In 141 BC, Emperor Jing died, and Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che ascended the throne.
After " Wenjing's rule " and decades of rest and recuperation, Han Dynasty became increasingly prosperous and the imperial power was further consolidated.
Emperor Wu of Han was young and ambitious. He no longer imagined that he was as quiet and inaction as his grandfather. He wanted to wear strong and hold his strength and show his talents.
In order to strengthen centralization, he ordered the princes to grant their children another feudal, making the princes' fiefdoms smaller and weaker and their power gradually weakened.
Emperor Wu of Han also deprived 106 marquises and kings of various excuses.
He ordered all the tyrants of counties and states with more than three million property to Kyoto, "in-one capital, and out-of-export cunning" to facilitate control.
For those rebellious local tyrants, he appointed "ruthless officials" and killed them.
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the prime minister had a very strong position and dispersed the imperial power. Emperor Wu of Han greatly weakened the prime minister's power and strengthened the power of the inner court organization-Shangshu.
In order to implement the political unification of and strengthen ideological rule, Emperor Wu of Han often summoned Confucian scholars to investigate the countermeasures of virtuous people.
Confucian representative figure Dong Zhongshu three times in response to the measures, and proposed a complete set of Confucian system to maintain feudal rule.
Emperor Wu of Han praised him very much and adopted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion of "destroying all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone."
During the Qin and Han dynasties, the northern Xiongnu often disturbed the border and killed and robbed. The country was weak in the early Han Dynasty and was unable to fight back, so it had to marry the Huns.
In 133 BC, Emperor Wu of Han resolutely gave up his marriage policy, mobilized 300,000 troops, and began a large-scale counterattack against the Huns.
In order to strengthen the cavalry of the Han army, the government raised hundreds of thousands of horses and encouraged the people to raise a large number of horses.
From 129 BC to 119 BC, Emperor Wu of Han commanded the Han army to fight more than ten battles with the Huns.
The war in Mobei is unprecedented in scale. In this battle, the Han army invested hundreds of thousands of elite troops, penetrated two thousand miles deep into the hinterland of the Huns, and captured more than 70,000 people. At this point, the Huns were greatly damaged and were unable to invade the Han Dynasty again.
Wudi In order to contact Western Regions , all countries jointly attack slaves, they sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions twice, promoting cultural exchanges between the East and the West.
Emperor Wu also repeatedly used troops to the south, opening up the southern, southeast and southwest territories, making local separatist forces surrender to the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Wu of Han attached importance to the development of economic and cultural undertakings. During his reign, a large number of outstanding scholars emerged. Emperor Wu himself also liked , fu, .
In 87 BC, Emperor Wu of Han died of illness at the age of 71. His civil and military achievements will be remembered in later generations.
