Why did the Qing emperors get worse from generation to generation?

how did the Qing emperor lose his country? Why did the Qing emperors get worse from generation to generation? From Daoguang to Guangxu (and even Xuantong), people are involuntarily doing the same thing: sending the ancestral property to the pawnshop in batches-only getting back a few shameful bills. The Qing dynasty, once rich, seemed to have become thinner than paper overnight. The revolution of 1911 broke with a poke of the little finger. Since Xianfeng, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty completely lost the bloodiness and martial spirit of hunters. Neither can we defend the enemy at once, save the people from fire and water, nor are we good at managing many internal affairs, such as finance, industry and commerce, science and technology. As a result, China's ranking in the world has gone from bad to worse, and it has been bullied by foreign powers frequently. In the end, the people's consciousness pushed the Qing dynasty to extinction.

most emperors in the Qing dynasty liked hunting. Like Genghis Khan, Nurhachi started from scratch by "bowing and shooting big eagles"-it is said that his initial venture capital was only 13 sets of armor in his possession. If divided by class, he is undoubtedly an Orion, who goes out at night, kills hares and pheasants and sells them in the city to support his family. It is estimated that in that era, Lingzhi grass with mink antler was already the "three treasures in Northeast China". However, this man had a restless heart, and led a large group of "Jie Zhen Jie Bao" and "The Orion Brothers" who wore short fur coats, wandering between Baishan and Blackwater, not only hunting, but also fighting, unifying Manchu tribes by force, and then "challenging" the Ming Empire in the Great Wall, with the ambition to replace it. Just like letting wild animals and captive animals kill each other, the farming people in the Central Plains, who have implemented the well-field system since ancient times, are no match for the Eight Banners military forces who fight tigers up the mountain? It is obvious who will win the battle.

After several generations' efforts, relying on the superiority of Ma Zhuang, Aisingiorro finally rushed into Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui, bold and the beautiful's Ming surrender, undoubtedly played the role of an eagle dog, leading the well-prepared hunters to occupy Beijing, and hit the southern frontier with a bang. The emperor Shunzhi in Beijing was moved from Shengjing (Shenyang). Wu Sangui was named King of the Day and allowed to build a "kennel" in Yunnan-he finally got a few bones to chew.

The real winner is the descendant of Nurhachi. Hit a prey that is enough to make the old-timers happy and even jealous: Daming's heaven and earth. Although this move is similar to "poaching" taking advantage of people's danger. When snipe and clam fight (Li Chuangwang went to Beijing to kill Emperor Chongzhen), the fisherman gains.

According to the truth, the only thrill who has no worries about food and clothing, wealth and enjoyment no longer needs to go hunting with a sword and bow. Kangxi didn't think so, but still practiced riding and shooting techniques. Shooting in the palace wall is not enough, and the "Mulan paddock" is set up in the virgin forest of Jehol-is it to train the ability to survive in the wild? It can only be said that he is unwilling to let the chained Great Wall bind the inherited wildness in his bones. According to historical records, Kangxi went hunting in Jehol for nearly a month every year after beginning of autumn, and participated in it 48 times in his life. It seems that his attachment to Mulan paddock is no less than his affection for the Forbidden City. That is his spiritual hometown, and that is his palace where he honed his will and physical strength. Kangxi was born a thorough activist: he was superstitious about speed and strength, whether hunting or ruling. Even when he was young, he wiped out Ao Bai, a powerful political enemy, and then slaughtered Wu Sangui, the eagle dog of his father. For a real hunter, the eagle dog is redundant.

When there was no war to fight, Kangxi could only devote his spare energy to hunting. When he took off his bloated robes and put on his tight armor-he took the lead in rushing into the mountains and forests, he must temporarily forget that he was an emperor and forget the huge guard (nearly 1, people) that followed behind him, and reveal the prototype and nature of the hunter. There are only vast mountains, vigorous trees and birds and animals passing by, which attract all his attention. Perhaps there was a flash of thought: even if you really become an ordinary Orion from now on, you will be very happy. Shooting tigers in the wild is similar to competing in politics. Can satisfy the desire to conquer in the blood. Objectively speaking, autumn hunting, which has become a law, is another kind of training for the officers and men of the Eight Banners under its command: not only to maintain the strength of the bow and horse, but also to carry forward the spirit of martial arts. In this regard, the emperor himself is the best example.

