Thursday, March 26, 2009

Journal No. 9 (19th Week): Emperor Qian Long

Emperor Qian Long was an Emperor who reigned during the Manchu Dynasty in China. His achievable was remarkable, and Chinese empire was at its greatest under his rule. Under the Manchu rulers, the Han Chinese intellectuals who rebelled against the Manchu rulers became expatriates in the deepest part of Manchuria where temperature could be as low as minus 30 degrees. However, the mendacious Qian Long was eager to rally support from the Han Chinese. He declared that all the fiats which were designed to suppress the Han Chinese were void. Further, all the charges against those who had been jailed for writing anti-Manchu books were exonerated by special trials. His most clever move was to declare an amnesty which allowed all the expatriates in Manchuria to return home.

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