Due to some force majeure factors, the life expectancy of the ancients is generally low. The vast majority of the ancients can only live to 50 or 60 years old. After the modern people's living standards and medical standards have been greatly improved, people's lifespans have been greatly improved.
Of course, ancient people were not without longevity, but only a minority. The more famous longevity was Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. It is well known that the king of a country has to work too much. Even so, Qianlong still lived to eighty. Nine years old.
The age of eighty-nine is a longevity in modern times, not to mention the Qing Dynasty hundreds of years ago. An emperor with a longevity like Qianlong is very rare in history.
Qianlong reigned for sixty years and held power for sixty-three years. He is the longest emperor in history and the longest-lived emperor. These points are enough to make Qianlong go down in history. .
Perhaps because he lived too long, Qianlong had few sons and concubines in his later years. None of the three queens survived Qianlong, and he did not know whether he lived alone or not.
In addition to Qianlong, there is another emperor in history who lived longer than Qianlong. That is Kangxi. Kangxi was Qianlong's grandfather and had a great influence on Qianlong.
Someone later speculated that Qianlong could clearly surpass Kangxi's sixty-one reign, but he retired after sixty years because of his respect for Kangxi.
This kind of conjecture is not unreasonable. After all, Kangxi valued Qianlong very much when he was alive. Part of the reason why Yongzheng was able to sit on the throne is also because of Qianlong, so there is a certain factual basis.
01 Qianlong became the supreme emperor after he abdicated
In history, few people have lived to become the supreme emperor. After all, which emperor will give way while alive, and Qianlong is a special existence.
Maybe it is true as posterity guessed, Qianlong simply did not want to surpass Kangxi before abdicating, but after he became the Supreme Emperor, he did not put down the power in his hands.
Although Jiaqing ascended the throne and became the emperor, Qianlong seemed uneasy to hand over things to his son. Almost all major matters were handled by himself. Even the office palace was not changed. Poor Jiaqing could only go to the side hall.
Qianlong who gave up his position and refused to give up power is still the supreme leader, and the emperor Jiaqing is also very embarrassed. After all, he can only handle a few small things in his three years in power, and Qianlong has the final say.
However, Qianlong is his own father, even if Jiaqing’s troubles can only endure it, Jiaqing didn’t officially start ruling after Qianlong’s death, which led to Jiaqing’s reign to be too disciplined, not making mistakes, and making no outstanding contributions. , Can only be regarded as a mediocre emperor.
02 Qianlong's life as the Supreme Emperor
Although Qianlong was already an old man, he should have enjoyed life and ignored world affairs, but he was used to being an emperor, so he was still dealing with political affairs after his abdication.
He even held a thousand old banquet during his time as the emperor. During Qianlong's reign, he held two thousand old banquets. In his old age, he was naturally happy when he watched the old people congratulate him.
Qianlong's life in his early eighties is already inconvenient, so Jiaqing is troubled because there are almost no concubines around Qianlong at this time, but for the convenience of taking care of Qianlong Jiaqing, Qianlong held an audition for Qianlong.
Qianlong, who was nearly 90 years old, finally accepted the Shaji Fuchs as the concubine of Jin. The young and beautiful Shaji Fuchs was still the grand-niece of Fuchs Queen. The grandparents and grandchildren were married to the same person. People sigh.
Qianlong did not refuse Jiaqing's move to draft himself, but 晋妃 only served Qianlong for a few months before Qianlong died. Since then, Jin Fei has been living in the deep palace until Daoguang. Only died in the years.
Qianlong did a lot of things in the past three years when he became the Supreme Emperor.In addition to dealing with political affairs every day and night, he also held such a large-scale banquet for thousands of old men, and admitted a concubine by the way. As expected, no minute was wasted.
However, Qianlong's failure to delegate power in his later years also led to Jiaqing's inability to exercise his ability to handle affairs. He was not a prominent prince. If he studied by Qianlong's side but had no autonomy for a long time, such an emperor would be over when he encountered a major event.
Fortunately, nothing special happened during the Jiaqing period. Otherwise, he might not be able to do the job according to his ability. This is also Qianlong’s worst decision. He should abdicate and give all power to Jiaqing, and guide himself. This may be able to train Jiaqing, but unfortunately this has become history, and it is too late to regret it.
Reference: "Manuscript of Qing History"
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