The opening inventory of the top ten young emperors

Zhu Yuanzhang: Kangxi is not an easy child. Things happen one after another, and he doesn't even get a chance to rest... Uh, why do I feel sympathy for him?

Qin Shi Huang: Although I am not convinced, but Fusu is half as bold and decisive as Kangxi, so I would not send him to the Xiongnu to buy horses. Oh, when will God give me a successor who can rule the country like Kangxi and fight against enemies like Huo Qubing!

Qianlong: My royal grandfather is mighty and powerful, he is truly the greatest emperor of all time!
[These three princes were Wu Sangui, the Prince of Pingxi, Shang Kexi, the Prince of Pingnan, and Geng Jimao, the Prince of Jingnan. During the Shunzhi period, when Dorgon still held power, they were stationed in Yunnan, Guangdong, and Fujian. These were all places where the so-called "emperor was far away".]

[The leader of the Three Feudatories was Wu Sangui, the King of Pingxi, who was the one who opened Shanhaiguan Pass and led the Qing troops into the pass.]

Ming Dynasty Emperors: The culprit has been found! The greatest traitor has appeared!
Chongzhen: Wu Sangui? Wu Sangui! I never thought it was you! It was you who let the Qing army into the pass and became the Pingxi King of the Qing! Someone, let Wu Xiang come to see me quickly!

【So, four years after Kangxi captured Oboi, when he was just 20 years old, he made the decision to withdraw the feudal system. It was at this time that Wu Sangui finally jumped out. He raised the banner of "Restore the Ming Dynasty and Suppress the Invaders", proclaimed himself the Grand Marshal of the Army, and rebelled. 】

Emperors of the Ming Dynasty: Using the banner of the Ming Dynasty to commit treasonous acts. Shameless!
Chongzhen: This Ming traitor is just acting. It's all acting. I will chop him into pieces!

Kangxi: The most shameless one.

Qianlong: Shameless villain, traitor!

[At the beginning, Wu Sangui's army was unstoppable. He led a large group of troops from Yunnan and Guizhou to Hunan. Officials surrendered one after another wherever he passed. In addition to the princes of the other two vassal states and the surrounding areas, even the Zheng family in Taiwan supported him. ]

[In addition, many Han officials and Han people from other regions as well as upper-class people from ethnic minorities also responded to his call.]

[But soon, Kangxi adjusted his strategy. He adopted a strategy of both pulling and beating. First, he resolutely struck a blow against Wu Sangui, who was plotting rebellion, and then promised the remaining two princes a lot of benefits and tried to appease them.]

Zhu Yuanzhang: This operation seems familiar.

Zhu Di: Humph, if Zhu Yunwen had been so decisive and ruthless from the beginning, I'm afraid my Yan army would have been in his pocket long ago.

Zhu Yunwen: Uh, shouldn't we attack the two weaker vassal kings first, and then concentrate our forces to attack the strongest one? This is what Huang Zicheng told me.

[In this way, after five years of war, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin, the son of Shang Kexi, returned to the Qing court. Wu Sangui could not stand alone. Finally, at the end of his rope, he revealed his true intention and proclaimed himself emperor in Hengzhou.]

Zhu Yunwen was a little confused: two families surrendered, and one family became emperor? Doesn't this mean that the feudal system has not been reduced?
【Later, Wu Sangui died of illness and passed the throne to his grandson Wu Shifan. In the 20th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, the Qing army captured Kunming and Wu Shifan committed suicide. The eight-year-long Sanfan Rebellion was also completely quelled at this moment. 】

[In the same year when the Three Feudatories were pacified, Zheng Chenggong died of illness in Taiwan, and Taiwan fell into civil strife. So three years later, General Shi Lang conquered Taiwan, and Taiwan finally returned to the embrace of China. ]

[And this year, Kangxi had just turned thirty. ]

I have accomplished so many great things at the age of thirty.

Zhu Yuanzhang twirled his beard and couldn't help nodding secretly: This boy is indeed brave and can compare to my style in the past.

