The past 2021 can be described as a harvest year for the public to eat melons. Especially at the end of the year, social hotspots are surging and suddenly people forget that they are in winter, and the big melons are one after another, and they can't see it.
In the chaos, there is an archaeological news that suddenly dominates the hot search, which is like a clear stream in the social news, that is, the confirmation of the location of the tomb of Liu Heng, the Emperor of Han Wen.
Under the Weibo of CCTV News, there are already tens of thousands of comments, one of which says - "Dou Yifang Husband", these short five words, but received more than 3,000 likes and more than 100 replies:
There are many replies in it that thanks to "The Beauty of the Heart", I have sorted out the relationship between these monarchs; this drama is my western Han dynasty historical enlightenment...
The TV series "Beauty of the Heart" was broadcast in 2010, when Chang Dad also followed the trend for more than a dozen episodes, and he did not expect that such a love costume drama had become a window for many people to understand Han Wendi, and still all of them...
And if we delve deeper into what outstanding contributions Emperor Wendi of Han made to history, it is estimated that everyone will be exhausted. After all, in the TV series, his main job is to fall in love...
But if the child asks why the discovery of Emperor Wendi's mausoleum will cause such a big reaction, how should the parents answer?
Speaking of Emperor Wen of Han, perhaps both parents memorized the "Rule of Wenjing" when they were in school, but just like the "Han Wendi and Hanjing Emperor periods" written in the textbook now, It seems that Emperor Wendi of Han did not exist in our minds as an individual emperor alone, right?
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However, it was he who created the first prosperous era of China's feudal society! Later, only the heroic Emperor Wu of Han appeared. It is no exaggeration to say that the ambition of Emperor Wu of Han was also achieved by standing on the shoulders of emperor Wen of Han, a giant.
However, due to the understatement and brushstrokes of Emperor Wendi of Han in textbooks, this "great task of popularizing science" actually fell on a TV series. And the superficial historical knowledge obtained from the TV series obviously cannot meet the children's intellectual needs, let alone let the children establish a comprehensive understanding of history!
In fact, as the third emperor of the Western Han Dynasty and the fourth son of Emperor Liu Bang of Han Gao, Emperor Wen of Han deserves a detailed personal introduction and description of his deeds!
The historical Emperor Wen of Han had several notorious big moves:
First, he issued a decree exempting him from agricultural taxes. To know that taxes in all dynasties and dynasties have been the bulk of state revenue, This move of Emperor Wen of Han is really generous and generous, almost unprecedented:
Secondly, he stipulated that the state would distribute food to the elderly over the age of 80 every month, and distribute some cloth to the elderly over the age of 90 to ensure the lives of the elderly. To put it bluntly, it is a white gift of real money and silver!
But in stark contrast to Emperor Wen of Han's great fortune in governing the country was his personal extreme frugality:
For example, this is probably the only emperor in history who can wear straw shoes to the dynasty. Because he learned that the grass and hemp materials for weaving straw shoes were inexhaustible, inexhaustible, and economically practical, he took the lead in "not relying on them to see the dynasty", not only wearing grass shoes, but even the dragon robes were patched.
For example, this is an emperor who is not proud of luxury, does not take the beauty of concubines' song and dance, and will require that the hem of the harem concubines' dresses not be mopped, prohibit the use of draperies with colorful embroidery in the palace, and take the initiative to reduce various expenses such as car driving.
For example, this is an emperor who reigned for more than twenty years, did not repair the palace garden, did not add hunting horses, hunting dogs and travel vehicles...
Therefore, this can explain why the Han Emperor's tomb has not been discovered for thousands of years. As an imperial tomb, the tombs of other emperors are extremely luxurious, and the "Gangcun Tomb" is really too inconspicuous:
(Whether viewed from the ground or from above, this is just a plain piece of land)
Baling not only does not look outstanding, there is no majestic momentum, the excavated funerary items are also mainly pottery figurines and iron lacquered wood, there is no precious metal ware, shabby like an imperial tomb:
The painting style of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is like this:
(I believe that many regular fans have been to the Terracotta Warriors, and its grandeur and luxury can be said to be shocking)
Emperor Wen of Han's thriftiness and actions to benefit the people are far from our traditional understanding of the emperor's sincerity as a mighty and blessed emperor, what made him adopt such a governing strategy?
This actually has to start from the two factors inside and outside!
From the perspective of internal causes:
First of all, Emperor Wen of Han was the fourth son of Liu Bang, and before he succeeded to the throne, he was separated from the imperial court and knew the real situation of people's lives;
Secondly, Emperor Wen of Han was able to succeed to the throne, which was actually the result of the struggle between the Liu clan and the chancellor Zhou Bo and Zhu Lü forces, and it can be said that a person who was originally separated and had no possibility of becoming an emperor was accidentally pushed to the emperor's throne! Emperor Wen of Han, who was weak in power, knew that only by winning the hearts and minds of the people could he truly win the world! Therefore, it is very understandable that he has administered benevolent government and issued a series of measures to benefit the people.
Let's look at the external factors:
When Emperor Wen of Han succeeded to the throne, the Western Han Dynasty had just slowly recovered from social turmoil, and was still in a state of weakness both agriculturally and economically, so he continued the ruling strategy of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, who ruled the country by doing nothing.
It is necessary to encourage agricultural production, and even personally go to the field to cultivate the fields, so that agriculture has developed rapidly. This can be said to be crucial for the economic recovery of the Han Dynasty.
At the same time, the abolition of torture. Emperor Wendi of Han reformed the law and abolished many of the severe torture penalties left over from slave society, especially corporal punishment, which can be called a turning point in the change of China's criminal law system!
(There are many kinds of corporal punishment in ancient times, such as 黥 (prickly noodles), 劓 (cutting off the nose), slashing (cutting off the foot), Gong (Sima Qian's kind), etc., which are very cruel, and if you are interested, Chang Dad specially wrote a period)
It was precisely because of emperor Wen of Han's efforts that the Han Dynasty achieved social stability, prosperity, and agricultural and economic development. After the death of Emperor Wen of Han, his son Liu Qi succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jing of Han. The Han Jing Emperor continued to pursue the policy of lightly dispensing with thin endowments, and there was a prosperous scene of social stability and abundant food and clothing for the people, and only then did he have the famous "rule of Wenjing" in history.
It can be said that with the "rule of Wenjing" jointly created by Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han, there was a strong national strength during the period of Emperor Wu of Han and laid the foundation for the three Northern Expeditions of the Xiongnu. It is no exaggeration to say that without the "rule of Wenjing", there would be no "Han Wu hegemony" after that!
Therefore, each of these historical events and historical figures does not exist in isolation, but there are inextricable causal relationships. Many parents are worried, saying that children can't remember the historical facts at all, or the front foot remembers the back foot, even if they remember, it is "only know what it is, do not know why it is so"... The root cause lies in the fact that children do not understand the development process and context before and after, and cannot run through before and after, how can they understand and remember?
And when we run these historical contexts back and forth, not only make it easy for children to remember, but also have a deeper and broader understanding of history, but also get the opportunity to exercise their thinking, think and argue, and cultivate their ability to analyze and grasp macro events, these abilities will benefit them for life.
This is also exactly what Professor Ren Yi of the Department of History of Shanghai Jiao Tong University said when he spontaneously recommended our course in his circle of friends, history as a humanities, its meaning is by no means to dig up some historical secret gossip, but through solid literature collection, rigorous logical arguments to show the world a certain aspect of history!