What kind of sigh did Li Yuan feel when he became the general of the Sui Dynasty?

The wife of Tang Emperor Li Yuan, Dou, died young and was unable to follow Li Yuan to enjoy the glory and wealth as a queen. However, Dou has been extremely smart and insightful since childhood. After marrying Li Yuan, he helped Li Yuan survive many political crises, which can be said to have laid the foundation for Li Yuan's final success.

The Dou family was born in the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and her mother was the sister of Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Wu of Zhou loved his niece very much and took her to the palace to raise her since she was a child. Due to Dou's intelligence and his exposure to palace politics, he has shown outstanding political talents since he was a child. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was relatively powerful and initially had the ability to unify China. However, the Turks who were also in the north were more powerful. They were eyeing the Central Plains dynasty and often invaded southward. In order to stabilize the Turks, Emperor Wu of Zhou implemented a marriage policy and married a Turk princess as his queen. Since this was a political marriage and there was no emotional foundation between the two parties, Emperor Wu of Zhou was very cold towards the queen. The young Dou saw this and once said to Emperor Wu of Zhou, uncle, your great cause has not been completed yet, so you must be kind to the queen, so as to stabilize the Turks. Once the Turks are stabilized, it will be easy to handle the Northern Qi and Jiangnan regimes next to you. These words almost made Emperor Zhou Wu jump up in shock. He did not expect that this little niece, only six or seven years old, would have such political vision. From then on, Emperor Wu of Zhou really changed his attitude towards the queen.

After adulthood, Dou married Li Yuan and used her wisdom several times to help Li Yuan overcome difficulties. Li Yuan's face is relatively old, not very old, but has many wrinkles. Once, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty met with officials and laughed at Li Yuan's appearance in public, calling him "Grandma's face", which meant that his face looked like an old lady's. . Li Yuan knew that Yang Guang was laughing at him so much, so he definitely didn't take him seriously. He was very worried that Yang Guang would find an excuse to operate on him. He was very depressed, but he didn't dare to attack Yang Guang. Back home, Li Yuan became more and more angry as he thought about it, and actually shed tears in front of Mrs. Dou. After Mrs. Dou knew the whole story, she didn't try to persuade him like ordinary people, but immediately said, "This is a good thing and we should celebrate it."

Li Yuan has not come back to his senses yet. Mrs. Dou went on to say, "Grandma is the head of the family, that is, the master of the hall. You are the Duke of the Tang Dynasty. This means that the Tang Dynasty rules the world. Isn't this a good thing?" When Li Yuan heard this, his mood immediately improved, and he actually held a family banquet to celebrate on a small scale. It can also be seen from this incident that Dou not only has political vision, but also has a very flexible mind, and can easily guide Li Yuan's mood.

Dou is not only smart, but also has outstanding political vision, sometimes even surpassing Li Yuan. Li Yuan was a military commander and loved horses very much. Back then, when Li Yuan was a prefect, he tried his best to get some good horses and kept them at home. Dou said that the emperor also likes horses. If you have good horses, you should donate a few to the emperor, otherwise you may be in trouble if the emperor finds out. However, Li Yuan felt very reluctant to give it up, so he didn't give it away. Sure enough, not long after, Yang Guang knew that Li Yuan had a good horse but did not contribute, so he deliberately made trouble. Li Yuan learned a lesson from his adversity, and from then on he searched everywhere for good horses and other gifts to give to Yang Guang. Yang Guang was very happy and made Li Yuan a general. Later, Li Yuan sighed in front of his son, if I had listened to your mother, I would have taken the position of general. By this time, Mr. Dou had passed away.

Out of gratitude for Dou, after Li Yuan became emperor, he immediately posthumously named Dou as Empress Mu. In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin honored his mother Dou as Empress Taimu.