Who is the greatest emperor in the history of China?

Ying Zheng, the First Qin Emperor, of course.

When it comes to the great emperors in China's history, the first thing that comes to mind are the Emperor Qin Hanwu and the Emperor Zong Songzu, but there are several criteria to judge whether the emperor is great:

First, the martial arts of Wen Zhi.

let's talk about sandwiches first. Qin Shihuang initiated the first real unification in the history of China. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, it was only a tribal alliance or a national alliance, and the vassal state pursued the system of a suzerain. However, once the suzerain's power weakened, it would become a puppet and no one paid attention to it. Another vassal state had independent political rights, military rights, employment rights and diplomatic rights, and it was an independent vassal state.

Moreover, the warring states have been fighting endlessly. Since the decline of the Zhou royal family, the fighting between the warring states has been going on for hundreds of years, and the warring states can't control each other. Therefore, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are the most chaotic period in China's history, but the Qin Dynasty established by Qin Shihuang is different. The Qin Dynasty is a unified centralized dynasty. The officials in the whole world are appointed by one emperor, and the major events in the whole world are decided by one emperor.

At the same time, Qin Shihuang initiated a number of unification, unifying everything in life, such as writing, currency, weights and measures, language, law, car tracks, etc., so that the whole land of China began to merge and promoted exchanges and development, which is a great achievement that no emperor can compare with.

let's talk about martial arts. Qin Shihuang was the first unified dynasty in the history of China to expand its territory on a large scale. He attacked the Huns in the north, recovered the Hetao area of the Yellow River, and marched in the south, bringing today's Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and northern Vietnam into China, becoming an inseparable part of China, establishing an unprecedented and powerful unified dynasty, condensing Chinese culture and thoughts, and becoming a model for future generations.

second, influence.

Qin Shihuang's influence is enormous, which has influenced the history of China for thousands of years, and it still has influence today. Just to give a few examples, the emperor system established by Qin Shihuang has been implemented in China for thousands of years, and it has been adopted by later dynasties. The county system implemented by Qin Shihuang has also been used for more than two thousand years. Today, our administrative division also has the shadow of the county system.

The Great Wall built by Qin Shihuang has become China's world cultural heritage, and the straight road built by Qin Shihuang can still be seen today. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses buried with Qin Shihuang have become unique splendid cultural relics in the history of China, and Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is still a treasure of China, especially the thought of Qin Shihuang's unification, which still affects China today.

Therefore, Qin Shihuang is the greatest emperor in the history of China, and all the later emperors inherited his career, and what Qin Shihuang did was basically beneficial to later generations and harmful to the present, which is his greatness.