Zhu Di: If my son had such talent, I would definitely appoint another prince!
Shunzhi: My son Kangxi really lives up to my expectations!
Qin Shi Huang: Having a son like this would make me have no regrets in this life!

[What were we doing when we were thirty? We probably had just settled down in work or had just started a family. But Kangxi had already pacified the Three Feudatories and recovered Taiwan, which really put people of my age to shame.]

[After the internal turmoil was settled, Kangxi turned his attention to the outside world. This is the second achievement we are going to talk about, the three expeditions against Galdan.]

[Around the 27th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, when he was 34 years old, Galdan frequently disrupted the northern border of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Kangxi could no longer tolerate this and decided to lead the expedition himself.]

Ming Dynasty emperors: Northern border? Didn't the Qing Dynasty enter the country from the north? Did they have a border in the north?

Not only the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, but emperors of other dynasties all felt the same way.
Since they are all nomadic peoples in the north, shouldn't they be in harmony with each other? Why are there still people who want to withhold our rights?

I don’t understand. I really don’t understand.

[Yes, everyone may find it strange. Aren’t you a nomadic people from the northern grasslands? How come there are nomadic people from the north disturbing the border? ]

The emperors: It’s not just that we feel it’s strange, it’s that we feel it’s extremely strange!
Didn’t the Mongols retreat back to the grasslands after being defeated?

Isn't the grassland the home of the Qing Dynasty? How could someone destroy its home?
[Yes, as a unified country, it is rare that it is not harassed by northern nomadic peoples. Since the Qing Dynasty has entered the pass, it has become a part of the unified dynasty. It is not surprising that it is invaded by northern peoples. ]

Emperors: This sentence sounds far-fetched, but it seems to make some sense.

[If you have the ability, why not move the bitter cold land in the north and turn it into the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River? Otherwise, once the mountains are blocked by heavy snow and the cattle and sheep are frozen to death in a disaster year, the nomadic people in the north will definitely go south to beg for food. ]

[That’s why the up master said before that it’s better to relieve than to block. We need to find a way to allow the northern nomadic people to have an industry that is not affected by natural disasters. Only by making an equal exchange between the two sides can we truly solve the problem once and for all.]

Yes, Grandma did say that before.

Qin Dynasty.

Looking at the scroll, Qin Shi Huang fell into deep thought: Industry? What industry? Is it to provide horses for my Qin? He provides horses and we buy horses to improve the combat capability of my Qin cavalry, and then go and fight them?

This...Although the Huns are barbaric, they are not stupid!

Song.

Song Renzong racked his brains and thought again and again. Like Qin Shihuang, the first thing he thought of was horses.
But at the same time, he also rejected this idea.

After all, the Liao Kingdom in the north is not stupid, so they need to find other items to replace them.

Goat milk and cow milk? It was already very difficult to supply these things to the people in the north, so how could they be traded with the Song Dynasty?
Cowhide or sheepskin? These things that keep you warm are much more useful in the north than in the south, and they are even less likely to exchange with them.

Should we vacate the southern part of the Yangtze River to allow these northern nomadic peoples to move in? In that case, wouldn't it be like letting those northern peoples enjoy the warmth and sunshine of the south?

Ahem, he was just thinking about it. If he really did that, either he would be crazy or the officials in the court would think he was crazy. This would be a good opportunity for him to abdicate and become the emperor.

tomorrow.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s eyes widened: What nonsense is Tianjuan talking about!
Impossible. If they had not enjoyed the food and wine of the Central Plains before, it would be fine. But now that they have enjoyed it, how can they be content with a corner of the north? They will definitely invade the border again. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not have set up nine great kings of the frontier!
Unless the North also has fine wine and delicious food, tall buildings, and countless beautiful scenery and beauties, the northern tribes will never give up attacking the Central Plains.

The Qing Dynasty after them was like this. This can also be regarded as a counterattack by the descendants of the Mongols!

[We have strayed off topic. Let’s get back to Galdan.]

