Speaking of dynasties in Chinese history, the Western Han Dynasty could not get around a glorious dynasty; but to say that the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, and Liu Che, the Emperor of han, can be described as two famous emperors in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.
One of them was born at the bottom, but they counterattacked from the grassroots and founded the Western Han Dynasty; a heroic and strategic, broke the Xiongnu, and went on an expedition to the Western Regions, pushing the Western Han Dynasty to the most brilliant peak in history.
However, if someone says that the period of Emperor Wudi of han was the most glorious period in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, it would be a big mistake, because after Emperor Wudi of han, there was still a prosperous era in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, and this prosperous period was the peak period of the Western Han Dynasty.
The emperor who pioneered this peak of prosperity was far less well-known in the history of the Western Han Dynasty than his predecessors, but his ability was very strong, and in the more than twenty years of his rule over the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty reached an unprecedented peak in both politics, economy and military.
During his reign, he opened up the most vast territory of the Han Dynasty, created the road of "king hegemony" governance, and planned the largest cavalry decisive battle between the Western Han And the Xiongnu; not only that, in the era of his rule, the countries of the Western Regions completely submitted to the Han.
He is also the most ups and downs and bizarre emperor in Chinese history, his life has ups and downs; he was originally an imperial bloodline, but he has been exiled to the people for many years; he grew up sick and troubled since he was a child, but he still grew up safely and healthily; although he grew up in the Chang'an prison, he has a pure heart; after becoming emperor, he has worked hard to govern, becoming a generation of Ming monarchs, leaving a brilliant chapter in history.
He was the famous Zhongxing Emperor in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xun, the Xuan Emperor of Han, and liu Yiji, a famous prisoner emperor of the Western Han Dynasty.
One: The scourge of the witches broke out, and the young dragon waited to rise
Emperor Xuan of Han (91 BC – 48 BC), the tenth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, originally known as Liu Yiji, was a great-grandson of Emperor Wu of Han, the grandson of the former crown prince Liu Zhao, and the son of Emperor Shi's grandson Liu Jin, who reigned for 25 years.
Speaking of Liu Yiji's life experience, it is necessary to mention the famous "curse of witches" in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.
In 91 BC, Liu Yi was born, and as soon as he was born, he was a great-grandson of emperor, which can be said to be born with a golden key, his grandfather was Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, his grandmother was the famous Xianhou Wei zifu, and his grandfather was the contemporary Prince Liu Zhao.
In the most glorious and powerful years of the Western Han Empire, Liu Zhao's position as the crown prince could be described as stable as Mount Tai, the harem had its own mother and queen to help support him, and there were a bunch of courtiers in the dynasty who supported him; not to mention that in the army, his uncle Wei Qing was a famous general, and his cousin Huo Wentong was a wolf Juxu, who was also a rising star in the Western Han army, commanding the Wan army.
Such a powerful backstage made Liu Zhao, who was at that time very proud, only wait for Emperor Wu of Han to drive the crane to the west, he justifiably inherited the unification and became the supreme ruler of the empire.
However, after Huo Fuyi and Wei Qing's successive deaths, Liu Zhao's backstage could be said to have fallen in half, and after that, as Wei Zifu's age and decline, Emperor Wu of Han no longer favored her, and at this time, Emperor Wu of Han had also reached the age of old age; therefore, the small ministers of the court began to do evil.
The elderly Emperor Wu of Han
In 91 BC, after Liu Yi was born, the curtain of the "Curse of witchcraft" was officially opened.
One day, emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty in his later years was unfortunately infected with illness, and as an emperor, he was afraid of death, because he was reluctant to his infinite jiangshan, and he was reluctant to have the supreme power in his hands, and the infected Emperor Wudi of Han became ill and suspected that there were villains who wanted to harm him; and jiang chong, a favorite minister around him, secretly joined forces according to Dao Houhan on this grounds, and the eunuch Su Wen falsely accused Gongsun Jingsheng, the son of Gongsun He, the chancellor of the dynasty, of cursing Emperor Wu of Han with witchcraft, and also framed him for adultery with Princess Yangshi, in order to attack the crown prince Liu Zhao.
Emperor Wu of Han, who had become faint in his later years, angrily ordered the execution of Gongsun He's father and son without detailed investigation.
