Recently, the popular costume drama "Daming Fenghua" has made Ming Chengzu Zhu Di a hot topic again, and it has been hotly searched on major websites, and the index has soared. "Daming Style" is a costume drama, many plots are very bloody, but also do not conform to historical facts; there are too many fictional plots, making people complain continuously. For example, Yu Qian, who has the reputation of recreating the Ming Dynasty, is actually an alcoholic who is as drunk as his life, and he was captured by the Army of Wallachia, which is really funny. You must know that Yu Qian was a completely civil official, with high moral character, "not afraid of shattering his body and bones, and leaving his innocence in the human world", he was a model for courtiers in the feudal empire era, would he be a "disciple of wine bags and rice bags"? In any case, this drama has brought fire to a wave of people in the Ming Dynasty, especially Ming Chengzu Zhu Di. Here, the author will talk about the "five firsts" created by Zhu Di, the imperial era of more than 2,000 years, no one can match, can be called a world-class emperor.
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The first king of the clan to successfully counterattack by force
Since the Zhou metric system, the primogeniture system has become the main way to change the throne, which objectively contributes to the stability of the political situation of the empire during the transition period of power. Of course, this is only an idealized will, and the succession to the throne is most often bloody, violent, and intriguing; the eldest son is often killed or excluded from the core power. The same is the emperor's son, why let the eldest son inherit it? At this time, many of the clan kings with heavy armies wanted to rely on force to counterattack and seize the supreme power, but the results failed. During the Jing Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" broke out, the Western Jin Dynasty broke out the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", and the princes of the Li clan of the Tang Dynasty rebelled against Wu Zetian, but the results were tragic. Among them, the Western Jin Dynasty was the most unlucky, and the princes not only failed to seize the throne, but also let the northern "Five Hu" army go south to the Central Plains, resulting in the collapse of sheji. What about Zhu Di? With 800 soldiers and horses in his hands, His Highness the King of Yan, the Nine Gates of Beiping were still under the control of the imperial court, and he actually dared to raise an army to "Jingnan" and seized the world in 4 years. The point is that when Zhu Di rebelled, the northern Mongols were very honest and did not dare to invade Daming. In this way, Zhu Di became the first king in history to successfully counterattack by force.
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The first king to retake the "independent territories"
The whole world can not be the king's land, and the coast of the land can not be the king's subject, which is the "national concept" and "world consciousness" of the ancient Chinese emperors. Therefore, ancient China did not have the concept of "sovereign state" and "nation-state" in the modern sense, but "no separation of home and country", and the meaning was empty. Therefore, the ancient feudal dynasties generally managed the frontier areas relatively loosely, often adopting a system of bondage, which required tribute from the other side. Annam and Korea were exceptions, most of the time considered part of China, and the imperial court also set up counties and counties here to administer, and levied taxes and servitude. However, Annam and Korea were very independent, and after the Han Dynasty, Korea became independent, and has never been included in the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty since then, as was the case during the Tang Dynasty; at the end of the Five Dynasties, Annam became independent and established a state, and the Song and Yuan could not recover it. After Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, considering that Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang had promised Korea to exist in the name of "vassal state", he no longer tossed. What about Annan? Zhu Di was very annoyed, and the gang always made trouble, so he asked Zhang Fu to lead a 300,000-strong army to the south, attack and destroy it, and set up the Jiaotong Cloth Political Division to once again incorporate it into the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty. In this way, Zhu Di became the first emperor in history to successfully recover the "independent territory".
