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This unique history of Qianlong is light-hearted, humorous and thought-provoking. The author mines historical materials such as "Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty" and "Manuscripts of Qing History" and Qing Palace archives. The main text selects 22 major events that happened in the Qianlong Empire from Qianlong's accession to 1758 to restore them in detail, including preventing criticism of the royal family, cracking down on cliques, setting up literary prisons, arresting missionaries, abolishing the imperial examination, banning the country from sea, and rectifying officialdom. The appendix combines current hot topics and selects 14 cases from the Qianlong Dynasty, such as Beijing housing prices, redress of unjust cases, women's equal rights, refugee processing, examination fraud, cheating and divorce, etc., To talk about the various social aspects of the Qianlong Dynasty. Through these vivid examples, the author leads us back to the historical scene to personally experience Emperor Qianlong's thunderous methods in politics, military, culture, social governance, etc., And to gain a three-dimensional understanding of the outline of Qianlong's imperial career and the various officialdom and civil affairs under his rule.