At the same time, Princess Yangshi, Princess Zhuyi, and Wei Qingyuan's eldest son, Marquis Wei of Changping, and other heavyweights of the Western Han Dynasty were also implicated and killed.
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However, the matter was not over, and Jiang Chong took advantage of his position to immediately point the spearhead at the prince, framed the prince for rebellion, and attempted to completely overthrow the prince.
In the face of the sudden flying disaster, Crown Prince Liu Was horrified, and he finally knew that his father was no longer the ancient emperor who was the god and wisdom of the past, but as he grew older, he became dimwitted and no longer trusted anyone.
Emperor Wu of Han's butcher knife was already raised high, aiming directly at his most favored son, The Crown Prince Liu Zhao.
Liu Was unable to refute in the face of "evidence", and could only rebel in order to protect himself.
Liu raised an army and killed Jiang Chong, but his move was undoubtedly in the middle of the Dao Hou Han and the eunuch Su Wen's underbelly, so the two traitors began to stir up trouble, constantly rumoring in the ears of Emperor Wu of Han that the prince was plotting rebellion.
Emperor Wu of Han was furious, and the iron-blooded army of the Great Han began to ruthlessly suppress the prince's army, and the prince Liu Zhao, who could not retreat and could not defend himself, was quickly defeated in front of the iron horse of the Great Han Xiao.
After the defeat of the army, Liu Zhu chose to commit suicide in despair, and the Empress Wei Zifu of the Han Dynasty also chose to hang herself because she helped her son to rebel and failed, and they used their own death as a final resistance.
This is the famous "scourge of witchcraft" in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, and this political event eventually ended with the suicide of Crown Prince Liu Zhao, the hanging of Empress Wei Zifu, and the almost slaughter of three generations of the Prince's family.
The "Scourge of Witchcraft" is the largest unjust, false and wrongly decided case since the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, involving hundreds of thousands of people, tens of thousands of people died as a result, and the family of Prince Liu Zhao was almost slaughtered, except for a baby who was still in infancy.
The surviving baby was the crown prince Liu Yijie, whose family had all died tragically in the "scourge of witchcraft", and he was also abandoned in prison and left to fend for himself.
Perhaps it was the heavens that pitied the crown prince Liu Zhao, so that after his whole family was slaughtered, there was still a bloodline left in the world, or the Han Dynasty was difficult to continue, and the heavens let Liu Yi survive and save the Han.
Liu Yi, who was abandoned in prison at birth and left unattended in prison, was originally able to survive without any luck, but Ji Ren had his own heavenly appearance, he met the noble man of his life, and the person who changed Liu Yi's life and changed the trend of the entire Western Han Dynasty was Feng Ji.
After the "Curse of the WitchEs", the awakened Emperor Wu of Han felt that things were too strange, so he began to reflect, and felt that the possibility of the prince being framed was very large, so he urgently summoned Bing Ji to the capital to thoroughly investigate the cause of the "Curse of the Witches".
However, Feng Ji, who was ordered to track down the "scourge of witchcraft", accidentally found the grandson of the prince in prison, and seeing that the baby who was waiting to be fed was already hungry and yellow-skinned, and even the crying gradually became smaller, And Feng Ji's heart was engaged in a dispute between heaven and man, and he did not know whether to leave this child.
In the end, it was compassion that triumphed over reason, and instead of attacking the infant child, he secretly saved the child, and he selected two female prisoners in prison, Hu Group and Guo Zhengqing, who were in good health and kind hearts, to feed the child.
Infant Liu has been sick
Under the concerted care of everyone, the child barely grew up, but because he lived in a prison that did not see the light of day, Liu's illness when he was a child was often sick, and several times even his life was in danger, and it was Feng Ji who risked the big risk to pay for the rescue and treatment, which barely survived.
Therefore, this child was later named "Liu Yiji", because he was weak and sick from an early age, and the folk rumors gave him a low name to feed himself.
However, no one at that time would have thought that in the prison of Chang'an, the capital city, a skinny baby was desperately sucking the milk of the middle nurse, he was desperately trying to survive, he was the only hope of survival after the bloody storm.
