China has a long history, stretching for thousands of years, during which a total of three or four hundred emperors have been produced, some emperors have established new dynasties, some emperors have worked hard, some emperors have indulged in wine and become dead monarchs, and some emperors are still infants...... What would it be like to rank the exploits of these hundreds of emperors? Who do you think would make it to the top ten?
Tenth place: Eternal Renjun - Song Renzong Zhao Zhen
The Song Dynasty was the second relatively open and tolerant period in Chinese history since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The root of this lies in the generous tolerance of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. After Song Renzong Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, he carried this tradition to the maximum. The law of the Song Dynasty prohibits whipping ministers at the imperial court. It is forbidden to insult the minister. Except for rebellion and rebellion, his subordinates are not allowed to kill. In addition, a special system of speech officials has been established. From then on, the Song Dynasty became the second period of academic freedom in Chinese history since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The emperors of the Song Dynasty disagreed with their subordinates, either let them go, demoted them, or removed them from office, but never killed or persecuted. The Song Dynasty did not promote literary prisons and was more tolerant of scholars. Therefore, many outstanding poets and lyricists have been created, and they have written resentful and arrogant poems that have been circulated through the ages, and they have the prosperity of Song poetry.
Song Renzong Zhao Zhen's benevolence and strength can be described as a generation of Ming monarchs and holy lords. Although great unification was not achieved, the people lived in the Song Dynasty during the reign of Song Renzong, and were far happier than they were born in China and even in any other period in ancient China. Song Renzong's strict self-discipline and lenient treatment of others set an example for later emperors and became an example for later generations of emperors. Song Renzong's model of statecraft is still the focus of study and research by economists and historians at home and abroad. Benevolent government has always been the highest ideal of traditional politics, and Song Renzong pushed the country's cultural art to the pinnacle of ancient society, creating a prosperous ancient China, and was known as the first benevolent monarch of the ages.
Ninth place: a generation of cloth clothes - Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born as a commoner, led a peasant rebel army to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and unify the country. After that, it strengthened the centralization of power, stabilized the political situation, adjusted the relations of production, and resumed the development of the economy, laying a solid foundation for the development of the Ming Dynasty. The set of rules and regulations he formulated also provided the necessary guarantee for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, and was mostly inherited by the Qing Dynasty, which had a profound impact on the subsequent historical development. Zhu Yuanzhang's historical merits far surpassed those of the founding emperors of the new dynasty after China's previous peasant wars.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born at the bottom of society, is undoubtedly a well-known figure in Chinese history. Everyone knows that as the entrepreneurial emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang in his youth was just a cattle herding baby in the Huaihe River Valley at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, just a little monk who had to wander for three years in order to barely survive. But it was this fugitive who once had nothing, who defected to the peasant rebel army at the age of 24, started as a small soldier, and ascended to the throne of the founding son of the country after only 17 years of legendary struggle and conquest!
Eighth place: Peerless Empress - Holy Spirit Emperor Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian was born in the family of the eunuch, and was born beautiful and intelligent. At that time, the emperor Tang Gaozong was sick, and Wu Zetian used a strategy to depose the queen at that time, established himself as the queen, and began to participate in court politics. After the death of Tang Gaozong, Wu Zetian deposed the second emperor of Zhongzong Ruizong, changed the name of the country to Zhou, and established himself as the emperor, becoming the only female emperor in Chinese history.
After Wu Zetian became the emperor, he opened the imperial examination and made an exception; rewarding agriculture and mulberry and developing the economy; Knowing people well, allowing people to accept advice, in charge of the government for nearly half a century, social stability, economic development, the rule of Zhenguan, and the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, laid a solid foundation for the arrival of the greatest prosperous era in ancient Chinese history.
Seventh place: Star Emperor - Qing Shengzu Kangxi
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history (reigned 61 years). Kangxi has been tireless in learning and resolute since he was a child. He was still a child when he put on the dragon robe, and his ancestors did not give him the rule of the country. Anti-Qing forces and separatist activities came from all directions. The young emperor, who was in power at the age of 14, got rid of the auxiliary ministers who pressed on his head at the age of 16, and since then he has been in power alone. At the age of 20, he faced the rebellion of the three feudatories led by Wu Sangui, and after years of fighting, he pacified the three feudatories, unified Mongolia, recovered Taiwan, rejected Tsarist Russia in the north, and maintained the unity.
Kangxi was an outstanding politician and military strategist, he was sober-minded, both civil and military, and he was diligent and prudent in his own studies and government affairs. It was able to better handle the relationship between ethnic groups, promoted the social and economic development in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, and laid the boundaries of China's multi-ethnic unified state.
