Ming Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty established by the Han people. It had been in power for 276 years, second only to Tang Dynasty 289.
The Ming Dynasty lasted for 276 years. It did not marry, did not lose money, did not cede land, and did not pay tribute. The emperor guarded the country's borders and the king died.
This kind of backbone is incomparable to the glorious Han and Tang dynasties. It is precisely because of this that the Ming Dynasty has attracted countless fans and made countless descendants of Yan and Huang feel proud.
Zhu Yuanzhang , the founding king of the Ming Dynasty, was born in grassroots. A beggar ascended to the Supreme Emperor of Nine Five, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the most inspiring emperor in history. Zhu Yuanzhang was as cruel as Emperor Qin Shihuang and Emperor Yang Guang . He ignored human lives, killed innocent people indiscriminately, and regarded the people as grass. The Qin and Sui Dynasty only lasted for two generations and then perished, but the Ming Dynasty lasted for 276 years and had 16 emperors. It plays an important role in China's five thousand years of history and has a strong sense of existence.
We can’t help but ask Zhu Yuanzhang’s film and television image, Zhu Yuanzhang’s cruelty is no less than that of Qin Shihuang and Yang Guang. Why did the Ming Dynasty not become a short-lived dynasty like the Qin and Sui Dynasty?
Zhu Yuanzhang reigned for 30 years and actively implemented the policy of rest and recuperation, creating the governance of Hongwu, social prosperity, and national peace. The farming area of farmers has increased and their lives are abundant. Encourage people to develop production and restore water conservancy.
Zhu Yuanzhang hates corrupt officials and is not ruthless in treating corrupt officials. But he treats the people very well and strives to safeguard the interests of the people.
After Qin Shihuang unified China, large-scale projects such as building the Great Wall, building tombs, and building the Afang Palace, , took countless manpower and material resources, seriously exceeding the people's load.
Emperor Yang Guang’s approach is simply a replica of Qin Shihuang, building the eastern capital Luoyang, and building Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal . These unprecedented huge projects are beyond people’s capacity to endure, and ultimately force the country into chaos and peasant uprisings are everywhere.
Zhu Yuanzhang's foreign wars were mostly wars to unify the whole country. Generally speaking, the scope of combat is limited to traditional Han areas. After the Han area stabilized, foreign wars mainly targeted Mongolia. 15 non-strike countries were also identified.
shows that Zhu Yuanzhang's foreign war tended to be conservative and lacked pioneering and enterprising. One advantage of this is that the country can steadily develop its economy.
Emperor Yang Guang is different. He three-level campaign Goguryeo and did not achieve strategic goals. On the contrary, it has brought about very negative impacts, greatly damaged national strength and aggravated social conflicts.
enslaves the people, does not consider the lives and death of the people, officials oppress the people, resulting in public grievances and causing extremely far-reaching disasters.
Qin Dynasty and Sui Dynasty both faced the unstable factors of the old nobles. Although Qin Shihuang moved the old nobles to Xianyang to resettle, the peasant uprising at the end of Qin , the Qin Dynasty could not control the situation, and the forces of the six countries recovered. The nobles of the six countries rushed to return to the Central Plains, which accelerated the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
The Qin Dynasty was unified for a short time, and the hearts of the people of the six countries did not completely belong to the Qin Dynasty. They are still fighting on their own and have no sense of unifying the country. After the unification of the Sui Dynasty, it also faced the old aristocratic forces headed by Guanlong Group and the forces represented by the Li Yuan family. The Sui Dynasty seemed powerful, but in fact the aristocratic forces were in a turbulent tide. Emperor Yang Guang also offended the Guanlong Group and was eventually killed by Yu Wenhua and sent someone to!
Finally, look at the Ming Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty unified the country, the Yuan Dynasty perished. The remnants of the forces fled from the northern desert, and the old nobles could not compete with the Ming Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty lost the high-quality territory of the Central Plains, and it was difficult to restore China by relying on the grasslands in the north of the desert alone.
To sum up: Although Zhu Yuanzhang was cruel, he was far from reaching the level of tyranny. He knows how to develop people's livelihood. The social development of the Ming Dynasty recovered well and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Zhu Yuanzhang's cruelty was just to eliminate corrupt officials. He launched local wars to control the intensity of the war, and did not shake the country's roots.
During the Qin and Sui Dynasty, their behavior exceeded the people's ability to bear it, and the people lived in dire straits. There is no way out, no hope, and there is no choice but to rebel.
The Qin and Sui dynasties did too much, which shook the foundation of the country and did not give people a chance to breathe. Destruction becomes a matter of time!
