Eat, sleep and walk the geese. Why did people in the Tang Dynasty like to keep geese as pets?

Nowadays, with the rapid development of the times, everyone is under pressure every day while harvesting high income. In order to relieve stress, many people will buy cats or dogs as pets to accompany them, so as to get some cure. In this context, pet culture began to prevail, and keeping cats and dogs gradually became a trend.

Although most high-income groups now like to keep cats and dogs, we don't know that in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, people at that time preferred to keep geese, so why did people in the Tang Dynasty prefer to keep geese?

It turns out that people in the Tang Dynasty liked to raise geese because there was a famous monarch in history, that is, Emperor Taizong. In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, the Tubo king Songzan Gambu sent a "golden legend" to Emperor Taizong, which was actually a golden duck to show his obedience.

Emperor Taizong loved this goose so much that he betrothed his precious daughter to Songzan Gambu. Later, under the leadership of Emperor Taizong, almost everyone raised geese and lived a comfortable life. They must do three things every day: eat, sleep and walk the goose.

People's life in the period of Emperor Taizong lived with such relish. How powerful was the national strength at that time?

According to New Tang Book and Old Tang Book, in the early years of Zhenguan, the number of households was less than 3 million, but only after 12 years, the number of households reached more than 3 million, and the total population exceeded12 million.

The population of a dynasty can reflect whether the country is prosperous or not. If the country is not strong, it will be invaded. If the country is not rich, how can the people have the heart to thrive and how can the population grow?

Therefore, the outbreak of population growth can show the prosperity of a country. Su Zhe, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, said: "The sage of Emperor Taizong is unique since the Western Han Dynasty."

From the prosperity of culture, we can also see the strength of the Tang Dynasty, which produced too many great poets who shocked the world, such as Li Bai.

So how did the prosperity of Zhenguan rule come from?

An important reason is that Emperor Taizong knows people and makes good use of sages. He appoints officials regardless of their origins, but they have talent and ability, and manages officials in order. Make good use of honest people, attach importance to talents to make the officialdom clear, and everyone contributes to the strength of the country.

The second is that Emperor Taizong learned the lesson from the demise of the Sui Dynasty and ordered the people to recuperate and neglect taxes. It is precisely because Emperor Taizong took a fancy to the people and knew that "water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it", so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, so the economy is prosperous and powerful.

Thirdly, Emperor Taizong perfected the imperial examination system handed down from the previous dynasty, revived culture and education, and made the bottom people truly successful in their careers. At the same time, it is also because Emperor Taizong actively pacified the frontier, respected the customs and habits of ethnic minorities, and abandoned the inherent prejudice, which made the country stable and prosperous.

Many policies of Emperor Taizong benefiting the country and the people made the country strong and people's lives happy, so they had leisure to keep geese as pets.

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Emperor Taizong's policy of governing the country has made the country stronger and stronger, and the people have extra money in their pockets to enjoy life and can raise geese. From the watermelon videos mentioned in Qing history, we can deeply understand the reasons behind the people's ability to raise geese in Tang dynasty, which has benefited people a lot.