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After reading Zhang Hongjie’s “The Prosperity of Hunger”, I have a deeper understanding of Qianlong. Historians say that the decline of the Qing Dynasty began with Qianlong, and this has a historical trend of the rise of the West and the decline of the East, but it also has a lot to do with Qianlong’s character. Under Qianlong’s rule, China’s population exceeded 300 million for the first time, and the actual control of territory also reached the peak of history. On the other hand, closed-door, servile subjects also reached the peak of history. Speaking of Qing history, I have to say Qianlong.
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