After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

The country was acquired illegitimately, Zhao Jiong was already very troubled. He looked at the sky and wondered why the sky didn't mention his civil administration. He allowed the Song Dynasty to recuperate and allow more scholars to become officials and govern the country together with the literati. Wasn't that good enough?

What more do we want him to do?!

Except for Zhao Kuangyin, all the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty had the same problem: it was not that they did not want to promote military men, but military men frequently rebelled during the Tang Dynasty and during the chaotic times that followed.

The people of the world have had enough of the suffering inflicted by military men, and the scholars are unwilling to let these warriors sit on their heads and chop them up like vegetables. Even the emperor has to be wary of military men causing trouble.

As the military deteriorated, how many noble families were still able to uphold their family's prestige?

The Song Dynasty was a mess. Unless you tear it apart, it's impossible to completely transform it with a small-scale cooking method.

Otherwise, the founding emperor would directly lead his troops over, overturn the ancestral precepts, and say, "Now that our ancestors are right in front of us, what are we talking about regarding the laws of our ancestors?"

"The tragic state of the Song Dynasty imperial tombs will give us endless food for thought. We can learn profound lessons from history: backwardness invites aggression! A weak nation has no diplomacy! A weak nation has no justice! A weak nation has no sovereignty!"

[Actually, I really like the Song Dynasty, probably because of the famous figures in textbooks—Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Yan Shu, etc. Before studying history, I thought the Song Dynasty was a culturally prosperous era.]

[But after reading history, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the Song Dynasty, because they were a top-heavy monster.]

Beautiful writing does not equate to everything about a person, their private or public morality, nor does it reflect the era in which they lived. It's time for us to demystify historical figures.

Zhu Qinggu simply added, "Historical figures also have the limitations of their time. Even we sometimes find ourselves confused when we're involved, but clear-headed when we're observing from the sidelines. Historical figures weren't all-rounders, so we should just look at their writings and not think that every historical figure is perfect and righteous."

[Host, which dynasty do you like?]

[I admire the Ming Dynasty. Since the Three Dynasties, only the Han and Ming dynasties truly established their rule legitimately. Furthermore, I admire Zhu Yuanzhang's words, "Expel the Tartars and restore China," which has been the goal of our Chinese people for a long time!]

[Old Zhu was truly legendary. Think about it, he's the only one in history to rise from a beggar with a broken bowl to a position of immense power. Even though Old Zhu could be quite temperamental at times, he truly made the Han people stand tall.]

[Liu Bang was just a village head, but Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing. He had been a beggar, a monk, and a member of a rebel army. He lost his father and mother in his early years, his wife and grandson in his middle age, and his son in his later years...]

Upon seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes involuntarily reddened, and the noodles he was eating began to sting. He turned to look at that gentle and kind face, where Empress Ma was still standing beside him as always.

"It'll get cold if you don't eat it soon, Chongba, eat up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the words on the sky and, unusually, revealed his worries, saying, "Sister, we still need to call the imperial physician to take your pulse every day."

"What's the rush? I'm perfectly fine now," Empress Ma said gently, trying to comfort me.

"We can't afford not to worry!" In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, this family consisted of nothing more than Empress Ma and Zhu Biao; the others were in a precarious situation.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately summoned the imperial physicians, who all wanted to have their pulses taken. The pulses of all the nobles and dignitaries in the palace were taken regularly, with particular attention paid to the empress, the crown prince, and the crown prince's eldest son.

Since we're on the topic, Zhu Qinggu doesn't mind talking about something unrelated and chatting with his fans.

"I like the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty, but my favorite is the Tang Dynasty!" Zhu Qinggu said each word with great seriousness, his expression full of longing.

"Why? First of all, I am still thinking from a modern perspective, mainly considering the impact of a dynasty on civilization and the world. I have learned a lot from bloggers who have a great power mindset. Now I will briefly talk about some of the points that I think they have made particularly good points."

Li Shimin was also quite surprised that the Miss Zhu on the sky actually liked the Tang Dynasty, because in her comments she talked more about the Song and Ming Dynasties, and mixed in that kind of indignation and lamentation about their incompetence and misfortune, as if she had a love-hate relationship.

So he didn't expect that Miss Zhu would mention the Tang Dynasty at this moment.

Many people are still immersed in the shock of the comments on the barrage that Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of this generation, actually rose from beggar to emperor step by step, and now they have heard Zhu Qinggu say this as well.

People outside the Tang Dynasty were eager to hear about her "great power mindset," while people from the Tang Dynasty listened attentively to how later generations would evaluate them.

Liu Che also wanted to hear why these later generations preferred the Tang Dynasty over the Han Dynasty.

"Liu Bang... a village head?" Ying Zheng pondered. "This Zhu Yuanzhang was actually a beggar? Yet he was also a remarkable figure! I want to see why later generations prefer the Tang Dynasty. What makes the Tang Dynasty better than my Qin Dynasty?"

Ying Zheng would not look down on Zhu Yuanzhang for his humble origins. He did not have the concept of being born into nobility. He himself had returned to the Qin state after a series of near-death experiences, and later spent several years lying low before finally seizing power.

Naturally, they had a favorable impression of people like Zhu Yuanzhang who rose from the bottom.

The key issue is that Zhu Yuanzhang... had very few family ties.

Zhu Yuanzhang: That's still better than you, I have my younger sister to keep me company!

Zhu Qinggu's words aroused the curiosity of people from before the Tang Dynasty about this Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Qinggu added, "Let's talk about other dynasties first. Although the Yuan Dynasty had the largest territory, that's all we can talk about. It was indeed militarily dominant in its time, but that was only during Kublai Khan's reign. No other Yuan emperor could achieve that, and the Yuan Dynasty's existence was also very short."

Some Yuan Dynasty landlords were still singing praises of how good the Yuan Dynasty court was to them, and they all refuted these words spoken on the sky.

"The Song Dynasty... The Song Dynasty was not a unified regime. It was a small country with a thriving economy and culture, but it was plagued by internal and external troubles. Later Song emperors could not escape this. They were too busy taking care of themselves to have any influence on the outside world."

The people of the Song Dynasty originally wanted to say that they were also prosperous and flourishing, but when they thought of the Jingkang Incident and the subsequent calamities, they all kept quiet.

The Song Dynasty emperor sighed, it seems that later generations really cared about unification and military strength.

"In the early Ming Dynasty, there was an understanding of the ocean, but after the Yongle Emperor, especially after the Xuande Emperor, the seas were closed off. At the same time, some European countries were gradually becoming stronger through bloody maritime trade."