As an emperor of a generation, Li Shimin, in addition to the "Xuanwumen Change" that was initially made in order to compete with his brother for the throne, there was really nothing particularly criticized in other aspects. Moreover, at the time of the uprising, Li Shimin was only the King of Qin, and he was followed by a number of heroes, and everyone in Wagangzhai willingly followed him, indicating that Li Shimin was still very popular and had considerable leadership ability. As a leader, he has always regarded his brothers who were born into death as relatives.
After becoming emperor, Li Shimin was also a Ming Emperor, practicing benevolent government, and the "Zhenguan Shengshi" created by him pushed the Tang Dynasty to the climax of development, and it was precisely because he made a good start that the Tang Dynasty lasted for more than two hundred years. His empress dowager, Empress Eldest Sun, was also a virtuous mother of the country, who kept the harem in good order, and in order to save the expenses of the palace, the husband and wife came up with a brilliant way to dismiss some palace women, which was unanimously praised by the people.
Once, when Li Shimin went to the empress, he saw the old and young palace women around her, so he asked about them, and it turned out that many of these palace women were left over from the previous dynasty and had been in the palace for many years; some of them were in the palace after the establishment of the new dynasty, and they were still teenagers and relatively young. Empress Eldest Sun looked at some of the older palace ladies, who had spent their most beautiful youth in the palace, and now that they were nearly thirty years old and had no home, they couldn't help but feel a little sad for them.
When Li Shimin saw this situation, his heart was not a taste, and if they continued like this, the final outcome could only be to stay in the palace until they grew old and died, so in fact, the burden in the palace was quite large. So the couple summed up and decided to dismiss some palace women from the palace, and they could save some expenses. The matter is settled, how to implement it still needs to be discussed, and if it is not handled properly, it will cause public indignation. But the two were the empress dowager after all, and they quickly thought of a brilliant plan to let some older palace girls out.
After verification and statistics, an age line was drawn, and those who were old enough could receive some severance pay to go out of the palace and go home. The eldest of them have been in the palace for many years, and they have not seen their families for a long time, but their hearts are still very happy, and they go home happily with the money. Moreover, the number of women dismissed from the palace was quite large, which made many men who were worried about marriage see hope again. In one fell swoop, Li Shimin and his wife relied on a small method to win a good reputation among the people.
In addition to this incident, it is said that Li Shimin also let them go home to visit their relatives because of poor prisoners in prison, and when it came time to return to report, he actually returned in full number, and no one escaped, which shows that his prestige among ordinary people is extremely high. It is also because he often gives favors to the people that he has won the support of the people. The monarch of a country can do what Li Shimin did, which is enough to be called a good emperor.