In the ancient history of China, for a long time, China's comprehensive strength was very strong and it was a great country that many learn and admired in the world. Due to the long-term implementation of policies such as closing the country to the outside world, coupled with the influence of the industrial revolution of Western countries, the gap between us and the West in the economic, industrial and military fields is obvious.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. The powerful Western powers have taken a fancy to our rich resources and launched wars of aggression many times for this reason. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty could not defeat them. In order to survive, many unequal treaties were signed successively during this period, and they cede land and pay compensation for short-term peace.
However, relevant people have made a statement, believing that if Kangxi can pass the throne to another son, it may be possible for the Qing Dynasty to develop its strength and grow into a superpower. After the powerful Qing Dynasty, even if Eight-Nation Alliance dare not launch an invasion, or if it is a fight, they are not opponents. So who is this person?
There have been many people who said that the reason why Yongzheng was able to ascend the throne was largely because of Kangxi's love for the grandson of Qianlong and regarded him as his subsequent heir, which enabled Yongzheng to become the emperor. After Qianlong ascended the throne, he chose to burn down the books left by the Han people on a large scale, and in the end only more than 3,000 volumes were left, and a large amount of the wisdom of the ancestors turned into ashes. This behavior had serious restrictions on the ideological and cultural development of the Qing Dynasty.
In the eyes of the outside world, if Aisin Gioro Yinxiang can successfully succeed in the throne of Kangxi, then the situation in the Qing Dynasty may have changed significantly. It is reported that this prince is Kangxi's thirteenth son. Kangxi also attached great importance to Yinxiang and often brought him around to train and educate him personally. When he leaves the capital and goes to other places, he will be accompanied by Yinxiang.
And Yinxiang has a great advantage. He likes to come into contact with new things and pays great attention to Western industry and military. He has long been very concerned about and accepting all things abroad, and has excellent coordination skills in interpersonal relationships. However, after the incident of deposing the prince, Kangxi became more vigilant about the princes he had been close to, and Yinxiang was no longer valued and recognized by Emperor Kangxi.
However, because Yinxiang had a good relationship with the fourth prince at that time, the two communicated very closely, and eventually helped the fourth prince to seize the throne, which was later Emperor Yongzheng. Not only that, during the Yongzheng period, Yinxiang also played a key role in managing floods and other aspects. Yinxiang's indifferent nature of fame and fortune was also deeply trusted by the emperor. However, due to his own physical reasons and suffering from illness, he still prepared the important task of building the dam, and eventually became ill due to overwork and unfortunately passed away.
It is precisely because of Yinxiang's outstanding personal ability and his ability to accept various Western things that many people believe that if Yinxiang could become the emperor, then the history of the late Qing Dynasty would be largely rewritten. Perhaps we will catch up with the express train of the Industrial Revolution, or we will open the country earlier and learn foreign advanced technologies to strengthen ourselves. With the abundant resources of the Qing Dynasty at that time, it would be possible to become a superpower if the industrial process was launched as soon as possible. With a strong economy and military strength, can the Eight-Nation Alliance's only 50,000 troops still beat the Qing army?
