The short video shows the ancient times, and the emperors cried with envy!

Chapter 836: As expected of my fellow countryman, the “Hometown of the Strongest Emperor” can be conquered in minutes!

[So now there are only 56 people left. Let me solemnly announce that the title of "Hometown of the Strongest Emperor" has been won by Henan! ]

[Henan produced a total of eight founding emperors, including Shang Tang of the Shang Dynasty, Sima Yi of the Western Jin Dynasty, Lü Guang of the Later Liang Dynasty, Wang Jian of the Former Shu Dynasty, Wang Shenzhi of the Min Kingdom, Gao Jixing of Jingnan, Ma Yin of Southern Chu, and the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, who we are all familiar with.]

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When the ancient people who lived in Henan throughout the dynasties saw this sky curtain, they suddenly felt a sense of pride.

Although my ancestors have all been farmers.

But when I think that this land has nurtured eight founding emperors, I feel honored.

Especially when he saw people from other places arguing over the list, he felt secretly proud.

Many people secretly wondered, is there really something special about the soil and water in Henan?
No wonder the ancients said this place was the center of the world.

Looking at the data on the sky, it seems as if thousands of years of history are flowing before your eyes.

All the emperors nurtured by this land and water stood vividly before his eyes.

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[It should be noted here that although Lü Guang was from the Lueyang clan, he was born in Fangtou, southwest of Jun County, Henan Province.]

[The same is true for Zhao Kuangyin. Although his ancestral home is Zhuo County in Hebei, he was born in Jiamaying, Luoyang. There is no doubt about that.]

[The second place is Gansu, which produced seven founding emperors. ]

[Interestingly, these seven people all lived during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. ]

[Li Te of Cheng Han, Fu Hong of Former Qin, Yao Chang of Later Qin, Qifu Guoren of Western Qin, Tufa Wugu of Southern Liang, Juqu Mengxun of Northern Liang, and Li Hong of Western Liang.]

[Someone said before that Gansu produced ten emperors, and included Zhang Gui of Former Liang and Helian Bobo of Daxia, which is wrong. ]

[Zhang Gui was from the Western Xia territory, and Helian Bobo was more likely from Inner Mongolia.]

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Western Han Dynasty plane.

Sima Qian carefully studied the statistics on the skylight and nodded in praise.

He knew very well that it was not easy to count the birthplaces of these founding emperors.

The life experience and birthplace of each emperor need to be repeatedly verified, and it takes quite a lot of effort just to clarify the native places of Lu Guang and Zhao Kuangyin.

The rigorous spirit of textual research by later generations coincides with his attitude when he wrote "Records of the Grand Historian".

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【Tied for third place are Shanqi, Hebei and Jiangsu, all with six. 】

[These people in Shanqi are basically nomadic peoples. Liu Yuan is from the Xiongnu, Shi Le is from the Jie tribe, and Tuoba Gui is from the Xianbei. ]

[Li Keyong, Shi Jingtang and Liu Zhiyuan were all Shatuo Turks, and were all born in the Taiyuan area.]

[The people in Jiangsu are all pure Han people. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was from Pei County, Xiang Yu was from Suqian, and Sun Quan was from Xiapi. ]

[Although Liu Yu, Xiao Daocheng and Xiao Yan were born in the south, their ancestors all migrated there from Xuzhou.]

[Next are Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Anhui, each with four.]

【Inhabiting Shaanxi were King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, and Li Jiqian of Western Xia. 】

[Inner Mongolia has Helian Bobo, Gao Huan, Yuwen Tai and Liao Taizu Yelü Abaoji. ]

【Anhui has Cao Cao, Zhu Wen, Yang Xingmi and Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. 】

[Zhejiang produced two people, Chen Baxian and Qian Liu. ]

[There are also two in Liaoning, Murong Chui of the Former Yan and Nurhaci of the Later Jin. ]

【Finally, there is Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, from Hubei, and Genghis Khan from Outer Mongolia. 】

[In general, most of these founding emperors were from the north, which is related to the ancient political and population centers in the north.]

