Chapter 221 The country name Tang

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Because of Li Shimin's sudden departure, the Changsun Mansion was very embarrassed. Mr. Changsun Sheng was extremely angry, with a blue face and left with a sleeve.

Changsun Xingbu, Changsun Heng'an, Changsun Wuji's three brothers had to apologize to the guests and reverently apologize to the guests.

At this time, Yang Zi and Changsun Sheng were actually staring at each other in the secret room with big eyes

After the three brothers and Changsun Wugui left the guest, they ordered the servants to close the door of the mansion and sit outside the secret room waiting for the news.

Changsun Sheng has always been strict and has no choice but to treat his biological children. This made Changsun Wugui uneasy. Sometimes he could hear Changsun Sheng's roar from the secret room, but sometimes there was no sound. He waited until the evening, and the door finally opened.

What stunned them was that when Changsun Sheng and Yang Zi walked out, they were smiling and indescribable intimacy.

Uncle Changsun spoke sharply and full of wise wisdom. My nephew finally understood why Emperor Wen Yang Jian trusted Uncle Changsun so much back then. The establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty and even the early years of the Great Sui Dynasty were so smooth. He stood firm under the threat of the powerful Turkic people at that time. It was entirely up to Uncle Changsun to plan and divide the Turkic people into unification and disintegration of the powerful Turkic Empire. My nephew yearned for the style of Uncle Changsun's eloquence and talk in front of the Turkic people with his only 3-inch tongue.

The hero does not mention his courage, but it has passed... Although he spoke humble words, Changsun Sheng's uncontrollable smile showed his proud heart at this moment

Who doesn’t like to listen to flattery?

What's more, what Yang Zi said is both a fact and a historical fact. At the beginning of the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Turkic Empire was so powerful that it was far from reaching the national strength, territory, or army. If it weren't for Changsun Sheng's strategy of uniting and connecting the borders, how could the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty later be?

Then again, although the Great Sui Dynasty had only a short lifespan of 37 years, the series of systems established by the Sui Dynasty, the Grand Canal, and various civil and military officials, were left to the later Tang Dynasty. In fact, many of the policies and policies of the Tang Dynasty were copied from the Sui Dynasty. Tang was an extension of the Sui Dynasty, and this was beyond doubt.

However, many people now think that the Tang Dynasty is a very rare prosperous dynasty in Chinese history. It is so rich and powerful. The poems of the Tang Dynasty are also called Tang poetry, which makes it seem like the Tang Dynasty was really amazing at that time. The Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty in the later period are far away from each other.

In fact, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was just beautified by later historians. The Tang Dynasty is nothing

The Tang Dynasty's rule for more than 280 years was a real prosperous era, and the real peace period was only a few decades. Since Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, it has not been killed in the palace, but the treacherous ministers have been fighting in the elbows. Since the more than 20 years of Kaiyuan, all of them have been in chaos.

The Tang Dynasty was actually a messy dynasty. Everyone knew the Zhenguan rule of the Tang Dynasty. How the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and how everyone did not pick up any other things. In fact, it was a terrifying dynasty. The dynasty that was humiliated by foreign races the most, the widest range, and the longest time was the Tang Dynasty.

For more than half of the time, the country was in a period of humiliation and bullying by foreign races. The Turks, Khitans, Tubo, Nanzhao, and Uighurs all plundered the Tang people tens of thousands of thousands, and even the barbarian small states like the Xiyuan Man once plundered tens of thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty.

Such things are really indescribable. The people of the Tang Dynasty lived in turmoil without basic personal safety guarantees.

It is an insult to China to say that the Tang Dynasty was the most powerful dynasty in Chinese history

There is also Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, the one known as Emperor Minghuang of Tang. During his reign, he experienced the peak of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperous Kaiyuan period.

However, in the late period of Li Longji, the biggest rebellion of the Tang Dynasty was ushered in, the Anshi Rebellion, and the Tang Dynasty went downhill from then on

In fact, these are nothing. Which dynasty has not experienced these ups and downs?

To put it bluntly, everyone knows the Silk Road. There are primary school history textbooks. Zhang Qian went on a mission to the Western Regions to open up the Silk Road. Later, during the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty lost control of the Western Regions. The Silk Road was closed and the exchange between the East and the West was interrupted.

The loss of control of the Silk Road was not only a reason for the demise of the Tang Dynasty, but also directly caused the Central Plains to lose their place of war horses, the barriers to protect the Central Plains, the capital to compete with foreign races, and the lack of mobility in the Central Plains army, which was equivalent to no cavalry for hundreds of years, and the situation where they could only passively defend and passively beating continued for several dynasties.

After Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, the administration was corrupt, the people were living in poverty, military generals rebelled, foreign tribes invaded, the Tang Dynasty struggled to support it, and constantly used idiotic, dirty and cowardly diplomatic means to maintain the country.

