Compare And Contrast Kangxi And Voux Xiv

Kangxi and Louix XIV were two outstanding rulers in the seventeenth century. They were both powerful to reign their dynasty by increasing military and economic power. In this essay, I will take about the similarities and differences of these two rulers and who is the greater to influence the world history.

Both of them were applied “Absolutism” of Monarchy domination. They insist on belief to control the nation in political, economic and military ways. For the political aspect, they empowered the people who have not significantly social stage rather than nobility and relatives, but also central govern in different areas. For the economic aspect, they were refusing the “free economic” system, but apply the monopoly economic in secondary industry, like silk and copper. For the military ways, they were reinforcing military power in order to unify nation. Kangxi and Louis XIV constantly training troops to invade the neighbor territories, like Taiwan and Spanish separately. Continuously expand its territory that can strengthen the dynasty power and national comprehensively, but also can build up a stable environment of expertise, in particular “Qing”

For the political aspect, Kangxi kept “balance of power”, but Louis XIV did not. The former has remained a good relationship between Manchu and “Han” while the latter was hatred as he refused to “balance of power” to intervene Spanish’s politics. For the economic way, Kangxi focus on foodstuff by agriculture and suppress foreign trade contrast with Louis XIV concentrate on secondary industry and created a comprehensive trade system of export and import, such as tax tariff. For the military way, Kangxi invaded Mongols and Russians in a bid to remain the frontier and dynasty safety meanwhile Louis XIV was for expanding the national territory and to satisfy his own