太原功臣与武德政争

在唐代开国过程中,太原功臣跟随李渊起兵,并且在从晋阳至长安的关键时期发挥了重大作用。然而,随着李渊从军事政权首领向帝国皇帝身份的转变,其集团结构也发生了重大变化,太原功臣逐渐被冷落,李渊通过《褒勋臣诏》对他们的身份做出了限定,使之成为一个仅享有“免死”特权的群体。然而,太原功臣们并不甘心,于是,在武德年间的政治斗争中,他们日益分化,为了自己的出路而选择不同的立场。他们在政争中的命运,映射出了唐初政权性质的变化,也揭示出了唐初政权结构的某些特色。

The Relation between Taiyuan Deserved People and the Political Struggle during the period of Wude

During the founding of Tang Dynasty,a group of people in Taiyan,who followed Li Yuan to initiate a revolution,had played an important role in the crucial time from Jin Yang to Chang'an.However,with the shift of Li Yuan's position from the military commander to the emperor,the structure of his clique also changed greatly.Li's followers were eventually deserted,and in the decree Bao Xun Chen Zhao issued by Li Yuan,their statues were defined as only enjoying the privilege of exemption from death.But the Taiyuan people didn't submit to Li's order,and during the period of Wude,they were divided into different groups due to their different interests in the political struggle.Their destiny in the political struggle not only reflects the change of political power in the early period of Tang Dynasty,but also reveals some features of its political structure.