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During the period of Emperor Hui, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, most of the prime ministers were treated with courtesy as the prime ministers who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world. Emperor Wu of Han and the prime minister were often disagreements and often used excuses to suppress and kill the prime minister, which led to the ministers in the court unwilling to take over as prime minister. In order to implement his orders, he established the Central Court, and the Shangshutai also appeared during this period.

Emperor Wu of Han also had a very favorable condition to weaken the power of the prime minister, which was that those who were prime ministers were founding heroes. They were old or died. Emperor Wu of Han used this favorable opportunity to let many Confucian scholars replace the elders and control the state power, and at the same time strengthened his power by attacking the prime minister. In the fifth year of Yuanshuo (124 BC), Emperor Wu of Han asked the Confucian scholar Gongsun Hong, who was a civilian, to be the prime minister, which changed the previous practice of aristocrats being prime ministers. [54]

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Emperor Wu of Han was the first emperor to use the year name in Chinese history. In 113 BC, Emperor Wu of Han used the year as the fourth year of Yuanding and then changed the past to Jianyuan, Yuanguang, Yuanshuo, and Yuanshou, each year name six years. However, according to some unearthed cultural relics, they are marked with Jianyuan, Yuanguang and other year names, proving that Jianyuan, Yuanguang and other year names were not later pursued.

Since the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the country has been strong and defeated the Xiongnu, expeditioned to Dayuan, surrendered to the Western Regions, recovered South Vietnam, annexed North Korea, and set up a Western Region envoy to formally incorporate the Western Regions into the Chinese territory [68]. It is said that Emperor Xuan of Han set up a gubernatorial commander of the Western Regions to officially incorporate the Western Regions into the territory [69-70]. The Western Han Dynasty's territory reached the Sea of ​​Japan in the east, endured Jiaozhi in the south, crossed the Pamir Mountains in the west, and reached Yinshan in the north, laying the scope of the Han territory; during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Zhang

Qian went on a mission to the Western Regions and opened up the Silk Road. For the first time, he turned China's attention to the world. The Han envoys arrived in Dayuan, Kangju, Dayuezhi, Daxia, Anxi, Shidu (i.e. India), Khotan, Juqian, Lixuan and other countries, and opened up the Silk Road connecting the Eurasian continent. Lixuan, the farthest arriving Lixuan, is located in Alexandria, Egypt, which is the farthest region that the Han envoys arrived at, and the silk trade between Europe, Asia and Africa was formed. [51]

Emperor Wu of Han was the first emperor in Chinese history to send a large army to the hinterland of the Huns to fight decisively. Through a large number of immigrants to cultivate farms in the northwest border counties, this played a major role in the victory of the counterattack against the Huns and the management of the Western Regions. After Li Guang defeated Dayuan, many countries in the southern Western Regions surrendered to the Han Dynasty. In the second year of Emperor Xuan's divine title (60 BC), the Huns rushed to the king and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The Huns did not dare to fight for the Western Regions and dismissed the Duduwei. Emperor Xuan appointed Zheng Ji as the supervisor of the Western Regions, managing the southern and northern Western Regions, and the countries in the Western Regions surrendered to the Han Dynasty. At this point, the west ended directly to the Caspian Sea and became the territory of the Han Dynasty. [2]

Expedition to Dayuan: Dayuan, located in the Fergana Basin of Uzbek. After Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, Emperor Wu of Han ordered his envoys to bring 200,000 taels of gold and a golden horse made of gold to the capital of Dayuan, asking for a replacement of sweat and blood horse. However, the King of Dayuan Wu Wu refused to use sweat and blood horses as the national treasure of Dayuan. The envoy of the Han Dynasty cursed in front of Wu Wu, smashed the golden horses and turned away. Wu Wu was furious and killed the envoys and took away gold and silver treasures. Emperor Wu of Han was furious when he heard that the envoy was killed and his property was robbed, so he was furious and ordered Li Guangli to be the general of Ershi and sent tens of thousands of troops to Dayuan. In the fourth year of Taichu (101 BC), Emperor Wu of Han ordered Li Guangli to expedition to Dayuan.