No one could have imagined that 17 years later, this ill-fated prisoner who had survived so hard would once again come to Chang'an City, become the master of Weiyang Palace, become the supreme lord of the world, and become another unclimbable peak of the Han Dynasty after Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, and Liu Che, the Emperor of Han Dynasty.
When I was a child, Liu was ill
Second: The Qi of the Son of Heaven suddenly rises, and the Emperor and Grandson will succeed to the throne
In the later period of the "Curse of the Witches", Huguan Sanlao ling Humao and Tian Qianqiu and others who were not afraid of life and death wrote to Emperor Wu of Han to seek redress for the crown prince, and Emperor Wu of Han knew that he had done the biggest wrong thing in his life, and he was full of remorse, and in endless chagrin and remorse, Emperor Wu of Han killed the three tribes of Jiang Chong and burned Su Wen to death, which was considered to make up for his own mistakes.
After Emperor Wu of Han made a big mistake in his later years, he pitied the suffering of the crown prince Liu Zhao, plus he was about to die, so he specially built a "Si Womb" to commemorate his son; in addition, Emperor Wu of Han also built a "Return to Wangsi Platform" in Hu County (the place where Liu Zhao died), and everyone in the world was very sad after hearing about this.
However, at this time, Emperor Wu of Han still did not know that he still had a great-grandson who walked between the iron window cells all day, did not know what the Spring and Autumn Period was, and did not know the magnificence of the world.
In 87 BC, Emperor Wu of Han was seriously ill, at this time Liu was not yet 5 years old, and the qi people said that there was the qi of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an Prison, and he was already terminally ill, and the precarious Emperor Wu of Han was greatly angered, thinking that the Jiangshan he had been guarding for decades was going to change hands, so he sent the inquisitor Guo Yong to kill all the prisoners in Chang'an City.
However, when Guo Yong came to the prison where Feng Ji was located, Feng Ji closed the prison door tightly, and did not open it at all, and said: "The great-emperor's grandson is here, and ordinary people can't kill it at will, let alone the emperor's own great-grandson." Guo Yong was horrified that such a big figure was hidden in a small prison, so he hurried back to the palace to report to Emperor Wu of Han.
When Emperor Wu of Han learned that he still had a great-grandson alive, he was shocked and overjoyed at the same time: "Heaven has mercy, and prince Liu Zhiyi still has descendants living in the world." So a holy decree was issued, amnesty for the world, and Liu Yi was released from prison.
But the dignity of the emperor could not make the Han Wu Emperor Liu Che admit the mistakes he had made, let alone take Liu Qi to the palace and cultivate him wholeheartedly; if so, it would be to indirectly admit that he had done wrong.
Therefore, after the amnesty of the world, Emperor Wu of Han did not show any indication; in desperation, Feng Ji had to send Liu Yi to the home of his grandmother Shi Liangdi, who was raised by Shi Liangdi's brother Shi Gong.
In this way, Liu Yi has gotten rid of the life of prison, no need to be with rats, insects, snakes and ants all day, he has a normal life, although not rich and noble, the family is prominent; but Liu Yi, who grew up in prison, has a good mentality, he feels that this is already very good, compared with the previous life, now he is simply living in heaven.
A month later, Emperor Wu of Han died, leaving two wills before his death, one for Huo Guang and other marquises; the other was to adopt Liu Yi in the court, and order Zong Zheng to enter Liu Yi into the royal genealogy; that is, Emperor Wu of Han did not officially recognize Liu Yi's status as a royal heir until his death, so that Liu Yi had already recognized his ancestors and returned to the emperor.
In 85 BC, Liu Yi had moved out of the Shi family and raised in the Court of Ye, and his clan status was finally legally recognized.
From this edict of Emperor Wu of Han, it is not difficult for us to see that he had sent Liu Yi to the Ye Court, which actually had another deep meaning; because the Ye Ting Ling at that time was a person named Zhang He, and Zhang He was Liu Zhao's former friend, and Liu Zhi was even more kind to him before he died, and Zhang He took care of Liu Yi in the Ye Court, and Emperor Wu of Han was also assured.
This can also be regarded as a thorough account of Emperor Wu of Han to the "scourge of witchcraft", and he finally admitted the mistakes he had made in such a way on his deathbed, and compensated the prince Yimei.
