In China, from 221 BC, when Emperor Qin Shi Huang became emperor, to 1911, when Emperor Xuan Tong abdicated, there were 230 emperors in a period of 2,131 years. The first emperor was Qin Shi Huang, the last emperor was Emperor Xuan Tong. The longest reigning emperor in China was Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, who reigned for 62 years. The shortest reigning emperor in China was Ming Guangzong of the Ming Dynasty, who reigned for only 1 month, and the other said: Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty reigned for 27 days, and the last emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Chenglin, reigned for 1 day.
Here we have chosen 10 emperors with their own distinctive characteristics, to be introduced. They are Qin Shi Huang, Han Wu Di, Tang Taizong, Song Taizu, Yuan Taizu, Ming Taizu, Ming Chengzu, Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Yongzheng, Emperor Guangxu. These 10 emperors were involved in seven major dynasties, including Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing.
The archival documentation of the ancient Chinese emperors is extremely rich. Here can only make the most rough introduction.
A Qin Shi Huang
]Qin Shi Huang, the name of Ying Zheng. He was born in 259 B.C. and died in 210 B.C. He lived to be 50 years old. He was the first emperor of China and a highly legendary and epoch-making figure in Chinese history.
Such a renowned figure had an unfortunate childhood. His misfortune was directly related to his father's misfortune. His father was a prince of the state of Qin, called the foreigner, who later changed his name to Zichu. His grandfather was King Zhaoxiang of Qin, and his father was Prince An of Qin. Although he was born into a wealthy king's family, when he was 15 or 16 years old, he was sent to the state of Zhao, which was hostile to the state of Qin, to be a "hostage".
China was at the time of the "Seven Kingdoms of the Warring States", the seven great powers of Qin, Zhao, Wei, Han, Chu, Yan, and Qi. At that time, in order to keep each other in check, the rulers of the vassal states often sent their own brothers, sons or grandsons to other countries as collateral. These hostages were called "hostages".
The hostages were called "hostages", and the hostages were sent to other countries as collateral. Although he was the son of the crown prince of Qin, he had too many brothers, more than 20, and he was in the center, so it was difficult for him to take over the throne in the future. At the same time, Qin was not faithful among the countries. Therefore, in Zhao, people did not take him seriously. For some time, his financial resources were cut off and he was in great distress. At this time, his fate was at the lowest point of his life. However, it was at this time that he met the great merchant Lu Buwei, and his bad luck had a great turnaround from then on.
Lu Buwei was a rich merchant with a huge fortune. He had great political foresight. He saw the light of his future from the poor and miserable foreigner. He subconsciously and y felt that this foreigner, who was the son of another country in distress, was a rare oddity that could be used for hoarding. So, he decided to pre-invest in the foreigner, abandoned business from politics, to do the great thing of building a country and establishing a king.
Lu Buwei took out 500 gold and gave it to the foreigner, and carried another 500 gold to Qin to lobby. He lobbied successfully in Qin, and the foreigner finally became the crown prince. When he returned to his country, he gave his beautiful concubine Zhao Ji, who could sing and dance well, to the foreigner. After 10 months, a baby was born. This was the famous Qin Shi Huang. His name was Ying Zheng
Ying Zheng lived a lonely life in Zhao for 9 years. It wasn't until his father, Isren, became the crown prince that he returned to Qin with his mother. After this, Ying Zheng's grandfather died and his father, Isren, took the throne. When Ying Zheng was 13 years old, his father died and he was crowned King of Qin. He honored his mother Zhao Ji as the Empress Dowager. He honored his mother, Zhao Ji, as the Empress Dowager, and Lu Buwei as the Minister of State, known as Zhongfu. The king's decision was made by Lu Buwei, who was the head of the state.
In 238 BC, Qin Wangzheng was 22 years old, and held a ceremony to crown him as an adult. From then on, he was in charge of the government. The young and vigorous ruler quickly put down the rebellion and imprisoned the Empress Dowager. In the following year, he deposed the tyrannical and domineering minister Lu Buwei, who committed suicide. He promoted and reused Li Si, and made the decision to unify the world.
