Jiaqing was originally going to rectify the children of the Eight Banners, but why did he give up la

Emperor Jiaqing originally wanted to rectify the children of the Eight Banners, but later gave up. Because he found that the atmosphere of the Eight Banners was corrupt and could not be changed at all, and the number of Eight Banners in his generation had increased dramatically, and it was very difficult to change.

The fundamental problem with the corrupt atmosphere of the Eight Banners lies in the fact that the survival of the Banner people is entirely dependent on the state and not engaged in production. Coupled with the rapid increase in the population of the Eight Banners during this period, not only the livelihood of ordinary banner people became a problem, but even the clan was also in difficulty.

The children of the Eight Banners, who are accustomed to being pampered, have no way to reform, and they will be opposed by other forces.

Although he knew that the corruption of the children of the Eight Banners was extremely serious, at the same time, the population of the children of the Eight Banners had increased dramatically at this time, and it was impossible to control it at all.

The first is that the children of the Eight Banners do not obey the discipline, and the second is that the number of people has increased dramatically, and they can't control it at all.

Yes, it is because they listen to the words of their ancestors too much and lose the ability to handle government affairs independently. In the minds of many people, the emperor should be a very decisive person. Think about it, there are so many important affairs to deal with in a day, if the emperor doesn't understand everything, and he needs help in everything, how can he handle the major affairs of the court and politics well?

Emperor Jiaqing often asks what to do, and often says that he can't do anything, he always seems to have no bottom, and has always relied on Kangxi Shilu to do things. Emperor Jiaqing felt that the ancestors' references were much more correct than his own judgments.

Emperor Jiaqing always used Emperor Kangxi as a template. Once, when Emperor Jiaqing was dealing with the fire in the palace, in order to prevent too many people, he did not open the palace door to find outsiders to put out the fire, but ordered the eunuchs to put out the fire. There was nothing wrong with this decision, the fire was extinguished, and it did not have a big impact.

However, when Emperor Jiaqing flipped through the records of Kangxi, he found that he encountered a similar fire problem, and Emperor Kangxi's approach was to open the palace door to find people outside the palace to put out the fire. That's a big deal. Emperor Jiaqing had a feeling that he had copied the wrong answer, so he punished the relevant personnel.

It was just a small fire accident, and Emperor Jiaqing also copied Emperor Kangxi's approach, which is really incredible.

Emperor Jiaqing lost the ability to make independent judgments and solve problems. Emperor Jiaqing always looked through the records of Emperor Kangxi, not to see how Emperor Kangxi solved it, but to do it directly according to the solution. In this way, he has completely lost his self-judgment and problem-solving skills.

It is said that once, the descendants of Confucius visited Emperor Jiaqing in the palace, and Emperor Jiaqing wanted to go to Qufu to see the Confucius Temple, but it happened to encounter a flood. Emperor Jiaqing has been going on how to go and if he doesn't go now, he won't be able to see it anymore, and he will waver. There was no determination of the emperor at all.

Emperor Kangxi was still interfering in the political affairs of Emperor Jiaqing after his abdication, which may have affected Emperor Jiaqing's ability to handle political affairs independently. Judging from the fact that Emperor Jiaqing was hesitant in the face of some small things, he must have been very entangled in the face of major political events. When Emperor Jiaqing took all of Kangxi's practices as the answer, he lost his ability to deal with major affairs in the court.

No matter how diligent he was, he could not restore the decay of the Qing Dynasty.

Jiaqing, the emperor, listened to the words of his ancestors, in the final analysis, his character was weak, which led to not being bold and decisive in dealing with things, and in terms of specific things, it was the rise of the White Lotus Sect, and Jiaqing was unfavorable to exterminate, spending a lot of money, food, and troops, which made the Qing Dynasty decline.

Because Emperor Jiaqing had more than enough to defend and not pioneer, he did not attach importance to economic, scientific and technological and even military development, followed the strategy of his ancestors to close off the country, and did not see the rapid development of the Western world.

At that time, the imperial court was no longer suitable for the development route of his ancestors, but he had no vision, and just obeyed the arrangements of his ancestors.

After Jiaqing took office, he took the lead in taking the Eight Banners to rectify their gambling, watching dramas and listening to dramas, but it was unsuccessful, and there were too many people to prohibit it.

The prohibition of gambling and the prohibition of Eight Banners to watch dramas are all in order to put an end to the extravagant and flashy social atmosphere. The measures taken by Jiaqing are not many, and the punishment is not severe, but in the end, they have not really allowed the bannermen to return to the simple and martial past. Why?

Because the ban on gambling does not fundamentally solve the problem, and the blind prohibition of watching and singing operas, as a kind of cultural and entertainment activities, does not conform to the law of social development and cannot eliminate the contradictions of the whole society.

To a certain extent, the aristocracy is the ruling foundation of the feudal dynasty, and destroying the ruling foundation is to destroy its own foundation, and the aristocracy is very powerful, and it is not for the emperor to interfere.