"So Jingde was dismissed for the crime of dereliction of duty and sent to Shengjing to serve as a drudger."

"This sycophant is really slapped on the horse's feet."

"In the more than 20 years of Emperor Jiaqing, he has never followed his father's southern tour, nor has he organized a birthday feast with great luxury, and he only shows his subjects a decree of advocating thrift and luxury."

"Jiaqing's frugality has left a deep mark on history, and its reputation has reached foreign countries."

Xu Longfu, a Korean envoy to the Qing Dynasty, recorded that the Jiaqing Dynasty was probably known for its diligence and thrift, "looking at the simplicity of the palace, it can be described as thrifty." ”

"The Korean envoys have a very good evaluation of Emperor Jiaqing's administration, and Emperor Jiaqing is indeed thrifty, hardworking, and considers the people more, if Qianlong can educate as soon as possible, it will be different, this is really hard to say."

"However, it is such a benevolent and holy emperor, who has been in power for more than 20 years, except for a period of high spirits in the early days of pro-government, the more he came later, the more he fell into helplessness, depression, and distress."

The "law of observance" that he thought was safe did not slowly restore the vitality and glory of the Qing Empire as he expected, but became more and more difficult to return and out of control. ”

"In the latter part of his reign, there was more than one thing that embarrassed him and even brought him to tears."

"On the evening of September 16, the 18th year of Jiaqing, when the emperor was returning to BJ from the summer resort, he received an astonishing news when he arrived at Baijian outside Beijing."

"More than 200 Tianli Sect followers, divided into two routes, attacked the Forbidden City the morning of the first day."

They joined forces with some religious eunuchs and attacked as far as the queen's dormitory, Chuxiu Palace. Fortunately, the prince Mianning led the guards to resist with all their might, and finally annihilated the rebel army. ”

"When the emperor saw the report sent by the prince Mianning in the palace, he burst into tears and stayed awake all night that day."

"The cultists stormed the palace and almost attacked the queen, which has never happened in so many dynasties. It is really "an unprecedented miracle in the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties". ”

"The emperor knows very well that such a big scandal will definitely be recorded in history forever."

"This stain can never be washed away, and the emperor with strong self-esteem is deeply stimulated."

The next day, the emperor issued a personal letter to his subjects throughout the country, "The Edict of Guilt in Case of Change". ”

Emperor Jiaqing talked about his confession, "In the past 170 years of my Great Qing Dynasty, my ancestors and ancestors loved the people like sons, and they were deeply benevolent and kind, although my ability was mediocre, but I had never done anything harmful to the people, however, this unprecedented shame and humiliation in the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties happened during my tenure."

After thinking about it carefully, the problem is that the minister is lazy, unable to understand my hard work, careless in politics, and unable to be sober no matter how much education is conducted!

From now on, of course, I will have to self-reflect, correct my own shortcomings, answer the mandate of heaven, and resolve the grievances of the people.

Ministers, if you are willing to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, please serve the country with all your heart and do your best to correct my mistakes and correct the bad social atmosphere.

If you are willing to be despicable, then please hang your crown and go home to retire, and don't eat a vegetarian meal and increase my sins! ”

"The last eight words of "The Edict of Guilt in the Face of Change" are: Tears are shed in the essay, and the encyclical is known!"

"Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, such emotional, such a grievance of the holy decree, unique."

"Even in the months that followed, his edict was full of complaints, lamentations, and lamentations."

"In the twentieth year of Jiaqing, Prince Li Zhaoqi imprisoned the people below him in the palace and tortured him for a trivial matter, and the methods used were also very cruel."

"Emperor Jiaqing was furious when he learned about this incident, and he dismissed the prince of Zhaoqi and sentenced him to two years of imprisonment."

However, in the twenty-first year of Jiaqing, when Jiaqing looked at the "actual record" of the Kangxi Dynasty, he saw that Narsu, the king of Youping County, beat the innocent person to death, and also discounted the hands and feet of the two people. ”

"At that time, Kangxi only dismissed the prince of Narsu and did not confin him, so he overturned the previous edict on the same day and released Zhaoqi home."

"On October 19, the twenty-fourth year of Jiaqing, the Wenying Pavilion in the palace caught fire."

"The fire at that time was not big, and the eunuchs of the inner palace at that time were worried that the palace would be mixed with bad people, so they did not open the palace door to let the guards enter the palace to put out the fire, but chose to let the eunuchs extinguish the fire by themselves."

The handling of this matter itself was not too much of a fault, but Emperor Jiaqing saw Qianlong's regulations when he looked at Qianlong's "actual record" a few days later, and whenever he encountered an accident such as a fire in the palace courtyard, he should immediately open the door and let people outside come in to extinguish it. ”

"Because of this sentence, Emperor Jiaqing immediately issued an order to punish the relevant officials on the grounds of violating Qianlong's instructions."

Cheng Yanjin: No, you are the emperor, you can deal with it as you want, what do you always do with other people's records!

Cao Cao: And an emperor can't do what he says?

Zhao Kuangyin: Isn't this the same as my family? Take the words of me, the founding emperor, as an ancestral teaching, don't you have your own thoughts?

"From so many examples, it is not difficult to see that Emperor Jiaqing is more often just fulfilling his own governance of the country according to the previous examples."

"The dignified king of a country, who does not have much of his own thinking and innovation at all, blindly fulfills the ancestral system, and the way some things are handled can't help but make people laugh dumbly."

What is the difference between this and the Great Song Dynasty's ancestral motto of "Chongwen and Light Martial Arts"? ”

Dugu Jialuo: But although this Emperor Jiaqing is very mediocre, he really loves the people and thinks about the people, at least better than some mediocre emperors who only know how to eat, drink, and have fun, and spend all their time drinking, at least he has worked hard.

"So the problem of the Qing Dynasty cannot be blamed on Emperor Jiaqing, it can only be said that he is mediocre and not suitable to be an emperor, in fact, from the previous emperor list to Emperor Kangxi to the current Emperor Jiaqing, the Qing Dynasty has a lot of internal problems, and the result of the Qing Dynasty, every emperor is a little bit of a reason."

"Generally speaking, Emperor Jiaqing also wants to be a Ming Jun, but unfortunately his qualifications are not enough."

"The first thing Jiaqing did after taking power was to copy He Shen's house, and the family property copied from He Shen's house is quite amazing, and it is said to exceed the total income of the Qing government in fifteen years."

"After grasping the real power, it can be seen that Emperor Jiaqing also has ambitions, as can be seen from his series of actions to kill the powerful minister and Shen, and to eradicate the party of Heshen."

"Then he opened up his way widely, dispelled evil and upheld righteousness, and praised the officials who were convicted for improper remarks in the Qianlong Dynasty."

"At the same time, we also require frugality in life and avoid extravagance and waste."

"Local officials in all localities are strictly required to report the people's situation in every detail, and must not conceal or whitewash it."

(End of chapter)