A Study On Several Problems Of The Imperial Prime Minister In The Tang Dynasty

Since the beginning of the Xuanzong period,significant changes occurred in the Tang Dynasty imperial clan system.After Xuanzong ascended the throne,in order to eliminate the negative influence of imperial clan interfering politics or starting rebellions,he put the.consanguineous imperial clan who pose a direct threat to imperial power into the "Shi wang zhai" and "bai sun yuan"· At the same time,it also bring the distant imperial clan who have political ability into the scope of bureaucratic selection.After the reform of emperor imperial clan system,the possibility of the distant imperial clan entering political stratum was greatly increased.In terms of identity,in addition to the innate "imperial" label,there is not much difference between the distant imperial clan group and ordinary bureaucrats in political affiliation.As a special group of the distant imperial clan in the Tang Dynasty,so were Li Linfu,Li Shizhi and other imperial prime minister.This paper mainly uses the research methodsof history to comb and demonstrate the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister's year of birth and death,identity,lineage,the ways to be officials,political activities,trying to analyze this special group of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister from the perspective of the history of politics and the history of political system,so as to provide a transition for understanding the Tang Dynasty imperial clan system and the system of prime minister from the early to the late change.This paper is made up of introduction,text,conclusion.The introduction elaborates the origin of the topic,the research purpose and significance,and briefly reviews the general situation of the academic study of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister.The text is divided into five chapters:The first chapter summarizes three viewpoints about the number of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister,explains the meaning of "clan" and " prime minister"in the Tang Dynasty by citing and analyzing all kinds of historical materials,and then come to the conclusion that the number of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister is 10.According to the time of becoming prime minister,they were Li Linfu,Li Shizhi,Li Lin,Li Xian,Li Mian,Li Cheng,Li Yijian,Li Shi,Li Zongmin,Li Hui.The second chapter demonstrates the birth and death of the prime minister and their clan lineage,to point out and correct errors of historical records by contrast of various historical records.On the basis of mastering limited evidence,to demonstrate the exact time of birth and death of the imperial prime minister or approximate time as far as possible.The third chapter mainly discusses the issue of entering political stratum of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister,elaborates the ways to be officials and being prime minister briefly,analyzes the relationship between the length of time of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister and the political situation.The fourth chapter mainly combs the relationship between the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister and political situation.The so-called "central" is the central government,mainly related to the emperor and officials of the central government,so this chapter is mainly to discuss the relationship between the prime minister and its emperor and officials of the central government.Due to the specific age of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister were different,so in accordance with the reign of emperor time to discusse this issue so as to show their political status and function in different periods.The fifth chapter discusses the political activities of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister.Their official experience is very rich that they not only as prime minister,but being local officials.There was a direct relationship between their relatively abundant political activities and relatively long career in politics.In a word,the Tang Dynasty imperial Prime Minister's political activities include participation in political struggl in imperial court,against the eunuch,discussing practical matters,announceing the central command,leading a military expedition,to reveal the political situation at that time through the classification of their political activities.The conclusion summarizes the main points,clarifies the relationship between the emergence of the Tang Dynasty imperial prime minister,the imperial clan system and their individual talent,briefly evaluates the historical position and influence of the Tang Dynasty imperial clan prime minister.