The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 739: White Lotus Rebellion and Emperor Qianlong's Death
[Emperor Qianlong had a total of 17 sons, 14 of whom were given names, and the remaining three died before they could be named.]

[Emperor Jiaqing Yongyan was the fifteenth among the seventeen princes and was not very outstanding. ]

[To be precise, people's evaluation of Yongyan is generally consistent - mediocre. ]

[This person's greatest strength is that he has no weaknesses, and his greatest weakness is that he has no strengths. ]

……

Ji Han.

Liu Bei felt that there was nothing wrong with being mediocre.

At least it is much better than those emperors who have lofty ambitions but poor actions.

"Alas... Kong Ming, I feel like my bottom line is starting to drop again."

Zhuge Liang understood what Liu Bei meant.

He glanced at the faces of the people in front of the hall and sighed:

"My lord, who isn't..."

……

Eastern Jin Dynasty and Emperor Ming Dynasty
Sima Shao scratched his forehead.

He roughly sorted out the problems that Jiaqing would face.

"…Isn't this old guy trying to shirk responsibility and run away?"

Sima Shao had reason to suspect that Qianlong had discovered some clues and then threw the hot potato to the next emperor.

"It is highly likely that they will not give up their power..."

"I take the power, but you take the blame?"

Sima Shao muttered.

It is possible that Emperor Qianlong did this in his later years.

……

Ming Dynasty - Tianqi Period
Zhu Youxiao sighed with a melancholy look on his face:
"Mediocre... I'm not afraid of mediocrity..."

"I'm just afraid that you're mediocre and don't even realize it..."

"Prince Xin is not mediocre..."

Wei Zhongxian blinked and said nothing.

Prince Xin is indeed extraordinary.

Because they are unwilling to be mediocre.

……

【And Emperor Jiaqing's position was also very awkward. 】

[First, when passing on the throne, Qianlong made it clear in advance: "I will not be lazy in all important military and national affairs, personnel and administrative matters. All ministries, government offices and provincial governments will follow my previous instructions."]

[“After returning to power, how can I ignore all the major military and national affairs and personnel and administration issues? I will still call on my father to be healthy and give him personal guidance.”]

[“The successor emperor should listen to the instructions carefully day and night, so that he can know what to accept and not make mistakes. And the ministers, both big and small, should be respectful and conscientious in their duties, and they can also follow them carefully.”]

……

Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang rested one foot on the chair and ate a bun with the other hand.

Looking at the sky, he snorted coldly.

"That's nice to say."

"It is clear that I will not give up my power, even if I pass on the throne."

"It's a good reputation."

Zhu Biao, who was standing opposite, smiled and explained to Queen Ma:

"The word '嗣' is explained in Er Ya as meaning inheritance or continuation."

"From the imperial edict, the three characters 'heir emperor' mean the successor emperor."

"There is nothing wrong with the grammar. He is indeed the successor emperor, but adding the word '嗣' gives it a completely different flavor."

"It's like the third place in the palace examination is granted the same status as a Jinshi. The concubine who is taken in is called Madam Ru."

"If they were really the same Jinshi and Rufus, there would be no need to add such words."

Empress Ma understood, patted the armrest, and said suddenly:
"As the saying goes, the same Jinshi is different from the same Jinshi, like a lady is not as good as a lady."

"The title of Successor Emperor was Qianlong's way of attacking Jiaqing."

"Tell him not to forget that your throne is inherited from me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang grinned when he heard this.

"Can we be more polite..."

Queen Ma glared at her.

Lao Zhu immediately put down his legs.

"I, I said I...I'll be more polite..."

Queen Ma rolled her eyes at him and continued to sigh:

"Qianlong ruled for sixty years. Even if he retired, a cough would be enough to shake the court."

"Shi Jingtang was recorded in history books as a puppet emperor, a name that will be ridiculed for eternity."

"But in terms of actual power, Jiaqing's current position is not as good as Shi Jingtang's."

"Although Shi Jingtang was a puppet emperor to the outside world, he was still a real emperor who had the final say and held real power."