[The northern region has strong military strength and is advantageous in war, so most of the people who can establish political power are from the north.]

[Except for Zhu Yuanzhang, there were not many southerners who succeeded in the Northern Expedition. This is also the reason.]

Barrage:

——"Henan folks are awesome! Eight emperors are amazing!" ——"I suggest that Henan write 'Hometown of Emperors' into its tourism brochure"

——"I suddenly found out that Nurhaci was from Liaoning, and people in Northeast China burst out laughing"

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Northern Song Dynasty plane.

Zhao Kuangyin strolled in the bedroom, his eyes occasionally sweeping up at the sky.

I was just bored, but I didn't expect to find that Henan was the area with the most founding emperors.

It is quite interesting to find myself on the list together with Shang Tang and Sima Yi.

"It's really fate."

Zhao Kuangyin stroked his long beard and turned to Zhao Pu and said.

"Look at this sky, the eight founding monarchs all came from Henan. I was born in Jiamaying, Luoyang. Could it be that God had arranged this?"

Zhao Pu stood aside respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Dragon was born in Heluo, which is blessed by nature. This sky curtain clearly tells the world that Henan has been the hometown of emperors since ancient times."

Zhao Kuangyin walked to the window and said, "I thought people would say that I gained the world by wearing the yellow robe. Now it seems that this may really be destined by heaven."

"Look at these other places, which one can compare to Henan?"

At this time, Zhao Guangyi also came over to look at the sky curtain: "Brother, look at Gansu, the seven founding monarchs were all crowded in the Sixteen Kingdoms period."

"But in Henan, from Shang Tang to you, we have produced talents for thousands of years."

"Yes, I would like to ask the future generations, will Henan produce another founding emperor?"

A smile flashed in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes.

"But then again, with me here, it's not anyone else's turn to rule the world."

The three of them smiled at each other and turned their gaze to the sky.

Zhao Kuangyin was secretly proud of himself. It was indeed a wonderful thing that he could be ranked alongside people like Shang Tang and Sima Yi.

Although this sky curtain was created by later generations, it further strengthened his belief.

In the end, this world will belong to the Zhao family.

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The Ming plane.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood in front of the skylight, staring at the numbers over and over again.

In his eyes, the emperors of the Southern Dynasties such as Liu Yu and Xiao Daocheng, as well as those who proclaimed themselves emperors during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, were nothing more than clowns who took advantage of the chaos to claim to be kings.

"Are the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms worthy of being called the founding emperors? These people didn't even unify the world!"

Zhu Yuanzhang growled at Xu Da and Li Shanchang.

"Gao Jixing and Ma Yin are just warlords who rule one side. Are they worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with me?"

Li Shanchang stepped forward and analyzed: "Your Majesty is right. This sky curtain is too lenient."

"Those people who occupied a corner of the country called themselves emperors. How can they compare with Your Majesty who pacified the world and expelled the barbarians?"

"There are few southerners who have fought in the north. What's the matter? Do you look down on me, a southerner?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze stopped at the last paragraph.

"I started from Jianghuai and marched north to the Central Plains. Am I not as good as those warlords who ruled one side?"

Xu Da echoed: "Your Majesty founded the Ming Dynasty as a commoner and unified China."

"Those who claim to be emperors after occupying only one state or one county are naturally not as good as you."

"These descendants are also confused. To rule the world, we need to see who has truly made achievements, not simply count who has been emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "I would rather be compared with great rulers like the Qin Emperor and Han Wudi than be associated with those treacherous ministers and villains."

The three of them continued to look at the statistics on the skylight, and Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more unhappy.

In his view, this statistical method of simply counting the founding emperors failed to distinguish between real emperors and warlords in chaotic times.

(End of this chapter)