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.
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. 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 broad and simple. "Due to the painstaking efforts of Emperor Taizong, the legal system was very good during the Zhenguan period, and fewer 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.
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.