Taking history as a guide, we can see the rise and fall. This sentence is not just for the country, why not ordinary people? Who has not staggered in the torrent of the times? What people today think and understand with pain is also what the ancestors thought, thought, and realized with pain. Only by not clinging to form and appearance can we not be burdened by form and appearance, and only then can we achieve perfection.
Background: The Tang Dynasty was founded for more than ten years. The country was rich and the people were strong. Emperor Taizong was always better than the previous emperors in civil and military affairs. The Tang Dynasty was prosperous in governance, the officials governed clearly, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. He was also revered as the "Khan of Heaven" by the tribes in the grassland.
However, Emperor Taizong never dared to forget that in the Goguryeo Kingdom, which was dominating the Korean Peninsula today, it was Goguryeo that led the former Sui Dynasty to conquer the country three times, all of which ended in disastrous defeats. In the end, the country's power was exhausted. Taizong thought of this and personally conquered Goryeo. He came close to success several times but failed in the end. In 649 AD, there was a plan to "send troops to conquer Goguryeo for the second time". Taizong died of illness and the plan was aborted. Before his death, he held Gaozong's hand and pointed to the northeast. He was unwilling to do so. In the end, he lived a heroic life and died with regrets...
After Taizong's death, the whole country mourned. Founding veterans such as Fang Xuanling and Xiao Yu passed away one after another, and Gaozong ascended the throne. For a time, the situation in the Tang Dynasty was as dark and unclear as a candle blown by the wind. Faced with the change of power, all forces were ready to move. The vacuum of power created a vacancy in local administration, casting a shadow over the prosperous prospects of the Tang Dynasty...
