"Rolling water in the east of the Yangtze River, the waves exhaust the heroes." Success or failure turns empty. --Yang Shen of the Ming Dynasty
All feudal dynasties could not escape the rise and fall of succession, and Yingzheng established the Great Qin in 221 BC and became an emperor for thousands of years, but he could not escape the fate of the death of the Qin Dynasty II, and only had 15 years of rule. It is said that the Tang and Song dynasties were the most suitable dynasty for life, and the Tang Dynasty in the previous years had the rule of Zhenguan and the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, which was brilliant in history, and in the later period, it was also corrupt and extravagant. The Song Dynasty experienced a total of 18 emperors, and some people calculated that China's total GDP was 26.55 billion US dollars, accounting for 22.7% of the world's experience, and it could not escape the word luxury in its later years.
Chinese the most satisfactory era, should belong to the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty state is strong, multi-wise monarch, is the golden period of China's historical development, the word "Han" is also named, after so many dynastic changes, "Han" is still the main ethnic group in China, has never changed.
After the fall of Qin, there was a situation of Chu and Han hegemony, after Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu, in 202 BC, became a unified dynasty, after unifying the world, Liu Bang let the people rest and recuperate, reward farming, reduce taxes, but also laid a solid foundation for the later strength of the Han Dynasty, after Liu Bang's death, although the Han Dynasty had some chaos in Lü Yan's hands, fortunately it was finally suppressed.
Li Shimin once said: "In modern times, the only people who have established the frontier are the Qin Emperor and Han Wu." "Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was a pivotal figure throughout history, and culturally, he abolished the way Liu Bang ruled the country for the elderly, implemented the Tuien Order, and deposed hundreds of families and respected Confucianism alone. This mainstream idea has been used for more than 2,000 years of history.
Emperor Wudi of Han was also an ambitious person, during the Han Dynasty there were often Xiongnu harassment, Emperor Wudi of Han just had such a fierce general as Huo Goyi, who was only 18 years old and became famous in a war, killing the Xiongnu and breaking the ground for Emperor Wu of Han. At the same time, Emperor Wudi of Han also used generals such as Wei Qing and Li Guang to achieve the hegemony of Emperor Wu of Han and become one of the few powerful countries in the world.
The Han Dynasty was really strong for more than 200 years, from Han Gaozu, to Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jing of Han, Emperor Wu of Han, etc., and then to Emperor Guangwu of Han and Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, Zheng Zheng boy, a generation of Ming Jun, praised by the people, in the 407 years of the Han Dynasty's ruling career, although there were moments of crisis, but most of the time the emperors will govern the country in an orderly manner, and the number of wise monarchs is incomparable to that of later dynasties.
The strength of the Han Dynasty was solid and strong, and even in the period of decline, some people continued to support the Han Dynasty, which shows how deeply rooted the 407-year rule of the Han Dynasty was, and people also believed in the Han royal family. And it has done well in diplomacy, with close diplomatic relations on the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese archipelago, and the western region.
Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty also appeared strong, but it has begun to implement the closed country, when the Western countries are developing rapidly, but the Qing government can turn a deaf ear to the outside world and continue to indulge in its own world. The han dynasty was powerful, which made the Xiongnu fearful, and the silk of the Han Dynasty at that time was the most envied item of the Roman Empire, and the people, nobles, and royal families were proud of wearing silk.
From the perspective of population, it can also be seen that the Han Dynasty was strong and prosperous at that time, after the fall of the Great Qin, after years of war, when the Western Han Dynasty was established, the total population of the country was only 13 million, and in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the population reached 36 million, compared with the current population of 1.4 billion, although it is very small, but compared with the establishment of the Han Dynasty, it has increased by nearly 3 times. The population of the Eastern Han Dynasty peaked at 65 million in the era of constant harassment by the Xiongnu, which is enough to see that the national strength is strong and the country is strong.
The Han Dynasty was the surname "Liu", and now this surname is still strong, ranking 4th in the New Hundred Family Names, and the surname Liu is widely distributed throughout the country, even in overseas areas, there are descendants of liu surnames. The prosperity of the Han Dynasty was not only the prosperity of the current dynasty, but also laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of future generations.