kingnovel Chapter 504 Qianlong's Succession 14
Chapter 504 Qianlong's Succession 14
But Qianlong thought that Xueli was embarrassed by his gaze and smiled smugly.
Xue Li burst into tears inside!
Should she continue to look older? She was afraid that he would suddenly become horny.
So, just follow your mother’s example!
When the two people looked at each other, one was coquettish and the other raised his eyebrows, one was embarrassed and the other was proud!
Don’t tell me, this plot is like “The Domineering Old Emperor Falls in Love with a Middle-aged Woman Who Loves Buddhists”?!
Well, let’s not blame each other, oily is healthier…
I don’t know which Cinderella grew up and liked this kind of plot.
It’s definitely not a big demon, big demons only like small movies.
The flavors vary, but the core remains the same!
Life itself respects the great harmony of life~
Xueli was still playing the game of you winking and me raising my eyebrows with Qianlong.
Then I heard Li Yu coming in!
Qianlong probably understood and patted Xueli's hand.
Xueli is enjoying the roasted chicken heart to the fullest now. How much does she know?!
"I should go and accompany the Empress Dowager. If the Emperor has anything to say, I will help you!"
When Qianlong heard this, he also smiled happily.
"You are so thoughtful. Tell my mother that I am almost well now. Go visit her another day."
"Okay!" Xue Li touched his old face and left slowly.
Qianlong was very happy and smiled triumphantly as he took the letter presented to him by the secret guard.
Foreigners’ paper!
A foreigner’s pen!
Foreigner's envelope!
Qianlong had a bad feeling in his heart.
As he opened the letters one by one, his expression gradually became solemn.
"...The Qing Dynasty is just an arrogant paper tiger. Our opium is enough to turn it into a sick cat..."
"...When the farmers in this country can't grow crops, the soldiers can't hold their guns, and the workers can't do their jobs, this will be our amusement park..."
"…If we can use opium to annex the surrounding small countries, we can definitely use opium to eat up the Qing Dynasty. When the time comes, we can chop off their emperor's head and make a goblet. It will be delicious when we drink the wine!"
"Whether they ban it or not, it doesn't affect us. We have plenty of dogs..."
"...I love the confident look in the emperor's eyes the most. Those eyes would be great if they were used to soak in wine!"
"..."
Qianlong read the letters one by one and became so angry that the blood vessels in his forehead popped out.
"Great Britain! Ha, these barbarians! Uncivilized barbarians! How dare a mere ant compete with the bright moon?!" Qianlong was so angry that he threw the letters all over the floor, like flowers scattered by a fairy.
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Li Yu and the secret guard suddenly knelt on the ground.
"Oh! I gave them face, right?! Come, call Fu Heng!" After Qianlong gave the order, he picked up the account book and started looking at it.
Accompanied by the coming and going of court officials.
Some Japanese pirates suddenly appeared around the Qing Dynasty. Their dress and language were different from those of the Qing people.
Those people specifically targeted ships on the sea for robbery.
For ordinary goods, they would charge silver for their lives, but if it was opium, they would just rob it directly.
And they like hairy foreigners the most.
Many foreigners who came here to trade disappeared inexplicably!
During this period, opium appeared in Japan, Russia, Konbaung, and even among thieves who specialized in robbing British ships.
They took their opium, improved it, and then sold it back into their own country.
Of course, by the time this path was straightened out, Qianlong had already followed in the footsteps of the Empress Dowager.
The court officials counted how many opium addicts there were, and how many families were torn apart because of selling their children for opium addiction.
In fact, the more the imperial court banned it, the happier those unscrupulous businessmen became.
The Han people were dissatisfied with the unfair treatment they received, and the Manchus were deeply afraid that the Han people would counterattack and affect the imperial power.
No one expected that a third party, foreigners, would get involved!
The real data is even more shocking.
Add to that folk nursery rhymes, operas from theaters, and storytelling stories.
The prototypes of the characters created are all the lustful, foolish and inactive Emperor Qianlong!
Emperor Qianlong showed his face when he set out to return to Beijing, after all, he had to stabilize the government.
As a result, I heard all kinds of romantic stories on the way back to Beijing.
The mouths of those scholars seem to be filled with poison!
He even wrote a book just to satirize the present day!
During the past six months, Qianlong was either sick or angry, and when he was not angry, he went crazy!
When he found out about his reputation, he was so angry that he fainted!
At the moment I fainted, I was still thinking: literary inquisition!
Those slaves deserve to die!
He must ban those books, so that those who read books won’t have to read anymore…
that's the truth!
The Qing Dynasty had the worst literary inquisition in all dynasties.
That's fine.
In order to concentrate imperial power, various means were used.
The literacy rate at the end of the Qing Dynasty was approximately between 1% and 30%, but the exact figure is controversial.
有精于中国明清史的美国日裔专家在其著作《在中国发现历史》一书中认为，清朝的识字率男性为35%到45%，女性为2%到10%，平均大约在20%到30%之间。
However, the statistics in "Education and Public Literacy in the Qing Dynasty" are: 30% to 45% for men and 2% to 10% for women.
If we calculate the average based on these data, the literacy rate in the Qing Dynasty was roughly between 18% and 27%.
There is also information showing that statistics before the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1909 showed that the total number of people who could read and write in the country was about 300 million, while the population of the Qing Dynasty at that time was about 4 million, which means that the literacy rate was only about 0.1% or 0.7%.
According to the county annals of Shimen County in Hunan Province, there were more than 60 private schools in Shimen County at the end of the Ming Dynasty. During the Shunzhi period, there were 17 private schools. During the Qianlong period, there was only one private school.
The Qing dynasty stipulated that if you opened a private school without government permission, you would be beheaded! Elders were not allowed to teach their children and grandchildren how to read and write! Private discussions on knowledge were not allowed!
Under this high-pressure rule, during the Daoguang period, armed conflicts broke out in two villages in Shimen County.
When registering names at the county government office, there were more than 5,000 people in the two villages, but not a single person could write their own name.
These data show that the literacy rate in the Qing Dynasty was lower than that in the Tang and Song Dynasties, when the literacy rate was generally believed by researchers to be higher than 30%.
It is estimated that the literacy rate during the Qin and Han dynasties was between 4% and 8%.
Although this proportion is relatively low, it is a significant improvement over the literacy rate in primitive society (about 4%).
During the Ming Dynasty, the government attached great importance to education, vigorously built academies, and a large number of literary works such as urban novels appeared.
These factors have contributed to the increase in literacy rates.
It is estimated that the literacy rate in the Ming Dynasty reached about 40%.
From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, China's literacy rate showed a gradual upward trend.
This is due to the development of social economy, the improvement of education system and the strong cultural atmosphere.
However, during the Qing Dynasty, the literacy rate dropped drastically.
Among all the dynasties, only the Qing Dynasty did not have great scientific and cultural figures, which was directly related to the suppression by the Manchus.
The ignorant education implemented by the Qing Dynasty almost cut off Chinese culture.