Since ancient times, emperors have been a high-risk profession.
According to Mr. Bai Yang's calculations, from the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan to puyi in the Qing Dynasty, there were a total of 559 people in China who could be called "emperors", but about one-third of them died.
This phenomenon was particularly pronounced during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Two Jin Dynasties, and if this period of time is counted alone, I am afraid that the mortality rate will rise significantly.
What were the emperors of the two Jin dynasties and the northern and southern dynasties? Either usurping the throne and coming to power, or killing each other, or dying of death, or the bones of the whole family died tragically.
Although he does not belong to the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, he is a very typical "Emperor of the Two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties", and one person occupies all four points.
After the death of Former Qin's founding emperor Jian Jian, his son Zhisheng succeeded to the throne. Jian Jian and his brother Gong Fa joined forces to kill Zhi Sheng by sneaking attack.
Born to be cruel and unrestrained, Elder Liang Ping and others were eager to speak, and insisted on killing life, giving his brother a false position.
After Jian Jian succeeded to the throne, he found a reason to kill his eldest brother Zhi Fa, and later killed his younger brother Zhi Shuang, and then killed his cousins Zhi Teng, Zhi Liu, Zhi You, Zhi Wu and Zhi Slender during the "Five Gong Rebellion".
Jian and others attacked Shangyi, Kezhi, slashed doubles, and wu. Meng also found Pusaka, beheaded Willow and his wife, and passed on the head of Chang'an.
If we hide the ins and outs of the matter, simply say that this bloody massacre of the same people, Jian Jian must be a murderous and incomprehensible demon.
But what is interesting is that when most people talk about the reasons for the failure of Zhijian, they always say that Zhijian is too kind to women, otherwise it would never have ended so dismal.
The reason why this happened is because most people's understanding of Zhijian is all due to the end of the Battle of Shuishui, and it is inevitable that they will think that Zhijian is too benevolent and arrogant, which is why he has suffered such a fiasco.
In fact, Jian Jian had nothing to do with The Woman's Benevolence, and he slashed all the way to the throne and consolidated his power; then the Eastern Expedition destroyed former Yan to unify the north; the Southern Expedition encroached on the territory of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, allowing the entire Northern Dynasty to reach its heyday.
Saying that Jian Jian was one of the most bullish and iron-blooded powerhouses during the Sixteen Kingdoms period should not be too controversial, and even the word "one" could be deleted.
Like Napoleon in Europe, when the heavens and the earth are working together, the pass will become the most influential figure of the times; when the hero is not free, he has the most powerful resources in the contemporary era, but he is defeated again and again, and finally can only survive or die.
When talking about Napoleon, people pay more attention to his glory period; when talking about Jian Jian, people pay more attention to his period of failure.
If we say Napoleon only after Napoleon became emperor, then he must also be a proud and arrogant incompetent man: with boundless power resources, he has failed again and again, the key is to be dizzy, and finally he is repeatedly captured, and finally he dies miserably on the island.
If we focus our eyes entirely on the stage when Jian Jian's career rises, Jian Jian is certainly also a superhero, with Yao Cang, Murong Chui and Lü Polou as the kind of heroes of the first life for him to drive, and Wang Meng and Deng Qiang's generation of masters to serve him, so that the entire Northern Dynasty will reach its full glory.
If he died before the Battle of Zhijian Shuishui, no one would have to sigh: If Zhijian did not die, the era of chaos in the world might have ended long ago.
The problem is that Jian Jian lived a little longer, and people saw his later bad luck, which made history evaluate him completely differently.
The era of the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jin Dynasties, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties was an era that made all heroes feel ashamed.
Liu Bang started his army at the age of 48 and unified the world at the age of 55, which lasted 8 years.
Liu Xiu started his army at the age of 27 and unified the world at the age of 41, which lasted 14 years.
Li Shimin started his army at the age of 19 and launched the Xuanwumen coup at the age of 28, which lasted 9 years.
Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chen Qiao Mutiny at the age of 34 and became the supreme ruler of the north in one fell swoop. Subsequently, the unification of the world began, and when he died at the age of 50, he basically unified the Central Plains, which lasted 16 years.
Zhu Yuanzhang debuted at the age of 25 and drove the Mongols out of Cyprus at the age of 41, which lasted 17 years.
In the nearly three hundred years of the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasties, Cao Cao tossed to death and failed to unify the world; Not to mention Liu Bei Zhuge Liang Sun Quan; Sima Yi's father and son also tossed to death, and did not unify the world.
If this is not enough to make people ashamed, then let's look at the ending: the achievement of the unification of the world, let a second generation like Sima Yan take it.
After Sima Yan's death, the world soon split again. Later, although heroes emerged, Shi Le, Jian Jian, Tuoba Gui, Tuoba Tao, Gao Huan, Yuwen Tai, Zu Ti, Huan Wen, Xie An, Liu Yu, Xiao Daocheng and Xiao Yan were all tossed to death, and did not achieve the unification of the world.
If we comment on history from the heroic perspective of history, we can only lament that God was too unfair to that era. How can there be all kinds of half-hanging heroes except for the evil and perverted rulers?
When Ruan Zhi mentioned Liu Bang, he said: There is no heroic difficulty in the world, so he let Shuzi become famous. This is not talking about Liu Bang, but is an allusion to current politics.
All in all, what Cao Liu gave birth to a son like Sun Zhongmou, what Sima Zhuge and the world's masters are all nonsense. If there was a cattle man like Han Gaozu, the world would have been unified long ago!
The point is that the person who finally unified the world was Actually Sima Yan, which made everyone feel self-conscious, right?
This view has received a lot of praise from all dynasties and dynasties, but we can no longer look at history with this kind of vision.
From the perspective of the materialist view of history, the reason why these heroes could not unify the world was because the south began to accelerate its development at that time, and it could rely on the dangers of the Yangtze River and qinling mountains to compete with the north.
Before the Three Kingdoms, as long as a ruler ruled the northern region, the unification of the world was just around the corner, because the economic foundation of the south was weak at that time, and it was not enough to be compared with the north.
Looking at the history of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, the five kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Han, Qi, and Yan are all in the north, and the main base of the Qin state is also in the north. You occupy most of the territory of these six countries, and what difficulty is it to unify the world?
Later, the Chu and Han wars were mainly for the north, and when the war in the north was over, the war in the south could naturally sweep down. Later, the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu competed for the world, which was basically the same routine.
However, with the development of time, Cao Cao unified the north, Shi Le unified the north, Jian Jian unified the north, Tuoba Tao unified the north, they could only watch the fat meat of the south, but they could not eat it until death.
Are they incompetent? Obviously not. Because at this time, the economy of Jiangnan has been developed, although it is still obviously weaker than the north, but relying on the dangers of the Yangtze River and Qinling Mountains, it can finally confront the northern regime for a long time.
Why was the Sui and Tang Dynasties unified? There are two reasons for this:
The first reason is because the North and the South are developing at the same time, while the North is developing faster than the South, and to a certain extent, reunification is imperative;
The second reason was because at that time, Southern Chen had already lost the natural danger of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which was naturally not enough to stop the northern army from going south.