The emperors in history had to seek well-being for the people, seek happiness for the people, and let the people live a happy life, but some emperors spent all their time drinking, lived luxuriously, built a large number of buildings, and let the people live in misery, completely ignoring the life and death of the people, squandering the good country and ruining everything. So what are the loser emperors in history, let's take a look at it today.
1. Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty - Liu Biao
The twelfth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, the emperor who died in the arms of his favorite concubine, was deeply favored by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty since he was a child, he liked to read, but he was obsessed with women, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty saw that he wanted to replace him like this, but there were ministers who objected, and had no choice but to give up. During the reign of Liu Biao, the land annexation became more serious, there were many displaced people, "thieves and thieves arose", and social contradictions became increasingly serious, which dealt a heavy blow to the rule of the Western Han Dynasty.
2. Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty - Liu Zhi
Liu Zhi
The emperor who carried out a coup d'état in the toilet, the eleventh emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, loved piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, played the piano and played the flute, the Empress Dowager Liang married her sister to him, after the death of the Han Emperor, the Empress Dowager Liang pushed Liu Zhi to the throne, after Liu Zhigang ascended the throne, pacified the Qiang chaos, crusaded against Xianbei, and re-subdued the Qiuzi, Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions, but Liu Zhi rose up the disaster of the party, appointed a new batch of eunuchs, during the Yanxi period, the war was fought year after year, the treasury was empty, and the eunuch Hou Lan was appointed.
3. Northern Wei Xuanwu Emperor - Yuan Li
After the death of Emperor Yuanhong, Yuan Ke was the emperor, and continued to compete with the Southern Qi and Southern Liang dynasties, and the east advanced the front to the south of the Huai River, and successively killed Yuan Xi, Yuan Xian, Yuan Yu and other clan princes, Yuan Ke's uncle Yuan Xi was incompetent, embezzled a large number of fields and salt and iron industries, Yuan Shen, and engaged in the "official downfall" business, appointing his uncle Gao Zhao dictatorship, the government was dark, political corruption, the officials sold officials at a price, and the Northern Wei Dynasty gradually weakened, Yuan Ke died young due to illness at the age of thirty-three.
4. Tang Xuanzong-Li Longji
Li Longji
Create the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the third son of Li Dan of Tang Ruizong, the longest reigning emperor of the Tang Dynasty, first the king of Chu, and then changed the title of King Linzi, and Princess Taiping launched the "Tang Long Coup", after Li Danchan was located in Li Longji, after ascending the throne, killed Princess Taiping, took sole control of the regime, made great efforts, appointed virtuous ministers, and created the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, but in the later period, he neglected the government, indulged in pleasure, spendthrift, reused eunuchs, favored traitors Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, etc., and Yang Guifei indulged in the gentle township, and more than 700 people who served the concubine made clothes for her, Thousands of miles of tribute roads were opened to transport lychees, three sons were killed, and An Lushan and other foreign ethnic groups were reused to try to stabilize the Tang Dynasty's frontiers, which led to the Anshi Rebellion that lasted for eight years, laying the groundwork for the Tang Dynasty's decline from prosperity to decline.
5. Song Huizong-Zhao Ji
Zhao Ji
The eleventh son of Song Shenzong Zhao Ji, the eighth emperor of the Song Dynasty, after the death of Song Zhezong, Zhao Ji was appointed emperor to the Empress Dowager and reused Cai Jing. Excessive pursuit of luxury life, in the south of the procurement of "Huashi Gang", in Bianjing to build "Genyue". Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty believed in Taoism, built a palace, and called himself "the emperor of Taoism". Under his corrupt rule, political corruption, uprisings broke out in various places, the Later Jin army pressed the border, Song Huizong Chan ceded to the crown prince Zhao Huan, and Later Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan were captured by the Jin people, burying the great future of the Great Song Dynasty.
6. Liao Daozong - Yelu Hongji
The eighth emperor of the Liao Dynasty, named the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, after Xingzong was critically ill, he ordered Yelu Hongji to inherit the throne and appoint Yelu Chongyuan, Yelu Yixin, etc., which caused the internal struggle within the ruling group to become fierce, Yelu Yixin wanted to usurp power, falsely accused Yide Empress Xiao Guanyin and the servant Zhao Weiyi fornication, Yelu Hongji listened to slander and killed the queen Xiao and the prince Yelu Jun, causing turmoil in the court.
7. Jin Xuanzong - Wan Yan Xun
Wan Yan Xun
The eighth emperor of the Jin Dynasty, the minister Hu Shahu poisoned the king of Weishao and supported Yan Xun as the emperor, Jin Xuanzong moved south to Bianjing, so that Mongolia was furious, Mongolia provoked wars one after another, because of his wrong decision caused the Jin Dynasty to fall into decline, to Genghis Khan to seek peace, and the Western Xia State broke off diplomatic relations, regardless of the opposition of the left minister Shan Yi, the capital was moved from the central capital to Bianjing, this move greatly shook the military heart and the people's hearts, many people took refuge in Mongolia, resulting in wars and chaos, launched a war against the Southern Song Dynasty, resulting in the enemy on the back, causing the country to be in danger.