In 221 BC, Qin Wangzheng finally destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world. This put an end to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, which had been characterized by the twilight of the heralds and the death of the nettles, as well as by the stoneware and the stoneware that had been used in the past. The Chinese people were not in a state of peace, but they were in a state of war, and they were in a state of confusion. Shake?nbsp;
Since then, Qin Wangzheng title Emperor. Emperor is the meaning of virtue and three emperors, the merit of the five emperors. Since then, the word emperor has replaced the king and become the exclusive name of the highest ruler of the country. Qin Wangzheng became the first emperor in Chinese history, known as Qin Shi Huang.
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Qin Shi Huang took a series of important political, economic, and cultural initiatives in order to make his kingdom permanent.
He abolished the feudal system and introduced the county system. He believed that the division of feudal lords and kings in different parts of the country was tantamount to the establishment of small states, which was not conducive to centralization of power. For this reason, he ordered the abolition of feudalism and the introduction of the county system for the first time in China. The country was divided into 36 counties, with counties under them, townships or pavilions under the counties, and li under the townships. In the counties, there were county guards, in the counties there were county magistrates, in the townships there were three elders, in the pavilions there were pavilion chiefs, and in the townships there were li zai.
The central state organs, established the system of three princes and nine ministers.
From the center to the local level, a large and complete bureaucracy was formed, and the highest power was vested in the emperor. This was the first creation of Qin Shi Huang.
He also ordered the unification of the legal system of the country. The main ones were the three major unifications, namely the unification of currency, the unification of weights and measures, and the unification of writing. The unification of currency is because all the vassal states had their own currencies, and now that the whole country is unified, the currency must be the same. It was stipulated that the currency was to be the Qin money, which was round on the outside and square on the inside, and that the cloth and knife-shaped money of the original vassal states was to be phased out. The unification of weights and measures was a mandatory introduction of the weights and measures used in the original Qin state to the whole country. Unification of characters, the original characters used by the vassal states were not uniform, but now it was stipulated that all official characters used the small seal script. Of course, the popular script was still the Qin Clerical Script. These three major unifications were conducive to economic development, cultural integration and social stability, and even more so to the formation of a multi-ethnic state. This is a great contribution of Qin Shi Huang to history.
In order to make the kingdom eternal, he also moved all the 120,000 households of the rich and powerful of the original six countries to the vicinity of the capital city of Xianyang, so that they could be supervised and controlled.
At the same time, he ordered the collection of weapons throughout the country. Everywhere did not dare to slow down, all colors of weapons have been transported to Xianyang. The weapons were all made of bronze. The piles of weapons weighed millions of pounds. How to dispose of so many bronze weapons? He suddenly thought, why not cast them into a few large bronze man, placed in front of the palace. At this time, it happened to pass a folk tale, said in Lintao appeared 12 strange and tall and big barbarians. This was the year when Qin Shi Huang united the world, and the appearance of the strange men of Yidi was regarded as an auspicious omen. Therefore, he obediently ordered the destruction of weapons and the casting of 12 large bronze figures. Since bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, known generically as gold, the Great Bronze Men, also known as the Great Golden Men, were called Jin Di. Now guess, this Jin Di, is probably the image of the people around Central Asia with deep eye sockets and big noses. This makes it put on a mysterious and unpredictable aura. It is said that each bronze man weighs 240,000 pounds. 12, with 2.88 million pounds of copper. These 12 big gold man, are placed in front of the Xianyang Palace, to show the majesty of Qin Shi Huang. The world has changed, they are long gone. With the collection of weapons, Qin Shi Huang's original intention was to make the world peaceful, but the world was not stabilized. This is mainly because of his great construction.
He built the tomb at Mount Li, and at the age of 13, he started to build it. After the unification of the country, and mobilized more than 700,000 people, a large construction, which took 38 years. Until the death of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the construction of the tomb was not yet completed. The tomb is now called the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, located in the suburbs of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. The main tomb of this mausoleum has not yet been excavated, and the subsidiary zones around it have been partially excavated. More than 50,000 pieces of cultural relics have been unearthed, many of which are rare masterpieces, such as bronze carriages. Particularly notable to the world is the discovery of the Terracotta Warriors pit, French President Jacques Chirac enviously called it "the eighth wonder of the world".
