Perhaps the most high-profile of the entire Qing Dynasty was the three dynasties through which Kangqian flourished. Under the administration of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors, the qing dynasty entered the most prosperous period of development, and the Qing Dynasty was once a thriving scene.
As the original ruler of the Kangqian Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor was an emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and during his reign he introduced countless policies favorable to the country. However, only this ancient Mingjun had done one wrong thing, and he himself had never dreamed that this move of his would bring endless troubles to China.
A generation of sage monarchs throughout the ages
The Kangxi Emperor should be regarded as a legend in the history of the emperor, and his exploits are definitely worthy of everyone's praise. The Kangxi Emperor, whose full name was Ai Xin JueLuo Xuan ye, was the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
He was also the longest-reigning emperor in history, ascending the throne at the age of 8 and pro-government at the age of 14, because Kangxi was also a rare long-lived emperor with an advanced age of nearly 70 years, so he reigned for a total of 61 years.
There is an old saying: "From ancient times heroes to teenagers", this sentence is not wrong to apply to Kangxi. Since his father, the Shunzhi Emperor, died at the age of 24, Kangxi succeeded to the throne at the age of 8.
However, because he was too young at the time, he set up four auxiliary ministers to assist the little emperor, including Ao Bai, who had ambitions to take power.
Therefore, when Kangxi began to pro-government at the age of 14, Aobai's ambitions grew, and he even wanted to add a yellow robe to his body and become emperor himself. Although Kangxi was young at the time, his monarchical demeanor was already evident in him, so Kangxi began a struggle with Aobai for power.
Kangxi used the name of the "Buku" play to summon the young guards into the palace and asked them to arrest Ao Bai when they met him. After Ao Bai was arrested, several ministers jointly wrote a letter hoping that Kangxi could execute Ao Bai, a heinous sinner.
However, Kangxi Nian, who had made great contributions to his administration, only chose to detain him and dispose of all his henchmen.
But once a person like Ao Bai lost his position, he would definitely not be able to live, and his self-esteem would not allow him to become a prisoner of the lower ranks, so he hanged himself in prison soon after. After capturing Aobai at the age of 14, this political power really returned to the hands of Kangxi.
In addition to capturing Ao bai and regaining political power when he was a teenager, kangxi also did a lot of good things for the benefit of the country and the people. For example, it quelled the San Francisco Rebellion, expelled Tsarist Russia, signed the Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar, and unified Taiwan. All these things have pushed China's history forward.
The Holy Ming Monarch has also done bad things
However, it was such a holy monarch who did a terrible thing in the matter of unifying Taiwan, that is, in the process of reunifying Taiwan, he implemented the policy of moving the border and prohibiting the sea. At that time, in the area where this policy was implemented, it could be said that the people were complaining and complaining, and the people were not happy.
What is the policy of moving the border and prohibiting the sea? The so-called relocation of the border and the prohibition of the sea is the Kangxi Emperor's policy of avoiding the Taiwanese rulers from raiding the coast to obtain supplies, so that Taiwan cannot get materials from the mainland, which is to make preliminary preparations for the recovery of Taiwan.
The main area where this policy was implemented was along the coast of Fujian, where the Kangxi Emperor ordered people to set up boundary monuments and build boundary walls, forcing generations of residents living in this area to move out of the area and plan the area as a no-man's land.
The relocation of residents can be described as a matter of great influence, not to mention that in the period of extremely underdeveloped communication in ancient times, some people did not even receive the news of the relocation, and they were forced to move out of their hometowns by soldiers.
The rich were forced to give up their family business and wealth, and the poor hurriedly took a family to obey the ruler's arrangement and followed the large army to move.
At that time, the emperor's orders were mandatory, and if they disobeyed the arrangement, they would be killed by the soldiers sent. At that time, a single relocation policy left countless people in the coastal areas homeless and their wives scattered. What a terrible word the situation was!
It should be known that under the operation of the Song Dynasty, the coastal areas at that time had developed extremely prosperous in foreign trade, and even had the rudiments of capitalism there. In order to recover Taiwan, the Kangxi Emperor issued such an order, which can be described as extremely unwise.
The consequences of this move are endless
Why did the Kangxi Emperor need to recover Taiwan? This has to start from the Time of the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, due to the dutch invaders invading China at that time, they occupied the Taiwan area. Later, zheng chenggong the Zheng family rose up in Taiwan and took Taiwan back from the Dutch invaders.
However, because Taiwan was once occupied by foreign invaders, if it was retaken, it would not belong to China for the time being, so at that time Taiwan was independent of the qing dynasty rule. It was not until the kangxi emperor that he began to recover Taiwan.
Later, due to a series of preparations in the early stages, the policy of moving the border and banning the sea came into effect, and Zheng Jiajun's strength was indeed much worse than before when he confronted the Qing government. In the end, losing the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong expressed his willingness to submit to the Qing Dynasty.
Taiwan was successfully recovered during the reign of Kangxi, and it is undeniable that this was a good thing he did. However, in order to promote this good thing, the policy of relocating the border and prohibiting the sea has also laid many hidden dangers for the subsequent historical development.
First of all, this policy is actually the predecessor of the closed country policy implemented in the late Qing Dynasty. The implementation of this policy hindered its own development, resulting in the later period of the Qing Dynasty becoming so decaying that it became a fish on the board and was left to be slaughtered.
The implementation of this policy can be said to have changed the historical trend of China and sowed the seeds for the decline of the Qing government in the future.
Secondly, as soon as the policy of relocation was implemented, it completely destroyed the development of the coastal economy and snuffed out the budding of the capitalist economy. Because it is easy to carry out foreign trade, the coastal areas are bound to be the most economically developed areas. The implementation of this policy is bound to strike at the economic development of the coast.
Perhaps the Kangxi Emperor would not have thought that a decision he inadvertently made would bring so many hidden dangers to future generations! This move was to recover Taiwan, but it was precisely because of this move that he implemented that the Qing government was opened by the great powers with strong ships and cannons, and the Qing Dynasty, as a defeated country, ceded Taiwan.
In fact, this went around in a circle, and what the Kangxi Emperor did during his reign at that time seemed to be useless. Although Kangxi's work on this matter is indeed somewhat criticized, but people are not sages, who can be blameless! His other contributions to the development of the Qing Dynasty cannot be ignored.