In the entire history of China, which emperors are more famous? Then we must talk about the Qianlong Emperor during the Qing Dynasty. In our entire Chinese history, the qianlong emperor's popularity is relatively high. During his reign. Exactly 60 years, in the early period of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, the whole country still showed a relatively prosperous scene, but it is said that he recommended the prosperity of Kangqian to a peak, but in the later period of the Reign of the Qianlong Emperor, it still gradually became a state of self-sufficiency, because of his blind arrogance, gradually under the development of history, lagging behind the pace of the world, and finally, the gap between our country and the West was getting bigger and bigger. This is also an important reason why it was bullied by the great powers at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
The Qianlong Emperor was born on September 25, 1711. He was a fairly intelligent man, and after inheriting the position of emperor, he not only seriously considered the shortcomings of his father during the reign and corrected the relevant problems, but also implemented the strategy of combining leniency and severity, making the rule of the entire dynasty more standardized, and also formulated a lot of rules and regulations, selected the talents and the ability, and also appeased the clan; economically, the Qianlong Emperor always encouraged the people to reclaim the land, and was also very attentive to the related water conservancy projects, under this series of measures, It not only made the country more prosperous, but also greatly strengthened its own centralization.
In the later period of Emperor Long's reign, the entire ruling style was very different from before. In the later period of his reign, the Qianlong Emperor was quite favored by corrupt officials and Yan, and in addition to his age, he was somewhat stubborn in his thinking and unwilling to listen to opinions. Therefore, it has also created a situation of good and great achievements, coupled with the military exhaustion, which has brought a lot of drawbacks. At that time, there were quite a few corrupt officials in the whole country, and it was precisely because of this that the Qing Dynasty was gradually pushed into decline.
But then again, during the entire reign of the Qianlong Emperor, the strength was still relatively strong, so many countries at that time were still more jealous of our Qing Dynasty. In history, there was such a thing, when the British wanted to curry favor with the Qianlong Emperor, so they specially sent envoys and brought some quite advanced equipment and firearms to please the Qianlong Emperor. However, the Qianlong Emperor at that time looked down on the other party, and even found this behavior quite ridiculous, and expressed contempt.
It is said that many years later, when British emissaries came to the Qing Dynasty again. He also told the Qianlong Emperor about the time when he gave away the instruments, when the Qianlong Emperor remembered that he had asked his slaves to find out the instruments. However, at that time, he had piled it up in the utility room, and by the time he took it out again, it was already rusty and could no longer be used. It's just that this kind of contempt for the other party's ability to act finally pushed the Qing Dynasty to destruction.
In 1793, the British envoys visited the Qing Dynasty, in fact, the other side was still more sincere at that time, they donated a lot of treasures to the Qianlong Emperor and brought the steam engine, loom, etc., including guns and ammunition, globes, etc. developed in the first industrial revolution to the Qing Dynasty, and wanted to present them to the Qianlong Emperor. However, the officials of the entire Qing Dynasty did not express praise for this, and even looked down on the Qianlong Emperor at that time, and they also despised these things and looked down on them very much. However, he would never know that after many years, his dynasty would be destroyed in the hands of these things.
The entire Qing Dynasty was arrogant and arrogant, thinking that it was a great thing, and always felt that others could not surpass themselves, but under this kind of thinking, they gradually lagged behind. At that time, the Qianlong Emperor also wrote a letter to the king of England, although it was only 976 words, but now when you look at the letter, you will feel that every word is so ridiculous, so arrogant.
However, time has proved that in the end, the qing tide also paid a price for its arrogance and ignorance, and the entire Great Qing also broke its own country step by step. In fact, whether from the perspective of the state or from the perspective of individuals, "threesomes, there must be my teacher", maintain a humble posture, that way, will make themselves better and better.