Sadly, look at how the Western Han Dynasty was destroyed by Confucianism

Instead of consolidating his rule, the Qin dynasty hastened its demise. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism and took Confucianism as the orthodoxy, which promoted the formation and consolidation of the great unification.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he took such ideological measures, and Confucianism emphasized the importance of peace and opposed killing wars, which would also lead to a weakening of the country's military strength.

The entire Han dynasty followed a gradual line of thought in political reform, achieving a smooth transition without arousing public outrage.

The toss of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the two major events in his later years, one was the reckless use of military force, and the other was the scourge of witchcraft. In the early days of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he also fought in all directions, first quelled the turmoil in the Minyue Kingdom, and then prepared to use military means to solve the temporary peace of the Xiongnu who had to use peace and relatives to seek peace before. Wei Qing and Huo Qubing fought against the Xiongnu three times before and after, recovered the Hetao area, seized the Hexi Corridor, sealed the wolf Juxu, and pushed the northern territory of the Han Dynasty from the Great Wall to Mobei.

It is because everything Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did was for the sake of the country, and he did not make the people miserable.

Why did Mozi say that Confucianism was enough to destroy the world, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty insisted on deposing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone?

Throughout the history of ancient times, the Han Dynasty had the "rule of Wenjing and the lack of sails", the Eastern Han Dynasty had the "rule of Mingzhang", the Western Jin Dynasty had the "rule of Taikang", the Southern Song Dynasty had the "rule of Yuanjia", the Tang Dynasty had the "rule of Zhenguan" and "the prosperity of Kaiyuan", the Song Dynasty had the "rule of Renzong", the Ming Dynasty had the "rule of Hongtuan pretending to be chaotic", "the prosperity of Yongle" and "the rule of Renxuan", the Qing Dynasty had the "Kangqian Prosperity" and other relatively prosperous periods, and the emperors of the early Han Dynasty admired Huang Lao, ruled by doing nothing, and recuperated. However, most of the later generations did not use Taoism to govern the world, but restored Confucianism at the beginning, and there was a prosperous situation in governing the country with Confucianism, which shows that the prosperity of the early Han Dynasty was not only with Taoism.

The prosperity of the early Han Dynasty was due to the fact that after the war, the people's minds were settled, and the people gradually accumulated savings through hard work in a stable environment. Second, several emperors in the early Han Dynasty were relatively frugal, especially Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, who did not engage in large projects, did not waste money and money, and adopted a policy of peace and proximity to the Xiongnu, without major war losses, so that the national finances gradually had a surplus.

Under the influence of Confucianism, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took Confucianism as the mainstream ruling thought, but did not completely prohibit other ideas, such as Legalism and Taoism.

A series of foreign wars during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, such as the fight against the Xiongnu, increased the country's war losses, caused financial constraints, and even led to peasant uprisings. Therefore, the Han Dynasty is not only the credit of Taoism, and the Han Dynasty is not only the fault of Confucianism.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who succeeded Emperor Jing, was eager to establish a more powerful and collapsed centralized state under the condition that the Wenjing and Jing dynasties left a solid material foundation. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty strengthened the construction of centralization from all aspects of politics, economy and culture, and at this time Dong Zhongshu's idea of "great unification" came to the foreground from the cultural aspect.

Dong Zhongshu founded the new Confucianism on the basis of the old Confucianism and mixed with other schools, and he saw from the lessons of the fall of the Qin Dynasty that the peasant class could overthrow the state power, so it was necessary to educate the people ideologically. Only when there is unity of thought can the people have a standard of behavior and maintain long-term peace and stability. If we want to unify our thoughts, we must use only one thought, Confucianism.

Therefore, it is necessary to "depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone".

In the early days of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, because the national strength was unstable and wanted to develop the national strength, the Huang Lao thought was adopted, and the rule was ruled by inaction, and in the period when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the state of Lu, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, he deposed the hundred schools of Confucianism.

Because he wants to use the Confucian idea of governing the country to move the country forward, the Taoist culture he advocated before was Wuwei, and now the country is in a stable period, and it is necessary to consider seeking development.

Because Taoism is not very capable of binding the people, what the ruler needs is a doctrine that can rule the people's thoughts, and obviously Confucianism is more suitable than Taoism.

Because the Han Dynasty, which had recuperated through the inaction of the Three Dynasties, already needed a different idea to consolidate its rule during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism just met the political needs of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Western Han Dynasty: 1Reuse of relatives, the political situation is chaotic.

2.The eunuchs were autocratic, and the power of the state was weakened.

3.In the later period, the emperor was mediocre and unable to control the overall situation.

Eastern Han Dynasty: 1The development of the powerful power of the landlords gradually became a kind of local separatist force in the later period.2

It is still the dictatorship of eunuchs (relatives and eunuchs formed separate parties, and the struggle intensified in the later period)3In the later period, the emperor succeeded to the throne at a younger age, thus forming the dictatorship of foreign relatives4Land annexation is serious, and the people are struggling to make a living.

5.The emperor was mediocre and had many exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

I wish you happiness and happiness.

I see that the landlord keeps asking again:

When Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty reprimanded the crown prince, he said: "The Han family has its own system, and it is supposed to be a tyrant. Can you explain this sentence and what kind of system it is?

In fact, although the deposition of the hundred schools of thought and the exclusive respect for Confucianism was proposed during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism really became the ruling ideology of the Han Dynasty when Emperor Liu Zheng of the Han Yuan Dynasty (that is, the son of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty), because Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty was influenced by Confucianism since he was a child, so during his reign, a large number of people from the Confucian school were reused.

And his father, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, he lived in the folk since he was a child, and he knew the illegal behavior of the civil officials, so he severely punished the officials, so in a strict sense, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty still belonged to the representative of the "Legalist", although in the process he also reused a lot of Confucianism, such as the prince's mentor Xiao Wangzhi is a famous Confucian. Before Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty lived in the palace since he was a child, and was deeply influenced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also one of the representatives of Legalism.

Confucianism advocates great unification, for the sake of the saints, for the sake of the people, and for the eternal peace. The fundamental reason for the demise of a dynasty is that the majority of the people can no longer live, and the head of our country is very obedient and annoying.

As during the Industrial Revolution in Europe, the gentry became the largest political force on the stage, controlling the speech and thought of society, and inevitably becoming a new generation of ruling class.

Relatives and eunuchs take power, and the emperor is mediocre at the end of the period!

That Han Dynasty? There are Western Han Dynasty, Eastern Han Dynasty, Shu Han Dynasty, and Later Han Dynasty.