Zhang He was thrilled to learn that Liu Zhi still had blood in the world, as Emperor Wu of Han had expected, he devoted himself to cultivating Liu Yi, not only in his life for this ill-fated emperor's grandson to be considerate, but also privately paid for Liu Zhi to read and write, let him go out to travel through famous mountains and rivers, enhance his experience, and hope to cultivate him into a talent like Liu Zhao.
As for whether emperor Wu of Han had an explanation before his death in this process, we do not know, but I think that since Emperor Wu of Han ordered that Liu Yi had been adopted in the court, it was impossible not to disclose his intentions to Zhang He in advance, after all, no one could grasp this kind of thing in the human heart, and it was also very likely that Zhang He did not remember his old feelings with Liu Zhao; so I think that before the promulgation of Emperor Wu of Han's will, there must have been a secret edict that had already reached Zhang He's hands, which led to Zhang He's vigorous cultivation of Liu He.
Under the cultivation of Zhang He, the talented Liu Yi has grown rapidly, although he is a royal nobleman, but he was born at the bottom, his fate is uncertain, coupled with many trips to the people, he deeply experienced the sufferings of the people, which also laid a solid foundation for him to become a famous Ming Jun in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.
After the death of Emperor Wu of Han, his younger son Liu Fuling succeeded to the throne as Emperor Han Zhao, who was a good emperor, and compared with those famous emperors in history, he was much stronger, but unfortunately Liu Fuling's life was too short, and he followed his father and emperor within a few years of succeeding to the throne.
After Liu Fuling's death, the powerful minister Huo Guang supported Liu He, the king of Changyi, as emperor, but because Liu He was unscrupulous and promiscuous, and because he wanted to cut off Huo's forces after he ascended the throne, he annoyed Huo Guang, so Huo Guang, in a rage, took down Liu He, who had just been in office for 27 days and had not yet been hot on the throne, and completely deposed the emperor.
After Liu He was deposed, the country could not be left without a monarch for a day; at this time, Feng Ji stood up again, and he strongly recommended Liu Yiji in front of Huo Guang.
At this time, Liu Yi was already close to the age of weak crown, his talent was outstanding, and zhang He's hard work in these years of cultivation was already a generation of wen and martial all-rounders who could rule the country and the world, and wu could go to Mazhen Siyi; plus he was originally a royal bloodline, and inheriting the unification was a matter of course.
Therefore, the chancellor Huo Guang accepted Feng Ji's suggestion and proclaimed Liu Yi as the tenth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty.
In fact, the reason why Huo Guang embraced Liu Yi as emperor had little to do with his extraordinary ability, as a generation of powerful ministers, he not only wanted to have power over the world, but also to retire from the heroes, but also to flow for hundreds of years; therefore, in the selection of emperors, Huo Guang, as a generation of powerful ministers, was very cautious, and he could not choose to be a threat to him, but also to choose a person with outstanding ability.
Why is it Liu Yijie? In addition to Liu's ability to be extremely capable, there are actually two reasons: First, because Huo Guangben is Huo Guang's younger brother, he is a former prince and a vein, and supporting the former prince's lineage to inherit the unification is a matter of course and less resistance.
But more importantly, Liu Yi was not born in the palace, but outside the palace, first growing up in prison, and then growing up in the court, and there was almost no foundation in the dprk, which was the least threatening for Huo Guang.
Therefore, Liu Yi has been able to inherit the unification, in addition to luck and extraordinary ability, it can also be regarded as an arrangement of fate in the underworld.
In 74 BC, the 17-year-old Liu Yi had officially entered weiyang Palace and became the supreme ruler of the Western Han Empire.
After ascending the throne, Liu Yi had changed his name to Liu Qing (劉問) as Emperor Xuan of Han.
Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Qianben, was an ordinary prince in the Western Han dynasty, and his fate was troubled, and his life experienced ups and downs; the throne of the Western Han Dynasty could not have been his turn to sit at all, but fate chose him.
Facts have proved that Liu Qing is indeed a rare generation of emperors who are very good in wenzhi martial arts.
