This letter is very interesting, it should be said that the writing is good, what about the logic, bullshit doesn't make sense, how to say it?

The first point: The letter said that your barbarian tribes are usually unrighteous to the king, and this has been the case since ancient times, if you say so, Li Neli killed Li Guozhi just followed the law of the past, and did not make any mistakes, why did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty write a special letter to reproach him?

Point 2: At the end of the letter, it says, "Who wants to be king if he does not protect himself?" If this sentence is true, then Li Nili will die of happiness, because he is afraid that he will be murdered when he is king, so no one dares to be, no one dares to be, so isn't Li Jianli the happiest? Is this reproach or encouragement?

And then what? Then just do what you have to do, the Tang Empire can only play lip service, and you can't do anything, and your mouth is still very bad......

Next, in the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, Zhang Shougui's Pinglu crusade made Zuo Xiaowei's general An Lushan be ordered to crusade against the Khitan and Xi tribes, and An Lushan advanced lightly and was defeated. Zhang Shougui went to the court to ask for an order to behead An Lushan, and when he was about to be executed, no one robbed the law field, nor was it a holy decree to pardon the innocence, but the prisoner himself shouted: "My lord, do you still want to destroy the Khitan and Xi tribes, why kill me An Lushan." "The strange thing is that Zhang Shougui doesn't kill him; So, let him go? Neither is it; Zhang Shougui actually escorted him to Jingshi and asked the emperor to send him down.

Leaving aside the outcome, the process is fraught with problems. First of all, as a judge and judge, how could Zhang Shougui stop the execution according to his own mood without any new human and material evidence, and without procedural problems or doubts? Unless you just want to scare An Lushan? Secondly, since you can go up to kill An Lushan, why don't you play and release An Lushan, and take people to Beijing to let the emperor make a decision.

I can probably think of several possible mentalities of Jang Shou-gyu, but no matter which one of them, it proves that Jang Shou-gyu's adventurous spirit as a general is declining and his mind is becoming more complicated.

The next thing is more strict, and the mistakes are obviously stricter

When you first see it, you think it's a good thing, because it's recorded in the history books. In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, Hexi Jiedu made Cui Xiyi break the Tubo army in the west of Qinghai Lake.

But the strange thing is that since the peace talks between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty in the eighteenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the two sides have not clashed. Why did the news of the Tang Army's victory suddenly come out?

It turned out that since the bilateral peace talks, Cui Xiyi, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, sent an envoy to meet the Tibetan general Qi Lixu, saying:

"Since our two armies have already negotiated peace, they should love each other, and there is no need to garrison troops on the border. Hindering the people's animal husbandry and farming, I build yì Both sides withdraw their troops from the border, how? “

Kilixu replied:

"You are a loyal man, and we trust you in who you are and will not deceive us. However, we believe that the Tang State may not always hand over the military and political affairs of Hexi to you (referring to the possibility of transfer), and once the treacherous people are provoked to launch a sneak attack on us, it is too late to prepare. “

But Cui Xiyi repeatedly asked, and Qili Xu was forced to do so. Just swore an oath with the Tang Army to kill the white dog (why the white dog, don't you understand?) Each withdrew its defenders.

To say that this Tubo is still relatively sincere, it really withdrew the defenders according to the agreement, and did not leave a hand, so in the following years, the livestock of Tubo in the border areas were bred in large quantities, and the mountains and fields were all over the country.

Since the Tibetan army had withdrawn its garrison in the east, it moved its forces to the west to attack the state of Bolu (present-day Kashmir), and the state of Bolu appealed to the Tang Dynasty for help. Li Longji demanded that Tubo withdraw its troops, but Tubo did not agree and broke through the Bolu Kingdom.

If the Anshi Rebellion itself is addressed, Li Longji will of course bear the main responsibility. The two brothers, Delin and Freedom and Boundless, have mentioned a lot of arguments, and I don't need to explain more, and the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion is what I am talking about a hard landing.

So what would have happened if the Anshi Rebellion hadn't broken out?

First of all, there was the issue of organization, and the Tang Dynasty implemented a two-tier system of prefectures and counties. The central government administers 360 states, each of which administers five to six counties, and the consequences are: first, the central government cannot effectively administer the localities; Second, in order for the central authorities to be able to effectively manage, it is necessary to add a layer to the top, but because of military problems, this layer must have a strong military management ability and financial capacity, so the system of moderation and envoys has emerged, and under the system of moderation and moderation, the power of the central authorities will inevitably be weakened, and the possibility of separating power from ministers will increase.

