In the past five thousand years, more than 400 emperors have been born in China.
There are emperors every year, and there are many Ming emperors.
Pioneering type, Wenzhi martial arts type, benevolent and kind type, talented and intelligent type.
Men of all styles are different.
Today, let Li Ge carefully select the ten greatest emperors in Chinese history and see which emperors can stand out.
The rankings are in order, and the selection is very subjective.
Let's take a look at who is the strongest emperor.
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10th place - Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng
Reason for the list: Any positive emperor ranking must have me, this is the law.
(Portrait of Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng)
Putting Qin Shi Huang in the tenth place, many netizens may be about to fry the pan.
Am I mistaken? This is the first emperor of China, the first emperor of the ages!
Sweeping the Six Kingdoms, unifying the world, writing the same text, driving on the same track, attacking the Xiongnu, building the Great Wall...
Speaking of the exploits of Brother Zheng, I can't finish it in three days and three nights.
Such a cattle emperor, ranked tenth?
Yes, it's tenth place.
Because from a macroscopic point of view, although the sequence of Qin Shi Huang is in front of all the emperors, he is not a typical Ming Jun.
According to the author, what is a typical Ming Jun? This means that an emperor's merit is more than 80%, and his fault is about 20%, which is called a more typical Ming Jun.
Obviously, the political brother belongs to the mixed type of merit.
How aggressive he is in the early stage, how slack he is in the later stage. How diligent the early stage is, how corrupt it is in the later stage, how benevolent it is in the early stage, and how cruel it is in the later stage.
Half of the credit for the establishment of the Qin Dynasty lies with Zheng Ge, but he also has to take half the responsibility for the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
In the hands of Qin Shi Huang, the Great Qin Empire is like a fleeting firework, fireworks are easy to cold, the empire is overthrown, and the glory disappears at the same time.
However, the historical status of Brother Zheng is still very important, and it may be exaggerated for an emperor to put on other emperors, but it is absolutely appropriate to put it on Brother Zheng, why?
Because even the word emperor was invented by him.
9th place - Then the Heavenly Saint Emperor Wu Zetian
Reason for the list: Who said that women are inferior to men, and women can hold up half the sky
(Portrait of Wu Zetian)
Wu Zetian's life is undoubtedly legendary.
She served Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, fell in love with Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, and gained power during Emperor Gaozong's reign.
After Emperor Gaozong died of illness, he deposed the monarch twice, and finally simply went it alone, changed dynasties, and became a female emperor on behalf of Tang Lizhou.
In essence, Wu Zetian wanted to be a good emperor.
However, the matter of a woman becoming emperor was too shocking in that era, so the ministers did not cooperate with her work, which led to Comrade Wu Zetian's reign did not have much achievement.
But not too much achievement does not mean that there is no achievement, just the only recognized female emperor in Chinese history, it can be said that there is no ancient person before, and there is no one after.
In that era of male power, Wu Zetian's ability to become emperor can no longer be said to be a legend, but a miracle.
Finally, to sum up her life, she loved the Li Tang royal family, but also hated the Li clan relatives, she was once engulfed by desire, but also at the end of her life to look down on everything.
The empress is the empress, and the tombstones are wordless.
Why is it wordless?
Because of the tough life, there is no need to explain.
8th place - Liu Xiu, Emperor Wu of Han Guangwu
Reason for the list: In order to correct the timeline, I summoned meteorites.
(Portrait of Liu Xiu, Emperor Wu of Han Guangwu)
Liu Xiuren, as his name suggests, is a showman.
Others fight by courage, by strategy, by courage, and by magic.
In the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power, and Liu Xiu, as a descendant of Liu Shi, naturally had to clean up the chaotic courtiers and thieves.
So Liu Xiu and Wang Mang made an appointment to fight a decisive battle in Kunyang, Henan.
Liu Xiu had 20,000 people and Wang Mang had 400,000 people, and as a result, my brother Mang actually lost.