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The first five imperial conquests, dared to personally charge the battle, and did not lose a single victory
When it comes to the military value of the Central Plains Dynasty, many people think that the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty are the three most cattle. Meng Tian led an army of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu in the north, but the enemy was more than 700 miles, resulting in "the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses, and the soldiers did not dare to bend their bows and complain." Wei Qing and Huo Went ill successively went out to attack Saiwai and hunted down and killed the Xiongnu, resulting in the lack of a royal court in the south of the desert, and most of the Xiongnu were forced to move west. Li Jing, Li Ji, Su Dingfang, and others swept through the Eastern Turks and The Western Turks, and the steppe tribes had to follow the Tang Dynasty Zhengshuo and call Li Shimin a "Heavenly Khan." However, this is not a special cattle for the emperor, after all, it is the general who leads the troops to charge and fight, not the emperor himself. Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han, and Li Shimin did not charge again after succeeding to the throne; although Li Shimin was personally on the throne, he was defeated in Goguryeo and ended up with the Sui Emperor, but only later when Li Zhi won, the Tang Dynasty washed away the shame. What about Zhu Di? After becoming emperor, he also personally conquered the Mongolian steppes five times and won a complete victory; when he first went out, he personally went into battle to break the Arutai Army. In terms of this achievement, the imperial system of more than 2,000 years, who can compare. The Japanese scholar Nake Tongshi: "Although the former Han Wu and Tang Zong repeatedly broke the Northern Di, they were all sent generals rather than pro-conquests. The Han Tianzi crossed the desert, and only Ming Chengzu was alone. ”
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The first is to attach importance to the "maritime strategy" and focus on the emperor of the world
Agriculture is the foundation of the founding of the country, and all the dynasties and dynasties have basically pursued the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce; agriculture is the foundation, which is valued, and commerce is the last, and it is discriminated against. In this context, the Central Plains Dynasty has become what Western historians today call "the guardian of agricultural civilization" and "the defender of green civilization"; while the West is "the pioneer of marine civilization" and "the creator of blue civilization". Indeed, the Chinese emperors paid little attention to the development of the oceans, and most of the overseas trade was carried out by the people; the emperors only knew how to defend the territory of China and rarely considered the development and utilization of offshore resources. Although the Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty attached importance to overseas trade and the "Silk Road" was very happy, it could not be regarded as the country's "maritime strategy". Zhu Di is different? He was the first emperor to focus on "maritime strategy" and focus on the world, and Western historians call him "the great emperor of the world". Zheng He's voyage to the West was not only the clichéd tributary trade, showing off national prestige, and looking for Emperor Jianwen; more importantly, he united with the Indian Ocean countries and copied the back road of the Timurid Empire, so that he did not dare to act rashly. It should be known that the Timurid Empire was the second most powerful country in the world after the Ming Empire, and not long ago overturned the rising Ottoman Turkish Empire and successfully dismembered it into four parts.
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The first built the capital on the border line, with the town of kings guarding the frontier
Taking the revenue of the southeast to defend the northwest frontier was one of the great strategic characteristics of the Central Plains Dynasty; defending against the invasion of nomadic peoples and protecting the development of agricultural civilization was the goal of successive emperors. In the face of nomadic invasion, how to solve it? It is possible to send troops to requisition, but it cannot be used commonly, because the cost is too high, and it is easy to drag down the empire's finances and become the fuse of the empire's demise. Therefore, it is still the most reliable to guard the border and block it outside, and the importance of the Great Wall comes from this. The Great Wall and fortress were built, and naturally it was necessary to be guarded by powerful generals to ensure that the defensive line received the expected effect. Zhu Di was an exception, and it was good for the general to guard the border pass, but it was too far away from the imperial court, and the emperor was not good at understanding the military situation in time and reacting and deploying quickly. To this end, Zhu Di decided to move the capital to Beijing, and built the capital near the border line, guarded by the king, that is, "the son of heaven guards the gate of the country". This is very remarkable, in the face of the invasion of strong enemies in the northern steppe, the Central Plains Empire can hide and hide, and saving lives is the key. This was the case in the Western Jin Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, and so on, and as soon as foreign enemies came, they wanted to move the capital and escape. What about Zhu Di? You have come just in time, so as not to go to you; there is no need to discuss beating you, this is called domineering.
In summary, Zhu Di (Zhu Laosi), the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, is indeed a world-class emperor of a generation of heroes and talents, who created the "Five Firsts", from qin shi huang to Puyi's abdication of the imperial system for more than 2,000 years, no one can match. The "History of Ming" commented on it: "The strategy of xiongwu is the same as that of Gaozu." The Sixth Division has been out repeatedly, and the desert north is clear. By the end of the season, Wei De was appointed, the four parties were obeyed, and the tributes were clearly ordered to perish in the Thirty Kingdoms. The vastness of the meteorites, far away from The Han and Tang Dynasties. "It's worthy of the name, in a word.
Bibliography: History of the Ming Dynasty