Many people believe that there has never been an emperor in the history of Guangdong. The reason is that Guangdong is located in the south, far from the Central Plains. Throughout China's dynasties, most of them established states and established capitals in the Central Plains. Therefore, most of The emperors of China came from the north, especially in the Central Plains. The emperors of ancient China came from the southern provinces, not none, but very few.
Since there were very few emperors from the south in ancient history, there are naturally many people who mistakenly believe that Guangdong has never had an emperor in history. Among these people, there are also many Cantonese people. In fact, although the south has rarely produced emperors in history. However, if you carefully calculate, Guangdong, as a southern province, can barely say a few emperors.
One. Emperor of The Kingdom of South Vietnam:
1. Zhao Tuo, Emperor Wu of South Vietnam:
What is the State of South Vietnam? At the time of the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, the former lieutenant of Nanhai Commandery, annexed Guilin County and Xiang County, and established the first local separatist regime in The Lingnan region of China, the State of Nanyue, with the capital at Panyu (present-day Guangzhou), and Zhao Tuo was emperor of Southern Vietnam. At the same time, Liu Bang, who was far away in the Central Plains, who won the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, established China's second great unified dynasty, the Han Dynasty. After that, although Zhao Tuo led the State of Nanyue to submit to the Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo's title of "Emperor Wu of Nanyue" was retained.
Many people believe that Zhao Tuo cannot be regarded as an emperor from Guangdong, because Zhao Tuo was originally from Zhending County, Hengshan County in the Qin Dynasty (present-day Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province). However, the author believes that Zhao Tuo can also be regarded as a native of present-day Guangdong, because Zhao Tuo was founded in the area of present-day Guangdong, and his descendants were also born in the area of present-day Guangdong, and successively became the new king of Nanyue.
2. Emperor Wen of South Vietnam:
Emperor Wen of Nanyue was named Zhao Xiao (赵眜), the second monarch of the State of Nanyue during the Western Han Dynasty of China, but Zhao Tuo was not the son of Zhao Tuo, the first monarch of the State of South Vietnam, but the grandson of Zhao Tuo. Is it weird? This is not surprising at all! Because Zhao Tuo, the Emperor wu of South Vietnam, lived too long, lived for 103 years, and survived his sons to death. Therefore, after Zhao Tuo's death, only Zhao Tuo's grandson Zhao Tuo could succeed him as the new monarch of The State of South Vietnam, as Emperor Wen of South Vietnam.
So why did the monarchs in the latter days of the South Vietnamese state not call themselves emperors? For example, Zhao Baoqi, the Ming King of South Vietnam, Zhao Xing, the King of Sorrow, and Zhao Jiande, the King of Shuyang. In fact, all this was because the comprehensive national strength of the later Nanyue State became too weak, and there was never a heroic talent like Zhao Tuo, the Emperor of South Vietnam. The monarchs behind the South Vietnamese state were all weaker than one, so naturally they did not dare to continue to call themselves emperors. I had to change my name to "King", and the Kingdom of South Vietnam became the Kingdom of South Vietnam.
Two. Emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty:
1. Emperor Gaozu of the Southern Han Dynasty:
The Southern Han Dynasty was one of the local separatist regimes during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, mainly dividing the Lingnan region of China and establishing the capital Xingwangfu (present-day Guangzhou). The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was a period of chaos between the Tang and Song dynasties, which lasted for several decades, during which although fifteen regimes were established successively, almost every monarch of the regime was called emperor. Therefore, in the history of Guangdong, there were several emperors during the Southern Han Dynasty, and it is not surprising!
The Southern Han Dynasty was founded after two generations of three people, namely Liu Qian, the assassin of Fengzhou (present-day Fengkai County, Guangdong Province), and Liu Qian's eldest son, the Qing Navy JieduShi, the Jing Navy Jiedushi, the Nanhai King Liu Yin, and the son Liu Qi. Liu Yinying died young, and his brother Liu Qi inherited the positions of Envoy of the Qing Navy, Envoy of the Jing Navy, and King of the South China Sea. Subsequently, Liu Qi boldly established the Southern Han Dynasty, establishing the capital Xingwangfu (present-day Guangzhou), and Liu Qi was the Emperor Gaozu of the Southern Han Dynasty.
Although Liu Qi also posthumously named his brother Liu Yin emperor Xiang, his father Liu Qian as Emperor Shengwu, and his grandfather Liu Anren as Emperor Wen. However, the author believes that the number of posthumous emperors is not counted. There are too many emperors posthumously in history, and none of them are real emperors.
2. Emperor Liu Yue of the Southern Han Dynasty:
Liu Yue was the second emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty and the third son of Liu Qi, the High Ancestor of the Southern Han Dynasty. Liu Yue was proud and extravagant in government, absurd and unscrupulous, and his reign was only two years before he was replaced by a coup d'état launched by his younger brother Liu Hongxi.
3. Emperor Zhongzong of the Southern Han Dynasty Liu Sheng:
Liu Hongxi, who successfully launched the coup d'état above, became the third emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty, that is, Liu Sheng, the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty. After all, Liu Hongxi did not become the emperor in a righteous manner, but only became the emperor after launching a coup, perhaps beware that the history books will write bad things about him, and Liu Sheng was also very violent during his reign, so he changed his name to Liu Sheng.
4. Liu Xun, the last emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty:
The so-called "Sheng" means bright, exuberant and prosperous. However, Emperor Zhongzong of the Southern Han Dynasty, Liu Hongxi, changed his name to Liu Sheng, but this did not make the Southern Han Kingdom really prosperous for a long time. After the death of Emperor Zhongzong of the Southern Han Dynasty, Liu Sheng was succeeded by his eldest son Liu Xun. Liu Xun was very much like the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty, and during his reign, he was also absurd, his rule was faint, and his government was rotten, and he was soon destroyed by the Northern Song Dynasty general Pan Feng and a large army.