Why did the children of the clan fight for power so frequently in the early Tang Dynasty?

In the early period of the reign of the Tang Dynasty, there were often cases of princes vying for power, in fact, in every dynasty there will be princes seizing power, but there were a lot of things in the early Tang Dynasty, and such things appeared in the early Tang Dynasty, all because the predecessors "made a start", Tang Taizong Li Shimin took the lead in killing his brother and usurping the throne, and then Wu Zetian successfully ascended the throne, resulting in later clan members wanting to be emperors, which led to palace changes again and again.

First of all, the historical records say that Tang Gaozu Li Yuan once promised Tang Taizong Li Shimin to be the prince, but later let the eldest son Li Jiancheng be the prince, and later the prince and the Qin king Li Shimin were incompatible, Li Shimin took the lead in launching the Xuanwumen Revolution to kill the prince, and later forced Tang Gaozu Li Yuan to give himself the throne.

Therefore, in fact, many later princes seized power, it can be said that they learned from Tang Taizong Li Shimin, originally seeking power and usurping the throne were not allowed, and they were to be blamed by the world, but later generations felt that Tang Taizong Li Shimin did this, and not only did not suffer much impact later, but also opened the "rule of Zhenguan", so the consequences of seeking power and usurping the throne were not so serious.

Secondly, during the reign of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, his sons Li Chengqian, Li Tai and others also seized power, and later after Tang Gaozong Li Zhi ascended the throne, Wu Zetian stepped into the position of queen step by step, and later became the queen mother and listened to the government, and finally became a female emperor, which also opened a "female emperor" for later queens and princesses.

Later, Princess Taiping, Empress Wei, Empress Zhang, etc., all intervened in politics one after another, and they all wanted to be female emperors like Wu Zetian, so there were a lot of palace changes during that time.

Finally, there were many people who sought power and usurped the throne in the early Tang Dynasty, also because of the management problems at that time, and the members of the clan who fought for power and power were not punished too severely, especially the doting on Li Tai by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, which led to Li Tai's power and usurpation of the throne was not punished much, and later generations were naturally more fearless.

It is because they all want to be able to sit in the position of the emperor and gain some rights for themselves, so the brothers will compete with each other.

Such a thing happened in the early Tang Dynasty because Tang Taizong Li Shimin took the lead in killing his brother and usurping the throne and Wu Zetian successfully ascended the throne to make a start, which led to the later clan members wanting to be emperors, which led to palace changes again and again.

It was because the national strength at that time was relatively rampant, coupled with the fact that people had a particularly strong attraction to imperial power, were influenced by eunuchs and relatives, and were influenced by various forces.

Because this is a tradition, the children of the royal family have to fight for power after all, so it is very frequent.

This has something to do with the culture of the Tang Dynasty, because in the Tang Dynasty, if there is no way to obtain rights well, life will become very difficult, and you may face death.

The eldest grandson's family is the most powerful;

The Tang Dynasty gate valve clan is divided into two kinds: one is the old Shandong clan that was inherited from the Wei and Jin dynasties, with Taiyuan Wang, Xingyang Zheng, Fan Yang Lu, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Zhaojun Li as representatives, the special return point is a long history, the power is deep-rooted, the family branches are all over the world, and there is great power and influence in the local and common people, and the other is the Li family's reliance on the army to win the world, with the Longxi Li family, the eldest grandson's family, and so on;

The characteristic is that the missing manuscript limb has won the trust of the royal family because of the merit of the dragon, and holds the power in the court, but the disadvantage is that the accumulation is insufficient, short-sighted, and the influence in the people and counties is not as good as that of the old Shandong clan.

The eldest grandson's family is the most powerful;

The Tang Dynasty gate valve clan is divided into two kinds: one is the old Shandong clan that continued from the Wei and Jin dynasties, represented by the King of Taiyuan, Xingyang Zheng, Fan Yanglu, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, and Zhaojun Li, which is characterized by a long history, great power and deep roots, family branches all over the world, and great power and influence in the local and common people, and the other is the reliance of the Li family to win the world, with the Li family in Longxi, the eldest grandson's family, and so on;

The characteristic is that because of the dragon's skill, it has won the trust of the royal family and holds the power in the court, but the disadvantage is that the accumulation is insufficient, short-sighted, and the influence in the people and counties is not as good as the old Shandong family.

The eldest grandson's family is the most powerful;

The Tang Dynasty gate valve clan is divided into two kinds: one is the old Shandong clan that continued from the Wei and Jin dynasties, represented by the King of Taiyuan, Xingyang Zheng, Fan Yanglu, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, and Zhaojun Li, which is characterized by a long history, deep roots, family branches all over the world, and great power and influence in the local and common people, and the other is the reliance of the Li family to win the world, with the Li family in Longxi, the Changsun family, and so on;

The characteristic is that because of the dragon's skill, it is extremely trusted by the royal family, and it controls the power in the court, but the disadvantage is that the accumulation is not enough to be grand-handed, short-sighted, and the influence in the people and counties is not as good as the old Shandong clan.

It is very likely that the family will become a great stumbling block in the development of the Tang Dynasty.

In ancient times, there was a saying called "a hundred years of dynasty, a thousand years of family", that is, a dynasty may fall in a hundred years, but a family will exist for a thousand years. This was greatly manifested in the Tang Dynasty. Because the word "family" was particularly prominent in the Tang Dynasty.