The Great Wall of China was rebuilt. In order to prevent the harassment of the Huns in the north, he ordered the construction of the Great Wall. More than one million people worked to build the Great Wall, all of whom were forced laborers. The Great Wall he built started from Lintao in the west, passed through the Yinshan Mountains, crossed the Yalu River in the east, and reached the place where the Qingchuan River meets the sea in present-day North Korea. It was 10,000 miles long, so it was called the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles. The magnificent Great Wall of China is a world-famous great project, is the great creation of the Chinese people.
He engaged in "burning books and burying scholars". Book burning, he in order to unify the thinking, clamp down on the population, ordered all the books that are not Qinji, all the books that are not required by the doctoral officials, all burned. This is a cultural holocaust; pit Confucianism, he thought that the Confucian students indiscriminately posting arguments, demagoguery, he personally circled more than 460 people to be killed. This is a cruel means of suppressing speech. As a result, "burning books and burying scholars" has become synonymous with the destruction of culture and the destruction of scholars. He did not care about the people's lives, and built up a lot of land, which caused a lot of grievances. He himself was greedy for life and feared death, always dreaming of immortality and seeking immortality pills everywhere. But he died of illness on the way to his travels.
2 Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty
The Qin Dynasty lasted only two dynasties, and Qin died in the second century. It was succeeded by the Han Dynasty, and the first emperor was Liu Bang. Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, his name was Liu Che. He was the fifth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and was a great master of the generation with great talent. He was born in 156 B.C. and died in 87 B.C. He lived to be 70 years old. His father was Liu Qi, Emperor Jing, his grandfather was Liu Heng, Emperor Wen, and his great-grandfather was Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu. He was made King of Jiaodong at the age of 4 and Crown Prince at the age of 7. Emperor Jing died of illness in 141 BC and Liu Che, at the age of 16, ascended the throne as Emperor Wu. He reigned from 141 B.C. - 87 B.C., counting 54 years.
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Jing Emperor had his special ideas about the education of his crown prince Liu Che. In order to cultivate Prince Liu Che into a qualified emperor, he specially matched him with a master of Confucianism, Wei òài. Originally, from the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the present day, under the influence of the Taoist thought of Huang Lao, several generations of monarchs have invariably advocated the science of Huang Di and Lao Zi, which advocated tranquility and conformity. However, Emperor Jing, faced with the chaotic situation at home and abroad, vaguely felt that the Huang-Lao philosophy of doing nothing could no longer meet the needs of the country's development. He had the foresight to start pinning his hopes on Confucianism. For this reason, he decided to choose Wei ò, who had a profound cultivation of Confucianism and was a man of good behavior, as the teacher of Crown Prince Liu Che. Later practice proved that this decision was very correct.
Liu Che was a studious crown prince. His interests are very broad. He learned the old man, Confucianism, tune the bamboo, rhetoric and sword dance. He is open-minded, making friends. As the Crown Prince, he usually studied how his father ran the government, and also paid attention to observe the behavior of the ministers. He made comprehensive preparations for his future successor. In 141 B.C., when he was 16 years old, Emperor Jing held a grand crown ceremony for him. The crown ceremony indicated that the crown prince could be qualified and capable of assuming power independently. Unexpectedly, after the ceremony, Emperor Jing suddenly fell seriously ill and died. On that day, Crown Prince Liu Che took the throne and reigned as Emperor Wu.
The 16-year-old boy was ambitious and wanted to serve his country and show his talent. Emperor Wu's chest. He knew that in order to govern the country well, he had to choose the wise and capable. The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to issue an imperial edict to raise the number of virtuous people. The news spread all over the country, and the domestic scholars were excited. Or recommended, or self-recommendation, all over the wise and virtuous, have gathered in the capital. Emperor Wu attached great importance to, personally issued questions, personally read the papers, personally interview. He selected a large number of talents. One thing that must be mentioned in particular is that he selected a top Confucian master Dong Zhongshu.
Dong Zhongshu has been familiar with the Confucian classics since childhood. It is said that in order to study hard, he did not go out for three years, so that he did not know the spring, summer, fall and winter. Emperor Wu has long been slightly known to his name, this time personally read his examination paper, by its amazing arguments, rigorous logic and beautiful language. In its test paper on the approval of the "first of the virtuous" four big words, and ordered to quickly pass Dong Zhongshu into the palace face to face questioning, that is, the Son of Heaven interview.
