At the beginning of Qianlong's accession to the throne, he implemented the policy of combining leniency with severity, served the country pragmatically, paid attention to farming and mulberry, stopped donating money, and put down rebellion, which fully reflected his literary martial arts. Emperor Qianlong advocated elegance, was good at riding and shooting, and kept his pen and ink all over the country. He was a famous cultural relic collector. Most of the paintings and calligraphy in Qing Dynasty were collected by him. During his reign, Si Ku Quan Shu compiled 3,503 kinds of books, 79,337 volumes and 36,304 volumes, which was three times that of Yongle Dadian and became the confluence of China's ancient ideological and cultural heritage.
However, in his later years, the life of Qianlong was extravagant, the treasury was exhausted, and corrupt officials and gentry were reused, so that peasant uprisings appeared in his later years, which was a sign that the Qing Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline.
Qianlong's life influenced the modern history of China. He created the "prosperous time of Qianlong", and he also laid the groundwork for China to be plundered by foreign countries for hundreds of years! Ganlong is both a hero and a sinner of history!