"Unexpectedly, a smallpox turned Kangxi into the emperor."

This is also understandable, after all, Shunzhi's sons were very young at that time, and none of them performed very well for the time being. If you want to canonize the crown prince, first of all, it is not the best performance at that time, but the one who can live the most long. ”

"Yes, Shunzhi became seriously ill in his 20s and was about to die in the blink of an eye. Therefore, he definitely didn't want the next emperor to hang up in his 20s like him. ”

For such a thing, many people agree.

But.

Regarding Kangxi's 6-year-old arrival, many people also said that at such an age, how could he control the imperial court?

Could it be that Kangxi is a puppet emperor?

In this regard, Chen Fan continued: "Although the Qing Dynasty was founded by ethnic minorities, they gradually integrated into Han culture for thousands of years, and also absorbed many essences of Han culture. Therefore, when they govern the country, they also have more experience than before. When Emperor Shunzhi was dying, after canonizing Kangxi as the crown prince, he set up four more ministers and auxiliary ministers. These four ministers were very loyal to the imperial court, and in this way, after the death of Shunzhi, the entire imperial court did not cause civil strife because of the sudden death of the emperor. ”

"But even so, the four auxiliary ministers have been more loyal before. However, over time, several of the four ministers began to become arrogant and even authoritarian. Among them, the performance of "Aobai" is the most prominent. At that time, Kangxi was still young, and there was no way to worship him. However, the clever Emperor Kangxi kept all this in his heart. On the surface, he is still pretending to be a child who doesn't know anything, but secretly, he has begun to accumulate his strength. ”

And, in order to hide Aobai, Emperor Kangxi also organized a group of young guards to play the Buku game. This made Ao Bai relax his vigilance against Emperor Kangxi. and believes that Emperor Kangxi has always been a child. But he didn't know it. Although Emperor Kangxi is still young, he is ready to get rid of Aobai. Once, Emperor Kangxi ordered Ao to worship in the palace. As usual, Ao Bai arrived at the palace without any preparation. However, as soon as he arrived at the palace on his front foot, Emperor Kangxi asked the young guards he had organized before to arrest him. Immediately, Emperor Kangxi announced the 30 major sins of Aobai, and eliminated the remnants of the party one by one. At this point, Emperor Kangxi regained control of the imperial court and began to govern in person. This year, Kangxi was only 15 years old. ”

Such a young emperor is really unexpected.

When they heard what Chen Fan said that Emperor Kangxi controlled the imperial court at the age of 15, many people were secretly shocked.

"This Kangxi, it doesn't seem simple."

"Is it really as Xiaozhuang said, he has a dragon body?"

"At the age of 15, he controlled the court in his own hands, and this ability is far inferior to that of some other emperors."

A group of fans said on the public frequency.

Chen Fan also nodded.

Although the Qing Dynasty was a dynasty founded by ethnic minorities.

But for Emperor Kangxi.

Historians of previous lives are more likely to have a positive assessment.

Of course.

Emperor Kangxi's ability is not only that, Chen Fan said: "After Emperor Kangxi eradicated Aobai, he began to govern pro-government. It's just that the Qing Dynasty at that time was not so stable. The first thing in front of him was that the tail of the three vassal kings was too big. These three vassal kings are the generals recruited by the Qing Dynasty in order to enter the Central Plains. They are Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jingzhong. Although they surrendered to the Qing court, they still had military power. Although they were still under the administration of the Qing court, in fact, they were like the states created by the feudal system, with a high degree of internal self-control and great military power, which seriously threatened the rule of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Faced with such a situation, Emperor Kangxi began to cut the feudal domain. It's just that in the face of Emperor Kangxi's cutting of the domain, the three vassal kings also felt unprecedented pressure. Immediately, the three vassal kings successively put forward the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, generals from other regions joined the camp. All of a sudden, the six provinces that were originally under the control of the Qing Dynasty were lost one after another. ”

But even so, Emperor Kangxi still did not make any compromise with the three vassal kings. On the one hand, he appeased other generals, and on the other hand, he concentrated his forces on dealing with Wu Sangui, the most core of the three feudatories. After eight years of confrontation, Emperor Kangxi finally put down the rebellion of the three feudatories. ”

Arguably.

Since Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne, his performance has been irreplaceable.

Whether it is the eradication of Aobai or the pacification of the three feudatories.

But this is just a small test for Emperor Kangxi.

After pacifying the three feudatories, Emperor Kangxi led his troops to recover Taishi.

This was followed by the expulsion of Tsarist Russia.

Then continue to conquer Mobei in the north, and three times personally commanded the army to pacify Dzungaria.

