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Chapter 254 The Han Dynasty, the dynasty with the most wise rulers!

Ying Zheng then said to Meng Tian: "When you go back, you can ask your brother about some matters in the future."

Now he could finally know the secrets that his younger brother had kept from him. His younger brother should know how they died. Meng Tian said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Nian was not surprised that Ying Zheng chose to let Meng Tian know that he came from the future, as the First Emperor had asked for his opinion beforehand.

Meng Tian, ​​who joined this small group for the first time, felt very curious. He was already wondering what Li Nian would talk about in the future. He had just joined now and must have missed a lot of information. He would not fail to understand, right?
At this time, Li Nian also asked: "Your Majesty, what do you want to hear today?"

Ying Zheng said: "Tell me about the Han Dynasty!"

Han Dynasty?

Hearing the question and answer between Ying Zheng and Li Nian, Meng Tian repeated these two words in his mind. It was a dynasty he had never heard of before. This dynasty should be after the Qin Dynasty, and perhaps it was the dynasty that replaced the Qin Dynasty.

Was this dynasty founded by Xiang Yu? Why was it named "Han"? Was it to distinguish it from the dynasty from which it came?

Li Nian said: "The 'Han' that later generations mainly recognized was the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. Some people want to include Shu Han in the list, believing that Shu Han was a continuation of the Han Dynasty."

"In some ways, this idea is not wrong. After all, it was built by the descendants of Pei Gong. But people usually don't think so. People tend to agree that Shu Han belongs to the Three Kingdoms rather than the Han Dynasty."

"As for the division of the Han Dynasty into the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was mainly because the Western Han Dynasty was usurped by someone and the dynasty was interrupted for more than ten years. In addition, after Emperor Guangwu succeeded to the Han Dynasty, he established his capital in Luoyang, not Chang'an, the capital of the Western Han Dynasty. Luoyang is located in the east, and Chang'an is located in the west."

"In fact, when people in later generations mention the Han Dynasty, they mostly refer to the 'Western Han Dynasty', because the Western Han Dynasty was the first and most prosperous dynasty in Chinese history ruled by the Han people, which made people in later generations feel proud and glorious."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng felt a little unhappy, but he couldn't refute anything. It seemed that he was too embarrassed to say anything because he died in the second generation. But now his Qin Dynasty would definitely surpass the Han Dynasty. How could it be surpassed by the dynasty established by Liu Ji?

"When the Han Dynasty was strong, Han envoys arrived in all directions. If there was any disrespect or disloyalty, the Han Dynasty would punish them. Therefore, there is a saying that goes, 'If anyone openly offends the mighty Han Dynasty, he will be punished even if he is far away.' This saying was slightly modified in later generations to 'If anyone offends the majesty of the Han Dynasty, he will be punished even if he is far away!'"

It's such a domineering statement, but it does sound great. One can imagine how proud and honored the people of the Han Dynasty would be when they knew that their country was so powerful.

"At that time, the Han Dynasty spanned the Yin Mountains in the north, reached Rinnan in the south, connected to Dayuan in the west, and connected to Lelang in the east. All of them were Han territory, and all the surrounding countries submitted to it and looked up to the Han Dynasty's majesty!"

"The Western Han Dynasty is also known as the dynasty with the most wise rulers. Some people believe that all seven consecutive emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were wise rulers."

Hearing what Li Nian said, Ying Zheng was quite surprised. He knew that Han was very powerful and stronger than his Qin, but he didn't expect it to be so fierce.

Even if we count the previous kings of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty did not have seven consecutive generations of wise rulers. If we do not count the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty, then the comparison is...

There is no comparison at all. The Han Dynasty had seven wise rulers, while the Qin Dynasty died in the second generation, and two generations of rulers were wiped out. Meng Tian and Meng Yi were also shocked when they heard this. The Han Dynasty after the Qin Dynasty was really powerful, and it seemed to be better than the previous kings of the Qin Dynasty when they were striving for strength.