"And Jiaqing is now just a decoration. Everything is still decided by the old father."

"It seems that the 'heir emperor' is not as good as the 'child emperor'."

……

Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing Period
Jiaqing didn't want to say anything anymore.

The so-called "returning power" means that you handle the small matters and I will take care of the big matters.

As for what is a big deal and what is a small deal, the final right of interpretation lies with his father.

Who allowed his father to live?

"Really... a child of destiny..."

He sat on a stone bench in the courtyard and looked up at the sky.

Throughout history, who else could have lived a life as smooth as his father's...

……

[Second, Qianlong chose a good time to abdicate. On the first day of the first lunar month in the first year of Jiaqing (1796), he had just completed the abdication ceremony and announced that he had become a "perfect man through the ages." On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the White Lotus Rebellion broke out in Sichuan and Hubei.]

[Jiaqing did nothing. The largest popular uprising in the middle period of the Qing Dynasty broke out during the Jiaqing period.]

[The Qianlong Emperor's sixtieth year was a time of peace and prosperity, with no major popular uprisings. At least it sounds good.]

【Jiaqing is different. He will have to bear this infamy for the rest of his life.】

……

{To be honest, Jiaqing cannot be blamed for this.}
{But he caught up... Qianlong was really lucky.}
{If this guy makes it to fgo, his luck value will be A.}
{Can I touch EX too?}
{Liu Xiu: Have you asked me? Did I let you touch me?}

{After Qianlong enjoyed himself, Jiaqing took over.}
{…words of tigers and wolves…}
……

Ming Dynasty·Chenghua Period
Zhu Jianshen felt that this scene was so familiar.

"It's so similar!"

The emperor emeritus, seizure of power, rebellion.

Zhu Jianshen started to have a headache again.

But one thing is that Qianlong at least left a foundation.

And I am just cleaning up the mess.

……

On the canopy.

On the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

A white lotus is blooming in Sichuan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Hebei and other places.

……

[The Qing Dynasty officially called it the "Sichuan-Chu Rebellion". The uprising broke out in the Jingxiang area, a no-man's land located at the junction of Sichuan and Hubei. It has always been a weak link in the rule of the dynasty.]

[The Jingxiang Uprising during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty also broke out here. ]

[However, the Ming Dynasty's uprising was called the Jingxiang Uprising, but the Qing Dynasty's uprising cannot be called the Jingxiang Uprising.]

[Because it quickly broke through the scope of the Jingxiang area. ]

[It broke out at the border of Shaanxi, Sichuan and Hubei, and then quickly spread to the five provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan and Gansu, involving a total of 204 prefectures, states, counties, departments and health centers. It lasted for nine years.]

【It became the turning point of the Qing Dynasty’s decline.】

[Its scale and impact far exceeded the Jingxiang Uprising in the Ming Dynasty. ]

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Song Zhenzong period
Zhao Heng didn't know what to say for a moment.

It feels a bit like gloating, but also a bit like pity.

"It was all good, but now I have been given a name of decline."

"It's really... a shame for my son."

Liu E gently waved her round fan and said without comment:

"Based on the Qing Dynasty emperor's method of governance, it's only a matter of time."

Zhao Heng was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Yes... we still have to treat the people as human beings."

"But if the emperor is a human being in one dynasty, he may not be a human being in the next dynasty."

“Isn’t that what Yongzheng did?”

“When a person dies, his government ceases to exist. No dynasty or generation can escape this.”

"In the end, all is not illegal without punishment..."

Liu E stopped fanning herself and looked at Zhao Heng in surprise and doubt.

"What do you want to do?"

Zhao Heng fell silent again.

Since he accepted Yue Fei's knowledge, he understood more.

Orders are strictly enforced and rules are observed.

This is the basic principle and foundation for winning battles.

Throughout the dynasties, there is only one type of people who are not bound by the law.

Emperor.

"I think..."

"The Emperor of Temperance."

