Who are the unlucky emperors in history?
The answer to this question is too broad, Puyi who needs to buy tickets to go home, Chongzhen who is not the king of the subjugated country, Liu Qian, who was not born at the right time, and so on.
Even the Qin Emperor and Han Wu had their own bad feelings, such as the First Emperor of the Ages and the First Emperor of Qin, who were splashed with dirty water by their descendants. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who opened up the territory and expanded the territory, was tricked by warlocks in his later years.
From this point of view, they are also unlucky.
However, compared to their words, among the many emperors, I think the Han Yuan Emperor can be said to be simply unlucky.
Because according to statistics, during the 16 years of the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han, he actually suffered more than 20 natural disasters and issued 10 times of self-condemnation, which was definitely the first time in history.
What natural disasters did this sad emperor suffer?
Let's look at the records of the Yuan Emperor of the Book of Han.
In the book Yun, the Han Yuan Emperor took the throne in the second year of the accident, in June the epidemic prevailed, in September the Kanto flood victims are not happy, the people are empty,
The Great Longxi Earthquake in February of the third year of the reign, because the ancient defense and rescue measures for the earthquake were not timely, the earthquake suffered numerous casualties, and when june was not successful, there was a famine in the Guanzhong area where the floods occurred the previous year, and there was another earthquake in September.
In the 4th year of succession, the people rebelled in the spring, and in April Maoling was burned. Maoling is the mausoleum of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, the legitimate ancestor of emperor Yuan of Han, so this matter is of great significance. But this is not the end of it, this summer drought raged, the grass seedlings dried up, and the people were displaced.
In the 5th year of succession, there were no earthquakes, floods, or droughts in this year, but the comet appeared in the public eye, which was a big event in ancient times, so the unfortunate emperor quickly issued a decree.
In the 6th year of succession, Yangchun March, guess what? It was snowing heavily. Summer temperatures plummeted, September frosts were severe, and this series of abnormal temperatures brought down the world's hunger.
The eclipse of the 7th year of succession appeared, the Longxi Qiang people rebelled in July, the 8th year of succession, the beginning of the year was relatively smooth, but at the end of the year, bad luck came to the door again, an earthquake occurred in November, and there was a heavy rainstorm, and countless deaths and injuries were suffered for a while.
The 9th year of the succession fire eclipse is coming again.
In the 10th year of his reign, torrential rains continued to break through the Yellow River.
In the 11th year of succession, meteorites landed in the spring, and the harvest season in early autumn did not expect a locust plague, and the history recorded that the white moth swarm flew to cover the day.
The year of the 12th year of succession is also a good start, but the ending is very bad. In the early November, an earthquake occurred in the two places, accompanied by rain and snow, and the trees broke down for a while.
In the 13th year of the reign, the earthquake in the Qichu area, rain and snow destroyed countless houses and trees.
In the 14th year of succession, a major earthquake occurred in the Lantian area, and the mountains and rivers collapsed and the still water flowed against the current.
In the 15th year of the reign, eclipses and earthquakes alternated.
The 16th year of succession, this year has finally come, it is the wind and rain, astronomical phenomena have finally changed from the past can be regarded as normal.
The tragic Emperor Yuan of Han died suddenly in this year, at the age of 41.
This unfortunate period of the reign of the Han Yuan Emperor. Why is so much happening?
From a modern perspective, that would be too unlucky.
Strange things happen every year, and he encounters them in particular. The small probability of events being touched by him, there is really no way.
But the ancients did not see it this way, they thought that it was the Han Yuan Emperor himself.
For example, he did not sacrifice during his reign, to say that the sacrifice of ancestors was very important in ancient times, I think every descendant of Yanhuang understands that whether you are poor or rich, every family has the habit of sacrificing ancestors, and the royal family attaches more importance to this matter, because it is closely related to the fortunes of the country.
However, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty did not believe in this evil, and in order to reduce the expenditure, he even ordered that the sacrifice of related ancestors was prohibited.
For example, in 40 BC, Emperor Yuan of Han banned the sacrifice of Zhaoling, the King of Houwu, and the posthumous prince was established. These people were all Liu Bang's family members or relatives of Liu Zhao, the crown prince, and it sounded like a lot, but they were all legitimate Han imperial families, but Emperor Yuan of Han did just that, and this was just the beginning.
Still in 40 BC, Emperor Yuan of Han hurriedly ordered the removal of the ancestral temples set up in each volume and each branch. A year later, he ordered to return to the Temple Garden of the Emperor Taishang, which meant that Liu Bang's father and Liu Ying could no longer enjoy the offerings.
A year later, Emperor Yuan of Han ordered the removal of Empress Bo's mausoleum, and Emperor Wen of Han's mother could not enjoy high-standard treatment.
This seems to us modern people to be diligent and thrifty, but in the eyes of the ancients, this is simply intolerable, forgetting the ancestors and self-destructing the foundation. If you dare to do this, if you dare to do so, then of course the heavens will be angry, and the continuous natural and man-made disasters are the result of the warnings of the heavens.
And the Han Yuan Emperor also had no way, every day for the disaster of one after another, overtime, blood and blood, obviously eating mountain treasures and seafood, but it was not yet 40, hair, teeth are lost, illness is always bad, there is no way to sacrifice all these ancestors.
The history books say that fashion is close to the long uneven, and it has been the way forward for the ancestors. Therefore, I don't know whether it is a psychological effect or a heavenly tossing enough, the last year of the reign of the Han Yuan Emperor finally had a smooth wind and rain, but he ran out of oil and died.
Therefore, on who is the most unlucky emperor in history, the Han Yuan Emperor should be the most unlucky.