Dynasties of ChinaTang dynastyTang dynasty lineage
Baoying and others · Reign 762—779
The An Lushan Rebellion was pacified, but the Heshuo vassal town was left in separatist rule. During his reign, the Tibetans once invaded Chang'an.
Li Yu, formerly known as Li Chu, is the eldest son of Suzong. In An Lushan Rebellion, he led the army to recapture the two capitals as the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and was established as Crown Prince in 758. Suzong died of illness in 762, and the eunuchs Li Fuguo and Cheng Yuanzhen killed Zhangzhuanghou and supported him on the throne. The following year, Shi Chaoyi was defeated and hanged himself. The eight-year war was finally settled. However, he accepted Pu Guhuaien's suggestion and appointed General An Shi to take charge of the towns in Hebei. This began the separatist rule of the three towns in Heshuo.
During his reign, Tubo took advantage of the situation and captured Hexi and Longyou, and once invaded Chang'an in 763; Pu Guhuaien also led Huihe and Tubo to invade. He relied on Guo Ziyi to resolve foreign troubles, and successively eliminated three authoritarian eunuchs, Li Fuguo, Cheng Yuanzhen, and Yu Chaoen. In his later years, he also killed the authoritarian chief minister Yuan Zai. Liu Yan took charge of finance, reformed water transportation and salt laws, and gradually restored the imperial court's financial resources. He died of illness in 779 and was buried in Yuanling.
MilitaryThe marshal takes over the two capitals
As the Prince of Guangping, he served as the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and together with Guo Ziyi, he led the Tang army and Uighur reinforcements to regain Chang'an. Huihe wanted to enter the city to plunder as promised, so he dismounted and worshiped in front of Huihe's horse guard, pleading to take Luoyang first so that the people of Chang'an could be preserved.
PoliticsAscended to the throne and removed Li Fuguo
After ascending the throne in April, he respected Li Fuguo as "Shangfu" and secretly seized his military power. In October, Li Fuguo was assassinated by "robbers" at home. His head and one arm were cut off. It is generally believed that it was the work of the Daizong faction.
MilitaryAn Lushan Rebellion pacified
In the first lunar month, Shi Chaoyi lost the support of his followers and killed himself in a forest. The rebellion, which had lasted more than seven years, ended. Emperor Daizong appointed surrendered commanders Li Huaixian, Tian Chengsi and Li Baochen to govern Youzhou, Weibo and Chengde, laying the groundwork for the semi-autonomous Hebei military commands.
MilitaryTubo fell into Chang'an
Tubo took advantage of the Tang dynasty's northwest frontier troops to mobilize internal troops, captured Hexi and Longyou, and in October invaded Chang'an. They established King Wu Li Chenghong of Guang as emperor, and Daizong fled to Shaanzhou. Guo Ziyi gathered the skirmishers and bluffed, and the Tibetans retreated after occupying the area for fifteen days.
EconomyLiu Yan rectifies water transportation
Liu Yan was in charge of the southeastern water transport, dredging the Bian River, diverting it into sections, and transporting hundreds of thousands of stones of rice from the Jianghuai River to Chang'an every year. He also reformed the salt law, and the government collected salt and sold it to merchants for transportation and sales. Salt profits gradually became a major pillar of the national finance.
PeopleRiding alone to see Huihe
Pu Guhuaien led hundreds of thousands of Tibetan, Uighur and other troops into the invaders and died of illness on the way. Guo Ziyi was besieged in Jingyang and led his troops out of the city. The soldiers came to the Uighur camp to persuade them. The Uighur leaders dismounted and paid homage to them. They formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty and worked together to repel the Tubo.
PoliticsKill Yu Chaoen
The eunuch Yu Chaoen controlled the Shence Army and was arrogant and domineering. He even took charge of the Imperial College as an eunuch. Chief minister Yuan Zai bribed his cronies and left him to be hanged after the cold food festival banquet in the palace.
PeopleDu Fu died
Du Fu wandered between Jingxiang and Jingxiang in his later years. In the winter of this year, he died of illness in a boat on the Xiangjiang River on the way from Tanzhou to Yueyang. He has more than 1,400 poems in his collection, and later generations honored him as the "Sage of Poetry."
PoliticsZhu Yuan Zai
Chief minister Yuan Zai has been in power for more than ten years. He has taken bribes. Daizong conspired with his uncle Wu Cao to arrest him and put him to death. When his house was searched, he found 800 stones of pepper. He became a model of luxury and corruption for a while.
CultureHuai Su's "Autobiography"
The monk Huaisu was famous for his wild grass, and together with Zhang Xu, he was called "Dian Zhang Zuisu". This year he wrote "Autobiography", which is full of paper and full of continuous winding and flying brushstrokes. It is a representative work of Kuangcao in the Tang Dynasty.
Lasting legacyThe ink copy of "Autobiography" is now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
The Daizong Dynasty repeatedly resolved the troubles of Tubo and Uighurs, and persuaded the Uighurs alone. His achievements were so high that he was not suspected, and he was granted the title of Fenyang County Prince. He died at the age of eighty-five.
Forty-six people from the Tie Le Pu Gu tribe died fighting for the country, and they made great contributions to pacifying Anshi. Later, he was framed by eunuchs and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. He died of illness in the army in 765.
He has been in charge of finance for more than 20 years, rectifying water transportation, salt laws and Changping laws to ensure that the state has sufficient supplies and the people's burden is not burdened. In 780, he was framed and sentenced to death by Yang Yan.
He was favored because he was good at figuring out his superiors, and assisted Daizong to kill Yu Chaoen. After that, he took power for more than ten years, rejecting dissenters and engaging in excessive corruption. He was sentenced to death in 777.
He served as the military envoy during the siege of Ye City by the Jiujiedu Envoy, and later commanded the Shence Army, becoming extremely powerful. In 770, he was eliminated by Daizong and Yuan Zai in a scheme.