First, maintain "prosperity and prosperity"
First of all, he really has the talent and wisdom of a generation of emperors. He carried out the ruling policy of "combining leniency with severity", rectified bureaucracy, recruited talents and maintained the stability of the ruling class. At the same time, economically reward land reclamation, develop water conservancy irrigation, greatly increase the population, exempt the national money and grain, and prosper the economy; It also opened up territory, pacified Junggar twice, conquered Jinchuan in the southwest twice and went to Myanmar once, which consolidated the unity of multi-ethnic countries; Continue to implement land reform and return to mobility in Sichuan and other places. All these measures maintained the prosperity of the feudal dynasty in China.
Second, the' feudal culture' concentrated expression
On the one hand, it is reflected in his cultural behavior, on the other hand, it lies in his cultural autocracy. First of all, he loves literature very much, which can be said to be the person who wrote the most poems in history, reaching more than 40 thousand (many of which should be written by others). He loves books, poems and paintings, and often writes poems on paintings. In addition, he also carried out a large-scale transformation of China's feudal culture, organized and compiled books such as Sikuquanshu and Qinghuidian, and re-engraved the Thirteen Classics, which became the epitome of China's ancient book culture (both advantages and disadvantages). Not only in the compilation of books, but also in the thought and circulation of books, he promoted literary inquisition, and many unjust cases appeared, which imprisoned and destroyed ideology and culture.
Third, love vanity.
At the same time, he was also an ambitious emperor, indulging in self-affirmation in his later years, compared with emperors of past dynasties; Diplomatically, it advocates favoring one over the other, and as long as the vassal country pays tribute, it will give a very generous reward; Because of his vanity, he trained a group of flattering managers headed by Xiao Shenyang, which created many corrupt officials and serious corruption at that time. And like to cruise, six trips to the south of the Yangtze River, extravagance and waste, building Yuanmingyuan, consuming huge national and material resources.