The Three Emperors and Five Emperors of the Ancients, such as Emperor Fuxi of Xi and Emperor Shennong of Yandi, were not real emperors, but could only be said to be tribal leaders or alliance leaders. Their emperors or emperors were all appended by later generations, and when qin shi huang came here, he considered himself to be the fifth emperor of the three emperors after unifying the six kingdoms. He was called emperor by emperor and emperor of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and the first emperor was his official title, and since then the emperor has become the official title of the supreme ruler of China.
From the time the founder, Qin Shi Huang, used this title to the last emperor, Ai Xin Jueluo Puyi, a total of 422 emperors have appeared in Chinese history. These emperors have their own characteristics, ranging from three thousand harem beauties to one or two in a lifetime. There are emperors and ming kings, there are long-lived and short-lived, and the length of reign is naturally different. The shortest reign should be the late Jin Emperor Yan Chenglin, who was originally a general of the Jin Dynasty, but on February 8, 1234, Emperor Aizong of Jin did not want to be the king of the fallen country.
He hurriedly passed the throne to him and decided to hold the enthronement ceremony the next day, but unfortunately the ceremony was not yet completed. The Song army then attacked, and the late Jin Emperor led his army out of the city to fight, and as a result, he was killed. Some speculate that his throne did not sit for half a day, or even an hour, which can be described as the emperor with the shortest reign. In addition, the reign of Emperor Li Chongmao of the Tang Dynasty and Liu He of the Han Dynasty was not long, one seventeen days and one twenty-seven days.
In fact, it is actually very easy to reign for a short time in the position of emperor, as long as like Emperor Aizong of Jin and Emperor Huizong of Song abdicated before the fall of the country. Then the next heir will easily ascend to the list of emperors who have reigned for a short time, and it is more difficult to reign for a long time. After all, the long reign is the first two factors, the first emperor himself has a long enough life, and the second country has a relatively stable development in all aspects. Secondly, there must be no chaos under the people, no one wants to rebel, otherwise they may be pushed off the throne.
As a result, of China's 422 emperors, very few reigned for more than fifty years. Counting them, there are only five, who are they?
The first Qing Saint Ancestor, Xinjue Luo Xuanye, ascended the throne at the age of eight and reigned for 61 years. The Kangxi Emperor has reigned for a long time, presumably those who are familiar with the Nine Sons and Concubines should know better, after all, to some extent, this is caused by Kangxi's longevity. It should be known that the most fundamental factor in the nine sons' conquest of the concubine is the unstable position of the prince, and the reason for the unstable position of the prince is that the prince has grown up, and Kangxi is still alive and well. Naturally, there was a power struggle between the two, so the deposing of Prince Hu led to the seizure of the nine sons.
The second Aisin Kyora Hiroshi ascended the throne at the age of 24 and reigned for 60 years. He was a year younger than his grandfather, but in fact he was the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history, and Qianlong held power for at least sixty-three years and four months. The reason why he reigned for only sixty years was because he chose to abdicate in 60 years for no more than his grandfather Kangxi's 61 years. Qianlong was undoubtedly lucky, in the best stage of the Qing Dynasty, and lived to the age of 89 without major illnesses and disasters in his life.
The third Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, ascended the throne at the age of 15 and reigned for 55 years. Liu Che had great achievements, but he was somewhat similar to Kangxi, and in his later years he had a power struggle with his own crown prince. The difference is that Liu Che's crown prince Liu Zhi and Liu Che are centrifugal, and more is the fall of the foreign family and the provocation of Jiang Chong. The scourge of the witches led to the suicide of the crown prince Liu Zhao, and Liu Che, who was approaching, could only establish his eight-year-old young son Liu Fuling, which showed that it was not a good thing that the emperor lived too long.
The fourth and fifth were father-son relations, and Li Qianshun, the Chongzong of Western Xia, was only three years old when he ascended the throne. It can also be regarded as a monarch with great talent, whose dictatorship of foreign countries in his youth made the Western Xia court uneasy. Therefore, when Li Qianshun was sixteen years old, he destroyed the foreign family and pro-government, ended the dictatorship of foreign relatives for many years, and vigorously developed the country. The alliance with the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao and Song Dynasties and obtained a large amount of land, including more than a thousand miles of land in Hexi. The fifth was Li Qianshun's son Li Renxiao of Xia Renzong, who was only sixteen years old when he ascended the throne and was also a more talented emperor.
While reusing the highly educated Han and party ministers to preside over state affairs, while promoting education, imperial examinations, Confucianism, etc., Xia Renzong did not trust military attaches. Most of the policies emphasized literature over force, resulting in the abolition of armaments like the Song Dynasty, and the country began to decline from him. Unfortunately, Li Renxiao reigned for 54 years, and in the late Western Xia Dynasty, he was repeatedly defeated in battles, and it can only be said that he was half-successful.
References: "History", "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", "History of the Song Dynasty"