The opening inventory of the top ten young emperors

[The answer is - No! ]
Emperor Wu of Han's face immediately darkened.

[It is not just the Han Dynasty. In the feudal dynasties, it is rare to see dynasties that last more than 300 years. The Ming Dynasty lasted 276 years, the Qing Dynasty lasted 267 years, the Song Dynasty lasted more than 300 years, and the Tang Dynasty lasted 289 years...]

The Song Dynasty was so weak, but it lasted for more than 300 years. Although the Heavenly Scroll had mentioned the total duration of the two Song Dynasties in the previous inventory, when compared with the Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the emperors had to look askance.

However, the powerful Tang Dynasty only lasted for 289 years, which seems a little short.
In their impression, especially from the perspective of dynasties before the Tang Dynasty, the strength of the Tang Dynasty should have allowed it to last longer.

[These are all relatively long dynasties, with some being as short as just a few decades or even a few years, and some even being counted in days. For example, Li Zicheng's Dashun Dynasty only lasted for 42 days.]

A dynasty that lasted only forty-two days?
Dashun Dynasty?
The emperors vaguely remembered that wasn't it the dynasty that overthrew the Ming Dynasty and forced Chongzhen to hang himself?
They were surprised later that the Heavenly Scroll was never mentioned again, and then the Qing Dynasty entered the country. It turned out that it only existed for 42 days, which means it was not worth mentioning in history.

[Although short-lived dynasties cannot be compared with the Han Dynasty, looking at those dynasties that lasted for more than a hundred years, the first few monarchs were all wise and intelligent. By the end of the dynasty, they were all dominated by powerful ministers, evil was rampant, and the emperors were even more foolish and incompetent. ]

【During the Han Dynasty, after the reigns of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, Emperor Wu of Han was even more tyrannical and arrogant, bringing China's strength to an unprecedented peak. With the words "If the enemy can go, I can go too", the Xiongnu were beaten and fled, and the territory of the Han Dynasty expanded several times. 】

Kou can go, so can I!

These words finally made Emperor Wu of Han, who was in a terrible mood, feel a little relieved.
He wished he could go back immediately to the fourth year of Yuanshou, the year that had moved him so much.

However, Tianjuan mentioned this matter not just to praise him, but to tell all emperors a fact.

[At this time, even if there were treacherous people or relatives, under the iron-fisted rule of Emperor Wu of Han, they would never dare to act rashly, let alone disrupt the government.]

[As time went on, the weaker the emperors became, and the less capable they were, the more chaotic the court became, with demons and evildoers running rampant.]

[This was not unique to the Han Dynasty, but also to other dynasties.]

Hearing this, several emperors who ranked at the top of all dynasties felt extremely heavy.

Even though they were working diligently and wished their dynasty could last for thousands of generations, reason and reality reminded them again and again that the change of dynasties was an inevitable law of historical development.
Rise and fall, rise and fall, is also the cycle that every dynasty must go through!

What they can do now is to ensure that every one of their political achievements is correct and does not bring harm to their future generations, thus ensuring that the dynasty can continue to the greatest extent possible.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, who had experienced four stages of rise and fall of dynasties in his life, also clenched his fists secretly at this moment.

After hearing the prophecy from the Heavenly Scroll, he had already avoided all the accidents that could be avoided in advance, and he was governing as if he had just ascended the throne, not daring to slack off at all.
He has decided not to repeat the mistakes mentioned by Tianjuan.

But even so, thinking of the unknown possibilities in the future, he was still filled with anxiety. Looking at the ministers in the court, he felt that none of them had good intentions and were trying every means to deceive and fool him.

He is like a giant bow with a taut bowstring, and I wonder when it will relax? Will it be when the bow breaks, when he dies?
During this period of time, he couldn't sleep well at night, and even he felt that his temper was getting worse and worse.
The imperial physician has examined him and said that if he continues like this, it might shorten his lifespan.

But, even so, what can he do? He absolutely cannot bear the reputation of ruining the country, and he cannot let the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an fall into war.

[Next, let’s take a look at who and how many young emperors were there in other unified dynasties who ascended the throne as young emperors under the age of ten, in addition to the young emperors of the Yuan and Han dynasties listed above! ]

After hearing Tian Juan's words, the emperors of all planes held their breath and looked up at the sky without saying a word.

[Zhao Xu, the Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song Dynasty, ascended the throne at the age of nine and was the seventh emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. He reigned for fifteen years.]

[The seventh emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gongdi, ascended the throne at the age of four and reigned for two years; Zhao Bing, the Emperor Duanzong of the Southern Song Dynasty, ascended the throne at the age of eight and reigned for two years; Zhao Bing, the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, ascended the throne at the age of five, and later jumped into the sea to die for his country, reigning for one year.]

The emperors of the two Song dynasties were relieved after hearing this. At least it was not as exaggerated as in the Han Dynasty, with only three emperors under the age of ten. However, they could only be half relieved, because those over ten years old, even if they were thirteen or fourteen years old, were not too old and were still young emperors!

[In addition to the Ming Dynasty's God of War Zhu Qizhen who ascended the throne at the age of nine, there was also the 13th Emperor Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun, who ascended the throne at the age of ten and reigned for forty-eight years. ]

There were only two little emperors in the Ming Dynasty, which made Zhu Yuanzhang and his sons feel a little relieved.

