Weapons and armor are a country's tools of violence. A warlike country, however huge and safe it may be, will end up declining and endangering its populace. Military force cannot be entirely eliminated nor used all the time. Teach people military arts when they are free from farming in order to equip them with a sense of military decorum and morale. . . . Confucius said, "Not teaching people how to fight is the same as discarding them." Hence military might serves to benefit the realm. This is the gist of the art of war. Background Information: Taizong was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty.

When does Taizong want his officials to train the people for war?

in the springtime
when they are not busy farming
during peacetime
after war has begun