The first great feudal dynasty in Chinese history was the Qin and Han dynasties. Qin Shi Huang made Meng Tian build the Great Wall and defend the fence, but the Xiongnu were more than 700 miles away; the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses, and the soldiers did not dare to bend their bows and complain. However, the State of Qin was a short-lived dynasty, and at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the princes rose up together, the world was in chaos, and after several years of Chu-Han wars, the Central Plains region had ten rooms and nine rooms. In the early years of the Han Dynasty, "since the Son of Heaven cannot be mellow, but will be phased or ridden by an ox cart." ”
The situation with the Xiongnu was also reversed, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, was forced to adopt a policy of peace with the Xiongnu after escaping from the siege of Baideng, and in the eyes of the northern barbarians at that time, the Han people were inferior. The emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty had no other way to do anything else, in order to avoid the invasion of the northern region by the Xiongnu, they had to attack and enter the Princess of the Han Dynasty every year, and it was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that there was a fundamental change
After the rule of Wenjing, the people of the Central Plains were able to recuperate and recuperate, and their productivity was greatly improved. In the event of flood and drought, the people's homes give people enough ,...... The money of the Kyoshi is accumulated in the millions, and it is decayed and cannot be schooled, and the millet of Taicang is full of dew and accumulated outside, and it is corrupt and inedible." At the military level, there will be a large number of stars, such as Wei Qing, Huo Fuyi and other generations of famous generals, the wolf Juxu, the Xiongnu are far away, and there is no royal court in the south of the country.
In fact, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was only a beginning rather than an end in the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, but many friends did not know much about the history behind it. Later, there was a general of the Han Dynasty, his father died and did not care, he was uncomfortable without corruption, everyone scolded him for being undisciplined, but he shouted out the most bloody words that had been praised by the world for more than two thousand years! He wrote to Emperor Yuan of Han that the Xiongnu "should hang their heads between the barbarian mansions, so as to show that those who commit crimes against the strong Han will be punished from afar."
Chen Tang's character is actually somewhat problematic, so it was controversial in the official field of the Han Dynasty, and he was repeatedly imprisoned, mostly because of corruption, and everyone also thought that his filial piety was very problematic. Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, China's feudal society had not yet formed a system of electing officials by examination, and the Han Dynasty was filial piety, so filial piety was very important. If the official's parents die, they must go home to guard filial piety, which was stipulated in the Qing Dynasty, but for the important subjects of the imperial court, the general emperor would keep him and not let him go home to worry about filial piety, this procedure was called "grabbing affection". However, Chen Tang was obviously not enough to be "robbed of affection", and after his father died of illness at that time, Chen Tang did not report to his superiors, concealed the facts, and as a result, he was quickly reported and directly sent to prison.
If Chen Tang was just a person who coveted power and property, he would not be admired by people now. At that time, in the use of foreign troops in combat, Chen Tang was definitely a good hand, and people at the time commented on him, "Since the Han Yuan, the generals who conquered the outside world have not tasted it." Even more bluntly, "In today's country, there is no emperor who has been frugal and rich for many years, and there is no emperor who recommends Yan Yujun to be an enemy of the enemy, and there is a unique Chen Tang'er"!
Chen Tang's greatest military achievement in his life was the false transmission of the Holy Will, and the expedition to Zhi Zhi was single. At that time, Chen Tang, as an envoy to the Western Regions, did not have the order to transfer troops given to him by his superiors, but after Chen Tang came to the Western Regions, he realized that the zhizhidan that was gradually becoming powerful at that time would be a major problem for the Han Dynasty in the future, and it must be eliminated as soon as possible, and keenly discovered that "although Zhi Zhidan is located in a far distance, the barbarians have no golden city to defend the strong crossbow, such as the Tun Tian officials, driving the Wusun soldiers, pointing directly to his city, and when he dies, there is nothing, the code is not enough to protect himself, and the merits of a thousand years can be achieved in one dynasty."
The envoys who went with him also agreed with him and prepared to report to the imperial court and ask for "sending tuntian officials", but Chen Tang said: "The state and the secretary of state discuss, and the great policy is extraordinary, and everything will not be followed." "Make a decision at the moment, and send troops!" As a result, he won a great victory and beheaded the enemy's first rank, "fifteen hundred and eighteen levels, one hundred and forty-five prisoners, more than a thousand prisoners, and fifteen kings sent by the kingdoms of Chengguo."
After winning the battle, Chen Tang's love for corruption was also revealed, always love to falsely report the number of booty, profit from the total himself, no less because of corruption and imprisonment, but after all, it is a generation of famous generals, and the crime is not to be blamed, and it is released after a period of imprisonment. He had a mixed reputation in the DPRK, and in his later years he was once demoted to a commoner and sent to the Western Regions, which was very tragic. In the end, someone still cried out for Chen Tangming, and finally Chen Tang died of illness in Chang'an.
After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he was grateful to Chen Tang for his kindness in the past, so he posthumously sealed Chen Tang, and several of his sons were also rewarded, and a generation of famous generals came to an end. However, Chen Tang's words to the Han Yuan Emperor were remembered by posterity.