As we said earlier, American textbooks include the four greatest emperors of China throughout the ages, and today we will talk about the last six of the ten great emperors of ancient China.
Fifth place: Yang Jian
Yang Jian reunified the country again in 589, ending more than 270 years of war and turmoil since the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, and reuniting the land of China under the central government. In the central government, the three-province and six-ministerial system was implemented, and the local three-level system of prefectures, counties, and counties was changed to a two-level system of prefectures and counties, thus consolidating centralized power. Repeated tax cuts have reduced the burden on the people, promoted national agricultural production, and stabilized economic development. In addition, Emperor Wen of Sui adopted a policy of military defense and political appeasement for the surrounding ethnic groups, effectively handling ethnic contradictions, and was revered by the ethnic minorities in the north as "saint khans". During the reign of the Emperor, the Sui Dynasty had a vast territory and a population of more than 7 million households.
Sixth place: Liu Heng
After Emperor Wen of Han succeeded to the throne, he exerted great efforts to govern the country, built water conservancy, practiced frugality and simplicity, abolished corporal punishment, realized the prosperity of the country, and the well-off of the people, and opened the beginning of the "rule of Wenjing". In the political field, it proposed "rule by doing nothing", abolished corporal punishment, abolished the system of passing through customs, and entered the su baijue. In terms of economy, Emperor Wendi of Han proposed twice "half of the tax on the land", that is, the rent rate was reduced from fifteen taxes to thirty taxes, that is, the land tax wendi of 1/30 was paid. Reduced servitude, i.e. reduced to every three years of service for adult men. Such relief is unique in the history of China's feudal society. Abolish the order for stealing money and allow private minting. In dealing with the princes, adopt the attitude of subjugating people with virtue and quelling chaos with force. In dealing with the Xiongnu, we adopted the method of peace and pro-war to create a political situation of stability, unity, and recuperation.
Seventh place: Liu Xiu
In the first three years (25 years), Liu Xiu openly broke with the Gengshi Emperor, that is, located in the Southern Qianqiu Pavilion of Yan County, Hebei Province, and the Capital of the Restoration han Dynasty was set at Luoyang. After twelve years of unification wars in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the separatist forces in Hebei, Guandong, Longyou, and Western Shu were successively eliminated, and the situation of peasant wars, warlord wars, and local divisions was put an end. After quelling the turmoil, Liu Xiuli tried his best to govern. Politically, it advocates "judo" to govern the country, reform the official system, strengthen the power of Shang Shutai, straighten out the administration of officials, streamline the structure, and give preferential treatment to meritorious heroes; economically, recuperate, implement the degree of land, and develop the economy; culturally, confucianism is vigorously promoted, and integrity is promoted, and history is called "Guangwu Zhongxing".
Eighth place: Genghis Khan
After Genghis Khan established the Mongol Empire on the Mongolian plateau, he implemented the thousand-household system, established a guard army, and promulgated the Great Zaza. After many foreign wars, it occupied a large area of the Jin Dynasty in East Asia and destroyed the Western Xia, Western Liao, and Central Asia's Huarazm, and its conquest footprints reached as far as the Black Sea coast of Eastern Europe. In the eyes of the Mongols, he was a national hero. But Genghis Khan also had a controversial place, Genghis Khan established the barbaric Mongol Empire, and the Mongol Iron Horse would carry out massacres everywhere he went, turning the place into a barbaric place.
Ninth place: Zhao Kuangyin
Zhao Kuangyin was also a controversial figure, Zhao Kuangyin was born as a military general, but because he was afraid of the rebellion of the military generals, he created a precedent of heavy literature and light martial arts, and he could not recover Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. During the Song Dynasty, the Han chinese were passively beaten by northern nomads. However, Zhao Kuangyin also contributed to strengthening the centralization of power in the political aspect, and in the central government, the establishment of the three envoys to participate in the government affairs, the privy councillor, and the three envoys, weakening and dividing the power of the prime minister, and implementing the separation of the three powers of military government, civil affairs and finance. In terms of economy, the Yellow River was vigorously managed, and during the seventeen years of his reign, there were only a dozen records of more than a dozen routs, and there were no serious disasters. In addition to the Yellow River, Zhao Kuangyin also made a lot of repairs to major rivers such as the Canal, the Bian River, and the Cai River. This has also played an important role in the stability of the agricultural economy and the circulation of the commercial economy.
10th place: Li Longji
In the political field, Li Longji first used Yao Chong, Song Jing as portraits, and then Zhang Jiazhen, Zhang Shu, Li Yuanhong, Du Xian, Han Xiu, and Zhang Jiuling as portraits. They have their own strengths and are loyal to their duties, which makes the government full of vitality. Moreover, Li Longji was also able to humbly accept advice at this time, so the politics were clear and the political situation was stable. In the economic aspect, in order to increase the state's income and crack down on the powerful people who forcibly occupied land and concealed and did not report it, Li Longji put the Tang Dynasty's economy on the right track again, lightened the peasants' burdens, and at the same time increased the state's financial revenue, enabling the Tang Dynasty to reach its peak of economy and culture and usher in a prosperous era. However, Li Longji was also a controversial figure, and in his later years, due to the favor of Yang Guifei and the reuse of Yang Guozhong's An Lushan, he led to the disaster of the Anshi Rebellion for a hundred years, which made the Tang Dynasty turn from prosperity to decline. But overall, it can be said that Li Longji was also an excellent emperor.