If you have friends who like to see the palace drama, then you will definitely find that the emperor with the highest appearance rate in the Qing Dynasty is the Qianlong Emperor, like the earliest "Huan Zhu GeGe" and the popular "Yanxi Raiders" and "Ruyi Zhuan" in the previous two years, which are all based on the historical background of Qianlong's reign. In fact, the Qianlong period was the peak of the feudal development of the Qing Dynasty, and after Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty began to decline.
I believe that friends who love to see the palace drama must be familiar with "Kang Yongqian's prosperous life". The three generations of emperors, Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, lasted for 134 years of feudal rule, and developed the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty to its peak. At the same time, it was also the period in China's history under feudal rule, with the most reforms and the strongest national strength.
At the same time, the economic development is also very rapid, and the population is growing rapidly. For example, in the fifth year of Qianlong (1740 AD), the population of China exceeded 100 million in history, and in the 57th year of Qianlong (1790 AD), it exceeded 300 million in one fell swoop. Many of the reasons for this are caused by Qianlong's five general exemptions from the world's money and grain, and the three exemptions from eight provinces.
We know that the Qianlong Emperor had great respect for his grandfather, the Kangxi Emperor. Even in 1796, when he was eighty-five years old, he announced his abdication but became emperor taishang, in fact, he did not want to exceed kangxi's 61 years of rule, so Qianlong voluntarily abdicated when he was in power for 60 years.
The reason why Qianlong was able to ascend to the emperor's throne smoothly, many of them were also directly related to Kangxi, why do you say so? We know that after Kangxi deposed the crown prince Yin Rong in 1708, a battle broke out about the nine sons and concubines.
A large part of the reason why Kangxi tried to pass the throne to the fourth brother Yongzheng was because Yongzheng's son Hongli, that is, the Qianlong Emperor. Therefore, after Yongzheng's death, it was natural to pass the throne to Qianlong.
So why can Qianlong have such a big face? It is said that by chance, Kangxi came to the back garden of the Yongzheng Palace to admire the flowers, and Yongzheng intentionally or unintentionally mentioned his two sons, one is the Fourth Brother Hongli and the Fifth Brother Hongzhi. In fact, Kangxi was very busy, and some of his grandchildren were too old to see each other.
Since Yongzheng proposed it, Kangxi was naturally very happy to let the two children come out to meet. When Kangxi first saw Hongli, he felt that this grandson was very pleasing, with a beautiful appearance and a god in his eyebrows. So Kangxi also deliberately tested the Hongli calendar, let him be a book, did not expect that many classics are memorized word for word, but also published his own unique insights.
Kangxi was very surprised, and when he returned, he ordered someone to secretly check the eight characters of the Hongli calendar. A few days later, he ordered someone to take him into the palace and raise and teach him personally. Even when discussing important matters with the courtiers, Hongli was allowed to listen to them. Awe-inspiring cultivated Qianlong as a successor. But we know that Hongli is a grandson of Kangxi, so if you want to pass the position to Hongli, you must first pass it to Yongzheng, which is the prosperity of Lekang Yongqian.
The reason why Kangxi attaches so much importance to the Hongli calendar, I am afraid that it is not only because the Hongli calendar is clever, but also because I am afraid that it has a lot to do with the generation of the Kangxi Cha Hongli calendar, although there is no clear reason recorded in the historical data, but we know that the ancient people were very religious in divination, and Kangxi was naturally no exception.
However, it is not easy to say whether Kangxi's guagua is accurate until now, after all, Qianlong was diligent in the early stage of the government and did a lot of things, but in the later stage, he spent a lot of money. The policy of closing the country to the outside world issued in 1757 laid the groundwork for the demise of the Qing Dynasty.