Reforming official management: Xuanzong adopted Zhang Jiuling's suggestion and formulated the system of adjusting officials. Select competent officials in Beijing and transfer them to the Governor's Office to train their handling skills and cultivate the administrative experience of Emperor Xuanzong in Li Longji. At the same time, he also selected people who made a difference in the governor's yamen and promoted them to Beijing officials. This internal and external intermodulation has enhanced communication, understanding and trust between the central and local governments. Xuanzong also divided the whole country into fifteen channels, and set up an interview ambassador in each channel to supervise local county officials and inspect their political achievements. In selecting talents, Xuanzong also reformed the imperial examination system, limiting the subjects and the number of scholars, so as to reduce the appearance of redundant officials and improve the overall quality of officials.
Developing economy: Xuanzong was very frugal in this period, stipulating that ministers below the third grade and those below the imperial concubine were not allowed to wear gold and jade ornaments, and dismissed maids to save money. He also ordered all parts of the country not to mine pearls and jade to create splendid scenery and change the extravagant style of the harem since Wu Zetian. He also ordered Yuwen Rong to check the national fugitive registered permanent residence and overseas fields, and * * * found out more than 800,000 households, which greatly increased the tax revenue and military sources of the Tang Dynasty. Because of these measures, the finance of the Tang Dynasty became abundant, and the granaries of the whole country were full, making prices very cheap.
Specific:
Agriculture: ① Construction of large-scale water conservancy projects. ② Improvement of farming techniques: Rice seedlings are generally transplanted. ③ Development of tea production: The world's first tea monograph, Tea Classic, appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and its author Lu Yu was called "Cha Sheng" by later generations. Tea drinking began in Sheng Xing in the Tang Dynasty. ④ Improvement of production tools: A new agricultural tool, Qu Yuan Plow, appeared; Create a new irrigation tool-pipe truck.
Handicraft industry: ① Silk weaving industry: there are many varieties of colors and superb technology. (2) Ceramic industry: Yue kiln celadon, Xing kiln white porcelain and Tang Sancai (world craft treasures).
Business prosperity: ① Famous metropolises: Chang 'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou and Chengdu. ② Chang 'an City: The city is divided into Fang and Shi, Fang is a residential area and Shi is a bustling commercial area. Chang 'an, Tang Dou is the center of ethnic exchanges and an international metropolis. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, poetry and prose became the main content of Jinshi. In order to recruit talents, he personally assessed the newly admitted county magistrate in the court examination. Moreover, he was very generous to Confucian scholars and ordered ministers to visit the suicide notes of past dynasties. * * * Found nearly 50,000 books, and the cultural cause of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak.
Literature: The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of China's poetry creation. More than 2,000 poets wrote nearly 50,000 poems.
Representative poet:
(1) Li Bai (in the prosperous Tang Dynasty)-"Poet Immortal" (Baidicheng was initially developed, but it was difficult to travel in the middle of Shu)
② Du Fu (Prosperity-Decline)-"Poetic Sage" and "Poetic History" ("Three Officials" and "Three Farewells")
(3) Bai Juyi (Middle Tang Dynasty)-Qin Zhongyin and New Yuefu, whose poems reflect reality.
Calligraphy: "Yan Liu Jin Gu"
1, Yan Zhenqing: He created a bold and frank new book style called "Yan Style". He is the most accomplished calligrapher in the history of calligraphy in China after Wang Xizhi. His representative works include Yan Family Temple Monument and Duo Pagoda Monument. Yan Zhenqing.
2. Liu Gongquan: Learn from others, be brave in innovation, and become a "Liu style" with beautiful words and strong bones. Represented by the "mysterious tower monument".
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1, (Tang Dynasty) Yan: Good at figure painting, represented by Kings of Past Dynasties and Walking Map.
2. (Tang Dynasty) Wu Daozi: "Painting a Sage", which created a precedent of great freehand brushwork in later generations, is his masterpiece "The Heavenly King sends a picture".
treasure house of arts
Representative: Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu Province (most of them were excavated during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and murals and colored sculptures are one of the largest art treasures in the world).
Foreign military affairs: Xuanzong adopted Zhang's suggestion and implemented the recruitment system to replace the increasingly abandoned officers and men system. In 722 AD, he personally selected 1.2 million government soldiers and able-bodied men as the guards of the capital, and called them "riding". He also established ten military towns in the border areas to control our time as a measure to rule the alien and consolidate the border.