Qin Shihuang, the first founding emperor in the Qin Dynasty to unify China. Later generations called him "the emperor of the ages", and his surname was won and his name was Zheng. Han nationality, born in Zhao. 13 years old, king. At the age of 22, he was crowned as an adult in Yongcheng, the old capital, and officially ascended the throne. At the age of 39, he completed the historic cause of reunifying China and proclaimed himself emperor.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, named Liu Che, was the fifth emperor of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is the tenth son of Emperor Wu Liu Qi, the grandson of Emperor Wu Liu Heng and the great-grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. His mother is Queen Wang Hui. At the age of seven, he was made a prince, and 16 was enthroned. During his fifty-four years in office, he established one of the most brilliant achievements of the Han Dynasty.

There is a saying in later generations: the administration of China follows that of Qin Huang, and the territory of China follows that of Wu Han. It can be seen that these two ancient kings made extraordinary contributions to the historical development of China.

The main contributions of Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi to historical development are as follows:

Political aspects:

Qin Shihuang:

1. Established the first unified autocratic and centralized feudal country in China.

2. Establish the supreme imperial power.

3. Establish an official system and administrative institutions from the central government to the local government.

4. The promulgation of Qin Law, which was popular all over the country, had a great influence on the formulation of feudal laws and regulations in later generations.

Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty:

1. Set the inward direction and control the outward direction.

2. Promulgate the "favor decree" to weaken the rights of princes.

3. Establish a secretariat system and strengthen the central government's monitoring of local governments.

4. While expanding and consolidating itself, it adopted the establishment of Dong Zhongshu's "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", which consolidated the unity and centralization of the country and had a long-term impact on the history of later generations.

Economic and cultural aspects:

Qin Shihuang:

1. Implement private ownership of land and pay taxes per mu.

2. unified measurement.

3. Unified currency.

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5. Lingqu excavation

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Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty:

1. Zhang Qian made two missions to the Western Regions, which strengthened the economic and cultural exchanges between the Han Dynasty and the West.

2. It has opened up the southern and southwestern territories, and enabled the southwest ethnic minorities to better integrate with the Han nationality.

3. Vigorously build water conservancy and develop agricultural production.

4. Establish imperial academy, teach the Five Classics and select officials from them.

Military aspects:

Qin Shihuang:

1. After Meng Tian acceded to the throne, he was sent to attack the Huns, recover the land in Henan and force them to retreat to the north of Yinshan Mountain.

2. The Great Wall connecting northern Qin, Zhao and Yan during the Warring States Period starts from Lintao in the west and ends in Liaodong in the east, and the Great Wall of Wan Li is built.

3. After conquering Baiyue area, Guilin, Xiang Jun and Nanhai were established. At the end of the first emperor's reign, its territory was "east to the sea and Korea, west to Lintao and Zhong Qiang, south to Beihu, north to the river and Yinshan to Liaodong".

Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty:

1. sending troops to crusade against the Huns made the regime of the Western Han Dynasty more consolidated and the country more unified, which created extremely favorable conditions for the economic and cultural development of the Western Han Dynasty.

The main faults of Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi in historical development are:

Qin Shihuang:

1. Burning books and burying Confucianism made many important documents lost, which caused great losses to the ancient culture of China.

In order to show his great empire, he forced the people to work hard to build a historic Epang Palace for him. The cost is extremely huge and the internal layout is extremely luxurious.

37,000 criminals were requisitioned and built a magnificent tomb of Mount Li for themselves.

4. Punishment is cruel. Among them, the death penalty includes abandoning the city, beheading, smashing cars and so on. Prisoners accused of comparative crimes and their relatives will also be executed.

5. The taxes are heavy, the landlords are cruel to the peasants, and the tax burden is passed on to the peasants, resulting in the people at the bottom living in dire straits.

Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty:

1. "oust a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone." Cultural autocracy is not conducive to the development of cultural diversity.

2. I was overjoyed and fought against Xiongnu year after year. Although the Huns could not compete with the Western Han Dynasty and protected the development of agriculture, economy and culture in the Central Plains, the huge and heavy military expenditure increased the burden on the people.

3. Extremely luxurious, many palaces and gardens have been built, and foreign ambassadors and businessmen who come to China for trade have also put on airs as big countries and given them away at will.

When I get old, I want to live forever like Qin Shihuang, believe in ghosts and gods, and believe in fairy medicine. In his later years, he made some mistakes, mainly the disaster of alchemist Luanda and Jiang Chong's "witchcraft".

Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi have always been two controversial emperors in history, but they are often compared together. By comparison, we can easily find some subtle similarities between them. Qin Shihuang started the first dynasty in the history of China. He burned books and buried Confucianism, expanded territory and swept Liuhe, and was a great talent. He was extravagant, built the Epang Palace and the tomb of Mount Li for himself, and practiced tyranny, making the people miserable. Emperor Liu Che wanted to make a difference. He respected Confucianism as a powerful country, and the weak country strengthened the central government. He appointed Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and other famous soldiers to defeat the Xiongnu, which ended the forbearance and personal leadership in the early Han Dynasty, consolidated the frontier and stabilized the ruling and opposition parties. However, Li Qi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, satirized Emperor Wu with "We buried the bones in the desert every year, but who saw Pu Tao enter the Han family for nothing", and Emperor Wu himself regretted it in his later years. The two emperors made great achievements in civil and military affairs, and they were able to compete in collecting taxes. The other emperors were equally superstitious and cruel. However, when evaluating historical figures, it should not be judged by one-sided success or failure, but should be seen in the background of the times: Mao Zedong once commented that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was "brilliant"; Sun Yat-sen once compared Qin Huang Hanwu, Napoleon and Yuan Shizu, calling them "people with lofty ideals"; Zhu, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, said, "Liang Wudi is very talented, ambitious and accomplished. At the end of the year, the sea was abandoned, and fewer people went to Qin Shihuang. The regret of the wheel platform is also a high talent. " ; Some western scholars believe that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can be called Caesar, Alexander or Octavian of China. Lv Simian, a great historian, wrote in his General History of Luzhu and China: "The unification of the Qin Dynasty was by no means entirely dependent on military strength." The legal provisions it implements are really worth learning from later generations.

To sum up, judging from a person's comprehensive quality, Qin Huang Hanwu does have shortcomings such as cruelty of human nature, and even made irreparable major mistakes; However, judging an emperor, Qin Huang Hanwu was indeed a successful emperor, and their great achievements and imperial demeanor will always be remembered by the world.