As the saying goes: The emperor takes turns to do it and comes to my house next year. Ancient Chinese history has a long history, the number of emperors is large, some emperors reigned for a long time, such as the Kangxi Emperor (61 years), the Qianlong Emperor (60 years), and some emperors reigned very short, today with you to see, the shortest reign in ancient Chinese history of the 10 emperors.
10th: Prince Of Qin (reigned for 46 days)
Prince Qin baby
Zi Bao (子兒), also known as Qin III (秦三王), courtesy name Ziyi or Infant, was the last ruler of the Qin Dynasty and reigned for 46 days. During his reign, he was called "King of Qin", but some people in later generations also called him "Qin III", which means that he actually succeeded Qin II as emperor. Initially known as emperor, later renamed king of Qin, historically known as Prince Infant of Qin.
In the third year of Qin II (207 BC), Zhao Gao, who was in full control of the imperial government at that time and had extremely inflated ambitions, after purging the court by means of pointing deer as horses, sent his son-in-law (then Xianyang Ling Yan Le) to kill Qin II, killing the emperor, of course, preparing to change the dynasty and establish himself as emperor.
So after killing Qin II, Zhao Gao gathered his ministers and informed him of the killing of Qin II, but found that the courtiers and generals did not support him as emperor at all. This emperor himself still can't be a temporary, what to do? You can only find a person in front of you first, and then when the time is ripe, you will become the emperor again, so you have set up a baby as an emperor.
However, Zhao Gao also kept a hand, saying that now that rebellions had started in various parts of the Six Kingdoms, Great Qin had lost control of the entire Chinese land. He said: "Qin was originally just a prince, and the first emperor unified the world, so he was called emperor. However, now that the six kingdoms are independent, the Qin state is even more narrow, and it is even more empty to name the emperor, which is not possible. It is appropriate to be king as before. ”
Therefore, when the child reigned, he was only called "King of Qin". And this move is to abolish the emperor of Qin! It was also Zhao Gao who prepared for his continued usurpation of the throne in the future. But Zhao Gaowan did not expect that only five days later, he would be killed by the baby. In October of the first year of the qin prince 's reign (207 BC), Liu Bang led his troops into the pass, and the infant, who had reigned for only 46 days at the time, surrendered to Liu Bang in front of the army. The Qin Dynasty established by Qin Shi Huang single-handedly declared its demise!
More than a month later, Xiang Yu led his army to attack Xianyang and set fire to the city! The baby is killed!
9th place: Yuan Zhao (reigned for 45 days)
Yuan Zhao
Yuan Zhao, great-grandson of Emperor Xiaowen, son of Yuan Baohui the Prince of Lintao, was the 11th emperor of Northern Wei during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, reigning for only 45 days.
On February 25 of the first year of Wu Tai (March 31, 528 CE), Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei died suddenly, and Empress Dowager Hu (Empress Xuanwuling), who was then known as Empress Dowager Hu (Empress Xuanwuling), who was in charge of the Lin dynasty, first falsely referred to Emperor Xiaoming's younger daughter (historically known as Yuan Girl) as a crown prince and proclaimed her emperor. On February 27 of the same year (April 2, 528), it was discovered that the truth could not be hidden, so he replaced the emperor with Yuan Zhao, who was only 3 years old at the time, which shocked the world. At that time, there was a powerful minister Erzhu Rong (who was also one of Emperor Xiaoming's father-in-law), who believed that the empress dowager had killed Emperor Xiaoming, so he led his army to the south to fight and launch the Heyin Rebellion.
On April 11 (May 15, 528), Erzhu Rong captured the capital Luoyang, and Yuan Zhao and Empress Dowager Hu were captured. Erzhu Rong escorted the young lords Yuanzhao and Empress Hu to the Yellow River, and ordered that the young lords Yuanzhao and Empress Hu be sunk into the Yellow River.
