Among the 12 emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong can be regarded as the most well-known emperor. Qianlong also intends to leave more "imprints" on history, for example, he is the emperor who wrote the most poems in history, and there is no one. Qianlong wrote more than 40,000 poems in his lifetime, as many as the Quan Tang Poems. But Qianlong's poems are at best some saliva poems, some of which are not even drooling poems, and the logic does not make sense.
As the emperors, the core figures of the empire, they also shouldered more responsibilities while holding power. Therefore, many people are very curious, when the emperor is so busy, where else does Qianlong have time to write poetry?
Qianlong's father, the Yongzheng Emperor, during his reign, approved the recitals every day until the early hours of the morning, and he never went out of the Forbidden City several times in his lifetime. Why is Qianlong so idle? It is also writing poetry and going down to Jiangnan.
Regarding Qianlong's lifestyle, we may wish to take a look at the record of Qianlong's living on January 28, 1765 (the 30th year of Qianlong), and see how the most famous emperor of the Qing Dynasty spent his day.
Qianlong ascended the throne at the age of 25, Qianlong thirty years he is already 55 years old, this day there is no major event in the palace or outside the palace, it is the most ordinary day Qianlong spent, but this can also best reflect Qianlong's daily life habits.
In ancient times, the sunrise was emphasized and the sun was in and out, and even in the Qing Dynasty, there was not much difference between the emperor and the people. Qianlong gets up at 4 a.m. every day, and if Qianlong does not wake up naturally when the time comes, there will be a "human flesh alarm clock" calling softly in Qianlong's ear, and the sound will gradually increase until Qianlong wakes up.
After Qianlong woke up, the entire Yangxin Hall was busy, and the eunuchs and palace ladies carefully handed a tool to Qianlong, waited for Qianlong to finish washing, and then waited for Qianlong to dress, and then went to Kunning Palace to perform a daily pilgrimage.
When Qianlong woke up, most of the other concubines also got up, and after everything was ready, Qianlong would lead them to the Cining Palace to ask the empress dowager for peace.
After the invitation, it was time for breakfast. The emperor's breakfast could only be enjoyed by himself, because even the empress could not accompany him, which was also to prevent someone from poisoning the emperor's food.
As for what Qianlong ate for breakfast, it was naturally rich. After all, the day's dinner is only breakfast and dinner, of course, you must eat well.
After eating breakfast from 6 to 7 o'clock, Qianlong will read books at the Qianqing Palace and hold a tea feast at 7 o'clock. Usually this point is held in the early dynasty, but this day is not held. Because the Qing Dynasty did not hold an early dynasty every day, this day just happened to rest.
The morning time is basically spent browsing the various departments and then calling the ministers to a meeting. By around 3 p.m., it was almost time for dinner, and then I continued to work.
At 4 p.m., Qianlong received Fu Heng, the brother of the late Empress Fucha and a military attaché trusted by Qianlong. Many things Qianlong were entrusted to Fu Heng to handle, and this time the two of them lasted for more than an hour, which showed that things were very important.
After 7 p.m., Qianlong basically "clocked in" to work, unless there is something particularly important, may occasionally be in the palace to work, generally speaking, is to read the book to practice words, if you want to command the concubine to go to bed, you will flip the card around 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock, after all, there must be time to prepare, and then end a pleasant day. What do you think? Is the emperor's life envied?