The Qing Dynasty has been stationed in Beijing since it overthrew the Ming Dynasty, and then ushered in the last prosperous state of the historical dynasty. After Kangxi ascended the throne, he slowly improved the country, improved the civilian economy, and gradually unified the ethnic groups in the Central Plains, becoming a world power at that time. The Kangxi to Qianlong period was the most prosperous period of the Qing Dynasty, not only politically enlightened, the people rich and the country strong, but also the people basically will not be disturbed by war, and live a peaceful and stable life. So why did the Qing Dynasty only have 267 years of national fortune? In fact, it was because this emperor had destroyed the ancestral heritage.
And the emperor who left his ancestors behind was not Puyi and Guangxu, and the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty reached its most prosperous period. What did he do? In fact, in the early days of Qianlong's reign, he gave full play to the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty to the extreme, but as he grew older, he began to be proud, he felt that the country was very stable, and it was very rich, and he began to directly allow the courtiers to embezzle. He made all the ministers in the court greedy, and he was the biggest winner among them, and the ministers all had a common target for bribery, that is, Qianlong.
At this time, the corrupt officials rose up, more and more people were greedy, and the laws of the Great Qing Dynasty were no longer strict, as long as there was money to kill people and set fires, they could be acquitted. The best of the corrupt officials is the famous Hekun, whose family property can be topped by the state treasury for several years, and the person who allows him to be greedy is Qianlong, who loves him the most in the dynasty, because he is very good at being a man, and he can send it to qianlong as quickly as possible when he needs money. If the minister of the DPRK violates the regulations set by Qianlong, if he does not want to have a prison disaster, he can pay for it, as long as it is not too excessive, General Qianlong will not be superfluous, but the premise is that you have money to bribe him, and it is difficult to say that there is no money.
The laws of the Qing Dynasty did not have much significance because the rulers took the lead in violating them, and some people were once reported for corruption and bribery and sentenced to death, but Qianlong felt that this person had talent, so he let the Punishment Department open a side, and after coming out, he became a high-ranking official under Qianlong's promotion. This is something that makes people feel ridiculous, and there is another person named Chen Huizu, whose brother's corruption has also pulled him into the water. When Qianlong found out, he also let him go and asked him to try the case of the corrupt official, so Chen Huizu made a big profit in the case, and Qianlong knew about this matter but turned a blind eye. At this time, all the ministers of the imperial court became arrogant, and the daily task was greed, and in order to go to a higher position, it was mainly greed.
Emperor Qianlong was strict on the surface, but this was only done for the people of the world to see, to the people, but whether there was really law enforcement or not was clear in everyone's heart. In his early years, Qianlong learned from his father Yongzheng to strictly enforce the law and did not forgive, but later he connived at corrupt officials. Not only that, but he also lived a very luxurious life, and every time he made a birthday, he had to spend more than one million taels of money, and all this money was greedy from the hands of the people. In addition to making birthdays, there are also tours and grand palaces, and these money are collected from the national treasury and from the people.
In the end, Qianlong lost the prosperous and prosperous world left by Kangxi Yongzheng, although Qianlong developed the Qing Dynasty to its peak in the early stage, but the Qing Dynasty also went to its demise under his rule, and he can be said to be the one who indirectly led to the demise of the Qing Dynasty, not Puyi and Guangxu. Yongzheng was such a diligent and honest emperor, but he could not let his son persist, only half of it began to decadence, if Qianlong insisted on managing the government well, then today's history may also change.