Wan.[83] The Han soldiers were numerous and powerful, and the small countries along the way dared not fight, so they opened the city to welcome them, providing food and drinking water. Only Luntai (Luntai, Xinjiang) resisted the Han army and closed the city to defend.[84] The Han army attacked for several days, broke the city and slaughtered Luntai, and no one dared to stop them. They attacked Guishan City, the capital of Dayuan, first cut off its water source, and then surrounded Guishan City, attacked day and night, broke its outer city, and killed Dayuan brave generals. There was finally an internal strife within the Dayuan ruling group. Most of their nobles resented the Dayuan King Wuwu, so they killed Wuwuwu together, and sent envoys to the Han camp to seek peace, expressing their willingness to drive the good horses out for selection by the Han army. From then on, Dayuan subjugated the Western Han Dynasty.

Li Guangli ordered the captain Shangguan Jie to attack Yu Chengcheng. After fierce battle, Yu Chengcheng defenders finally could not resist the enemy and were defeated and surrendered. King Yu Cheng fled to Kangju. Shangguan Jie led his army to Kangju and asked Kangju for people. Seeing that Dayuan had been destroyed, Kangju handed over Yu Cheng to Shangguan Jie. Shangguan Jie's subordinate Shangji Knight Zhaodi killed King Yu Cheng on the way. The Han army defeated Dayuan and shocked the Western Regions. The countries in the Western Regions sent their children to the Han Dynasty to contribute and served as hostages. The Western Regions surrendered. [85]

Battle of Cheshi (Gushi): In the third year of Yuanfeng (108 BC), Emperor Wu of Han ordered Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Piao, to defeat Gushi, and torture Wusun, Dayuan and other countries in the Western Regions. [86] In the fourth year of Zhenghe (89 BC), Emperor Wu of Han ordered the Marquis of Mangtong (also known as Ma Tong) to lead 40,000 cavalry to attack the Huns, passing through Cheshi North. Mangtong ordered Cheng Yao to lead the troops of Loulan, Yuli, Weixu and other six countries in the Western Regions to attack Cheshi to clear the obstacles to the advance of the army. The soldiers of the six countries surrounded Cheshi, and Cheshi surrendered, and belonged to the Han.

Battle of Loulan: In the third year of Yuanfeng (108 BC), Emperor Wu of Han ordered Zhao Ponu, the marquis of Piao, to lead tens of thousands of troops to attack Gu Shi (Che Shi) and Loulan. Gu Shi also attacked and killed Han envoys many times. Zhao Ponu Ling was chased by Loulan several times. Wang Hui, who was suffering from interception, was the vanguard, led 700 people to capture Loulan and captured King Loulan. Loulan surrendered to the Western Han Dynasty. [87]

Battle of Kucha: After Emperor Wu of Han opened the Western Regions, Li Guangli defeated Dayuan and returned to the army and passed by Jianmi. It happened that Lai Dan was going to Kucha as a tyrant. Li Guangli sent people to question the King of Kucha. The King of Kucha followed Guyi's advice and sent troops to attack and kill Lai Dan. Later, he was afraid, so he wrote a letter to apologize. In the third year of Emperor Xuan's birthright (71 BC), Chang Hui, the Marquis of Chang Luo, supervised Wusun and sent 50,000 troops to defeat the Huns. On the way back to the court, he wrote a letter to ask for the attack on Kucha to compensate for the crime of killing Lai Dan. Chang Hui mobilized 20,000 soldiers from the west of Kucha, and sent deputy envoys to mobilize 20,000 soldiers from the east of Kucha, and ordered Wusun to send 7,000 troops to attack Kucha from three sides. The King of Kucha was extremely frightened and hurriedly told him that killing Lai Dan was the one who believed in the noble man Guyi, and had nothing to do with him. He also took Guyi to meet Chang Hui. Chang Hui killed Guyi and stopped the army. [88]
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