Chapter 44 Chapter 7 I can only be good and great

When I look back today, the basic understanding of Emperor Qianlong constitutes our value judgment.What judgment?It's how we perceive power. Narrowing down the scope is how we view the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong.There is a psychological mechanism of concealing evil and promoting good at work. What is concealing evil and promoting good?It is that the Chinese people (including ourselves) are willing or inclined to believe that the emperor is good.He holds the handle of the knife in his hand, you believe he is good and he will not let you go, do you still dare to say that he is bad?

Qianlong himself is a very funny poet. He wrote more than 43,000 poems in his life, basically writing poems every day, but who can recite a poem by Qianlong today?The number of poems he wrote exceeds that of Li Bai several times, but any Chinese can recite a few poems by Li Bai, but not one by Qianlong.What is the reason?One is an imperial poem, and the other is a real literary work.We have to accept the fact that Qianlong didn't understand the concept of literature, he just liked to show off and thought he was good at it.When he was alive, he wrote more than 40,000 poems, each of which was well received by everyone, and everyone cheered: Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty's poems are so well written!This kind of flaunting of ignorance is a typical mentality of primitive people. He thinks he has understood everything. If you want to say that he does not understand, primitive people will get angry.

In response to the previous article, why did Qianlong kill the mentally ill Ding Wenbin?Why did he express great indignation at Hong Renhui's petition?The reason lies in Qianlong's anger towards knowledge. It is impossible for him not to know that Ding Wenbin, who had hallucinations, was a mentally ill person. In Qianlong's literary prison, all those involved in the case died terribly. History books say that in Qianlong's life, there were ten great martial arts. The so-called top ten martial arts means that he won ten victories out of ten outings, but in fact ninety-nine out of ten outings were failures.The greatness of Qianlong lies in that every time he came back in disgrace, he would announce that I had won again, and asked the historian to record this matter in the annals of history.

For example, the first of the top ten martial arts is to attack the big and small Jinchuan. This battle ended with the loss of soldiers and generals, and the result of the end is recorded in the annals of history as a military exploit.Another example is that when Qianlong conquered Burma, tens of thousands of troops buried their bones in a foreign land, and only one official escaped. However, the official history records a great victory.If you are interested in opening Qing history, don't be "thundered" after reading it.It is recorded like this: first tell you to send troops to Burma, the whole army was wiped out, and then regard it as one of martial arts.At this time, confusion arises: is the annihilation of the entire army considered a great victory?Calculate!Later, in order to avoid being attacked by the Qing Dynasty and Siam on both sides, Myanmar voluntarily surrendered to pay tribute. Although the war has passed 20 years, it is still a victory.

As mentioned earlier, the story between Qianlong and Xiangfei sounds like a small romantic affair, but I have already mentioned how Qianlong treated the Fucha family and how he treated the Ulanara family. How would such a man treat Xiangfei?What will he do with our history?It can be said that everything he does reflects a hidden humanity in everyone's heart. We now look back at history, about these people and these things, and trace these buried stories, the purpose is to realize the lack of humanity in each of us.We may be doing what Qianlong did. There is a primitive man like Qianlong hidden in each of us. I hope we can be more sensible.