In the ancient feudal history of our country, the throne was very big for people, and there were countless cases that occurred because of the competition for the throne. Throughout the history of the emperors, they succeeded to the throne when the age of the age of the young, some of them were born a few days after the succession of the throne, such as the Han Emperor Liu Long, some are fifty or sixty years old before becoming the emperor, such as the Han Zhaolie Emperor Liu Bei, this article will take a look at the 10 oldest emperors in history when they succeeded to the throne.
Wu Zetian is not only the only orthodox female emperor in the history of our country, but also the oldest emperor when she succeeded to the throne, she was 66 years old when she succeeded to the throne.
Wu Zetian is a native of Wenshui, Bingzhou, and entered the palace at the age of 14 to become a talented person of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and did not give birth to a son and a half daughter for Li Shimin in the palace for more than ten years. After Li Shimin's death, Wu Zetian went to Ganye Temple to become a nun with his concubines who had no heirs. However, at that time, Wu Zetian had already had an affair with the crown prince Li Zhi, so after Li Zhi became the emperor, he took Wu Zetian to the palace again, and made Wu Zetian the queen in the sixth year of Yonghui (655).
Wu Zetian and Li Zhi reigned for more than ten years, and began to let Wu Zetian participate in politics because of physical reasons, and in the later period, Li Zhi's illness worsened and he even wanted to pass the throne to Wu Zetian. Due to Li Zhi's indulgence, Wu Zetian's experience in the dynasty became more and more abundant. After Li Zhi's death, Wu Zetian came to the court as the regent of the empress dowager, first because Li Xian spoke out of proportion, Wu Zetian deposed the emperor's position, and later Li Dan was willing to be a puppet and let Wu Zetian take charge of the government. During this period, Wu Zetian killed many Li Tang clans in order to become emperor in the future.
In 690 A.D., this year Wu Zetian was 66 years old, after the conditions of all parties were ripe, Wu Zetian called himself "Holy Spirit Emperor", changed the name of the country to Zhou, established Wu Zhou, and set the capital in Shendu. Thus the first orthodox female emperor in history was born. Wu Zetian was the emperor for 15 years, and in 705 AD, Prime Minister Zhang Khan Zhi and others launched the "Shenlong Revolution" to support the restoration of Zhongzong, forcing the seriously ill Wu Zetian to abdicate, and gave him the title of "Emperor Zetian Great Sage". In November of the same year, Wu Zetian died in Shangyang Palace at the age of eighty-two.
Murong De was the founding emperor of Southern Yan during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and was 64 years old when he ascended the throne.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Murong family was a relatively excellent family, and successively established three regimes: Qianyan, Houyan and Southern Yan, and Murong Sijie was the pride of the Murong family, and Murong De was one of them.
Murong De was named the king of Fanyang when he was in Qianyan, and after Qianyan was destroyed, he was treated favorably by Emperor Xuanzhao of Former Qin and served as the Taishou of Zhangye. After Murong Chui established Houyan, Murong De was named the general of the chariot and cavalry, and was reinstated as the king of Fanyang, guarding the guard in the middle of the town, and participating in deciding political affairs. After the fall of Houyan, Murong De led 40,000 households and 27,000 cars in 398 A.D. to move from Yecheng to Slipway, and after arriving at Slipway, Murong De proclaimed himself King of Yan in accordance with the old practice of Yan Yuan, called the first year, and established Southern Yan.
In 400 A.D., Murong De officially proclaimed himself emperor, granted amnesty to the world, and changed the name of the year to Jianping. However, Murong De died after only 5 years as an emperor, and in 405 A.D. Murong De died at the age of 69, known as Emperor Xianwu, and the temple name was Sejong.
Liu Bei was a figure in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty and the founder of the Shu Han regime, and was 60 years old when he ascended the throne.
Liu Bei is an inspirational typical figure in history, he is the Han Dynasty clan, after Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty, but due to the Tui En order of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when it came to Liu Bei's generation, there was no difference between the family background and the ordinary people, Liu Bei had to weave mats and sell shoes with his mother.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, Liu Bei also wanted to establish a meritorious career in this troubled era, participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising and began his own entrepreneurial road, but unfortunately due to the thin foundation, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes in the process of the melee were repeatedly failed to start a business, and successively attached to Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and other princes, but he insisted on the code of conduct of convincing people with virtue, and was respected by the Quartet.
After Liu Bei's unremitting efforts, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei finally had his own territory, and shared the world with Cao Cao and Sun Quan. In 221 A.D., after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and built Wei, he ascended the throne and called the emperor in Wudan Mountain in Chengdu, the country name was "Han", the history was called Shu Han, and the year name was "Zhang Wu".
Because Guan Yu was killed by Eastern Wu before, Liu Bei called the emperor and insisted on attacking Wu despite dissuasion, and as a result, he was defeated and Yiling, and finally died of illness in the White Emperor City in the third year of Zhangwu (223), at the age of 62, and was called Emperor Zhaolie.