8. Emperor Yuan Taiding - Emperor Timur
He is only a catty, and he is also a grandson of Temur
The sixth emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, the tenth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, perennial guard Mobei, after Yuan Yingzong was killed, was elected as the emperor, after ascending the throne, natural disasters in various places continued, earthquakes, droughts, locust plagues, people in many places can not eat, disasters are repeated, some ministers put forward more than 10 suggestions such as purging the remnants of the iron party, restricting monks and Taoists, eliminating redundant officials, and stopping the procurement of pearls in Guangzhou, but Emperor Taiding did not adopt them, resulting in the people's misery, uprisings broke out in various places, and the Yuan Dynasty regime was in dire straits.
9. Mingshenzong - Zhu Yijun
Zhu Yijun
The thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is the longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty, absenteeism, fishing for 30 years, at the beginning of the pro-government, hard work, frugal life, reversed the previous corruption of the government, but later tired of the government, since then not to the court, indulged in wine, the sick psychology of money, physical weakness, deterioration, since not to go to the court, the government is almost deserted, the dispute between the crown prince is becoming more and more obvious, the cabinet dispute for more than ten years, and finally simply 30 years do not go out of the palace, do not pay attention to the government, do not go to the suburbs, do not temple, do not court, do not see, do not approveNot to mention, these have laid the foundation for the decline of the final Ming Dynasty, the battle of Sarhu, 90,000 troops were burned, there is a war and there is naturally military spending, for the huge military expenditure to send the whole country to the field, causing strong dissatisfaction among the people of the whole country, uprisings broke out in various places.
10. Qing Xuanzong - Aixin Jueluo Minning
Daoguang Emperor
Emperor Daoguang, extremely frugal during his lifetime, extremely luxurious after his death, after ascending the throne, he made great efforts to govern, revitalize the decay and eliminate the evil, rectify the rule of officials, curb the extravagance, and ordered the army to pacify the return to Xinjiang Zhanger, and at the same time carried out the struggle against opium, the whole country held anti-smoking activities, and fully supported Lin Zexu to ban smoking, but he was defeated in the Opium War, signed the first unequal treaty "Nanjing Treaty", ceded land and paid compensation, lost power and humiliated the country, causing the people to be in dire straits. The Qing Dynasty compensated the victorious country with 21 million taels of silver, and the Qing Dynasty's financial revenue at that time was 40 million taels, which shows how great the pressure on the Qing Dynasty was.
The signing of the "Treaty of Nanjing" caused the Qing Dynasty to suffer a defeat unseen in 200 years, the Qing Dynasty closed the country for a long time, resulting in backwardness to the West, and it was necessary to be beaten, and the Yellow River broke out in a flood once in a thousand years.
11. Qin II - Hu Hai
Hu Hai
The second emperor of the Qin Dynasty, referring to the deer as a horse, after the death of Qin Shi Huang, under the support of Zhao Gao and Prime Minister Li Si, inherited the throne, implemented brutal rule, killed his eldest brother Fusu, put twelve brothers to death, and crushed six brothers and ten sisters to death in Duyou, the execution ground was unbearable, in addition to not letting go of the brothers and sisters, he was also quite ruthless to the minister, persecuting the Meng Tian brothers, the right prime minister Feng Qujian and the general Feng Zheng died in order to avoid humiliation, and chose to commit suicide. At the same time, Zhao Gao placed his relatives and friends in various positions, and the dynasty was chaotic. After touring the world, bent on pleasure, killing Li Si, a series of bad reigns, led to the outbreak of uprisings in various places, causing the Qin Dynasty to crumble, and was finally overthrown, but it is a pity that Qin Shi Huang created such a good foundation, only two generations of emperors were destroyed.
12. Qing Gaozong - Aixin Jueluo Hongli
Qianlong
The sixth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, reigned for 60 years, was the emperor who actually held the highest power of the country for the longest time in Chinese history, cared about the people, exempted the world's money and grain five times, and exempted the grain of the eight provinces three times, reduced the burden on the peasants, consolidated the rule of Tibet, and included Tibet in the territory. Parade around, without any regard for the country's money and treasury.
Qianlong favored He Shen in his later years, causing He Shen to use his position to bend the law for bribes, accept bribes, buy and sell official positions, and seriously undermine the appointment and dismissal of officials. On the New Year's birthday, gifts should be given, and the social atmosphere was in a mess, causing the people to have no livelihood, and peasant uprisings broke out one after another.
13. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty - Yang Guang
The second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, gifted and intelligent, deeply loved by Yang Jian, and later canonized as the crown prince, after Yang Jian's death, that is, the emperor's throne, since then the power is in his hands, built the Grand Canal, in order to satisfy his own desires, Yang Guang ordered the construction of the eastern capital Luoyang, mobilized two million peasants, day and night to build, the people were miserable, batches of workers died, and the cars pulling the corpses were indecisive, resulting in the emptiness of the treasury, and frequent wars were waged abroad, and the treasury was completely empty three times to Goguryeo, and the people were in dire straits, and the people were miserable and miserable. It brought endless disasters to the people, provoked the people's revolt, and uprisings broke out in various places, which eventually led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty.
The above thirteen emperors, who only cared about satisfying their own desires, completely ignored the situation of the country, regardless of whether the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, squandered the foundation accumulated by their ancestors, the treasury was empty, the people were not able to make a living, and they were living in dire straits.
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