Everyone knows that the famous Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty was close to Songtsen Gampo of Tubo. The history textbooks praised and praised it very much, and believed that it was a successful example of communication between the Central Plains and the Western Regions. If they could not beat them, they would give women the grass. Why don’t Tubo send some beauties to marry them?

It would be fine if Tubo was obedient. In fact, the Tang Dynasty was often defeated by Tubo and was not grateful at all. During the reign of Emperor Daizong of Tang, the capital was captured by Tubo. In October 763 AD, the Tubo army occupied Fengtian and the troops arrived at Chang'an City. Daizong was so scared that he fled to Shanzhou in a hurry to take refuge in the asylum.

As a result, Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was not only captured by Tubo, but also established a pseudo-emperor. They made Li Chenghong, the King of Guangwu in the Tang Dynasty, the emperor as their tool of ruling.

Large areas such as Hexi and Longyou became Tubo territory. From then on, millions of Han people became Tubo slaves to destroy the country. Tubo took advantage of the chaos to seize the 50 counties, including Hexi and Huangshan in the Tang Dynasty, six towns, fourteenth army, and the descendants of the Tang Dynasty were all slaves.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty signed the first treaty for cede land and treason in Chinese history.

In 783 AD, the Tang government was forced to sign the "Tang-Tibet Qingshui Covenant" with Tubo.

The incompetent government of the Tang Dynasty shamelessly acknowledged the Tubo occupied the prefectures and counties occupied by the Tang Dynasty as Tubo's territory, and expressed its adherence to the alliance.

The alliance stipulates: Tang Dynasty Jingzhou is the right side of Danzheng Gorge, Longzhou is the left side of Qingshui, Fengzhou is the west side of Tonggu, Jiannan is the west side of Xishan, Dadu River, Tubo guards Zhenlan, Wei, Yuan, Hui, west side of Lintao, East side of Chengzhou, arrive in Jiannan, west side of Moss the barbarians, southwest of Dadu River

From then on, all the civil, military, Cheng, Die, Dang and Min prefectures and counties in Longnan were abolished and all became Tubo's territory.

This is the first treaty of cede land in Chinese history that lost power and humiliated the country. The rulers of the Tang Dynasty sold their country for tolerance and relied on cede land to survive.

The incompetent Tang Dynasty brought too much shame to the Han people

People in Hexi, Longyou and other places later became barbaric. These were the prosperous times of the Tang Dynasty?

In the late Tang Dynasty, the vassal states were divided, wars were frequent, and agricultural production was damaged extremely seriously. So who knew that the chaotic situation at that time, and how did those vassal state forces fight?

How to ensure logistics support for military rations?

At that time, the forces of the vassal states sent troops to fight, in addition to food and grass, also carried salted human corpses, which had destroyed the withered agricultural production. Who had food to eat?

In this case, we still have to fight and not eat people?

What to eat?

This is also the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty?

It's too far

But after all, if there is one diplomatic talent like Changsun Sheng in every court, what a great blessing for the country and the people.

Unfortunately, TMD has only released one after hundreds of years.

Although Yang Zi is not a historian, he still knows a little bit of historical common sense. Civil and military officials, military generals, and diplomatic talents are indispensable.

In contrast, among Changsun Sheng’s three sons, the youngest son Changsun Wuji is the most valuable

He flattered Changsun Sheng, and Changsun Sheng asked someone to prepare a banquet for a banquet. During the banquet, Yang Zi was eloquent, fully demonstrating his amazing eloquence, and especially focused on Changsun Wuji. This dinner was eaten until late at night!

What Yang Zi said in this meal was not important. What was important was that the next day, the Changsun family began to prepare a carriage, announcing to send her daughter to marry, and held a banquet to celebrate. The flowing table lasted for three days. Three days later, Changsun Sheng and other family members were invited to Liangdu to send their brides. The dowry, more than 30 carriages, left Luoyang in a mighty manner.

During these three days, Yang Zi gave a gift to the ministers in Luoyang, and his reputation soared. The Luoyang court praised him in a row.

Yang Zi and Wang Shichong also had a private dinner and secretly signed an offensive and defensive alliance. In short, everyone was happy.

Just as Yang Zi was so proud that the horse's hooves were fast and returned to Liangdu with Changsun's family, Yang You, the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, abdicated three times. Li Yuan accepted it and changed the country's name to Tang

As for why Li Yuan changed to Tang, no one knew that Yang Zi was also very depressed after receiving this news. He thought that he had made the name of the King of Tang and Li Yuan would not use it anymore. Who knew that Li Yuan still shamelessly used this word

After Li Yuan ascended the throne in Taiji Hall, he appointed the crown prince Li Jian as the crown prince, and appointed Li Shimin as the King of Qin and Li Yuanji as the King of Qi.