As the most accomplished emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, although the way he gained power was not very good and he also did some unethical things to his sister-in-law, throughout the ages, there was no emperor who did not He came to power by stepping on other people's corpses and dripping with other people's blood. During his tenure, Li Shimin worked hard to govern and created the Zhenguan rule.

In the prosperous days of Zhenguan rule, people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and few criminal cases occurred. Moreover, it is said that when the end of the year was approaching, Li Shimin sent 290 people to prison. The death row prisoners were released home to celebrate the New Year, and these death row prisoners would be beheaded in the autumn of the next year. However, after the New Year, all 290 death row prisoners came back. Tang Taizong was greatly moved and ordered These people were spared the death penalty.

But if this happened in other periods in history, it might be a different scenario. Li Shimin also used a famous saying by Xunzi to warn himself, that is: "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it." And he did what he said. During his reign, the people had an incredible prosperity.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang was the only emperor in history who had the most miserable background. Therefore, after he became the emperor, he was well aware of the sufferings and hardships of the people of Li and founded the Ming Dynasty. After the dynasty, taxes were greatly reduced for the people, and at the same time, they made great efforts to eliminate the biggest enemy for the people - corrupt officials, because Zhu Yuanzhang's father was also forced to death by corrupt officials.

There are more than a dozen known punishments for dealing with corrupt officials, and all of them are very cruel. Therefore, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there were very few corrupt officials, and if the people felt that they had If you feel grievances, you can complain to the emperor. Any official who dares to stop him will be prosecuted. Zhu Yuanzhang truly loved his people as his own children.

Once his consort was corrupt, and the princess came out to take the blame. Zhu Yuanzhang killed all his daughters. This shows how much Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials. The deeper the hatred for corrupt officials, the greater the love for the people.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian

Speaking of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian, in the eyes of many people, he may be the weak father of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, but the real Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in history, But in the eyes of Westerners, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty may be slightly better than Qin Shihuang as the true emperor of the ages.

So, what did Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian do? First of all, he changed the political system to a five-province and six-cao system, which set a benchmark for political systems for all later feudal dynasties. This influence lasted for more than a thousand years. The biggest benefit of this system is the reduction of officials. In ancient times, the food and salary that officials received were actually provided by the people at the bottom. When there were more officials, the pressure on the people at the bottom would be great. There would be fewer officials, and the people at the bottom would be under great pressure. There will be less pressure on the people.

The most important thing is that he created the imperial examination system. This system truly changed the fate of tens of millions of people at the bottom. With the imperial examination system, the children of ordinary people could Changing one's destiny through reading was a recommendation system before the Sui Dynasty. However, most people at the bottom did not know any dignitaries. The emergence of the imperial examination system gave countless people the opportunity to change their destiny.

The system of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty can be called an unprecedented system. With just such a system, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian can be said to be an emperor who is very good to the people.