The Qing Dynasty is the last feudal dynasty of our country, it is reasonable to say that the wheels of history are forward, but after entering the Qing Dynasty, our country can be said to be regressing in all aspects, especially in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, which led to our country lagging behind the West by one or two hundred years, missing two industrial revolutions, and the Qing Dynasty is also the darkest in history, the deepest oppression of the people of a dynasty, but because of the current braid drama filling the screen, let the audience be deceived by TV dramas.
Now many Qing palace dramas are very popular with everyone, especially some palace fighting dramas are very exquisite and gorgeous, so that everyone thinks that the Qing Dynasty is a very rich and romantic dynasty, in fact, if you look at the old photos of the last years of the Qing Dynasty, you will completely subvert this idea, whether it is Kangqian Shengshi, or Cixi in power at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the life of the common people is very difficult, even a full meal can not be eaten, due to war and natural disasters, many children have become orphans after birth, can only live on the streets.
There was a very serious drought during the Guangxu years, when many people were destroyed and displaced, they could only leave their homes to find a glimmer of life, many old people left the place where they lived for a lifetime to go to other places to beg for food, but no matter how far they went, they found that they could not find life, at that time, the imperial court also had a disaster relief to open a porridge factory, but this was a cup of water, this drought led to hunger everywhere, although this was a tragic situation in the late Qing Dynasty, but everyone should not misunderstand what prosperity the Qing Dynasty had.
Whether it was the Kangxi period or the Qianlong period, there was no peace and prosperity, but during this period the population increased somewhat, but the wars in the border areas did not stop, and the life of the general public was still very difficult, even in the richest Jiangnan region, many families only had a complete dress, who went out to wear it.
During the Ming Dynasty, many foreign merchants and missionaries traveled to China, when in their biographies, the mysterious East was full of gold, but after many foreign merchants and scholars came to China in the Qing Dynasty, they could not believe the scene in front of them, not only the streets were dilapidated, but the people's living standards were very low, and the difference between them and the Ming Dynasty was too far, but we never heard of any prosperity in the Ming Dynasty in the history books, why was the Kangqian prosperous era of the Qing Dynasty highly sought after?