"Everyone is right, I'll talk about this Opium War later, but in the inequality of your treasury, it is impossible not to have a little money, you can only say that Emperor Guang wants these officials to be thrifty."

"An old dress is more expensive than a new one, you have to buy the old one, do you say that this is a disease, why are the officials like this, it is not because of Emperor Daoguang."

"The queen's birthday is rare, she beat the noodles and slaughtered two pigs."

"Daoguang's personal thrift is useless to the country, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are honest and honest in front of Daoguang. But behind it is arrogance and lasciviousness. ”

"Daoguang would never have imagined that he spent 50 taels of silver on patching clothes, and he didn't know how many new clothes he would be able to make."

"This also shows Daoguang's ignorance and ignorance."

"From this, we can also see that military spending related to national security like this is reluctant to pay, let alone deal with natural disasters and build water conservancy facilities and other things related to the national economy and people's livelihood!"

"Just ask, how can such a stingy emperor govern a country well?"

Yin Lihua: Then the emperor didn't know to investigate thoroughly, and the Manchu Dynasty didn't report it, and this can't all be blamed on Emperor Daoguang, people are really thrifty, but ministers are not good things.

"Empress Guanglie, you are wrong about what you said, it is really Emperor Daoguang's problem."

Because Emperor Daoguang also likes to use some ministers who advocate "frugality" like himself in employing people, but he doesn't consider what the person's ability level is. ”

The two ministers around Emperor Daoguang can see it, one is Cao Zhenyi, who advocates "talking less and kowtowing more", and the other is Mu Zhang'a, who is "clever and deceitful". ”

"You just said that this way of choosing ministers, how do you let these court officials do it, and what good people do you expect in this court to be in this mode?"

"The entire court is full of people who are bent and clever in their words, and they themselves don't have much ability to govern the country."

"That's why I said that this "thrifty" and Emperor Chongzhen have a fight, this is all thrifty, nothing beneficial, but accelerated decline. ”

"I even doubt that this Emperor Guang is not good at governing the country as an emperor, and makes people make a fuss about thrift and do it for others to see."

"Because Emperor Daoguang's greatest luxury is to build a mausoleum for himself."

"Maybe Emperor Daoguang paid attention to the aftermath, and the Guangling Mausoleum was built twice, costing 2.6 million taels of silver, and his grandfather Qianlong only spent 2.3 million taels on his family."

"But our later generations said that Emperor Guang was a well-known frugal emperor, and I can't rely on what I think to deny other people's diligence and thrift, and it's up to you to see for yourself."

"But it must be admitted that although Emperor Daoguang spoke hard and taught the Manchu civil and military affairs earnestly, the corruption of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been accumulated and difficult to return."

"Officials in various parts of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are still corrupt, and an official spends 80,000 taels of silver on a birthday, and Emperor Daoguang has a reputation for being industrious and thrifty in vain, which is useless for the country and useless for the family."

"Emperor Daoguang's frugality was only a personal act, and it was of no use to the resolution of the political situation and economic crisis of the Manchu state."

"The country is declining, but the river is declining."

"Why did the Qianlong Dynasty spend money like dirt and the treasury was full, but now it is thrifty but the people's livelihood is scarce?"

"The more extravagant, the more abundant, and the more frugal you are, the more stingy?"

"Emperor Daoguang's thrift is really thought-provoking, but it's still a bit of merit."

"First of all, Emperor Daoguang rectified the rule of officials."

"Because there were many old and frail ministers in the military aircraft department at that time, the age difference between the monarchs and ministers was too large."

"So he removed some old ministers and replaced them with a group of fresh blood."

"Not only that, but he also fights corruption."

"Emperor Daoguang forbade officials, tribute students, and prison students to take money from river workers, and also punished some corrupt officials."

"Emperor Daoguang ordered an investigation of bad rules, which led to many ministers increasing rents for profit, and were accused."

"It's also a good thing for the people."

"Emperor Daoguang also made some significant contributions to economic reform."

"Especially the salt method."

"During the Qing Dynasty, it was always the salt merchants who monopolized the salt industry, which led to a very high price of salt."

"At the same time, the overflow of illegal salt has deprived the country of a sum of revenue."

"So, the salt law was amended to allow everyone to transport and sell salt and pay taxes in accordance with the law."

"This reform broke the monopoly of the salt industry, the price of salt was quickly reduced, and the state also increased taxes."

"Salt is really something that people can't afford, and they have to buy it, so that people can afford to sell it."

"There is also the shipping of grain, due to the poor management of the Yellow River, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been damaged by floods, and it is becoming more and more difficult to transport."

"This, combined with official corruption, has led to high transportation costs."

"Emperor Daoguang ordered to change to the transportation of grain by sea, which is not only faster, but also has a larger transportation volume and higher safety."

"And it's also allowed to open mines."

"Emperor Daoguang then conformed to the situation and proposed to let the common people open mines freely."

"This policy has played a very positive role in developing mining resources and improving people's lives."

"In addition, he also has a merit in the military."

"Put down the rebellion in the west."

"At the beginning, Zhang Ge of XJ Huibu launched a rebellion with the support of the British, and Emperor Daoguang sent troops to XJ to quell the rebellion."

"He raised 10 million taels of silver as military expenses under extremely difficult circumstances for the country's finances."

He also stressed that grain and grass must be purchased fairly according to market prices, not to disturb the people, and not to pick quarrels and provoke trouble.

"The Qing army finally gained the support of the XJ people, and it only took a little more than a year to achieve victory."

"This move has safeguarded the unity of the country, protected the territorial integrity, and ensured peace and stability in the northwest frontier."

"Rectifying the rule of officials, carrying out economic reforms, and quelling the XJ rebellion are the merits of Emperor Daoguang."

"But the same fault will not be less, the biggest fault is that he chose to compromise and retreat in the Opium War, and finally signed an unequal treaty."

In 1840 AD, with the sound of a cannon fire in England, the dream of the Qing Dynasty finally woke up. ”

"After more than 100 years of operation by generations of emperors, the rulers who were intoxicated by the prosperity saw the reality clearly."

"I vaguely remember the words of Emperor Qianlong 50 years ago: The Celestial Empire is rich in products and has everything, and it is not from other countries."

Adhering to this "ancestral teaching", the ruler at that time, Emperor Daoguang, did the extreme, but he still could not change the situation that the Qing Dynasty had degenerated into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal. ”

"There is a king but no minister, and he can be obedient but not saved."

"The country is on the verge of stepping here."

"Emperor Daoguang is not a tyrant, but he is terrible, and the Qing Dynasty, which is already about to enter the earth, is stepping into the abyss."