Let's talk about the military issue again, since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the government military system is unsustainable, Zhang said to mention the recruitment of soldiers, but the recruitment of soldiers has also brought great sequelae, first: the financial burden has risen sharply. Second: the management of generals. If the generals continue to lead the same group of troops, give the generals relatively greater power, then the generals will support the army and self-respect, which the emperor does not want to see, if the generals are often rotated, the generals do not know the soldiers, the soldiers do not trust the generals, it is difficult to win the war, and the Tang Dynasty's external ability is not weak, Khitan, Turkic, Hui, Tubo, the Tang Dynasty must maintain a strong military force.

Third, the financial problem: with the increase of population, the destruction of economic development, the tax system needs to be greatly reformed, the two tax system is the right direction, but the two tax system needs a more decentralized organization to implement, in order to clearly understand the situation and differences in various places, especially the situation of land sales and transactions, and the rise of cash crops is more difficult to tax, but the number of first-level organizations in the Tang Dynasty is too much, although the rating of the history of the assassin is high, the ability is not high, and the central officials are not willing to be the history of the assassin. It is also difficult to form a good mechanism for central and local discourse (there are far fewer officials of the same rank at the central level than at the local level)

These problems will also make the Tang Dynasty encounter great difficulties, and the situation will be a bit like why the Song Dynasty was in the peaceful and prosperous era, and the monarch was also considered virtuous, Wang Anshi wanted to propose reforms, because the society encountered great problems, and Wang Anshi's reform was not successful due to his personal factors, but it can also be said that under the technical conditions at that time, even if Wang Anshi did better, it could only bring short-term success, and could not do better.

That's why I said that even if Li Longji does a little better, the situation will only be a soft landing, and of course a soft landing is still much better than a hard landing.

However, this is just my personal opinion.

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At this time, Cui Xiyi's subordinate Sun Zhi went to the capital to report on official business, this Sun Zhi was a famous and enthusiastic opportunist, after understanding the situation of the imperial court, he thought that there was an opportunity, so he planned to take this matter as a step to the promotion, so he reported to the emperor that the border of Tubo was not fortified, and if he sent troops to raid, he would definitely win a big victory. (It can be seen that Cui Xiyi should not have reported this matter to the Central Committee, but Sun Yu probably did not mention Cui Xiyi's private agreement with the Tubo people to the Central Committee, so he sold his chief)

Li Longji agreed, so he sent Zhao Huicong, the eunuch (eunuch), to Hexi with Sun Zhi to understand the situation and act cheaply. After the two arrived in Hexi. Falsely sent an edict to Cui Xiyi, ordering him to send troops, but Cui Xiyi had no choice but to send troops. Breaking the Tubo army, only Qi Xu Li escaped, Sun Zhi and Zhao Huicong were rewarded, but since then Tubo and the Tang Dynasty have severed diplomatic relations and no longer come to pay tribute.

Except for these few incongruous things. Jang Shougui's military management has also changed.

A simple description of its situation can be summed up in eight words: "The generals are arrogant, and the soldiers are war-weary"

In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, the poems of the poet Gao Shi of Biansai truly reflected this situation.

"The warriors are half dead in front of the army, and the beauties are still singing and dancing.";" You don't see the hardships of the battlefield, and you still remember General Li. “

So how do we know that Gao Shi's poem is a reflection of the state of Zhang Shougui's army, rather than a general statement about the overall situation? We can see that the preface of this poem is very clear, "In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, there were people who returned from Yuanrong. Composed "Yan Ge Xing" to show suitability. Feeling the things of the conquest, so he made peace. "And all the annotations will tell you that Yuan Rong refers to Zhang Shougui, and according to historical records, Gao Shi stayed in Youzhou during this time.

Under these circumstances, Jang Shougui's bad luck happened very quickly. In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan (1938 AD), Zhang Shougui's subordinate generals Zhao Kan and Bai Zhendra falsely passed Zhang Shougui's order (the order will be falsely transmitted to indicate that military discipline has been relaxed), forcing Pinglu (Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province) military envoy Wu Zhiyi to go out to fight against the Xi tribe rebels (located near the right banner of Inner Mongolia and Bahrain), Wu Zhiyi was unwilling to march, and Bai Zhendra falsely passed the emperor's edict. Asked Wu Zhiyi to send troops.

Wu Zhiyi was helpless and led his troops to attack the Xi tribe, but because of the surprise in the early stage, the Xi tribe was defeated; But the Xi tribe soon gathered troops to counterattack. The Don Army lost. Zhang Shougui concealed the news of the defeat from the imperial court, and instead reported to the imperial court with a great victory.

