Indeed, when individuals speak personally, it is completely impossible for "the ten people who have made the greatest contributions" to have a so-called "public opinion" and a conclusion, so I will cite ten famous courtiers and famous generals (emperors of the Ming Dynasty) that I am familiar with and respect.
Xu Da is the real "general talent" (corresponding to the "general talent", of course, not only these two concepts), as the main commander in the unification war in the early Ming Dynasty, he defeated Chen Youyu, Zhang Shicheng, the Northern Expedition Yuan Dynasty, repeatedly fought in the Northern Yuan, can be described as the first hero of the founding of the country, the editor of the "History of Ming" has sighed: "Zhongshan has a heavy strategy, high merit, since the ancient famous world is unsurpassed." ”
【Xu Da】
Sanyang is the collective name of the three Yang ministers in the early Ming Dynasty, namely "Western Yang" Yang Shiqi, "Eastern Yang" Yang Rong, "Southern Yang" Yang Pu, the three of them in the early Ming Dynasty Taizu, Huidi, Chengzu, Renzong, Xuanzong, Yingzong six dynasties, since the earliest Yang Shiqi into the cabinet, they have a total of more than forty years in the cabinet (Yang Shiqi is the oldest, the earliest into the cabinet; Yang Rong is second; Yang Pu entered the cabinet the latest, the least senior), the influence on the four dynasties of Chengzu, Renzong, Xuanzong, Yingzong is particularly huge, creating the "rule of Renxuan". History says that "since the orthodoxy, the three Yang Shuoxian, the successors of Shi Dide, The Hai Nei Yan'an, and the people have forgotten between Zhiping" (Tang Shu Guochen Ji), "Western Yang has Xiangcai, Eastern Yang has Xiangye, and Southern Yang has Xiangdu." Therefore, on my Dynasty Xianxiang, I must know the Three Yangs" (Jiao Zhuan's "Yutang Congyu"), which became the "representative figure" of the Ming Dynasty Xianxiang.
[Xie Huan's "Apricot Garden Elegant Collection", painting "Three Yangs" and other courtiers]
Hu Was a legendary figure of the early Ming Dynasty: he grew up in the Rebbe as Shangshu (thirty-two years), lived a very high life expectancy (at the age of eighty-nine), and lived in harmony with his family (which remained so in his old age). And he was also the key person who contacted The Hui Emperor Zhu Yunwei and Chengzu Zhu Di, and it was he who searched the world for more than ten years to untie Zhu Di's heart knot.
The reason why Wei Ji was mentioned by me is not because of his "unpopularity", nor because of his political achievements and high deeds, but his age, many high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty, the oldest, the first to recommend Wei Ji (ninety-seven years old), even if you look at China's "feudal empire" for more than two thousand years, there are few ministers who can look up to him (a few have Gao Yun, Wang Shu, etc.).
In the name of a cadre and an honest official, Yu Qian had already been praised in the dprk long before the "change of civil engineering". After Emperor Yingzong was captured, he supported the crisis and supported Zhu Qiyu as emperor with his courtiers, organized a defense of Beijing, and repelled the invasion of The Wallachians. After the situation was settled slightly, he persuaded Zhu Qiyu to welcome back Yingzong. When he was in power, he led by example, was honest and honest in performing official duties, promoted talents, and created a regimental camp system to influence the military system of the Ariake generation. More importantly, Yu Qian, as a model of a generation of loyal martyrs, succeeded Wen Tianxiang, Yu Que, Fang Xiaoru and others (each controversial, shelved here), influencing future generations for hundreds of years, "loyal and righteous, and fighting for glory with the sun and the moon".
【Portrait of Yu Qian】
"A thousand hammers have been chiseled out of the mountains, and the fire is burning like idleness; the bones and bones are not afraid, and they must leave their innocence in the world." A "Lime Song" can already prove the minister's motivational effect on the younger generation.
Yang Tinghe, as a well-educated scholar who had long assumed the name of "prodigy", not only did not become Fang Zhongyong's generation, but instead jumped up and soared, and the officials worshiped the official Shangshu and the Huagaidian University, and became the first assistant to the cabinet. He was a central figure in the political arena in the last years of Emperor Wuzong and the early years of Emperor Sejong, counting the removal of favored subjects, overseeing the thirty-seven dynastic governments, and rejuvenating the Pepsi, achieving a smooth transition in the change of the throne and making outstanding contributions to the restoration of the Sejong dynasty. The "History of Ming" praises him for "condemning the great traitor, making great decisions, helping the crisis and settling down, and the merit lies in the society, that is, Zhou Bo and Han Qi are invincible", which is indeed a coffin theory.
【Yang Tinghe Statue】
As a "perfect" figure considered by ordinary people, Wang Shouren has achieved the "three immortals" of "meritorious service", "moral virtue" and "liyan". Even if there is more controversy, it cannot be denied that Wang carried forward the line of xinxue and made it a mainstream doctrine of the Ming Dynasty, which affected the current Chinese region and the countries of East Asia, Japan and Korea.
【Bust of Wang Shouren】
Militarily, Wang Shouren Pingning Wang Chenhao's rebellion, the rebellion of The Southwest Sitian, Zhuyao, and Broken Tengxia, and the suppression of bandits in Southern Gan also made important contributions to the stability of the Ming Dynasty at that time. Later generations have great admiration for him, including "Mr. Yang Ming's moral deeds are one person for three hundred years", "Wang Wencheng is a first-class figure in the Ming Dynasty, and he is at the top of his morality, meritorious service, and speech".
Qi Jiguang's contribution to the reform of the military system can be said by ordinary people even if they do not understand it. Throughout his life, he fought on horses, served as a hereditary military general, marched south and north, first resisted the Wu in the southeast for more than ten years, and then built borders in Jiliao for more than ten years, and was good at making friends with powerful ministers in order to implement his own ideas, improve military formations, weapons, and strengthen border defenses. It was precisely because of his efforts in the Qi family army and the military and civilians before and after that the southeast coast was saved from collapse, and the people of Li were able to live in peace, which can be called "immortal Haojie" (Li Dongfang).
【Statue of Qi Jiguang】