Basically, many of the lifelines of the Tang Dynasty were in the hands of the family, and if the rights of the family were not weakened, it was likely to become a huge stumbling block in the development of the Tang Dynasty.

A lot of power in the Tang Dynasty was in the hands of the family, for example, in terms of culture, the family can be said to have a monopoly on culture, resulting in many ordinary people not getting cultural education, and after the monopoly, most of the civil officials who naturally entered the officialdom will come from the children of the family, so that the cycle will drag down the cultural development of the entire dynasty.

There are a lot of land ownership.

It's all in the hands of the Maison. Most of the land in the Tang Dynasty was in the hands of the family, and the family leased it to the people in the form of sublease to let them get food after farming, and the land was a very important thing for the people, because it was a matter of whether they could have enough to eat, so the family controlled the land was equivalent to the food of the entire dynasty.

The children of the family are overdrawing the development of the dynasty. As mentioned earlier, the family monopolized the development of culture, but in fact, at the same time, the family was also overdrawing the development of the dynasty, because the family controlled the vast majority of high-quality resources, so it was natural that the children of the family received a better education, and at the same time, these education and the rights of the family would make these children effortlessly able to find a good errand in the officialdom.

Cycle after cycle, the vast majority of the ** in the dynasty are from the family, and it is difficult for other people to have a bright future. Similarly, if there are many uneducated children in the family, it will eventually lead to the fall of a dynasty.

If the family is not weakened, the imperial examination system will not be able to continue, the class will be stratified, polarized, the gap between the rich and the poor will become wider and wider, and the social development will be very slow.

The imperial examination system is the opposite of the family's rights, and if the family's rights are not weakened, then the imperial examination system cannot be implemented, and talented people from poor families cannot make suggestions and suggestions for the imperial court, and the Tang Dynasty will not be so prosperous.

If the rights of the family were not weakened, the Tang Dynasty would not have prospered as it had in history, because the family monopolized the culture, and most of the talents were recommended by the family, forming a huge network of interests.

It is probably that the people standing in the officialdom are the children of the eunuchs, and the people who are prosperous are all nobles, and there are no nobles from the poor families, and there is no place for the children of the poor families in the officialdom or in the market.

The power of the family in the Jin Dynasty was greater, and if the rights of the family were not weakened, they would control the government for a longer time, and if the imperial power touched the rights of the family, it would be attacked by the family group, and there would be turmoil.

The family is still a great threat to a dynasty, after all, the family has the culture and the knowledge it has mastered. In fact, the family had both advantages and disadvantages for the Tang Dynasty.

In short, it will play a certain role in hindering the rule of the Tang Dynasty and affect its development, because often the interests of the royal family will inevitably conflict with the family.

If the rights of the family are not weakened, the imperial examination system will not be able to continue, and the gap between the rich and the poor in society will become wider and wider.

If it is not weakened, then it is estimated that those who will have a future will be nobles, and there will be no nobles in the cold family anymore.

Because of the monopoly culture of the family, most of the talents are recommended by the family, forming a huge network of interests, and the children of the family are more sloppy and do not produce.

1。Traditional factors, before the unification of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in turmoil for many years, and all kinds of turmoil and disputes. That is, it is full of all kinds of deceit, all kinds of opportunities, all kinds of careerists.

Everyone doesn't have much concept of the monarch's loyalty, and they feel that the powerful people in the world live in it, not to mention that the Northern Dynasties of the Northern and Southern Dynasties are essentially ruled by nomads, and they have no concept of the monarch. Therefore, because of traditional reasons, it will naturally lead to constant disputes.

2。Institutional issues. Just ended a history of strife, many new systems have just been implemented, the replacement of the old and new systems will naturally touch the interests of the old class, a political behavior model that can penetrate into the aristocracy at all levels, ** has not been well constructed, the distribution and checks and balances of military power and local power are far from being as mature as later;

3。Back to the Tang Dynasty itself, Gaozu actually took the partnership system of fathers and sons in battle, except for Gaozu, the leader of the alliance, the rest of the sons of Queen Taimu have contributed a lot, and they naturally think that they should enjoy the right to inherit and fame. In other words, these people feel that they should enjoy the benefits left by their fathers.

Naturally, they will make some rebellious moves.

4。The Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui Dynasty, in fact, it also inherited the power pattern of the Northern Zhou Guanlong clan working together to rule the world, and in the absence of absolute concentration of power, it also gave the nominal successors the resources to dare to take risks. After all, everyone wants to be the emperor, and the ambition of being the only one in the world naturally makes people fight a lot of heroes.

It seems that Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty relied on power struggles to obtain the throne, so many people are more eager for power.

This was partly because the Tang Dynasty retained the system of the Sui Dynasty, and partly because of national customs.

Because Li Shimin made a bad start, all the later capable princes were unwilling to stay down.

Just look at the reason why Li Shimin can become the emperor, he can do anything for the sake of power.

Is it all driven by political interests, or is it for power and money.

Because they only won the throne by fighting, everyone has a great desire for the throne.

The first half of every dynasty was characterized by political turmoil, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception.

I feel that every dynasty has this kind of struggle for power, so there are still a lot of fights.

At that time, people could ignore anything for the sake of power.