Because on the eve of the launch, meteorites fell from the sky, smashing Wang Mang's army into a mess.
If the meteorite that fell from the sky is purely accidental and cannot be tied to Liu Xiu, then Xiu'er's other life deeds are equally wonderful.
This is an emperor who won more with less in the entrepreneurial period, and was desperate to survive.
Often a variety of extreme operations, 1v4, 1v5 is more commonplace, blink of an eye to push the enemy crystal burst.
Talent points burst, lucky points burst.
There is one word everywhere in his life, that is: show.
It's so showy.
At first glance, it is a professional player.
Not only that, Liu Xiu, who became emperor, also had a very rare plus, that is, to treat heroes well.
Historically, when the new emperor ascended the throne, he must have unloaded and killed the donkeys for the partners who started a business together.
But the brothers who fought with Liu Xiu almost all had a good death.
Emperor Wu of Han Guang was handsome and kind, and there must be his place on the leaderboard.
7th place - Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang
Reason for the list: The opening game gives you a bowl, can you become the founding emperor?
(Portrait of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang)
Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang's deeds do not need to be introduced much.
In childhood, he herded cattle, teenagers became monks, middle-aged people fought wars and rebelled, and middle-aged and elderly people became emperors.
Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang can be said to be the most correct emperor in Chinese history.
Gaozu Liu Bang was once the head of the police station of the Qin Dynasty.
Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was the head of the houzhou temple, equivalent to the captain of the security brigade.
Almost all the founding emperors of all dynasties have served as civil servants of the previous dynasty to varying degrees, only Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in cloth, did not receive a dollar salary from the Yuan Dynasty, started from scratch, step by step in the chaotic era at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, became stronger and bigger, and finally finally sealed the Ninth Five-Year Plan and became the emperor.
Unlike other emperors, when someone becomes emperor, they cannot resist the temptation of power, usurp power and seize the throne, bloody and cruel.
Some people become emperors for the sake of glory and wealth, to live a life of gold and jade food, super vvvvvip.
To sum up, most people want to become emperors for their own selfish interests and desires.
But Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously not.
When he became emperor, he was forced to be helpless.
As a teenager, he used to strike the bell in the temple for a mouthful of food, and he used to beg everywhere for a bowl of porridge.
Our comrade Zhu Yuanzhang's appeal is very simple, he just wants to eat enough.
The two words of eating enough have been implemented throughout Zhu Yuanzhang's life.
After becoming emperor, it is not enough that he can eat enough, and Zhu Yuanzhang still wants to let the people eat enough.
Crack down corruption, show compassion for the people, and engage in many policies and systems to benefit the people.
Born into the people, he understood the people best and understood the people the most.
In a sense, he was the best emperor for the people.
However, because Lao Zhu likes to kill heroes, his ranking is slightly lowered.
However, Brother Zhu was not a person who cared about rankings, and he himself said it himself:
I am the right cloth of Huaihuai, and the world is with me.
6th place - Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty
Reason for the list: The emperor who will self-examine is a clear stream in the imperial world
(Portrait of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty)
Emperors like Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty actually belong to the type that does not need much introduction.
Because he belonged to the kind of emperor who was very familiar.
Emperor Wu was as good as his name, Shang Wu, and loved to fight very much.
Fight Minyue, fight Xiongnu, fight South Vietnam, fight Southwest Yi, fight Dongyue, fight Korea, fight Taxi Division, fight Dawan, fight Luntai, fight Yucheng.
Some people say it is impossible, how can someone fight?
Hey, don't doubt.
The above is not my nonsense, every battle is recorded in detail in the history books.
From the time Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty came to power, he basically fought every day.
There are pros and cons to this matter, defending the family and defending the country, opening up the territory, and Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty can be said to have set a very good example for the Chinese emperor.
His name resounded throughout the big man, and his exploits directly blinded my dog's eyes.
However, the perennial exhaustion of military force also greatly reduced the comprehensive national strength of the Han Dynasty.
