In the impression of ordinary people, I only remember Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, and then I learned that there was an Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Among the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, people are familiar with Liu Bang, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, and then Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Other emperors have a relatively low sense of existence.
The reason why the emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty were neglected. There are mainly the following reasons.
First of all, life expectancy is mostly short. Often, an emperor just came of age, took charge of his own affairs, and died young as soon as he got on the right track.
Then, the queen mother will support a little emperor to come up, and then the queen mother will listen to politics and the consorts will enjoy the rights alone.
The little emperor was a little old, because he had poor ability to distinguish right from wrong, and he favored the eunuchs around him, which in turn led to eunuchs rebelling. Eunuchs and consorts fought fiercely.
The little emperor finally grew up, but he could only do something serious, died early, and then supported another little emperor. This cycle is repeated and falls into a vicious circle.
Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, lived for a long time at the age of 62. Liu Zhuang, the next Emperor of the Han Dynasty, died suddenly at the age of 48.
Then I started to enter the "short-lived mode". Liu Wei, the third emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, lived healthily, but suddenly died at the age of 32.
Later, Emperor Liu Zhao lived to be 27 years old, died 8 months ago and was 3 years old. ..... The average life expectancy of the Eastern Han emperors was only over 26 years old;
Only Liu Fuling and Liu Xin got sick and died early, or a few died early due to political factors, and most of them lived longer.
The short-lived emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty were related to their genetic factors, mainly because of sexual indulgence. The young emperor could not control state affairs, which led to the autocratic power of consorts and eunuchs. Trying to mind your own business when you are a little older will inevitably infringe on the interests of eunuchs and consorts. These consorts and eunuchs tried to seize power. The emperor drank hard when he had nothing to do, and when he drank too much, he began to warm his heart and lust. The most ridiculous thing is Emperor Han Ling, who ordered ladies-in-waiting to wear open-backed pants in order to indulge themselves at any time.
When these emperors came of age, they just had a little ability to govern the country, and they died because of excessive wine and color.
Second, historical achievements are not great and power is limited. First, in terms of historical achievements, the Western Han Dynasty unified the world from Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang and established a unified Han Dynasty. Wendi and Jingdi recuperated, creating a prosperous era of Wenjing rule, and during this period, they also put down the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms.
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he reduced the power of governors and strengthened the imperial power internally. Externally, General Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were sent to attack the Huns, and the southwest was conquered. Zhang Qian sent missions to the western regions, strengthened ties with the western regions and established a very powerful empire.
These emperors are famous in history and have their historical achievements.
Compared with these emperors in the Western Han Dynasty, the emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty, except Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, really lacked a sense of existence in the long history, and most of them did nothing.
Second, judging from the authority of the emperors, most emperors in the Western Han Dynasty were able to firmly grasp state affairs. After the Han Dynasty and the emperor, the imperial power in the Eastern Han Dynasty was marginalized. Instead, they were consorts and eunuchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty. You sing and I go on stage just to watch them perform.
When we look at the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is basically that consorts and eunuchs fought with each other to the death. On the contrary, the emperor has few things. The young emperor only knew how to play and indulge, and ended his life early.
Third, from the economic point of view, the Western Han Dynasty implemented the "favor decree", which weakened the governors and "ousted hundreds of schools and respected Confucianism alone"; Establish imperial academy; Salt and iron are franchised and monopolized; Return the coinage right to the central government. 1 19 years ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed iron smelting and salt cooking into a state monopoly operation, and set up a salt and iron monopoly yamen, so that Kong Zhi and Dongguo Xianyang could control the world's salt and iron as officials.
The emperor of the Western Han Dynasty mastered the economic lifeline of the country.
Since the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu's salt and iron franchise and coinage rights have all fallen into the hands of powerful families, and the emperor has lost the franchise.
Third, there is a lack of legends, and there are few works of art describing the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, from the dispute between Chu and Han, to the rule of Wenjing, to the suppression of Wu Chu's rebellion, and then to the conquest of Xiongnu by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, there appeared such big stars as Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and Li Guang, which are still fascinating. There are also many ancient poems, love stories and storytelling in history, and a lot of artistic descriptions have been made.