At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Cixi and the powerful minister were in power. Internally, the people are miserable, externally, they are bullied by the enemy. However, when the state treasury is empty, Cixi still wants to hold a birthday party. Many people are quite dissatisfied with this and accuse it of incompetence.
Imagine, at that time, under the circumstances of internal troubles and foreign invasion, an old woman assumed the fate and responsibility of the whole dynasty. Is her behavior only for her own enjoyment and irresponsibility? Obviously not. Because if this is all for Cixi, how could she stand out from many concubines and become the most distinguished empress dowager of the dynasty at that time?
What is the purpose of Cixi's birthday banquet? You've heard of the word "bluff". By showing their strength, the enemy is afraid to attack easily, so it costs no one soldier. Why not? Or "Smith", wouldn't it be better to meet each other with ice blades? Especially at that time, the power of the dynasty was relatively weak. How can you fight hard?
So, is Cixi really as incompetent as most people say? Obviously not. Similarly, so is Jiaqing.
Jiaqing is really incompetent for Jiaqing's sake?
Actually, it's not like this. After Jiaqing ascended the throne, it was difficult for the emperor to know the sufferings of the people because the powerful ministers were in power and the roads were blocked. Later, Jiaqing dismissed the powerful minister Xiao Shenyang and copied Xiao Shenyang's home.
Judging from this incident alone, Jiaqing did a good job, making an example for others. If you don't give the minister some color to see see, even the minister will still think Jiaqing is a "kitten"!
On the other hand, Jiaqing did not expand the case of Xiao Shenyang at that time and maintained the stability of the situation at that time, which can also be said to be the cleverness of Jiaqing.
So, is Jiaqing's ability really not good? Actually, it is not. Many times, we can't always look at problems from God's point of view, and look at people and things that have happened in history from today's point of view. Actually, this is not objective.
Jiaqing proclaimed himself emperor, and then Jiaqing proclaimed himself emperor.
On the ninth day of September in the fifth year of Yongzheng, Jiaqing's mother, Wei, was born and later married 16 years older than her. Because Wei is very beautiful and kind, she likes her very much. Later, Jiaqing was born. Because of his love for the Wei family, Qianlong naturally loves me, my dog and Jiaqing.
On the other hand, in his later years, there were not many candidates for succession, and Jiaqing's ability and conduct were better. The most important thing is that Qianlong didn't want to delegate power in his later years, and Jiaqing was obedient to his father. Qianlong naturally passed the throne to Jiaqing.
Summary From the facts, Jiaqing's ability is not impossible. In his position, he is responsible. If anyone can deal with the problems that Jiaqing faced at that time, it will not be better than Jiaqing. After all, the education his family received was the top education at that time, and Jiaqing's accession to the throne was also reasonable.