When was the heyday of the Tang Dynasty?

There are probably the following peaks.

The Zhenguan period of Li Shimin's rule was the peak of military, political and diplomatic affairs in the Tang Dynasty.

The peak of the country was the Li Zhi period.

The peak of economy and culture is the Li Longji period (the prosperous time of Kaiyuan).

1. Military: When People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded, Li Tang's military capability was beyond doubt. The fate of warlords and surrounding small countries is enough to prove Tang Jun's excellent strength.

Xuanjia Army is the best cavalry unit in Li Tang, which was formed by Li Shimin and trained by himself. The Xuanjia Army is a highlight of the cold weapon era in military history.

There were many famous soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty, such as Li Jing, Weichi Gong, Hou, Pei Xingjian, Su, Zhang, Qu Tutong and Chai Shao.

2. Politics: There is a misunderstanding to be corrected here. During the reign of Li Shimin, it was called "the rule of Zhenguan", not "the prosperous time of Zhenguan". Some people compare and verify the economic level with indicators such as population, land and per capita grain output, and come to the conclusion that the economic level during the Zhenguan period was not so good, so as to "prove" that the Zhenguan rule is false, and it is completely a concept of stealing! ! !

"Rice is fat and millet is white, and public and private granaries are rich" describes the prosperity of Kaiyuan, which is the embodiment of the prosperity of economically developed people.

The rule of Zhenguan is to rule the world, not to prosper it. What is praised by later generations is the political atmosphere and social environment, not the economic situation.

(a) National political clarity

The system of three provinces and six departments was perfected and really played its role in Zhenguan period. As a monarch, Li Shimin took the initiative to delegate power to the Prime Minister, and the monarchical power and the relative power contained each other, which reduced many decision-making mistakes. In Chinese and foreign feudal societies, such enlightenment and progress are precious.

The imperial court made great efforts to streamline officials, to prevent overlapping administrative agencies, unclear official responsibilities and inefficiency caused by mutual disputes, to reduce the financial expenditure of most officials' salaries and to reduce the economic burden of the people. Li Shimin emphasized that "officials have people, but not many officials". In the early years of Zhenguan, he ordered the prime minister to streamline the central organization, and the number of civil and military officials was reduced from more than 2,000 to 643. Only more than 600 people can support the operation of the Tang Dynasty empire.

The replay system of death penalty in Zhenguan dynasty also greatly reduced the probability of unjust, false and wrong cases. Li Shimin changed the triple to the quintuple.

(2) The court is clean.

Wholehearted and devoted, Zhen Guan Tian Tuan is probably the state of monarch and minister that ancient scholars most yearn for. Zhenguan Tiantuan is more like an entrepreneurial team. Under the leadership of his superiors, he took governing the country as his own duty, cared about the court and the people, cherished the people's strength and advocated frugality. Qi Xin worked together to create a way of governing the country, and the wise, the monarch and the ministers brought out the best in each other. The name of the hero of Lingyange 24 is immortal.

(3) Mingjun is in charge of chastity

During Li Shimin's reign, he expanded his territory, appointed people on their merits, was good at coachable's words, and paid taxes lightly and generously, benefiting the whole people. There are too many related stories in history books, so I won't list them one by one.

(4) The public security is good and the people are recuperating.

In the 23 years of Zhenguan, only 19 prisoners were executed in at least one year. Zi Tongzhi Bamboo Slips commented that "the road was not connected, and the door was not closed at night" during the Zhenguan period. During the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin expanded its territory, but it was not militarism. Every battle has been carefully planned, and the greatest results have been achieved at the least cost, without excessive consumption of the people. When they recruited Koguryo in their later years, the people not only didn't treat war as a hardship, but said, "I just want to die in Liaodong."

Three. Diplomacy: During the Zhenguan period, four foreigners were guests, and all countries came to Korea, honoring the emperor of the Tang Dynasty as "Tiankhan". All countries are willing to serve the Tang dynasty, thinking that the Tang dynasty is self-sufficient and competing to become a vassal of the Tang dynasty.

The territory is unprecedentedly vast. Li Bai was born in Kyrgyzstan and Wang Bo was buried in Viet Nam. The customs clearance documents of Datang are actually easy to use. Xuanzang went west to learn the scriptures and passed through many countries before reaching his destination. By the time he returned to the Tang Dynasty after studying Buddhism, all the countries he passed through had become the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

There are contradictions in other countries, so please come to Datang for mediation; When other countries fight, Datang can send troops to help; Datang can interfere in other countries' internal affairs; There is even Wang Xuance who destroyed the miracle of a country.

Chang 'an has become the largest city in the world, with a peak population of 1 10,000, and the second place in Constantinople is only 300,000. The streets and alleys of Chang 'an are all business envoys of various countries, which is quite cosmopolitan.

It was the time when the Japanese elite, Tang envoys, risked their lives to come to the eastern land of Tang Dynasty to worship the emperor of Tang Dynasty, learn the advanced culture of Tang Dynasty and bring it back to Japan from generation to generation. Now we call Japan a domestic slave or a shameless aggression. Essentially, it is an island country, where the strong and the strong live together. In the video of China's territory changes in the past dynasties made by Japanese, Japan in the Tang Dynasty was classified as the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but this is not the historical fact. It is no exaggeration to say that Japan was the most loyal dog licker in the Tang Dynasty.