Is Emperor Qianlong actually a hypocrite?

First of all, Kangxi reigned for 61 years and Qianlong reigned for 60 years.

When Qianlong inherited the throne, he issued an edict, which roughly means the following:

Kangxi has been the emperor for 61 years. If I can do more than 60 years, I will abdicate. .

Maybe this is just to say that he is in awe of his grandfather (Kangxi), but in fact it seems to be a joke, because only two emperors before him lived past 80 years old, and even Kangxi only He was 69 years old, and he was already 26 years old at that time, so his edict was basically useless. People in the past were very short-lived, especially the emperor. Maybe it was a joke of history. He actually lived to be 89 years old. There is no way. Jun Wu joked that he would definitely give up the throne 60 years after he succeeded to the throne. So the story came out.

Qianlong did not want to give up his throne. However, many people remembered the edict from 60 years ago, but he still had to elect a prince. Qianlong did not want to give up his throne, so the matter was delayed again and again. There was no way. There was already a prince. (After all, there are still ministers' recommendations), but I was very reluctant to give up the throne. I knew that in September of the 60th year of Qianlong's reign, there was no other way, because according to the edict, the new emperor would ascend the throne next year, and at this time, he had to advertise the new emperor to the world. However, Qianlong still did not take any action. Some ministers urged Qianlong to issue an edict to announce it, which was later known as Jiaqing. This is a piece of history. You can read the history books for details.

From what happened later, it can be seen that Qianlong was not really willing to give up the throne, because the existence of He Shen can prove why He Shen's house was confiscated after Qianlong's death, because he had a relationship with Qianlong. Great relationship. This is also history.

Anyway, Qianlong was not willing to give up his throne, but the edict that year harmed him. Read the history books for yourself, you will see how complicated the palace has been since ancient times.