Only Zhu Houzhao curled his lips. He ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, which means he was more than ten years old. But those old ministers still thought he was easy to fool and tried every means to make him listen to them. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many things that happened later.

[Not to mention the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the two emperors Shunzhi and Kangxi, there were three child emperors in the Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong, a total of five emperors under the age of ten. ]

There are actually five emperors under the age of ten?

The three emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong frowned. Was it so difficult for them to have children in the Qing Dynasty? Did they have to let the young emperor ascend the throne?
The ascension of a young emperor meant that the court was undercurrents and the forces of all parties were at a stalemate. Therefore, a young emperor had to be introduced to balance the forces of all parties and temporarily ease the situation. The Shunzhi Emperor was able to ascend the throne precisely because Hauge and Dorgon were at a stalemate. In order to stabilize the court and allow the two forces to temporarily compromise, the young emperor was introduced. Otherwise, if no one gave in, the country would fall into war again, and both sides would suffer.

As for later, Dorgon gained the upper hand, Haoge died tragically, Dorgon was in power, and became more and more disrespectful to Shunzhi. He even asked Shunzhi to call him the emperor father, which was unprecedented. No wonder Shunzhi later blamed his mother Xiaozhuang.

Little did he know that if it weren't for Xiaozhuang's sacrifice, he would have been unable to continue as emperor.

[These are only those under ten years old. There are many emperors who ascended the throne at the age of thirteen or fourteen. And these emperors who ascended the throne at a young age can be roughly divided into the following categories in terms of governance. ]

There was no young emperor of the Tang Dynasty? This made Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong of Tang feel a little relieved, but it was just a relief. There were no children under ten years old, but what about those over ten years old, such as thirteen or fourteen years old?

[Or like Emperor Wu of Han, Qin Shi Huang, Kangxi and other emperors, they grew up peacefully. With their decisiveness and high IQ, they eliminated treacherous people and established great achievements. But this is only a minority. ]
[Or he could be like Emperor Renzong of Song, who ruled the country mediocrely and had mediocre political achievements. But he was able to maintain the status quo and at least prevent the people from suffering from displacement.]

Song Renzong: Tianjuan, is this praising me or criticizing me?
【But among these emperors, Song Renzong was still relatively good. Many were useless emperors who only cared about pleasure and were ignorant of the suffering of the people. 】

Song Renzong: Well, you were probably praising me just now.

[However, most of these young emperors were manipulated by powerful officials and became puppets throughout their lives. Some even lived in fear of their own future and their lives were in danger every second.]

[For example, the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of Tang, Li Zuo, ascended the throne at the age of eleven, was deposed after three years in office, and was poisoned to death the following year. He was only seventeen years old when he died.]

finally come!

At this time, the founding emperors of the Tang Dynasty seemed to have waited for the "second shoe to drop" and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although this was the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it seemed reasonable that he was the only young emperor.

On the contrary, Emperor Wu of Han felt even more upset as he looked at the Heavenly Scroll. And at this moment, someone sent a message in the Emperor's Garden.

【V@子控凶老父: It turns out that the Han Dynasty had the most child emperors. Forgive me for my ignorance.】

Although he had heard about the origin of Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion through the Heavenly Scroll, Emperor Wu of Han did not think that after becoming an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was still an ordinary person facing so many memorials every day. He knew that he must have done it on purpose.

He couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart: Your family is the one with puppet emperors, and your Ming Dynasty is the one with only puppet emperors in the whole dynasty.

But no matter what I think, I still have to maintain the demeanor of my ancestors, so I replied:
【@Pig Man Who Wants to Build a Golden House: I am ashamed that I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty. I am not like you in the Ming Dynasty who have a leisurely life with the assistance of the cabinet. 】

[V@The cruel old father who controls his son: No way, your relatives are more capable than the cabinet. ]

Emperor Wu of Han: ...

Although the two quarreled, they both avoided the eunuchs' interference in politics, and it seems that the Ming Dynasty is better at it at the moment.

But then it was not like that, as Qianlong also joined the battle:
【@十全老人绘怪: What's the point of comparing these two? The dynasties they both lived in were similar in terms of eunuchs interfering in government affairs. 】

Qianlong's words instantly angered the two emperors at the same time.

[@Pig Man Who Wants to Build a Golden House: If you think about it, the Han Dynasty had fewer emperors under the age of ten than the Qing Dynasty. My dynasty lasted for four hundred years, so I am content.]

Qianlong:......

【V@子控凶老父: Haha, you are the last emperor, what qualifications do you have to judge the pros and cons of my two dynasties?】

Qianlong:......

Just as the quarrel was about to break out in the Emperor's Garden, the topic suddenly changed in the Heavenly Scroll:
[However, the above only refers to the unified dynasties. After the Han Dynasty, there were the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and after the Tang Dynasty, there were the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, where small countries existed in large numbers and their names were changed frequently. There were many cases of the emperor being held hostage to control the princes. There are simply too many to count.]

[Since the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, until the end of the dynasty, except for the great unified dynasties, for about four or five hundred years, China was in an era of numerous small countries and wars. Or the dynasty lasted too short a time. ]

Qin Shi Huang held his breath and concentrated, while Emperor Wu of Han no longer paid attention to the bickering in the Imperial Garden and also looked at the Heavenly Scroll seriously.

(End of this chapter)