"Most likely." The Empress Dowager stood up slowly and said softly as she walked towards the back, "Ziren, the king of Chunjia, is very tall... I don't want to see him pampering me as much as a concubine, but I just want him to be loved." The imperial concubine threatened his country, so he abandoned the Huanqing Palace, but it happened in the blink of an eye. Like the King of Qin and Zhaoqing, who would believe that Chunjia was right when they said they wanted to change the palace? Where's Xin? Do I know who he has become more and more like in the past two years?"
The palace man asked tentatively: "Are you like His Majesty Shenzong?"
The Empress Dowager smiled briefly, but shook her head and sighed: "Shen Zong... the late Emperor Shenzong was not a virtuous monarch, but..."
Her eyes flickered for a moment, and without saying anything, she said, "Chunjia, he is not like Shenzong. In other words, he is fundamentally different from Shenzong's character... He is more like Shenzong's... great-grandfather!"
Shenzong is not Shizong, Shizong is not Gaozong, and then... he is the founder of the country, Taizu Emperor Bidong!
"..." The palace man took a small breath.
Even though it had been thirteen years since Chunjia, naturally no one doubted the emperor's ability anymore.
But she didn't expect that in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, Chunjia would be considered to resemble Taizu
Is that evaluation a bit too high
"Taizu spent half his life fighting to conquer Tiandong and created the foundation of the Gongxiang family." As if she understood her thoughts, the Empress Dowager said softly, "What kind of temperament did his old man have in his early years? The Ai family doesn't know. That's all. Look at the records in the history books. But in his later years... When the Ai family was young, some of the elders who served in front of them were those who served in Taichu Palace during Taizu's time, and they had a few words to say."
It is recorded in the history books that Bidong, Taizu of the Gongxiang family, was kind-hearted, strict in his discipline, and talented... Anyway, the evaluation of the founder of the country will not be low after all.
The palace people couldn't help but pricked up their ears, wondering what Taizu was like in his private life.
"Taizu came from a noble family in the previous dynasty. Although he was not the eldest son at home, he was still highly regarded..."
The Empress Dowager looked reminiscing, the Ji family was no longer a prominent family, and was already one of the famous families in the previous dynasty.
All in all, Ji's ancestors also had several marriages with Gongxiang.
Otherwise, she would not have been selected into the clan and became the princess of Shenzong when she was the vassal king.
At that time, Gaozong was newly deceased and Shizong ascended the throne. As for Taizu, he had already passed away some years ago. However, there were many people in the palace, including many old people who had come from the East since the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the Empress Dowager subdued them, she more or less learned some secrets that had not been recorded in the annals of history.
"The old man also suffered a lot when he started his career, and he stumbled... Later, he was appreciated by a temple giant during the last emperor of the previous dynasty, and he gradually accumulated some wealth. The reason why the giant appreciated Taizu Bidong, Is it because Taizu Bidong was good at self-discipline? During the last emperor of the previous dynasty, there was a winter month with heavy snow. Many people in the imperial capital froze to death in the east. At that time, Taizu was a captain of the imperial army and was responsible for guarding the palace. At that time There were constant rebellions in various places, and people in the imperial court were in panic... Even the guards in the palace were slacking off. For some reason, the great man came to the palace gate at night to ask for an audience. By chance, he saw that all the imperial guards looked lazy, but Taizu Bidong stood tall. Not moving, standing firm despite the wind and snow..."
The Empress Dowager sighed softly, "The great man has a distinguished status. At that time, he said that Taizu Bidong was deliberately gaining fame, so he ignored him. Afterwards, he ordered someone to inquire and learned that Taizu Bidong had always abided by the rules since he entered the Forbidden Army. There is no slack in etiquette. Whether it is ridicule, ridicule or praise, they all remain calm... That great man, Xu Taizu, will definitely become a great person."
At that time, the fortunes of the previous dynasty had declined, and the emperor's heart was ashen and he was unable to recover, so he simply indulged in dissolute life and died in a dream.
As for the ministers in the temple, they were grieved by the dynasty that had suffered so many mistakes and could not return. Except for some ministers who were willing to live and die with the dynasty, a considerable number of them were thinking about how to change ships.
Taizu received support from this and embarked on the road to conquer Tiandong.
The Empress Dowager casually mentioned a few past events about Taizu, but none of them were allusions to the founding emperor's self-denial.
Of course, the authenticity of "people" is very worthy of scrutiny.
Not to mention the "self-denial" aspect, the palace people couldn't help but think of Chunjia.