Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the 7th emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, who ascended the throne in 141 BC and died in 87 BC, reigning for 54 years, making him the most influential and far-reaching emperor in Chinese history.
Since becoming emperor at the age of 15, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has willfully used force and constantly launched wars of aggression. During his reign, he hardly stopped fighting, so it is not too much to say that Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty spent half his life in the army.
In Chinese history, there are not many emperors who can compete with Qin Shi Huang, and Emperor Wudi of Han should be one of them, and he is the earliest one.
Some people asked: Why can Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty be comparable to Qin Shi Huang when he was poor in his military service for half his life? This question is answered from the following three aspects.
Confucianism: Orthodoxy that led china's feudal era for more than 2,000 years
In 134 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to seek ways and strategies to govern the country with great fanfare.
Dong Zhongshu responded to the edict and wrote an article entitled "Countermeasures for Raising The Virtuous" to present. Dong Zhongshu organically integrated Confucianism with the reality of the country at that time and created a brand-new ideological system with Confucianism as the core.
Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty greatly praised Dong Zhongshu's ideas, and soon established Confucianism as the guiding ideology for governing the country, and promulgated a major national policy of "deposing hundreds of families and respecting Confucianism alone".
Since then, Confucianism has officially become the orthodoxy of China's feudal society and has continued for more than 2,000 years.
It was this major move of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that gave Chinese society a powerful ideological weapon, and also injected a broad and profound cultural essence into thousands of years of Chinese civilization.
In the long historical development, Confucianism has been continuously enriched and improved. To this day, Confucianism still has a very important reference value.
Surrender to the Four Directions: Greatly break the Xiongnu and create a full sky for the Han Dynasty
Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ancient world, faced with the ferocious harassment of the Xiongnu, could only build the Great Wall to resist.
In 200 BC, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, was besieged by the Xiongnu at Mount Baishan and almost lost his life.
After the siege of Bai Deng, Liu Bang had no choice but to adopt a policy of "peace and affinity" in exchange for peace in the border areas.
In response to the harassment of the Xiongnu, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty heroically created the first in Chinese history. Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor in Chinese history to boldly demand that the Xiongnu submit to the Central Plains Dynasty.
From 138 BC to 119 BC, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty sent large armies to attack the Xiongnu many times, of which 3 times severely damaged the Xiongnu. They were the Battle of Henan, the Battle of Hexi, and the Battle of Mobei.
In 127 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the west and sent the young general Wei Qing to lead 30,000 cavalry to retake the Hetao region and clear the Xiongnu garrison dens.
Wei Qing took advantage of the victory to pursue, detoured from the rear of the Xiongnu, and quickly beat the Xiongnu King Lou Fu and the White Sheep King to escape, so that Chang'an returned to peace and tranquility.
In 123 BC, the Han Dynasty fought a fierce battle with the Xiongnu. Hodg's disease stood out this year when he was 18 years old.
Huo Wentai was Wei Qing's nephew and fought bravely. Huo Zhiyi led 800 cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the Xiongnu camp, and he took the lead and bravely killed the enemy, and achieved a perfect victory.
Emperor Wu of Han awarded him the Title of Champion Hou and specially built a luxurious and magnificent villa for him. However, Huo Wentai said to Emperor Wu of Han: The Xiongnu have not perished, and there is no way to do anything!
Among the Western Han Dynasty's active attacks on the Xiongnu, the largest was the Battle of Mobei.
In 119 BC, Emperor Wu of han sent Wei Qing and Huo Fuyi to lead 100,000 cavalry and hundreds of thousands of infantry respectively to attack the Xiongnu Shan Yu in northern Mobei from two routes.
Wei Qing led a large army through the vast Gobi Desert and fought until the Hangai Mountains in Mongolia, destroying more than 19,000 enemy people.
Huo went ill to pursue the Xiongnu King Zuoxian, traveled more than 1,000 kilometers, captured more than 74,000 enemy people, and the army reached the current Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal already belongs to Russia today.
For the Xiongnu, the Battle of Mobei was a fatal blow. From then on, the Xiongnu ran to the far side to hide, and there was no longer a center of Xiongnu rule in the south.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty won a series of victories against the Xiongnu, making the Western Han Empire more unified and consolidated. Inside and outside the Great Wall, the Han people could banish cattle and horses without scruples, and the grassland was full of livestock raised by the Han people.
Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty's war against the Xiongnu played out the majestic style of the Han Dynasty, the soaring arrogance of the Han Dynasty, and the radiance of the Han Dynasty.
Until decades later, during the han yuan emperor period, chen tang, a great general of the Han family, still shouted: Those who commit crimes against the strong Han will be punished from afar!
The territory is huge: the four sides come to worship, how domineering the great powers are
Only during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did the Han Empire begin to destroy the Xiongnu, expedition to Dawan, recover the Western Regions, capture South Vietnam, and annex Korea, and bring the Western Regions into the Chinese territory.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China's territory stretched from the sea in the east, the western region in the west, the South China Sea in the south, and the desert in the north, plus the territory of the subordination regime, totaling more than 20 million square kilometers. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China was the largest country in the world.
The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first peak in the development of China's feudal dynasty.
Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian on an envoy to the Western Regions and opened up the Silk Road, with routes to Europe as far as Rome and Africa as far as Alexandria, Egypt.
The Silk Road became a bridge and link connecting Europe, Asia and Africa, which was the first time China set its sights on the world.
There are a total of more than 400 emperors in Chinese history, Qin Shi Huang deserves to be "an emperor in all eternity", Emperor Wudi of Han can be compared to Qin Shi Huang, by no means out of thin air, out of thin air, but standing at the mouth of history, Han Wudi of Han set up a tall image with great achievements and the name of the world, which has won the common recognition of the people of thousands of generations.