The day of the policy, the emperor on the three aspects of the Tao of Heaven, the world, governance, etc., three times, Dong Zhongshu, one by one, calmly answered, known as the "Tianren three policy". The main point of the "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man" is that the monarch is entrusted to Heaven and has to fulfill the Way of Heaven. The Way of Heaven is the way to bring the country towards great governance. The Confucian principles of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and music are the specific methods to implement the Way of Heaven. The key to the rule of the country lies in the ruler. The first and foremost thing for the ruler is to employ people. If people are used properly and in the right way, the country will be ruled. On the contrary, the state will be in chaos. He suggested to "depose the hundred schools and revere only the Confucians".
Emperor Wu was inspired by his grandiose theory of the divine right of kings and the unification of the world. He was going to rule the country by Confucianism. Later, on the advice of his teacher, Prime Minister Wei òài, Emperor Wu approved, "Dismiss the hundred schools of thought and revere only Confucianism" became the guiding principle of the Han Dynasty to implement the new government.
People were the foundation of the new government. In order to select the bachelor of Confucianism, Emperor Wu thought of many ways. There is the selection, the son of heaven to recruit, the letter of self-recommendation and the establishment of the Imperial College and so on. Emperor Wu selected and utilized talents without regard to rank or seniority. This enabled many talented people to be reused. This played a key role in the implementation of Emperor Wu's new policy.
Emperor Wu ordered to increase the number of Han laws, and strictly regulate officials at all levels. They were rewarded for their achievements and punished for their mistakes.
Emperor Wu introduced the "Pui En Order" to weaken the power of the vassal states. Liu Bang, the ancestor of Khan, practiced a combination of the Zhou Dynasty's feudal system and the Qin Dynasty's county system. In addition to the 15 counties, 9 vassal states were established. The vassal kings of the feudal states were very powerful. They had personnel power, financial power and even some military power in their own countries. They gradually became independent. In the reign of Emperor Jing, the seven states of Wu and Chu finally rebelled. Although the rebellion was suppressed, the strong power of the vassal states was still a heartache. The emperor wanted to solve this problem.
The minister Lord Father Yan suggested the implementation of the "push grace order". The main content is that, in the vassal state, although the vassal king has dozens of princes, the original only the eldest son can inherit the throne. Now, it was decreed that the vassal kings could use their own territories within their own countries to divide the princes and lords. In this way, the great vassal states were naturally broken down into dozens of small states. On the face of it, this was a favor to them, but in fact it weakened their power. The implementation of this policy greatly strengthened the centralization of power.
Emperor Wu adopted the advice of his minister Sang Hongyang and decided to unify the currency. He ordered to abolish the right to mint coins in the counties, and all the old money in the counties was taken back and destroyed. The right to mint coins was returned to the central government, and the five-baht coins were issued uniformly. This initiative gave a strong impetus to the economic development of the Han Dynasty.
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Emperor Wu reused the great generals Wei Qing and Huo Zaodi, and counterattacked the Xiongnu's encroachment three times, achieving a decisive victory. The Xiongnu in the northern part of Serbia, which had been strong for nearly a century, gradually declined from then on. The northern border of the Han Dynasty did not have a war for more than 10 years.
Emperor Wu twice sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions. By Zhang Qian opened the east from Chang'an, through the Hexi Corridor, the Tarim Basin, over the Pamir Plateau, to Central Asia and West Asia, west of the Mediterranean Sea to the east coast of Asia and Europe of the channel, stretching more than 1,000 kilometers, later known as the "Silk Road". The opening of this large channel, the economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West, the formation of China's multi-ethnic state, is of great significance.
Emperor Wu died in 87 BC.
