Why was Kangxi called the first emperor through the ages? Because of three things he did?

The only reason why Kangxi was called the emperor of the ages was to kiss up.

Because the Qing dynasty was the last feudal dynasty, the history of the Qing dynasty did not go through the process of ancient historians modifying the official history with the traditional practices of Confucianism. Therefore, compared with the previous generation, the evaluation of characters in Qing Dynasty lacked consistency. There is no later historian to delete and filter those excessive compliments and objectively evaluate the emperor. On the contrary, a large number of words full of praise and praise have been handed down by people who have no historical training and read directly.

The character of ministers in previous dynasties was rarely lower than that of Qing Dynasty. There are two reasons: first, those who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty in their early years were cowards, and their tradition was shameless flattery. Second, the brutal rule of the Qing Dynasty, especially the unprecedented cruel literary inquisition, interrupted the backbone of the folk literati, and those who dared to speak frankly basically disappeared.

People who are a little more lofty have to delve into the pile of old papers at home and study four ways to write fennel beans or how to pronounce a word during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Those who join the officialdom can only be forced to be flatterers.

The simplest example: the Ming cabinet had the power to veto the imperial edict, while the Qing military could only kneel down and write down the emperor's words and copy them.

Kangxi was actually a mediocre emperor. Let's just say he caught up with a good time.

Throughout the dynasties, chaos was followed by rectification, because after the war, the people's hearts were fixed, the population was reduced, the land was increased, and a large number of landlords died. Everyone could have farmland, and the natural country would have a period of stability. Moreover, with the high agricultural civilization in ancient China, as long as there is a stable period of time, the social economy can quickly return to the "prosperous times" in the history books. During this period, the requirement for the ruler is one: don't die.

It was this period when Kangxi ascended the throne. What's more, at this time, the high-yield crops in South America were gradually popularized in China, and the grain yield per mu increased several times (this is no exaggeration, for example, after planting potatoes in Ireland, the grain yield per mu increased tenfold, resulting in a tenfold increase in the population of Ireland. ) greatly delayed the cycle of land merger. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty was able to achieve a longer period of stability than previous dynasties, which was the so-called "prosperous period of Kanggan".

But this "golden age" fell from the sky, and it was not a skill at all.

And judging from some major events in the Kangxi dynasty, Kangxi's level is not high:

The first is the Ao Bai incident.

Ao Bai has no ambition to rebel, otherwise he wouldn't be stupid enough to be subdued by several libraries. He will stumble in a place like this, which shows that he is unprepared for Kangxi. A powerful minister who wants to rebel will be unprepared for the emperor? This is simply a fantasy. It's a pity that the emperor could not depose the minister by normal procedures, but resorted to conspiracy and violence.

Second, again and again.

Wu Sangui was badly hurt. The Qing court forced him to lead his men through the primitive jungle in northern Myanmar to assassinate the last exiled emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Like the Chinese Expeditionary Force later, Wu Sangui's elite troops suffered heavy losses in the primitive jungle, and his most dependent Ning Guan soldiers also died in this battle. Because he strangled the last emperor of Nanming with his own hands, he lost his political appeal of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and regaining sight" forever. It can be said that this move has basically put an end to the possibility of Wu Sangui's rebellion.

However, Kangxi's extreme incompetence made Wu Sangui feel that the rebellion was expected to succeed, which led to the war sweeping half of China.

Third, corruption.

Generally speaking, corruption is a gradual process, and once the country is founded, it will always be more enterprising and clean. However, when Kangxi was in power, corruption spread rapidly, especially the Eight Banners, who were good at bowing horses. After only a few decades, they have completely become parasites who eat to death and are completely incompetent. That when suppressing Wu Sangui, we can only rely on the Han army (Kangxi must thank Wu Sangui for his infamous here, otherwise how dare Kangxi send the Han army to fight Wu Sangui? )。

Especially in Kangxi's later years, the country's corruption has reached the point where it is difficult to return-a very small number of relatively clean and moral ministers have to participate in corruption to avoid being isolated by their colleagues.

Fourth, seize the office.

Kangxi's handling of his son was also a big problem. He was worried that the power of the prince was too great for him, so he connived at other sons to cultivate private forces to compete with the prince for the reserve, which led to the chaotic situation of "Kowloon seizing the office" in the court. On the one hand, ministers have to cope with the wooing of various governors, on the other hand, because they can't see the future situation clearly, they dare not easily take refuge in or reject which side, so they have to constantly ponder Kangxi's mind. This created favorable conditions for Kangxi to manipulate ministers and play politics.

However, although this enabled him to stabilize his rule, the government affairs of the country were in chaos. The forces of princes conflict with each other, and ministers collude with each other for personal gain. In order to protect themselves or seize official positions, various groups resorted to unscrupulous means, and even deliberately deducted their salaries, which led to the annihilation of the whole army ahead and destroyed the political foundation of their opponents with the lives of tens of thousands of troops.

As a result, by the time Yongzheng ascended the throne, the country's political affairs had been extremely corrupt.

To sum up:

Kangxi was just an ordinary person. Objectively speaking, among the ancient emperors, he can get a medium level, that's all.