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Yongqi was a promising heir to the throne of the Qianlong Emperor of China before his life was cut short at age 25 by tuberculosis. But what if he survived and succeeds the Qianlong Emperor (either willingly or forcibly) by 1770? Would he continue the ten great campaigns? Heshen is gone which spares China's treasury from being robbed blind. So with money on hand and a young emperor willing to experiment, could China have an industrial revolution?
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