Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Dou couldn't help but move slightly, pretending to be distressed and bowing her head to think about it, before she looked up at Huang Sheng with a little hesitation.

"Just now, the old gentleman said that the Empress Dowager Xiaowen Bo is a person who knows how to 'be good as water';"

"What kind of person does the old gentleman think, Emperor Xiaowen of the first Taizong?"

Hearing this, Huang Sheng's face was still indifferent, but his heart was a little surprised!

Raising his head slightly tentatively, seeing that there was no complicated expression on Mrs. Dou's face, Huang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief;

After pondering for a moment, and then carefully recalling it, and making sure that there was nothing that should not be said in his next words, Huang Sheng raised his head and bowed slightly to the Empress Dowager Dou.

"Old decay, ancestral home Yingchuan;"

"In the seventeenth year of King Yingzheng's reign, the old grandfather took his father and moved to Guanzhong."

"So I am old and decrepit, and I have grown up in Lantian since I was a child, not far from Chang'an."

"When Prince Qin's infant was beheaded by Xiang Yu, the old man also went to Xianyang City to be tortured ······"

As if he said something with emotion, Huang Sheng's face couldn't help but have a burst of reminiscence.

"When the third son was beheaded, he was still young and didn't understand any reason."

"But after that, Xiang Yu burned Xianyang, and the generals of the anti-Qin righteous army were named the princes of the Eighteen Roads, and the Lantian where the old decay was located became the fiefdom of Sima Xin, the king of Sai."

"In those years, the farmland of Lantian became more and more barren and the canals became more and more blocked, but Sima Xin, the king of Sai, ignored this and only cared about pleasure;"

"Fortunately, a few years later, Emperor Taizu Gao returned the three Qins from Hanzhong, and the situation in Lantian gradually improved······

Speaking of this, Huang Sheng's face was full of embarrassment;

Especially when it comes to the name of 'Saiwang Sima Xin', he is even more faintly gritted his teeth.

And in the end, when it was mentioned that 'Emperor Taizu Gao also set the three Qins', Huang Sheng's eyebrows finally brought a little relief.

"During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, the world was still dilapidated, and the treasury of the court was empty;"

"Coupled with the successive rebellions of princes with different surnames, Emperor Taizu Gao could not care about governing Guanzhong at all, and could only run back and forth on the way to quell the rebellion for many years."

"In the end, Emperor Taizu Gao was also in the process of quelling the rebellion of King Yingbu (黥布) of Huainan when he was shot by a stray arrow, and died shortly after······"

"After Emperor Taizu Gao, it was Emperor Xiaohui who inherited the unification, but unfortunately Emperor Xiaohui died early;"

"After that, two more deposed emperors succeeded to the throne one after another."

"During that time, the decrees were issued by the Empress Dowager Lu, and the situation in Guanzhong improved slightly, but it just did not continue to deteriorate."

Speaking of this, Huang Sheng couldn't help but raise his head slightly, and carefully looked at the expression of the Empress Dowager Dou;

After making sure that the Empress Dowager Dou did not express her displeasure because of the word 'Empress Lu', Huang Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly continued: "After the death of the Empress Dowager Lu, it was the first Taizong Xiaowen, who entered the unification from the dynasty······

"Since the first year of Emperor Taizong's succession, the lives of the people in Guanzhong have been greatly improved."

"In the first year of Emperor Taizong, Emperor Taizong issued an edict to reduce the agricultural tax from one from fifteen to one from thirty to one;"

"Lower the amount of money that men need to pay from 120 yuan per person per year to 40 yuan per person."

"In addition, Emperor Taizong also promulgated the decree of "Xu Min Chi Shanze", allowing the people to obtain food and things needed for life between the mountains and forests.

"These good governance, which is beneficial to the people and harmless, can be experienced by living in Lantian no more than 100 miles away from Chang'an."

"—especially Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's life, he was extremely simple and simple, and never indulged in extravagant pleasures;"

"Even when it was time for the funeral, I didn't forget to tell the prince: everything in the funeral should be simple, and there should be no precious gold, copper, beads, jade and other things among the funeral goods······"

In the end, when it came to the private virtues of the former emperor Liu Heng, especially the arrangements for the funeral, Huang Sheng couldn't help but choke up a little;

After calming down for a long time, Huang Sheng recovered from his sad emotions, and forced a stiff smile out of his face.

"The Queen Mother asked the old man: Emperor Xiaowen of the first Taizong, what kind of person is he?"

"Lao Yu can only answer the Queen Mother: Emperor Xiaowen of the First Taizong is not a vulgar person like Lao Yu at all, and he can comment on ······"

"If the Queen Mother really wants to know the answer, you can ask the people of Guanzhong who wept at home when Emperor Taizong died;"

"You can also go to the streets of Chang'an and listen to those who still remember Emperor Taizong to this day, why they miss Emperor Taizong."

"——Emperor Taizong Xiaowen is really the Ming monarch and male lord that all the people in the world have been looking forward to for generations."

"And the Queen Mother, as the wife of Emperor Taizong, definitely did not disgrace Emperor Taizong······"

As Huang Sheng obviously intended to restrain himself, but he still couldn't help but choke up, Empress Dowager Dou also had red eyes for a while.

Regarding Huang Sheng's words, Empress Dowager Dou did not have the slightest doubt.

The first Taizong Xiaowen Emperor Liu Heng's comments, needless to say anything else, just the temple number of 'Taizong' and the nickname of 'Wen' are enough to explain everything.

As for the Empress Dowager Dou, although she didn't do anything specific, just the pair of eyes that gradually became dim because of her perennial fiddling with needlework and thread is enough to show that as the wife of the first emperor Liu Heng, the Empress Dowager Dou did not insult her deceased husband's reputation······

As the topic gradually shifted to the first emperor, the non-behavior in the Changxin Hall became a little heavy for a while.

But soon, Empress Dowager Dou gradually adjusted, forced herself to soothe the sadness in her heart, and continued to ask: "In this way, Mr. also thinks that Emperor Taizong is the Emperor of Ming?" ”

asked indifferently, and when Huang Sheng lowered his head without hesitation, he saw that Empress Dowager Dou took a deep breath, and then let out a long sigh leisurely.

"The virtue of Emperor Xiaowen of the former Taizong is indeed unprecedented in ancient and modern times;"

"But I heard that to this day, there are still people who privately accuse Emperor Taizong of his origin······"

The words that seemed to be referring to only caused Huang Sheng's face to froze, and between his eyebrows, he was immediately full of confusion.

- Origin?

Seeing that Huang Sheng didn't react for a while, Empress Dowager Dou couldn't help but let out another long sigh, and then raised her head full of embarrassment.

Looking at Huang Sheng's eyes, it was clear that he was embarrassed and resentful;

But in the tone, there was a little temptation inexplicably.

"Emperor Xiaowen of the first Taizong is not the eldest son of Emperor Taizu Gao."

"—and neither a descendant, nor a firstborn."

"For Emperor Taizong's virtue, I'm afraid no one can fault it;"

"But Emperor Taizong is not the heir of Emperor Xiaohui, but the younger brother of Emperor Xiaohui."

"In the past, whether it was royal or civil, it was always the father who died and the son succeeded."

"But Emperor Taizong inherited the unification, and he was a brother and a ······"