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This question is from @epuiseeparmedia
What’s your opinion of the Qing dynasty post-Qianlong?
I think the Qing Dynasty post-Qianlong was a period of of decline marked by corruption, internal strife, rebellion, and foreign pressure. Here’s why
1. Jiaqing Emperor (1796-1820)
Challenges
Faced immense corruption, especially from the notorious official Heshen, Qianlong’s favorite.
Upon Qianlong’s death in 1799, Jiaqing executed Heshen and tried to clean up the court.
Faced major internal unrest like the White Lotus Rebellion (1796–1804), a costly peasant uprising.
Legacy: Tried to reform but struggled with financial crisis and unrest; the decline had already begun.
2. Daoguang Emperor (1820-1850)
Problem Intensify
Faced growing social unrest and foreign pressure
First Opium War (1837-1842) against Britain lead the Treaty of Nanjing, which ceded Hong Kong and open ports to British trade
The Qing Dynasty lost face and sovereignty for the first time on a large scale
Legacy: A moral and well-meaning ruler overwhelmed by crises beyond his control
3. Xianfeng Emperor (1850-1861)
Chaos Reigns
Tailing Rebellion (1850-1864): A massive civil war led by a pseudo-Christian rebel Hong Xiuquan, who claimed to be Jesus’s brother. Over 20 million died
Faces the second Opium War (1856-1860) with Britain and France. The Summer Palace was looted and burned in 1860.
Fled to Chengde and died demoralized
Legacy: His reign saw the near-collapse of the Qing authority
4. Tongzhi Emperor (1861-1875)
Reigned as a child under the regency of Empress Dowager Cixi
Period marked by the Tongzhi Restoration— an effort to revive the dynasty through Confucian reforms, military modernization, and bureaucracy repairs
However, reforms were half-hearted and superficial
Legacy: Brief glimmer of hope that didn’t last; real power was in Cixi’s hands.
5. Guangxu Emperor (1875-1908)
Nephew of Cixi, he later tried to assert control with the Hundred Days’ Reform in 1898—radical modernization effort inspired by Japan’s Meiji Restoration
Cixi opposed and put him under house arrest
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1902): Anti-foreign, anti-Christian uprising. Qing secretly supported it, leading to foreign invasion and humiliation via the Boxer Protocol
Legacy: A progressive emperor crushed by conservative forces.
6. Xuantong Emperor (Puyi, 1908-1912)
Last Emperor of China, enthroned as a toddler
Real power still held by Cixi’s allies (Cixi herself dies in 1908)
Faced the 1912 Xianhai Revolution, which led to the fall of the Qing Dynasty
Abdicated in 1912, ending over 2,000 years of imperial rule
Legacy: A tragic figure, manipulated by other, later used as a puppet ruler in Manchukuo but the Japanese.
So the key reasons for the Qing Dynasty decline after Qianlong is :
Corruption
Heshen’s influence during the last Qianlong reign, and widespread official graft
Population Pressure
Exploding population outpaced food, land, and jobs
Peasant Rebellions
White Lotus, Taiping, Nian, Boxer, and other destabilizied the regime
Foreign Invasion
Opium Wars, Unequal Treaties, spheres of influence eroded sovereignty
Weak Reform
Tongzhi Restoration and Hundred Days’ Reform failed due to conservatism
Empress Dowager Cixi
Her dominance blocked deeper reforms; symbols of resistance to change
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The Promise of Chang’an https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpghCOjR4Qqp0NKxBjhRpTc_ZZY4tTepn
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Ming Dynasty/ Empress of the Ming https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZZLpfFwcBrz5D2gLWlW4qCyQUwu0aNU
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Serenade of Peaceful Joy https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvf4fZgfbz56yM6odhKLpTqBrUf1Q4dzA
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The Rebel Princess https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzfNoYeTnhXKFmJTwvgJQr5lS2LgG66Cl
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Hey if you could rewrite the ending of Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace, is there anything you would change? I, for one, wished that instead of focusing on the effect her death had on the emperor, we got to follow what happened to her real friends and family. I would also hope for them at this point to be over the emperor and are civil yet also make it clear that they still support her. Extra twist of the knife: the consorts reminiscence over the good times with Ruyi to which the emperor has no recollection or involvement of. Extra EXTRA twist of the knife: the consorts trying to gain his favor and stroke his ego 1.) constantly remind him of his failure favoring Wei Yanwan with their similarities in behavior 2.) remind him of Wei Yanwan’s last words about Ruyi being the only one sincere to him 3.) make him realize the stark difference between them and Ruyi, making her absence from his life a constant reminder.
Hi hunnn that’s is a very good question since I haven’t really thought about it. I would for one change the way that Yanwan was confronted I would have had Zhen Huan and Ruyi walk in together when Hailan was telling Hongli about all the things that she has done so she would put her two cents in. I also would have waited until all the consorts became back before Ruyi died so they at least could have said good bye specially Consort Rong, Noble Consort Ying, Noble Consort Yu, Noble Consort Wan, Concubine Ke, and Yongji because those people are the main ones who loved and respected Ruyi not just as the Empress and Mother but as a person a human being they didn’t try to scheme against her they fought for her they defended her and vice versa she was their big sister and mother. Another thing I would have changed was Ruyi only writing a letter to Yongji I would have had her write a letter to Hailan, Noble Consort Ying , and Consort Rong saying to not miss her that she is going to be with Rongpei, Ling Yunche, her father, mother, her aunt, Jingsi, Yongji i, Yonghuang, Consort Shu, Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui, and Imperial Noble Consort Shujia (because what she said when she was talking to Rongpei before she died), and that she will always be watching over them and protecting them, that she was happy and grateful to have little sisters like them in her life especially in the Forbidden City and not only being an Imperial Consort but an Empress at that. I also wish instead of straight up after Ruyi dying they have Hongli as a old emperor talking about how he regretting treating Ruyi they should of had a spin off of how Ruyi’s friends and the kids (yes all of them) were trying to move on after she died and how Hongli suffered after Ruyi died and how none of the other consorts compared to Ruyi and him realizing the what Yanwan said was true. I would also have all the consorts over him but still stay because they have too not because they want too. Edit I would also have Ruyi say in the letters to Hailan, Noble Consort Ying, and Consort Rong and Yongji that she would waiting to welcome them in the after life (like she did when Hailan was framed and put in the Office of Careful Punishment)
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