In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the southeast region has always been an economically developed place because of its proximity to the sea and the suitability of climate and geography. It is precisely because of the coastal waters that when foreign countries enter China from the southeast coast, they are also attracted by the rich economic development of them.
Thus, the land of wealth has a double influence, one is to create wealth together, and the other is to plunder wealth with ambition.
Under the influence of civilization and etiquette, the operation of the Ming Empire was peaceful, but Japan, which was across the sea, had a bad heart. Maybe it's a problem left over from history, maybe it's a problem of Ming Dynasty policy.
In order to plunder their wealth, many Japanese ronin chose to enter China by boat at all costs. Especially in the southeast coastal area, it has become the main area where they wantonly act.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Yangzhou area was undoubtedly the most prosperous city, and the target of many Ronin was Yangzhou. Fortunately, in the face of the arrival of foreign invaders, many Chinese people did not sit idly by, but chose to take up arms and fight against them.
Although Yangzhou was important, the number of successes of the Wokou was zero, because the Huainan salt area in eastern Jiangsu became the main place of resistance.
So what efforts and struggles did the people in the Huainan region of eastern Jiangsu go through in order to resist the foreign invasion of the Wokou? In the process of fighting against the Wokou, what are the details of the battle? These should be answered by history.
"Closing the country behind closed doors" has instead attracted the incursions of foreign invaders
Before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there were two glorious dynasties of the Tang and Song dynasties. Japan is also a country that is good at learning, and when other countries are strong, they will learn enthusiastically; but Japan is also an ambitious country.
When other countries decline, they carry out large-scale invasions.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, in addition to the national political clarity, the high degree of economic development made the national strength and people's livelihood reach a very high level. After the war, the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was not as good as before.
As a result, the attitude of the Japanese state has also changed. However, in the era of the Ming Dynasty's military strength, Japan's ambitions became delusional.
1. Japan's attitude toward China during the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties
As the saying goes, there is no harm without contrast. But there is really no comparison, and it is difficult to know the truth. Comparing the Tang and Song dynasties with the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the glory of the Tang and Song dynasties is indeed difficult to compare and achieve in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
The Tang Dynasty's tolerant attitude made many countries yearn for it, and it was precisely this that made the history of the Tang Dynasty reach its peak. In the Song Dynasty, its foreign policy did not gain the same atmosphere as the Tang Dynasty because of the existence of other countries.
However, during the Song Dynasty, the people remained at ease, because the economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty enabled many people to live a stable life.
By the time of the Yuan Dynasty, the closed rule of the Mongols was reflected in the racial class. An unfair system limits the further development of the country. It existed for less than a hundred years before it was replaced by the Ming Dynasty.
The Tang and Song dynasties were strong, while the Yuan Dynasty was weak, and Japan, far away in the East China Sea, had a clear understanding of it. Because during the Tang and Song dynasties, Japan paid tribute continuously. However, during the Yuan Dynasty, Japan did not follow the instructions of the Yuan court and "repeatedly failed to arrive"
Even though yuan ting had sent troops to threaten Japan, in the face of the country's real strength, Japan was indeed a sensible country.
2. The turmoil and military achievements of the early Ming Dynasty
Just when Japan ignored the Yuan Dynasty, the war in the early Ming Dynasty caused Japan to re-examine the land of China. But this time, the vision is different from the past, not the kind of eyes full of admiration and admiration, but the eyes full of greed and ambition.
At the time of the turmoil in the early Ming Dynasty, many of the chinese people were outlaws and haojie, in order to win their own small victories, they went to Japan to instigate support. But after the Japanese ronin came to China, they saw the broken China and became ambitious.
Therefore, he began to invade Chinese land on a large scale, and intended to achieve his ambitions in the Chinese region.
Fortunately, God blessed Huaxia, and the ascension of the Yongle Emperor made the ambitions of the Japanese ronin sink to the bottom of the sea again. In the seventeenth year of Yongle (1419), the Wukou forces were rampant and invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty. In order to combat the rampant Wukou, the Ming army, under the command of the Yongle Emperor,
A brave blow was inflicted on the Wokou.
After killing and wounding more than a thousand people, wokou suffered heavy losses and their power gradually declined. Before the powerful Ming Dynasty, Japan once again bowed its head and chose to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
3. The preparation of the "hundred years" and the drawbacks of national policies
For a total of 100 years, from the twenty-first year of Yongle (1423) to the first year of Jiajing (1522), the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Japan was always normal. However, during the Jiajing period, the ming dynasty's national strength declined, Japan's ambitions were rekindled, and a tentative attack on China was launched.
Since the Ming Dynasty implemented the national policy of "closing the country off the border", there was only one port of commerce with Japan, in Ningbo. Although the politics of the Ming Dynasty were corrupt, in the southeast region, economic development was relatively high.
In order to obtain higher economic benefits and satisfy the ambitions of the Wokou, a large number of Wokou re-invaded China.
After the Ming Dynasty decided on the national policy of "closing the country off", it was to prevent overseas enemies from invading China. However, what wanwan did not expect was that it was precisely because of this national policy that it further led to the large-scale invasion of the Wokou.
As a result, a complex and unforgettable period of national struggle unfolded in the southeast region.
Responsibility and responsibility of Huainan Salt District in Eastern Jiangsu Province
The high economic development of the southeast region has made many Wokou determined to share a "piece of the pie". In addition, there are also Chinese merchants who go to the sea to do business, and they want to obtain permission to go to the sea to do business through the Wokou.
As a result, under the "internal and external troubles", the southeast region ushered in a catastrophe.
The southeast coast, along the coastline of thousands of miles, was invaded and persecuted by the Wokou. Many people were brutally killed by the Wokou. A national struggle is also unfolding in the southeast coastal region.
