Study On The Prime Minister’s Envoy In The Early Tang Dynasty

The prime minister’s envoy in the early Tang Dynasty refers to the political phenomenon that from the first year of Wude to the 14 th year of Tianbao(618-755),the prime minister temporarily accepted the mission and as the prime minister to leave the capital to deal with some specific affairs.It is the continuation and development of the prime minister’s envoy since the Han,Wei,Jin,northern and Southern Dynasties.According to the differences of missions,the prime minister’s envoys in the early Tang Dynasty can be divided into military envoys and non military envoys.Military envoys can also be divided into two types: leader operation and non leader operation.In the early Tang Dynasty,national security was facing great challenges.In order to complete the great cause of reunification and deal with the military threat of the surrounding ethnic regime,the prime minister often served as the marching commander and military commissioner to led the troops.In addition,the prime minister has also sent envoys many times to deal with military affairs of other non leader operations,including taking greetings and gifts to army units,serving as aides and setting up military bases.There are many types of non military envoys,mainly monitoring envoys and appeasing envoys.In addition,there are two less cases of diplomatic envoys and sacrificial envoys.In the early Tang Dynasty,the prime minister also sent envoys to supervise the local government several times in order to understand the actual situation of the local government and ensure the integrity of official.Due to frequent natural disasters,wars and political fluctuations,the central government has also sent prime ministers to appease nationals for many times in order to maintain local stability.The reasons for the prime minister’s envoy in the early Tang Dynasty include using his status as prime minister to deal with some major affairs,the influence of the prime minister’s previous political experience,the prime minister’s corresponding talents,and the prime minister’s expulsion from the central government in the form of envoy after losing the political struggle.The prime minister’s envoys is both an opportunity and a challenge for the prime minister’s own political life,which depends on whether the prime minister can complete the mission.The military envoys of the prime minister played an important role in ensuring border security and the adjustment of the military system in the early Tang Dynasty.Supervising and appeasing envoys also played a certain role in eliminating local crises,recruiting talents and ensure the integrity of official.However,due to the constraints of the system and situation and some human factors,the effect of the prime minister’s envoy is sometimes difficult to achieve the expected effect.There are some differences between the envoys of the prime minister in the early Tang Dynasty and those in the late Tang Dynasty,which are mainly reflected in the number and type of envoys and their impact on the operation of government affairs.