After the establishment of political power in the Tang Dynasty, six major campaigns were carried out to unify the whole country. Li Shimin commanded four of the six campaigns, all of which won victories and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. For the first time, it was the battle between Xue Ju and his son in Longyou. In the first year of Tang Wude, when Xue Ju led the army to tackle key problems, the two sides fought fiercely in Changwu County, Shaanxi Province. Here, Li Shimin fought the only big defeat in his life and returned to Chang 'an. But before long, he completely defeated Xue Jun in the shallow water battle and wiped out Longdong Group. The second time, Liu Wuzhou attached to the Turks, attacked the south of the Tang Dynasty and captured Jinyang. Li Shimin braved the dangers and finally defeated the main forces of the enemy and pursued them. He didn't eat for two days and didn't sleep for three days, completely destroying the enemy and recovering the lost ground. The third battle was with Wang and Dou Jiande. The scale of this campaign is the largest in the Tang War. In this battle, the king was defeated first, and Luoyang was besieged, leaving Luoyang without food and grass to wait for his death. Just before the arrival of Luo Yang, more than ten people of Dou Jiande Army in Hebei claimed to be 300,000 to save the king, suddenly appeared behind Tang Jun, parted the crowd, defeated Dou Jiande Army in the battle of Tiger Prison, and captured Dou Jiande alive. Wang had to surrender in Luoyang. This time, Li Shimin took two grams at a time and won a decisive victory. The fourth battle was to pacify Liu Heida, a subordinate of Dou Jiande, and to fight against the Tang Dynasty in Hebei under the banner of revenge for Dou Jiande. Li Shimin commanded the battle to pacify his first army, and it took only two months to win. .
Since then, Li Shimin's prestige has been growing, especially when he entered Chang 'an after the Battle of Tiger Prison, and he was treated like a military and civilian emperor. In October of the fourth year of Wude, he was named General, Leader of Situ and Secretary of Dongdao in Shaanxi, and the food city increased to 20,000. Gaozu also sent a letter to Ce Tian Prefecture to establish his own official, forming a small government organization.
Li Shimin paid attention to pre-war reconnaissance in the battle. Although he was in distress many times, he always knew himself and was good at making fighters in every battle. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, he often drags down the enemy with the tactics of "strong wall and weak point". He took the lead and personally led the cavalry to assault the enemy lines. Courageously pursue the enemy after victory, without giving him a chance to breathe, so he will win every battle. In the war to unify the frontier, he strategized, won thousands of miles, knew the generals, selected outstanding talents and won the war. Li Shimin made great contributions to the establishment and development of the Tang Dynasty Empire with his outstanding military talents. He deserves to be an outstanding strategist in the history of our country, and his brilliant martial arts will also go down in history!
On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, Tang Gaozu abdicated and Li Shimin became the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
After Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he was prepared for danger in times of peace, appointed talented people, and carried out a series of political and military reforms, which eventually led to a peaceful scene of social stability and production development. It is known as the rule of Zhenguan in history. Zhenguan rule was the most famous rule in China's feudal era. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong sent Li Jing to pacify the East Turkistan, captured Jie Li Khan alive, and relieved the threat from the north. Nine years, pacify TuGuHun, captured its king Mu Rongfu cloud; Fourteen years later, Hou was sent to pacify Gao Chang's family, and Xizhou was placed in its land, making Anxi the capital of Jiaohe City. Emperor Taizong carried out a more enlightened policy towards the East Turks and the nationalities belonging to the Turks, and got their support, so he was honored as Tiankhan. In fifteen years, Li Daozong, King of Jiangxia, sent Princess Wencheng to Zambsongzangambu, which is closely related to Tubo, and developed the economic and cultural exchanges between Han and Tibetan nationalities. Emperor Taizong first made his eldest son, Li Chenggan, a prince, and later he doted on four sons, Wang Wei and Lee Tae. Li Chenggan was afraid of catching his heir and tried to launch a coup to assassinate Lee Tae. This was unsuccessful and was abolished as Shu Ren. In order to prevent the tragedy of brother's vendetta, Emperor Taizong demoted Wang Wei and Lee Tae, and changed his ninth son, Jin Wang Li Zhi, to be the Prince, which is the future Tang Gaozong.
A great/great achievement
1, he uses people in an eclectic way and uses talents and leadership to a very high level.
