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Who are the reformers in the history of China?
Top Ten Reformers in the History of China (before 1949)

Although China has a tradition of immutable laws of ancestors since ancient times, there are still a large number of reformers.

According to the strength and effect of their reform, regardless of success or failure, they are arranged as follows:

First, Qin Shihuang.

Look at his reform achievements: the emperor system of more than 2,000 years, the unified county system, and a series of reforms, such as the same train, the same book and the same text, and unified measurement.

Its courage is amazing, far-reaching, unparalleled in the world, and it should be the first.

Second, follwed.

Togu's reorganization was very successful. It really had the courage to tear down all the systems and break them into pieces.

Anyone who disagrees with his reform will be killed and the world will fall into chaos.

With this stubbornness, second place is enough.

Third, Wang Anshi.

Famous for advocating political reform.

His reform is too idealistic, only from the perspective of legislation, ignoring the feasibility of administrative law enforcement.

Therefore, it was opposed by politicians such as Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi and Sima Guang.

Wang Anshi took advantage of the emperor's favor and drove them all away, which was quite courageous.

Unfortunately, after all, he was not an emperor, so he didn't make it, and the reform fell by the wayside.

Can only be ranked third.

Fourth, Guangxu.

103 The reform has brought many new things. In fact, these new policies are also feasible.

It's a pity that he has no real power, otherwise the situation might be very different.

Later, after the signing of the Xin Chou Treaty, the Western Empress Dowager realized something, and almost all the policies issued by the Hundred Days Reform Association were implemented.

Guangxu has the ambition to reform but no power to reform, so it is a comfort for him to rank fourth.

Fifth, Emperor Yang Di.

This guy is not a good man, but he invented a great system: the imperial examination system.

This system was later developed by western countries and became a universal civil service examination system.

With this one, it is enough to occupy the fifth position.

Sixth, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

His reform is mainly in ideology, that is, Confucianism alone.

Although this is not a big change, the impact is too far-reaching.

The sixth place is a bit low.

Seventh, Song Taizu.

This man has a little skill. He has quietly solved the problem of the buffer region that has plagued China for a long time.

It relies on the reform of the military system, the abolition of the official military system, and the establishment of an administrative system that prohibits the army and suppresses officials.

However, although the civil strife was peaceful, it left the root of poverty and weakness for the Song Dynasty.

Only ranked seventh.

Eighth, Shang Yang.

His political reform achieved the most remarkable results, which soon made Qin the strongest country in the Warring States period.

It's a pity that his execution area is not all of China, so it can only be arranged later.

Ninth, Zhu Yuanzhang.

The reason why he made the list is that he established the largest secret service organization in history and abolished the post of prime minister forever.

Tenth, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

As the first minority emperor to carry out the policy of sinicization in an all-round way, he must have a place in the rankings.

The reason for the lower ranking is the same as that of Shang Yang.

The most famous 1 Shang Yang, from slave to feudal reform 2 Wang Anshi's feudal social bottleneck reform 3, feudal social crisis reform 4 ***, modernization reform.