Continuing from the previous part, let's continue to talk about what it would be like if the Chinese emperor were given a Western nickname.
Tenth place: "Perfect King" Li Shimin
Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In general, a dynasty has only one founding emperor. When it comes to Li Shimin, this is somewhat special. The founder of the Tang Dynasty was Li Yuan, but he was more of a nominal founder. To put it bluntly, he is the supreme leader, but in fact, it is Li Shimin who completed the great cause of reunification. After Jinyang raised his army, he was the first to enter the pass, and after Li Yuan became emperor, he pacified the northern and southern fangxiongs, such as Xue Renqiao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Liu Heimin, etc. were all his defeated generals. When we opened the map of the Sui Dynasty, these people accounted for almost half of the world. Therefore, with these battle exploits of Li Shimin, it is not too much to give him an "ancestor".
Li Shimin launched the "Xuanwumen Incident", successfully ascended the throne, became the crown prince, and later ascended the throne as emperor. Killing brothers and brothers is the reason why Li Shimin has always been criticized by later generations, but after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he used talents internally and humbly consulted; Pay attention to farmers and sang, rest with the people; Externally, it opened up its territory and eliminated the threat of northern nomads, while opening up the Western Regions and actively liaising with the West. Emperor Taizong of Tang was tolerant of all ethnic groups, so he was supported by all countries and nationalities, calling him "Heavenly Khan", and the name of the Great Tang has resounded all over the world since then. For this reason, I would like to call him the "perfect king".
Eleventh: "Bloody Queen" Wu Zetian
After Li Shimin's death, Emperor Gaozong of Tang ascended to the throne, and the New Book of Tang was very unfriendly to the emperor, calling him cowardly and sick, so he was seized by Empress Wu of the imperial court, resulting in the later slaughter of the Li clan. Empress Wu was Wu Zetian, originally a talented person of Emperor Taizong, and soon after Li Zhi ascended the throne, he made her empress. Empress Wu gradually assumed power in the later period of Li Zhi, and finally after Li Zhi's death, she successively put Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian and Ruizong Li Dan on the throne, and then forced his son to abdicate the throne, and he ascended the throne as emperor, with the state name Zhou.
Wu Zetian was the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, she knew people well in the early stage, attached importance to talents, and also created the palace examination, martial arts and trial official system, and was still a Ming monarch, but in order to stabilize the regime, he wantonly slaughtered clan relatives and meritorious figures, appointed cool officials to oppress the world, and in his later years, he favored male favorites, and maladministration came out.
When we go to the history books, during Wu Zetian's reign, the word that appeared the most was "kill"! Therefore, it is still appropriate to give Wu Zetian the title of "Bloody Queen".
Twelfth place; "Incest" Ju Wen
Zhu Wen was the terminator of the Tang Dynasty. He was born in the rebel army of the murderous demon king Huang Chao, and later returned to the Tang court to suppress Huang Chao together with Li Keyong and others, for which Tang Yuzong gave him a very unworthy name - Quanzhong. Zhu Wen was also a very capable strategist, he accumulated his strength little by little in the process of the Eastern Crusade to the West, and later the Tang Dynasty made him the King of Liang, and he used Henan as his base, and gradually grew into the largest separatist force in the late Tang Dynasty.
In 901, Zhu Wen entered Guanzhong and took control of the central government of the Tang Dynasty, allowing him to "hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes." Later, in 907, he forced the Tang Emperor to abdicate and proclaimed himself emperor, with the state name Liang.
After Zhu Wen had real power in his hands, he began to indulge in pleasure. He had many sons and righteous sons, and every time his sons sent out to fight, Zhu Wen would summon his daughters-in-law into the palace and make a lot of sexual amusement. And instead of being ashamed, his sons vied to offer Juwen their wives in order to favor him.
The wife of Zhu Wen's righteous son Zhu Youwen was beautiful, and Zhu Wen wanted to make his adopted son Zhu Youwen crown prince just because of this. When his own sons learned about this, they were furious. In 912, Zhu Wen was killed by his own son Zhu Youjie, and the Liang Dynasty he founded only lasted 16 years.
Thirteenth: "Opera Lover" Li Cunxuan
Li Cunxuan was the founding king of the Tang dynasty after the second dynasty of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and he, like Emperor Xuanzong of Tang before him, was heroic in the early stage, and the Tiwan army galloped on the battlefield and competed for world domination. He destroyed Houliang, pacified Shu, and Megatron, and at this time, he should work hard to be strong, pacify the south, mix the universe, and achieve the merits of the world. And he has a little hobby.
Unlike other monarchs who indulged in wine, Li Cun Ya was a good pear garden, that is, opera. This would have been an elegant fun, and it would not endanger the society. However, he loves the house and Wu, and shifts from loving the drama to loving the drama, which is enough, it is enough to pamper these people and give more treasure. However, Li Cunxuan handed over official positions and power to these people who could only sing, which led to chaos and selfish desires in the entire Later Tang officialdom. Li Cunxuan was also inconsiderate of the people's strength and thickly endowed, which led to anger and resentment.
