Why do some people think that Yongzheng is the best emperor in the Qing Dynasty?

Traditionally, Kangxi and Qianlong were regarded as the most successful emperors in Qing Dynasty. There are many folklore about Kangxi and Qianlong, especially influenced by film and television dramas. What impressed everyone was Kangxi and Qianlong.

As for Yongzheng, he is the four emperors of Kangxi. Kangxi knew him better and knew that he was a man capable of great things. He was the first diligent emperor among the ancient emperors in China, and he didn't rest on the first day of New Year's Day. He reversed the platform and purged the official system with an iron fist.

Frequently use "desperately Shiro" to describe him. During his thirteen years in office, he insisted on personally reviewing the memorials every day, and some of his written comments on tens of thousands of memorials that have been preserved were as high as more than 1,000 words. (Interested friends can go and see "Yongzheng Royal Approval" published by overseas Chinese in China). The average sleep time is only four hours a day, which is the rhythm of workaholics. Don't live in the Qing Palace, and use hall of mental cultivation as a place to work and live, which can save time.

The bad woman neither inherited her father's affection than Kangxi nor her son Gan Long's fornication. And Yongzheng is not a lecherous, in fact, it should be said that life has a pursuit, and nothing else is important. At first, he was keen on the succession to the throne, and later he was keen on governing the country, which made his life full of political color, and his speech was also romantic and lustful.

Strive for perfection, set up an iron-fisted anti-corruption military department, and maximize the monarchy; Turning soil into streams has greatly consolidated the rule over the southwest; The measure of "equal land system" to realize the homogenization of land, cut off the rich and help the poor effectively straightened out the tax burden, which not only saved enough pocket money for Qianlong, but also strengthened the connection between urban and rural areas, which was conducive to social stability;

High aesthetic level and good character. In fact, Yongzheng's perfection and exquisiteness in the quality of life and his pursuit of literary and artistic play were second to none among the emperors in the Qing Dynasty. Especially for Wan Wen, no flaws are allowed. He put forward a very clear view on the transformation of Wan Wen, and put it into action, turning it into an impeccable beauty. Yongzheng's greatest evaluation of Wan Wen is also based on vulgarity and elegance. His aesthetic vision is extremely high and critical, which is related to the luxury of his court growth environment, and the most important thing is his personality. Therefore, Yongzheng's artistic sentiment is also very good.

Yongzheng's throne, hard-working, hard-won. Many people think his position is unfair, and some people don't like him. In order to prove that he is a chosen son, Yongzheng can only speak for himself with his political achievements, so he has to talk about his narrow mind at this time. Yongzheng didn't have many cronies around him, and many people didn't trust him. He did it all by himself, which aggravated his health. It is certainly good for a country that a relatively wise monarch is willing to do things.

In short, I wiped my father's ass and left a gold mine for my son to squander.

Because most people in our country do not learn historical knowledge from papers and academic works, but from TV dramas and novels.

As long as TV dramas and novels say that this historical figure is a good person, then these people will think that this historical figure is a good person.

Yongzheng is a typical example of a tyrant being washed into a good emperor by TV dramas.

According to historical records, Yong Zhengdi was not a good emperor at all.

First of all, his "returning envy to the people" is a new tax levied on all ordinary people.

What is envy?

In fact, it is a little personal benefit that officials get from collecting money and grain from ordinary people.

Yong Zhengdi decided to turn this gray income into legal income, so he announced that he would "return this envy to the public".

But even then, a trusted minister told Yong Zhengdi that this would definitely lead to a situation of "consumption plus envy", that is, turning the gray income of officials into the public, and officials would continue to think of other names to engage in gray income.

Sure enough, after announcing the implementation of "returning envy to the public", Sichuan and other provinces appeared the phenomenon of levying new envy in the name of "Yu Pingyin".

Yong Zhengdi is not clear about these situations? Of course he knows, but his purpose is to squeeze ordinary people's money, so he doesn't really care.

Secondly, Yong Zhengdi was the meanest of the three emperors in Kang Yong.

Of course, this is not to say that there is less famine in Yongzheng. According to historians' statistics, in the 13th year of Yongzheng, the average number of disasters was the highest among the three generations in Kang Yong, which was close to one disaster per year (0.9).

However, in the thirteenth year of Yong Zhengdi, a * * * direct grant1302,000 silver was used for disaster relief, and his son Emperor Qianlong 18 years ago had already spent more than 20 million silver for disaster relief.

Finally, Yong Zhengdi was the most stingy emperor to the people.

The biggest reason why the provinces in Ming and Qing Dynasties owed taxes was the unreasonable tax sharing system of the imperial court. In the three generations of Kang Yong, Kangxi and Qianlong both adopted the policy of "write it off every few years", only Yong Zhengdi resolutely refused to "write it off", but let the people of all provinces repay it in 20 years (which was eventually written off by Emperor Qianlong).

Yong Zhengdi may not be a tyrant, but he was definitely the most oppressive emperor in the Qing Dynasty. These emperors were all washed white and became "the best emperors of the Qing Dynasty".

Sometimes I really can't help feeling, who said that the eyes of the masses are discerning?

Looking at these emperors in the Qing Dynasty, they had the most advantages and the strongest working ability. Yongzheng is a very good one and has captured the love of many fans. Today, I picked up grandpa four carefully and found what personality charm was shining. Let's use historical facts to see:

This is the first thing to say about his job, being an emperor at work. Really diligent. In the reign of 13 years, he got up early every day and was greedy for the black, which was to approve all kinds of memorials, secret files, small reports and so on all over the country. According to the records of the Qing dynasty, Yongzheng got up at 5 o'clock almost every day to start his day's work, and he was always busy. I only sleep four or five hours a day. In 13, the memorial he reviewed with Zhu Pi was still in the Forbidden City. According to statistics, this guy has an average of seven or eight thousand words a day, and he has left a lot of online buzzwords. Men like me really don't know how to hurt you. This is my nature. I bowed very safely. There's no need to hang up on me. How are you? Have a good life and cherish your body. " .。 It's a model worker. The cruelest thing is that he has a holiday of 1 day 365 days a year (birthday), and runs at full speed for the other 364 days.

The second point is about his private life in the harem. Generally, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were affectionate and righteous, and the harem was full of wives and concubines. However, Yongzheng's gentle attitude on this matter ensured that enough future generations would not spend too much energy on this matter.

The third is his powerful political skills and wisdom. After he ascended to a high position, he beat flies and tigers, rectified the whole officialdom, eliminated a large number of corrupt officials and moths, rationally designed the Ministry of War, and made the imperial power system more centralized. Economically, he also appointed a large number of competent ministers and adopted the method of returning to China, which greatly consolidated his rule over the southwest frontier. This not only makes politics clear and territory stable, but also greatly submerges the deposits in the national treasury economically.

Fourth, during his reign, he cancelled some unnecessary large-scale activities such as outing, summer vacation and hunting in Mulan paddock, and devoted himself to the efforts to build a strong country. However, the most noteworthy thing is that during his reign, he never slackened his pursuit of art. Porcelain in Yongzheng period was the most tasteful artistic masterpiece in Qing Dynasty, so that it was difficult to catch up with his father's art in the late Qianlong period.

Yongzheng's level will never enter the top three in the Qing Dynasty!

Indeed, many people think highly of Yong Zhengdi now, and even think that Yongzheng is the best emperor in the Qing Dynasty. There are two reasons for this:

First, influenced by film and television dramas.

Second, on the surface, some people hold Yongzheng, but in fact, there is another meaning that Kangxi can't do it. They will think that Kangxi did not clean up the mess for him, and the Qing Dynasty would turn from prosperity to decline or even perish; Qianlong, if Yongzheng hadn't left him a rich family fortune, he would be nothing!

My point is: Yongzheng is an excellent emperor, but if we raise him to the height of the best emperor in the Qing Dynasty, it is obviously exaggerated, at least compared with Kangxi and Qianlong, Yongzheng is inferior.

Let's talk about the excellent side of Yongzheng first.

Yongzheng was undoubtedly an outstanding monarch in internal affairs. He has been in office for just thirteen years, and has made great achievements in internal affairs, such as vigorously rectifying bureaucracy, clearing up deficits, changing land into streams, implementing the system of spreading land into mu, abolishing the basic membership system, and implementing the system of clearing the treasury, and so on.

However, Yongzheng is not without problems in internal affairs. The biggest problem is that Yongzheng still has a strong thought of attaching importance to agriculture and restraining business, which is Yongzheng's basic economic strategy. In contrast, Kangxi and Qianlong paid equal attention to agriculture and commerce, sympathized with commerce and introduced a series of measures to protect commercial capital.

And Yongzheng, a man with strong feudal superstition, is very keen on Fu Rui; Kangxi himself was very disgusted with Fu Rui's superstitious activities.

It should be said that Yongzheng is not inferior to Kangxi Qianlong in internal affairs. However, in martial arts, it is greatly inferior!

It is true that during the Yongzheng period, the Qing army also won a brilliant victory in pacifying Qinghai, but it was this victory that made Yongzheng mistakenly think that his military ability was very good. In fact, the victory of pacifying Qinghai mainly benefited from the excellent improvisation ability of Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi, and had little to do with Yongzheng. In the middle and late period of Yongzheng, the continuous use of troops in Junggar was quite bad, and even a fiasco with Tongbai occurred during the period.

However, Yongzheng did not have much military experience, and he knew nothing about soldiers. However, he blindly commanded behind Beijing, which is the biggest reason for Tongbo's fiasco! The unfavorable use of troops in the northwest made the silver in the treasury of Yongzheng Dynasty drop sharply. In the eighth year of Yongzheng, the national treasury silver reached a peak of more than 62 million taels, but with the continuous use of troops in the northwest, it plummeted to 34 million taels in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng!

Those who think that Qianlong has lost everything in Yongzheng's family, please watch carefully. Yongzheng left only 34 million taels of silver to the Qianlong family. Do you expect the money to last 60 years? That Qianlong starved to death ten times and eight times earlier!

We might as well compare the martial arts of Yongzheng Dynasty and Kanggan Dynasty: Is Kangxi Dynasty much better than Yongzheng Dynasty in pacifying San Francisco, winning Taiwan Province Province, northern expedition to Russia, eliminating galdan, and the war between Anzang and Tibet?

Qianlong, pacified Junggar and returned to Xinjiang, which made the territory of the Qing Dynasty soar by more than two million square kilometers, which was beyond the reach of Yongzheng.

Summary: Yongzheng's greatest achievement is that he corrected a series of disadvantages in Kangxi's later years in time through a series of reform measures, which made the national situation of the Qing Dynasty continue to develop in a good direction, but the height reached by the whole Yongzheng Dynasty was far less than that of Kangxi and Qianlong Dynasties.

Yongzheng was an excellent emperor, but it would be an exaggeration to say that he was the best emperor in the Qing Dynasty!

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Yongzheng was the first emperor in the Qing Dynasty who worked diligently to rectify the bureaucracy.

Yongzheng's diligence can be seen in historical records. It can be said that Yongzheng was an emperor who was exhausted in his work.

Yongzheng was emperor for a short time, but he was the most diligent in correcting the throne. And the efficiency is relatively high. Yongzheng also likes to personally write back to those disobedient officials for criticism.

For example, Cao Xueqin, the author of A Dream of Red Mansions, gave birth to a son to Cao Yin after Cao Yin's son died, that is, Cao Xueqin's father.

At that time, due to the deficit, Yongzheng approved Cao's passbook after he succeeded to the throne, and the approval was very strict.

It can be seen that a lot of work in Yongzheng is hands-on and very tired. In the end, I was exhausted at work. I am a diligent and diligent emperor in the Qing dynasty, and there is no one.

With the popularization of historical knowledge, more people will think that Yongzheng was a good emperor of the Qing Dynasty. It is difficult to accurately evaluate whether it is the best, but at least it is a pretty good emperor.

Over the years, Yong Zhengdi has been in a state of being "smeared" and deviated from his actual image, which is closely related to his deep struggle for office in the first half of his life. In fact, the competition of ancient princes for storage space is a big dye vat, and it is not good to touch it. Even Li Shimin, a famous monarch, was notorious for killing his brother because of the change of Xuanwu Gate.

The protracted dispute over Chu Jun during the reign of Kangxi was a purgatory for every participant. In this fierce competition, which will only produce one winner, every competitor is forced to enter an almost inhuman crazy state, and all kinds of ugly means and sinister intentions against human feelings in the darkroom become the norm. This unbearable experience once cast a heavy shadow on Yongzheng's psychology and seriously damaged his image.

When he ascended the throne, no matter his former competitors, such as "Achina" and "Seth Black", or Nian Gengyao and Long Keduo, they tried their best to help him ascend the throne, but they were ruthlessly eliminated by him one by one. This seemingly incomprehensible behavior, in a sense, actually represents his complete denial and division of this power struggle, and can also be regarded as his self-redemption behavior.

When he completely walked out of this past, Yongzheng's life suddenly became clear, and the essence of founder and virtue became increasingly clear. Yongzheng completely turned himself into a workaholic for the sake of the Great Qing Dynasty. His father Kangxi also visited Jiangnan six times, and his son Qianlong visited Jiangnan six times. Only he has been in office for thirteen years and has hardly left home. "Xian Di has been in office for thirteen years, worrying day and night." Meng Sen, a historian of the Republic of China, even said that "Qin Wang has never been a sejong since ancient times."

In terms of personal enjoyment, Yongzheng is a famous ascetic monk, "no civil sensual entertainment." During Qianlong's southern tour alone, 5 154 exquisite and luxurious halls and castles were built in Jiangnan. What about Yongzheng? "Check the old files, yongzheng years, specially built the storm four temple, ready to pray for rain. At the beginning, there was no special sightseeing building. "

What is even more rare is that Yongzheng was one of the few emperors in the Qing Dynasty who really carried out the word "love the people as a son". Yongzheng's practice of averaging land and acres greatly adjusted the unreasonable tax system and benefited millions of farmers. His untouchable act of getting rid of identity made the untouchable who had been at the bottom of feudal society for thousands of years become a civilian with legitimate rights and interests, and completely got rid of the predicament of being discriminated against and suppressed. His system of raising soldiers added more than 5,000 "reserve soldiers" to the rated soldiers of the Eight Banners, which helped thousands of poor families get help. It is by no means empty talk to apply "Fuze Cangsheng" to Yongzheng.

Yongzheng is certainly not perfect, but he can do the above, which is enough to be called a good emperor.

In history of qing dynasty, the most powerful emperor was not Yongzheng. So who is it? It's Huang taiji

The predecessor of the Qing Dynasty was the late Jin Dynasty, and later Jin Nuerhachi rebelled, claiming that it was the destiny of Khan. After Nurhachi's death, Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, calling himself Tiankhan. Later, under the leadership of Huang Taiji, the late Jin Dynasty developed rapidly and established a country, namely the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the Qing Dynasty was founded by Huang Taiji, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, with the title of Chongde. Unfortunately, Huang Taiji did not fulfill his wish to unify the Ming Dynasty before his death. Therefore, Huang taiji is the strongest emperor in the history of Qing Dynasty.

After the death of Huang Taiji, the emperor shunzhi succeeded to the throne. At that time, Shunzhi was still young, and Regent Dourgen supervised the country. Under the leadership of Dourgen, the Qing Dynasty basically inherited the territory of the Ming Dynasty and gradually improved the state system.

In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, everyone should have heard of the prosperity of Kanggan, so Yongzheng was caught in the middle. Why does Yongzheng have no name? The reason is self-evident. Although Yongzheng was famous for his diligence, he carried out a series of reforms in the Qing Dynasty, but in fact these were all gradual steps. As long as the emperor is not too fatuous, he can see the steps of development, so Yongzheng inherited the legacy of the emperor above him and followed the trend, while Huang Taiji was different. Although the Ming Dynasty was decadent, under the leadership of Huang Taiji, it defeated the Ming army and finally established the Qing Dynasty.

This is the same as thinking that Bao Zheng is the best official. The basic starting point is the same.

What do you think of a good official? Civilian origin (the poorer the better), clean, intercede for the people, not afraid of power. Such officials are good officials. Then Bao Zheng meets everyone's appeasement standard.

Whether pacifying an emperor is a good emperor or not, we just need to change the words of pacifying officials into synonyms.

1, had a hard struggle or bad experience, which can arouse everyone's sympathy.

This is in line with Yongzheng. Yongzheng was not favored by Kangxi at first. Ganlong is not like this. Ganlong's life has gone too smoothly. This led to Gan Long's image as a playboy.

Step 2 be diligent

Take three days off a year, sleep a few hours a day and read 10 thousand words. People like this kind of diligence.

3. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

Ordinary people have nothing to worry about. Yongzheng's series of reforms undoubtedly alleviated people's suffering and increased people's income.

4. Eliminate officialdom

Strong anti-corruption, the integration of officials and gentry, and the integration of food and benefits have made the gentry class for thousands of years equal to the people at once. People like it.

I like such an honest official and such an emperor.

During the thirteen years of Yong Zhengdi's reign, his harem was really calm, and it was surprisingly calm. Why do you say that?

First of all, there is no obvious palace fight. The Gong Dou incident refers to an event that happened not only between concubines, but also between different levels of concubines. When we watch the Biography of Zhen Zao, what we see most is the intrigue between concubines, which is almost everywhere.

In the eyes of ordinary people, fighting in the palace is inevitable. It is human nature that a group of women serve a man and there will be competition for favor. Low-level concubines eat high-level vinegar, while low-level concubines eat bad vinegar. They constantly fight with each other. But the final result of this struggle is often very serious, even a big event that shocked the ruling and opposition parties. Therefore, it will be recorded in all kinds of ancient books, such as Qing Shi Lu and Ju Ju Zhu.

However, there is really no clue about the palace fight between concubines in Yong Zhengdi's harem, and there is no record in official books or private notes.

Second, there is no obvious storage dispute. The struggle for storage space is the most troublesome and worrying thing for the emperor. It will also be involved in Zhenyuan Biography. There were many great events in the Kangxi dynasty for the crown prince, such as two events in which Emperor Kangxi abolished the crown prince, and eight sons of Emperor Kangxi formed a clique and coveted the throne.

It has already tickled the savvy Emperor Kangxi. Yong Zhengdi is a witness and the biggest beneficiary. However, it was the result of the royal blood killing each other. The last thing Yong Zhengdi wants is to see this cruel thing happen to his children again. So, Yong Zhengdi thought of a good way, that is, the secret deposit system.

However, some people may say that Yong Zhengdi's "killing the son" took place in Yongzheng Dynasty, and the third son of Yong Zhengdi, Hong, was killed, which was vividly played in the TV series of Emperor Kangxi. The reason is that Hong is vying for the position of the Crown Prince.

Then, there is a problem. Why did Hongshi act rashly and be put to death by his father knowing that Yong Zhengdi's Crown Prince was not himself? Historians cite several examples. For example, in the first year of Yongzheng, on the occasion of the first anniversary of Emperor Kangxi's sacrifice, Yong Zhengdi sent his favorite son, Li Hong, who was later Emperor Qianlong, to Jingling instead of the emperor's sacrifice to expose the secret storage candidates of Yongzheng to the world; In the second year, on the occasion of the second anniversary of Kangxi, Yong Zhengdi once again sent Li Hong to worship in Jingling, which further confirmed Hongshi's worry. So, Hong took risks and did something he shouldn't have done, which annoyed Yongzheng.

However, some historians have confirmed that Yong Zhengdi did not really execute Hong, and its historical basis is:

1. The memorial of Yun Lu in the middle period of Yongzheng, which mentioned that after being punished by Yong Zhengdi, Hongshi died of depression only after one and a half years. He died of natural causes.

The third is that Yong Zhengdi's harem is relatively simple, with little right and wrong. The most important thing is that he has few empresses. According to the regulations of the Qing palace, the emperor's harem is divided into queen, imperial concubine, imperial concubine, concubine, noble, eternal presence, infinite eight and so on. Every grade has a fixed number. For example, the queen and the imperial concubine are both one, but there is no fixed number below the imperial concubine, especially the noble, and the constant existence and promise. According to records, there were only 6,500 concubines in Yongzheng harem.

Yongzheng has fewer concubines, so he won't have too many children. Yong Zhengdi had 10 princes and 4 princesses in his life. 10 Wang Zizhong, only four survived, and the other six died young.

Think about it, there are not many empresses and princes, and his harem is relatively simple, because there are fewer people, so there are fewer right and wrong.

Fourth, Yong Zhengdi is very diligent and seldom stays in the harem. Yong Zhengdi's diligence is the most famous. He is one of the most diligent emperors in the history of China, and probably one of the best emperors in the Qing Dynasty. Such a scene also appeared repeatedly in Zhenyuan Biography, saying, "The emperor has not been lucky for more than ten days, and the queen mother has to ask again." This plot rendering is in line with historical facts. What Yong Zhengdi deserves most is his diligence.

Fifth, Yong Zhengdi was exhausted and didn't want to be an official. Yinzhen devoted himself to the struggle for storage space when he was young, until the death of Emperor Kangxi. I don't need to say more about the difficult struggle and trouble of getting rid of dissidents when the competition is successful. He made too many enemies, too many political enemies, and even his brothers killed each other for the throne, and so on. So he was deeply depressed and seldom thought about the harem.

Sixth, Yong Zhengdi believes in Taoism. I also like to eat Dan medicine refined by Taoist priests. He is convinced that these pills can live forever, not only for himself, but also for his men from time to time. This affected his attitude towards the harem to some extent.

Seventh, Yong Zhengdi's harsh and cruel personality makes those prostitutes silent. He is suspected of killing his father, forcing his mother, seeking his brother, killing his brother and killing his son. It is impossible for these legends not to have an impact on the empresses. Living with such a cruel husband, who dares to take risks and can only be cautious or even afraid? Because, once the incident happens, there is only one result, and that is to be executed. In this way, Yong Zhengdi's harem, those troubled Zhen Xuan, all silent, who dare to behave in such a way!