The Yellow River is Long and Bends: Emperor Wu of Han

The Yellow River is Long and Bends: Emperor Wu of Han Li Yu said: Looking at the ancient emperors, the ones who were best at enjoying themselves were Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, and the one who was worst at enjoying himself was Emperor Wu. So how capable was Emperor Wu of Han? Sima Qian wrote: Up to now, your Majesty has been on the throne for several years, and during the more than seventy years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the country has been at peace, except for disasters such as floods and droughts. The people have enough food and clothing, the granaries in the capital and the countryside are all full, and the treasury has surplus goods and wealth. The money in the capital was so huge that the coins were so rotten that they could not be counted. The grain in the granary was piled up one after another, overflowing and exposed to the outside, and had become rotten and inedible. There are horses in the streets and alleys, and they grow in groups between the fields and lanes. But those who ride on female horses are unable to gather together. Those who guard the neighborhood eat Liang meat, those who serve as officials have their descendants grow up, and those who hold official positions use it as a surname. Generally speaking, when people have to solve practical problems, they will solve the practical problems first. Once the practical problems are solved, they will satisfy their ideals, fantasies, and imaginations. The latter is the most important condition for the emergence of romantic culture. Because Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing preferred to do less, the people had enough food and clothing, which was an extremely rare era for the general public. From top to bottom, everyone tried their best not to cause trouble to each other, and the self-driven society developed better. Such a good few decades were used up by the turbulent Emperor Wu's two large-scale attacks on the Huns! There was nothing that the Emperor was not interested in. His knowledge was so wide that he could have written many books in great detail. This is the end of a poem by You Ren: "Great knowledge and great talent, the crime and merit are not in regretting Luntai. After the Hundred Schools of Thought, there is nothing special." "Scholars, you will always be the source of disaster for China."