In general, Chinese society is a period of peace far greater than a period of turmoil, for the founding monarchs of the past generations, they are basically aristocrats, today let us take stock of the background of the founding emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty
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The establishment of the Xia Dynasty was Yu's son Qi, Yu's father was Cang, Cang was also the leader of a tribe, when Emperor Shun let Cang govern the Yellow River, it adopted the method of blocking governance, and finally did not succeed, the Yellow River was more flooded than before, and then Emperor Shun killed Yu, enabled Dayu to rule the water, he did not enter the house three times, and finally the governance was successful, when Emperor Shun was old, he passed the throne to Dayu, after Dayu's death, Qi seized the throne that did not belong to him, and turned the Gongtianxia into a family world.
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The establishment of the Shang Dynasty is Shang Tang, the founder of the Shang Clan is Qizuo, the ancestor of Qizuo is Emperor Zhao, that is to say, the Shang Tang is the blood of the imperial family, Qizuo assisted Dayu zhishui in that year, after the success of the water control, he was given Shangdi by Emperor Shun, and his descendants also multiplied in Shangdi, when the throne passed to Shangtang, due to the absurdity of Xia Jie, Shangtang raised an army to seize the world of the Xia Dynasty.
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The founder of the Zhou Dynasty was Ji Fa the King of Wu, his ancestors were emperors, in the Generation of Hou Ji, also because of the merits of assisting Emperor Shun, he was sealed to Qishan, when the Shang Dynasty spread to the King of Shang, also because of the absurdity of the King of Shang, the King of Wu, Ji Fa, with the assistance of Jiang Ziya, destroyed the Shang in Xingzhou.
Qin Dynasty
The ancestor of the Qin Dynasty, Dafei, he is also a descendant of the emperor, the Qin Dynasty has experienced the Shang Martingale Transformation Law, the national strength is very strong, when the throne passed to the hands of Yingzheng, it already has the strength to overthrow the Six Kingdoms, Yingzheng He commanded the war to destroy the Six Kingdoms, and finally unified the world, establishing the first centralized feudal dynasty in Chinese history.
Western han dynasty
The founder of the Western Han Dynasty was Liu Bang, his great-grandfather was the Grand Master of the State of Wei, he was a pavilion chief of the State of Qin, this official position is not big, which is equivalent to the chief of a township police station today, although the official position is not large, but he is also a class of soldiers, in the turbulent period at the end of Qin, he led the rebel army, occupied Xianyang, and fought with Xiang Yu for four years in the Chu-Han War and finally won the world.
Eastern han dynasty
The founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty was Liu Xiu, he was a descendant of Liu Bang, was a declining nobleman, when Wang Mang's reform failed, he usurped the Han to establish a new dynasty, because his reform was not adapted to the development of society at that time, resulting in the boiling of public resentment, have joined the ranks of opposing Wang Mang's rule, at that time, in people's minds, there is a world is Liu surnamed Liu, under the competition of various forces, Liu Xuan won the world, when Liu Xiu was strong, he took the world from Liu Xuan's hands.
Three Kingdoms period
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao was born in Ju Xiaolian, his father was a minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and after Cao Pi inherited his father's throne, he used coercion to make Emperor Chan of Han xian; Liu Bei, a descendant of Emperor Jing of Han, was also a Tianhuang nobleman, but when it was passed down to his generation, due to the ancient inheritance system, he did not have an official position; Sun Quan's father was Sun Jian, who was also a minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and several generations passed through the borders of Jiangdong.
Western Jin Dynasty
The founder of the Western Jin Dynasty was Sima Yan, who was the grandson of Sima Yi, the Sima family was a very powerful door valve at that time, Sima Yi in addition to his own talents, the power behind him is not to be underestimated, when Sima Yan seized the world of Cao Wei, it was formed after several generations of accumulation.
Eastern jin
Sima Rui, the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who was the great-grandson of Sima Yi, after the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, he used the strategy of Wang Dao and the celebrity effect to make himself seize the world, and his world was basically controlled by several door valves, as people at that time said, "The king and the horse, share the world."
Sui
The founder of the Sui Dynasty was the Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian, his father was a nobleman of Western Wei and Northern Zhou, during the Northern Zhou Dynasty was given the title of Duke of Suiguo, Yang Jianzi inherited his father's inheritance and inherited his father's title, after the death of Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yun, the seven-year-old Northern Zhou Jing Emperor Yuwen Xian inherited the throne, and the powerful foreign relative Yang Jian forced him to cede the throne to himself.
Tang Dynasty
The founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li Yuan, his ancestor was Li Song, the founding monarch of the Western Liang Kingdom, his grandfather was Li Hu, one of the Eight Pillar States of the Western Wei Dynasty, his mother and the lone empress of Emperor Wen of Sui were sisters, he was also one of the door valve magnates, when the late Sui Dynasty was in turmoil, due to the suspicion of the Sui Emperor and the persecution of his subordinates, he had to rebel, seized his cousin's world, and finally unified the whole world.
Two Song
The founding monarch of the Northern Song Dynasty was Zhao Kuangyin, he was born in a military family, he was closely related to Chai Rong of Later Zhou, chai Rong succeeded to the throne by his son Chai Zongxun after his death, for Zhao Kuangyin, he held the power of the world's soldiers and horses, and was not willing to submit to the people, in chen qiaoyi, under the support of the generals, seized the throne of Later Zhou, throughout the Song Dynasty, the honor and disgrace of the Chai family was inseparable from the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty; after the northern Song Dynasty, Song Qinzong and Song Huizong were captured by the Jin people, and Zhao Guangyi's branch was killed. In the end, Zhao Kuangyin inherited the throne.
Yuan
The founder of the Yuan Dynasty was Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan's grandfather was Genghis Khan Temujin, who unified the whole of Mongolia, Temujin's father was the leader of a tribe, Kublai Khan was able to establish the Great Yuan Dynasty, and the merits of his grandfather's generation were inseparable, the Great Yuan Dynasty ruled the Central Plains for less than a hundred years, because they refused to Sinicize, resulting in being squeezed out of the Central Plains by the Han People.
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The founder of the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Yuanzhang, he was the only peasant-born emperor in history, in the disaster at the end of the Yuan, most of his family starved to death, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the army, because of his bravery and brain flexibility, was valued and promoted by Guo Zixing, in order to reward his merits, the adopted daughter Ma Zhilan married him, when he won the world, named Ma Shi as empress.
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The Qing Dynasty was a regime established by the Jurchens, and his daughter Hachi was the leader of a Jurchen tribe at that time, he unified the entire tribe, and through the efforts of Emperor Taiji, Dolgun and others, when the throne passed to Shunzhi, they seized the entire Daming Jiangshan, and the last emperor of daming, Chongzhen, ended his life by hanging.
The founding emperors of ancient China were basically door valve aristocrats and military personnel who held power, Zhu Yuanzhang was just an exception, the founders of the dynasty were inseparable from their innate capital, but more of them were their own efforts, after all, there were many aristocrats in the past dynasties, and only a few people really achieved great things, and the results of all this were inseparable from their strategy and wisdom.