The yuan girl mentioned above, explain it here. This Yuan girl's status as a female emperor was generally not recognized by later generations, and the history books never included her in the orthodox imperial lineage, or even regarded her as the orthodox Northern Wei emperor. One is because she was a puppet of Empress Dowager Hu and reigned for a very short time, and the other is because she took the throne as an impostor baby boy. Therefore, to this day, Wu Zetian is still widely regarded by the world as the first and only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history. Of course, there are also some scholars who believe that the fact that the Yuan clan (Yuan girl) was "the first woman to ascend to the emperor's throne cannot be erased."
8th place: Zhu Yulei (reigned for 40 days)
Zhu Yulei (朱聿鐭), grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ninth grandson of Ming Taizu, was the third emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty (11 December 1646 – 20 January 1647). Southern Ming, the collective name of the regime established in the south by the Ming Dynasty clan after the fall of Beijing, lasted 18 years (1644-1662).
On November 5, 1646, the 41-year-old Zhu Yulei hurriedly ascended the throne in Guangzhou. When he ascended the throne, the dragon robes and officials used borrowed Cantonese opera costumes. On December 15 of the same year, Guangzhou was attacked by Qing forces, and Zhu Yulei martyred himself, ending his 40-day career as emperor.
7th place: BoErjin Asokihachi (reigned for 1 month, another version is 42 days)
Bo Er only Jin Asoki eight
Bo'er Jin Asoki VIII, the seventh emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and the eleventh Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. Asoki Bawu Hanwen Temple number and courtesy name, historically known as the Tianshun Emperor, also known as the Yuan Shao Emperor.
In July 1328, emperor Taiding of the Yuan Dynasty died in Shangdu, and the powerful ministers at that time fell to Rasha for "exclusive use, not establishing a monarch for more than a month, and the government and the opposition were suspicious". On September 13, the Privy Council member Yan Timur welcomed king Huai- Tu Timu'er to the throne in Dadu, for Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, with the era name "Celestial Calendar". On October 3, the 9-year-old crown prince Asokyoshi Hachi was made emperor in Shangdu, with the era name Tianshun. The two sides fought the "Battle of The Two Capitals". On November 14, the army of the Imperial Court of Dadu surrounded Shangdu, and the emperor's career as emperor ended.
6th place: Zhu Changluo (reigned for 29 days)
Zhu Changluo
Zhu Changluo, also known as Emperor Guangzong of Ming, was the fourteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty (reigned 28 August 1620 – 26 September 1620)
In July of the 48th year of the Wanli Calendar (1620), Emperor Myeongjinzong died. In August, Crown Prince Zhu Changluo took the throne as emperor with the era name Taichang. However, only ten days after Zhu Changluo held the enthronement ceremony, he fell ill. But the emperor suddenly fell ill, what was the reason? It turned out that this Zhu Changluo was very good when he was not the emperor, and after he took the throne, he was satisfied, and he was even more unhappy, after all, there were so many beautiful women in the harem. Originally, at the beginning of the new emperor's reign, there must have been a lot of things, the government affairs were busy, coupled with the indulgence of returning to the harem, his body was hollowed out, and the years were not spared (39 years old).
Originally it was not a serious illness, take some tonics, rest and rest, and recuperate for a period of time should be able to heal, but cui Wensheng, the eunuch who was in charge of the imperial pharmacy at that time, did not know what reason actually gave the emperor a dose of laxatives, Zhu Changluo had diarrhea thirty or forty times that night, directly pulled the weakness, the body collapsed at once, could no longer get out of bed, and the condition became more and more serious.
At this moment, Li Kezhuo of the Hongxu Temple offered two red pills, and after Zhu Changluo ate the first pill, his condition improved slightly, and after eating the second pill later, Zhu Changluo fell asleep. In the early morning of the next day, at five o'clock on the first day of September of the first month of the first year of Taichang (September 26, 1620), the emperor died. What kind of medicine this red pill is, whether it is poisonous, why Cui Wensheng wanted to enter laxatives to the emperor, these are impossible to figure out, because the emperor died by taking red pills, known in history as the "red pill case".
