It is estimated that when everyone watches the TV series, there will be a feeling that as long as there is a war in the Ming Dynasty, it is easy to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops and easily, while the Qing Dynasty mobilized soldiers and horses, but it can only mobilize a few tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, according to historical records Ming Chengzu Zhu Di five conquests of Mongolia is hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, even if it is at least once, but also mobilized nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses.
And in history, when the Qing Dynasty mobilized the most soldiers and horses, there were only 100,000 soldiers and horses, or in the time of Kangxi, when the Dzungar rebellion was put down, when Taiwan was conquered, including the war with Burma later, and when the big and small and Zhuo rebellions were almost only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses fighting, we can't help but wonder at this time, why is there such a situation?
According to the territory, during the Ming Dynasty, parts of Xinjiang and Mongolia were not occupied, although Liaodong was occupied, and the Nuer Gandu Division was established, but it would also cost a lot of soldiers and horses to garrison, and the territory of the Qing Dynasty, almost the place where the Ming Dynasty did not notify, had been completely ruled, and there was no need for a large number of soldiers to defend Liaodong Mongolia, why was the Ming Dynasty held back a lot, and the Qing Dynasty was almost no other situation that was contained, and the soldiers and horses that the two sides could mobilize would have such a big gap.
According to the population of both sides, the Ming Dynasty often had wars, coupled with the fact that there were often serious natural disasters in the country, so the population was greatly reduced, and the Qing Dynasty led to a substantial increase in population because of the introduction of sweet potatoes and other foods, almost reaching a population of 300 million to 400 million, but in such a situation, it is very obvious that the Qing Dynasty's reserve military resources are obviously more than the Qing Dynasty, so why is the Qing Dynasty's military resources worse?
Mainly because the ruling classes of the two sides are not the same, the Ming Dynasty is after all a dynasty established by the Han, and the Qing Dynasty is a dynasty established by the Manchus, because the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty do not believe in the Han, so being a soldier is a unique privilege of the Manchus, all the armies are also the Eight Banners Army, and the Eight Banners Army is Manchu, because the number of Manchus is relatively small, and there are still a large number of troops that need to be stationed throughout the country, so it will limit a large part of the mobility.
But the Ming Dynasty is completely different, the situation is not the same, they are all Han, and the number of Han people is large, although a large number of troops are spent at the border pass, but there are many mobile troops in the country, and there is almost no need for too many troops to garrison in the hinterland of the Han people, because there is no need to worry about rebellion, so the mobile military source is more, which is why the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are different.