Since there is no rival among human beings and no strong political enemy, Emperor Kangxi (there are only a handful of emperors who can be called the Great in China's history) is still trying to turn his target to poisonous snakes and beasts-he is simply competing with nature. In 1719, he made a summary of his hobbies: "I have captured 153 tigers, 12 bears, 25 leopards, 2 lynx, 14 elk, 96 wolves, 133 wild boar, and hundreds of deer by sentry. The rest of the animals in the paddock are too numerous to remember." And smug in this wonderful fun, "I shot 318 rabbits in one day, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people." I regard it as a special "debriefing report" of an emperor in peacetime, not showing off his political achievements, but counting the results of hunting one by one. This bloody list, if read by contemporary "environmentalists", will be distressed: no wonder tigers, leopards, bears and wolves have become rare animals-their crisis began as early as the Qing Dynasty. In terms of destroying the ecological environment, Kangxi seems to be as cruel as murderous Hitler? Unfortunately, at that time, no one dared to fine the emperor or investigate his criminal responsibility.

Fortunately, Kangxi learned a little knowledge of ecological balance by himself, and rotated hunting areas year by year. Thanks to the large area of Mulan paddock, rare birds and animals finally have a chance to breathe, so as not to lose their children and grandchildren. Otherwise, Kangxi, who runs the country well, can be called the executioner of tea, and his merits and demerits are offset, and his reputation is mixed.

as descendants of the marksman Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong were both good at bowing horses. Ganlong, in particular, is a militant, and he is very enjoyable to fight in the east and west. Self-proclaimed as "the perfect martial arts" (after carving a monument, it is dedicated to the summer resort). In addition to fighting against people, it also fights against heaven and earth-inheriting the tradition of "Mulan's autumn hunting", preparing horses, catching tigers and shooting eagles, and "sweeping" round after round. He went to the Jehol Palace more times than Kangxi, and it is estimated that his "report card" is not inferior. Ganlong's hobbies are even more extensive: he not only hunts frequently in the upper reaches of the fortress, but also enjoys going down to the south of the Yangtze River by dragon boat. This most distinguished "fisherman" happily goes back and forth along the canal, fishing for scenery, poems and paintings, and fishing for delicious food-including all kinds of mermaids. He has too many affairs. The game landscape is also dance academy.

I also know that Daoguang is a good marksman! In the eighteenth year of Jiaqing (1815), the emperor went to the Rehe Palace for the summer, and the Tientsin Uprising Army took advantage of it and attacked the Forbidden City. Under the eunuch's support, the soldiers were divided into two ways: from Xihuamen to Longzongmen, from Donghuamen to the Imperial Palace Jingyun Gate-until they climbed the Wufeng Tower through the passage and exchanged fire with the Kingsguard from a commanding height. At that time, the princes were studying in the palace, and they were all panicked when they heard the gunshots. Only Daoguang remained calm and led several little brothers to take out their shotgun and go to hall of mental cultivation to seize the favorable terrain. It happened that the eunuch on duty in the imperial palace armory was in a hurry and didn't find lead pills. It was imminent, and Daoguang reacted quickly, so that all the copper buttons on the clothes were pulled off and mixed with gunpowder instead of lead pills. When the rebel army climbed over the wall, Daoguang shot two people, and the rest of the princes shot a third person, which made the other side lift its head, so it had to change the battle plan of attacking hall of mental cultivation, the emperor's bedroom, and taking hostages. Daoguang used a copper button as ammunition until reinforcements arrived.

