Introduction: In fact, Zhao Liewen's view is not completely accurate, from the rise of the Later Jin to the unification of the Central Plains in several stages. The real ease is that it took less than two years from the Great Qing To unify Jiangnan, and even occupied the original two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years. But people often don't see that nearly 50 years have passed from 1616, when Nurhaci was founded as Khan, to the time when the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youluo was killed by the Qing army to unify the two capitals and thirteen provinces. This cannot be said to be easy: the Sui Emperor Yang Jian's direct acceptance of the Zen throne was the most convenient; Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, did not take more than ten years from the beginning of his army to the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty; and it was only ten years from the time of Tang Gaozu's army in 618 to the completion of the unification of Liang Shi in 628. If you look at it from this time perspective, the Qing Dynasty is not easy. Another explanation for the ease with which the Qing Dynasty won the country is that the Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains to unify the world was a purely unexpected gain. Originally, he wanted to divide the side to gain the recognition of the Central Plains Dynasty, but he did not expect to become orthodox when he entered the Central Plains.
In fact, of all the great unified dynasties in China's history, the easiest to win the country was the Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian. When Northern Zhou was about to complete its unification, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou died of illness, and Yang Jian easily usurped the throne to establish the Sui Dynasty under the suspicion of the lord Shaoguo. Of course, it is easy to gain and easy to lose, and the sui dynasty died in the second generation. Therefore, relatively speaking, it was not easy for the Qing Dynasty to establish political power to complete unification, and the time span was even greater than that of dynasties such as the Han and Tang Dynasties.
The easiest two years in the process of Manchu unification
If you only look at the history from the Entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the sweep of Jiangnan, it is indeed very easy to take more than a year. Thanks to the infighting between Wu Sangui, Li Zicheng and NanMing, the leading party, the Great Qing won so easily. The Qing army did not know the specific situation of what happened in Beijing, and Wu Sangui, the leading party, took the initiative to write a letter inviting the Qing army to enter the customs; Li Zicheng overthrew the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Manchu Qing; and without a fierce war, north China was included in the territory of the Great Qing. The following map is a map of Li Zicheng before he entered Beijing in 1644, and comparing it with the previous map of 1646, it can be seen that the Qing army swept through Jiangnan from outside Guanwai in just over a year. This was the easiest part of the Manchu unification process. Therefore, it is easy to say that the country is easy, and it is probably about this historical stage.
Li Zicheng was defeated from Beijing too quickly, and he was killed by the Ming army in a hurry to return to his hometown in Shaanxi. Although Li Zicheng took up a role in the Battle of Huaiqing, the Qing army that understood that it focused on encircling and suppressing Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng was forced to flee south, and the Manchus easily reaped the rich Yellow River valley. While the Southern Ming was still arguing about who was a concubine, the Manchu Qing had already killed Jiangnan. As a result, the small court of Hongguang collapsed at a touch, and the Manchu Qing swept through Jiangnan.
Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Customs, the political system of the Central Plains Dynasty was fully studied and absorbed, so it could be perfectly and peacefully connected in the process of gradually expanding the territory. This is also a manifestation of the ease of getting a country
During the Nurhaci period, the post-Jin system was dominated by jurchen customs. By the time Emperor Taiji succeeded to the throne and set the capital of Shenyang, as the number of Han people under his rule gradually increased, he began to set up six ministries and other institutions modeled on the three provinces and six ministries of the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Taiji, the political system of the regime gradually transitioned from the three-life and six-part system and the eight-flag system to a process dominated by three provinces and six ministries. This political system had been operating skillfully for many years before the Qing army entered the customs. Therefore, after the Qing army completed the relocation of the capital, it was able to seamlessly and effectively manage the newly occupied land.
This method of preheating in advance in the Qing Dynasty was much more advanced than that of the Jin Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan. Historically, more than 20 years after the Jin Dynasty entered the Central Plains, during the Reign of Emperor Xizong, the Three Provinces and Six Ministries System was used to replace the Jurchen Bo Jilie system. Therefore, the people of the Central Plains will certainly be very uncomfortable, which is very unfavorable to stable rule. During the Yuan Dynasty, although the Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province, privy council, Yushitai and other Central Plains dynastic systems were implemented earlier, they still retained the profound grassland old system.
The early warm-up of the political system of the Qing Dynasty played a positive role in the smooth completion of the transformation of the dynasty after entering the Central Plains without any obstacles. From this point of view, it is relatively easy for the Qing Dynasty to win the country compared to predecessors such as the Yuan and Jin Dynasties.
The Qing Dynasty, which presented itself as Confucian orthodoxy, quickly won the recognition of the scholarly and scholar-scholars
After strong resistance from the threat of force in the early Qing Dynasty, the Qing rulers quickly adjusted their tactics to defend confucianism. This routine eventually won the recognition of the Literati Doctor Group for its Chinese identity. The eight-strand examination system, which was no different from the Ming Dynasty, quickly attracted readers to become officials in the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty guaranteed the treatment of officials, and even the unspoken rule that the hidden gentry did not pay grain and errands was also accepted. So the gentry had nothing to lose, so they actively integrated into the new dynasty. This privilege of the gentry was only gradually weakened during the period when Yongzheng implemented the New Deal.
The people's requirements are much simpler, they just need to eat and wear warm. To put it bluntly, it was the pressure on the common people caused by the dark and corrupt officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The common people, who were oppressed by warlords and officials at the end of the Ming Dynasty, urgently needed to rest and eat. Don't expect the hungry people to have too high a consciousness, as long as they are not more corrupt than at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty confiscated a large amount of unowned land that could be distributed to the common people, and only required to pay taxes and serve. So society quickly settled down.
The use of readers to maintain the stability of the official class and the land for the people to ensure the stability of the bottom level allowed the Qing Dynasty to quickly settle down. This is also another reason why everyone thinks that the Great Qing can easily obtain the world and can still govern the world smoothly.
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