Third place: Wu Zhou.
Wu Zhou was a dynasty established by Tang Ruizhong Empress Dowager Wu Zetian on the basis of Tang Dynasty . After Tang Ruizong, the fifth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, succeeded to the throne, the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian came to reorganize the dynasty. When the time came, she replaced it. She changed "Tang" to "Zhou", made the capital Luoyang , and gave herself the title of Holy Emperor. In order to distinguish the Zhou Dynasty in history, it was called "Wu Zhou" in history. During the period when Wu Zetian became emperor, he made contributions to the country: first, he continued to implement the land equalization system and promoted agricultural production; second, he further developed the imperial examination system and created palace examinations and military examinations; third, he knew people well and appointed them well, and reused good ministers such as Lou Shide, Di Renjie, Yao Chong, and Song Jing; fourth, he recovered the four towns of Anxi and established the Beiting Protectorate. Wu Zhou made great contributions and achieved greater development than the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. It is known as " Zhenguan legacy " in history. Wu Zetian is the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history. In 705 AD, Wu Zetian abdicated, Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was restored, the old system of the Tang Dynasty was restored, and the Wu Zhou regime came to an end. From AD 690 to AD 705, there was a total of 1 emperor and 15 years.
Second place: Sui Dynasty.
The Sui Dynasty was a unified dynasty in Chinese history that inherited the Northern and Southern Dynasties and started with the Tang Dynasty. It was established by Yang Jian, with the country name "Sui" and its capital at Daxing City (today's Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). The Sui Dynasty made great contributions: first, it unified China and ended the nearly 300 years of division in China since the end of the Western Jin Dynasty; second, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty worked hard to govern and created a prosperous situation in the founding emperor; third, he created the system of three provinces and six ministries to consolidate centralization; fourth, he formally implemented the imperial examination system, selected outstanding talents, and weakened the monopoly of aristocratic families. The phenomenon of official officials; the fifth is to establish the political hall discussion system, supervision system, and performance appraisal system to strengthen the government mechanism; the sixth is to build the Grand Canal and Chidao to improve the water and land transportation lines; the seventh is to continue to implement and improve the government military system; the eighth is to implement the land equalization system and change the taxation system to reduce the production pressure of farmers; the ninth is to take measures to increase the fiscal revenue of . However, because Yang Guang, the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, was eager for quick success and instant gain, he excessively consumed national power through internal and external measures, which triggered a civil uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty. In 618, Yu Wenhuaji and others launched a mutiny outside and killed Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty Yang Guang, and the Sui Dynasty was destroyed. Of course, after the death of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, the officials in Luoyang once supported Yang Tong as Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty; Li Yuan of Chang'an supported Yang Yu as the Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, from 581 AD to 618 AD, the Sui Dynasty had three emperors and 37 years.
First place: Qin Dynasty.
The Qin Dynasty was the first unified feudal dynasty in Chinese history that developed from the Qin State during the Warring States Period. It was established by Qin Shihuang Yingzheng. The Qin Dynasty made the greatest contribution: First, Qin King Ying Zheng successively destroyed Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi, completing the great cause of unification and ending the five hundred years of division and separatism among princes since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States . The second is to set up a central government to manage national affairs; at the local level, the system of enfeoffment was abolished and replaced by a system of counties and counties. The Qin Dynasty became the first centralized country in Chinese history. The establishment of the centralized system established the basic pattern of China's political system for more than 2,000 years and laid the foundation for the rule of China's unified dynasty. The third is to implement the same text for books, the same track for cars, and the unification of weights and measures; the fourth is to attack the Xiongnu in the north and the Baiyue in the south; the fifth is to build the Great Wall to repel foreign enemies; the sixth is to dig a spiritual canal to connect the water system. In the Qin Dynasty, because the first emperor of Qin was eager for quick success, military service and hard labor were heavy, and the criminal law was cruel. In addition, the ministers and Li Si Zhao Gao forced the prince to death and established Hu Hai as the emperor. This led to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to cut wood into soldiers and rise up, and the world responded. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu raised troops in Jianghuai to resist Da Qin, and the Qin Dynasty was destroyed. From 221 BC to 207 BC, the Qin Dynasty lasted for 15 years with two emperors and one king.
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