What wrong things did Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty do in his life, which eventually led to the decline of the Western Han DynastyFor example, he cultivated internally, restored the economy, conquered the Xiongnu externally, pacified Xiqiang, and opened the Western Regions Protectorate, which incorporated a large area of land in the Western Regions into the territory of the Han Dynasty for the first time.
In fact, it was this Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty who pushed the national strength of the Western Han Dynasty to the peak, and it was also Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty that made the Western Han Dynasty begin to decline, and the historical role of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was like that of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, who was both the creator of the peak and the culprit of the decline. Next, Xiaoyu will talk to you about what wrong things Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty did in his life, and finally let the Western Han Dynasty begin to decline.
The first mistake: reuse relatives
The Han Dynasty began with the founding of Liu Bang, and has been in love with relatives to kill each other, and even broke out in the later years of the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu Emperor, and tens of thousands of people died before and after. But after Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he still supported a lot of foreign relatives and reused them.
For example, Shi Liangdi, the grandmother of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, was named a marquis. Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty's mother, the Wang family, the two of them were the prime minister of the Great Sima.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty's own wife, Xu Pingjun's maiden family, was also reused. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to suppress the power of foreign relatives, a situation of "China and North Korea make decisions, and foreign countries implement" was gradually formed, and most of these foreign dynasties were foreign relatives.
But after Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, these relatives gradually entered the decision-making bodies of China and North Korea, and the power of foreign relatives expanded rapidly. So much so that after the death of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, it became more and more difficult for the successor emperor to restrain his relatives, and he was finally usurped by Wang Mang.
The second wrong thing: willfully appointed Xu Pingjun as the queen
After Huo Guang established Emperor Xuan of Han as the emperor, he wanted Emperor Xuan of Han to make his daughter the empress. It stands to reason that Huo Guang's request is not too much, I will give you an emperor to do, you give our family a position as a queen, this deal is very fair no matter how you look at it.
But Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty actually refused Huo Guang's request and set up his wife Xu Pingjun as his queen. Huo Guang could tolerate this matter, but Huo Guang's ignorant wife didn't want to bear it, so he sent someone to poison Xu Pingjun.
In this way, a pair of Ming monarchs and virtuous ministers formed a hatred, and after Huo Guang's death, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty destroyed the Huo family on the charge of rebellion. What Emperor Xuan of Han didn't expect was that it was because of his emotions that he not only killed Xu Pingjun and forced the Huo family to kill the full family.
I also learned a deep lesson to the ministers of later generations, these later ministers no longer dare to treat the emperor sincerely, they either don't want to be ministers, they want to do it directly, or usurp the throne or kill the king. For example, Wang Mang directly usurped the Western Han Dynasty, and Liang Ji, a powerful minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was secretly poisoned because the Han Emperor said that he was arrogant, and although Cao Cao did not claim the title of emperor, his son Cao Pi eventually robbed the Han Dynasty.
The third wrong thing: he made a son he hated as emperor
The emperor after Emperor Xuan of Han was Emperor Yuan of Han, and this Emperor Yuan of Han was the son of Emperor Xuan of Han and Xu Pingjun. When Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was alive, he felt that he was not the material for the emperor, but thinking of the feelings of his wife Xu Pingjun, he still gave him the country.
After Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he not only reused his relatives, but also reused eunuchs, and changed a large number of Emperor Xuan's governing policies. In this way, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty became the first faint monarch of the Western Han Dynasty, and from him onwards, four successive emperors were mediocre, and finally the world was usurped by Wang Mang.
Based on these wrong things done by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, it can be seen that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty attaches great importance to feelings, and defeat is also heavy on feelings. But there are two sides to everything, and the merits of Emperor Xuan of Han cannot be denied because of this. During the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the population grew rapidly, and both the political economy and the land area reached the peak of the Han Dynasty, and created the rule of filial piety in the prosperous era.