Anshi Rebellion refers to Anshi Rebellion, which almost destroyed Li Tang regime and caused immeasurable social and economic losses. The Anshi Rebellion became a turning point in the history of the Tang Dynasty. After the rebellion, the Tang Dynasty entered a stage of decline from its peak and finally went to extinction.
Second, the main reason for the demise of the Tang Dynasty is the weakness of centralization, which is mainly reflected in the separatist regime of the buffer region and the eunuch's autocratic power.
1, the separatist regime of the buffer region. In the late Tang dynasty, the central government became weak because of the self-reliance of the buffer region. Several attempts to weaken the buffer region not only failed to achieve its goal, but also consumed a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, making the country unable to compete with the buffer region anymore. In sharp contrast to the decline of the central power, the power of the buffer region is getting stronger and stronger, and the separatist regime of the buffer region is even more uncontrollable.
2, eunuch authoritarian. Eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty controlled the imperial army, exalted the emperor in the court and suppressed the civil servants.
Third, other reasons for the demise of the Tang Dynasty are as follows:
1, the battle of cronies. The civil service system, which is already in a weak position in the dispute between the North and the South, has also seen factional disputes. The result of the party struggle between Niu and Li accelerated the division of the literati class, weakened the ability of civil servants to struggle with eunuchs, made civil servants turn to local buffer regions, and made the political situation more unstable.
2. Predatory tax policy. After the Anshi Rebellion, the central government was stretched and had to gradually increase taxes. Due to the intensification of land consolidation, two tax laws have replaced the rent-free customs, and money is more expensive than things, which has led to an increasing burden on farmers and more and more tax items.
3. Peasant uprising. In the late Tang Dynasty, due to the Anshi Rebellion and the separatist regime, the imperial court increased taxes and corvees on the people, and the eunuchs in power bullied the people more unscrupulously, seized land and extorted money, causing great dissatisfaction among the people, and resistance struggles broke out one after another. Coupled with the natural disasters that have occurred in successive years, the grain output has dropped sharply and the people are miserable. Then, the peasant uprising, represented by Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, broke out.