The Kangxi Emperor's father, the Shunzhi Emperor, abandoned the throne and became a monk, and the Kangxi Emperor was only 8 years old when he took office, and after taking office, the Kangxi Emperor grew up rapidly, eradicating the Yu Party of the Aobai Clique and other auxiliary ministers, pro-political state, and stabilizing the country.
After watching the TV series "Kangxi Dynasty", they all praised the courage and wisdom of the young Kangxi!
We can't help but ask, how did he do it? Is it just the patronage of Empress Xiaozhuang?
An important link overlooked in the "Kangxi Dynasty" was that the Kangxi Emperor had been studying hard: "the emperor's self-cultivation." As a foreign invading and ruling Han country, the Kangxi Emperor never stopped studying and in-depth study of the Han cultural system throughout his life. It was this kind of study that enabled the Kangxi Emperor to complete his self-advancement and build himself into a high-end talent of the emperor's profession all the way.
To explore the path of talent growth, it is most necessary to explore their educational resume.
What the emperor enjoys is not only the best food and clothing, but also the best learning resources: the top teaching materials, the top teachers, the most perfect tutorials.
The "Feast" is the most important course of study for the Royal Family. The teaching material resources are mainly based on the history of the classics, and the teachers gather all over the country.
The Jing Feast is a special imperial pulpit specially set up by the emperors since the Han and Tang Dynasties to preach on the history of the scriptures, which was formally institutionalized in the Song Dynasty and was inherited by the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, from February to May and from August to the winter solstice, a sutra feast was held every single day, and the lecturers turned into the waiters to read, known as "spring lectures" and "autumn lectures", and the Ming and Qing dynasties basically followed its system.
The emperor of the Qing Dynasty performed a feast at the Wenhua Hall, first preaching the Four Books and Five Classics, and then the emperor proclaimed the Manchu and Han imperial commentaries, and the officials listened to the lectures. At the end of the matter, the officials performed the ceremony and gave tea to Wenyuan Pavilion. The Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty attached the greatest importance to this system. In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (1661), the eight-year-old Kangxi succeeded to the throne. Before the death of the Shunzhi Emperor, he appointed the ministers of the interior, Soni, Suksaha, Shubilong, and Aobai as auxiliary ministers. The four auxiliary ministers held heavy power, but they used the "ancestral training of the former emperor" to blackmail the Son of Heaven, and then formed a party for personal gain, excluded dissidents, ran horses and seized land, embezzled corruption, and intensified the contradictions between Manchu and Han. In the eighth year of Kangxi (1669), under the protection of Empress Xiaozhuang, Kangxi was able to eliminate the Aobai clique, purged the four auxiliary ministers Yu Dang, and pro-political state. Speaking on the feast day was a major decision that Kangxi pro-government pushed after the fact.
——— excerpt from "Daily Lectures"
There are excellent learning resources, but the key is the diligence and dedication of the Kangxi Emperor himself. The Kangxi Emperor insisted on the "Sutra Feast" for fifteen years, insisting on the study of classics every day, which is the longest daily lecture classic in Chinese history.
During his tenure, the Kangxi Emperor completed the Pingsan Domain, unified Taiwan, defeated the Russian invasion, and quelled the Kaldan rebellion. His idea of governing the country became the basic national policy, thus ushering in the prosperous era of Kang Yongqian.
The achievements of the Kangxi Emperor are inseparable from the in-depth study of classic historical books.
China's excellent cultural classics concentrate on the way of all things in the universe, from the governance strategy to the principle of treating people and things in the world. Nowadays, management, psychology, sociology, etc. can not reach one or two.
The cultivation of talents may wish to start from the study of classics, and may as well start from an early age.