Generally speaking, Ming Jun can know his mistakes and correct his mistakes, but he will never admit his mistakes, after all, he is the emperor, where is this wrong face?
However, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty knew that he had corrected his mistakes and admitted his mistakes, and promulgated the first edict of sin in Chinese history.
Personally review your own mistakes with the world.
With this mind, it is on the list, not too much, right?
5th place - Tang Taizong Li Shimin
Reason for the list: Destiny, the number one figure in datang.
(Portrait of Tang Taizong Li Shimin)
Comrade Li Shimin really has no choice in being an emperor, but everyone has meritorious achievements, and the dynasties and dynasties have randomly dragged out two Ming Emperors, and they can fight with Emperor Taizong in terms of professional level and work ability, and the reason why Li Shimin can be ranked in the middle of the list is because of one of his special talents - good personnel management.
What is the most valuable in the 21st century?
Talent, of course.
However, Liu Bang is also good at personnel management, and Zhu Yuanzhang is also good at it, but if Brother Liu and Brother Zhu are at the level of masters, then Li Shimin is the level of the Great God.
He's too good at using people.
There are too many famous courtiers under his rule.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruyi, eldest grandson Wujie, Chu Suiliang.
Qin Shubao, Wei Chigong, Ling Hu Dedi, and Li Yaoshi.
Just having first-class talents is nothing, li Shimin is still an emperor who respects talents very much.
The emperor secretly played with the birds, just when Comrade Wei Zheng came to make a work report, the emperor was afraid of being seen by Wei Zheng playing with birds as a plaything, and he kept the birds in his hands until Wei Zheng got off work, emperor Taizong did not dare to take the birds out, and as a result, the birds were suffocated.
So the question is, is Li Shimin afraid of Wei Zheng?
No, he was the emperor, of course he was not afraid of Wei Zheng, he respected Wei Zheng.
The emperor is the supreme emperor of all multiplications, the supreme in the world, let me ask, how many emperors in this world can really respect others?
However, Brother Li also has shortcomings.
His throne is not the right way, after all, it was slain by killing his brother and brother, so in this ranking, condescending to the fifth place.
4th place - Qing Shengzu Ai Xinjue Luo Xuan Ye
Reason for the list: Since the ancient heroes came out of the teenager, Kangxi is the strongest teenager
(Portrait of Qing Shengzu Ai Xinjue Luo Xuanye)
The life deeds of the Kangxi Emperor can be said to be catchy.
The young man was pro-government, and he was three times peaceful, except for Aobai, unifying Taiwan, expelling Tsarist Russia, and marching three times to Kaldan.
Basically, the emperor's first half of his life, did not stop much, overtime madman, 966 all year round, staying up late is a daily routine.
Moreover, most of the above great achievements were done when the emperor was young.
At the age of sixteen or seventeen, he was amazed, his merits were in the contemporary era, his benefits were in the thousands of autumns, and looking around, there was really no emperor who could compare with Kangxi when he was young.
There are even many historians who believe that the Kangxi Emperor is the true emperor of the ages, because his life is really too magnificent.
Of course, to this day, the name of the Emperor of the Ancients, because of the abuse of some netizens, its honor has been greatly reduced, today the Sui Emperor Yang Guang is also an emperor of the ages, tomorrow the King of Shang is also the Emperor of the Ages, and the day after tomorrow, the Song Huizong is still the Emperor of the Ages.
Now the emperor of the ages is becoming less and less valuable, more and more watery.
Originally a compliment, now it seems to be more and more used for ridicule.....
Aisin Kyora Genye, who ascended the throne at the age of 8, wrote the legend of his life with what he did.
His 61 years in power made him the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history.
The king of standby, the king of hang-up, who am I to give up?
However, due to the long reign, it is inevitable that he will be lazy in the later period.
Considered comprehensively, the Kangxi Emperor ranked fourth.
