In 296, there were a total of 12 emperors, and the heyday was in the three generations of Kang, Yong and Qian. Kangxi exerted great efforts to govern, the great Qing national strength to an unprecedented height, yongzheng reign time is not long, but played a role in carrying on the upper and lower levels, as for the Qianlong Emperor, although many people think that he is a loser, but it is undeniable that in most of the period of his reign, the Qing Dynasty's national strength was very strong, only in his later years, the Qing Dynasty appeared to decline, and after his death, the country immediately went downhill.
Therefore, people are very curious, Kangxi dedicated his life to the Qing Dynasty, after his death the national treasury left 27.16 million taels, after the death of his son Yongzheng, the national treasury left 3453 taels, so after the defeated Qianlong rule for 60 years, how much is left in the Treasury of the Qing Dynasty?
Kangxi, in history, is an emperor who can be compared with Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han and Tang Taizong, and his life is also very legendary. In 1662, the 8-year-old Kangxi ascended to the throne, but he showed a different maturity from children of the same age, which was not only the embodiment of Kangxi's own ability, but also showed the helplessness of being born in the imperial family on the other hand. Although as an emperor, the world is the only one, but the auxiliary ministers at that time did not believe in the 8-year-old boy in front of them, when the real power of the dynasty was still controlled by Ao bai, after 6 years of forbearance, Kangxi launched his own counterattack at the age of 14, he designed to capture Ao Bai, so that the ministers of the DPRK looked at him with admiration.
The power of the central government is mastered, and the next step is to pacify the local forces, in the early days of Kangxi's reign, the Qing Dynasty has only entered the customs for decades, and the internal situation is very unstable, especially the local princes, who have great power in the local area, Kangxi is worried that this will threaten the central government's management of the localities, so he ordered the cutting of the domain. As soon as this order was issued, it provoked the rebellion of Wu Sangui, the most powerful king of the clan at that time, and Kangxi had no fear and personally led an army to pacify Wu Sangui, and the other clan kings saw Wu Sangui's fate and did not dare to make another attempt. In this way, the internal environment stabilized.
Kangxi began to rectify the external environment again, the most famous of which was the unification of Taiwan and the war against Russia, and he used the powerful military strength of the Qing Dynasty to tell foreigners: The land of the Qing Dynasty is not allowed to be touched by other countries! After the internal and external troubles were solved, he adopted the method of "recuperation and recuperation", so far, the country has not had major turmoil for decades, and has reached the prosperous situation of the feudal era, and the national treasury has become increasingly abundant.
Of course, during the reign of Kangxi in his later years, there were also some problems in the Qing Dynasty, such as the rebellion of King Ce, and the suppression of the rebellion cost a lot of money from the national treasury, nearly six million taels. After his death, there are 27.16 million taels left.
In 1722, Kangxi died and Yongzheng took the throne. He was the most outstanding son of Kangxi, and he saw all the problems that arose in the imperial court during his father's later reign, and as soon as he ascended the throne, he began to carry out a large-scale anti-corruption campaign and investigated and punished many corrupt officials. On the one hand, it was to clear out the forces of those old ministers in the Kangxi Dynasty and replace them with their own group of people to consolidate their rule, on the other hand, it was also to rectify the order in the DPRK. Yongzheng reigned for a total of 13 years, and he fought corruption for 13 years. In terms of economy, it inherits the "recuperation" of the Kangxi era and continues the prosperous situation created by Kangxi. Therefore, by the time Qianlong succeeded to the throne, this was almost the most prosperous period of the Great Qing Dynasty.
In 1736, Qianlong ascended the throne, and his father Yongzheng left him 34.53 million taels in the national treasury, so much money, how could the playful Qianlong not squander it? He was lustful, loved Jiangnan beauties, and did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money on Jiangnan 6 times, each time it was a huge momentum, and his name was: the blessing of Jiangnan women; he was fun, using a large number of craftsmen to build the Yuanmingyuan that combined East and West, which lasted for 100 years, and before his death, he could not witness the completion of this magnificent work; he was autocratic, especially in terms of writing, Qianlong himself loved literature, and because of this, he knew the power of words, daxing "word prison", and mutilated a group of loyal people He brought his conceit to the rule of the country, and practiced "closing the country behind closed doors", except for the Qing Dynasty, which was a barbarian country.
It can be said that Qianlong ruled the Qing Dynasty for 60 years, but he delayed the Qing Dynasty for 60 years. He was nothing more than a profligate loser. Fortunately, the accumulated wealth of the first two generations was just squandered by him with his life, and during the time of his reign, the Great Qing Dynasty still belonged to the prosperous stage, which is the so-called "Kangqian Prosperous Era" in history.
In the early period of Qianlong's rule, because of the old economic policies of the two generations of Kangyong, the country's economy still developed in a good direction, such as 1766 AD, that is, the 30th year of Qianlong, and the treasury money reached a staggering 70 million taels. However, on the day of his death, there were very few, and what was left for the Jiaqing Emperor was an empty warehouse. This also implies, on the other hand, that the Qing Dynasty is about to decline.