Chapter 74 The Emperor who calls himself "Old Man Shiquan"
Author: An Jing l
Chapter 74 The Emperor who calls himself "Old Man Shiquan"
As the ranking of the top ten fatuous emperors comes to the penultimate period, the mentality of those emperors who have been counted has become better and better, and they have begun to slowly integrate into this rare exchange meeting.
People like Yang Guang, Li Longji, and Zhu Youjian, who wanted to be good emperors, but turned the empire over for various reasons, relied on the opportunities of communication and gatherings to make themselves better and at the same time make them better.
The means of governing the country have become more mature.
But there are also people like Zhao Ji and Liu Ao who are unwilling to make too many changes due to their own reasons.
Finally, there is Shi Jingtang, who wants to make some changes, but is unable to do so.
The seven days have come and the new video review begins again under the spotlight.
Twenty emperors appeared on the Wanchao Exchange Space Platform on time.
However, Shi Jingtang was only wearing white clothes at the moment, with disheveled hair, looking tired and desolate.
[Hello everyone, welcome to this short video: A review of the top ten fatuous emperors in history!]
[Producer: Su Qian]
[The fourth of the ten fatuous emperors in this issue: Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong Aixinjueluo Hongli!]
"What's supposed to come, it's finally here." Hongli stared at the light screen expressionlessly. He had been preparing for the arrival of this day for a long time, but when he saw the dazzling words "Fourth", he
His hands were still merely clenched into fists.
Being on the list of faint emperors is already a great shame for the always proud Emperor Qianlong, not to mention that he is still ranked fourth on the list.
If it weren't for Emperor Kangxi, whose grandfather was on the list of the top ten meritorious emperors, Qiankun would definitely not recognize Su Qian's ranking.
"It's not me yet???" Looking at the big title in the light screen, Zhao Gou's face turned like a chameleon, green for a while, white for a while, and then red again.
"Su Qian, how much grudge do you have against me, the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Gou?"
No one could hear Zhao Gou's roar, including Su Qian.
But even if he could hear it, Su Qian would not change his ranking because he did not deserve to be named Zhao at all, he should be named Wanyan.
Shortly after the title appeared, the video screen began to unfold slowly.
Accompanied by a portrait of Emperor Qianlong in his later years wearing a dragon robe and sitting on a dragon chair, a deep and rich voice slowly sounded in everyone's ears.
[Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong, Aixinjueluo Hongli, the sixth emperor of the Qing Dynasty reigned for sixty years and actually held power for sixty-four years. He was the emperor who actually held power for the longest time in Chinese history and was also the longest-lived emperor.
Emperor, he lived to be eighty-nine years old!]
"Hmph! I have been in power for sixty years and have been in power for sixty-four years! How can such an emperor be a coward?"
[When Emperor Qianlong Hongli succeeded to the throne, after experiencing the governance of Kangxi and Yongzheng emperors, the Qing Dynasty had almost no disputes and had reached its golden age. 】
[On the basis of the foundation laid by Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties, Qianlong further improved the process of multi-ethnic unification, which led to further development of social economy and culture. 】
[At the same time, Qianlong also attached great importance to social stability and cared about the lives of the people.
He exempted all the money and grain from all over the world five times, and exempted grain from eight provinces three times, which reduced the burden on farmers, played a role in protecting agricultural production, and made the Qing Dynasty's treasury increasingly enriched.]
"Look! Look!!!" When Qianlong saw this, he couldn't help shouting: "Aren't these things I did the actions of a wise king? How could I become a faint king and still rank fourth?
?!"
[Emperor Qianlong was also a very polarizing emperor. He had contributions worthy of recognition, but he also had misdeeds that were enough to rank him fourth on the list of faint emperors. 】
[First, let’s take a look at Emperor Qianlong’s achievements. 】
[First, he cherishes people’s livelihood.
Five times of universal exemption of money and grain from all over the world, three exemptions of grain from eight provinces, which reduced the burden on farmers and allowed the people to live a fairly good life.]
[Second, during the reign of Emperor Qianlong, martial arts flourished, expanding the territory of China and establishing China’s modern territory.
For Emperor Qianlong, the management and governance of border areas should be his greatest achievement.
During the Qianlong period, Emperor Qianlong used troops many times to suppress the Miao rebellion in Guzhou. He launched the Battle of Zhan Dui, the Battle of Xiao Jinchuan, the Battle of Tibet, the Battle of Junggar, the Battle of Tianshan South Road, and the Battle of Lin Wenshuang in Taiwan.
The Qing-Burmese War, the Battle of Gorkha, and the Qing-Vietnam War finally formed the Qing Dynasty stretching from the Outer Khingan Range and Sakhalin Island in the northeast, to Congling and Lake Balkhash in the northwest, to Kyaktu in the north, and to the Nansha Islands in the south.
The territory was extremely prosperous. But from this aspect, Emperor Qianlong’s contribution to China is absolutely worthy of recognition.】
[But Qianlong’s martial arts were not all justice and gospel.
Not only were there a lot of killings during the process of territorial expansion, but many of the perfect martial arts that Emperor Qianlong advocated were just make-up.
For example, in Myanmar, in the Battle of Annan, the Qing Dynasty lost troops and generals. In the end, it was the opponent who took advantage of the strong national power of the Qing government to initiate peace, and it was not that they were defeated by the Qing Dynasty and asked for peace.
There was also the Second Conquest of Jinchuan. Although these two battles were of greater significance, the Qing army suffered huge losses and could not be said to be successful.
It was not until the 40th year of Qianlong's reign that the Qing army conquered Lewuwei, the chieftain's village in Jinchuan, and won a decisive victory.
Emperor Qianlong wrote in the victory report, "In addition to Jiayue, I almost want to cry..."
Emperor Qianlong almost cried in anticipation of this victory that was over 20 years late.
In the 41st year of Qianlong's reign, Agui captured the last stronghold of Jinchuan, Galai.
The Second Jinchuan War, which lasted four years, killed 10,000 people, and cost 62 million taels of military expenditure, ended with a tragic victory for the Qing army.]
Emperor Qianlong Hongli: "."
Xuan Ye smiled bitterly and said: "We won this battle, but we also lost."
"It cost the country countless money and food in exchange for a miserable victory, eh."
"Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the path to survival. We must observe them!"
"Isn't this what real military expenditure is?" Liu Che looked at the exaggerated military expenditures and almost cried, "If I have so much military expenditures, what is the use of the Huns?!"
[Third, Emperor Qianlong valued culture the most in the Qing Dynasty.
During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, there were more than 100 official-edited books of various types.
During this period, he not only completed the "History of the Ming Dynasty", but also personally initiated and completed the large-scale literature series "Sikuquanshu", which included most of the ancient books from the pre-Qin period to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, covering almost all important academic subjects in ancient China.
field, providing valuable information for the Chinese people’s future research on ancient culture.】
Zhu Yuanzhang looked very ugly at this moment, "The history of our Ming Dynasty was completed by a foreign emperor?"
If he knew that the Qing Dynasty painted him with a shoehorn face, Lao Zhu's face would probably be even more ugly. To be honest, although Lao Zhu's appearance has nothing to do with handsomeness, it is not that ugly.
Zhu Youjian couldn't help but sneered and said: "Will the Manchus leave any good comments about our Ming Dynasty?"
"If it weren't for those bastards like the Donglin Party and Li Zicheng, where would it be for you prairie barbarians to get involved in our country, the Ming Dynasty?"