If the Qing Dynasty held a "complaint conference"——
Nurhachi would say: I started my business with thirteen pieces of armor, which is shabbier than your deposit for sharing a bicycle.
Huang Taiji would say: I changed the name of the country, established the Eight Banners, coaxed the Mongols, and used the Han people. I was so tired that 996 died suddenly. As a result, my son became the emperor at the age of six.
Dorgon would say: I was regent for seven years, and after my death, Shunzhi had his grave dug up and his body whipped. Who can be worse than me?
Kangxi would say: I captured Oboi, conquered San Francisco, conquered Taiwan, and beat Lao Maozi, but in his later years he was almost angered to death by his nine sons.
Yongzheng would say: I sleep only four hours a day and fill the national treasury from empty to full, but as a result I was scolded as a tyrant who usurped the throne.
Qianlong would say: I have perfect martial arts skills and went to Jiangnan six times, but He Shen alone stole most of my treasury.
Cixi would say: I... Forget it, you can scold me, I will run away first.
In the three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, from the White Mountains and Black Waters to the Forbidden City, from thirteen sets of armor to 300 million acres of territory, from a nation struggling to move towards a republic.
This is not a joke, nor is it a textbook.
This is to use the language of storytelling, the baggage of cross talk, and the heart of humanity to treat the emperor as a human being, talk about war as a workplace, and talk about power struggles as business wars.
You will see: How did Nurhachi use the "white wolf with empty gloves" to annex the tribe? How did Huang Taiji use marriage to conquer Mongolia? How did Dorgon go from regent to being whipped to death? Why was Kangxi forced by his nine sons to "break down his old father"? How greedy was He Shen? How did Cixi capsize a huge ship?
No pretense, no preaching, no nonsense. Every paragraph has its origin, and every sentence makes you want to sigh after laughing.
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