Wang Jian, a figure in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period at the end of the Tang Dynasty, was proclaimed emperor in 907 A.D. and established Dashu at the age of 60.
Wang Jian is a native of Wuyang, Henan, and joined the Zhongwu Army at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and became the general of the Shence Army because of his meritorious service in saving Tang Xizong. Later, he was expelled from the dynasty and served as the assassin of Lizhou, and since then he has continued to develop his power and gradually grow. In 888 AD, Wang Jian defected to Chengdu and was blocked by Chen Jingxuan, so he began to attack Xichuan. After three years of hard fighting, Wang Jian captured Xichuan and was named the envoy of the Xichuan Festival.
After Wang Jian, Wang Jian took Chengdu as a base, continued to conquer foreign countries, and was named the king of Shu by Tang Zhaozong in 903 AD, becoming the largest separatist force at that time. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907 AD, Wang Jian disagreed with Zhu Wen to establish Houliang, so he established himself as the emperor in Chengdu, and the country was called Dashu, known as Qianshu in history. Wang Jian reigned for 12 years and died in 918 ADGaozu, nicknameEmperor Shenwu Shengwen Xiaode Minghui.
Murong Chui was the founding emperor of Hou Yan, one of the four masters of Murong, and was 60 years old when he succeeded to the throne.
Murong Chui was born around 326 A.D., and at the age of 13, he followed his father Murong Hao to fight and made many military exploits. During the Qianyan period, because of his great contributions, he was harmed by the Taifu Murong Ping and the Empress Dowager Kezuhun clan, and led his family to defect to the former Qin Xuanzhao Emperor Fu Jian, and was protected by the former Qin, and then followed the former Qin to destroy the former Yan, which can be regarded as destroying his own country with the enemy, but Murong Chui is also forgivable for doing this, who let his country harm himself?
Murong Chui Murong Chui was treated favorably by Fu Jian in Former Qin, and he also made a lot of contributions to Former Qin. After the battle of Weishui, Murong Chui escorted Fu Jian back to Luoyang, and then returned to Yecheng, trying to restore the country, in 386 AD, Murong Chui officially called the emperor, changed the Yuan Jianxing, known as Houyan in history, this year Murong Chui was about 60 years old.
In 395 A.D., the crown prince Murong Bao was defeated in Shenhepi, 50,000 Yan soldiers were killed by Tuoba Jue, Murong was sick and went out to fight, killed the famous general Tuoba Qian of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then witnessed the tragic state of the corpse of the Yan army in Shenhepi, he vomited blood in shame and anger, his condition worsened, and he died on the way to the class teacher, at the age of seventy, and was called Emperor Chengwu, and the temple was called Shizu.
Li Siyuan was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the adopted son of Li Keyong, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, who was 59 years old when he succeeded to the throne.
Li Siyuan is a native of Shanxi, in 884 A.D. because of the rescue of Li Keyong so he was given the attention of Li Keyong, and later Li Keyong adopted him as an adopted son, Li Siyuan repeatedly made meritorious contributions in the battle with the Later Liang, in 923 A.D., Li Siyuan took the lead in attacking Bianliang and destroyed the Later Liang.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Siyuan was suspicious, in 926 A.D. Wei Bo soldiers led by Zhao Zaili mutiny in Beizhou, Li Siyuan was ordered to quell the rebellion, the army mutiny again, supporting Li Siyuan, Li Cunqiao died in this mutiny, Li Siyuan ascended the throne as the emperor.
Li Siyuan Li Siyuan said that a series of positive policies in the early period of the emperor made the national strength of the Later Tang Dynasty improve to a certain extent, but in the last few years of his reign, he began to become mean and suspicious, killing ministers at will, making the ministers separate, and father and son suspicious of each other. In 933 AD, taking advantage of Li Siyuan's serious illness, Li Congrong launched a mutiny, and his second son, Li Congrong, the king of Qin, launched a mutiny, was defeated and killed, Li Siyuan died of shock when he heard the news, at the age of 66, the temple name Mingzong, and the name Shengde and Emperor Wu Qinxiao.
Liu Yu is also an inspirational model of the old Liu family, he has a similar growth trajectory to Liu Bei, his ancestor Liu Jiao, the younger brother of Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, is also influenced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and when it reaches Liu Yu's generation, it is no different from ordinary people.
After Liu Yu was born and his mother died, his father Liu Qiao was unable to ask his nurse to breastfeed him, and once planned to abandon him, but in the end, Liu Huaijing's mother reached out to raise Liu Yu, which made him survive.
