At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the late Jin Dynasty competed for the world, relying only on170,000 cavalry. It is out of proportion to the population of 6,543.8+billion and the army of one million in the Ming Dynasty, and even far inferior to Li Zicheng and Zhang. However, with this strength, Hou Jin firmly sat in the Central Plains, which is the most incredible example of winning more with less. At that time, the Manchus had just acquired their own characters and a portrait of Man Zi, and forced the Han people to do the same, just like barbarians invaded.
It is hard to imagine that such a careless family absorbed Chinese culture wholeheartedly and soon became the royal family with the highest cultural literacy. Only a few decades after Emperor Kangxi entered the Central Plains, he was already a master of learning among emperors and was deeply impressed by various schools of Confucianism and Chinese studies. Not only that, he also learned modern western science from western missionaries, and reached an amazing level in mathematics and astronomy. All this is related to his martial arts riding and shooting, diligent administration of the country, many wives and dozens of children, and his vitality is admirable. The cultural accomplishment of the royal family comes from strict royal education. All princes go to school before dawn every day. Cultural classes are as important as military and martial arts classes, and there are few rest days in a year. The busyness of schoolwork should be much higher than that of primary and secondary school students now. A royal family who just entered the customs, although ruling the world, is so diligent and enterprising, which is really a model for emperors of all ages.
? After Kangxi's death, grandpa four Yong Zhengdi changed the practice that emperors lived in the Qing Palace since the Ming Dynasty and moved to hall of mental cultivation. In his words, it was his father who had lived in Gan Qing Palace for decades and could not bear to go again. Later generations speculated that perhaps he had something to do with Kangxi's death, so he dared not live in the old emperor's bedroom again. But judging from the later events, Yongzheng chose hall of mental cultivation for the convenience of work, and our fourth grandfather was the first pragmatic and diligent emperor.
The area of spiritual practice hall is not large, compared with the magnificent Ganqing Palace, it is really not up to grade. It is equivalent to the use area of a row house now. The front hall is the place where ministers are summoned and government affairs are handled, and the back hall is the emperor's bedroom, which is only a few meters apart. In other words, the emperor got up to wash, took a few steps forward, arrived at the office and began to work. Our grandfather Yongzheng only sleeps for 3 or 4 hours every day, and takes a day off on his birthday every year, day after day at two o'clock and one line. Yong Zhengdi didn't know that the ambition and motivation of the whole capitalist country had been ignited under the modern industrial, political and legal systems of western society at that time. But he himself has been living in loneliness and depression, driving the operation of a huge empire alone.
? Yongzheng's imperial book in Qinde Hall of the New Nuange truly recorded his heart: Only one person can rule the world and serve one person in the world? Our public servant emperor finally exhausted his life in extraordinary efforts. Being able to win the post of nine sons in Kangxi dynasty, Yongzheng took diligence as his responsibility all his life. Yongzheng explained how terrible it is to be an excellent person with practical actions. With his extraordinary efforts, Kang Yong's prosperity was promoted to glory. But even so, Yong Zhengdi only cured the world temporarily by himself, and failed to explore a set of long-term strategies to promote the long-term development of the world. So prosperity is destined to be temporary.
? Since Kangxi, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty had the habit of living in gardens in summer. Emperor Kangxi first built Changchun Garden, and Qianlong extended Yuanmingyuan and Qingyi Garden (later changed to Summer Palace). Besides the beautiful royal gardens, Emperor Qianlong also liked hall of mental cultivation when he lived in the Forbidden City. His beloved Sanxi Hall, with an area of only 4.8 square meters, is smaller than ordinary small-sized rooms. It is hard to imagine that ambitious Gan Long has lived in such a small world for more than 60 years and enjoyed it. After abdicating, he still refused to move out of this small courtyard where he lived for most of his life, and finally died in hall of mental cultivation.
Living in 20 17, recalling 1957 60 years ago, we will naturally feel great changes. However, after 60 years of Qianlong, Grandpa Qianlong lived a quiet and stable life day after day. In his twilight years, he always thought that the reason why he lived a long life in those years must be that his writing skills reached the sky. However, his old man at least pretends to be diligent and talented. He wrote 40,000 poems in his life. Although none of them have been widely circulated, at least it is worthy of recognition that he has been writing. Although calligraphy is not for everyone, it is full of generosity and luxury, and it is a family of its own. Anyway, it's much better than those rogue emperors of Zhu in the Ming Dynasty.
