In the history of our country, Han Dynasty is a very brilliant dynasty. It is full of glory and loneliness, and has fairy tale-like magnificence. It is another Unified dynasty after Qin Dynasty .
The back and dreams cast by this great empire are worth remembering and savoring by people today. In short, the Han Dynasty deserved the reputation of " strong Han " and "heroic Han" in later generations.
Wenjing's rule
Han Dynasty was a very important period in Chinese history. It inherited the pre-Qin period and started the Sui and Tang . It was the first peak period of economic and cultural development in Chinese history. Emperor Wen of Han After Liu Heng ascended the throne, the Han Dynasty ushered in the first peaceful era and started the famous "Wenjing Governance" in history.
Liu Heng was the third emperor of the Han Dynasty. When he succeeded to the throne, the Han Dynasty was in a period of relatively weak social and economic conditions. In order to make the people rich, Liu Heng learned from the lessons of the demise of the Qin Dynasty, carried out frugality, gave benefits to the people, and vigorously reduced taxes. In the thirteenth year after he came to power, he also issued an edict to the whole country, exempting the national agricultural tax .
Emperor Wen of Han knew that as an emperor, every penny he spent was taken from the people's pockets. In order not to add burden to the people, he was also very stingy to himself.
According to records, Emperor Wen of Han reigned for 23 years, and there was no increase in the palaces, gardens, chariots, imperial uniforms, etc. where he lived.
Originally, he wanted to build a terrace with views. When he heard that the budget would cost a lot of money, it would be enough to support ten families, so he stopped repairing it.
Emperor Wen of Han was a person who practiced frugality until his death. He also asked to keep everything simple for the tombs that he needed to be buried after his death. No precious gold, silver and bronze ware is used to bury with you, only ceramics are used.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty , the Green Forest Uprising, and every Han Dynasty emperor's tomb was opened, but no one went to bully Emperor Wen of Han. This may have been unexpected by Emperor Wen of Han.
After the death of Emperor Wen of Han, he and Empress Dou's son Liu Qi succeeded to the throne, that is, Emperor Jing of Han . Emperor Jing of Han reigned for 16 years. During these 16 years, the Han Dynasty also had good weather and peace.
Of course, historical evaluations of Emperor Jing of Han have been praised and criticized. Some say that during his reign, he was able to increase social wealth and enrich the country's treasury. It was not that he was very talented in governing the country, but that he just enjoyed the benefits of his father Liu Heng's previous strategies for governing the country.
also said that Liu Qi is actually a very cruel and easy-to-kill person. When he was a child, he killed his playmate with disagreement. After becoming the emperor, he even designed to force his own son to death.
And his only achievement was to quell the " Seven Kingdoms ". In fact, he chose the chaos himself. It was mainly due to quelling Zhou Yafu .
However, people say that the founding of a country is easy to defend the national crisis. Although Liu Qi did not have any extraordinary actions, he was able to protect the foundation left by Liu Heng for him, and he also left a large amount of money for his son Emperor Wu of Han to fight Xiongnu , which is also his credit.
Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che
After Liu Qi died, the baton was passed to the famous Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che. Liu Che is different from his father and grandfather. He is neither gentle and friendly as Liu Heng, nor as cruel as his father. He is a straightforward and just doing it with just a gun.
During Liu Che's reign, the Han Dynasty was indeed an opportunity for strong troops and horses to become strong, and the country and the people to be strong. However, he did not live in peace and stability under the halo of prosperity, but had a strong sense of crisis.
He knew that the Huns on the border would sooner or later invade the land of the Han Dynasty, so he judged the situation and decided to raise troops north to attack the Huns.
So, generals such as Wei Qing , Huo Qubing and other generals took the order to lead troops to conquer, eliminated the threat of the Huns, regained the Hetao and Hexi Corridor areas, expanded the Western Regions territory during the Han Dynasty, and put the Huns in a passive surrender.
For a while, Han Dynasty became famous and its military influence became increasingly greater. It has surpassed the core area of the Central Plains and gradually affected the surrounding East Asian region.
For example, in today's South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, etc., the Han Dynasty is no longer the "Han Dynasty in the Central Plains", but has become the "Han Dynasty in East Asia".
Japanese Tribute
As the Han Dynasty's military strength continued to strengthen and its culture and economy became more and more prosperous, a Confucian cultural circle centered on the Han Dynasty gradually formed among East Asian countries.
and the Chinese and foreign order, which is mainly based on the tribute system of and tribute system of , became the culprit of East Asian culture . At that time, many surrounding countries came to pay tribute every year, and wanted to gain recognition from the Han Dynasty, including Japan.
At that time, Japan was just a small island with nothing, but they were very studious and always took advantage of the opportunity to come and pay tribute to go everywhere to see, learn from the advanced culture and consciousness of the Central Plains, and then bring them back to Japan to teach them to their citizens.
Because the land area is too small and the resources are scarce, Japan always cannot bring any strange things every time it pays tribute. It is either the ingredients for brewing wine or some dried fish and shrimps. These things were very poor for the Han Dynasty at that time, but the Han Dynasty still chose to accept them and gave them a heavy gift.
Watching the other dependent countries paying tribute, the Japanese king may also feel a little uncomfortable, so he decided not to take the ordinary path.
When the tribute was paid in the second year, the Japanese envoy brought six very beautiful women as tributes. This move surprised the ministers on the side at that time - they had seen people who had sex with Israel, but had never seen them as blatant as they were.
But the Han Dynasty was very considerate and generous to them. Not only did it not blame them, it also rewarded them with a lot of cloth and gold. Finally, it specially customized a jade seal for them, which read "Han Japanese Slave King Seal". To this day, this jade seal is still stored in Japanese museums.
After a long period of "study" across the ocean, Japan learned all the culture, art, the way of governing the country, etc. of the Central Plains. Later, when Japan reached the Heian era, , gradually formed its own local culture and stopped studying in Zhongyuan.
Nowadays, every time I hear South Korea and Japan say that China’s certain culture was stolen from their country, Chinese people can’t help laughing. Because such remarks are too ignorant, anyone who objectively studies and verifies history can find from various historical materials that the culture of most East Asian countries actually originates from China.
The development of China's history and culture has been moving forward for many years compared to other countries. When Japan was still a barbaric period, China already had texts.
Japan was able to gradually move towards a civilized society because it was because it learned Chinese Confucianism and Buddhist culture , and introduced Chinese characters and laws, and gradually formed a small system of country.
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