"Sister, this Kangxi is too powerful."

"He ascended the throne at the age of 6, died of illness at the age of 69, and reigned for more than 60 years, such an emperor, even compared with the emperors of China for thousands of years, Kangxi can be ranked as a precedent."

"It makes me a little bit unsure of what to say."

Quite a few people are a little depressed.

After all.

For the Qing Dynasty, everyone is still somewhat unhappy.

But now I find that the Qing Dynasty does not look as unbearable as I imagined.

Not only is it not unbearable.

It seems like.

If Emperor Kangxi was a Han Chinese, then with such a performance like his, everyone would have to take the case and claim that it was good.

……

"Brother Fan, how is Emperor Kangxi's successor doing?"

Emperor Kangxi finished his life, Chen Fan finished speaking.

At this time, everyone asked about the enthronement of Emperor Kangxi.

This is exactly what Chen Fan wants to say: "The enthroner of Emperor Kangxi is Yongzheng." Compared with Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Yongzheng did not have the same martial arts as Emperor Kangxi. On the whole, Emperor Yongzheng was relatively low-key. But although Yongzheng is relatively low-key, he is an emperor who does practical things. In his later years, Emperor Kangxi thought that the world had been calmed, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there was not much to do, so he became passive and tired. At the same time, he also flaunted benevolence and righteousness, and was more lenient with officials. For a while, Kangxi made countless corrupt officials in his later years, and many officials whitewashed the peace for a while in order to win Kangxi's preferences. The officials have been comfortable for too long, and a series of shortcomings have appeared in the entire government. ”

"It's just that despite this, facing the problems left by Emperor Kangxi. Yongzheng is reforming. The first is the rule of officials, which is managed by Emperor Kangxi's leniency, and Yongzheng's rule is strict. In the area of economic governance, Yongzheng began to check the financial deficit and evaluate officials in various places. In terms of taxation, Yongzheng has also carried out reforms. The implementation of the principle of collecting the money from the land and collecting it together has reduced the burden on the people. With the advent of this policy, the population of the Qing Dynasty increased dramatically. By the time of Qianlong's reign, the Qing Dynasty's population was equivalent to one-third of the world's population. In the military, Yongzheng has also done a very good job. During the reign of Yongzheng, Qinghai was completely included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Arguably.

It was Yongzheng's efforts that created the prosperity of the Qianlong period.

It was also because of Yongzheng's efforts that Qianlong had a large sum of silver, and then went to Jiangnan five or six times.

"Brother Fan, Yongzheng is also doing quite well?"

"So to speak."

Chen Fan nodded: "Yongzheng's diligence is one of the best among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. It is said that Yongzheng only slept 4 hours a day, and the cumulative number of reviews reached 10 million words. It is precisely because of Yongzheng's diligence that during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the entire treasury was only a few million taels. And when Yongzheng died, the treasury was as much as 50 million taels of surplus. ”

Arguably.

If there is no Yongzheng, there will be no prosperous era of Qianlong.

But it's a pity that although Yongzheng was diligent, he died suddenly in the 13th year of his reign. It is said that Yongzheng did business as usual two days before he died, but after the third day, Yongzheng died. As for how he died, there are many rumors in the outside world. But Yongzheng absorbed the lesson of Emperor Kangxi's Nine Dragons and died after he died. According to the secret method established by Yongzheng during his lifetime, the Qing court succeeded to the throne of the fourth prince Hongli, that is, Qianlong. ”

I have to say.

Yongzheng was an emperor in the prosperous Kangqian era.

For this.

After Chen Fan finished talking about Yongzheng, many people also said: "I didn't expect to be a very capable emperor again." ”

"The population has tripled all at once, which is difficult to happen in all dynasties."

"I wonder how the next successor, Qianlong, is performing?"

Everyone was looking forward to Chen Fan's continuation.

Chen Fan didn't stop.

After Yongzheng, Chen Fan continued to talk about Qianlong.

"Qianlong can be said to be a lucky emperor, when he was very young, Emperor Kangxi once saw Qianlong, and he was very fond of the young Qianlong. And Yongzheng because of the previous lesson of Emperor Kangxi's Nine Dragons to seize the heir, he was also more cautious about the establishment of Zhu. In the end, Qianlong's accession to the throne was not as complicated as his father Yongzheng, and he inherited the throne smoothly. ”

"In the early days of Qianlong's reign, because he studied Confucian classics since he was a child, he applied benevolent government when governing the country. Taxes owed by the people have been exempted many times. At the same time, he also actively dealt with the various ills left by Yongzheng time. In addition, in terms of alleviating internal contradictions, Qianlong also adopted relatively lenient measures, and successively released a number of ministers who committed major crimes during the Yongzheng period. Of course, on the one hand, Qianlong alleviated the contradictions left over from the Yongzheng period, and on the other hand, he also learned the positive policies of the Yongzheng period, which also laid a good start for the governance of the later Qianlong period. In the military area, Qianlong quelled the rebellion in the frontier and implemented the policy of changing the land and returning it to the river in the southwest......"

