In fact, the policy of closing the country to the outside world began to show signs from Yongzheng period, but by Qianlong period, the policy of closing the country to the outside world was comprehensive and strict. As a kingdom in China, the Qing government was proud to live in its own small world. From the side, the closed door isolated the Qing Dynasty from the outside world and saved many external disputes. This small advantage can be comforted for the time being. Because of the closed door, the pride of Qing dynasty has always existed from Qianlong to Daoguang. If Daoguang Emperor had not ordered Lin Zexu and Humen to destroy opium, which led to the Opium War, China would not have been forced to open its doors.
Since the Opium War, the weakness and decline of the Qing dynasty have been seen more and more, and compromise, as the only way to deal with it, has also slowed down the Qing government for a period of time. Otherwise, there would probably be no Guangxu and Puyi behind.
Second, there was relative unity within the Qing Dynasty, and there was no major coup.
This "unification" is relative Brother Yue didn't make it clear that there was unity within the government. He just said that compared with previous dynasties, there were not many mutinies and coups in this internal situation from beginning to end. In fact, when the feudal society developed to the Qing Dynasty, many things were played in the past dynasties. Therefore, we must be vigilant. In the Qing dynasty, it would not be so easy to appear as the chaos of the seven countries in the Han dynasty. What else is there? This internal relative unity, without the coup of ministers and powerful ministers, also reflected the political situation of the Qing Dynasty. If it were not for foreign ships, the ecological balance within the Great Qing Dynasty would not be broken so quickly. After being broken, it can barely continue to maintain.
Judging from the later Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing Dynasty was able to suppress them in such a weak situation at that time, but for the interference and war of foreign invaders, the Qing Dynasty could have lasted for a few more years.
Third: the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were all competent.
We all think that the emperor is the first culprit in the demise of a dynasty, even if he is like Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. But in the Qing dynasty, the whole dynasty, to say which emperor was particularly dissolute, local strongmen, fatuous and incompetent, Brother Yue didn't think so. Daoguang finally worried about national subjugation and diplomacy, and Daoguang's father Jiaqing, the son of Emperor Qianlong, also made great efforts to ban opium, because when he took over the Qing Dynasty from Emperor Qianlong, it was already in danger, and Jiaqing made great efforts to control it. Therefore, the titles of Jiaqing and Daoguang emperors can be seen, and "Jiadao" has declined.
But from the side, it is precisely because of these diligent rulers who were still struggling to support at the end of the dynasty that the Qing Dynasty once had the possibility of revival and survived for decades. If there were extravagant monarchs like Zhou Youwang and Shang Zhouwang in the late Qing Dynasty, it would certainly not last 19 12.