In China's long history, there have been many famous strategists, who have made great contributions to the establishment of a unified dynasty, and have also written many classic historical stories for us.
However, in addition to the outstanding strategists, there are also some so-called "strategists" who have given their lords a lot of bad ideas, which not only failed to help their lords complete their great causes, but caused their careers to fail.
Let's take a look at the famous "five bad ideas" in history, and see what kind of bad consequences these "bad ideas" have caused.
During the Wei and Jin dynasties, due to years of war, there was a large reduction in the population, which made the rulers of the time anxious, after all, the people are the most basic elements that constitute a country.
If there were no people as a foundation, a country would no longer exist, and in this case, some ministers advised the rulers of the time that instead of expecting the Han people to marry and have children, it was better to bring in a large number of Hu people.
In this way, the maximum benefit can be realized in a short period of time, and the ruler was moved by the minister's words, so he relaxed the policy and introduced a large number of ethnic minorities to live in the Central Plains.
After a period of multiplication, the country's population grew rapidly, but the underlying crisis began to emerge that the Han Chinese had little advantage in the total population.
In the later period, when the rulers were unscrupulous, many ethnic minorities revolted one after another and established their own regimes in the Central Plains.
In the end, after the war, the original ruler could only give up the regime he had established and chose to go south to a corner of peace, and at this time the north had entered the period of "five chaos in China", which brought endless suffering to ordinary people.
As a famous emperor in history, Tang Xuanzong can be said to have a combined reputation, and when Tang Xuanzong was young, he could be regarded as a wise monarch.
Under his rule, the Tang Dynasty's national power reached its peak, casting the famous "Kaiyuan Shengshi", but when Tang Xuanzong was in his later years, he began to become mediocre, not only addicted to beauty and various entertainment, but also politically unwise.
He had issued many mediocre decrees, one of which affected the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty, and the death of Gao Xianzhi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, had made significant contributions to the maintenance of the rule of the Tang Dynasty.
After An Lushan launched a rebellion, Tang Xuanzong immediately sent Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi to meet the two generals, but because of the huge disparity in strength between the two sides and the fact that the Tang army was not prepared, in order to preserve their strength, the two could only temporarily choose to retreat.
But at this moment, Bian Lingcheng, a general who had a grudge against Gao Xianzhi, seized the opportunity and admonished Tang Xuanzong, claiming that Gao Xianzhi shook the army's heart and deliberately did not want to fight.
Under the bewitchment of Bian Lingcheng, Tang Xuanzong killed Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, two generals, according to his advice, which caused the army to be disheartened, and at the same time, the Tang Dynasty had no generals who could deal with An Lushan's army, and the Tang Dynasty officially entered the Anshi Rebellion.
Song Qinzong is the famous mediocre emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, after he ascended the throne of the emperor, he did not pay attention to political affairs, but devoted himself to seeking Taoism to become immortals, because Song Qinzong was so sought after Taoism, so Taoism was very popular at that time.
In addition to asking the Taoist priest for elixir every day, hoping to achieve the goal of immortality, Song Qinzong would even follow the advice of the Taoist priest in many national affairs.
Although the court's ** repeatedly dissuaded Song Qinzong's behavior, Song Qinzong still turned a blind eye, which gave the Jin army, who had been eyeing the Great Song Dynasty, an opportunity.
At that time, the Jin army was menacing and was about to capture the capital of the Song Dynasty, and at such a dangerous moment, Song Qinzong did not actively listen to the advice of the loyal ministers and good generals in the court, but instead sought a solution to the danger from the Taoist priests.
Under the foolishness of the Taoist priest, Song Qinzong made an unexpected decision, that is, to let people open the city gate and let the Taoist priest set up a Taoist altar on the city gate, pinch the mantra, and draw talismans.
Song Qinzong thought that this Taoist priest had the ability to reach the sky, and with his help, Jin Bing would definitely choose to retreat, but the truth was the opposite, Jin Jun was not frightened by the Taoist priest's behavior at all.
Moreover, the Jin army seized the opportunity and launched a decisive attack, and finally under the attack of the Jin army, the capital of the Song Dynasty fell, and the two emperors of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong were taken captive, and the shame of Jingkang occurred.
The Ming Dynasty was the last dynasty ruled by the Han people in the history of our country, and the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was very strong at first, but all this changed after Ming Yingzong ascended the throne.
Not long after Ming Yingzong ascended the throne, the Mongolian army, which had been coveted in the Central Plains for a long time, launched an attack on the border of the Ming Dynasty, and these Mongolian troops not only plundered the people's property, but also attacked the innocent people.
When the news reached the capital, the ministers were furious and demanded a counterattack against the Mongols, and Ming Yingzong was still very young at that time, and he did not know the danger of war.
In order to show his ability, he began to be ready to move on the battlefield, and Wang Zhen, the eunuch favored by Ming Yingzong, saw his thoughts, and in order to curry favor with Ming Yingzong, Wang Zhen offered a plan to let Ming Yingzong take the opportunity to inspect the border to drive the expedition in person.
After Ming Yingzong heard Wang Zhen's suggestion, he immediately decided to drive the expedition in person, and after he issued this order, he immediately aroused the opposition of the ministers, but Ming Yingzong did not hear the advice of the ministers at all.
Because Ming Yingzong misestimated the strength of himself and the enemy, coupled with insufficient understanding of the battlefield situation, Ming Yingzong was finally captured by the Mongols.
After the Mongols captured Ming Yingzong, they immediately sent someone to the Ming Dynasty court to bring the information that if they wanted to redeem Ming Yingzong, they had to agree to a series of outrageous conditions offered by Mongolia.
Ming Yingzong's ** made the people of the Ming Dynasty very disappointed in the entire court, and the occurrence of this incident had a huge impact on the Ming Dynasty, and the development of the Ming Dynasty began to go downhill.
Even if the Ming Dynasty court wanted to maintain its dignity, it was impossible to agree to the Mongols' proposal, because Ming Yingzong completely became a prisoner of the Mongols, and Wang Zhen, the great eunuch who encouraged Ming Yingzong to drive a personal expedition, also lost his life.
Before the Qing Dynasty, China has always been one of the most powerful countries in the world, but during the Qing Dynasty, the rulers decided to implement the policy of "closing the country to the outside world" in order to maintain their regime.
Especially in the Qianlong period, the implementation of this policy became more stringent, and the rulers have always maintained a kind of "** country" mentality.
Even the ** of the imperial court believed that China was vast and could achieve self-sufficiency, and there was no need to maintain communication and exchanges with the outside world.
It is precisely because of this psychology that the Qing Dynasty was still in a feudal society when the Western countries were vigorously carrying out the industrial revolution, and after a period of development, the gap between the Qing Dynasty and European countries was gradually widened.
And because of the corruption and incompetence of the rulers, the Western powers were given the opportunity to attack, so that China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, so that the Qing Dynasty completely ended its rule, and also let China begin a humiliating modern history.
That is, from that time, when the Chinese people were oppressed by the feudal dynasty, they also suffered from the plunder of Western colonizers, many families were broken up, and China's strength was constantly weakened.
All in all, these events tell us that when dealing with things in daily life, we must refer to the opinions of others, but in the process, we must also have a correct understanding of the current situation and recognize the essence of the people around us.
If you make a wrong judgment about your own situation, coupled with the influence of the people around you, then you are very likely to make a wrong judgment and have unbearable bad consequences.
Therefore, in our daily life, in addition to listening to everyone's opinions, we must also make our own judgments, only in this way can we prevent ourselves from falling into the trap of "bad ideas".