Response and Repercussion during the Reign of Tang Dezong:Taking the Drought and Locust Disaster from Xingyuan Period to Zhenyuan Period as the Historical Background
The impact of the drought and locust plague that spread throughout the north from Xingyuan period to the early Zhenyuan per-iod in the Tang Dynasty on the people of that time can be discussed in parallel with the Jianzhong Rebellion.Under the disaster response policy,the scarcity of national resources and the experience of the Jianzhong Rebellion made Emperor Dezong pay more attention to the military and the capital and its environs.The background further influenced Emperor Dezong's political measures in the middle and lat er period of Zhenyuan.Emperor Dezong's political characteristics of maintaining military stability,paying attention to finance,and even intentionally accumulating wealth were vividly reflected during the period.
Tang Dezongcapital and its environsdrought and locust disasterresponserepercussion