In the long history of China, the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty lasted for 276 years, and among them, the "Kangqian Prosperous Era" was an important historical period.
Under the rule of the three emperors, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty reached its peak, the national treasury was sufficient, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, which was a rare period of peace and stability in history.
Among them, the Qianlong Emperor is a well-known emperor, and there are countless film and television works related to him in the current era. Qianlong ruled the Qing Dynasty for a full sixty-three years, and an emperor like him who reigned for such a long time was rare even in other dynasties.
Not only that, Qianlong's life can be described as smooth sailing, neither experienced the bloody storm of seizing the wife, nor did he encounter a conspiracy to seize power in his later years, and during his reign, it can be described as singing and dancing.
The "born winner" among the emperors
Qianlong's smooth sailing in the emperor's seat was inseparable from the efforts of his father, the Yongzheng Emperor.
Compared with Qianlong, Yongzheng's ascension to the throne process is diametrically opposed, he not only experienced the struggle for the throne of the "nine sons and concubines", but also carried out a series of foreign wars and domestic reforms on the emperor's throne.
It can be said that if yongzheng had not laid a solid economic and military foundation for the Qing Dynasty on the basis of the Kangxi Emperor, the qianlong emperor's life would not have been so tortuous.
When Yongzheng was still busy fighting for the throne of the crown prince, there came an obscure little lady in the palace, and no one could have imagined that it was this young lady who gave birth to the famous Qianlong Emperor a few years later.
One day, Yongzheng suddenly contracted a strange infectious disease, at that time he was still an ordinary imperial brother, people around him avoided, afraid that they would be infected, but this little girl stood up at this time, she carefully took care of Yongzheng's life until he was cured.
After Yongzheng recovered from her illness, she attached great importance to this lady and deliberately accepted her as a concubine, and a few years later, she gave birth to a son for Yongzheng named Hongli, which was later the Qianlong Emperor.
Qianlong showed great wisdom from an early age, and Yongzheng also loved this son very much, and cultivated him as a successor from an early age.
During his reign, Yongzheng not only kept the country's economic affairs in order, but also eliminated the threat of qinghai, northwest china and other borders. He also investigated and punished a number of partisan groups that existed within the imperial court, effectively returning power to the emperor.
When Yongzheng died, what was left for Qianlong was a prosperous imperial dynasty with a clear and clear mind in the world, and the country was rich and the people were sufficient, so it seemed that Qianlong was really a natural winner.
Micro service private visit encountered melon farmers
Qianlong is a person who knows how to live and enjoy very well, he loves to write poetry and painting, and left tens of thousands of poems in his life, although the level does not dare to compliment, but I believe he has got endless fun from it.
During his reign, he also loved to travel, and in his lifetime he visited Jiangnan six times, and he also made many private visits, leaving his footprints all over the country. The name is to investigate the people's feelings, but in fact, it is to travel around the mountains and rivers, listening to officials and ordinary people everywhere sing praises to him and satisfy his vanity.
In the process of a private visit to MicroService, Qianlong encountered an interesting thing.
On this day, Qianlong, dressed as a rich man, was touring around the countryside, and at noon, the thirsty Qianlong ordered his entourage to find a place to rest.
Coincidentally, there was a large watermelon field nearby, and Qianlong stepped forward to buy a few watermelons to quench his thirst. A melon farmer was taking shelter in the shed of the melon field, and when he saw Qianlong and his party dressed and talking, knowing that these were not ordinary people, he took out watermelons and warmly entertained them.
The watermelon in this melon field is large and round, and when cut open, it reveals a red melon, which is very gratifying. Qianlong and his party praised the watermelon, and after a while they ate the cut watermelon clean.
A small talk revealed that the melon farmers had a lot of insights
Qianlong praised the watermelon grown by this melon farmer, and after eating and drinking enough, he began to talk with him.
Unexpectedly, this uninformed melon farmer praised the current emperor, saying that the Son of Heaven was a leader, loved the people like a son, and sang a lot of praises and praises.
Qianlong's "Dragon Yan Dayue" who listened to these words deepened his good feelings for this melon farmer.
In the subsequent chat, Qianlong asked the melon farmers about the way to grow melons, and the melon farmers made some sense in small talk.
The melon farmer said that a watermelon, its core is the sweetest, but the best way to eat a watermelon is to start from the outside. In this way, although you can't eat the core of the melon in one bite, when you eat the watermelon, you will feel more and more sweet, and the moment you finally eat the center of the melon is the happiest time to eat a watermelon.
The melon farmer went on to say that the principle of being a human being is also similar, although it is very hard to water and fertilize when planting melons, but when the melons are ripe and fall, when they sit in the shed and eat watermelons, they will be bitter.
Qianlong was greatly shocked to hear these words, and did not expect that an ordinary melon farmer also had such an opinion, so he consciously or unconsciously asked him for some important matters of governing the country; although this melon farmer had not attended school for a few days, he was often able to use his own experience analogy and put forward unique views, which Qianlong, who was born in the imperial family, could not have imagined in his lifetime.
Unable to succeed in seeking talent, Qianlong rebelled against his murderous heart
Gua Nong's words made Qianlong feel like an empowerment, and he suddenly felt that the ministers in the court might not have the foresight of the person in front of him, and Qianlong suddenly became fond of talent.
Before leaving, Qianlong slightly hinted to the melon farmers about his identity,
He warmly invited him to accompany him to the imperial court as an official.
What Qianlong did not expect was that the melon farmer politely refused his request, saying that it was better to be an official than to grow melons leisurely and happy, and was willing to be an ordinary farmer in the field.
Qianlong repeatedly asked, but the melon farmers were still unmoved, and Qianlong, who had no choice but to say goodbye.
But on the way back to the palace, Qianlong suddenly gave the order,
Order the samurai in his entourage to kill the melon farmer
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It turned out that Qianlong had adhered to the way of thinking about imperial power since he was a child, and he was worried that since such a person could not be used for himself,
Once it falls into the hands of others, it is likely to be unfavorable to yourself, and it may become a major problem for your own confidants in the future
Although this possibility is very small, people born in the imperial family are absolutely not allowed to have the slightest threat around them, and they must be eliminated quickly.
However, when the samurai who had been ordered to kill the melon farmer returned, he surprised Qianlong. It turned out that after the samurai returned to the melon shed, the melon farmer had long disappeared, leaving only a note in the melon shed, on which were written a few short lines, saying that he only wanted to be an obscure civilian, and would never participate in the right and wrong in the power field, hoping that Qianlong could let himself go.
After a short period of consternation, Qianlong laughed and couldn't help but sigh that a melon farmer he met casually had such insight and ability.
brief summary:
As the saying goes, the most difficult to predict the heart of the emperor. Although Qianlong was born in an era of peace and tranquility, he still had the decisive and mysterious imperial heart. No wonder people say that the emperor's seat is really not something that ordinary people can sit on.