……

[One of the main reasons for the Jingxiang Uprising in the Ming Dynasty was that the court did not manage the Jingxiang area and did not provide relief when there was famine. As a result, the hungry people joined forces with bandits to rebel.]

【The Qing Dynasty was too harsh.】

【In the middle and late period of Qianlong's reign, the administration of officials throughout the country was extremely lax. 】

【Corruption is rampant in Hubei and Sichuan provinces, and officials at all levels are corrupt and abuse their power to oppress the people.】

[The governor, provincial governor, provincial governor and lower-level local officials are in collusion with each other.]

[There are many refugees in the Jingxiang area, who make a living by reclaiming farmland in the mountainous areas.]

[Officials often went into the mountains to inspect under various pretexts.]

[One of the most important rules is that to pay taxes and levies to the state, one must go to the county town to pay them. However, farmers in mountainous areas cannot afford the cost of going to the county town to pay taxes and levies because the journey is long and the roads are steep.]

[Once the grain payment deadline is delayed, the police will come to collect it.]

[Of course, this is just one of the names of the inspection, there are many other names. ]

……

Big man.

Liu Bang put his hands in his sleeves, with an indescribable look on his face.

"Is it because Chen Sheng and Wu Guang didn't shout loud enough?"

"Lu Jia said it well, there is no greater truth than inaction."

Lü Zhi also read Lu Jia's "New Language"

Different from those Confucian scholars of his time who were content with academic studies, Lu Jia was a Confucian scholar who put his knowledge into practice.

"Lu Jia compared his learning with the Qin Dynasty and realized the reasons for its failure. He believed that the first reason was the Legalist politics that put power and punishment above all else, and the second reason was the heavy taxes that made the country strong and the people poor, making society unbearable."

"He probably didn't expect that this wasn't just a problem during the Qin Dynasty."

“It’s a question of generations.”

Liu Bang glanced at the two brothers below.

"Oppose the cruelty of the Legalists and advocate the benevolent governance of the Confucians."

"Although he also advocated non-action, his ideas on governing the country still followed the Confucian approach."

"The theory of inaction is just to overcome the chaos of the Qin Dynasty's harsh laws and heavy taxes. It is not the same as the theory of Huang Lao School."

Lu Zhi also looked at the two princes.

"Then what do you think? Put your hope on Liu Che not to promote Confucianism alone."

Liu Bang leaned against the soft pillow and said calmly:

"What do I think?"

"Naigong wants to eat barbecue tonight."

"Then someone will take care of the grandson."

"Don't bother me."

"Because, there's no point in worrying."

……

[The patrol powers of the police were almost unlimited, and they could extort money from the villagers they patrolled at will.]

[Once they are inspected, many mountain dwellers will be forced to lose everything they have.]

【The mountain people were not registered in the local household register, so they had no place to appeal when they were bullied by the police.】

【At that time, the tickets for patrolling the mountains could be sold for money. If the police got the tickets for patrolling the mountain people, they could make a fortune.】

[Some people even spend money to stock up on inspection tickets in advance, so that they can be assigned first when there is an inspection opportunity.]

[Compared to ordinary people, mountain people have a harder life and are more oppressed by the government.]

[Under these circumstances, the White Lotus Sect, a folk religion that advocated mutual assistance among the poor, quickly spread in the Jingxiang area.]

