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2、黽I■HUOJIANY■一一HistoricaILessonsAsmentioned,muchofTangJianfocusesonLiShiminandhissuccessfulreign.Libeganhismilitarycareerattheageof16.Herenderedheroicandmer
3、i.toriousmilitaryservicetohisfather,thefirstTangEmperorGaozu,byhelpinghimtopplethecorruptSuiDynastyandrestorethecountrytoorder.Attheageof29.Lisucceededthethroneandbe.camethesecondemperorofthe1'angDynasty.Uponenthronement.hisfirstofficialstatementwas:"Thep
4、acifica.tionofthepeopleandthestabilizationofthecountryaredependentontherul—e"LiShiminwasabravesoldier,butfeItkeenlythepressureonhimasrulerofanewlyestablisheddynasty.Awareofhisinexperience,EmperorTaizonglookedtopreviousrulersforguidance.Heparticularlyconte
5、mplat—edthefateoftheinitiallypowerfulandwealthySuiDynasty.HeandhisfatherdefeatedtheSujafterithadbeeninpowerforiustafewdecadesunderthereignoftwoemperors.Heisrecordedashavingtoldhisofficialsthatwhen—everhethoughtoftheSuirulersando伯cialsandhowtheyneglectedth
6、eirpublicduties,losttheircapacityformoralgovernanceandcausedthepeo—pietorebelhefeItunabletoeat,sleepordoanythingatwil1.Heisquotedassaying,"LastnightIreadaboutthe8OorsomonarchsrecordedinDfXfLuefSynopsisofImperialGenealogy).Themajorityeithergotthemselveskil
7、ledorallowedthecountrytofallintoruin.Onlyafewachievednationalprosper—ityandmateria1abundance.Icannothelpbutbealarmedatthisimbalanceofsuccessandfailure."WhenEmperorTaizongaskedtwohigh—rankingofficialswhethertheythoughtestablishingacountryorgov—erningitwast
8、hemoredifficult,hisprimeministerFangXuanling's一sponsewastheforlTler,whilehiscloseconsultantWeiZhengfeItgovernancetObethegreaterchallenge.Theemper—orcommented:"FangXuanlingfoughtsidebysidewithmethroughnumer—OuSdangerousandbrutalbattlesinthecourseofestablis
9、hingthedynasty,soheknowsiusthowdifficultitis.WleiZhenghelpsmetogovernthecountry.andisawareofhowwealthandhighstatusleadtoselr.indulgenceandcorruption,inwhosewakefollowchaosanddisaster.Weiunderstandsexactlytheramifi—c
