The Five Greatest Emperors of China: Second Place. Open up the territory and expand the land, and the merits of the world will look at hundreds of generations!

China's greatest emperor, who can rank second, today we continue to talk about it.

The second place in my heart is Liu Che, the Emperor wudi's name when he was a child was Liu Yan, and Liu Yan means "pig", so Liu Yan is equivalent to: Liu Xiao Pig. A very cute name, this naming principle is still very scientific, perfectly follow a principle: Lai name is good to feed. Don't give your child too much name, just be safe and secure, like what dog leftovers, two dogs, are the same reason.

Of course, being the emperor is still called Liu Xiaopig, which is not very good, not too serious. The work I've built in my life should be amazing, not to say I'm a Page. As a result, Emperor Wu of Han's more well-known name is: Liu Che. Emperor Wu's deeds in his life were too many, and without expanding, he could read the encyclopedia for half an hour. So it is impossible to read, pick the main merits, and talk about this great emperor.

First, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the merit of opening up territory and expanding the territory. It can be seen from the title that Emperor Wu must be very capable of fighting. After Emperor Wu took the throne, he changed the previous defensive national defense policy, showdown, no encouragement, is dry. Of course, we are most familiar with the fight against the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu was responsible for formulating the macro strategy, and the two famous generals Wei Qinghuo were responsible for carrying out the implementation and rubbing the Xiongnu on the ground. Moreover, Emperor Wu, Wei Qing, and Huo Went Ill were actually considered to be family members, Emperor Wu and Wei Qing called each other brothers-in-law, Emperor Wu married Wei Qing's sister Wei Zifu, Wei Qing married Emperor Wu's sister Princess Pingyang, Huo Wentyi was Wei Qing's nephew, naturally also Wei Zifu's nephew, and naturally also the nephew of Emperor Wu of Han. This family formed a group to fight the Xiongnu, and finally to what extent, the Xiongnu had a song that sang well: Lose my yanzhi mountain, and make my women colorless. The loss of me in qilian mountains has made my six animals restless.

But if the Xiongnu are a bunch of rookies, and Emperor Wu brushes their heads with them, then no matter how big the victory is, there is nothing to blow. Mainly the Xiongnu are very, very strong, the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty is to prevent the Xiongnu, Han Gaozu Liu Bang was once besieged by the Xiongnu in Baishan Mountain, almost died here, fought a lifetime of war, did not enjoy it much, people almost cold. Later, after the death of Han Gaozu, the Xiongnu monarch Mao Dundan wrote a letter to tease Lü, you don't have a husband how lonely, I don't have a daughter-in-law, how lonely are you, or do we make it up? Lü Hou was very angry, but there was nothing he could do. From the early years of the Han Dynasty to the Jing Emperor, the Jing Emperor was the father of Emperor Wu, and the Han Dynasty has always pursued a policy of peace and pro-family, marrying the princesses of the Han Dynasty to the monarchs of the Xiongnu, and bringing valuable gifts, which is quite like a tongue twister. Although the Han Dynasty had money, it was really impossible to beat it, and it was very depressed. As a great strategist, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty used a variety of means to ensure the victory of several major battles and forced the Xiongnu to migrate far to the north.

Heavy defeat of the Xiongnu has been a very great feat, but There are many exploits of Emperor Wu, for example, the entire Hexi Corridor was included in the territory of China for the first time, the Hexi Corridor mainly refers to a narrow terrain from Gansu to Xinjiang Geographical location is extremely important, known as the throat of the Silk Road to the west, through the military town in the northwest, CCTV filmed a documentary called "Hexi Corridor", everyone is interested in taking a look, experience the thickness of this history. Another example is the establishment of influence and control over the countries of the Western Regions, the Western Regions are mainly Xinjiang today, but the scope of the reference at that time was larger, from Xinjiang all the way to Lake Balkhash belonged to the Western Regions, but in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Lake Balkhash and the surrounding territories were forced to cede to Tsarist Russia, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it belonged to Kazakhstan. That is, who fights down who is proud, who loses who is embarrassed. During the reign of Emperor Wu, it also included today's Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, northern Vietnam, Korea and other places into the territory of the Han Empire. Therefore, we can easily not say that since ancient times, otherwise it is still quite scary.

In short, Emperor Wu fought a lifetime of battles, and in the end the territory was doubled compared to the time of his father's reign--Dad was not polite, a small contribution. Then, Emperor Wu also gave a sample to the future monarchs, the times are developing, science and technology are progressing, these descendants of the late generation to unify China, they have to weigh and weigh, how can this territory not be as much as the old Liu family's piglet? Lose no shame, Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty historian Zhao Yi said that Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty made China "eat its own interests for tens of millions of years", that is, to enjoy the benefits brought by Emperor Wudi of han for tens of millions of years, this evaluation is still very pertinent. Moreover, not only in terms of territory, but also in terms of system and culture, Emperor Wu's contribution was still very large, and later dynasties still took advantage.

Emperor Wu said this for the time being today, and we will talk about the other contributions of Emperor Wu of Han in the next article. Thank you, bye-bye.