The so-called prosperous kangqian is simply a deception of the world and a false name.
In the last years of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Ninth Son took the concubine, the border pass was in a hurry, the national treasury was empty, and the South was unstable, at this time of internal and external difficulties, if it were not for the implementation of the iron-fisted reform after Yongzheng came to power, the Qing Dynasty would have been doomed long ago.
Is it just the Qing Dynasty? Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, how many dynasties have been dragged down by the seizure of the throne?
In order to prevent the division and decline of the empire caused by the competition between princes, the empire implemented the seemingly cruel and brutal "law of killing relatives" by outsiders.
What is the "Law of Killing Relatives"? Hu Hai, the son of Qin Shi Huang, did such a thing. If Qin Shi Huang was still alive, he definitely did not want Hu Hai to kill all his brothers and sisters.
But in an empire, this is not only legal, but also enforced. Relying on this law, the empire not only lasted for more than 600 years, but also extended its territory to a super-empire that spanned Asia, Europe and Africa.
Cruel and particularly affordable "killing of relatives"
The so-called "Law of Killing Relatives" was designed and promulgated by Murad II, Grand Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in 1444.
In order to ensure a smooth transition of power to the empire, Murad II, after selecting a crown prince, killed dozens of his sons, including his daughters.
Not only that, but he also wrote this act into law and let his children and grandchildren continue for generations to come.
The Ottoman Empire, also known as the twin sister of the Qing Dynasty, had almost the same fate as the Qing Dynasty. Like the Qing Dynasty, she was a super empire developed by the steppe ethnic minorities.
Moreover, the Ottoman Empire was almost the same era as the Qing Dynasty, and it experienced the same demise.
The two of them, one known as the Sick Man of East Asia and the other known as the Sick Man of West Asia, both of them eventually collapsed under siege and encroachment by the Western powers.
Fortunately, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it still retained a complete territory, and the Ottoman Empire was only left with a small corner of the country.
Even so, it still hit the capital of that fighting nation, you say embarrassed?
If only by killing a few children, the Ottoman Empire would not have survived for 600 years, and lived from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.
The vicious law of the Ottoman Empire
In addition to killing its own children, the Ottoman Empire was more ruthless towards the nobility.
They lived in an era of great power, with Zhu Yuanzhang, Timur, Byzantium, Seljuk and other empires.
In the end, the sultan found that what really caused the Decline of the Mongol Golden Family was not the enemy, but the internal struggle for power and profit. To this end, they not only wanted to kill their own children, but also to restrict the rights of the nobility.
It is not possible to marry or have children, which is the rule for the Ottoman Janissaries.
And the nobles could not be hereditary, let alone dare to fly in the empire, otherwise, not only the sultan would dispose of him, but even the commoners would have the right to directly denounce him.
Even the prime minister was named by the Sultan and could be executed at will. In the face of such pressure, if the children of officials and eunuchs want to continue the glory and wealth of their fathers, they must make meritorious achievements.
In the eyes of the Ottoman Empire, whether it was for children or nobles, the Darwinian law was enforced, leaving the best and the rest killing.
Although the Janissaries were not eunuchs, as the most cattle special soldiers under the Sultan, they could not marry all their lives, eat and sleep together, train hard, or only be the emperor's sword.
As an empire founded by the Islamic people, they had great tolerance for various religions.
The Manchus and Ottomans implemented almost identical policies, and in the end the Qing Dynasty died in the Eight Banners, while the Ottoman Empire died in the Janissaries.
When the times are progressing, and the Ottoman Empire and the Qing Dynasty are still stuck to the traditional rules of the game, they can only be killed.
The Ottoman Empire lived for six hundred years because it was cruel enough to the nobles and his own people, and tolerant enough to his people.
The demise of the Ottoman Empire and the Qing Dynasty was also due to their own self-sufficiency and arrogance.
What are your different perceptions of this?