In Chinese history, the founding emperors have always been in the spotlight because they were the founders of a feudal dynasty. In China's thousands of years of feudal society, the founding emperor was the highest power figure leading a dynasty and the main father who unified the world.
The founding emperors not only had to have extraordinary intelligence, but also extraordinary courage and extraordinary courage to be called the last generation of emperors. Therefore, whether in politics, military or diplomacy, the founding emperor has made certain achievements, and his impact on future generations is also far-reaching and long-lasting.
Although in history, the achievements of the founding emperors are outstanding, but there are also some founding emperors, their fate is very miserable, and some are even killed by their own relatives, and finally do not die well. Next, let's take a look at who the miserable founding emperors in history are.
In 9 AD, Wang Mang took advantage of the great chaos in the world at the end of the Western Han Dynasty to successfully launch the establishment of a new dynasty, and finally replaced the Western Han Dynasty and became the founding emperor of the new dynasty.
After Wang Mang became emperor, he began to carry out large-scale changes in the law, and put forward a series of political programs, in an attempt to solve the problems that were common in society at that time through reform, and realize the good wish of peace in the world.
However, Wang Mang's set of changes, but did not get the support of the people, but led to the chaos of the world, rebels broke out in various places, condemning Wang Mang, and finally, in the battle of Yingcheng, Wang Mang was captured by the Red Mei Army, burned alive by the righteous army, and died at the age of 59.
Tuoba showed great military talent at a young age, especially in the Battle of Jiuyuan, he led the Northern Wei army and successfully defeated the Northern Yan army, and achieved very brilliant results, which greatly improved the strength of the Northern Wei army.
After that, he took advantage of the situation to stage a coup d'état, and finally succeeded in usurping the throne, establishing his own power, and beginning his career as emperor.
However, in the later period of his reign, Tuoba Jue began to become willful, indulged in wine, misconduct, suspicious of his subordinates, and disregarded major affairs, so he naturally caused great dissatisfaction among the courtiers and the people, and finally in a palace coup, he was killed by his nephew Tuoba Shao, who died at the age of 39.
After Yuan Shanjian ascended the throne, he did not show the ambition and courage that an emperor should have, but on the contrary, he indulged in temperament, indulged in wine all day long, acted arbitrarily, and the people under his rule lived very hard, so the courtiers and the people were very dissatisfied with him.
It was during this period that Gao Huan, a general of Wei Bojun, seized the opportunity and began to stage a coup d'état, which eventually overthrew Yuan Shanjian's rule and forcibly made him abdicate his seat, and soon after, Yuan Shanjian died mysteriously at the age of 29.
At the beginning of his reign, Xiao Yan also showed some capable political talents, worked hard, was very attentive to the government and politics, and once made some contributions to the development of the country, but as he grew older, he began to become slack, and only knew how to indulge in Buddhism all day long, ignoring the government and politics.
This naturally aroused everyone's criticism, and at that time, when the military deputy general Hou Jing rebelled, Xiao Yan did not take this issue to heart, and was finally imprisoned by Hou Jing, and later, although Hou Jing died, Xiao Yan died mysteriously in captivity at the age of 86.
In Zhu Wen's life, he experienced many wars, but it was these wars that allowed him to accumulate rich military experience, establish his own martial arts, and eventually become a hegemon.
During the Tianyou period, Zhu Wen launched an attack on the Central Plains, and finally succeeded in destroying the Tang Dynasty and establishing his own Liang Dynasty, becoming a generation of British lords of this era.
However, in the later part of Zhu Wen's reign, he began to become extremely brutal, treated the people very harshly, and acted arbitrarily, so he naturally caused the rebellion of the people, and finally in the Xinghua years, he was usurped by his son, and soon after, Zhu Wen unfortunately passed away, and died at the age of 61.
During the Tianyou period, Li Cunmiao took advantage of the chaotic situation to successfully launch an uprising, and finally overthrew the rule of the Later Tang Dynasty, established the Later Liang court, and became the overlord of one party and the founding emperor of this era.
However, in the later period of his reign, Li Cunmiao began to become extremely brutal, treated the people very harshly, and acted arbitrarily, so he naturally attracted many rebellions, and finally in the Xinghua period, he was usurped by his son, and he himself died shortly after leaving the throne, at the age of 61.
It can be said that as a founding emperor, not everyone is suitable for this position, because once he ascends to this position, it means that whether it is merit or fate, it will be remembered by future generations, and it will also affect the future and destiny of the entire dynasty.
As the saying goes, some of the founding emperors, although they made certain achievements during their reign, but after stepping down, they suffered great torture and torture, and some were even victimized by their relatives.
Through the deeds of these founding emperors, we also realize more clearly that a real Ming monarch, in addition to extraordinary intelligence and courage, also needs correct political concepts and good character in order to win the support of the people and become a real benevolent monarch.