A few years ago, the popular "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" attracted the world's attention to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and even every girl dreamed of becoming a Ge Ge and enjoying the favor of the Qianlong Emperor. Qianlong in the film and television drama is not only a Ming Jun, a filial son, but also an affectionate talent and a tolerant father.
He has multiple personalities, which is difficult to understand, but these are all to attract the attention of the audience.
So, what kind of person was the Qianlong Emperor in history?
The Qianlong Emperor, whose real name was Ai Xin Jue Luo Hongli, a Manchu, succeeded to the throne at the age of 25 and reigned for 60 years, and was an outstanding politician and strategist in ancient China. He was the fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor, who was initially given the title of Prince of Heshuobao, and after ascending the throne, in the sixty years of Qianlong, he passed the throne to the fifteenth son of the emperor, Ai Xinjueluo Yuanyan. After that, he was the Emperor Taishang for three years and four months, still holding the highest power in the country, and was the second emperor in Chinese history to reign for the second most time after Kangxi.
Qianlong was a very "extravagant" person, as can be seen from the construction of the Lama Temple. The Lama Temple was first built during the Yongzheng Period, and the Yongzheng Emperor spent almost 3,000 taels of silver to build it. Later, in the Qianlong period, the Qianlong Emperor even spent more than 300,000 taels of silver to expand it. In addition, the Qianlong Emperor also set up a special engineering team to make these people responsible for buying materials and building the Lama Temple. As long as he hears about which places need to be repaired or expanded, he will never skimp on money and immediately allocate silver to start the project.
In addition, the Qianlong Emperor was also a full Buddhist believer, and there were many residences for monks in the palace.
The Qianlong Emperor was very respectful of those who preached the sutras and recited the Buddha, and every time he performed this sacred ceremony, he would sit there reverently for several hours. Moreover, when the monk gave him an "empowerment ceremony", he had the monk sit on a high place, and he himself sat at the feet of the monk to receive the "empowerment". As the king of a country, Qianlong could actually achieve such a degree, which was really rare. This is not only because he is a devout Buddhist, but also because of his devotion to sacred things and sacred activities.
In his heart, he even felt that when a country carried out sacred activities, it should not have special treatment because of its special status. For Qianlong, not only did he like to listen to others preach to him and recite the Buddha, he also liked to preach the sutras and recite the Buddha to others. Every time qianlong appeared on his own, he would wear special formal clothes, sit in that fixed place, and talk about the "Buddha" in his heart with great enjoyment. Therefore, Qianlong was able to reign for sixty years, which also had a lot to do with his own cultivation.
In response to the Gurkha invasion, Qianlong helped Tibet quell the internal rebellion, and by virtue of this he also gained the approval of the Tibetan people. The Seventh Dalai Lama of Tibet, knowing the Qianlong Emperor's preferences, spent a lot of money to buy a white sandalwood tree and transported it to the city of Beijing. After that, the Qianlong Emperor also spent a lot of effort to make it into a huge Buddha statue, and also set a large amount of gold and silver jewelry on the Buddha statue, and even, in order to place this big Buddha statue, the Qianlong Emperor built a palace for this purpose.
Under qianlong's creation, the Lama Temple eventually became the largest Tibetan temple in Beijing and became the center of the Qing government's management of Tibetan Buddhist affairs throughout the country, which can be said to be unprecedented in scale. Because the Qianlong Emperor was born here, the Lama Temple produced two emperors and became the "Dragon Diving Blessed Land", so the temple was a yellow tile red wall, the same specifications as the Forbidden City Imperial Palace. Of course, it was Qianlong's love for Buddhism that allowed him to expand the scale of the temple, and finally, today's Lama Temple has a spectacular scene.
In fact, speaking of this, I can't help but think of a sentence that Xiao Yanzi said in "Huan Zhu GeGe": "The state has Qianlong, and the valley does not give birth to insects." Although I don't know whether this sentence is true or not, the author believes that although this sentence has an exaggerated element, we generally call it "prosperous world" more than this. Moreover, from the Qianlong Emperor's body, we can not only see his diligence, but also his persistence and modesty. He did not feel arrogant because he was the king of a country, and he did not feel that he was superior because he was the king of a country.
As the king of a country, it is not easy to be able to be as arrogant and impatient as Qianlong.
In addition, of course, to appease the people, to inspect the water conservancy, to exempt from taxes, these public benefits, under the administrative and technological conditions of the 18th century, he did a good job. The land was changed and returned to the stream, and the army was recruited, and the northwest, north and southwest were secured, and the original loose domain was more firmly grasped. Of course, in order to open up xinjiang, there are also many kills and injuries, and there is a suspicion of poor soldiers and martial forces, but this is not the case for those who have opened up frontiers in previous dynasties.
Most dynasty fans, fans are the founding and prosperity of the country, the dynasty is black, the black is the end. Historically, emperors who have been in power for a long time must have forged ahead in the middle and early periods, and if they had not tolerated adultery or become corrupt in their later years, then they must have gone on a killing spree, which is a characteristic of the imperial power system, and it is difficult for individuals to escape this historical law.
Therefore, the Qianlong Emperor is no exception, but if we follow the traditional historical view of Chinese, then the Qianlong Emperor is a qualified emperor from the perspective of the traditional Rulers of China.
Resources:
[Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Gaozong Benji, Biography of the Seventh Dalai Lama, Tibetan Political Affairs