"The first wise ruler was the Han Emperor Peigong, whom Your Majesty also knows. Without Peigong, there would be no Han Dynasty. It was because of his establishment of the Han Dynasty that the Han Dynasty came into being."

"The second wise ruler was Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying. He was the son of Pei Gong and Empress Lü. He succeeded to the throne at the age of sixteen. He was kind and generous, respectful to the wise and humble, and valued wise ministers. He knew that the Han Dynasty was just established and the world needed to recuperate after suffering from wars."

"According to Liu Ying's original behavior and style of doing things, he could have achieved greater things. However, because of his mother, Empress Lü, his temperament changed drastically. He often drank and indulged in sexual pleasure, ignored state affairs, and entrusted the government to his mother, Empress Lü."

Liu Ying met the ultimate tiger mom, Empress Lu, and was forced to give up. He wanted to protect his younger brother, but he couldn't, and he couldn't decide which woman to make the queen (he was forced by Empress Lu to marry her niece). He couldn't do anything he wanted to do. So what's the point of being an emperor?
It would be better to let his mother take charge of the government while he indulges himself. It can be said that Liu Ying was ruined by Empress Lu.

After hearing Li Nian's words, Meng Tian had a crazy brainstorm in his mind. The emperor of the Han Dynasty had the surname Liu, or it could be that he was from the Liu family. But this also overturned his previous guess that the Han Dynasty was established by Xiang Yu.

Because the Xiang clan is of the Xiang Ji surname, if the Han Dynasty was founded by Xiang's clan, then the emperor of the Han Dynasty must be called Xiang or Ji, and would never be Liu.

Now that he knew that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was named Liu, and that Emperor Gaozu of Han was also called Pei Gong, Meng Tian quickly thought of a person in his mind, that is, Liu Ji, who had a good reputation in the Qin court in the past few months.

Liu Ji's surname just happened to contain "Liu", and he was from Pei County, which met all of the above requirements. As for Empress Lü, Meng Tian also thought of someone, who was Lü Zhi, the one who was married to Prince Gao as his principal wife by His Majesty himself.

No wonder His Majesty invited Liu Ji to Xianyang to watch his coronation ceremony. It turned out that he wanted to show off in front of the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty. No wonder His Majesty wanted to marry Lu Zhi to Prince Gao...

That's not right. Why should you marry Lu Zhi to Prince Gao? Your Majesty should keep her for yourself, or give her to Prince Fusu, who was the wife of Emperor Gaozu of Han, and most likely she was born after the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Unless there were other problems with Lu Zhi, it is very possible that what Master Li Nian was talking about was that Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying, had a drastic change in his temperament because of his mother, Empress Lu, and that is why he drank and indulged in debauchery and ignored state affairs.

Meng Tian had also met Lu Zhi. She was quite beautiful and looked dignified and virtuous. She did not seem like a cruel person who could force her son to change his temperament. But people's temperaments can change. Perhaps something happened afterwards that caused Lu Zhi to change.

Meng Tian discovered another thing. Liu Ji seemed to be much older than Lu Zhi. How could these two of them get together and become husband and wife?
After this reflection, some things that seemed confusing at first can be explained. Your Majesty inexplicably invited so many people to Xianyang to watch the ceremony. In fact, all those invited were the founding civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Meng Tian had the same idea as Li Nian. Their Majesty is a little vain, but if it were them, they would definitely do the same.

But this also illustrates another thing from the side. When the Han Dynasty replaced the Qin Dynasty, it did not do anything excessive to the Qin Dynasty. Otherwise, Your Majesty should not have invited Liu Ji to Xianyang, but instead had someone bring Liu Ji's head to Xianyang, just like those people of the Xiang clan.

Meng Tian felt that this should be the case. According to what he had seen and heard, Liu Ji was indeed a free and easy, open-minded and magnanimous person. After he replaced the Qin Dynasty, it was indeed possible that he would let go of the Qin royal family.

(End of this chapter)