Emperor Jiaqing didn't appreciate this unattractive second son of the emperor. He was punished to go to the "cleaning place" in the imperial palace to undergo labor reform and clean the windows and sweep the floor with the little eunuch. However, the performance of Daoguang in this incident made my father sit up and take notice: staying in danger, being both wise and brave, can govern the country. So Daoguang was promoted as the heir to the throne. The sharpshooter Daoguang, when he was still a prince, probably received "military training". Otherwise, you wouldn't be so skilled in using firearms. He must have done well in shooting on weekdays.

after Daoguang inherited the throne (also known as "political power comes out of the barrel of a gun"), he always liked playing with guns and hunting. In his later years, like his father, he struggled to choose a successor, and hesitated: "I want to pay a lot, but it is still undecided. I want the school to hunt Nanyuan, and all the princes are obedient. Prince Gong Yixin has won the most birds. Wen (Xianfeng) didn't make a shot, so he asked about it and said to Japan,' It's spring, and birds and animals breed, so we can't bear to hurt our lives.' Xuanzong was very happy, and the day:' This is the word of the true emperor! [Du Shoutian, Draft of the Qing Dynasty] It is understandable to distinguish between sons by gathering and hunting contests. It's just that as the father of the referee, he secretly drew up another kind of game plan: not marksmanship, force, booty, but the good and evil of people's hearts. Therefore, Gong Wang Yixin, who had plenty of prey, lost the election, but Xianfeng, who was holding an empty gun like a prop, stood out.

considering that birds and animals are having children in spring, Xianfeng can't bear to kill them, destroying their families, beauty and even ecological balance. He is a prince living in a fairy tale world, and the oldest "Green Party"-he must be very pleasing and praised by Greenpeace of later generations. Today's endangered animals, if they have a conscience and can read history, should be grateful for the kindness of this "great good man". Unfortunately, if measured by the domineering that emperors must have, salty is lost in pedantry. Politics, after all, is different from "environmental protection". It is not enough to govern the country and the world. It also requires chivalry, ambition and an iron fist. Up and down for five thousand years, any monarch who defeated the governors and opened up the territory was a fuel-efficient lamp and a kind-hearted man? Which one is not neutral and not falling in the bones? From Qin Huang Hanwu, Tang Zong Song Zu, and even Genghis Khan, they were basically emperors at once, and made contributions by with fire and sword.

Daoguang himself made his mark in the counter-insurgency, but he valued a "philanthropist" like Xianfeng and an alternative. It's incredible! Could it be that he himself has been paralyzed by the Millennium and weakened his fighting spirit? Don't you forget: it takes ten years for a scholar to rebel-it may not have a good result if he keeps his job. If you don't kill anything, you are suitable to be a monk. Burning incense and worshipping Buddha are different concepts from defending the country. After all, the world is no longer the era of Yao Shunyu, and if you don't make progress, you will fall behind. In the Nanyuan school hunting, Prince Gong Yi Xin, who played well, was really a character. Everyone knows that when he was a teenager, he shared a room with Xianfeng to practice writing and martial arts, but his talent was slightly better. He is aggressive and bloody, but he is not favored by his father. Don't think it's too fierce and bravado?

Daoguang made a subjective mistake in selecting talents not by strength but by morality. His one-thought-difference led to the failure of the Great Qing Dynasty: he walked into a dead end in no way back step by step. For the shame in China's modern history, Daoguang is first and foremost responsible. He not only signed the first unequal treaty "Sino-British treaty of nanking" in 1842, but also chose the wrong successor.

Later, it was proved that governing the country was not Xianfeng's strong point. He was more suitable to be the "Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries" or to form the Greenpeace, but he was not good at expanding his military equipment and resisting foreign enemies. With a "woman's benevolence", where can we beat the logic of robbers? During his tenure, Beijing fell into the hands of westerners from across the sea for the first time, which was really humiliating. On October 13th, the tenth year of Xianfeng (186), the British and French allied forces rushed into Andingmen-since then, Andingmen has never been stable. Xianfeng himself was frightened out of my wits and went to Chengde to take shelter. In the past, the Qing emperor went to the summer resort for hunting and to show off; Xianfeng was completely fleeing this time, and regarded the ancestral paddock as the last refuge. What a wonderful irony! Xianfeng is definitely not in the mood for autumn hunting. He himself has become a prey pursued by others. Not to be taunted, you can always afford to hide. But hiding is not the way. Xianfeng has been hiding in Chengde for nearly a year. He is embarrassed to face the handwriting and monuments of the former emperors and ashamed to see his elders in Jiangdong-he must be on pins and needles and in a dilemma. After a serious illness, I simply hid in hell.