"As a result of these policies, agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce have developed by a considerable margin in all regions of the country, the area of cultivated land has expanded, the population has surged, the national treasury has been enriched, and the entire social economy has developed to an unprecedented extent. In terms of cultivated land, in the 31st year of Qianlong, 780 million mu of land has been reclaimed across the country; The population of the whole country has also increased from more than 140 million in the early years of Qianlong to nearly 300 million in the 60 years of Qianlong. For a long time, the state treasury of silver has remained between 60 and 70 million taels, which is almost twice the total annual tax revenue of the whole country, and the entire social economy has presented a new situation of unprecedented prosperity. At this time, the cultural undertakings were also very developed, the Qing Dynasty had both cultural and martial arts, an unprecedentedly vast territory, and a prosperous society, and the Qing Dynasty entered a heyday. During this period, we call it the Kangqian Prosperous Era. ”

Yes.

After the governance of Kangxi, Yongzheng, and three generations of emperors of Qianlong.

The Qing Dynasty entered a prosperous era.

And this prosperous era lasted for a long time, reaching more than 100 years.

It is precisely because of the prosperous era of Kangqian.

Therefore, many historians in the previous life also had a positive evaluation of these emperors.

If it weren't for a series of damn manipulations in the later Qing Dynasty.

I'm afraid that people will have a lot of good feelings about the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that.

When Chen Fan talked about this, all the fans were a little confused.

"Brother Fan, just now you said how many people came during the Qing Dynasty?"

"Close to 300 million people."

"How much land is there?"

"13 million square kilometers."

"I ......"

Some of the people vomited blood.

To say the prosperous age.

China has been in China for thousands of years, and there are few that can really be called prosperous.

I didn't expect it.

The Qing Dynasty has a prosperous era?

And he's in this prime of life.

In terms of territory and population, it is even more unattainable by successive dynasties.

"Isn't that too mysterious?"

"There are some."

"Still, I'm not very willing to accept it. But according to what Brother Fan said, the Qing Dynasty reached its current scale, and it was not the effort of a generation. It is through the efforts of Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong three generations. ”

"It's not just three generations. In fact, Kangxi's previous Shunzhi performance was also good, and Shunzhi's father Huang Taiji was also very good. Of course, it goes without saying that Nurhachi, the founder of Houjin. It can be said that the Qing Dynasty had some like the early Qin Dynasty, and the remnants of Fen VI. These six emperors all performed very well. Therefore, this created the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty. If there was a loser among them, the Qing Dynasty would not have had such a prosperous era. ”

For this.

Chen Fan also nodded.

If there really was a loser, the Qing Dynasty would not have had such a prosperous era.

In fact.

After Qianlong's middle and late years, he began to lose.

At this time, Chen Fan said: "The prosperity and decline are probably because I sigh that the prosperity I have created is too great. After the middle of Qianlong's reign, he was very happy for a while, and went to the south of the Yangtze River six times. Every time I go to Jiangnan, I spend a lot of money, and I lose money and labor. In his later years, Qianlong favored corrupt officials and gentry, which seriously undermined the rule of officials. ”

Later, Qianlong suddenly found that being an emperor was enough, so he went to Emperor Jiaqing. But despite this, Qianlong, who became the emperor, still refused to give up power in Jiaqing. It was not until Qianlong's death that Jiaqing officially became pro-government. ”

Of course.

Qianlong in his later years, if you want to talk about his problems, it is a lot.

In his later years, he was known as a perfect old man.

Why is it perfect?

That is perfect, life is complete, and there is no regret.

He also has a range of collecting hobbies.

Seeing a series of calligraphy and paintings, Qianlong collected him.

It's not enough to collect it, he also puts his own big seal.

It wasn't enough to put a big seal, he had to put three or four of them in a calligraphy and painting.

Furthermore.

Qianlong also liked to write poetry.

It is said that he wrote more than 40,000 poems in his lifetime.

However, only one of the more than 40,000 poems has survived.

It's just that.

These are actually nothing.

This can only be regarded as a minor problem.

The real big mistake made by Qianlong was Qianlong's policy of closing the country to the outside world.

It is precisely because of Qianlong's seclusion that the Qing Dynasty was so miserable in the later period.