The Ming Dynasty existed in history for 276 years, the first founding emperor was Zhu Yuanzhang, it is worth mentioning that Zhu Yuanzhang, as one of the lowest-born emperors in history, was able to create the Ming Dynasty, all of which was very difficult. In addition, from another point of view, Zhu Yuanzhang can become the founding emperor, which undoubtedly needs the assistance of strategists and military generals.
There are very few dynasties in history that can exceed three hundred years, and the Xia Shang Zhou must have exceeded three hundred years, but the Xia Shang Zhou is not a feudal dynasty. In addition, the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty existed for more than three hundred years, in fact, in the strict sense, the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were interrupted, the Han Dynasty was divided into the Western Han And Eastern Han, and the Song Dynasty was divided into the Northern Song And Southern Song.
It is undeniable that both the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were among the few dynasties in history that exceeded three hundred years. Then again, although the Ming Dynasty did not exceed three hundred years, it still existed for 276 years. The king of the Ming Dynasty was the Chongzhen Emperor, and in terms of the situation at that time, the Chongzhen Emperor could not reverse the situation, and the Ming Dynasty at this time was worried about internal and external troubles.
Under such circumstances, the Chongzhen Emperor still struggled to support for nearly twenty years, in this case, the performance of the Chongzhen Emperor during his reign was still OK. Nowadays, if Zhu Yuanzhang opens a summary meeting of the Ming Dynasty, who will Zhu Yuanzhang criticize first? In addition to Zhu Yuanzhang himself, a total of 15 emperors appeared in the Ming Dynasty.
Of these 15, the early and middle emperors were still good. In the later period, especially after the Wanli Emperor, the problem arose. After Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Di, he would definitely be furious, because Zhu Yuanzhang had just died, and Zhu Di rebelled. Zhu Yunjiao became an unaccounted for. First of all, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely criticize Zhu Di, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang just died, Zhu Di rebelled.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a very strict father, and in the face of Zhu Di's rebellion, Zhu Yuanzhang would certainly not tolerate it, and would even beat Zhu Di up, but this was as a father's education for his son. During Zhu Di's reign, he set up a cabinet, which was actually equivalent to putting the position of chancellor on the post again. Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely think that the abolition of The Prime Minister at the beginning of the painstaking Baal, when Zhu Di appeared again.
It is better to know than not to abolish it in the first place. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang would certainly criticize other emperors, such as Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, when your great-grandfather set a precedent for eunuch deliberations, but there were no eunuchs with excessive authority. However, during the reign of Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen, eunuchs such as Wang Zhen appeared, and now it seems that Wang Zhen was the first eunuch with exclusive power in the Ming Dynasty.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Zhen's power at that time was even greater than that of the first assistant of the cabinet. Later, Emperor Ming made a more serious mistake, that is, he smashed the sign that "eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics" Zhu Yuanzhang's most fierce criticism was definitely the Wanli Emperor. In the history books, there is a saying that the Ming Dynasty did not die at the Chongzhen Emperor, but at the Wanli Emperor.
It is undeniable that during the reign of the Wanli Emperor, every day he wanted to soak in the harem, and even if the ministers of the court wanted to see the Wanli Emperor, it was even more difficult. That is, during the period of the Wanli Emperor, the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty intensified, and from then on, the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty became uncontrollable. After the emergence of party strife in the Ming Dynasty, even at the critical moment of life and death at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it still only cared about party strife.
Under such circumstances, how could the Ming Dynasty resist the enemy? Eventually, the Ming Dynasty came to an end. It is undeniable that it was precisely because of the emergence of the Wanli Emperor that led to the accelerated demise of the Ming Dynasty. More importantly, during the reign of the Wanli Emperor, the three major marches of wanli were launched, which directly led to economic problems in the Ming Dynasty and laid hidden dangers for the demise of the late Ming Dynasty.
The root cause of the fall of the Ming Dynasty must be found in Zhu Yuanzhang. If Zhu Yuanzhang had not established so many clan kings, I am afraid that the clan kings of the late Ming Dynasty would not have only cared about their own lives and deaths. It should be known that during the Ming Dynasty, the expenses of the king of the clan were the responsibility of the imperial court, and if there were no such burdens, the ming dynasty's finances would not be in trouble, and it would not lead to the dilemma of no military salaries at the end of the Ming Dynasty.