III Emperor Taizong of Tang
Emperor Taizong of Tang was known as Li Shimin. He was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He was born in 599 and died in 649 at the age of 50. At the age of 18, he followed his father Li Yuan to revolt against the tyrannical Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and at the age of 19, he followed his father to conquer the capital of the Sui Dynasty, Chang'an, to destroy the Sui Dynasty and establish the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan took the throne and became Gaozu of Tang. At the age of 27, Li Shimin was crowned King of Qin, his brother Li Jianmin was crowned Crown Prince, and his brother Li Yuanji was crowned King of Qi, but at the age of 27, he staged the Xuanwumen Incident, killing his brother Li Jianmin and killing his brother Li Yuanji. Li Yuan abdicated as Emperor. Li Shimin was crowned Emperor and became Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. The name of the year is Zhen Guan.
Tang Taizong was a famous and good emperor in Chinese history. He was a wise ruler who ruled the world. He ruled the country well mainly because he was good at listening to different opinions. He knew very well that listening to both sides makes you bright, while listening to one side makes you dark. A wise ruler listens to both sides, while a foolish ruler is biased. This is what the minister Wei Zheng told him. Once, Emperor Taizong humbly asked Wei Zheng how to distinguish a bright ruler from a dim one. Wei Zheng solemnly replied that the reason why a ruler is sage and bright is because he can listen to different opinions extensively; the reason why a ruler is dim is because he is partial in listening and believing. After saying this, he argued with examples from history, both positive and negative. He said that in ancient times, Yao and Shun were saintly rulers because they were able to open up a wide range of opinions and were good at listening to different views, so that the villains could not hoodwink him. On the other hand, these dim rulers like Qin Er Shi, Emperor Wu of Liang and Emperor Yang of Sui lived in deep palaces, isolating their courtiers and alienating the people, so that they could not hear the true voices of the people. Until the world collapsed and the people betrayed them, they were still in the dark. By adopting the suggestions of his ministers, the people's voices could be heard. Wei Zheng these wise words, y engraved in the heart of Tang Taizong.
From then on, Tang Taizong will pay extra attention to the advice. He does not care what you are, regardless of your attitude to advice, as long as your advice is correct, he can accept it with an open mind. Here is a true story of "the power of heaven". At that time, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty ordered to renovate the dilapidated Qianyuan Hall in Luoyang, so that it could be used as a palace for visiting foreign countries. For the emperor, want to repair a small palace, was a trivial matter.
However, a minor official, Zhang Xuansu, but on a zhang folding, complained that this move is not good. He said, repair the Afang Palace, the Qin Dynasty fell; repair the Zhanghuatai, Chu scattered; repair the Qianyuan Hall, Sui Dynasty collapsed. These are the lessons of history. Now, our Tang Dynasty is in a state of disarray, where is our national strength comparable to that of the Sui Dynasty back then? His Majesty continues to enslave the war-ravaged people in the country's shambles, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build up the country. Instead of inheriting the strengths of the previous emperors, Your Majesty has inherited the shortcomings of a hundred generations of emperors. If we look at it from this point of view, His Majesty's faults far exceeded those of Emperor Yang of Sui. This is a sharp writing style, hit the key points of the zhengzuo.
However, Zhang Xuansu, a small Zhang Xuansu, dared to compare the wise monarch Tang Taizong to the dim-witted tyrant Sui Yangdi, offending the heavenly authority. This is not to take the egg to the stone, is not it? The whole court was sweating for him. People were watching Tang Taizong's reaction. If it is not Tang Taizong, but other emperors, see this big disrespectful zhang, immediately will be thunderous anger, not only Zhang Xuan Su head to the ground, but also will be implicated in nine families. However, Tang Taizong is Tang Taizong. He not only did not blame Zhang Xuan Su, but ordered to summon him. At this time, Tang Taizong wanted to further test Zhang Xuan Su's guts, so he asked, "Qing said that I am not as good as Emperor Yang of Sui, so how do I compare with Jie of the Xia Dynasty and Zhou of the Shang Dynasty? To know, the Jie King of the Xia Dynasty and the Zhou King of the Shang Dynasty are notorious tyrants in history. Tang Taizong asked this question with his own deep meaning. Unexpectedly, this Zhang Xuansu replied bluntly that if His Majesty really repaired the Qianyuan Hall, it would be as dim as Xia Jie and Shang Zhou.
