Starting a business and reaching prosperity is like climbing a hill. Because of this, it took the Qing Dynasty more than 100 years of great efforts and several generations of continuous struggle to usher in the great cause of Kanggan prosperity. However, after entering the prosperous age, the Qing regime lost its direction and motivation, and the wind of extravagance and corruption rose and became more and more fierce, which led to its prosperity and decline, slipping further and further under the attack of internal and external forces, and finally dying. The historical track of prosperity and arrogance, wealth and luxury in the Qing Dynasty-arrogance and extravagance must be idle, luxury must be greedy-corruption must rot, and corruption must decline, which undoubtedly shows that after prosperity, not seeking progress, coveting luxury and pleasure, arrogance and extravagance will inevitably lead to corruption decline and extinction. Today, people should learn from the history of the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty.

Facing the broken social economy, the long-term war severely damaged, the population dropped sharply, the land was barren, and people's livelihood was depressed. The Qing Dynasty adopted a series of measures, such as changing the land property rights (that is, changing the name of the land), attracting refugees to reward reclamation, the military and civilians vigorously reclaiming land, building water conservancy projects, and scrimping on food and taxes until "never increasing taxes" (17 12), ". Through continuous efforts, the cultivated land area and population of the Qing Dynasty continued to grow rapidly. In 1645, the registered arable land in China was only 403 million mu, which was restored to 608 million mu in 1688 and increased to 708 million mu in 1754. Together with the unregistered cultivated land, the actual cultivated land in the country during the Qianlong period was about 654.38+0 billion mu. The population OECD Qing Dynasty increased from 60 million to about 165 1, 1 76 1 reached 200 million, 1 reached 300 million (Sun Yutang, 080/. If we compare the data of 1790, the proportion in China is much higher. Under the conditions of productivity at that time, the increase of cultivated land area and population was the main symbol of social and economic development. On the basis of the development of agricultural production and the prosperity of industry and commerce, the social wealth and fiscal revenue of the Qing government increased year by year, and the national treasury was rich. 1777 (forty-two years of Qianlong), the national treasury was as high as 81820,000, which became a powerful witness to the social and economic development and national prosperity in the early Qing Dynasty.

After four generations of 65,438+000 years of hard work and rest, the social economy developed rapidly, and the cultivated land and population doubled. The history of China entered another peak since the Tang and Song Dynasties-the prosperous time of Kanggan. During the continuous rise and prosperity in the early Qing Dynasty 100, the Qing Dynasty overcame a series of difficulties and challenges at home and abroad, and its national strength and prestige reached its peak. An unprecedented broad, unified, prosperous and powerful Qing Empire stands in the east of the world.

Some scholars also believe that the prosperity of Kanggan is actually the dead end of the decline of the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, we can see the corruption of the Qing government during the Qianlong period from Xiao Shenyang!