1. Daoguang is incredibly frugal.
Clear soup noodles! In the Qing dynasty, ordinary people could afford to entertain guests and were willing to add instant meat to noodle soup. But as a king, he is rich and powerful, and there are so many delicious foods. Since he is served with a bowl of clear soup noodles? Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Why not give up the good wine and meat?
It turns out that Daoguang is not reluctant, but is so frugal that frugality becomes stingy. How dare you take out a bowl of clear soup noodles to entertain guests? It really makes people laugh. Who would have thought that a king was more frugal than the people!
There is a saying in China that thrift is a virtue that should be passed down, but it becomes a derogatory term when it is applied to Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty. Think about it. Power is in his hands. Because he is too thrifty, he is unwilling to reward the generals and soldiers who have won the battle. Just give them a bowl of clear soup noodles.
You said, who would follow him like this? Later, there were fewer and fewer soldiers, and finally they could only go to extinction.
2. Daoguang should enrich the national treasury
Daoguang is too thrifty, just to save more money, enrich the national treasury and make his country richer. But the thinking of Daoguang Wang is too simple. He doesn't care about the overall situation, and the money can only be saved and hardly used. Save what shouldn't be saved. If a country wants to develop and become rich, it should spend money where it should be used. For example, it must be willing to invest in border defense construction.
In a word, Daoguang doesn't know how to manage money, doesn't think about things, and doesn't think about things from the perspective of others. It's really stingy to entertain him with clear soup noodles.