3rd place - Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty
Reason for the list: Brother is actually very wise, brother is actually very iron-blooded, brother is actually very talented, it is you who misunderstand brother
(Portrait of Li Yu, lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty)
I know that seeing this, netizens will definitely be frying pan again.
Make no mistake about old iron?
Li Yu, a famous king of the fallen kingdom in Chinese history.
Fainting and incompetent, losing power and humiliating the country, addicted to fun, not thinking of making progress, this can also be on the leaderboard?
Indeed, in people's inherent impressions, Li Yu was an uncompromising monarch of the subjugated country.
He is indeed the king of the fallen country, but people's impression of his labels is great
Wrong.
Some people say that Li Yu is faint and incompetent, but in fact, when Comrade Li Yu was in power, he enriched the country and strengthened the army, developed the people's livelihood economy, and grasped both military and financial affairs, and the level was quite good.
He was a very capable emperor and had a high level of governance.
Saying that he lost power and humiliated the country, it was even more illusory, Li Yu and the northern Song Dynasty's zhao kuangyin big brother worked against each other for many years, so many years later, there was no less war, no less resistance, he also secretly trained water special forces, planning to fight with Zhao Kuangyin to the death.
He is very courageous, and he is the kind of type that would rather die in battle and lose her society than give up to jiangshan.
Of course, to say absolute, is not too absolute.
Later, there was really no way out, and then I surrendered.
And to say that he is addicted to fun is even more wronged.
People Li Yu went to work on time, left work on time, never lacked cards, did not leave early, and was not late.
Brother Li likes to sing and dance, calligraphy music, but everyone uses their spare time.
The emperor is also a man, and it is not too much to have some hobbies, right?
So in fact, the real Li Yu and the Li Yu that most people know are actually two completely different people.
He definitely deserves the title of Ming Jun.
And, the reason why he is great is because this brother is basically the most talented in the sequence of Chinese emperors, and there is no one.
Writing poetry and writing words is a school of its own, and the art of calligraphy and painting is unique. The level of music is even better, put in today, participate in a draft, a proper national championship.
Comrade Li Yu's life is sad and resolute, tender and iron-blooded, just like his poem:
Forty years of home country, three thousand miles of mountains and rivers. Fengge Dragon Tower is connected to Xiaohan, and Yushu Qiongzhi is made into a smoke lotus. Several have known each other.
Such a legend, such a encounter, ranked third on the leaderboard.
2nd place - Song Renzong Zhao Zhen
Reason for the list: Kindness is always born to be human, the greatest virtue.
(Portrait of Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong)
There are many emperors of Rende in Chinese history.
Qing Ren Zong Ren De, love the people like a son.
Yuan Renzong was enlightened and tolerant of the world.
Xia Renzong was tolerant and sympathetic to the people.
Akihito was gentle and lenient.
These emperors are already very good, but if there is an emperor who can really represent "Ren", I still recommend Song Renzong first.
Song Renzong was really a kind person.
In the summer, I went out for a walk, looked back with three steps, turned around with five steps, and people looked very strange, but they didn't dare to ask more.
Who would be idle and ask the emperor what he was looking back? Isn't that a matter of heart-wrenching for yourself?
After the emperor returned to the palace, he drank a breath of water, and the empress said why are you so thirsty, and didn't you drink water outside?
Renzong said you don't have to mention it, I looked back several times all the way, and found that the people under me didn't bring water, and I didn't dare to ask, I was afraid that after asking, the people in the palace knew that these people forgot to bring water and then punished them.
It was rare for the emperor to be afraid that his subordinates would be punished and to be able to endure hunger and thirst for a long time.
After the emperor finished drinking the water, it was time to eat lunch, and the palace maid brought a bowl of rice porridge, and the emperor just drank two sips and ate a grain of sand.
This frightened the emperor.
Yes, you heard it right, the rice porridge was eaten with sand, which scared Emperor Renzong enough.
