China has a long history, during which countless dynasties have risen and fallen, and the number of large and small emperors, even if not counting the grass-headed tianzi such as Shangcheng Sheng Wu Guang, has reached a staggering 494, among these emperors, there are both meritorious and virtuous people, as well as tyrannical and cruel people, and more are relatively moderate defenders.
"One Emperor through the Ages" is nothing more than the highest praise for the emperor, and many people in history call the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty the Emperor of the Ancient World, first of all, mr. February River, the writer, followed by Mr. Yan Chongnian, an expert in domestic Ming and Qing history, who have expressed similar views, but many people do not agree with this view.
Kangxi's measures to maintain the rule of the Qing Dynasty can indeed be ranked among the top few in China, but during his reign, the system was further ossified, in order to maintain his own national rule, refused to introduce Western culture, cut off customs trade, and made China further backward, it is really difficult to call this title, the real emperor of the ages, must have a major impact on future generations, let's take a look!
The first, is Qin Shi Huang, the selection of YingZheng, naturally deserved, he ended the 800 years of Zhou Dynasty rule, and in 221 BC destroyed the remaining Spring and Autumn Six Kingdoms, established the first centralized multi-ethnic state in Chinese history, during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, unified the text of weights and measures, strengthened the control of the central government, externally, Qin Shi Huang invaded baiyue in the south, but the Xiongnu in the north, established the Great Wall, the above various measures, to ensure the stability of the Central Plains culture.
If there was no Qin Shi Huang at that time, it can be said that there is no current Chinese civilization, at the end of the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, the written language of various countries has actually been extremely seriously differentiated, and the differences in currency and customs have become larger and larger, and the princes are also tacitly supporting the emergence of this phenomenon of differentiation in order to facilitate the control of their own countries, so without the Qin Dynasty, China is likely to gradually develop into many small countries with different languages and scripts like medieval Europe.
As the seventh emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, the Cambridge History of China describes him as "a very belligerent monarch", but it was during the period of Emperor Wu of Han that he expanded the territory, the country was far away, the east was annexed to Korea, the south was swallowed by Baiyue, the western conquest of Dawan, and the northern destruction of the Xiongnu, laying the basic scope of the Han Dynasty and creating a situation of han and wu prosperity.
In addition, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty opened up the Silk Road and opened up exchanges between the East and the West, which had a very big impression on the progress of Han culture, and the Central Plains civilization expanded its sphere of influence to the west of the Hexi Corridor for the first time, and also laid the foundation for the later Territory of China.
The third, in fact, should be given to the Sui Emperor, in fact, this statement is very controversial, the image of the Sui Emperor in history is an uncompromising tyrant, some people think that the later Tang Taizong, Tang Xuanzong, and Wu Zetian, are more able to hold the position of "Emperor of the Ages" than him.
But in fact, the influence of the Sui Emperor on China was not inferior to any of them, under the rule of the Sui Emperor, China, since the Han Dynasty, once again completely eliminated the invasion of the Central Plains by foreign tribes, and unified the whole country, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the connection between the West and the Central Plains, and the Sui Emperor opened and expanded the canal to ensure cultural communication between the north and the south.
In addition, the imperial examination system created on his basis became the most basic way for ancient dynasties to admit talents. Militarily, the Sui Emperor attacked Tuguhun, conquered the Khitans, and conquered Goguryeo three times, promoting the stability of the border areas and laying the foundation for the later Sheng Tang Dynasty. So who are the ancient emperors in the minds of readers?