Seeing the literary inquisition in the Qing Dynasty was the most excessive, and 80% of the literary inquisition cases in the whole Qing Dynasty came from the Qianlong period. In other words, in the whole history of China, Qianlong alone propped up the progress of the whole social civilization. The reason why the literary inquisition will hinder the development of social civilization is because the government does not allow people to divergent thinking and fantasy, and puts a yoke on people's thoughts. In this environment, people's mind is limited, just like a chained dog, I don't know how big the world is.
Second, the reason why China was crushed by western powers in the late Qing Dynasty was because the closed-door policy blinded China, which made China stagnate and stopped moving forward, and made China not only fail to develop, but even retrogress when the outside world developed rapidly. All this is due to Qianlong's closed-door policy. In this respect, Qianlong almost became a sinner of Chinese civilization.
Did the whole Qing dynasty's closed-door policy come from external factors? Paint the ground as a prison? So that the whole Qing dynasty could not see the wider world, and the literary inquisition gave people ideological shackles. Is it true that Qianlong detained one for the whole country? Double insurance? Just like you are a pick Jin Xian, it's hard to push your luck.
Third, exultation, consuming national strength When Qianlong succeeded to the throne, the state treasury still had 50 million taels of silver, but when he died, it was empty. When his son succeeded to the throne, the main source of the national treasury became the property of Little Shenyang. Does this mean that Qianlong is real? Black sheep? What he achieved was actually stepping on the shoulders of his ancestors.
Generally speaking, Qianlong is a well-deserved historical sinner, the kind that can't be turned over.