After joining the army, he pacified the Sun En uprising and eliminated Huan Chu, Xishu and Lu Xun, Liu Yi, Sima Xiuzhi and other separatist and rebel forces, so that the south appeared unified; Externally, he eliminated the Southern Yan, Later Qin and other countries, surrendered Qiuchi, and broke the Northern Wei Iron Cavalry with the Moon Array, recovered Huaibei, Shandong, Henan, Guanzhong, and recovered Luoyang and Chang'an. With his huge military exploits, he was able to take over the military and political power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the officials worshiped Xiangguo, Yangzhou Mu, and was crowned the king of the Song Dynasty.
In 420 AD, Liu Yu directly abolished Emperor Sima Dewen of Jin Gong, ascended the throne as emperor, and established the Southern Song Dynasty, when he was 57 years old. However, Liu Yu died after three years of reign, the temple name is Gaozu, and the name is Emperor Wu, and his descendants are ** Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong, except for the others, they are not wise emperors.
Yao Chang was the founding emperor of the Later Qin Dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and was proclaimed emperor in 386 AD, when he was 56 years old.
In his early years, Yao Chang followed his elder brother Yao Xiang to resist Former Qin, was defeated and captured, and surrendered to Former Qin. After Fu Jian succeeded to the throne, he served as the general of Yangwu, fought many times, and made great achievements. After the Battle of Weishui, he accompanied Fu Rui to conquer Murong Hong, but was defeated and fled. Favored by the ancient Qiang and the wealthy families of Xizhou, he called himself the Great General, Da Dan Yu, and the King of Qin in 10,000 years, and established the Later Qin regime, with the year name Baique.
In 385 A.D., Yao Chang sent troops to capture Fu Jian and kill him, and the following year Yao Chang proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an, changing the Yuan Dynasty to the beginning of the construction. Internally, he advocated frugality, greatly promoted Confucianism, built schools, and cared for soldiers. Externally, he subdued the Qiang people's powerful thunder and easily defeated the Western Yan Emperor Murong Yong and the Eastern Jin Dynasty famous general Yang Yanqi, but was repeatedly defeated by the former Qin Emperor Fu Deng, and then relied on guerrilla tactics to reverse the tide of the war. He died in 393 A.D. at the age of 63, known as Emperor Wuzhao and Taizu in the temple.
Liu Bang was the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty and was 54 years old when he was proclaimed emperor.
Liu Bang was born at the end of the Warring States Period, and Pei County, where he lived at the time, belonged to the territory of Chu State, but Liu Bang's ancestors did not have any prominent figures, he was also an idle person, and later became the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion, which can be regarded as a small magistrate.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, he originally planned to pass it on from generation to generation, but his uncompetitive son Hu Hai tossed the Qin Dynasty to death, and in the chaotic times at the end of Qin, Liu Bang also took advantage of the situation to raise troops and gradually had his own power. After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu was divided into the princes of the Eighteen Roads, and Liu Bang was named the king of Han, and his fief was in Hanzhong.
After Liu Bang, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for four years between Chu and Han, during which Liu Bang was repeatedly defeated and finally defeated Xiang Yu, and in 202 BC he called the emperor on the north bank of the Dingtao River and established the Han Dynasty, this year Liu Bang was 54 years old, and he was already a long life in that era.
During the reign of Liu Bang, he successively destroyed several kings with different surnames, stabilized the rule of the early Han Dynasty, and was seriously injured in the crusade against the Yingbu rebellion in 195 years ago, and died after formulating the "White Horse Alliance", honored with the title of Emperor Gao, the temple name Taizu, and was buried in Changling.
Some people do not recognize the new dynasty established by Wang Mang, but Wang Mang has really been the emperor for 15 years.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Wang family could be called the first relative, and Wang Mang's uncles Wang Feng and Wang Shang all held important positions in the imperial court, controlling the Western Han Dynasty court, forming a situation of "Wang Feng's dictatorship, and the five marquis were in power". Among the next generation, Wang Mang is a more outstanding one, and he was also promoted by his uncle Wang Feng.
After the deaths of Wang Feng, Wang Shang and others, Wang Mang began to relay control of the Western Han Dynasty. In 1 BC, after the death of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang supported the 9-year-old Emperor Liu Jian of the Han Ping Emperor to succeed him, and he continued to control the power of the court. Later, the Deng family was given the title of Duke of An Han and became the first duke since the founding of the Han Dynasty.
In 6 A.D., after the death of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang simply set up Liu Ying, the great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, who was only two years old, as the crown prince. In 8 A.D., Wang Mang simply set himself up as the emperor, he forced his aunt Wang Zhengjun to hand over the jade seal of the country, accept the son of the infant Zen to let the emperor be called the emperor, enter the Gaozu Temple to worship, the crown is the Son of Heaven, and the country name is changed to "new". This year, Wang Mang was 53 years old.
After Wang Mang succeeded to the throne, he began perverse reforms, which eventually led to chaos in the world, and in 23 AD, Wang Mang was killed at the age of 68 when the Green Forest Army invaded Chang'an.