When I was reading history on Toutiao, I came across an article that counted the "sinners" in Chinese history, that is, some sinners who have influenced history. Of course, there are different opinions, and everyone has different opinions. Most of the characters selected by are corrupt officials and treacherous ministers who form cliques for personal gain. There are so many of these people in every dynasty and every generation. For example, the more famous ones are and . Personally, I think it would be too far-fetched to classify people like them as historical sinners.
The so-called real sinners are not necessarily corrupt officials, but they must be traitorous officials; we should evaluate the so-called "sinners" from the perspective of the development of the nation and history; a corrupt official can affect at most one dynasty, but a historical sinner can affect several people. Thousands of years of history. Today, let’s take stock of what readers think are the “five biggest sinners” in Chinese history and see which ones you agree with!
first place: Empress Dowager Cixi
Comment on the historical sinner Empress Dowager Cixi ranked second, no one dares to compete with him for first place.
As one of the representatives of female powerful figures in Chinese history, Cixi was even more powerful than Empress Lu and Wu Zetian . Cixi's life went through the four dynasties of Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu. During this period, she launched two coups and listened to politics behind the curtain three times. During her time in power, the Qing dynasty government was reduced to a semi-colonial , ceding territory and paying indemnities, and a series of degrading treaties such as the Shimonoseki Treaty, Xinchou Treaty, etc. were enacted, which directly affected the pace of China's development.
From the perspective of national justice and historical development, Cixi, as the actual leader of the late Qing government, deserves the title of "the first sinner" in history.
Empress Dowager Cixi
The second place: Shi Jingtang
Shi Jingtang was the founding emperor of the Later Jin during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was also one of the famous " son emperors" in history; during his rebellion and establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty, he colluded with the Khitan. massacre After the founding of the Central Plains, the Jin Dynasty ceded the "Youyun Sixteen Prefectures" to the Khitan. After the Tang Dynasty was destroyed and he proclaimed himself emperor, he even called Yelu Deguang, who was ten years younger than him, his father and the emperor himself. The son of the emperor, he became a minister to the Khitan.. Because of Shi Jingtang's cession and vassalage, the Han people were massacred and robbed by foreigners at that time, which resulted in the northern region north and east of the Yellow River being almost completely exposed to the threat of foreigners. From then on, the subsequent dynasties of Khitan, Jurchen, and The Mongols had more favorable conditions for their southward invasion of the Central Plains. Although it is said that all ethnic groups are equal now, in the history of China at that time, this was undoubtedly betraying the country and seeking glory.
Emperor Shi Jingtang and Yelu Deguang
The third place: Qin Hui
Qin Hui should be the most familiar person to everyone. As the number one sinner of Song Dynasty, his contribution is no less than Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms "Emperor Shi" Shi Jingtang ; During his period of worshiping the prime minister, he tried his best to denigrate the anti-Jin soldiers and strongly supported the pursuit of peace. At the same time, he formed alliances with private parties, expelled dissidents, and repeatedly caused jails. Instigated Song Gaozong to recall the famous anti-gold general Yue Fei with the "Twelve Gold Medals", and killed Yue Fei on unfounded charges, which resulted in the entire north being ruled by foreigners ; he was one of the famous treacherous ministers in Chinese history.
Kneeling statue in front of Yue Fei's tomb
Fourth place: Emperor Qianlong
Among the famous emperors in Chinese history, " Kangxi and Qianlong " are definitely the two candidates in many people's minds, that is, Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong; as Chinese history Emperor Qianlong, the longest-lived emperor in history and the longest-reigning emperor, could indeed be regarded as a wise emperor. Not only did it increase development in literature and economy, but it also further improved the national territory. But from the perspective of the development of Chinese history, Emperor Qianlong can be rated as a historical sinner.
1. The so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong should actually be Kangxi and Yongzheng , which is the empire built by Emperor Qianlong’s grandfather and father. Strictly speaking, he should be regarded as a typical rich second generation; he was quite diligent in the early days of his reign, but later period is extravagant, the administration is corrupt, let alone corrupt officials such as He Shen, who went to Jiangnan and Xia Yuhe six times to waste people and money!
2. In the late period of his reign, Western countries have entered a new era after the industrial revolution. Emperor Qianlong not only sat in a well and watched the sky without making progress, but also closed the country; made China out of touch with the world trend. Emperor Qianlong should be regarded as an important figure who caused China's modern science and technology and culture to continue to lag behind!
Emperor Qianlong
The fifth place: Jiananfeng
She was the queen of the Western Jin Hui Emperor Sima Zhong. She was jealous by nature because she was ugly, and because Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty was weak, Jiananfeng was in power and was dictatorial at that time, During the period of Jia Nanfeng's dictatorship, the most serious royal civil strife in Chinese history ( The Eight Kings Rebellion ) occurred. At that time, the social economy was severely damaged, which led to the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty and nearly three hundred years of turmoil, which triggered The famous " Wu Hu Chao Hua " in history; during the Five Hu Chaos Period, foreign invaders invaded, the north fell, and under the rule of the foreign barbarians, the people were trapped in wars for a long time, and the people's livelihood, economy, population, and culture were greatly damaged. Tens of millions of Han people were It was reduced to only a few million, and the Han people were almost exterminated, which had a profound and tragic impact on the development of Chinese history!
Jiananfeng
The above content is purely personal opinion, please don’t criticize if you don’t like it. Please point out if there is anything wrong.
