China was called a tyrant in history, an emperor?
Emperor who likes to kill-tyrant In history, the emperor who killed too many subjects was called "tyrant" by later historians. Tyrants are bloodthirsty. They not only slaughtered the soldiers and civilians of enemy countries, but also slaughtered their own subjects and even their own flesh and blood. The first tyrant in the history of China who likes to kill people was Qin Shihuang. In the process of pacifying the six countries and establishing the imperial industry, he often brutally slaughtered the soldiers and civilians of the six countries with the victory division. After the unification of the world and becoming the first emperor, he took the people of the whole country as the imaginary enemy, formulated strict and cruel laws, and constantly prevented and severely suppressed all the "bad" behaviors of the people. Even just suspecting that people have dissatisfied ideas, the so-called "condescension" will "abandon the market"-pull it to the street and behead it. His bloody slaughter of intellectuals-"burning books to bury Confucianism" nailed him to the shame column of "tyrant" forever, leaving him with eternal infamy. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, according to the Biography of Wen Yuan in the Ming Dynasty, he killed many intellectuals in past dynasties, which is really rare. At that time, the famous poet Gao Qi was beheaded by Zhu Yao; Yang Ji, also known as the "four great masters" with Gao Qi, was forced to die in the workshop of migrant workers, while Zhang Yu drowned in Lingnan and was imprisoned and killed. Xie Li, who was also called "Top Ten Talents" with Gao Qi, was killed; In addition, famous literati Su Boheng, Fu Shu, Wang Yi, Zhang and Du Yin were killed, Wang Meng and Wang Hongfan died, Dai Liang committed suicide, and so on. Historian Xu Yikui, in his congratulatory message to Zhu Yuanzhang, suspected that Xu intended to ridicule his humble origin, being a monk, and the word "then" being close to "thief", and wanted to kill Xu. During the reign of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, in about 140 years, many literary prisons as big as Zhuang Yan were successively created, and intellectuals, their families and clansmen were persecuted and massacred by means of looking at literary creation, catching shadows and arbitrarily accusing Luo Zhi. Ming History, Nanshan Collection, Wang's Essay on the Western Expedition, Justine's Wei Minzhi, Hu Zhongzao's Jian Mo Shi Sheng Copy, and so on, all kill people without blinking an eye, take their wives and children with them, and even the dead will be cut open and slaughtered once. It's really "killing people like grass, can't hear the sound"! Many tyrants not only slaughter ordinary people and intellectuals, but also wield swords at subordinate civil servants and military commanders. In the history of China, the most famous emperors who killed heroes were Liu Bang, Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Originally, Liu Bang was weak, relying on the military strength of his subordinates such as Han Xin, Xiao He, Sean and Fan Kuai, and the assistance of generals such as Peng Yue and Ying Bu, he defeated the powerful Xiang Yu and won the world. But when he became emperor, he felt that the subordinates of "Lord Gao Zhen" were a threat to his soldiers, so he immediately made all kinds of excuses and slaughtered these senior officials with the help of his wife Lv Hou. He first operated on Han Xin, who had outstanding achievements and extraordinary strategies, and arrested Han abruptly on charges of "rebellion" without evidence, and was later demoted to Tan Yin Hou. Soon, stand up, cut Korea, and lay down the three families. Then, Liu Bang killed Peng Yue, the king of Liang, by the same means, chopped him into a paste and wiped out the three clans. Then, Ying Bu, the king of Huainan, was destroyed one after another, and even Ding Gong, who was very kind to him, was killed. In the end, even his closest founding fathers, Fan Kuai and Xiao He, were almost killed. Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, first formulated the Daming Law after he ascended the throne, stipulating that anyone who dares to "rebel" will be executed in the middle of the year, and his relatives will be implicated. Anyone who reaches the age of 16 will be beheaded. "Hu Press -2" was the beginning of his hero killing, killing about 30,000 people in succession. Later, General Hailan was executed for "rebellion", and there were 13 families who died in "Jiangan -2", reaching15,000 people. Other generals, such as risking their lives and making great achievements, were once praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as Song Lian, the teacher of the prince, Zhu's children's in-laws, Li Shanchang, one of the top officials, and so on. They were also killed or robbed. Historians of later generations commented on Zhu Yuanzhang: "It is unprecedented to set up the world to take advantage of heroes, that is, to kill all the people in the world." (Zhao Yi: Notes on Twenty-two Histories) Before and after Wu Zetian came to power, it became common for the royal family to kill each other. Before she became Emperor Gaozong, she strangled her daughter in order to frame her political opponents in front of Emperor Gaozong. After she came to power, she killed her two sons one after another. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, killed his three sons in one day. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Shi Hu killed the emperor's younger brother Sanhong and even killed his sister-in-law and nephew in order to usurp the throne. When he became emperor, he killed people like hemp. Later, due to family reasons, he brutally killed his parent-child Xuan Shi, and killed Xuan Shi's wife and 9-year-old son together. Wen Xuandi Gao Yang of the Northern Qi Dynasty made Yin Gao the Crown Prince. Because Yin Gao was stupid and weak, and his uncles were tough, Gao Yang burned his brothers Jun Gao and Gao Huan alive on trumped-up charges. Gao Yang was very ill and dying. Anticipating that his son's throne would eventually be taken away by his younger brothers, he begged his eldest brother to give a high performance and said, "Take it, don't kill it." But later, shortly after Yin Gao became emperor, he was still abolished by Gao Yan. When Gao Yan was planning a plot, he contacted his younger brother Gao Zhan and promised: "When it is done, I will be the emperor's younger brother." Gao Yan acceded to the throne and made his son Gao Bainian the Crown Prince. Until Gao Yan died, he knew that Gao Bainian was no match for Gao Zhan, so he had to pass it on to Gao Zhan and begged Gao Zhan to be kind to his son. But after Gao Zhan became emperor, he still killed Gao Bainian.