What major reforms did Li Shimin make?

Tang Taizong Li Shimin was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he made major reforms. What were the contents of Li Shimin's reforms? Below I have collected Li Shimin's reforms for you. I hope it will be helpful to you. !

Li Shimin's reforms

In 626 AD, Li Yuanchan was in charge of Li Shimin, and Li Shimin ascended the throne and became the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, known as Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in history. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he changed the reign name to Zhenguan, and Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, started the rule of Zhenguan.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he saw the depression throughout the country and was very worried. Because of the war in the late Sui Dynasty, the population of the Tang Dynasty was less than 300 households. In order to prosper the population, Emperor Taizong decided to implement a rest and recuperation policy. In addition, he witnessed the demise of the Sui Dynasty due to the corruption of the court. In order to learn from experience, Tang Taizong has always been open-minded, worked hard to govern, and actively listened to the opinions of the ministers in the court. After a series of stabilization measures, all aspects of society have gradually shown an upward trend.

In political affairs, Li Shimin attached great importance to the selection and appointment of talents, and advocated "clarity" in court politics. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty once dispatched Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and other important ministers in the court to assess the performance of officials in various places, conduct inspections across the country, and rectify their reputations. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty personally selected local officials and wrote their merits and mistakes on the screens in the palace to ensure political clarity. In addition, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that Beijing officials above the fifth rank should be on duty in turns so that they could be summoned by the court immediately.

In terms of military affairs, Li Shimin sent Li Jing to the north of the Great Wall to pacify the Turks. Under Li Shimin's military strategy, the Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. This battle made the leaders of various countries in the Western Regions remember Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and thereafter they respectfully called him "Tian Khan".

Economically, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to the development of agriculture and reduced taxes on farmers so that the people could stabilize their production and life. Regarding business, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty provided many convenient conditions for business development. Under the encouragement of policies, commodity economies in various places gradually sprouted and developed, promoting the economic development of the Tang Dynasty.

In diplomacy, Emperor Taizong actively carried out friendly foreign policies with other countries and maintained close and frequent contacts at home and abroad. It promoted the economic, cultural and political exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and India and Tubo countries.

What are Li Shimin’s main achievements?

The reason why Li Shimin can be evaluated as a great statesman, military strategist, strategist and writer by later generations is reasonable. Because Li Shimin's great achievements make him worthy of such praise. He made many great achievements in the Tang Dynasty, mainly including the following points:

1. There are many talents, but if you don’t have a discerning eye, talents will be overwhelmed. Li Shimin employs people in an eclectic way and lets talents Got a chance to play. Li Shimin's reuse of talents is also his contribution, because he did not let the talents be buried.

2. He has his own unique insights into political management. He did not act arbitrarily, but established a political management system to prevent the people from being harmed by bad decisions.

3. He had the overall situation in mind and adopted a foreign policy that unified the four seas, resulting in a peaceful situation not only within China but also within the four seas. People lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the country became prosperous and strong.

4. Li Shimin also made great achievements in literature. He had extremely high personal accomplishment and was proficient in calligraphy. Therefore, under his vigorous promotion, the Tang Dynasty became the heyday of calligraphy art in Chinese history.

5. As a generation of kings, Li Shimin was not corrupt, but honest and simple. He paid attention to frugality in life and never abused people's labor. Therefore, the society formed a simple and realistic atmosphere, and the country was peaceful and the people were safe.

The Story of Li Shimin’s Journey to the Yin Mountains

“Li Shimin’s Journey to the Underworld” is a fragment from the famous work “Journey to the West”. This is also a direct reason that prompted Monk Tang to travel to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. The Dragon King of Jinghe made a bet with Yuan Shoucheng about traveling to the wrong place, and Wei Zheng found out about it.

At that time, Wei Zheng was an old minister under Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. Wei Zheng beheaded the Dragon King of Jinghe River in his dream. The Dragon King of Jinghe was very angry and wanted to save Tang Taizong's life. Tang Taizong would have nightmares every night and had no peace day and night. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty learned that he was terminally ill and might not have a few more days to live. Wei Zheng came to visit Tang Taizong and told him that he had a way to make Taizong immortal. Tang Taizong thought Wei Zheng was speaking to comfort him, so he asked him what he could do. Wei Zheng explained to Tang Taizong that he and the judge Cui Yu were very good friends. As long as the emperor showed Cui Yu the letter he wrote, Cui Yu would release Taizong's soul and come back to renew his life. It turns out that Cui Yu was a minister during the period of the Supreme Emperor, and he held the post of Minister of Rites. During his lifetime, he and Wei Zheng had known each other for eight times and were very good brothers. After Cui Yu passed away, he became the judge of Fengdu in the underworld, holding the book of life and death in the human world. The two often met in dreams. If Taizong brought Wei Zheng's letter to Cui Yu to read to him, Cui Yu would understand its meaning. After Tang Taizong arrived in the underworld, he was resurrected with Cui Yu's help. After Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty returned to the Yang Dynasty, he planned to find a Buddhist scripture collector and go to the west to retrieve scriptures and return to the Tang Dynasty, so as to save all sentient beings.

Later, "Journey to the West" was remade into movies and TV series. The plot about "Tang Taizong's journey to the underworld" was not filmed in the CCTV and Zhejiang versions of "Journey to the West". Subsequently, Zhang Jizhong remade "Journey to the West" again. This plot was filmed in the TV series, but was eventually deleted by radio and television.