Speaking of the Han Dynasty, everyone first thinks of the Gaozu Emperor Liu Bang to establish the Han Empire, the two Han times add up to more than 400 years, becoming the longest lasting feudal dynasty in the Chinese dynasty (counting from the unification of the whole country by Qin Shi Huang), and basically the early generations are Ming Jun, Han Gaozu does not say much about the founding emperor is great, the back of the Han Hui Emperor Although it did not take long for the government to fall into the hands of Lü Hou, it was not so chaotic, and when Lü Hou died, Emperor Wen of Han came, the rule of Wenjing, the prosperity of the national society, the prosperity of the people, and the death of the Han Jing Emperor. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty continued to expand his territory, reaching the peak of his territory in his hands, and during his reign of 54 years, he repeatedly attacked the Xiongnu externally, and also sent envoys to the Western Regions and peace relatives. Emperor Wu was followed by the rule of Zhaoxuan, and the two generations of emperors were also out of favor, although the emperors behind were not very good, but the contribution of these five consecutive emperors to the Han Dynasty was still quite large.
Then talk about the Tang Dynasty, the same Gaozu Li Yuan Taiyuan raised troops to become emperor, first the Sui Dynasty collapsed, and then the Qin king Li Shimin led the army to eliminate the anti-kings step by step, and the country achieved unification. Later Li Shimin became the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but also worked hard to rule, with the reputation of the rule of Zhenguan, although there was Wu Zetian's trouble-making zhou established for 15 years, but finally handed over the throne to the Li Tang Dynasty, and finally Xuanzong became emperor, the country appeared a period of prosperity, this prosperous world we call the Kaiyuan shengshi, the Tang Dynasty's national strength also reached its peak, although the chaos of the anshi behind brought the Tang Dynasty into an irreversible abyss, but the previous contributions were also indelible.
But what I want to talk about is not these two dynasties, just for example, the Ming Dynasty is basically criticized by most people, and the root cause is the brutality of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, who killed so many people, and then Yongle seized the throne and killed thousands of people in the Remaining Party. It is said that the ming dynasty was only five or six million square kilometers at its peak, and it only lasted for 20 years, and the land of Jiangshan in more than 200 years was only more than 3 million square kilometers. Baidu Encyclopedia said that the heyday was nearly 10 million square kilometers in the Yongle period, although it did not contribute as much as the Qing Dynasty in terms of territory, but many systems of the Qing Dynasty continued the Ming Dynasty. We must calmly adopt a fair perspective to treat history, and we cannot think so extremely.
First of all, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty was really the emperor who started from the peasants because he could not eat and rebelled after eating, and he was also called the most correct founding emperor.
Second: Zhu Yuanzhang was forced to join the army after that, and finally joined the rebel army step by step to become the throne of the commander of the rebel army. Later, under his efforts, he first attacked Chen Youyu and then destroyed Zhang Shicheng, thus unifying the Yangtze River Valley. Immediately after the destruction of Zhang Shicheng, he ascended the throne the following year, and in the same year sent the general Xu Da on the Northern Expedition, taking the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, which is now the city of Beijing, in just ten months to unify the country. Throughout history, all dynasties have been unified from north to south, and even the later Qing Dynasty also started from the northeast and finally entered the Central Plains. And Zhu Yuanzhang gradually unified from south to north, and he began to set a precedent.
Third: From before the Ming Dynasty, it was basically the Zhongshu Province system, the imperial court set up a chancellor to rule six departments to help the emperor deal with the government, the Yuan Dynasty adopted this system to reach its peak, many emperors in the middle were not good to die, less than a hundred years jiangshan changed more than a dozen emperors. The fundamental reason is that Zhongshu Province centralizes power, and the power of the prime minister is too large and even the imperial power is in crisis. Zhu Yuanzhang said that after the founding of the emperor, the lessons of the past are here, naturally the maintenance of imperial power is very important, to hongwu thirteen years borrowed the prime minister Hu Weiyong to rebel in one fell swoop to abolish the thousand-year-old prime minister system, the imperial power was consolidated, but after the six parts were directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, the emperor's task will be relatively heavy, so the abolition of the prime minister system is the most historical.
Fourth: After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he handed over the throne to his grandson Zhu Yunjiao, because at this time his eldest son Zhu Biao had passed away, and the ancient concubine inheritance system was handed over to his grandson after his death. And Sun Tzu faced these uncles and kings could not wait to cut the domain, this mess will be an accident, the Yan king Zhu Di was forced to fight all the way from Beiping to Nanjing in the name of the Qing Emperor's side, Emperor Jianwen disappeared, some people said that he was burned to death, which is still a mystery for thousands of years, but Zhu Di became the emperor is a nail in the coffin, so he is also the only emperor in the history of the sub-feudal system to successfully rebel and seize the throne.
Fifth: Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing a few years after he became emperor, and the emperor never left the city of Beijing for more than two hundred years since he began, as the saying goes, the son of heaven guards the gate of the country, and the death of the king is like this. Moreover, from the beginning of the founding of the country to the end of the country, there is no subject, no tribute, no peace, no indemnity, the Ming Dynasty is also the toughest dynasty in Chinese history. The Han and Tang Dynasties have all been and pro.
Sixth: After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the system of prime ministers, the emperor was also very bold in monopolizing power and monopolizing power, and he did not solve this problem during the reign of him and the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao. After the third generation of emperors, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, he established a cabinet system, which greatly shared the power of the emperor, even if the cabinet power was greater in the later period, but it was still better than the previous prime minister. Compared with the world, the cabinet is a system that only existed in recent times, so the cabinet system was hundreds of years earlier in the world, when the Ming Dynasty was gradually transforming into a capitalist country, and the national strength was also very strong. Again, this is the most important.
The above six points are enough to show that the six items of the Ming Dynasty at that time were the most powerful enough to show that the Ming Dynasty was once strong, although the back was thin and thin, but the flaws were not hidden, of course, there may be places that I did not say in place, but the best of the six items was enough to make the Ming Dynasty shine for thousands of years!