In 926, Li Cunxuan was killed by the chaotic army, and a generation of heroes ended in this way.
The fourteenth place: "The Yellow Robe" Zhao Kuangyin
Zhao Kuangyin was the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty. In his early years, he was a general of Later Zhou, and during the reign of Emperor Shizong of Zhou, Chai Rong, he accompanied him in the southern and northern wars, and achieved great military achievements. Chai Rong died of illness during his northern expedition to the Khitan, and when he was in danger, he was ordered to inspect Zhao Kuangyin's palace and became the highest general of the forbidden army.
After the death of Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong, the Khitan and Northern Han combined with the southern invasion of Later Zhou, and Zhao Kuangyin was ordered to lead troops to resist. When the army reached Chen Qiaoyi, there was a mutiny, and the soldiers draped yellow robes over Zhao Kuangyin to support him as emperor. Zhao Kuangyin resigned, but had to be called emperor, and the founding name was Song.
The history of the Song Dynasty, on the one hand, is very prosperous, but on the other hand, it always makes people grit their teeth and hate it. I won't go into detail here. Because of Zhao Kuangyin's story, giving him the "yellow robe" should not be killed!
Fifteenth place: "Sorghum River Car God" Zhao Guangyi
The history of Emperor Taizong of Song Zhao Guangyi does not need to be said. After the famous "Axe Candle Shadow" in history, he became the second emperor of the Song Dynasty. After Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne, he continued to implement the unification policy of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and successively destroyed Wuyue in the south and the Northern Han in the north, officially ending the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Then, this cargo was full of spirits, and he wanted to take advantage of the victory and retake the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop. However, the situation at that time was that the Song army had been attacking the Northern Han Dynasty for a long time, and its strength had long been exhausted, and the best way was to rest and attack again. And Zhao Guangyi was too anxious and wanted to surpass his brother too much, so he took the tired division north and wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Liao army. I didn't want to be under the onslaught of the Liao army, the Song army was in chaos, and Zhao Guangyi was hit by two arrows in the thigh, panicked, and abandoned the division and fled. The Song army was leaderless, and almost all the army was destroyed. Zhao Guangyi didn't care about this, left aside the concubines and the treasure weapons he carried, and rode all the way in a donkey cart. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Liao army chased all the way to Zhuozhou, but they did not catch up with Zhao Guangyi, and after this battle, the name of "the god of the sorghum river" was completely solidified.
Sixteenth place: "Whip of God" Genghis Khan
"Whip of God" was originally used by Westerners to describe the Hun Attila, used to describe Genghis Khan, although it is a little smaller, but it can barely be used. Genghis Khan is an honorific title, his real name is Temujin, originally a tribal leader of the Mongol Qiyan tribe, and then expanded all the way, becoming the Great Khan of all Mongolia in 1206 AD; After destroying Western Liao in 1218, he continued his western expedition, destroyed Khwarazm, entered the steppes of Eastern Europe, and defeated the princes of Rus. After returning from the Western Expedition, he took advantage of the situation to destroy Western Xia, and at the same time, he also captured the land of Longxing of the Jin Dynasty to the south, and the Central Plains was also far away.
Genghis Khan spent his life on horseback, he destroyed countless countries, killed countless people, slaughtered countless cities, made his common enemies fearful, and was the real "whip of God"!
Seventeenth place: "Hu Exorcist" Zhu Yuanzhang
Needless to say, Zhu Yuanzhang's history is unprecedented in the whole world, and there is no one to come. The real beginning is a bowl, and the last reigns the world and becomes the emperor. What Zhu Yuanzhang was most proud of was driving the "Hu people", that is, the Mongols, out of the Central Plains and restoring the Han family. Dr. Sun Yat-sen's earliest words of "expelling the Tatars and restoring China" are probably still here with Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, it is more appropriate to give Zhu Yuanzhang the title of "beard repellent".
Eighteenth place: "Tumu Fort God of War" Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen
Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, a character who goes hand in hand with the "sorghum river car god" above. He was the eldest son of Emperor Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong. In 1435, he ascended the throne and favored the eunuch Wang Zhen, and in 1449 AD, he felt the need to show his astonishing military talent, so he drove his personal to the northern Walla. As a result, in the Tumu Fort, the leader of the Vara was also defeated first, the Ming army suffered most of the casualties, one-third was captured, of course, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was also captured, the elite of the Ming Dynasty was almost killed in this battle, which was an important node for the Ming Dynasty to turn from prosperity to decline. The bad things he did after returning to China are also disdainful to mention here, and in a word, a "English" word is wasted in vain.
Nineteenth: "Long-lived" Kangxi
Kangxi was the second emperor after the Qing dynasty's capital Beijing, he ascended the throne at the age of eight, and became pro-government at the age of fourteen, reigning for sixty-one years, making him the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history. Needless to say, his merits are outstanding martial arts; He reused the children of the Han family, eased the Manchu and Han contradictions, attached importance to the people's livelihood, and was a qualified emperor. Later generations boasted that he was "the first emperor of the ages", which is an exaggeration.
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