After Kangxi's death, the national treasury was 27.16 million taels, Yongzheng was left with 34.53 million, and how much could the faint Qianlong have left in his later years
The Qing Dynasty was a controversial dynasty. Many people misunderstand this, believing that the strength of the Qing Dynasty is so poor that the imperial court at the end of the Qing Dynasty is too weak and oppressed by other countries. This is not the case. The Qing Dynasty had a prosperous kangqian dynasty, a great power that allowed other countries to pay tribute to it. Kangxi, the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was only 8 years old when he succeeded to the throne. He was so young that he could not control all the officials. At that time, the imperial court was commanded by Ao Bai. Kangxi knew that he could not control him with his current abilities, so he chose to dress up as a pig and eat a tiger. Pretending to be a child who only cares about play, in fact, he secretly did a lot of preparatory work, and finally succeeded in imprisoning Aobai. After the Kangxi Emperor came to power, he suppressed many ambitious ministers with a thunderous momentum. He didn't dare have any other thoughts. After that, Kangxi suppressed San Francisco, unified Taiwan, expelled Tsarist Russia, and suppressed the Dzungars. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had the largest territory and the country prospered. After Kangxi's death, he left Yongzheng with a deposit of 27.16 million yuan.
The throne of the Yongzheng Emperor was not so easy. Kangxi had nine princes, and everyone aspired to the throne. In order to compete for the throne, every emperor exhausted all means. Later generations also called this phenomenon "nine sons and wives". Although Yongzheng succeeded in taking the throne, the power of those emperors was still alive. The first thing was to consolidate the throne. After the throne was stabilized, Yongzheng began the emperor's diligent road. Politically, he set up the Military Aircraft Office, changed the employment system, vigorously rectified the official system, and abolished the cheap slave system.
Secondly, noting the frequent occurrence of deficits in money and food, he began instructing people to investigate fiscal problems, investigate many problematic officials, and carry out some reforms to prevent the deficit from recurring. With his efforts, the country further prospered, the people's living standards also greatly improved, and after his death, the national silver inventory was 34.53 million.
In the early years of Kangxi Yongzheng, Qianlong ascended the throne and the national strength reached its peak. Qianlong inherited the fine traditions of the first two places. He was diligent and did not dare to relax. He excelled in agriculture, literature, the military, and more. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was stable in China, and its treasury had both silver and silver, more than Kangxi and Yongzheng. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there was no invasion by foreign enemies. In the last years of Qianlong, he gradually began to abandon the rule of the dynasty. They just want to have fun and spend a lot of money to build the Yuanmingyuan. Several trips south of the Yangtze River are extremely extravagant. Fortunately, only the Qianlong Emperor was corrupt, and the emergence of corrupt officials led to corruption. The imperial court was in chaos, and the prosperous era of Kangqian no longer existed.
We really don't know whether Qianlong still left silver in the later period under such a style of behavior.