Gan Long was very clever since he was a child, and received a strict and good education in his youth. He studies classics, studies history, writes poems and draws calligraphy. When Qianlong 1 1 was years old, he met his grandfather Kangxi and endorsed it face to face, which was correct. He won the favor of his grandfather and grew up in the palace.

During the Qianlong period, the economic development exceeded that of the previous generation, and the population increased from 65.438+0.4 billion to 300 million, and the border areas were also under the effective jurisdiction of the Qing government.

During the Qianlong period, the regulations on literary inquisition and the prohibition of destroying books were very strict. Later generations estimated that there were about 130 literary inquisitions, which was greatly increased compared with the Kang Yong period. Qianlong used the opportunity of compiling Sikuquanshu to collect books all over the country, and banned, destroyed or tampered with so-called "rebellious" and "disobedient" books. Gan Long had 150 reconnaissance activities in his life, and civil engineering continued, which cost a lot of money.

As a politician, Gan Long is diligent in political affairs, monopolizing power and making decisions. However, in old age, administration is not as diligent as in early years, people are not as observant as in early years, and things are not as decisive as in early years, which leads to corruption in official administration, numerous drawbacks, social unrest and resistance to bees.

It was also during the Qianlong period that the Qing Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline and went downhill.

In my opinion, as the supreme ruler of China, the most serious policy fallacy of Qianlong is to intensify its closed-door policy. During the fifty-eight years of Qianlong, he regarded himself as a country of China, despised and despised foreign countries, and held closed-door negotiations because of the poor manners and unhappiness of the British mission.

Magalny's delegation brought rich gifts, mostly instruments, models, machinery and industrial products to show scientific and technological achievements and professional strength. However, due to lack of scientific knowledge, Gan Long dismissed it and said, "Everything in the list is inevitably exaggerated. This cover is very small, because of its foreign nature, it thinks it is the only secret to show off the exquisiteness of its manufacture ... In order to attract Rui (an official who received British envoys in the Qing Dynasty), I inadvertently chatted with him: What contribution has China made, and so has China. Messengers and others dare not show off themselves. "

Arrogance and ignorance blinded him and missed an opportunity to know the outside world. Moreover, his policies blocked the channels for Chinese people and future generations to understand and explore the outside world, which had a far-reaching impact and caused serious consequences. Qianlong should bear great historical responsibility for this.