Qianlong Emperor
Biography
Kangxi grandson, Qianlong completed the conquest of Xinjiang, the empire at its largest. The Ten Great Campaigns, self styled. The Four Treasuries compiled, and banned books destroyed in the same project. The Macartney embassy 1793 dismissed, no need for British goods, the pivot from openness. He abdicated out of respect not to outshine his grandfather, ruled behind the scenes to death 1799. Corruption, the Heshen era, hollowed the peak.
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