Liu Qing's exploits were not inferior to those of Emperor Wu, Liu Che.
It can be said that the western Han Dynasty's great name was made by Emperor Wu of Han, while prosperity was ruled by Emperor Xuan of Han.
During the Ming Dynasty, the official Shangshu Zhao Bingzhong youyun:
"Those who are shrewd in later generations, the first to recommend Han Xuan, and the officials who call it Min'an can be effective!"
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Liu Qian's succession to the throne is not exaggerated to say that he saved the Great Han Dynasty!
At that time, during the period of Emperor Wudi, under the leadership of Emperor Wu of Han, although the Western Han Dynasty made a great name, Jean
"Whoever commits a crime against a strong man will be punished from afar"
The roar resounded throughout the east, the Xiongnu, the Western Regions, the South Vietnamese, the Southwest Yi, etc. were all under the military authority of the strong Han, or surrendered, or destroyed the country, or retreated, for a time the Great Han became the only hegemon in the East, and the eastern countries were afraid of the Han like a tiger, did not dare to touch the front, and could only submit to the "obscene power" of the Great Han in trembling.
However, compared with the powerful military strength of the Western Han Dynasty, which formed an overwhelming deterrent to the surrounding countries, the economic and people's livelihood problems within the Western Han Dynasty were on the verge of collapse, and even seriously affected the fortunes of the Han Dynasty.
At this time, because Emperor Wu uninterruptedly launched a large-scale war against the outside world for more than thirty years, once
"The people give enough to the family, and all the people are full of contempt, and the treasury is surplus"
The rich man has long returned to the embarrassing situation of "the husband joins the army, the old and the weak turn to food, and the work drama and the wealth is scarce".
If nothing else, just by attacking the Xiongnu in the north, the Western Han Dynasty paid countless riches, and its single campaign was often hundreds of millions.
For example, in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (119 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the generals Wei Qing and Huo Fuyi to lead 50,000 cavalry each to attack the Xiongnu in the north, and although the Han army won a great victory in this battle, it destroyed all the main forces of the Xiongnu in the south of the country, forcing the Xiongnu to abandon their ancestral land of the south of the country and move elsewhere, and there was no power to go south for more than ten years. However, the Han army also suffered huge losses.
"More than 100,000 horse dead of the Han army"
There were very few 100,000 cavalry left in the 100,000 cavalry formed by the Han Dynasty, and only more than 30,000 horses on the expedition returned, almost completely destroyed.
After this battle, the economy of the Western Han Dynasty tended to collapse, and the cost of transporting grain and grass, weapons, armor and other expenses of the Northern Expedition Xiongnu, coupled with the pensions of the fallen soldiers, caused the Western Han Dynasty to face
"So the great peasant Chen hid money and scriptures, and the taxes were exhausted, but they were not enough to serve the warriors."
At this time, even if the Han Court poured out the money and tax revenues in the treasury, it was still not enough to provide for the costs of the warriors.
In the late period of Emperor Wu, the problems faced by the Western Han Dynasty were very serious, and the successive years of foreign conquests and the frequent occurrence of natural disasters at home caused the Western Han Dynasty to face a particularly serious problem of economic and people's livelihood
"County Official Big Void", "
Yes
Wealth is scarce, and the warrior is quite unworthy."
The problem began to plague the upper rulers of the Western Han Dynasty and affected the Western Han Dynasty's rule over the world.
After that, although Emperor Wu in his later years was full of repentance, he not only issued a "crime against himself", but also stopped his foreign conquests and began to focus on restoring the people's livelihood and economy at home. However, at this time, the Western Han Dynasty had already been devastated by the war, and how could it be restored in an instant! Moreover, when Emperor Wu repented, it was also the time when he was at the end of his life, and he simply did not have time to rectify this already chaotic Han world.
However, although Emperor Wu did not have time to rectify the world, the corrupt situation in the Great Han Dynasty would not be contained because of Emperor Wu's death, on the contrary, if the Great Han lacked the control of a strong ruler, the situation in the Great Han would only become more and more corrupt, until Liu lost control of the world.
After Emperor Wu's death, Liu Fuling ascended the throne as emperor. At that time, Liu Fuling, who had just ascended the throne, was only 8 years old, and the power of the imperial government was controlled by Huo Guang, Jin Ilju, Shangguan Jie, and Sang Hongyang, who were appointed by Emperor Wu before his death, and they assisted the young emperor Liu Fuling in governing the government until Liu Fuling became an adult.
Emperor Wu appointed four ministers as auxiliary ministers, the original intention was to let them take the Great Han through Liu Fuling's infancy smoothly, so that the Great Han would not have "doubts about the lord and the country", which would then affect the foundation of the Han's rule. And the reason why there are four, I think the fundamental reason is that Emperor Wu hopes that the four people can clamp down on each other, balance each other, and not fall by the imperial power.