Among them, the Huainan Salt District in eastern Jiangsu has become an important battlefield.
1. Yangzhou's "Good Brothers"
Why the Huainan Salt District in Eastern Jiangsu has become an important battlefield, because from the map, Yangzhou is very close to the Huainan Salt District in Eastern Jiangsu. The main purpose of many Wokou invasions was the wealth of Yangzhou.
In order to protect Yangzhou, the adjacent area became the main battlefield.
As the "good brothers" adjacent to Yangzhou, the compatriots in the Huainan Salt District of Eastern Jiangsu certainly cannot sit idly by. At the time of national crisis, only by fighting with the same enemy and uniting in struggle can we win the final victory.
2. The hiding place of Yu Kou
In addition, because it was close to Yangzhou, it became the main hiding place or place of escape of the Wokou. Because of the failure of the operation, Wokou rarely chose to fight to the end, but chose to save his life. Whenever the attack on Yangzhou failed, they would quickly flee, and the Huainan Salt District in eastern Jiangsu had undoubtedly become their ideal place.
3. The burning of ethnic hatred
In the inheritance of culture, national culture is undoubtedly an important part of the cultural brilliance. In order to defend their own national culture, there have been too many similar wars in ancient and modern China and abroad. The invasion of the southeast coastal area by the Wokou was a provocation and struggle in national culture. Under the influence of this culture, many local people have chosen to align the muzzle of the gun to the outside world.
Although there were also many Chinese who helped the Wokou invade, it was difficult to link with the national culture in them. Because in their eyes, wealth is more important than the profound national culture.
The final history proves that the power of wealth is far less powerful than that of national culture.
The uphill battle with the Wokou
1. Advanced weapons and cruel means of the Wokou
In the thirty-third year of Jiajing (1554), in the collusion of the merchant Wang Zhi and others, the Wokou began to invade the southeast coastal areas on a large scale. In order to maximize the results of the war, the Wokou wantonly attacked the coastal areas,
Launched a "honeycomb" attack.
Aimlessness has led to many people's homes encountering disasters.
In order to attack the city and seize the land, the Wokou were also equipped with advanced weapons. In addition to the knife, there are also bows and arrows, spears, etc. These weapons looked ordinary, but compared with the Ming army and the people at that time, they were indeed much more advanced.
After the Ming army won a battle, it even captured two bronze Flang machines. It seems that before the invasion of the Wokou, it seemed aimless, but in fact it had been prepared.
2. Insufficient preparation and ease in the early stage
The southeastern region that has been in peace for a long time,
"The officials and the people do not know about military affairs"
When the Wokou came, they were not prepared, so in the early stages of the struggle with the Wokou, they suffered heavy losses. Often one or two Wokou are enough to resist hundreds of people. Under the threat and influence of the Wokou, there were also people who wrote poems to express bitterness.
"For several years, the beacon fire was trapped, and the pain was the original father's old feelings."
Under the frenzied attack of the Wokou, the cities along the southeast coast suffered more or less losses. From Shexian to Tongzhou, and even outside the city of Yangzhou, the Wukou wantonly oppressed the local people.
"The sound of weeping, far and near"
Hatred and bitterness between peoples became the theme of the time.
3. Unite as one and fight bravely
But the pain did not defeat the belief of the people in the southeast coastal area, in order to defend their land and fight against foreign invaders, in the Huainan salt area of eastern Jiangsu, the local people fought to the death.
In the local area, there is no glory like Qi Jiguang, but there are heroic events of the local people.
For example, in the thirty-three years of Jiajing, Lü's four battles achieved great success. The officials and the people fought together, and Jiang Yong Jiang bi and Jiang Zhuang beheaded 7 and captured countless materials.
The attempt of the Wokou to land at LüSichang was shattered, and all the Wokou who landed on the shore were suppressed. Of course, this was only a small victory, and with joint efforts, a big victory was also achieved.
After summarizing several attacks by the Wokou, it will be found that the main goal of the Wokou is to attack Yangzhou. In order to discourage the enthusiasm of the Wokou in attacking Yangzhou, in the Huainan Salt Area of Eastern Jiangsu, the officials and people set up a meticulous ambush.
In this way, the Wokou evacuated several times, and there was no excessive plan. However, it did not curb the ambition of the Wokou to attack again, and the Wokou was still carefully planning the next move.
In view of the tight security of the Huainan Salt District in eastern Jiangsu, Wokou decided to prepare a large number of troops to invade the area. Unexpectedly, its large army was ambushed and led to several defeats.
When the Wokou realized the threat from the area around Yangzhou, they began to attack wildly, so their defeat was also complete.
In the Nishiba area, the officials and people once again attacked the Wokou and won a great victory. From then on, Wokou no longer dared to covet the Huainan Salt Area in Eastern Jiangsu. Both inside and outside the court were ecstatic about the incident, and some people praised it
"The Dragon Marches To the South, and the Water Battle Hall is Red Banner."
The defense of the homeland is always won
After the great victory in the Western Field, Wu Kou did not dare to think too much about the Huainan Salt Area in eastern Jiangsu. After Qi Jiguang arrived, he dealt a thorough blow to the Wokou, so that the wokou's troubles were put to rest.
As a result, the victory of the southeast coastal resistance against the Wu dynasty was not all the credit of Qi Jiguang, but the common credit of the local people.
Although the Ming court did not correct the drawbacks of "closing the country off", even the Qing Dynasty continued the ming dynasty's national policy, which is undoubtedly a major regret in history. But during the Jiajing period, the Huainan Salt District in Eastern Jiangsu Province,
The history and war of the local people's sworn struggle with the Wokou prove that the victory of the war is actually the victory of the ideology, the victory of the region, and the victory of the nation.