The Western Han Dynasty is a dynasty worthy of praise, and this dynasty is also a very heroic dynasty, this dynasty can be roughly divided into five stages of development, the first is the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, the second is the consolidation of political power, the third is the accumulation of strength, the fourth is the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty, and the fifth is the decline of the Western Han Dynasty.
1. The establishment of the Western Han Dynasty
We all know that the Western Han Dynasty was established by Liu Bang leading the generals to defeat the invincible Xiang Yu, this dynasty can be said to carry a lot of historical missions, the early establishment of the Han Dynasty can be said to be poor and white, because during this period the Central Plains Dynasty has been suffering from the haze of war, from the rise of the Qin Empire to the elimination of the Six Kingdoms, the people have been suffering from war, at this time the people of the Central Plains have been living a precarious life, after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, although the people were free from war for a short time. However, the people of the Qin Dynasty had no respite because the taxes were too heavy, so the people rebelled. And this time the peasant uprising took place and involved the Central Plains Dynasty in the war, resulting in the people's misery, just as the so-called national instability and the people were restless! This time the war lasted until the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, and the common people were able to breathe. This turbulent period and the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty we call the first period of the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty.
2. Consolidate political power
The rulers of the Western Han Dynasty knew that the country was able to secure the people, and at the beginning of the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, the rulers vigorously developed agriculture, animal husbandry, textile industry, especially in the area of treating the people well, the rulers have repeatedly reduced or cut peasant taxes, and because there is a huge enemy on the other side of the Central Plains Dynasty "Xiongnu" is watching the Western Han Dynasty, so the rulers of the Western Han Dynasty have worked hard to guard the frontiers and sent the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty to guard the Han Dynasty's frontiers. After the hidden dangers of the frontier and the pacification and governance of the people, the rulers of the Western Han Dynasty began to kill ministers and generals who endangered their political status, although the Empress Dowager intervened in imperial politics during this period, but after the death of Empress Lü, King Liu's death made up for the dynasty to recapture the dynasty, and the power of this period was basically consolidated, and a generation of famous people such as Yingbu, Han Xin, and Lu Yi in this period would be sacrificed by politics! This period is also known as the consolidation of political power.
3. Accumulate strength
After King Liu retook power in the Western Han Dynasty, a shocking coincidence or huge pie would fall on Liu Heng, the unwelcome prince of the kingdom. Liu Heng was born by Liu Bang and Bo Ji by a coincidence, and in the later period, because he was not treated by Empress Lü, he was assigned to a distant place. And it was this another coincidence that made Liu Heng's mother and son escape the persecution of Empress Lü, and after Empress Lü's death, all the ministers united with the princes of the Liu clan to destroy Empress Lü's henchmen in the Western Han Dynasty, and after seizing power, the ministers collectively recommended Liu Heng as the third emperor of the Western Han Dynasty after discussion, and there are different opinions on why Liu Heng was recommended as the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and a large number of historians believe that it is easier to control the loyalty and honesty compared with the acting king Liu Heng, If it is deduced according to this statement, it is also true, because the Western Han Dynasty in this period needed an emperor who guarded Jiangshan, and the emperor who guarded Jiangshan needed an emperor who could listen to the opinions of all ministers and implement it to the end, and this ruler did not need to do much, the purpose was to accumulate the strength of the Han Dynasty.
And history is such an amazing coincidence, Emperor Wen's son Liu Heng's son Jingdi Liu Qi is also so loyal and honest, it can be said that it is in the same vein, although the reign of Emperor Jing of Han does not have great merit but there is no big mistake, serious and diligent inheritance of the long-cherished wish of the ancestors, and during this period of Emperor Jing, the Western Han treasury is said to be unprecedentedly rich, it is said that the coins of the Western Han treasury have corroded the ropes tied to the coins, and the coins in the treasury have been piled up, which shows how rich the treasury of the Western Han Dynasty is. It is the joint governance of these two emperors that will lead to the next great Han dynasty!
4. The prosperous era of the Western Han Dynasty
The ancient saying says that "the country is rich and the people are strong" With the joint efforts of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, the treasury of the Western Han Dynasty was unprecedentedly rich, and wealth did not mean the strength of the country, because after the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty to the time of Emperor Wu was still suffering from the humiliation of the Xiongnu, for this reason, the Han Dynasty had to pay tribute to the Xiongnu Shan Yu every year, paying a lot of money, horses, brocade, and also needed to make peace with the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and since Emperor Wudi of Han took power, he wanted to wrench the wrist with the Xiongnu. At this time, the Western Han Dynasty was moving from prosperity to strength, and during this period a series of warriors who were admired by posterity, including Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Fei General Li Guang, Li Guangli, Li Ling These warriors made great contributions to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and there were four major battles with the Xiongnu during the Han Wudi period, and finally defeated the great enemy that had harmed the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the emergence of the Han Wu Emperor once again rewrote the history of the Western Han Dynasty and fulfilled the wishes of several generations. And during this period we call it the heyday of the Western Han Dynasty.
5. The decline of the Western Han Dynasty
After the Han Wudi Emperor, the Western Han Dynasty went into decline, and the Western Han Dynasty fell after the inheritance of Liu Ying, the last emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and the Western Han Dynasty was succeeded by the new dynasty established by Wang Mang's usurpation of power, so far the Western Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang only existed for 210 years, and these five stages are also the entire history of the Western Han Dynasty!
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