5th place: Liu He (reigned for 27 days)
Liu He
Liu He, grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, was the ninth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (reigned from July 18 to August 14, 74 BC), reigned for only 27 days, making him the shortest-reigning emperor in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.
In the first year of Yuan Ping (74 BC), Emperor Zhao of Han died, and because he had no heirs, Liu He was conscripted into the dynasty and made crown prince. In June, Liu He accepted the emperor's seal and ribbon and succeeded to the throne. Since Liu He accepted the emperor's seal, he has continuously sent emissaries to issue edicts to various official offices with runes and requisition items, a total of 1127 cases. On several occasions, ministers advised him of his mistakes, and instead of changing his mistakes, he became more and more severe day by day. He sent someone with a paperwork to rebuke the minister and tie him up and put him in jail. Liu He was desolate and dim-witted, lost the courtesy of the emperor, and destroyed the system of the Han Dynasty. More than ten days after Liu He ascended the throne, the great generals Huo Guang and Zhang Anshi plotted to depose the emperor! On the 27th day of Liu He's reign, he was deposed as a Shuren because of his absurdity and unsecuring social welfare, and was known in history as "Emperor of Han"
4th place: Gao Heng (reigned for 24 days)
Gao Heng was the last emperor of Northern Qi during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
In 576, yuwen Yong, the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at the time, personally led an army of 100,000 people to continuously attack the decaying Northern Qi, and the Qi army was repeatedly defeated. Seeing that the country was about to be destroyed, in order not to be the king of the subjugated country and shirk the responsibility of the northern Qi kingdom, in 577 AD, Gao Wei zen his son Gao Heng and threw the pot to his son. Only 24 days after Gao Heng ascended the throne, northern Qi's jingshi fell, and Gao Heng and others wanted to flee to the Chen dynasty in the south. At this time, the Northern Zhou army was in hot pursuit, and he did not dare to sit on this throne, and Gao Heng also wanted to throw the pot, so he wanted to give up the throne to Gao Xiang, a great minister stationed elsewhere, Gao Heng called himself the Heavenly King of Daqi Shouguo, and Gao Wei called himself the Supreme Emperor of Daqi. Gao Heng's father and son even prepared the documents and sent a minister named Huo Lu Xiaoqing to give the Zen text and the seal to Gao Xiang, but Huo Lu Xiaoqing did not give it to Gao Huang, but turned around and gave it to Yuwen Yong, the Emperor of Northern Zhou, as a capital to sell himself to. In the end, Gao Heng's father and son were betrayed by a long-time confidant, Gao Anaqiu, and joined forces with Northern Zhou, Gao Heng and Gao Wei were all captured by Northern Zhou, and Northern Qi perished.
3rd place: Yerushalayim (reigned for just over 20 days)
Jeroboam
Yelü Shulie, the true great-grandson of Emperor Yelüzong of Liaoxing, was the fourth emperor of Northern Liao and the last emperor of Northern Liao. In October 1123, he was proclaimed emperor by Jeroboam. In November 1123, Jeroboam's men mutiny killed Jeroboam, who was also killed by the rebels. He has been in power for just over 20 days.
2nd place: Lee Chung-mo (reigned 17 days)
Li Chongmao film and television materials
Li Chongmao, the fourth son of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, li xian, was an emperor of the Tang Dynasty, also known as Emperor Shao of Tang.
In June 710, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was poisoned by Empress Wei, who installed the 16-year-old Li Chongmao as emperor with the era name "Tang Long", who was ruled by Empress Wei in the Lin Dynasty, and wanted to emulate Wu Zetian and monopolize power. However, a few days after Li Chongmao became emperor, on June 20, 710, Li Longji, the king of Linzi at the time, joined forces with Princess Taiping to launch the "Tanglong Coup", completely destroying the Wei clique and killing Empress Wei, Princess Anle, and Shangguan Wan'er and other women in power.