However, what Emperor Wu never expected was that these four people would disregard the ethics of the monarch, disregard the favor of Emperor Wu, disregard the great Han Dynasty for the sake of power, fight with each other endlessly, and even rebel to seize power.
Originally, Emperor Wu hoped that they would rectify the economic ruin and the people's livelihood of the Han Dynasty for himself, after all, these four ministers were all good hands in internal affairs, especially Sang Hongyang, who was one of the most well-known financial experts in the feudal era. Therefore, if the four of them cooperate sincerely, the Great Han will be able to restore the glory of the past again. However, in fact, it did not, and instead of restoring their former glory, the Great Han aggravated the internal chaos because of their struggle for power and profit. After that, in the last six years of Emperor Zhao, although the economy and people's livelihood of Emperor Zhao and Huo Guang were greatly restored by the joint efforts of Emperor Zhao and Huo Guang, they did not fundamentally solve the various problems that had existed since Emperor Wu.
It was not until Emperor Xuan's succession to the throne that emperor Wu's various economic and people's livelihood problems that affected the rule of the Western Han Dynasty were greatly improved, and under the painstaking governance of Emperor Zhao, the Western Han Dynasty moved towards its peak. Emperor Xuan
During his reign, he exerted great efforts to govern, attached importance to the selection of talents and abilities, reduced the burden of the people, and restored and developed agricultural production.
Politically, in order to eradicate the increasingly corrupt problem of officials in the court, Liu Qing pursued it
"If the officials are not honest, they will rule the way and decline"
The idea of curative action. First of all, after six years of hidden tolerance, the Huo family, which was the source of corruption, was uprooted and purged Huo Xian, Huo Yun, Huo Shan, Huo Yu and other Huo family's great greed. After that, Liu Qing established a perfect system of appraisal and reward and punishment for officials, and sent emissaries to tour the county from time to time to investigate the work of the officials of the two thousand stones. After the inspection is completed, it is
"Reward for meritorious service, punish for having done so"
For officials with outstanding political achievements, they may be encouraged by the seal book, increased rank and given gold, or knighted as the Marquis of Guannei, and promoted to the rank of ninth secretary or third duke. Officials who have passed through the ranks will be severely punished.
Under Liu Que's Dali rectification of the rule of officials, the political style of the Western Han Dynasty was significantly improved, and these officials or good officials who were promoted by Liu Que were praised by the people of the times because they enforced the law fairly and gave grace and power, so the rule of the Western Han Dynasty was greatly stabilized. For the official rule of the Xuan Emperor period, all the dynasties have been praised, historically
"It was a good official of the han dynasty, so it was sheng, called Zhongxing Yan"
Militarily, Liu Qian surrendered to the Xiongnu, encompassed the Western Regions, and broke the Western Qiang, successfully maintaining the absolute hegemony of the Western Han Dynasty in the East. Emperor Xuan's dynasty, in the foreign wars, the most remarkable achievements of the Western Han Dynasty, is to set up the Western Regions Capital Protectorate, and completely incorporate the vast Western Regions into the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Economically, Liu Qian first adjusted the economic policy, based on the "Edict of Wheel Of Taiwan" promulgated by Emperor Wu before his death, summed up the lessons and lessons of various economic policies carried out during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, made drastic adjustments to domestic economic policies, adopted the policy of "resting with the people" and "lightly dispensing with the people", reduced foreign conquests, as well as servitude and taxes, and then reduced the burden on the people, so that the people could have more time to devote themselves to agricultural production activities, thereby improving domestic economic problems.
After that, target
"The rich have no place to stand in the field, and the poor have no place to stand"
In order to curb the problem of land annexation, after Liu Que took the throne, he successively issued three edicts to move the powerful and powerful people of "millions of people" to Pingling, Duling and other places, and then used the land left behind to be used as public land, or allocated to the poor people who had no land and little land. At the same time, in order to allow the landless people to have cultivated land, Liu Qing also lent the public land of the state garden or the county state to the poor people with little land or no land to cultivate, so that they could get rid of the control of the powerful as much as possible and become the state's households again.
Under the various policies promulgated by Liu Qing that were conducive to the restoration of the domestic economy and people's livelihood, the domestic economy of the Western Han Dynasty gradually prospered, agriculture was harvested year after year, the grain price created the lowest price of the Han Dynasty, and the people's life was more and more prosperous and stable.
It can be said that if the Western Han Dynasty did not have Emperor Xuan of Han, it would be absolutely impossible to have a 210-year-old state. It was precisely because of the existence of Emperor Xuan, the Western Han Dynasty, which had previously been made by Emperor Wu withered by the people's livelihood and economic sorrow, that it was able to recover and reach its peak. That is to say, under the rule of Emperor Xuan, the Western Han Dynasty will have more than two hundred years of national fortunes, and let the name of "Han" become the name of the Chinese nation.
Generally speaking, with emperor Xuan's merits, his achievements are indeed not inferior to emperor Wu.