Ten years later, Emperor Xuan of Han became the first person in the political and economic reform of the Western Han Dynasty, creating the famous "Rule of Filial Piety" in history, so that the Western Han Dynasty reached the peak of the Western Han Dynasty in terms of politics, economy, and military culture after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Three: Bear with the hidden and eventually take back the imperial power
After Liu Qing ascended the throne, the government was controlled by the powerful minister Huo Guang, and Huo's henchmen had long been all over the court, and their power was deeply rooted, which was not something that he could resist as a young tianzi who had just succeeded to the throne and had no support in the dynasty.
He was well aware of the situation he was facing, and he was often worried about it, afraid that he would become the second king of Changyi, and he tried to put himself in the right position, and strive not to clash with Huo Guang, but to slowly develop his own forces, and only when he completely gained a firm foothold in the dprk could he have the capital to fight with Huo Guang.
It can be said that Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Qian, was the most reclusive emperor in Chinese history.
But in the early days of his succession, it was true that because of Huo Guang's existence, he did not have the opportunity to show his fists and feet politically, and he was very afraid of Huo Guang, and it is said that when he visited the High Temple on the day of his ascension to the throne, it was Huo Guang who accompanied him to go with him, and he was very afraid in his heart, like a man on his back.
Therefore, Liu Guang could only lie dormant, before his wings were full, he could not have a direct conflict with Huo Guang, and in order to protect himself, when Huo Guang proposed to return the government to Yu Jun, Liu Xiang immediately refused, he clearly expressed his great trust in Huo Guang, admired Huo Guang's talent, asked Huo Guang to continue to preside over the government, and in order to dispel Huo Guang's doubts, he also announced in public, after that, everything was done first, all of them first asked Huo Guang, and then passed it on to him.
Power Minister Huo Guang
In addition, every time he ascended to the court, Liu Xiang gave Huo Guang a very high degree of courtesy, as if he regarded him as a minister.
Sure enough, Liu Guang's move had an immediate effect of retreating into advance, which not only dispelled Huo Guang's doubts, but also eased the political crisis within the imperial court, he no longer worried about becoming the second king of Changyi, Huo Guang got the power he dreamed of, and even the Emperor of the Han Dynasty had to listen to him.
In 72 BC, the Han Xuan Emperor Liu Qian, who had been dormant for 2 years, once again attacked for his own hegemony, and he issued a holy decree, singing the praises of emperor Wudi of Han, and deliberately emphasizing that Emperor Wudi of Han went north to fight against the Xiongnu, etc., and devoted his life to the development of the Han Dynasty, expressing his desire to establish a temple for Emperor Wu of Han.
And liu qian's will lurked in his intention to fight against the Xiongnu.
All the courtiers were in favor of building a temple for Emperor Wu of Han, but Xiahou Sheng, the Shaofu of Changxin, issued a surprising objection: "Although Emperor Wu had the merit of repulsing the territory of Siyi and the vast territory, he did not have virtue for the people, and it was not appropriate to build a temple for pleasure." ”
Liu Xiang seized the opportunity to shake Xiahou Sheng to the end, which not only shocked the courtiers, but also increased his prestige in the court.
What everyone does not know is that Liu Qian's will actually hides other intentions: it is the orthodox responsibility to build a temple for the former emperor, and Liu Que is to declare himself as the concubine of Emperor Wu of Han through the Lizong Temple, distinguish between Emperor Zhao of Han who ascended the throne as a shu, and express the legitimacy of his claim to the emperor in order to establish his own prestige. At the same time, in the Han Dynasty, which ruled the world with filial piety, Emperor Xuan's move was undoubtedly filial piety for Emperor Wu of Han.
Most importantly, the edict affirmed Emperor Wudi's measures to conquer Siyi, and also laid the foundation for the conquest of the Xiongnu and the promotion of Han Guowei three months later.
The Book of Han and the Book of Suburbs also records that Emperor Xuan ascended the throne, and was established by Emperor Wu for three years, and the Temple of Honored Xiaowu was made Emperor Sejong, and the temples of the hunting counties were established.
It can be seen from this that the wisdom of Emperor Xuan of Han and his fierce behavior as an emperor, Liu Xiang in the late Western Han Dynasty once commented on Emperor Xuan of Han: "Intelligent and far-sighted, controlling ten thousand opportunities", his ability is still above Emperor Wen.
