We all know that the history of China is long and long, the inheritance of civilization over the past five thousand years, there have been many dynasties in history, and the replacement of each dynasty means an economic and cultural change and progress.
In our impression, the concept of the "Twenty-Four Dynasties" has become deeply rooted. Each of these dynasties has gone from nation-building to development, to going downhill, and finally being surpassed by the next dynasty.
In our modern words, this is the back wave of the Yangtze River pushing the front wave, a generation of new people for the old people.
But, did you know that in the long history of feudalism, there were three very special "dynasties", which are obviously different from the "dynasties" we usually understand, that is, each dynasty had only one monarch, and then it was covered by the next dynasty, and the sense of existence in history was very low. Do you know which three dynasties it is?
The first is the "new dynasty", which is almost completely negligible in the memory of many modern people.
But the new dynasty did exist for fifteen years, and it was founded by Wang Mang and ended in Wang Mang's hands.
Wang Mang was originally a high official of the Western Han Dynasty, ranking above the three princes, because the Western Han Crown Prince's widow was young, in 8 AD, that is, the initial year of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang finally called the emperor on behalf of the Han dynasty and established a new dynasty, the year name was "the founding of the country".
After Wang Mang established the new dynasty, it played a certain role in promoting the economy at that time, such as the implementation of the private system, the prohibition of slave trading, the abolition of the Wang Tian system, etc., which were very rare advances in that era.
But Wang Mang's changes also led to a frenzied counterattack by the large landlords and aristocrats. Coupled with the fact that Wang Mang's changes were too radical, shaking the foundation, and finally killed in 23 AD, Liu Xiu ascended the throne to create the Eastern Han Dynasty.
If Wang Mang's new dynasty is not very famous, then the popularity of this second dynasty is even smaller. Because Wang Mang's new dynasty also borrowed the light of the Great Han Dynasty, and this second dynasty was a small wave in the chaos, and this regime was the Eastern Wei.
The founder of the Eastern Wei Dynasty was called Yuan Shanjian, and how many people still know the name of this "emperor" today?
In 534, emperor Yuan Xiu of Northern Wei defected to Guanlong Yuwentai, and the powerful minister Gao Huan established the ten-year-old Yuan Shanjian as Emperor Xiaojing of Wei and established Eastern Wei.
As far as Yuan Shanmi personally is concerned, although he does have a good talent for literature and martial arts, as an emperor, he is completely just a puppet of Gao Huan.
Gao Huan single-handedly covered the sky, implemented a cool government in the world, and wantonly annexed land, resulting in the people's livelihood, and was destroyed 16 years later, that is, in 550 AD.
If the above two dynasties are not very famous, then the popularity of the third dynasty is very high, which is Wu Zhou.
Wu Zhou was founded by Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in China's history to replace the Tang Dynasty.
In 690, Tang Ruizong took the initiative to give Wu Zetian the throne, changed the name of the country to Zhou, and established the so-called Wuzhou Dynasty, and Wu Zetian also called himself the Holy Spirit Emperor.
During the reign of Wu Zetian, he implemented a series of reform measures, created the imperial examination system, and had the ability to know people and make good use of them.
During the fifteen years of Wu Zetian's reign, Wu Zhou's territory was also expanded, and there was a hidden legacy of Tang Taizong's Zhenguan style.
For example, she made good use of Di Renjie, Zhang Kamzhi, Yao Chong, and other wise prime ministers, and the officials in the Wuzhou period were relatively clear-cut, and the general trend of the world was relatively stable, and the most rare thing was that the people had the opportunity to recuperate.
However, Wu Zetian himself was also deeply bound by traditional etiquette, and from the bottom of his heart, he was also afraid that others would call him "Muji Sichen", so he appointed a cool official and implemented a whistle-blowing system, and finally was restored by Li Tang in 705 AD.
All in all, the common feature of the above three dynasties is that they have no heirs, and the founder is also the last emperor.
While each dynasty has its own historical background, why can't they be passed on so amazing coincidences? This is the reason for this, which deserves in-depth reflection by future generations. Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall.