Teacher Yuan Tengfei once said in his early lectures: The Qing Dynasty was the dynasty with a relatively concentrated number of famous emperors in Chinese history. Except for Emperor Tongzhi, who was almost there, everything was okay. Like the Ming Dynasty, one race against the other. The emperors who founded the country were all good. In the second generation, they might be able to make do with it, and the maintenance was okay. In the third generation, these people were born in deep palaces, grew up with women's hands, and stayed with eunuchs all day long. Think about them. What else can be understood other than the joke "No more below". There are currently many people who hold this view, that is: none of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were bad emperors, while the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were all idiots and cowards. This raises a question for us: Is it true that the emperor is hard-working and not a coward? Will China progress if every dynasty is as diligent as the Qing Dynasty? Will ordinary people live a good life? Not really. Why did the emperors of the Qing Dynasty not seem to be foolish? Note that it seems that the Ming Dynasty did not have no fatuous emperors, but the dogmatic management of the Qing Dynasty limited their fatuousness. Moreover, the Qing emperors after Qianlong failed to manage the country well despite their diligence. Of course, there are historical and ethnic backgrounds here. We won’t say more. So, why does the Qing Dynasty seem to have no weak emperor? The reasons are as follows:

1. The education system for princes in the Qing Dynasty was very strict. . Every prince has a series of studies every day from five o'clock in the morning to going to bed at night. There are only two days of vacation every year. I said this system is very strict. Because even the emperor himself. There is no way to change this system. Open the back door for any prince to be lazy.

2. Use the secret edict to establish the successor emperor. The competition between the princes continued until the last moment. It not only reduces errors in passing the throne, but also enables the prince to cherish this opportunity to exercise the highest power when he ascends the throne. Simply put. They compete for jobs! ! !

3. The prince is competing for the throne. They will serve in various departments to handle government affairs. As the saying goes, true knowledge comes from practice. . It would be difficult to fake his political talents. Moreover, in the long-term practice of government affairs, princes will gradually form their own ideas and visions for governing the country. So when they ascended to the throne, they all went to work with beautiful ideals for their own achievements.

But objective conditions exist. Not every emperor in the Qing Dynasty was an outstanding person. There were also many mediocre people and many who were not suitable to be emperors. But he fought for it. In other words, it just happened to be him, so he will be more diligent and not seem to be a fool. Moreover, in the end, due to incest marriages, it was difficult for the emperors of the Qing Dynasty to have sons. How could the emperor's IQ be guaranteed? Another point, who wants the emperor to be a faint king or a wise king? A faint king is a derogatory term for unprincipled monarchs in ancient times. Generally speaking, they are ignorant, dissolute and immoral, and have committed many crimes against the country and the people. For example, King Zhou, Qin II, etc. It is also used to criticize the princes who were ignorant and misled the country, such as the poem "Qu Yuan" by Jiangnan Jingshi: "The majestic Qianxiao Han, Shen Xiang is loyal and sycophantic. The talent is worthy of serving the emperor, but the emperor has no plans." That is to say, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was indeed diligent and conscientious. But it doesn’t mean that a faint king is not good for the country, and a faint king and a wise king are evaluated based on the feudal autocratic system. Can we look at it from another angle? Can someone who contributes to the progress of the country be called a wise ruler?

On the whole, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not seem to be that good. As teacher Yuan Tengfei said, the ministers of the imperial staff set up factory guards, made alchemy, and did not do their job properly. There were many emperors who did not go to court for many years. But in this case, the late Ming Dynasty still won the three major expeditions of thousands of miles, and the imperial examination technology, industry and commerce, and overseas trade developed in an all-round way. I think under this situation, the life of the ordinary people will not be too bad. During the Chongzhen period, famine was caused by the Little Ice Age. This was also caused by natural disasters and man-made disasters. Emperor Chongzhen is highly praised by many people. They say that he was diligent in government affairs and was the most diligent among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty except Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. What is the result? It also makes the country worse and worse, because your growth as a prince cannot be compared with that of someone who grew up in political struggles. On the other hand, in the Qing Dynasty, there was indeed no spy organization and no ministers. However, the three most respected emperors of the family, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, set up literary prisons to suppress thoughts. What I want to ask is, compared to physical pain, Is the control and distortion of thought even more painful? The ministers of the Ming Dynasty became famous after being punished by the court, and they dared to express their opinions directly, but in the Qing Dynasty, there was a situation where thousands of horses were silent.

A good emperor must be enlightened. The emperor cannot do as he pleases and must be supervised by civil officials. This is undoubtedly good for governing the country. On the contrary, the imperial family was dominant, and all the ministers became slaves. The emperor's golden words became the constitution, but the ministers did not dare to resist at all. In the end, the country appeared to be harmonious, but in fact the country slowly deteriorated. Finally, the system of the Ming Dynasty was conducive to the development and progress of the country. It only perished when it encountered natural and man-made disasters. Finally, I don’t want to say more. Anyway, I don’t respect the politics of the Ming Dynasty. I don’t know if I entrust the country to Mingjun's behavior is inherently unreasonable. I do not agree with the above statement that there was no wise king in the Ming Dynasty and no faint king in the Qing Dynasty. Of course, we cannot criticize the ancients with today's requirements, but since it is a discussion, we need to analyze this matter well, don't you think so?