Introduction: Ancient emperors were also afraid, more afraid of these sparse ordinary things than ordinary people, the emperor also had to have a routine, and the art of emperors was at work
In ancient China, the position of emperor was above ten thousand people, and the emperor would still be afraid? It is estimated that no one believes, but all the emperors of history are afraid of these things, and any one of them will make the emperor frightened; speaking of this, first leave a suspense for everyone. China's emperors are not easy to be, after all, the speed of dynastic succession is really too fast, the longest dynasty has existed for less than 500 years, and the number of dynastic emperors is at most less than 30. So when they become emperors, what are they most afraid of? In fact, these are sparse and ordinary things:
Emperors were most afraid of twilight and the passage of life
This is not only what the emperors are afraid of, but we ordinary people are also afraid of this thing, he is life, but our fear of the passage of life is far less than the emperor's fear of life. Why? In fact, whether it is Ming Jun or Di Jun, they maintain an attitude towards the passage of life, fear; no one is suspicious of long life, and even very little of their own long life!
The emperors were fascinated by such a splendor above all men and the glory and wealth and power that had everything. Women, wealth, the world, power all do as they please, then in their old age, seeing that their hair and beard are white, the wrinkles on their faces have become more, the emperors are unable to do it, and they begin to think about how good it would be if they lived for decades! This is the reason why successive emperors have eaten elixirs, they are reluctant to these worldly rich and powerful, afraid of death.
So what are the Ming Emperors afraid of? Many Ming monarchs are actually not obsessed with power and wealth, they want to complete their unfinished business, want to create political peaks that have not been reached by previous generations, but it takes time to complete these, looking at themselves, time passes quickly, they still have many things to complete, and there are still many ideas that have not been realized.
Therefore, the Ming emperors' fear of death is more about the length of life than the eternity of time, and the Kangxi Emperor once said: "If you can give me another 500 years, I must build the Qing Dynasty into a famous dynasty throughout the ages." "From Han Gaozu, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wu of Han Guangwu, Emperor Wu of Wei, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Wu Zetian, these Ming Emperors."
We all know that in their later years, they are more about reminiscing about the past, but thinking about what the dynasty should do after they are gone. Can the successors better govern the country? How nice would it be if I gave myself a few more decades? Fears of unfinished business led emperors to fear the passage of life.
The emperors were most afraid of natural and man-made disasters
Ancient emperors believed in the heavens and the three Qings; therefore, the emperors called themselves the Son of Heaven, not only to increase their imperial authority, but more importantly, to appear to be unified. However, natural and man-made disasters, these were listed by the emperors as the heavens dissatisfied with themselves, the heavens punished themselves.
Therefore, when there is a large-scale natural disaster, the emperors are very panicked, because they are absolute kings on the ground, but in the heavens, the emperors are only small officials; they think that natural disasters are the punishment of the heavenly court; therefore, once there is a famine, the emperor will definitely worship the heavens and the earth, which is also the importance of sacrifices in successive dynasties.
After the sacrifice, the natural disaster has not disappeared, then the emperors will think that they are not sincere enough, and they will panic even more. Speaking of which, our modern serious and normal natural disasters will be regarded by the emperors as punishment by heaven in ancient times, and it is really unreasonable for a person with the peak of power to be afraid of natural disasters.
We say this, for example, rebellion, a group to rebel and rebellion, the first will be selected in the natural disaster and man-made disaster period, this time the imperial court is relatively turbulent, and after the natural disaster and man-made disaster, often the people will show some visions, good visions prove that this dynasty is still protected by heaven, bad visions prove that the emperor of this country is unqualified.
Some rebels will use this vision to tell the people of the world that this dynasty is terminally ill and needs a new dynasty to regain the gifts of heaven; therefore, by taking advantage of the system of natural disasters, there is a basis for rebellion. Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, encountered a white snake because of the mountain rain disaster, and later beheaded the white snake and rebelled, directly gaining the support of the locals.
So what is the relationship between cutting the white snake and the imperial power, this is because the snake actually represents another symbol of the dragon, you killed a rare snake, then it also indicates that you are recognized by the heavens, the white snake is extremely rare in ancient and modern times, and therefore, Liu Bang occupies the public opinion of the heavenly theory, and it is very smooth to pull up a group of people to rebel. Therefore, if a dynasty does not manage natural disasters and man-made disasters well, the consequences can be serious enough to destroy the country.
The emperors were most afraid of too much unity among their courtiers
The most taboo thing about the ancient emperors is that the courtiers are too united, once united into a force, then the direct spearhead is pointed at the emperors; the art of balance is the necessary means for the emperor to govern the imperial court, the imperial court can not be too united, but it needs two equally matched political groups, and the emperors only need to sit and watch, watch the two forces fight each other, and finally make trouble to the emperor to solve, which is the balance technique under the emperor's rule.
Always let the imperial court be full of struggle, and at the same time the two sides of the struggle are deadlocked with each other, so that in order to compete for favors, the two sides will improve each other's work efficiency, enhance their performance, and supervise each other, which is a good thing for the imperial court and for the world. And after the two sides have been opposed for a long time, one side will definitely gradually fall behind.
At this time, the emperor will worry about whether the party that has fallen behind will not be able to turn over, this is also the time when the emperor is most afraid, he can not intervene casually, nor can he sit and watch the failure of either side, once one side fails, then the other party controls the government, and the final result is that the balance becomes a monopoly, and eventually the imperial power will be weakened.
The courtiers are too united, for the emperor is the source of the disaster, the way to employ people is to control the situation, but the situation is all turned to the courtiers, the emperor will fall into a desperate situation, the serious will be directly overhead, even if the emperor holds the military power, but the political public opinion fell to the courtiers, the emperor only has the army, no military food, military pay, the army will also be directly emptied, this is the cruelty of politics.
Everyone in this world will have a fear of affairs, the emperor is no exception, not because the emperor holds heavy power, he is fearless; chess has a big and small all-you-can-eat, snack big truth, not to mention the government, with small and big examples are countless, you emperor can, with small Bo big, which point I am worse than you? I can still be small and broad, which is also the main reason why many emperors in the late dynasties were directly elevated; therefore, if the emperor wants to sit firmly in the country, there must be a routine, and the art of emperors must be mastered.