Internally, Emperor Xuan of Han went from trembling and intolerable to taking back his power step by step, and it was extremely difficult.
In 68 BC, the sixth year of the succession of Emperor Xuan of Han, Huo Guang, the head of the eleven heroes of the Qilin Pavilion and the "acting emperor" of the Western Han Dynasty, finally came to the end of his life, and the opportunity for Emperor Xuan of Han to take the throne finally arrived.
Emperor Xuan and Empress Shangguan personally attended the funeral and buried Huo Guang with the emperor's high courtesy; at the same time, Emperor Xuan began to personally manage the imperial government, and he reused Wei Xiang to participate in the decision-making of confidential matters in the court, and later promoted Wei Xiang to be the minister of honor; he then appointed Feng Ji as the imperial master and entrusted his father-in-law Xu Guanghan with a heavy responsibility.
In this way, the court was already under the control of Emperor Xuan of Han.
Immediately after, he began to attack the army, cutting away the power held by Huo Guang; first, he dismissed Huo Guang's two sons-in-law, Changle Palace and Xigong, from their positions as guards, and deprived the Janissaries under the control of the Mandate of Heaven and replaced them all with his own confidants. He also replaced the commanders of the Northern and Southern Armies and the Yulin Army under the control of the Huo family in the army with his own; in this way, Emperor Xuan of Han took control of the army.
Later, he promoted Huo Guang's son Huo Yu to be the Grand Sima and demoted him, stripping him of real power over the Right General Tun Bing.
Not only that, he also reformed the Shangshu, ordered the ministers to submit the petition directly to the Emperor for review, without having to go through the Shangshu, and vacated the position of Shangshu of the Huo family.
Through this series of operations, Emperor Xuan of Han gradually regained the power of the Western Han Dynasty and became a veritable emperor of the Han Empire.
In the face of Emperor Xuan's all-round seizure of power, the Huo clique was first dissatisfied, and then panicked; finally two years later, Huo Guang's son Huo Yu rebelled; but at this time, Emperor Xuan of Han had already recovered the imperial power, and had already made preparations, he quickly quelled the rebellion with vigorous means, neither shaking the foundation of the Han Empire, but also quickly removed the Huo clique in a very short period of time, the entire counterinsurgency process, can be described as a precise blow, hand in hand, all the damned people are dead, the one who should not die is not dead, it can be called "textbook style" A model.
From the process of Emperor Xuan of Han quelling the rebellion of the Huo clique, it is not difficult for us to find that Emperor Xuan of Han was indeed a very outstanding emperor, he was extremely clever and good at concealing patience, and once the time came, he was good at seizing the opportunity and hitting a blow, showing his political courage and hidden forbearance as a generation of heroic and mighty emperors.
It can also be seen that his grasp of the people's hearts and control of the court and the army have reached the realm of no leakage, which can be called a generation of male lords.
In addition, after Emperor Xuan of Han regained his imperial power, he began to rectify the administration of officials and strengthen the assessment, and the general officials, in addition to the recommendation of officials, he himself was personally assessed, and only after meeting the requirements would he arrange suitable positions for heavy responsibilities, and treat meritorious ministers with rich rewards.
As for corrupt officials, he enforced the law strictly and severely punished them in a bold way, and some officials of high status and corruption were killed one after another.
For the localities, he sent some shrewd and capable officials to suppress the local magnates, and at the same time sent people to patrol all parts of the country to govern the local areas and calm down the local unjust, false and wrongly decided cases; he also ordered many times that the world was amnesty.
His series of measures soon stabilized the political situation in the Western Han Dynasty.
The Book of Han and the Chronicle of Emperor Xuan commented, "The rule of filial piety, the reward of faith must be punished, the comprehensive examination of the name, the political affairs, literature, and jurisprudence are salty and refined, and as for the skills, craftsmen, and instruments, ziyuan and chengjian can rarely reach it, and it is enough to know that the officials call their duties, and the people are safe and secure their professions."
Since then, the Western Han Dynasty has ushered in the most rapidly developing era since the founding of the Han Dynasty by Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, and the Han Xuan Emperor Liu Qing has also pushed the political economy of the Western Han Dynasty to the peak of the entire Han Dynasty.
