The brightest shining point of the Qing Dynasty was nothing more than the prosperous era of Kangqian, and with the joint efforts of the three generations of emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty, which were the most accomplished emperors, ushered in rapid development, and both national defense and economy reached their peak at this stage, and a good situation of political integration and people's prosperity and people's security appeared. However, when Jiaqing took office, he found that behind Kangqian's prosperous life was full of holes, because he opened the national treasury but found that it was empty, where did the wealth accumulated by the three generations of Renjun for more than 100 years go? The truth behind it is shocking.
Kangxi was the second emperor after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Customs and the longest-reigning emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He became emperor at the age of 6, pro-government at the age of 14, and remained at the age of 68, ruling the Qing Dynasty for 62 years. In the past 62 years, Kangxi also did a lot of things for the Qing Dynasty, such as his recovery of Taiwan, the pacification of San Francisco, the counterattack against Tsarist Russia, the pro-conquest of Zungar, etc. All of which effectively safeguarded national unity and national unity, laid the foundation for the prosperous era of Kangqian, stabilized domestic rule, and was called "one emperor throughout the ages" by posterity.
However, behind the kangxi exploits are the "three deadly sins".
The first sin: retreat. The Kangxi administration also had a weakness, that is, the introduction of a closed-door policy. Without any contact with foreign government affairs and economies, including the military, it is enough to manage one acre and three points of land well. As a result, the Qing Dynasty failed to contact and understand the development of the international situation, failed to reform and innovate, and led to backwardness.
The second crime: embezzlement. In the early days of his reign, Kangxi exerted great efforts to govern, but in his later years he was lazy in the administration of the dynasty, relaxed the governance of the country, relaxed the management of courtiers, relaxed the supervision and management of the system, and as a result, before his death, a corrupt official system was formed.
The third sin: poverty. It is reported that after the death of Kangxi, Yongzheng took the throne. When Yongzheng checked the treasury, he found that the treasury at this time was only 8 million taels of silver. This is a serious problem for the Qing Dynasty, which has not been founded for a long time.
Although Yongzheng was "miraculously" ascended to the throne in the nine sons of the concubine, the ascension to the throne was not glorious, but after he took office, after discovering the three major problems left by Kangxi, on the one hand, he made up his mind to rectify the rule of officials, and on the other hand, he made great efforts to develop national strength. To this end, the Yongzheng Emperor served the public day and night, and in addition to resting, all his time and energy were devoted to handling state affairs. It is precisely because of this that Yongzheng became the most diligent emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
13 years later, a miracle happened, Yongzheng used his own hard work and sweat to water the fruitful fruit, he stubbornly turned the 8 million taels of silver left by Kangxi into more than 60 million taels of silver.
During his early years of reign, Qianlong worked hard like his grandfather and father, enabling the Qing Dynasty to achieve the highest degree of prosperity. However, he also returned to the old path of Kangxi, and in the late period, he began to slack off and become corrupt. He also committed the "Three Deadly Sins."
The first sin: conquest. Qianlong, who had made great achievements, fought foreign wars for many years, and as a result, the people were injured and their wealth was injured, and the burden of life of the people was increased.
The second sin: extravagance. In his later years, Qianlong was obsessed with traveling, and under the extravagance and waste of his six trips to Jiangnan, the treasury reappeared in an extremely empty situation, and soon the Qing Dynasty began to decline from prosperity to decline and began to decline.
The third sin: laissez-faire. In his later years, Qianlong was doting on the powerful courtiers and the corrupt things he did, and always turned a blind eye to the corrupt things he did, which made Hezhen the first corrupt official in the world. According to the "Qing Dynasty Wild History Grand View and He yan family wealth" and many other wild history records, the total family property of He Yan is "two billion two have a government revenue of 70 million, and he Yan with twenty years of cabinet ministers, he accumulated a country's twenty years of tax (years) income and strong." If this is true, Hezhen can be selected as one of the world's richest people.
After Qianlong's death, Jiaqing ascended the throne, he opened the treasury to see, empty, Qianlong in his later years actually spent all the savings accumulated by the three generations of emperors for more than 100 years.
But he wasn't disappointed, on the contrary he laughed and said 5 words: enough money to spend. Because Qianlong also left him a priceless treasure- Hezhen. As the saying goes, He Yan fell, Jiaqing was full. Only 15 days after Qianlong's death, Hezhen was killed by Jiaqing, and the wealth copied from his family was about equivalent to the total financial income of the Qing Dynasty for 15 years, and it was precisely because of this that the qing dynasty's treasury was once again filled, and the mediocre Jiaqing lived a stable life.