The paper couldn't hold the fire, the news of the defeat still leaked, and the imperial court sent the eunuch to supervise Niu Xiantong to Youzhou to investigate, Zhang Shougui bribed Niu Xiantong with a lot of money, and put the responsibility for the defeat on Bai Drazhen. and forced Bai Dhara to commit suicide and extinguish his mouth.

Originally, the matter seemed to be over, but because Niu Xiantong was favored by Li Longji, other eunuchs in order to crack down on him, so someone reported Niu Xiantong's bribery to the emperor in the next year (the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan), and it was found true after investigation.

Li Longji was furious and ordered another eunuch, Yang Siqiao, to "kill" (beat to death with a stick) Niu Xiantong, but Yang Siqiao may have a grudge against Niu Xiantong, and the methods he used were outrageous.

"For a few days he searched his heart, and cut off his hands and feet, and cut off his flesh, and ate them

This is the way the history books record that Yang Siqiao killed Niu Xiantong, and Zhang Shougui's fate was to be demoted to the history of the assassination of Kuozhou (Lishui City, Zhejiang Province), and even more unfortunately he died of a sore on his back on the way.

Zhang Shougui is the most representative of the famous general in the middle of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he fought in the Western Regions, Hexi, Youzhou three frontiers and the main enemies of the Tang Dynasty, Turkic, Tubo, Khitan, and almost all of them are invincible, but just when he was the most successful, we can also see that the Tang Dynasty army has gradually entered the situation of general arrogance and war weariness, which is very different from the voice of the soldiers in the Tang Gaozong period: "The general has three arrows to set the Tianshan Mountain, and the warrior has triumphantly entered the Han Pass".

From here, we can also understand that in the late Kaiyuan period, although the Tang Dynasty's army was unprecedentedly strong, defeating almost all major empires and subjugating them, the actual situation of the army was no longer as strong as it appeared.

For the Tang Empire, it is unfortunate that Zhang Shougui promoted An Lushan, a Hu person, but Zhang Shougui was demoted and died is a more unfortunate thing for the Tang Empire.

In the 18th year of Kaiyuan (730 AD), Pei Guangting, the former Zhongshu Shilang and Prime Minister, was promoted to Shizhong, and soon he was also the secretary of the Ministry of Justice.

At this time, Pei Guangting can be said to be the number one, because the other prime minister, Xiao Song, has a gap with him in terms of ability, and he is mainly responsible for military affairs.

After Pei Guangting concurrently served as the secretary of the ministry, he decided to carry out a major reform in the selection and promotion of officials.

Pei Guangting did this can be regarded as a "family history", because his father Pei Xingjian also served in the Ministry of Officials, and once established a civil official system, Pei Guangting probably also wanted to carry forward on the basis of his father, so he actively wanted to do this.

But there are some things that you don't think clearly, you must not mess around, "carving a hoof, not a still dog, painting a tiger not into an anti-dog", before doing things, you must think clearly about what your ability can do. Pei Guangting's aim was to establish a system for the promotion and appointment of officials with "almost no human interference", and he believed that under such a system, the problem of people could be eliminated, so that the system could be permanent.

In fact, there are quite a few people who think like this, I have a friend who started a company, and our general idea is that I just need to give the business manager a number, and he will assign it to each business according to the actual situation. But my friend has the same idea as Pei Guangting, thinking that the target should not be artificially manipulated, so he first spent a lot of energy and money to get a sales ratio of each province, and then allocated the business of each province strictly according to the above figures.

The company's performance appraisal is based on months, and then the problem comes: for those businesses in areas where the current situation is not good, they can't achieve their goals in the short term, they can't get bonuses at the end of the month, and they can't stand it and have to leave after a few months; For those good areas, it is not difficult to reach the standard, so there is no need for special efforts, even a person with poor ability can get bonuses, so if a lot of bad ability business is lucky to be assigned to such an area, his performance is not bad, but because many things are not done well, the performance of this area will gradually decline, and when it declines to the point that everyone can't stand it and replace the business, this area is hopeless in the short term.

My friend has been doing things worse since he implemented this system, and he had to close the company. He knew that I had been a business executive for a long time, so he asked me why?

I told him, think about why most companies spend more money to hire business executives, are they having bad brains? It has to be the business executive who has its value. Remember! To manage a company, in addition to disadvantages, it is also necessary to prosper; To have a good system, but also to have appropriate flexibility, as for how to handle, that is called "skill", understand? (To be continued.) )