2. He has a unique eye, saw the lack of personal strength, fully realized that only a king is like a stone and a good minister is like a craftsman can produce beautiful jade, and humbly adopted the minister's progressive words.
3. A political management system with separation of powers and mutual supervision has been initially established, stipulating that laws and decrees, including one's own will, can only take effect and be promulgated after provincial examination and deputy ministries, thus ensuring the feasibility of policies and promptly discovering and correcting/eliminating the harm and influence of bad policies on the country and people. 4. The legal and political policy, which recognizes that human life is a matter of life and cannot be killed indiscriminately, stipulates that the death penalty must be repeated, reviewed and approved three times before it can be executed. It is not difficult to realize that people think that only 29 people resisted the death penalty in Zhenguan for four years and 290 people were sentenced to death in Zhenguan for six years. During the Taizong review, all 290 people went home for the New Year, and then came back for retrial after the autumn harvest next year. As a result, all 290 people arrived on time, and no one escaped. I think that's because education was good at that time, people's thoughts were relatively simple, social order was relatively orderly, and people didn't need violence to solve problems. Because of the crime, there is really no way to make a reasonable judgment.
5. The military achievements of Weizhen Universe and the martial arts prosperity of Emperor Taizong, except for the strategic victory in the Gaoli War, all achieved brilliant victories, which were inseparable from the important factors such as national strength, military combat effectiveness, overall strategy, tacit understanding of personnel selection and coordination, and consistency of process at that time. Therefore, Zhenguan Dynasty occupies a considerable proportion among the famous soldiers in China's history. In China's military history, the examples of Zhenguan Dynasty are also cited.
6, swallowing the world's Tiankhan temperament, Li Shimin repeatedly scared to get twice the result with half the effort. The classic battle was to scare off the Turks' 65438+ Wanjing Ride in Weishui. It is a far cry from Song Zhenzong's insistence and request in Kou Zhun. He has to arrive in Nancheng of Aizhou under the escort of the army, and he is afraid of going back soon!
8. Improve the imperial examination system, vigorously set up schools, attach importance to educational activities, and select general-level officials. At that time, imperial academy was prosperous and there were many local schools, so it was not difficult to remember the education at that time. At the same time, the imperial examination is standardized and fair, and the Jinshi branch is the most prominent. Emperor Taizong saw that the new bachelor had filed out, and he was happy to say that he was a hero in the world, and he was in cahoots with me and was taught by the Tang people.
9, calligraphy, word rich, Tang Taizong's personal cultivation and talent are extremely high, and he is also quite famous in calligraphy. More importantly, he strongly advocated and encouraged support, so that calligraphy, literature and art flourished in the Tang Dynasty.
10, advocating clean government, frugality, simplicity and attaching importance to irrigation and water conservancy, Emperor Taizong was quite successful in building a clean government. Instead of severely punishing corrupt officials like Zhu Yuanzhang, he established a clean and law-abiding central leadership group and attached importance to the election of local governors. At that time, many court ministers were poor, such as Wen Yanbo, Dai Zhou, Yu Zhining and Zhang. Emperor Taizong also paid more attention to thrift, did not abuse people's power, and paid attention to sharing interests with the people. At that time, the society formed a simple and realistic style; Emperor Taizong also attached great importance to agriculture. Emperor Taizong visited Beijing outside Beijing and asked about it first. Because the coronation ceremony of the prince violated the farming season, it was changed.
1 1. Pay attention to the development of commodity economy. Many commercial cities have sprung up all over the country, and their urban industries have developed considerably. The economies of Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Chengdu, Jiangling and Liangzhou have developed rapidly. It goes without saying that Chang 'an and Luoyang are world economic metropolises, which laid a solid foundation for the feudal economy to reach the summit.
12. The support of Xuanzang Buddhism and his affirmation of the westward journey opened up and maintained the Hexi Corridor-Silk Road, which linked Silla and Japan to the East and promoted cultural exchanges and economic development between China and the West. Princess Wencheng married Tubo, which made Tubo enter feudal society from slave society and developed and promoted the development of Tibet.
To sum up, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, was a great statesman, strategist, writer, calligrapher, outstanding leader and an outstanding figure who influenced China and the world. He has made outstanding contributions to the Chinese nation and people, leaving behind brilliant achievements and spiritual wealth, so he is revered by people. As Mr Zhu Dongyang said, he is one of the greatest people in China after Confucius.
General Comment: Li Shimin, a strategist, thinker and politician with both wisdom and courage.