Literature | history
The real sinner of the Qing Dynasty was not Cixi, but he, who plunged China into a century of darkness!
Speaking of Cixi, I think that all the officials did not have much good feelings for her, because when it comes to the sinners of the Qing Dynasty, all the officials will absolutely think of the two words Cixi, indeed, Cixi is not as vigorous as the wu zetian female emperor in history, but instead uses the Qing government to satisfy its own vanity, during cixi's reign in power, she is incompetent, stuck in her own way, and wantonly suppresses the spread of advanced ideas and changes in the law, and can even deprive the army of military expenses and use it to open its own birthday feast.
What makes the author most profound is that she once issued a holy will, that is, "Measure the material strength of China and the joy of the country." "Meaning to measure how many things we have in China can be taken out, as long as we please the great powers, this is an uncompromising shame, it is true that Cixi was a sinner of the Qing Dynasty, but do you know? The biggest sinner of the Qing Dynasty was not Cixi, but someone else, and as you know, this answer, I think, will surprise everyone, that is, the Qianlong Emperor.
Speaking of this, let us not be in a hurry to deny it, it is true that the Qianlong Emperor led the Qing Dynasty to reach the highest peak since the heyday of Kangqian, and on the basis of the original, further completed the unification of the multi-ethnic country and the economic culture of society, developed greatly, and was very concerned about the people, and repeatedly reduced the burden of the peasants.
After the Qianlong Emperor reached middle age, because he felt that he had achieved such great achievements, he gradually became very happy, not only built a large number of civil engineering, six times in Jiangnan, consuming the state's manpower and material resources, the country's corruption once again gradually prevailed again, and his life was extremely luxurious, he traveled everywhere in the mountains and rivers, built a lot of civil engineering, and consumed a lot of national strength, he was extremely confident, and once closed the country, resulting in isolation from the outside world.
As a result, China cannot know how the outside world has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the final outcome is only that the Qing Dynasty will stand still and gradually retreat, so that the Western countries that have never stopped developing will aim their guns at our ancient China, making China fall into a century of darkness.
Now that it is the 21st century, which era has long been gone, but we still have to remember the lessons of history, keep up with the pace of the times, walk in front of the times, and eventually China will lead the direction of the world!