Xianfeng didn't even want to step on an ant before his death. But his enemy, "burning and plundering, being extremely cruel", set fire to the priceless Yuanmingyuan with a match without mercy. What's the use of bodhisattva's heart? Even unable to provide the necessary protection for their own people. In an era of the law of the jungle, kind people can be deceived, and cowardly people are shameful.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Xianfeng was the black sheep of the Qing Dynasty. In the face of foreign guns, he surrendered his capital and retreated. Escapism and capitulationism started from it. The hunter's family, unfamiliar with the bow and horse, has greatly degraded its competitiveness and is at the mercy of others. Since then, the iron hoofs of western powers have rampaged on the map of China and hunted wantonly.

Just as Daoguang chose the wrong successor, Xianfeng made another mistake: he married the wrong wife. He should have taken Cixi as his wife. After Cixi carried her husband's coffin back to Beijing from Chengde, there was an auspicious coup, from which she listened to politics for 48 years. The Qing dynasty really slipped into a state of ups and downs, and encountered unprecedented embarrassment: constant compensation, continuous land division, and continuous signing of indentures (unequal treaties). Instead of reviving national defense, Cixi appropriated the naval military expenditure that had been used to buy strong ships and guns to build villas (Summer Palace). The result of this woman's meddling was that the capital fell again: in the 26th year of Guangxu (19), Eight-Nation Alliance drank horses in Zhongnanhai and waltzed in the Hall of Supreme Harmony ...

I occasionally make a useless assumption: it was the extraordinary Prince Gong Yi Xin who inherited Daoguang's mantle. So is history going to be rewritten? Even if it can't be said that the fate of the country is entirely a projection of the emperor's own personality, at least, Yeh Hena La's family may not have a chance to appear on the stage, let alone become a notorious heroine in a turbulent era. The late Qing Dynasty of Empress Dowager Cixi is still a negative textbook for Chinese people to learn from their mistakes. " You can't forget if you want to forget. You can't change it if you want to.

ten fingers can't be the same length. Although Yi Xin and Xian Feng are brothers, they have different personalities-from the respective performances of Nanyuan School Hunting, it can be seen that Xian Feng is a mediocre man who emphasizes benevolence), and Yi Xin tends to be brave (but he can make talents). There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. After Xianfeng came to power, Yi Xin had to run a walk-on with low eyes-so as not to compare the new emperor. Even so, Xianfeng still guards against and excludes it. Mr. Yang Yi once compared the two brothers to Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, who were frying beans. It can be seen that Yi Xin's life was very hard: "Cao Zhi vented his anger through poetry and became a poet. Prince Gong poured his poetry into Lin Yuan, making his garden a silent poem made of bricks, bricks and stones. " Yi Xin is the sixth son of Daoguang, so Prince Gong's mansion at No.17 Qianhai West Street on the west bank of Shichahai is commonly known as Liuye's mansion. This prince, who is too ambitious to display, is equally depressed when picking chrysanthemums and drinking in an empty garden?

Xianfeng went to Chengde to avoid disaster, but he left the matter of wiping his ass to Prince Gong, and asked him to stay in Beijing to "preside over the bureau". This is a hard-to-clean piece of chess, even the emperor can't play it, so he has to entrust his brother to act as a scapegoat, bargain with the British and French allied forces in Enemy at the Gates, make amends and intercede. "This is a desperate errand. When the peace talks broke down and there was a battle against the city, Yixin could only "die for the country." The success of the peace talks is a crime of losing power and humiliating the country, which is both "embarrassing to our ancestors" and "disgraceful to the world." However, Yixin actually "lived up to his mission" and handled the "Fu Bureau" properly, and used the position of "staying behind" to get in touch with foreigners, open up the situation and control the Beijing area. " (Quoted from Fang Biao's A Brief History of Beijing) Yi has created Xianfeng's "human shield" to resist the bloody rain.