Some people think that the king of national subjugation must be a bad king, otherwise why would he die? Although this theory seems reasonable, it can't stand the test. Of course, the king of national subjugation was groggy and incompetent, but some of them were controlled by powerful ministers. For example, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty was controlled by powerful ministers all his life until his death, but I'm afraid he can't be called a bad king.
Some gentlemen will take the initiative to kill people. Such as Qin Shihuang, Qin Ershi, Shi Hu, Gao Yang, Xiao Baojuan and so on. Although these people may not be competent, I'm afraid it is more appropriate to call them tyrants.
There are still many monarchs who made a difference in the early stage. Some people can even be called Mingjun in the early days, such as Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty (Qianlong). I'm afraid there are some problems in calling these people bad kings in general.
Some monarchies have mental problems, such as Sima Zhong, the Emperor of Jinhui, who is mentally retarded. Someone told him that ordinary people can't eat it, but he actually said, "Why don't you eat broth?" Of course, such people are incompetent as emperors, but they are born with disabilities, so it seems unfair to classify them as bad kings.
Therefore, the criteria for selecting the top ten bad kings are as follows:
1. Mental retardation is not counted. It is reasonable for people with abnormal intelligence to do stupid things. But a person with normal intelligence will get dizzy when he does something stupid.
2. Early cleverness and late stupidity don't count. It is a natural law that people become more and more fatuous as they get older. It's the same whether it's an emperor or a civilian. It's just that people only suffer from Alzheimer's Harmo's disease, and the emperor will suffer from Alzheimer's Harmo's disease.
3. Tyrants don't count. Although many tyrants are cruel and incompetent at the same time, there are also many tyrants who can make a difference when they are not crazy or can't be crazy. Therefore, a man like Emperor Yang Di can be called a tyrant, but he is not qualified to be a bad king.
4. The ranking is calculated according to the influence of their behavior on future generations. There are many monarchs who are mediocre, incompetent and dissolute, but they did it.
5. Folklore and novel characters are not counted. For example, Liu Chan, the last ruler of Shu, has always been regarded as a typical example of a bad king. This is mainly influenced by the romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the early days of Liu Chan's rule, Zhuge Liang was the actual ruler of Shu Han. After Zhuge Liang's death, although Liu Chan appointed Huang Hao, it did not reach the point of chaos. So he can't make the top ten.
According to the above standards, the following ten people can be called the top ten bad kings in ancient China:
1。 Nie Jihong (Zhou Youwang)
Reason: In order to make Bomei laugh, he actually played a vassal. Regardless of the political ecology at that time. Finally, it led to the demise of the Zhou Dynasty and hundreds of years of war.
2。 Liu Hong (Emperor Han Ling)
Reason: After 22 years in office, he not only achieved nothing, but favored ten constant attendants and slaughtered loyal ministers, which caused the second disaster of blocking the party and the political affairs of the dynasty declined day by day. Finally, the Yellow Scarf Uprising led to the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
3。 Xiao Yan (South Liang Wudi)
Reason: After 48 years in office, I don't want to be an emperor, but just want to become a monk. I gave my life to the Buddhist temple several times and gave the Buddhist temple a lot of money, which made the national treasury empty. Finally, the wolf was lured into the room, and Hou Jing was recruited. Hou Jing seeks counter-offensive health. Although the Hou Jing Rebellion was finally suppressed, the Southern Dynasties never recovered and could no longer compete with the Northern Dynasties.
4。 Evonne (Song Huizong)
Reason: Song Huizong's poems, books, poems and paintings are all famous, but he knows nothing about politics. The appointment of Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others led to the confusion of state affairs. And misjudged the international situation, leading to the nomads from the south. At the last minute, I actually believed the story of Guo Jing, a magic stick, and asked him to lead the so-called "Six Ding and Six Jia" to guard Kaifeng. As a result, I was defeated and captured, and half the country of Dasong was destroyed together.
5。 Zhao Gou (Song Gaozong)
Reason: Gao Zongben is not a bad king. Without Zhao Gou, Dasong's wealth of nations would not exist 150 years ago. But just killing Yue Fei is enough to make him the champion of all previous dynasties in the eyes of ordinary people.
6。 Tuohuan timur (Yuan Shundi)
Reason: Shun Di was controlled by the powerful minister Bo Yan in his early days and made no mention of Bo Yan's perversion. But after Bo Yan's death, Shun Di did not change his tune. If Chongzhen is too "promising" and leads to national subjugation, then Shun Di is too "inaction". And his "inaction" is simply insensitive. As soon as the Ming army captured Tongzhou, it was scared to escape from Beijing and go back to Mongolia. Such a straw bag has been king in the world for more than 30 years, and the foundation of the Yuan Dynasty was wiped out in this "inaction". Yuan Shundi's negative attitude may be related to his belief in Lamaism.
8。 Zhu Houzong (Ming Shizong Jiajing)
Reason: I wanted to make a difference when I first acceded to the throne. However, he immediately became obsessed with alchemy and became immortal. He didn't hear about state affairs for more than 20 years. At the same time, I appointed Yan Song as my heart. As a result, the discipline was in chaos, and the national situation in the Ming Dynasty was destroyed.
9。 Zhu Yijun (Wan Li, Ming Shenzong)
Reason: When I first acceded to the throne, with the help of Zhang, there was a slight resurgence. However, when Zhang Yi died, he immediately changed course. Not only did he ignore the state affairs for 30 years, but he also sent eunuchs to various places to serve as "mine supervisors" and "tax supervisors" to search for the people's wealth. Make people panic and people's grievances boil. Hollowed out the old foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
10。 Zhu Youjian (Ming Sizong Chongzhen)
Reason: Four cases are different from other bad kings, and they don't have the usual characteristics of bad kings. For example, he is not good at womanhood, wealth and wealth, and he has no desire to become a calligrapher or carpenter, and he has no unrealistic fantasy of becoming an immortal. His only ideal is to revive Chaogang and go down in history as a famous monarch. But his ability is really poor. Willful, mean, ungrateful. For people, they only know how to search. Obviously, there are famines everywhere. Instead of providing relief, we should step up the collection. Even provoked peasant uprisings everywhere. I don't know how to operate flexibly. I just want to destroy the late gold in one fell swoop, but I have doubts about talented ministers. In the end, he killed Yuan Chonghuan, the only one who was able to turn Gankun around. In the end, there were only a group of slaves who were inferior to him. At the end of the rebel siege, only one eunuch, Wang Chengen, followed him when he tried to escape. The eunuch who guarded the door refused to open the door for him. Chongzhen is probably the only one who abandoned the king of national subjugation to such a degree. Finally, he had no choice but to hang himself in Jingshan Park.