[This Galdan can be said to be a hero. His appearance unified the Galdan tribe. Then he led the Galdan army southward. His purpose was definitely not to plunder, but to emulate the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty and try to become an emperor.]

Zhu Yuanzhang: I'll tell you. The northern nomadic peoples have been coveting the Central Plains for a long time, and they will never be appeased by your giving them some money.

Galdan can be said to have the same origin and clan as the Qing Dynasty, but they still fought to such an extent. This shows how much the prosperity and wealth of the Central Plains tempted these foreign ethnic groups!

[But unfortunately, Galdan was born at the wrong time and happened to meet Kangxi. ]

[Kangxi defeated Galdan badly in his first expedition, but he was lucky and escaped with several thousand men.]

[But after escaping, he was still dishonest and even colluded with the Russians. Four or five years later, he violated the border again. In this way, Kangxi began his second personal expedition. As a result, this time, Galdan's army was almost wiped out, and he only escaped with dozens of people. ]

[Galdan escaped twice, so Kangxi started the third expedition in person the following year.]

[Sure enough, Galdan was not so lucky this time. Before Kangxi's army reached Galdan's tribe, they mutinied and Galdan died suddenly. Thus, the rebellion of Galdan's tribe was completely suppressed by Emperor Kangxi.]

Three battles, three victories.
It was indeed Emperor Kangxi. No one could match him in both civil and military affairs.

Looking at the heavenly scroll, Emperor Taizong of Tang sighed secretly in his heart.
If the two were not separated by a thousand years, he really wanted to have a good fight with Emperor Kangxi.

[But was the rebellion of the Galdan tribe the end of the matter? Kangxi traced the root of the problem and felt that it was because the emperor was not clear about the movements of the various tribes.]

[When Kangxi first ascended the throne, he was only a young ruler, and faced a lot of internal and external troubles. He gradually lost control of the northern desert and Mongolia, which were far away from the Qing court.]

【Now that Kangxi has taken power, this matter will be resolved sooner or later. So this led to the Duolun League. 】 Duolun League?
A peace talk? A meeting?
Just because we have a meeting, we don't have to fight this war?
Is there such a cheap thing?

[The Duolun League was actually held after the first expedition against Galdan. At that time, Kangxi had already realized this problem. Galdan's rebellion just gave him the opportunity to solve this problem.]

[So soon after Galdan took power for the first time, he convened a meeting of the princes and nobles of the 49 banners of Inner and Outer Mongolia. He unified the various Mongolian tribes by using both kindness and force.]

It turns out that it is not as simple as just holding a meeting.
Giving both kindness and power?
Local governments in every dynasty paid great attention to the last second character "威".

[During this meeting, Kangxi promised various titles of princes to the princes of various Mongolian tribes, appealed to their feelings and persuaded them with "reason". During the meeting, he not only brought more than 70 artillery pieces and many firearms, but also eight red cannons.]

【Then, when everyone was drunk and the atmosphere was heated, a grand military parade was held. It is said that a tribal leader was so frightened that he lay on the ground and trembled.】

So this is how it is explained to me. I have learned it.

Qin Shihuang, who had previously built a cannon for himself but didn't know whether he should use it immediately, seemed to have gotten inspiration from this.

Since his Great Qin needed to recuperate and restore people's livelihood at this time, it was not the time to go to war with the Huns and engage in militarism. Therefore, for now, it seemed that his artillery could only be set up on the Great Wall.

However, if we had followed the example of Emperor Kangxi of later generations and sat down to negotiate with the Huns with cannons in hand, we might have gained unexpected results.

After all, cannons seem to be too powerful at the moment. If the Qin Dynasty was not relatively poor now, he would have wanted to build a big ship and use the cannons to conquer the legendary America.

But now that it has been created, even if it is not convenient to use now, we must make sure it plays its greatest role.
So he thought the form of alliance was good.

Without spending a single soldier, the key is to save money. It would be good if the Huns could surrender, but if not, they could be driven far away to preserve the strength of the Qin Dynasty. When the time is right, they can strike with one blow.

