Who was the longest-lived king in history who actually held power the longest, and who refused to hand over imperial power until his death?

Qianlong inherited the throne at the age of twenty-five and died at the age of eighty-eight. He reigned for more than sixty years and was known as the longest-lived emperor. Even if he later became the Supreme Emperor, he would not be willing to hand it over to himself. Power, many people doubted that Qianlong was still capable of handling government affairs at such an old age. Think about it, if you were the chairman now, would you personally handle government affairs? Aren’t they all handled by my subordinates? Even if Qianlong is old, he still has He Shen by his side, right?

When Qianlong was on the throne, there was no such thing as a prince, and it was not determined who would hand over the throne to him. In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, Jiaqing may not have known that he was the future emperor. It feels like I have finally waited for you. All the sons of Qianlong did not dare to peek at the throne. They stayed far away from Qianlong's politics and would never touch it. They all knew in their hearts that if they failed to touch it, they would be killed.

So in those years, politics was in the hands of Qianlong. These children did not have the ability to handle political affairs on their own. This became apparent immediately after Jiaqing became emperor. Except for cleaning up Heshen, he had no credit at all and no achievements. He didn't do it either. Before Qianlong died, he told Jiaqing that Heshen could not be killed, but Jiaqing didn't listen. Heshen was the person who was used to balance the relationship between the court and killing the court would not be balanced.

Jiaqing only became emperor when Qianlong was sixty years old. Even if he became emperor, it would not be of much use. Qianlong still did not hand over power. Qianlong still had the final say on major and minor matters. To put it bluntly, the reign name was changed. Nothing else has changed. The power is in the hands of Qianlong. Qianlong lived in Qianqing Palace and did not leave Yangxin Palace. Anyway, except for the reign name, nothing else changed.

When Qianlong passed away, Jiaqing was actually the happiest. He had finally waited for this day, looked at He Shen fiercely, even asked He Shen to go to the funeral, and finally pulled out the thorn in his eye. .