known as Wu Zetian
  * Sons
  o Li Chengqian (李承乾), initially the Prince of Changshan (created 620), later the Prince of Zhongshan (created 622), later the Crown Prince (created 626), later reduced to commoner rank (deposed 643), posthumously honored as Prince Min of Changshan
  o Li Kuan (李寬) (d. 620?), posthumously created the Prince of Chu
  o Li Ke (李恪), initially the Prince of Changsha (created 620), later the Prince of Han, later the Prince of Shu (created 628), later the Prince of Wu (created 636, forced to commit suicide 653), posthumously created the Prince of Yulin
  o Li Tai (李泰), initially the Prince of Yidu (created 620), later the Prince of Wei (created 621), later the Prince of Yue (created 628), later the Prince of Wei (created 636), later demoted to the Prince of Donglai (demoted 643), later the Prince of Shunyang (created 643), later Prince Gong of Pu (created 647)
  o Li You (李祐), initially the Prince of Yiyang (created 625), later the Prince of Chu, later the Prince of Yan (created 628), later the Prince of Qi (created 636, forced to commit suicide 653)
  o Li Yin (李愔), initially the Prince of Liang (created 631), later the Prince of Shu (created 636), later reduced to commoner rank (deposed 653), later the Prince of Peiling (d. 667), posthumously created Prince Dao of Shu
  o Li Yun (李惲), initially the Prince of Tan (created 631), later the Prince of Jiang (created 636, committed suicide 674)
  o Li Zhen (李貞), initially the Prince of Han (created 631), later the Prince of Yue (created 636, committed suicide 688)
  o Li Zhi (李治), initially the Prince of Jin (created 631), later the Crown Prince (created 643), later Emperor Gaozong of Tang
  o Li Shen (李慎), initially the Prince of Shen (created 631), later the Prince of Ji (created 636), later reduced to commoner rank (deposed and d. 688)
  o Li Xiao (李囂), Prince Shang of Jiang (created 631, d. 632)
  o Li Jian (李簡), the Prince of Dai (created and d. 631)
  o Li Fu (李福), the Prince of Zhao (created 639, d. 670)
  o Li Ming (李明), initially the Prince of Chao (created 647), later demoted to Prince of Lingling (demoted 680 or 681, forced to commit suicide 682)
  * Daughters
  o Princess Xiangcheng (d. 651)
  o Princess Runan
  o Princess Nanping
  o Princess Sui'an
  o Princess Changle
  o Princess Yuzhang
  o Princess Baling (forced to commit suicide 653), posthumously created the Princess Bijing
  o Princess Pu'an
  o Princess Dongyang
  o Princess Linchuan (d. 682)
  o Li Jing (李敬), the Princess Qinghe (d. 664)
  o Li Shu (李淑), the Princess Lanling
  o Princess Jin'an
  o Princess Ankang
  o Princess Xingxing
  o Princess Chengyang
  o Princess Gaoyang (forced to commit suicide 653), posthumously created the princess Hepu
  o Princess Jinshan
  o Li Mingda (李明達), the Princess Jinyang
  o Princess Changshan (d. 656)
  o Princess Xincheng
    

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