Renzong said that I should keep the matter of eating sand absolutely confidential, and I must not let a third person know, otherwise the cook who cooked would be punished because of me.
These are just two portrayals of Renzong's life.
Our comrade Renzong is a good old man who has never met in eternity.
He does not seem to be an ancient emperor, but more like an emperor with the good qualities of modern people.
He was kind and afraid of everyone around him because he was punished.
He was fair, whether it was a subordinate or a eunuch, he treated everyone equally.
How can an emperor who is so kind to the people around him be bad to the people of the world?
Even when Song Renzong died, the then Liao Emperor Yelü Hongji wept bitterly, crying bitterly, which was quite uncomfortable.
Even the emperor of the enemy country wept bitterly for it, how could Song Renzong not be on the list?
No. 1 - Qian Hongli, the lord of Wuyue State
Reason for the list: The real emperor is the emperor who knows how to give up.
(Portrait of Qian Hongli, lord of Wuyue Kingdom)
When it comes to Qian Hongli, everyone may not be familiar with it.
In terms of fame, he is not as good as the Qin Emperor Han Wu, Tang Zong Song Zu, and even casually brought out an ordinary emperor, the fame is greater than him, because Wu Yueguo is only a small country in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, a corner of peace, passed down from generation to generation, basically nothing major happens, let alone much fame.
In terms of merit, Qian Hongli was even less than the other emperors in the rankings.
It can be said bluntly that this emperor did nothing.
The political performance is mediocre, the professional ability is mediocre, the variety is mediocre, and there is no outstanding place.
And he can become the first place in this ranking, starting from a historical allusion.
After the Chen Qiao Mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin became stronger and bigger, and had gradually unified the north, at this time there were two countries in the south, one was Li Yu's Southern Tang, and the other was Qian Hongli's Wu Yueguo.
Li Yu fought for a while, but could not defeat Zhao Kuangyin, so he was ko. However, Qian Hongli sat in Jiangnan, his family was big, and he had the strength to touch Zhao Kuangyin.
But Qian Hongli made a decision that surprised everyone, he gave up his position as emperor, gave up the long inheritance of Wu Yueguo, and the whole country surrendered.
So how can such a capitulationist be at the top of the list?
Some people say that when the emperor is a desperate battle, how many soldiers will bury their bones?
Some people say that in the time of life and death, we will never surrender, and the bloody war will be fought to the end, but how many lives will be destroyed, how many people will be displaced, and how many families will be destroyed?
And for the sake of the people of the world, Qian Hongli made a great renunciation.
He surrendered the whole country, honored Zhao Kuangyin as emperor, gave up his farewell to the total, and dedicated all thirteen prefectures, the first army, eighty-six counties, 556,800 households, and 115,160 soldiers to the Song Dynasty to promote the unification of China.
And the people of Li in the State of Wu Yue lived and worked in peace and contentment, unharmed.
Wen zhi wu gong inevitably killed his brother, and Wen Tao wu luo inevitably suffered from blood debts.
The throne is so tempting, once it is owned, there will never be any possibility of changing hands.
But Qian Hongli did it.
It is very simple to be an emperor who opens up the territory, to be a wise and intelligent emperor, and to be a monarch of benevolence and charity.
But to be an emperor who knows how to give up is indeed more difficult.
For the sake of the people of the world and the people, he resolutely decided to give up his throne, even if there was a possibility of defeating Zhao Kuangyin, he also chose to give up.
He may not be famous in the long river of history, and he may not have merit among many emperors.
He may be incompetent, stupid, cowardly, and has nothing to do with the good emperor.
But he's still a great guy.
yes.
Qian Hongli was a good emperor, but also a good person.
Because love and kindness, from ancient times to the present, are the eternal themes of human society.
And that's why I love history.
Because I have always believed that in the feudal history intertwined with blood and tears, under the cruel past of those swords and swords, in the confrontation of power and desire, the brilliance and goodness of human nature will always exist.