1. Politically, many emperors in the Tang Dynasty chose talents and made good use of them, and the imperial examination system laid the foundation for the stability of the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin advocated the imperial examination, and Wu Zetian initiated the electric palace examination, and the emperor personally invigilated it. The Tang Dynasty attached great importance to the imperial examination. Those who passed the examination and were born as scholars would feel honored to take the imperial examination and change their destiny. The court is Tian Shelang, and they wear royal clothes at dusk, so these people will serve the court wholeheartedly. It can well maintain the stability of the imperial court.
2. Geography: The Tang Dynasty was the largest and the only unified Central Plains dynasty without the Great Wall.
The territory of the Tang Dynasty surpassed that of modern China in both the west and the north. After the Tang Dynasty attacked and destroyed East Turkic and Xueyantuo, Tian Zi was honored as Tiankhan by all ethnic groups in Siyi, and recruited Turks, Uighurs, Tiele, Khitan, Mohong and Shiwei to attack enemy countries through the imprisonment system, and allowed Japan, Nanzhao, Silla and Bohai.
3. Culture: The diversified development of science, technology, culture and art enhanced the soft power of the Tang Dynasty.
With the diversification of science, technology, culture, economy and art in the Tang Dynasty, a large number of famous poets, such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, calligrapher Yan Zhenqing, painters Wu Daozi and Li Sixun and musician Li Guinian, emerged. The Tang Dynasty accepted the exchange and study of various nationalities at home and abroad, and formed an open international culture.
The expansion of administrative division information in Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty initiated the Daofu system in the history of chinese administrative division.
In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Emperor Taizong divided the world into 10 roads: Guannei, Henan, Hedong, Hebei, Shannan, Longyou, Huainan, Jiangnan, Jiannan and Lingnan. However, these roads have no real power. In the Tang dynasty, the city level was mainly the general manager's office, the governor's office and our special envoy. Counties are under the government. In the 14th year of Zhenguan (640), there were 360 states in China, which governed 1557 counties.
During the Kaiyuan period, Shannan and Jiangnan were divided into east and west, and three roads, namely, Gyeonggi, Duji and Qianzhong, were added to form a fifteen-way pattern. There are counties under it, and there are counties under it. At the end of Kaiyuan, there were 328 counties in China, 1573 counties.
Laws of the Tang Dynasty
Tang laws are divided into four types: law, decree, body and form. The law is the criminal code; Order refers to the specific provisions made by the state on various systems (such as "household orders");
The compilation of cases is a supplementary amendment to laws and regulations; The type is administrative regulations (such as "Ministry of Water Resources"). The law of the Tang Dynasty was revised according to the law of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty, referring to the law of martial arts, the law of Zhenguan and the law of eternal benefit.
The Law of the Tang Dynasty is divided into 12 articles and 502 articles. The Six Classics of Tang Dynasty was first compiled by Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, which is the earliest extant classic in China. The laws of the Tang Dynasty defined rebellion and rebellion against the imperial court as "ten evils" that could not be pardoned and redeemed, which ensured the continuation of the imperial court.
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