After the Tang Long coup, on June 23, the 17th day of Li Chongmao's ascension to the throne, Li Chongmao ascended the throne, and the leader of the group of courtiers was Princess Taiping, and when Princess Taiping saw that all the officials had arrived, she said: "The country is uneasy, and the emperor wants to pass on the throne to Li Dan in order to stabilize the country", forcing Li Chongmao to abdicate. Liu Youqiu, one of the participants in Tang Long's coup, also took out the edict of succession that had been written long ago and read it out. Li Chongmao already knew that his throne could not be saved, but he did not expect that this day would come so quickly, and he was stupid there at that time. At this time, the scene was awkward, the edict of succession was read, the new emperor was waiting for succession, and Li Chongmao sat there still.
At this time, Princess Taiping took a few steps to the throne and said to him, "The hearts of the people have all returned to King Xiang." Boy, this position is not yours anymore! "Pulling Li Chongmao's collar, pulling him aside, then taking Li Dan's hand to help him to the throne, and then leading the group of ministers to shout long live, in this way, Li Chongmao was deposed as emperor.
Li Dan became emperor for Tang Ruizong, the era name Jingyun. Three days later, Li Longji was made crown prince. In the third year of Jingyun (712), Li Danchan gave the throne to Li Longji for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
1st place: Yan Chenglin (reigned less than 1 hour)
Finish Yan Chenglin
Finished Yan Chenglin, formerly known as Completed Yan Hu Dun, a descendant of Jin Shizu, was originally a general of the Jin Dynasty and the last emperor of the Jin Dynasty.
In the last year of the Jin Dynasty, in the first month of the third year of Tianxing (1234), the Mongol army broke through the bamboo, marched straight forward, and attacked the Jin Kingdom together with the Southern Song Dynasty army. At that time, the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Jin Aizong, knew that he could not resist it, the day of the fall of the country was coming, and Dajin was going to die! But he wanted to face it again, I can't be the king of this subjugated country, otherwise how to go to see the patriarchs after death, so he issued an edict, wanting to give the Zen throne to Yan Chenglin, you come to be the emperor!
Originally, Yan Chenglin was determined to push back, and I didn't do it! The country is about to perish and make me emperor? However, Jin Aizong pleaded bitterly, saying, "It is also a last resort to entrust Jiangshan Sheji to you." He was obese and could not go out on horseback. In case the city falls, it will be difficult to break through. Considering that you are usually physically fit and have a general's strategy, if you are lucky enough to escape, you can continue to be a national servant, which is the intention of Yuan. Hearing that the emperor had said this, what else could a general of his courtiers do? Therefore, Yan Chenglin could only agree to succeed to the throne.
However, shortly after the ceremony of succession, the Song Meng army attacked the city, and when Jin Aizong heard the war report, he was frightened and urinated, and the emperor fled to Youlanxuan, and what about Yan Chenglin, who had just become emperor? The good villain was a general and a new emperor, so he could only lead his troops out to meet the enemy and start a street battle. However, it could not be fought or defeated, and because it was unable to defeat the Song and Mongol forces, it retreated to the sub-city. As for Jin Aizong, after escaping to Youlan xuan, he hanged himself, that is, he was hanged. After Yan Chenglin received the news of Emperor Aizong's death, he and a hundred officials went to the body of Emperor Aizong to weep bitterly, and Yan Chenglin was weeping to sacrifice Emperor Aizong, and the Song Meng army attacked the sub-city. Yan Chenglin could only lead the army to fight again, this time not so lucky, directly killed in the rebellion.
According to historians, Yan Chenglin reigned for less than an hour, that is, less than 2 hours from official ascension to the throne to death, making him the shortest-reigning emperor in Chinese history.
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