As the last feudal dynasty, although the Qing Dynasty has many criticisms, it is undeniable that in the early days of each dynasty, there will always be one or two emperors who are more prominent in ability and make relatively good achievements, and there will be a prosperous life. For the Qing Dynasty, it was the three descendants of Kangxi who were the most famous, and overall, only the performance and ability of the three of them could be justified. So, compared to the three of them, who has the greater role?
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First of all, from the administrative attitude, Yongzheng is definitely the first, in fact, not only in the Qing Dynasty, even in the entire history, among all the emperors, the industrious Yongzheng who governs is also unmatched, why do you say so? Because since Yongzheng ascended the throne, it can be said that day and night, only sleep for two hours a day, and most of the rest of the time is spent dealing with the music and government. He reigned for a total of thirteen years, during which time he approved more than 20 million words, and the number of folds he approved reached more than 20 million words, and the number of folds reached more than 360 volumes if they were calculated according to one volume and one volume. On weekdays, he has only one day off all day, that is, his birthday, and even the New Year does not have much rest. So we watch those film and television dramas now that Yongzheng talks about love all day long, which is complete nonsense, and it is purely a manifestation of the screenwriter's extreme ignorance. Therefore, in this regard, Kangxi and his grandsons are naturally inferior.
Speaking of performance, Kangxi, as the longest-reigning emperor, can be said to be in an initial stage of instability, so he has done relatively more events. The first was the pacification of San Francisco and the elimination of the threat of internal military power to the imperial court regime. In the war with Tsarist Russia, it also won victories, and then on Taiwan, it also eliminated the Zheng regime, which was regarded as the incorporation of Taiwan into the national territory, and repeatedly sent troops to the Mongol tribes. But at the same time, his problems are not small, first of all, in his later years, the literary prison, suppressing the Han people, this kind of cultural blow has made the traditional culture of the Han nationality have been impacted, and has not been properly developed.
From Wu Sangui to Taiwan, to Dzungar, to Tsarist Russia, it can be said that during his reign, the war has not stopped, and the perennial conquest has made the people miserable and miserable. Even in the treatment of Taiwan, although the mouth shouts that no taxes will be raised, the result is extremely harsh, resulting in a fierce land annexation. Moreover, in his later years, he was extremely sluggish, and he was almost deaf to corrupt officials, so that he reached a very serious point. Under such circumstances, the whole society is constantly contradictory and conflicting, which is already very dangerous, but he is no longer able to manage it.
Then this mess was handed over to Yongzheng, and the instability of the social situation and the emptiness of the imperial treasury began his means to save the country. The first is to punish the problem of corruption, and for those corrupt officials, once discovered, they are directly executed and confiscated the family property. For those officials who are incorruptible, it is the choice of rewards. Moreover, in the appointment of officials, he did not distinguish too much between Manchu and Han, but appointed Some Han people such as Tian Wenjing and Li Wei. In dealing with the people and land, the population tax has been abolished and the spread of land into acres has been implemented, which allows the people to have land and plant seeds, can rest assured that they can have babies, and let the population grow rapidly.
As for Qianlong, that was a lucky man, Grandpa helped him stabilize the situation in the country, His Father helped him create a prosperous social framework, he just followed the development of the policy and there was a prosperous world, and the result fell on his head, he began to travel around with the surrender of the Holy King, and it was not painful to spend the money of the national treasury, anyway, his father left him more than sixty million taels of silver, enough for him to spend a lifetime. When his grandfather abdicated, the treasury was eight million taels of silver, and when he abdicated, he left a peace for his son.
It can be said that from a comprehensive point of view, the role of Yongzheng is greater, and it can be said that it saved the Qing Dynasty.