When you think of The Great Tomorrow, the first thing that comes to mind must be"
The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the kingdom, and the King dies
This sentence, it turns out that no matter what the ability of the Great Tomorrow's Heavenly Son, their degree of practice for this sentence is still relatively in place.
So what is the significance of the Great Tomorrow's Son's guarding the gate of the country? In my opinion, there are two major meanings.
The first significance is to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the northern frontier, guard the ancestral country and mountains and the stable life of the people. Most people can understand this, and the setting of the capital city in the north and the Son of Heaven personally sitting on guarding the frontier will better coordinate the military deployment and military coordination of the fortresses in the important towns in the north, and effectively prevent the northern Mongols from invading the south.
If the Son of Heaven was far away in Nanjing, if the Mongols went south, the imperial court would not be able to get an accurate and true war report at the first time, and then it would not be able to make effective defensive measures, which would give the Mongols an opportunity to take advantage of and cause greater losses.
Many people may raise a question after seeing this, that is, the Ming Dynasty during the Zhu Yuanzhang period was set to be in Nanjing, why did not the situation mentioned above?
In fact, this question is going to involve what the author will say next."
The Great Tomorrow Day keeps the gate of the country
The second meaning of ".
The second meaning is that Tianzi can effectively control the military power of the border and prevent the military generals from becoming big.
Then the previous question continues, after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he set the capital at Nanjing, although Tianzi was far away from the northern border, but there was no situation of Mongols invading from the south.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand, there are two reasons, the first is that at that time, the Yuan Dynasty was initially destroyed, the power was greatly damaged, and it was impossible to invade the south for a short time, and the second was that Zhu Yuanzhang divided his nine most capable sons to garrison the northwest, the north and the northeast frontier, and let them guard the border for the great Tomorrow Son, which is "
Nine Kings of Sai
”。
Each of the Nine Great Sai Kings was self-respecting, and when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, they were able to maintain absolute loyalty. Moreover, the Nine Great Sai Kings are all brothers, and once there is a Mongol invasion, they can quickly cooperate and make countermeasures at the first time, and the most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang has great trust in them, so the Nine Great Sai Kings have absolute power in their respective fiefdoms, and can even deploy local troops.
Therefore, during Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, although the capital was in Nanjing, he did not have to worry too much about the northern problems, and the imperial court could completely control the situation in the north, but after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the situation underwent a complete change.
The throne of the Son of Heaven is hereditary, and the throne of the clan is also hereditary, and with the succession of the throne and the father and son of the throne, the blood relationship within three generations has been estranged. At that time, the loyalty of the nine kings of the north to the imperial court will inevitably decrease. Here it is a good reference to the Yuan Dynasty, where Temujin once divided the Great Mongol State he founded into four khanates.
However, when Kublai Khan succeeded to the throne, the name of the country was changed to "
Great Mongolia
At that time, the four khanates successively declared independence from the rule of the imperial court. It should be known that at this time, only forty or fifty years after the founding of the Four Great Khanates, Temujin's grandsons have already begun to engage in division, which shows that in the face of absolute power temptation, there is really no family affection to speak of.
The same as the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was also facing this situation at that time, and Zhu Di ascended to the throne by mutiny. The biggest reason why he was able to succeed was that he was the king of Sai, who had military power and was far away from the imperial court, so that he could have enough time to prepare for the army, and he could have enough space to talk to the court.
Zhu Di knew very well that since he could create a rebellion against his nephew, then after a hundred years, there would inevitably be other clan kings who would create rebellions against his descendants, so in order to avoid future troubles, he had to move the capital to the north.
Then there may be another problem here, if you are afraid of the rebellion of the king of the clan, why not cut the clan or transfer the king of the clan to the inside, and replace the town of the king of the clan with a military general to guard the border pass?
In fact, replacing the king of the clan with a military general, the consequences are the same. Since ancient times, the imperial court's neglect of control has led to far more instances of military generals sitting on the throne than the king of the clan sitting on the throne, and didn't the once-prosperous Tang Dynasty perish in the fan town? Therefore, Zhu Di adopted a more reasonable and safe approach, that is, the king of the clan transferred internally and moved the capital to Beijing, so that the king of the clan and the military generals would not sit big and kill two birds with one stone.
Therefore, the ostensible significance of the Great Ming Dynasty's guarding the gate of the country lies in guarding the frontier, while the real significance lies in directly controlling the military forces in the north, strengthening the imperial power, and maintaining the stability of the rule.