Fourth: Surrender to The Yi dynasty and create a vast territory
After a series of reforms and developments, Emperor Xuan of Han pushed the politics and economy of the Han Dynasty to a culmination.
Since now, The eyes of Emperor Xuan of Han have been aimed at the outside, the Xiongnu have always been the heart of the Han Dynasty, since Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu have been harassing the borders of the Han Dynasty continuously, over the past hundred years, the wars and conflicts between the two sides have been countless, although most of them have won the Han Dynasty, but in order to stabilize the country, the Han Dynasty has opened a policy of peace and pro-han since Liu Bang, until the Han Wudi period, although Wei Qing, Huo Fuyi and other world-famous generals beat the Xiongnu could not lift their heads, but did not let the Xiongnu completely submit to the Han.
After Emperor Xuan of Han succeeded to the throne, after more than ten years of development, the Xiongnu's strength returned to the past, and they were once again eager to move.
However, what the Xiongnu did not expect was that the opponent they encountered this time was more difficult than when they faced Emperor Wudi of Han in the past.
In the second year of Emperor Xuan's succession, he began to use troops against the Xiongnu.
In 72 BC, the Han Dynasty launched 160,000 soldiers and horses on iron horses, and attacked the Xiongnu in five ways, which was the largest foreign cavalry expedition in the 400 years of the two Han Dynasties, and the Xiongnu fled in a hurry. In 71 BC, the 3,000 cavalry of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu again, and the Xiongnu who fought them once again returned to the north, and from then on they did not dare to retaliate against the Han Dynasty, but only wanted to say peace.
In 60 BC, the Japanese king Xianxian Shan, who ruled the Western Regions, led tens of thousands of people to surrender to the Han Dynasty, and then Hu Han Evil Shan Yu even went to the imperial capital Chang'an, praising the subjects as the Northern Domain, and "Xiongnu Money Sai and Shan Yu Lai Dynasty" became a major event in the Western Han Dynasty during the Xuan Emperor period.
After that, the Han Dynasty set up the Western Regions Capital Protector in the Western Regions, which greatly shook the Western Regions; at this point, the vast land in the Western Regions was officially assigned to the territory of the Han Dynasty.
In addition, during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han, the Western Qiang was pacified and officially became part of the Han Dynasty.
It can be said that the Western Han Dynasty reached a political and military peak during the period of Emperor Wu of Han, creating an infinite number of rivers and mountains that fascinated the world, but Emperor Wu of Han tried hard for decades and failed to conquer the Xiongnu and the vast land in the Western Regions.
However, as a descendant of Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Xuan of Han did what his predecessors did not do with extraordinary martial arts and superhuman strategy; it can be said that Emperor Xuan of Han built tall buildings on the basis of Emperor Wu of Han, completely pacified the Xiongnu and the Western Regions, and became the emperor with the greatest merit in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.
However, because he was pragmatic, did not like to be high-profile, and did not have the strong desire to perform as Emperor Wu of Han, the Han Xuan Emperor Liu Qing was far less famous in history than his predecessors Liu Bang and Liu Che.
But his ability is absolutely very strong, the merit is also indelible to anyone, he is one of the most outstanding emperors in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, but also one of the most outstanding emperors in Chinese history, he single-handedly continued the glory of the Western Han Dynasty, and pushed the Western Han Dynasty to the peak of history.
However, such an outstanding emperor quietly died of illness at the age of 43, which has to be said to be a major regret in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.
The Protectorate of the Western Regions
postscript:
Emperor Xuan of Han was the Zhongxing Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, but his life was ill-fated and suffered from folk diseases; but it was because of this unique growth environment that he became an emperor who really went to the people, rather than an emperor living in the clouds; after he succeeded to the throne, he was able to think from the standpoint of the people, do everything for the people, for the people, and try his best to create a better era for the people.
In the editor's view, the merits of the Han Xuan Emperor Liu Qian were to surpass his predecessor Emperor Wu of Han, and the Western Han Dynasty was the most powerful in history under his rule.
And his bumpy life experience is not only a precious wealth in his life, but also a legend; although he did not reign for a long time, only 25 years, in his 25 years of rule, he can be called a generation of Ming monarchs.