Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, reigned for 23 years, which made the Tang Dynasty enjoy economic development, social stability, political clarity, people's prosperity and well-being, and unprecedented prosperity. Because his title is Zhenguan, people call this period of his rule "Zhenguan rule". The rule of Zhenguan is the most dazzling period in the history of China.
Emperor Taizong realized the greatness of the people's power from the magnificent peasant war, absorbed the reasons for the demise of the Sui Dynasty, and attached great importance to the lives of ordinary people. He emphasized people-oriented, and often said: "People, water is also; June, Zhou Ye. Water can carry a boat or overturn it. " At the beginning of Emperor Taizong's accession to the throne, he ordered the people to recuperate. Emperor Taizong cherished the people's strength and never collected corvees easily. He suffered from Qi disease and was not suitable to live in a damp old palace, but he lived in the old palace of the Sui Dynasty for a long time. He also ordered the merger of states and counties in order to get rid of the disadvantages of "fewer people and more officials" and help reduce the burden on the people.
At the beginning of Zhenguan, under the leadership of Emperor Taizong, the whole country was unified and the economy improved rapidly. During the Zhenguan period of 1989, cattle and horses were everywhere, and the people were well-fed and well-fed, and the roads were not picked up at night, which was a prosperous scene of peace and prosperity.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong for more than 20 years, there were no fewer than 30 officials who remonstrated. Among them, Wei Zhi, the minister, remonstrated more than 200 pieces with hundreds of thousands of words, all of which hit the nail on the head, which was very helpful for improving state affairs.
Emperor Taizong attached great importance to the selection of talents and strictly followed the principle of having both ability and political integrity. Emperor Taizong believes that only by selecting a large number of people with real talents and practical learning can we achieve great harmony in the world. Therefore, he was thirsty for talents, and issued five imperial edicts for seeking talents, and increased the subjects of imperial examinations, expanding the scope and number of candidates, so as to expose more talents. ? Because Emperor Taizong attached importance to talents, a large number of outstanding talents emerged in Zhenguan period, which can be described as "talents with both civil and military skills". It is these talents who, with their intelligence, have made great contributions to the formation of "Zhenguan rule".
Emperor Taizong attached great importance to the rule of law. He once said: "The national law is not the law of the emperor alone, but the law that everyone in the world must abide by, so everything must obey the law." As a monarch above ten thousand people, Emperor Taizong was an enlightened emperor. ? After the promulgation of the law, Emperor Taizong set an example and took the lead in obeying the law, thus maintaining the unity and stability of the law. During the Zhenguan period, the prince really broke the law and shared the crime with the people. When enforcing the law, he was impartial, but when sentencing, Taizong thought twice and was cautious. He said: "People can't be resurrected after death, and law enforcement must be combined with leniency and severity." Due to the painstaking efforts of Emperor Taizong, the legal system was very good during the Zhenguan period, and few people were sentenced to death for breaking the law. According to the records of Zhenguan for three years, only 29 people were sentenced to death, which almost reached the highest standard of feudal society and legal system-"criminal measures" can be exempted from punishment.
People-oriented thinking, open the way and open the mind that is easy to be trained; Reuse talents and appoint people on their merits is the criterion; Impatience and selflessness, acting according to law constitute the basic characteristics of the rule of Zhenguan, which became the best example of feudal rule, making the Tang Dynasty at that time in the forefront of the world compared with western countries in politics, economy and culture.
The prosperity of Zhenguan Dynasty is unmatched by any dynasty in China. Throughout several powerful dynasties in China's history, the symbol of prosperity is nothing more than Zhenguan Dynasty, which has made outstanding achievements in deep civilization (mainly referring to system and cultural inheritance). It is precisely because of the ruling foundation of Zhenguan that Wu Zetian can realize "political enlightenment", thus laying the foundation for the prosperity of Kaiyuan. There is a poem by Du Fu, a great poet, "I recall that in the heyday of Kaiyuan, there were still thousands of households in a small town, and the rice was rich and the public and private granaries were rich ...". In line with the high development of productive forces, the international prestige of the Tang Dynasty also reached its peak, and foreign wars won successive victories. It has maintained a continuous offensive posture for more than 100 years and its territory has expanded extremely. The vast territories of North Korea, Mobei and the Western Regions have been merged into Chinese territory one after another, and the territory of the Western Regions reaches the stone country on the east bank of the Aral Sea (Tashkent, Central Asia). In addition to the fruitful achievements known by these people, the civilization of Zhenguan Dynasty was second to none in the world at that time. The following civilization achievements made the Han nationality the best nation in the known world at that time.
During the Zhenguan period, farmers occupied a certain amount of land, and the tax service burden was reduced. With a stable production and living environment, a large number of wasteland has been reclaimed and social and economic prosperity has emerged. At that time, politics was relatively clear, economy developed rapidly, and national strength gradually increased.