Yes, this method can indeed be tried. And the person who is suitable to contact and organize this matter is naturally Fusu, whom he sent to the Xiongnu disguised as a merchant to buy horses.
So, invisibly, Fusu had one more mission on this trip to the Xiongnu!
[Not only that, after the Duolun League, Kangxi built a summer resort in Chengde, and summoned the princes on the grassland to hunt and gather every once in a while. And through the opportunity of the gathering, the Qing court could mediate the conflicts among the tribes and grasp the trends of the grassland. ]

[Because of this, the relationship between the Qing court and the Mongolian tribes remained stable for many years, and no rebellious tribes appeared on the grasslands for many years. This further promoted the integration of the Manchu and Mongolian peoples and promoted national unity.]

【This was a great unity that had never been seen in previous dynasties. Coupled with the Han people who had already united before, the Qing Dynasty also reached its peak at this time. It was at this time that the name of Huaxia as a country became deeply rooted in people's hearts.】

【So I think Kangxi is worthy of the title of the greatest emperor of all time.】

National unity?
Apart from the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it was only realized during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.
In addition, no matter which dynasty, conflicts between ethnic groups and regions rarely eased.

Therefore, what the emperor can do, the Khan cannot do.
After hearing this, the emperors finally recognized the title of Kangxi as the greatest emperor of all time.

[These are the three great achievements of Kangxi that are known to the world. Yongzheng and Qianlong, who came after him, continued this prosperous era, which was later called the Kangxi-Qian Dynasty or the Kangxi-Yongqian Dynasty.]

The Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong prosperous era?
Yongzheng, who was busy reviewing memorials, finally raised his head.

Before, he had only heard the grandmother talk about the "Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era". Although he felt a little lonely, after all, his father was a role model, and he could not surpass him no matter what. So he could only continue to handle government affairs and govern the country conscientiously.

But now, when I heard the grandmother actually talking about the "Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong prosperous eras", I realized that I was not an unknown figure in history.
This made him feel a little relieved, and he dared not slack off at all.

Although he also wanted to make some reforms during his reign like other emperors, his father was an emperor of all ages, and his sons also made great achievements, and both of them ruled for sixty years.
And he has only been on the throne for thirteen years, so he should try his best to serve as a link between the past and the future for them, and he will not cause any more trouble for them.

But although Yongzheng was content with being lonely, there was someone who couldn't bear to see him being lonely, and that person was his son Kangxi.

Seeing the three characters "Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong", he was even happier than Emperor Yongzheng. He immediately posted a comment.
[@十全老人绘怪: See, my father is definitely not a mediocre person. He also contributed to this prosperous era. ]

Kangxi also praised it and said:
【@All science tyrants live another 500 years: You are indeed my son. 】

Since Kangxi had spoken, Yongzheng had no choice but to speak, and he immediately said:
[@Work hard and love your career: Father, thank you for your praise! ]

In fact, Kangxi was still very curious about why it was the fourth prince who took over his throne instead of the crown prince, the eldest prince, or other princes.

After all, he has countless outstanding sons, and it wouldn't be a big problem for any of them to take over the empire. But why is it that the fourth son stands out?
But it was meaningless to dwell on these things now. He would never look at Tian Juan differently just because he revealed the successor in advance, nor would he be extremely wary of him because of this.

Because he has his own methods and means of choosing his successor.
As long as there is an heir among his sons who meets his standards, he will offer his sincerity without hesitation.

But at this moment, Tianjuan suddenly changed the subject.