In the mid-Qing Dynasty, the productivity of the world split due to the industrial revolution. This is how several generations of emperors of the Qing Dynasty handled their daily affairs in hall of mental cultivation day after day. Years, decades and hundreds of years passed without change or progress. The imperial army spent its talent and time in textual research and pavilions, letting the world change. Since then, hall of mental cultivation, who witnessed the brilliant development of the former dynasty, watched the empire step by step decline. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, productivity stagnated and population growth approached the red line. Malthus' depressing scientific theory has impacted this ancient empire again and again. The White Lotus Sect, the bandits of the Nian Army and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have come and gone, and the already weak imperial finances are struggling to cope.
From the Westernization Movement to the Reform Movement of 1898, if China struggled, it was finally bound. Hall of mental cultivation Dongnuange is the place where the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager listen to politics. At that time, Ci 'an and Cixi lived in the back hall of hall of mental cultivation, and a relative of the royal family was crowded in this small courtyard, which was really surprising. In fact, living in Yangxintang has many inconveniences. It is said that it will be very troublesome for the concubine who lives in the back hall to go to the toilet, but everything is centered on government affairs. The idle halls in the Forbidden City are in sharp contrast with the busy and compact halls in hall of mental cultivation. Later emperors inherited the pragmatic style since Yongzheng, but did not bring hope to the empire.
The last generation in power in hall of mental cultivation, the Empress Dowager Ci 'an and Prince Gong? A day without annual leave is dead. Sometimes, inexplicably, good people will easily lose their lives, and bad people will live for thousands of years. Empress Dowager Cixi, the last dictator, seems to have no country in her heart, but seems to care more about personal enjoyment. At the end of my life, I still don't forget to let the ambitious Emperor Guangxu die "strangely" and hand over the huge empire to a doll of several years old. Yulong, the queen of Fuzheng, is a weak and indecisive woman. She became the wife of Emperor Guangxu because she was the niece of Cixi. It is such a woman who regards the country as her plaything and plays with it as she wants, and it is best not to let others pollute it. A woman's selfishness and jealousy have ruled China for decades, and there is no reason why the Qing Empire should not die.
19 12, Queen Jade Dragon held her last command meeting in hall of mental cultivation. At this time, the Revolution of 1911 has made the empire crumble. When she asked about the military strength of the imperial court, Zai Tao, a member of the royal family in charge of military affairs, replied: I have never fought a war, and I don't know these things. The Qing empire ruled the country with obedient slaves for a hundred years, and finally exhausted all the yang, incompetence and cowardice filled every corner of the empire. When the national disaster was critical, it was found that no one was available. In the end, Yuan Shikai threatened to lure him to make a profit.
Puyi was the last emperor of hall of mental cultivation. By the time he was in office, it was hard to see the traces of diligence and pragmatism of the previous dynasty, but more to see his life lock with Wanrong in hall of mental cultivation. 192X, the warlord Feng Yuxiang took control of Beijing, changed the policy of giving preferential treatment to the royal family, and ordered Puyi to move out of the Forbidden City. At this point, hall of mental cultivation and the Forbidden City completely closed the door of the royal family.
Today, the ancient hall of mental cultivation is undergoing a major overhaul, and it is expected that in a few years, the renovated hall of mental cultivation will be more open. Ai Xinjue Roche's diligent story in Yangxintang began in Yongzheng. Let's take a look at his self-admonition: "Only one man rules the world" is a portrayal of his desire for power, but it is also his practice of strengthening centralization, which gradually laid the groundwork for the decline of the empire. "How can you serve one person in the world?" At least several generations of emperors before the Qing Dynasty made great efforts to govern, were diligent in government affairs, and took the world as their own responsibility. Nomads have really changed since they entered the Central Plains. Their hard work, culture and self-cultivation have made special and colorful contributions to the history of feudal imperial power in greater China for thousands of years.