The Ming Xiao Mausoleum of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has been untouched in Nanjing for more than 600 years, and in these 600 years, Nanjing can be described as turbulent. Has experienced:
The Qing army entered the customs, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established its capital in Nanjing, the warlords fought in a scuffle, and the fall of Nanjing in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
But the Tomb of Ming Xiaoling has not been excavated so far, what is the situation? Is it true that the Qing Army, the Taiping Army, the Beiyang Warlords, and the Japanese Army are not interested in the Ming Tombs? I don't think that's possible, right?
In fact, at every stage, Ming Xiaoling was in danger, but it was the four words that people said fearfully, saving Ming Xiaoling. (Don't talk about what technology is not home, there is no mausoleum that thermal weapons can't handle).)
First, the Qing Dynasty inherited the Ming system, and naturally it was necessary to protect the Ming Tombs.
During the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Tombs were naturally unbreakable, and no emperor would foolishly attack his ancestral graves. However, since the Qing army entered the customs, the situation has been different.
After the Qing army destroyed the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, they captured the Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong and took it to the capital, and Nanjing fell from then on. At this time, the Qing army did not attack Ming Xiaoling, why? Because people are terrible at words.
When the Qing army first entered the pass, the banner erected was to avenge the Chongzhen Emperor and drive out Li Zicheng's army. It was precisely because of this banner that a large number of officials and eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty chose to surrender to the Qing army.
Even if Duoduo's army went south to destroy the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it was because Dolgun was dissatisfied with Zhu Yousong's unauthorized claim to the throne and did not obey the unified arrangements of the capital. Therefore, from the appearance, the Qing army was not aimed at the Ming Dynasty, but against Li Zicheng.
In this way, a number of civilian and military generals could naturally defect to the Qing Dynasty. This policy is very useful, if the Qing army excavates the Ming Tomb at this time, is it not beating its own mouth?
During the Kangxi Dynasty, the world gradually stabilized, so why didn't the Qing army excavate the Ming Tombs at this time? The reason is still the same, in order to buy people's hearts. This time, what Kangxi bought was the hearts and minds of the people who read books in the world.
In order to show his reverence for the Ming Dynasty, he specially inscribed a stele here in the Ming Xiaoling Tomb, which had four big characters written on it: Zhilong Tang Song. That is, to praise Zhu Yuanzhang's rule as comparable to Tang Zong's Song Zu.
Kangxi had a very accurate grasp of the minds of the readers, and the Status of the Ming Dynasty in their minds was too high. Only by holding Zhu Yuanzhang up to heaven, these people will sincerely work for the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Kangxi made six southern tours, five of which personally went to the Ming Tombs to pay homage.
Therefore, throughout the Qing Dynasty, the admiration for the Ming Dynasty has never changed. They worked hard to learn the Han culture of the Central Plains, and constantly integrated into the Han culture, and then they had more respect for Zhu Yuanzhang, and naturally they would not move the Ming Xiaoling. If you move this way, all the previous efforts will be in vain.
Second, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was originally a dynasty established by the Han People.
Many people say that Hong Xiu is all Hakka, but in fact, Hakka is a branch of the Han people. The banner they raised was mainly to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore Han rule.
And the closest Han Dynasty to that time was not the Ming Dynasty! The Qing army called them long hairs, in fact, the Ming Dynasty people were also so-called long hairs. Because the Ming Dynasty people advocated that the body hair skin should be borne by the parents, they generally did not shave their heads.
When the Qing army entered the customs, it made a very serious mistake, that is, it advocated leaving hair without leaving its head, and leaving its head without leaving its hair. As a result, a large number of groups in the south fought the Qing army to the end for their hair.
The Taiping Army led by Hong Xiuquan obviously had long hair, which was basically no different from the Ming Dynasty. Since it was to restore the Han Dynasty, how could they attack Ming Xiaoling?
Moreover, the Tiandihui, which has always used the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, also made great contributions in the process of the Taiping Army's uprising. Therefore, the Taiping Army had no reason to move the Ming Tombs.
Third, the Beiyang warlords are also a Han Chinese group in the final analysis.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Han Chinese gradually rose. After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed, the Han leaders, led by Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang, and others, gradually stepped forward.
Since then, the Han forces have basically dominated the Yangtze River, and even if Cixi desperately wants to change the status quo, she feels powerless. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang warlords headed by Yuan Shikai were all Han Chinese.
After this calf, the military power of the entire Qing Dynasty basically fell into their hands. Therefore, after the Xinhai Revolution, the Beiyang warlords instantly destroyed the Qing Dynasty and seized power.
As Han Chinese, they naturally have a little more reverence for the Ming Tombs and a little less covetousness. One of them, a warlord named Sun Dianying, didn't he dig up the tombs of Cixi and Qianlong! That is aimed at the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Tombs are good!
Fourth, the Japanese army feared the Ming Tombs.
Many people are puzzled, because the Japanese army created the tragic Nanjing Massacre, and more than 300,000 compatriots were not spared, which is simply outrageous. But they didn't move the Ming Tombs, why was that?
The specific reasons are actually different, among which the more popular views are as follows:
First, the Japanese army feared the monarchy.
Until now, Japan has been a constitutional monarchy. The Japanese emperor during World War II was a figure of real power, and all Japanese troops had to serve the emperor.
Therefore, these fanatics, even in China, still have a reverence for the monarch. Respecting Zhu Yuanzhang, the master of the Ming Tombs, seems to be respecting the monarchical system.
Second, the Japanese army planned to invade culture, using the Ming Tomb as a springboard.
Armed aggression will eventually be overthrown one day. However, cultural aggression can develop for a long time. The Japanese army had already taken this into account at that time, and Han culture has been the most important Chinese culture since ancient times.
So the Japanese want to integrate into Han culture first, and then continue to import their own culture. If you want to integrate into Han culture, you must respect the leaders of the Han people. Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the founding prince of the Ming Dynasty, drove the Yuan Dynasty out of the Central Plains, and was a very important Leader of the Han People, and his Ming Tomb naturally needed to be protected.
Third, the Japanese army still has a sense of identification with the history of China before the Qing Dynasty.
Japan is a very interesting country, not who has a good heart, they think it is good. And who is stronger, they think who is better. For example, Japan was dropped two atomic bombs by Lao Mei, and they instantly felt that Lao Mei was very good to them and was an object worth learning.
China, on the other hand, gradually declined during the Qing Dynasty and then lost to Japan in the Sino-Japanese War. But before the Qing Dynasty, Japan was always rubbed on the ground by the Chinese dynasty!
For example, during the Ming Dynasty and the Jiajing Dynasty, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dachen and others beat Up Wu Kou so that they could not find their way home. During the Wanli Dynasty, the army led by Li Rusong blocked the pace of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of the Ming Dynasty and beat the Japanese army again.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Japanese army, the Ming Dynasty is still a very great dynasty, compared with the Tang Dynasty at that time. Therefore, they naturally respected Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.