Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang (259 BC – 210 BC): The most outstanding statesman, reformer, and strategist in ancient China. He attacked the Xiongnu in the north, baiyue in the south, and built the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles internally. He was the first monarch to complete the unification of China, and the first king in China to be called emperor, so he was called "Shi Huang".
From 259 BC to 210 BC, it took ten years, under his leadership, he successively destroyed Korea, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi, completed the great cause of China's unification, and established a centralized and unified multi-ethnic regime. After the unification of the Six Kingdoms, he tried to repair water conservancy and develop agriculture, ordering the excavation of canals to connect the Xiang River of the Yangtze River system and the Li River of the Pearl River system, and the canal was finally completed in 219 BC to 215 BC. After the destruction of the Six Kingdoms, he began to unify weights and measures, currency, and writing, and was praised by the great thinker of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhen, as "the first emperor of the ages".
Emperor
Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty (156 BC – 87 BC), the 7th emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, was an outstanding politician, strategist, and writer in ancient China.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, nanping and the two Vietnamese, northern expeditions to the Xiongnu, the management of the western region, the passage of southwest Yi, and the eastern ding of Korea, established an unprecedented vast territory, and laid the territorial map of China. He repelled the Great Invasion of the Central Plains by the Xiongnu more than ten times, so that the Western Han Dynasty at that time had a vast living space from south to north, from east to west, and opened up more than 1.96 million square kilometers of territory; under his leadership, the Western Han Dynasty created a set of political systems that were complete and embodied by the Legalists, "Ruling the country by law, not avoiding relatives and nobles", and this legal tradition became the basic paradigm of the Chinese Imperial System in the next two thousand years; under his leadership, a far-sighted diplomatic strategy was formulated and designed. Through the martial arts of Wenzhi, the Western Han Empire became the political and economic center of the Asian continent at that time.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the national strength was prosperous, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and its degree of civilization ranked among the forefront of the world, which was called "the prosperous era of Han Wu" by posterity.
The Kangxi Emperor
3. Qing Shengzu Ai Xinjue Luo Xuan ye (1654-1722), the 4th emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was a brilliant politician and strategist, who reigned from 1661 to 1722, with the era name "Kangxi". He ascended the throne at the age of 8 and pro-government at the age of 14, reigning for 61 years, making him the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history. In the early days of his administration, the domestic and international situation was very grim. In the face of the severe situation, he insisted on the goal of achieving the integrity and unification of the country, and in 1681, he quelled the Rebellion of San Francisco; in 1683, he launched a naval battle to recover Taiwan; in 1689, he defeated the Russian invading army, and signed the Treaty of Nebuchu in Manchu, Russian and Latin, with the Latin text as the official text signed by both sides. Thus ensuring China's sovereignty over the Heilongjiang River Basin; three conquests of Kaldan, and victory. Politically, he strengthened the centralization of power, flaunted benevolent government, and co-opted Han scholars, while paying attention to recuperation and economic development.
During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, the cruel burial system was abolished, and he was concerned about the people's livelihood and personally inspected the water transport and floods in Jiangnan for 6 times. Encouraging agricultural construction and development, the area of reclaimed land in the Qing Dynasty was expanded by 2-3 times, while grain prices fell greatly. He was a staunch defender of the great unification of China's multi-ethnic state, which unified Taiwan, opened up territory, laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, and created a great situation of prosperity in Kangqian, and was revered as "an emperor of a thousand years".
Tang Taizong
4. Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin (598-649 AD), the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, with the era name "Zhenguan", was an outstanding politician, military figure, and poet.
During his reign, he listened to the opinions of his subjects and was humble and consulted; he knew people well and used meritocracy, regardless of origin; he ruled the world in the inner culture, strictly practiced economy, persuaded peasants and sangsang, realized recuperation and recuperation, and the peace of the country and the people, and created the "rule of Zhenguan"; he opened up the territory to the outside world, attacked the Eastern Turks and Xue Yantuo, conquered Gaochang, Guizi, and Tuguhun, severely damaged Goguryeo, and recovered a large area of Chinese territory. He established four towns in Anxi to live in harmony with the various ethnic groups in the northern region, and received the supreme honorific title of "Heavenly Khan".
Economically, Li Shimin practiced the system of equalizing the fields and the system of renting and mediocrity, which made it possible for the peasants to stabilize production and cultivate at times, thus promoting the great economic and social development of the Tang Dynasty; he attached importance to agriculture and reduced the peasants' taxes and labor; he "guarded against extravagance and simplicity," tempered his desire for enjoyment, and eliminated the maladministration of "the people are few and the officials are more," thus helping to lighten the people's burdens and lay an important foundation for the prosperous situation of the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years.
Tang Taizong emphasized the people-oriented, so he often said: "The people, the water, the king, the boat also." Water can carry boats, but it can also cover boats. "In his 23 years in power, the Tang Dynasty's economy developed rapidly, social stability, political clarity, and the people's prosperity and well-being, and there was unprecedented prosperity; the Tang Dynasty's politics, economy, and culture were at the forefront of the world, making great contributions to the development of the Chinese nation.