[This period, no matter what it is called, refers to the prosperous historical period of more than 100 years from Kangxi to Qianlong. Unfortunately, after this, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty closed their eyes and ears, closed the country to the outside world, and only knew how to sleep on the achievements of their ancestors. ]

Close your eyes and ears, and isolate yourself from the outside world?
Before they could recover from the pride of the Kangxi and Qianlong eras, the three emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong were all stunned when they heard Tian Juan say this in such a stern tone.
Their descendants have not achieved anything and can only sleep on the laurels of their ancestors' achievements?
So I just listened to Tian Juan continue talking.
[This also led to the rapid decline of the Qing Dynasty in the hundred years after Qianlong, and eventually the country was opened by Western artillery, almost to the point of national extinction. ]

[Although the upmaster previously spoke rudely about Emperor Kangxi's lack of attention to the development of science and technology. However, it was the Qing Dynasty's policy of isolation that made China like a blind man unable to see the changes in the outside world, wasting a hundred years in vain.]

Make China like a blind man?
Looking at the scroll, Kangxi frowned and said nothing. Nan Huairen beside him also did not dare to say anything.

Why has it come to this?

After hearing these words, Yongzheng stopped reviewing the memorials and looked at the scroll with a frown.

He handled government affairs with a war-like attitude, fearing the waste of time, and was willing to sacrifice his health for this. But he did this not to prevent his descendants from making no achievements and only coveting the inheritance left by their ancestors for enjoyment.
He hoped that the Qing Dynasty could go further, continue his father's prosperity, and become the overlord of China forever.

If he knew that his diligence would lead to laziness and inaction among his descendants, and that the country would decline in their hands, he would rather give up the country and live a carefree and happy life as an idle prince.
Thinking of this, Yongzheng threw the pen on the table with a frustrated look on his face.

Qianlong was the same, thinking that it was his own descendants who caused all this, and that the foreigners finally invaded, causing China to be humiliated and the national treasure to be exiled abroad. He felt very upset.

He glanced at Kangxi and Yongzheng who had just posted comments, and felt a little uneasy. For a moment, he felt that he should explain something, but it seemed that he didn't need to say anything. He was entangled for a moment. He didn't know what to say.

At this moment, someone suddenly left a message in the Imperial Garden:
【@爱换马甲的抗狼: Since ancient times, the founding monarchs have worked diligently and devoted their hearts and souls, but the last emperors rarely work hard to govern the country. They are often incompetent and incompetent. Maybe their luck has run out! 】

【V@日月当空聖神麦雷母皇: Because of enlightenment, a country is founded; because of stupidity, a country is destroyed. It is always like this. 】

[@群臣错我一棵松: I have never slacked off, but my country still fell. Who can I go to for justice? ]

【@历史第一太子的大大: When the country was founded, there were always capable and famous ministers in the court. The last emperor often appointed treacherous and cunning rats, which would naturally lead to the country's downfall. For example, Zhao Gou used Qin Hui to kill Yue Fei, which was exactly the case. 】

[@The nephew who was bullied to death: I didn’t slack off either, but I was still bullied by my fourth uncle and I don’t know whether I am dead or alive! ]

Zhu Biao/Zhu Yuanzhang: ...

【@History's No.1 Prince: Blame me, I should have asked your mother to eat more pig brains. 】

Zhu Yunwen: ...

For a time, there was a very in-depth discussion in the Emperor's Garden about how to found a country, how to build a country, and how to destroy a country.

At this moment, along with a heavy bell, Lei Xiaomeng's angry but helpless voice slowly rang out in the sky:
【We all feel deeply sorry for their misfortune and angry at their lack of resistance.】

[Every time we read about that painful period of history, we all wonder, if the Qing Dynasty officials at that time were not so arrogant and corrupt, and not so short-sighted, perhaps our countless national treasures would not appear in foreign museums.]

[Our national treasure appears in the museum of robbers, and is regarded as the treasure of other robber countries. We, the descendants of Yan and Huang, have to buy tickets to see it. What a heart-wrenching feeling! ]

Their national treasures were looted and taken to other countries, and they were displayed in public. They even sold tickets to the people of the looted countries?

China is a country of etiquette and politeness. No one would have thought that there are people who would be proud of stealing and robbing, who would openly publicize their robbery to the world and take pride in it.

Don’t these barbarians know what propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame are?

The emperors' fists were all stiff at this moment.

(End of this chapter)