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The "Prosperous Age of Kanggan" began in the 20th year of Kangxi's suppression of the San Francisco Rebellion and ended in the first year of Jiaqing, lasting 1 15 years.

Some historians in China call the "prosperous period of Kanggan" brilliant, because they feel that the politics, economy, culture and other aspects of this period pushed the traditional society of China to a new peak and created a miracle in the history of China. They believe that the final completion of national reunification, the high prosperity of social economy and the trend of academic culture are the most remarkable historical characteristics of the "prosperous times of health and happiness"

However, what is the truth?

Of course, the historical contributions of Kang, Yong and Gan san huang to China are worthy of recognition. Their greatest achievement is that they gradually controlled the areas indirectly ruled by various dynasties on the map and constantly surrounded and encircled the separatist forces.

However, if we compare the "prosperous time of Kanggan" with other periods called prosperous times, we will find that both the quality and quantity are far worse than those of the previous generation, and there is a rare "all-round decay and collapse" in history! Lu Xun, a literary critic, once read the records of some foreigners. He suspected that Kanggan's prosperous time was a complete scam, because, in fact, the total industrial output of Kanggan was far less than that of the late Ming Dynasty.

As we all know, the industry and commerce in Song Dynasty was extremely developed, and this good sign was continued and further developed in Ming Dynasty. However, by 1840, China's industrial output was only 6% of the world's. It can be said that this is far less than that of the Ming Dynasty in terms of total output and its proportion in the world, as well as the quality and quantity of prosperity. This obviously proves that "Kanggan Shengshi" is nonsense.

As we all know, "national unity" is the highest basic principle in the history of China. However, unlike the Tang and Yuan Dynasties, the unification of the Qing Dynasty is the relationship between the local governments of border ethnic minorities and the central government of the Central Plains, which has not been effectively solved for a long time. During the reign of Kangxi, although there was an incomplete and short-lived unification, it was split successfully soon after. Even during the Yongzheng period, the ruler Yongzheng did not notice the signs of division in Xinjiang, which made the Qing Dynasty still face a severe reunification problem.

In order to restore this so-called "heyday", three generations of Kang, Yong and Gan paid a very high price. Even when Kangxi died, the whole treasury was only in an embarrassing situation of 502,000 silver. This was the result of a large and inefficient army and frequent stupid wars during the reign of Kangxi. After that, Qianlong, known as the "martial arts unparalleled in the world", caused a huge financial black hole to the country during his later ruling.

The reason why Kanggan period was named the prosperous time was largely because of the popularity of high-yield crop sweet potato in this period, which fed a large number of people and created a population miracle in China traditional society. However, it actually caused an unprecedented population explosion: from 1 100 million to 300 million. This not only laid a curse for the later industrialization, but also made the population of China lose room for growth in the later stage of industrialization.

At the same time, the decline of academic culture is also a significant trend of China culture in Kanggan period, because academics are the concentrated expression of the spiritual field of objective social life at any time. Different from the superficial "prosperous" social situation, the academic culture in Kanggan period showed a depressing atmosphere that was not in harmony with the prosperous times. Among them, the developed philosophy in the late Ming Dynasty disappeared overnight, and even the humanistic care of traditional Confucianism disappeared without a trace.

However, the sudden rise of textual criticism, which is characterized by textual criticism and history, promoted the academic development of this period and was useless. The corruption of academic research in the Qing Dynasty not only completely ruined the development of ancient philosophy, but also made the intellectual community completely enter the "archaeological period". What's more, even the word "cool breeze and bright moon" can attract literary inquisition.

"In the three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, the literary inquisition did not exist. Who else can take the literary inquisition?" Yes, but its severity is even worse than that of the early Qing Dynasty. "Literary inquisition occurred from time to time in various dynasties, especially in the Qing Dynasty, especially in the Qianlong period. In the end, millions of intellectuals moved to Manchuria and entered the barren land. Thus, how can Kanggan's extreme destruction of literati not lead to the decline of culture? Therefore, stereotyped writing and textual research can flourish.