Hearing this reply, Tang Taizong not only did not get angry, but was y moved. He thought, a small official, dare to risk his life to admonish directly, for what, but not for his country? Therefore, Tang Taizong withdrew his decree and stopped rebuilding the Qianyuan Hall. He also praised Zhang Xuansu and rewarded him with 500 pieces of silk. Wei Zheng, who had been paying attention to this matter, heard about this happy ending and sighed with emotion, "Zhang Xuan Su has the power of returning to heaven when he discusses things, and this is all because of the words of a gentleman with noble morals"! This true story of "the power of heaven" fully illustrates the open-mindedness of Emperor Tang Taizong in accepting advice.
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Tang Taizong had another merit, that is, he knew his mistakes and corrected them. Once, he was given a beautifully crafted harrier eagle. He forgot Wei Zheng's usual words that the king should not play with objects, so he put the harrier eagle on his arm and teased him. Unexpectedly, coincidentally met the old minister Wei Zheng. Tang Taizong was in a hurry, rushed to hide the harrier eagle in his arms. In fact, Wei Zheng has already seen everything in the eyes, but pretended not to know. Walked up, deliberately talking about the ancient emperors to pursue the pleasure of the thing, the side of the emperor can not play with things to lose their minds. Tang Taizong worried about the long time, harrier eagle suffocated to death. However, Wei Zheng talked endlessly, and Tang Taizong knew that he was in the wrong, and did not dare to interrupt. As a result, the harrier eagle is still smothered in the arms.
Tang Taizong knew the mistake will be corrected, know people well, and have a big ambition. In terms of ethnic policy, he regarded the minorities and the Han as one family, and adopted the correct policy of pacification and rapprochement with the minorities. The minorities were pleased with Tang Taizong's policies and measures. Tang Taizong then has a great centripetal force, they have come to return, and honored Tang Taizong as "Tiankang Khan".
Tang Taizong married Princess Wencheng to Songtsen Gampo, the king of the Tubo. This is a major event in the history of Sino-Tibetan relations. As a dowry, Princess Wencheng brought a large number of treasures, classics, medical books, treasures, gold and silver, gold saddles, ornaments, brocade, medicines, as well as food, drink, seeds, trees, and lions, phoenixes, and so on. Princess Wencheng brought with her the advanced civilization of the Central Plains. Songtsen Gampo was very satisfied with the marriage. He called himself son-in-law to Emperor Tang Taizong and sent a letter to congratulate him on the success of his expedition. This marriage strengthened the unity between the Chinese and Tibetan peoples and also promoted the development of the Tibetan economy.
Because of the right people, the right policy, the light labor, the lenient punishment and the light law, the economy, the politics and the culture of the Tang Taizong's period were developed unprecedentedly.
The reign of Emperor Tang Taizong was characterized by political clarity, economic prosperity, social stability, and cultural prosperity, and was known as the "Rule of Zhenguan".
The Tang Dynasty had 24 emperors. The following is the Song Dynasty.
Four Song Taizu
Song Taizu, Zhao Kuangyin. He was born in 927, died in 976, and lived for 49 years. 960, at the age of 34, he ascended the throne and became the emperor. He reigned for nearly 16 years. He was a very accomplished emperor.
Song Taizu throne acquisition, has its own particularity. His throne was not inherited, nor was it seized by an uprising, but it was snatched by a coup d'état staged by a dissident. This coup is the history of the famous "Chenqiao mutiny". Zhao Kuangyin was an important minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty during the Five Dynasties, holding the military and political power of the court. When Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty died, his 7-year-old son assumed the throne. The following year, rumors spread in Kaifeng, the capital of the country, that the Khitan in the north was violating the border. General Zhao Kuangyin was given the order to personally lead a large army out of the city to defend the enemy. The army came to a halt at Chenqiaoyi, 40 miles northeast of Kaifeng, and was stationed there that night. After his careful planning, the next day, the officers and soldiers put the yellow robe symbolizing the emperor on him, and all of them elected him as the emperor. He became the emperor in this way. The "Chenqiao Mutiny" was a bloodless mutiny. It does not matter whether it is right or wrong, but whether what Song Taizu did is favorable to the development of history.
The greatest historical contribution of Song Tazu was to put an end to the 200 years of division since the Anshi Rebellion. Thus, the unification of the whole country was realized. This was the wish of the people. In order to realize national unification, he was far-sighted and took many powerful measures.