The Qianlong period was also named the prosperous time of Qianlong. In fact, there was a prosperous time because Kangxi and Yongzheng laid the world. Qianlong just stands still. Although there were no twists and turns during his reign, he made many mistakes.
For example, Gan Long is actually very selfish, and likes to satisfy his own selfish desires, regardless of the overall situation of the country. In fact, we can also see from the film and television dramas that Gan Long likes to go out for a cruise, euphemistically calling it traveling incognito to visit people's feelings privately, but in fact, he just goes out to play to satisfy his own selfish desires, and it is inevitable that officials will do something on the way out, and the money spent on this trip is not small.
If local officials have no money, Ganlong will be very dissatisfied, because Ganlong will ask officials if they have no money, and officials will ask the people if they have no money, which will increase the burden on the people and encourage corruption. Even if officials don't want to do this, they are forced. It's better to gamble than to die.
At the same time, Ganlong also loves face. Envoys from all over the world always bring some gifts when they come to see him. In order to show his tolerance as a big country, Qianlong often asked the envoys of various countries to bring back a big gift, which is not a small sum together, and it is also a heavy burden for the treasury of the Qing Dynasty, and all this is just to satisfy Qianlong's face.
When Qianlong was in power, he also made a literary inquisition. Moreover, Qianlong's attitude towards these people is that he would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go, causing panic inside and outside the imperial court. Scholars dare not say a word, because people often make a fuss with a word, and even some scholars don't know where they are wrong. Therefore, the cultural development of that era has greatly regressed.
Moreover, when Qianlong was in power, he closed his door to the outside world, because he felt that the Qing Dynasty was vast in territory and rich in resources. Because of his wrong cognition, in order to maintain the royal family's face, the Qing Dynasty continued to fall behind. Finally, in Cixi's generation, he was bullied by foreign powers, so Qianlong was called the first sinner in the ages.