Editing Bilge Qaghan (section)

==Reign==
[[File:Turkic Gold Diadem, 6th-8th C. AD.jpg|thumb|Gold diadem of Bilge Khagan from the burial site at [[:Commons:Category:Khoshoo Tsaidam|Khoshoo Tsaidam]].]]
In 716, [[Qapaghan Qaghan]], the second Qaghan, was killed in his campaign against the [[Toquz Oghuz]] alliance and his severed head was sent to [[Chang'an]].<ref name="Tang194">''[[Old Book of Tang]]'', [[:zh:s:舊唐書/卷194上|Vol. 194-I]]</ref> Although his son [[Inel Khagan]] succeeded him, Bilgä's brother [[Kul Tigin]] and [[Tonyukuk]] carried out a [[coup d'état]] against Inel Qaghan. They killed him and made him ''Bilgä'' ''Qaghan''.<ref name="Tang194" /> His name literally means "wise king".

He appointed his brother [[Kul Tigin]] to be Left Wise Prince, which made second most powerful person in realm. He re-subdued [[Huige]] in 716. He also appointed his father-in-law [[Tonyukuk]] to be Master Strategist.

New reforms and stabilization of the regime, caused tribes that fled Tujue to come back. Tang chancellor [[Wang Jun (Tang chancellor)|Wang Jun]], believing that the Göktürks who surrendered would try to flee back to the Göktürk state, suggested that they be forcibly moved into the heart of the empire to prevent them from doing so. Before Wang's suggestion could be acted upon, however, there was an uprising by the Göktürks who surrendered, under the leadership of Xiedie Sitai (𨁂跌思泰) and Axilan (阿悉爛). [[Xue Ne|Xue]] and Wang tried to intercept them and dealt them defeats, but they were able to flee back to the Göktürk state anyway. This defeat led to Xue Ne's retirement.