Everyone knows that Emperor Kangxi also liked to read Western science, and under his rule, the Qing Dynasty also ushered in a prosperous era. So compared with the Tsar Peter the Great who created the new Tsarist Russia, who is more awesome between the two?
In 1669 AD, Kangxi officially took charge. This young emperor, who was ready for success, showed his unstoppable ambition to govern the country once he sat on the supreme throne of kingship. When he was fourteen years old, he personally planned to eradicate the powerful and domineering Obai. Throughout his life, he successively put down the San Francisco Rebellion, fought back against Tsarist Russia in the northeast, suppressed the rebellion in the northwest, cultivated virtues at home and abroad, and governed the internal affairs. He Anbang made the country rich and its people prosperous, and the officials were eliminated, creating a prosperous situation of "the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong". Throughout his life, Kangxi could not only control the battlefield and strategize, but also manage the world, benefit the people, and govern the country, achieving the Confucian standard of "inner sage and outer king". Such an emperor, if he were not in an autocratic dynasty that ended ignorance, might be regarded as "one emperor through the ages." Kangxi worked conscientiously throughout his life, devoting all his energy, knowledge, and talents to unifying the country, defending sovereignty, and developing production. He made important contributions to the progress of Chinese society. He is worthy of being a wise monarch in Chinese history.
Achievements:
Household registration reform
In the seventh year of Kangxi's reign (1668), the compilation of the Yellow Register was stopped. Instead, Dingkou increase and decrease registers were produced and sent from various places every year, and were compiled and reviewed every three years.
In the fifty-first year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi felt that the existing taxes were enough, and implemented the policy of "prosperity breeds population and never increases taxes." This was a major turning point, and for the first time household registration began to be completely decoupled from taxation. By the Yongzheng period, " people were spread into (acres) of land". In response to population mobility, all head taxes were abolished and only land taxes were collected, completely separating household registration from land.
Cut off Obai
In the eighth year of Kangxi (1669), Kangxi conspired with his close ministers Suo'etu to drive away Obai's cronies (mainly army generals and security guards) in the capital, and then arranged for his cronies to take control of the capital. Command of the garrison. When Aobai entered the court, Kangxi secretly ordered the young men in front of the court Buku (Buku is a Manchu wrestling game) to capture him alive and imprison him, and announced that Aobai had thirty crimes, and he should have been dismissed from his post and executed. However, Emperor Kangxi remembered his past merits and spared him from death. With the destruction of Ao Bai, the interest group of Ao Bai was also destroyed. This process did not involve military bloodshed, nor did it cause major social commotion. Therefore, some people commented on Kangxi's handling of the Ao Bai case and said: "To eradicate huge evils with calm demeanor, trustworthiness It’s impossible.”
Drawing a Map
In 1680, Kangxi organized Western experts and scholars to spend 10 years to draw the best and most scientific map of China in the world at that time, and published it. His own scientific paper "Theory of Imperial Triangle Deduction" [2].
compiled books
organized and compiled books such as " Ancient and Modern Books Integrated ", " Complete Tang Dynasty ", " Kangxi Dictionary ", "Lüli Yuanyuan" [2]. Personally wrote the scientific collection "Jixia Gewu Bian"
Let's take a look at Peter the Great
Peter the Great was the hero who opened up a great era in Russian history. Before his reforms, Russia was outside the mainstream of Europe and was regarded as a third-rate country by many countries. Peter the Great began to travel to Europe in 1689 and used him as his teacher to carry out reforms, develop industry, build a navy, and especially establish education! Education! This is his greatest contribution! Education determines the destiny of a country and is the foundation for the country. Book. Precisely because he imitated the European system in education at that time, after the 18th century, great scientists, great engineers, writers, thinkers, and artists emerged in Russia in endlessly. It was the unremitting efforts of him and his successors in education that made Russia finally become a significant power in modern times.
Peter the Great established a regular army and navy and strengthened the centralized feudal autocratic system. Then the Great Northern War was launched to seize the Baltic Sea outlet and lay a solid foundation for the Russian Empire . It can be said that the development history of modern Russia's politics, economy, culture, education, science and technology all originated from the era of Peter the Great.
When he was born, Russia was a fish on the chopping block.
When he died, Russia was already a fish-chopping knife.
I have been watching "The Power of Europe: Peter the Great" in recent days, and I was shocked by Peter the Great's personal charm.
Although I don't like his emotions and personality, I have to admit his talent and talent.
Personally, I think that in European history, the only people who can compete with Peter the Great are Frederick II ( Frederick the Great ) and Napoleon I .
The three of them are so similar
Excellent tactical acumen
Love of science and art
And courage like the sea
They are all people who shape the national character
Summary: Peter the Great turned a backward Russia into a modern European power Gendarmerie, he led Russia to begin its modernization. Kangxi was a great emperor in the traditional Chinese sense, but only in the traditional sense. He did not change China's direction. He was a wary captain on the decrepit ship of China, while Peter the Great remade Russia.