……

{The leader of all villains in the universe has appeared!}
{By the way, where did this thing come from?}
{It is the product of the sinicization of Buddhism, founded in the Southern Song Dynasty.}
{Because Buddhism regards the white lotus under the Buddha's seat as the purest and most sacred thing, the name of the White Lotus Sect also comes from this.}
{The White Lotus Sect claims that believers can go to the White Lotus Pure Land after death. Its main feature is that its teachings are easy to understand, and it worships both Buddha and ancestors. There are no strict rules and regulations. As long as you sincerely recite scriptures and burn incense, you will be blessed by Maitreya Buddha, which is particularly easy for the lower classes to accept.}
{The key point is that it has no recognized religious leader. Anyone can use the White Lotus Sect's banner and scriptures to declare themselves the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha or other gods, and gather a group of believers to establish a religious society.}
{So the government has never figured out the difference between the White Lotus Sect and other folk religions. Whenever they encounter an unknown religious uprising, they call it the White Lotus Sect.}
{I understand... a net bag, you can throw anything into it.}
{In fact, compared with various folk self-created religions, the White Lotus Sect only has some more written scriptures, and the local religious societies have a fixed and universal name, which makes it look more powerful, but there is no difference in other aspects.}
{After all, it has never formed a nationwide unified organization, and has always been independent, only echoing each other in momentum, which is much worse than the Yellow Turban Rebellion.}
{However, from the Southern Song Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect had always been active in the front line of rebellion, against the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty.}
{Anyway, it will oppose whoever is on the stage, which... is quite rebellious.}
……

Cao Wei.

Cao Cao thought about it carefully and said:

"Then it is just a tool for rebellion, not a cause of rebellion."

Cao Pi on the side also said:

"The White Lotus Sect was able to unite the oppressed lower-class people, and during the uprising it also became a spiritual bond for the refugees to unite and resist the Qing Dynasty."

"But judging from their teachings... there is no recognized leader like Zhang Jue."

"There are too many factions within this kind of uprising army, with dozens of different teams roaming around."

“It’s a big deal but it’s hard to sustain.”

Young Cao Rui also nodded in agreement.

"This alone cannot shake the foundation of the Qing Dynasty."

"But a thousand-mile dam is breached by an ant hole."

"If the Qing emperor does not change his attitude, a rebellion comparable to the Yellow Turbans will occur sooner or later."

"By then... it will be too late to regret."

Cao Cao took a sip of wine and said nothing.

Is it too late to regret?

Not always.

The Qing Dynasty had too many people, and the best way to reduce the population was war...

If there really is a rebellion similar to the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

The Qing emperors might have had it even easier.

……

[Although Qianlong had abdicated but was still in power, he spent all his energy on suppressing the uprising, in addition to appreciating calligraphy and painting and enjoying life.]

[In just three years, 100,000 troops had been mobilized and 70 million taels of silver had been spent.]

[Although they continued to work hard and mobilize troops day and night, the flames of the uprising grew stronger and stronger.]

[First, the regular army of the Qing Dynasty was composed of the Eight Banners as its core and essence, and the Green Camp as its auxiliary.]

[The Eight Banners Army is good at fighting on plains, but not very adaptable to mountainous areas. Moreover, its main force is stationed in the north, and its strength in the south is very weak.]

[The Green Camp is seriously corrupt, poorly treated, and does not consider itself the master of the country. It is like a mercenary army. Without the support and supervision of the Eight Banners, it will basically not fight.]

【What's more, the Eight Banners became even more corrupt and their combat effectiveness was seriously reduced.】

【Secondly, suppressing small-scale uprisings is often seen by military generals as a great opportunity to make money and embezzle money. 】

【Therefore, from the Grand Councilor Heshen to the small clerks and everyone involved in the war saw the war as an opportunity to make money.】

[The army is so corrupt that it has lost its fighting power.]

【This uprising completely tore off the last veil of the "Golden Age of Emperor Qianlong" and announced the indisputable end of the Golden Age of Emperor Qianlong.】

[Even in this situation, Emperor Qianlong, who was over 80 years old, just ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures.]

[On the third day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), Emperor Qianlong passed away, and Emperor Jiaqing officially took power.]

The unofficial history "Chunbingshi Yecheng" records that Qianlong cursed the leader of the White Lotus Sect with a secret spell from the Western Regions.

I don’t know whether it is true or not.

But in his early years, Qianlong did not believe in Western religions, and specifically said that reincarnation was a scam.

It is enough to just mention this question once.

After all, he is a big shot that even the TV version of "Da Feng" can't afford to offend.

……

I failed the preliminary review and I don’t know what the subsequent review will be like.

Let’s talk about it later.

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(End of this chapter)