<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > introduction:</h1>
"Pity the Qin Emperor Han Wu, slightly lose the literary style" We evaluate the Han Wu Emperor and compare him with qin shi huang. If we compare every emperor in China for five thousand years to a book, I personally think that Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, must be a wonderful novel with ups and downs in every chapter. But history is always strikingly similar, and in England after 1600, there was also a king with a very similar life, who was the father of "Bloody Mary" and "Elizabeth I" of the Dodo dynasty, "Henry VIII".
(Henry VIII)
(Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty)
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > are not the first choice for heirs</h1>
History records that the mother of Emperor Wudi of Han Liu Che was not favored, and in his infancy, Emperor Wu of Han often received bullying from eunuchs in the palace, but his mother was successful in educating him, so that when he later saw his aunt and cousin, he could say such thought-provoking words as "if one day he has a wife, he will hide it in a golden house", and it can be seen that the young Liu Che is a clever person who is good at grasping the hearts of others, and it turns out that sweet-mouthed children have sugar to eat, and in the days that follow, Princess Guantao also spared no effort to help Liu Che step by step to the throne of the emperor. And our other protagonist Henry VIII is also a teenager and must not pay attention, if it were not for the unfortunate death of his brother, I am afraid that his father would not think of such a son in his lifetime, and he also married his brother's widow, Princess Catherine of Spain, with the full support of the Spanish royal family.
(Nagato Fu of Gillian)
(Catherine of Aragon)
We can see that the first marriage of these two is a marriage with political overtones, such a relationship is undoubtedly a strong alliance, easier to achieve the goal, but the same kind of marriage is also the most fragile, because the purpose of the husband and wife is too strong, and the feelings are too weak, once there is another conflict of interest, the two will fall apart, the result is obvious, Gillian with "Nagato Fu" can not save the heart of Emperor Wu, and Henry VIII in order to divorce Catherine, at the expense of the two of the two of the "incest" gimmick.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the second partners of both were servants and could not die well</h1>
The second empress of Emperor Wu of Han we all know is the sister of the great general Wei Qing, the aunt of Huo Qi, who was very fond of Wei Zifu in the Princess Pingyang Palace, and also made his son Liu Zhi the crown prince, but in the end he also ordered the beheading of the prince and the queen because of the witchcraft, and suffered heavy casualties.
(Wei Zifu) 1
(Anne Pauline) 2
Similarly, Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Pauline, was originally only a handmaiden of Queen Catherine, and had the privilege of falling in love with the king, who filed a six-year divorce lawsuit with the queen for him, and finally succeeded in becoming queen, and was finally beheaded by Henry VIII for trumped-up adultery.
These two monarchs have made their own mistakes of judgment, but is it really just a mistake in judgment, I think not, Emperor Wu of Han favored the Wei family brothers and sisters, has long caused dissatisfaction in the DPRK, and Henry VIII for Anne's religious reform, domestic disputes, they have indirectly become the "fuse" of the political turmoil at that time, so the execution of them is an inevitable result, it turns out that in the face of power, the king must also leave his children's love behind.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > love the third woman</h1>
(Mrs. Lee)
(Jane. Seymour)
Maybe it's a coincidence or fate, these two monarchs are obsessed with their third partner, Emperor Wu of Han is obsessed with Lady Li, until his old age, and Henry VIII is also like this for his third queen, Jane Seymour, but these two beauties are red-faced and short-lived, I think this may also be related to the time they spend with their husbands, they are in a state of hot love during their time with their husbands, they inevitably love them, and they die young in the best of times. I only let my husband see the most perfect look of himself, so he lingered.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > both engaged in wars of territorial expansion</h1>
The contribution of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to China's territory is rare in history, during his reign, he crusaded against the Xiongnu, expanded his territory to the Hetao Plain, etc., all the way to the North Island of Korea belonged to the territory of the Great Han, and during the reign of Henry VIII, he and the King of Spain launched the French War, which is the famous "Anglo-French War" in history, although these two were forced to have a little shadow of war maniacs, but had to admit that their expansion of their own national territory provided more powerful capital for future monarchs.
(Territory during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty)
(Anglo-French War)
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > both launched an ideological revolution</h1>
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu proposed "deposing a hundred families and respecting Confucianism alone", which is different from the "book burning pit Confucianism" in the Qin Dynasty and the "rule by doing nothing" of Huang Lao in the early Han Dynasty, which more affirmed Confucius's thought, and also promoted the enthusiasm of readers, which played a great role in consolidating rule and promoting political development.
(Reformation)
On the other hand, the "Reformation" initiated by Henry VIII also had an unprecedented impact on the situation in Europe, but the European courts were honored by the Pope, resulting in some rulers of the Holy See arbitrarily oppressing the people, the people were miserable, the monarchs of various countries were subject to the Pope, and Henry VIII became the representative figure of the struggle against the Holy See, which played a very important role in European thought, culture, and religious beliefs hundreds of years later.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > both were orphaned on their deathbeds</h1>
Before his death, Emperor Wudi of Han entrusted Liu Fuling to Huo Guang, and killed Liu Fuling's mother to prevent his foreign relatives from interfering in politics after his death, which I think Emperor Wudi of Han was ruthless and desperate, he was as if he was born for politics, for the sake of his ancestors and the majestic rivers and mountains he left behind, he could do what ordinary people did not do, thinking of what ordinary people did not want.
(Henry VIII and Edward VI)
And the same is true of our old King Henry, who entrusted his youngest son Edward VI to his uncle Satsuart before his death, all the same old sons, all the same uneasy young sons, looking for the help of their ministers, and their sons were all the same fate, all of whom died young soon after their reign.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks:</h1>
I don't believe that the two of them didn't take the same script to different historical stages, but we can't blindly believe that this is the arrangement of fate, saying that Henry VIII is the reincarnation of Emperor Wu of Han and so on. It can only be said that the environment of the two monarchs at that time was similar, both of them were monarchs in the early days of the founding of the country, and the predecessors had laid the foundation for them, and what they had to do was how to sit firmly in this country, and on this basis, bring their empire to glory. Objectively speaking, both men accomplished certain tasks well, such as Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty finding "Confucianism" suitable for Chinese feudal rule, and Henry VIII introduced Protestantism that could counter Romanism, both of them also made outstanding contributions to territorial expansion, and both made some mistakes in their later years that harmed themselves and others. But maybe the laws of nature are like this, the same mistake, not only one person makes, there will be many people to make the same mistake. The existence of things has its universality and its particularity. And what everyone has to do is to follow the laws of society to complete that part of themselves.