When it comes to the emperor with the best life, Qianlong is absolutely unyielding, he ascended the throne in the best years, there was no major illness or disaster in his life, and he lived to the age of 89 in a smooth manner, and I don't know how many people are envious. As far as his reign was concerned, he was far more stable than other emperors, no one fought for power and profit, relatively peaceful at home and abroad, and the throne was sixty years old, even if the Zen throne was still in power, until the end of his life.
I believe that many people may wonder, since Qianlong is still in his eighties and still has a strong body, why is he not like other emperors, waiting until after his death to give way? Because there's a little story here.
It turned out that when Qianlong had not yet officially become emperor, he had made a promise that if he could inherit the unification, he would not expect to reign for 61 years like emperor Kangxi, and he would be satisfied with it for only 60 years.
Qianlong made this wish for two main reasons, one was that he respected and worshipped the Emperor's grandfather Kangxi, and insisted on adhering to the ceremony of the younger generation and did not dare to transgress. The second is that he did not expect to live so long at that time, after all, there were few ancient people who could live to the age of 80. However, fate is so interesting, Qianlong not only lived to the age of 80, but also far beyond this goal.
1795 was the 60th year of Qianlong's reign, when he was 85 years old, although he was quite old, but he was healthy and painless, not only able to move around freely, but also with a clear mind and able to handle state affairs.
Seeing that it was time to fulfill his promise, qianlong had some regrets when he came to the end, and the power he had enjoyed for decades was handed over so easily, how could he be willing? However, as the emperor's golden mouth, the words he said could not be taken back, so this son had to let go if he did not let him.
In the first month of the following year, Qianlong officially returned to the government of the new emperor Jiaqing, but when the Zen ceremony was held, he almost did something confused, and he was unwilling to hand over the jade seal symbolizing imperial power to Jiaqing.
This sudden change not only embarrassed Jiaqing, but also shocked the civil and military officials, who did not expect that Qianlong would be difficult at this critical juncture, and the scene would fall into a stalemate for a while.
At this moment, Liu Yong walked to Qianlong's side and whispered a word to him, the emperor must have a jade seal when he ascends the throne. Hearing Liu Yong's advice, Qianlong knew that if he did not give it, it would not only be Jiaqing who would lose people, so he reluctantly let go of his hand and handed over the jade seal and let the ceremony continue.
However, for Jiaqing, this jade seal is the same as not taking it, because the decision-making power is not in his own hands at all. Although Qianlong formally returned to Jiaqing and voluntarily became emperor, in fact he still controlled the government, and even he himself said that he still handled major affairs. Poor Jiaqingkong has the title of emperor, but in fact, he is still a small follower behind his father.