Sixth place: King of the world - Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan launched the largest war in human history, he created the largest country in the world, he pushed military art to the peak of the cold weapon age, he was the most influential figure in the stage of world history, he was the biggest success in human history, he brought the greatest disaster to mankind, his actions left the greatest controversy for future generations, he was the most influential emperor in the world in Chinese history.
Genghis Khan and his descendants fought fiercely for decades, unifying China, plundering Europe, conquering India, Egypt, and Korea, invading Japan, entering Vietnam, and pacifying Java, successively destroying more than 40 countries, conquering more than 720 ethnic groups, and launching the largest war in the history of mankind. The Mongol cavalry swept through four-fifths of the entire human world in the thirteenth century, stepping out of the Mongol Empire, the largest country in human history--- creating a miracle in the history of human warfare.
Fifth place: The first rule of China - Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was frugal and simple, strict with himself, and rarely added personal belongings. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he was lightly exempted from the national field endowment for 12 years. He also personally farmed, set an example in the world, and promoted the rapid recovery and development of productive forces. Politically, it strengthened the centralization of power internally, consolidated the state power, properly handled relations with Nanyue and the Xiongnu externally, implemented a policy of appeasement to Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, and strengthened the strength of border defense while implementing a policy of peace and proximity to the Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu invaded the Han border three times, and Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty sent troops to fight back in time to repel the strong enemy. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty abolished the strict Xing Law, took the lead in implementing the legal judgment, and knew people well, humbly accepted advice, promoted and reused talents, and created the first ----rule of Wenjing in Chinese history, which made the Han Dynasty gradually move from the initial determination of the country to prosperity, and laid a solid foundation for the later sweep of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Fourth place: The rule of the emperor - Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui
Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian made a nation survive in a desperate situation, he made a civilization continue, he made a country that was no longer a country miraculously reunified, and he laid the foundation for the prosperity of a nation. He is the great emperor in Chinese history - Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian.
Emperor Wen of Sui advocated frugality, diligent administration of government affairs, and implemented a policy of leniency and benevolence to the people, realizing a smooth transition from the Hu regime to the Han regime. Through a series of reforms, Yang Jian significantly increased the population, gradually enriched food and clothing, strengthened the national strength, and finally regained the strength of the Han nationality. Emperor Wen of Sui led this strong national force to conquer all ethnic barbarians, so that China returned to the era of peace, and completed an almost impossible feat, known as the "rule of the emperor" in history.
Yang Jian saved Han culture and Chinese civilization. The cultural classics of the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin and Han dynasties were lost after the Five Hu Chaohua, and Emperor Wen of Sui issued an edict to ask for books after unifying the whole country. The Han people who lived after the war donated books one after another, making the Sui Dynasty the largest collection of books in all Chinese dynasties. Although most of the classics could not escape the flames of war, how many outstanding scholars, how many great works, and how many splendor of Chinese civilization have disappeared into the dust of history, as long as the thoughts of the hundred schools of thought are still there, as long as the Confucian classics still exist, the banner of the Han nationality is still flying, and the Chinese civilization is still standing in the east of the world.
Third place: Zhenguan Long Song - Tang Taizong Li Shimin
Tang Taizong made a country have a proud bearing, he made a nation have a lofty international status and brilliant economic and cultural achievements, he made all countries in the world come to trade and cultural exchanges, it can be said that all countries come to the dynasty, and morality spreads far and wide. The strong national strength and open and inclusive mentality he forged enabled a nation to win unprecedented respect from foreign races.
Li Shimin was born in an aristocratic family, and at the age of 18, he raised troops with his father to oppose the Sui Dynasty, commanded the three armies, and made the number one military achievement for the Tang Dynasty to unify the country. He then became the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty and was known as Taizong in history. The Turkic leaders of the northern steppe peoples have been peeking at the fertile fields of the Central Plains, taking advantage of the fact that Taizong was not stable, he personally led 200,000 iron cavalry to threaten Chang'an, and the troops came to the city, and the Tang Dynasty fell into turmoil. At the critical juncture of the life and death of the country and the nation, Li Shimin, who was strong by nature and good at using soldiers, was not alarmed by the chaos and personally led the army to repel the strong enemy. Subsequently, Li Shimin judged the situation and made the difficult choice of pouring his treasury into peace with the powerful Turks in exchange for time for the country's fertility and development, thus avoiding the danger of the collapse and extinction of the country and the nation. Tang Taizong, who had great ambitions and tenacity, was determined to lead the military ministers and people to revitalize the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible, eliminate the Turks who had dominated the north for many years, realize the unification of the country, and revitalize the heroic style of the Han Dynasty.
