It shows that Emperor Taizong attached importance to the power of the people, which reflected his thought of governing the country by attaching importance to the relationship between the monarch and the people. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, put forward the traditional guiding ideology of "people-oriented".
In the second year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong said to his ministers: "Everything is business-oriented, the country is people-oriented, the people are food and clothing, and everything is food and clothing." It means that the "people-oriented" thought, which is characterized by the unity of people-oriented and agriculture-oriented, became the dominant thought guiding the rule at that time. It was under the guidance of this thought that the miracle of Zhenguan governance in the early Tang Dynasty was created on the basis of the need of everything and the decline of people's livelihood, which opened up the all-round prosperity of politics, economy and culture.
Emperor Taizong often organized ministers to discuss the reasons for the demise of the Sui Dynasty. He was good at coachable, and to a great extent, he learned the lessons from the demise of the Sui Dynasty. "The monarch is also a ship, and Shu Ren is also water. Water can carry a boat or overturn it. " This is a famous saying of Xunzi. Because Emperor Taizong experienced the change of capsizing in the Sui Dynasty, water can carry a boat and capsize it, which became the mantra of Emperor Taizong. Many people mistakenly think that this is a famous saying of Emperor Taizong and forget Xunzi's "copyright ownership". (In fact, Xunzi also quoted from Biography, not the original copyright owner. However, it is this awe of the people that forces him to attach importance to "the people are the foundation of the country."
Emperor Taizong's guiding ideology of "people are the foundation of the country" directly produced the general plan of governing the country to stabilize the people's hearts. At that time, democracy was to appease farmers, and democracy was to appease farmers and agricultural production.
Through measures such as averaging land, rewarding land reclamation, reforming taxes, reducing or exempting taxes, persuading farmers not to oppose farming season, increasing population and building water conservancy projects, farmers have been rapidly restored and developed, thus protecting and developing the fundamental interests of the people.
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Emperor Taizong
Appoint talents
Shortly after Li Shimin ascended the throne, a new library was built according to the model of Qin Literature Museum, which further reserved world literary talents. Li Shimin knows how to perform people's duties well and employs people according to their abilities, regardless of their origins. Fang Lingxuan and Du Ruhui were employed in the early stage, and Sun Chang Wuji, Yang Shidao and Chu Suiliang were employed in the later stage, all of whom were honest and upright.
Improve the system
During the reign of Li Shimin, the Sui system became more perfect. For example, the central court continued the system of six departments in three provinces and set up a special government office to facilitate the collegial discussion of politics and contain the three provinces; Locally, it follows the Sui Dynasty county-level system, and the whole country is divided into ten prison areas (roads). In addition, the government's military system includes soldiers in agriculture; The land equalization system, the tenancy adjustment system and the imperial examination system all developed.
Good advice ―― Listen/accept/listen to good advice at any time.
Li Shimin regarded Yang Di's refusal to remonstrate with national subjugation as a warning. After he acceded to the throne, he tried his best to speak. He expanded the power of admonishing officials and encouraged ministers to criticize his decision-making and style. Among them, Wei Jin remonstrated more than 200 times and told the court about Chen's fault, which made him embarrassed many times in the early years and unable to step down. For example, Ma Zhou, Sun and Chu Suiliang are all famous for their remonstrance. In his later years, Li Shimin prospered because of his country, while Chabr's tolerance was not as good as that in his early years. I occasionally regret killing the minister by mistake, but I still restrained myself and kept my manners.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Emperor Taizong