In the following three years, Li Shimin tried his courage and made great efforts, on the one hand, he developed production and strengthened national strength, and on the other hand, he strengthened army training, improved the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, and created a cavalry capable of competing with the Turkic iron cavalry. The Tang Dynasty's counterattack on the desert heroes finally began, and according to Li Shimin's careful plan, an elite cavalry with super combat ability returned to the back of the Turkic army to launch a surprise attack. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, who were full of enthusiasm for serving the country, shared the same hatred and won a complete victory. With extraordinary courage and military talent, Tang Taizong commanded the Tang army to repel the powerful nomads in the north in one fell swoop, and realized the great unification of the country.
After the war, in order to quickly move the country to the track of peaceful construction, Taizong tried his best to abandon hatred, implement a policy of national unity, and boldly relocated hundreds of thousands of nomadic tribesmen who were in the midst of famine to the interior, and allocated fertile land to them to cultivate, so that the nomads could survive in a desperate situation. This large-scale population migration saved the people of the grassland, they were deeply infected by the broad mind of Tang Taizong's love for all ethnic groups, and the contradictions accumulated over the centuries of fighting each other were resolved, and the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups lived in harmony within the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty, jointly built a strong country in the east, and further realized the great integration of ethnic groups.
After years of war, the people's livelihood in the early Tang Dynasty of Zhenguan withered, and all kinds of waste were waiting to be rebuilt, and Li Shimin, who was only 29 years old, had political foresight and sagacity, and chose "martial arts and cultivation" for the country The Tang Dynasty embarked on a road of rapid development, and a prosperous picture depicted with blood and sweat began to show in the vast land of China, which was once full of disasters and difficulties. With his extraordinary leadership, Tang Taizong controlled the Chinese talents with extraordinary wisdom and strategy, achieved the perfect combination of governing the country and governing the people, and made extraordinary achievements in cultural governance and martial arts, and was recognized by historians as the most accomplished emperor in ancient China, and became a model for the emperors of China and even the world.
Second place: Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty - Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established an unprecedented dignity of a country, he gave a group the self-confidence to stand tall for a thousand years, he shaped a great era in which a nation rose up to become strong, he created an imperial legend that has been passed down through the ages, and he performed a fierce war in which heaven and earth wept blood. He was a true Emperor of Shengwu in Chinese history.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a truly great king who inherited the past and opened up the world. In the history before him, he has achieved unparalleled martial arts. His imagination and ingenuity made political struggles an art. His contingencies and cunning made the wise men of his time look like fools. He has a broad mind, both tolerant and connoisseurship.
He pioneered the system, established the scale, admired scholarship, and loved literary talent. He advocated the establishment of the country by virtue and the rule of law. He is a self-confident, thoughtful, independent thinker, and a promising monarch with absolute power, a majestic emperor, and has set a model for hundreds of emperors. His achievements and deeds have also been deeply integrated into the history and traditions of our nation. For the first time, he laid the foundation for China's vast territory. The government of China began with Qin Shi Huang, and the state of China began with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a great strategy that transcended history, and his martial arts achievements were enough to overshadow the kings of the world such as Alexander and Napoleon in the West. In Chinese history, there is no shortage of heroes, great men and saints. However, placed in any crowd, he will be equally striking. It is impossible for anyone not to admire him, and it is impossible not to be afraid of him - this is the Emperor Wu of Han.
First place: Qianqiu Foundation - Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang conformed to the trend of the times, put an end to the centuries-long situation of separation, he realized the great unification of the Chinese nation, and he made groundbreaking contributions to the development of Chinese feudal society; He brought China into the era of centralized imperialism, he was the founder of China's first unified empire, and he was China's first feudal emperor.
Ying Zheng was born in the Zhao State, fled from the Zhao State back to the Qin State at the age of 10, became the Qin King at the age of 13, abolished the ministers at the age of 22, monopolized the government, destroyed the Six Kingdoms at the age of 39, and established the first unified multi-ethnic autocratic centralized state in Chinese history. Qin Shi Huang implemented a series of measures to consolidate the unified centralized state in terms of internal economic and cultural thought, which further consolidated the unified situation. Resist the Xiongnu in the north and build the Great Wall. The southern expansion of Baiyue made China the largest empire in the world at that time.