First, the mountains and rivers are about to reach the land of China; the sun and the moon reopen the Great Song Dynasty.

This sentence is a poem written on the banner set up outside the military camp when Zhu Yuanzhang raised troops in Jiqing (later renamed Yingtianfu).

What he meant was: "There should be a piece of land for Chinese civilization among the mountains and rivers. The sun and moon drove away the clouds and mists in the sky, revealing the sky of the Song Dynasty."

During the Yuan Dynasty, *** was For third- and fourth-class people, they only had to pay a sheep to kill the emperor. The skull of the Song Dynasty emperor was made into a wine cup and passed among the Mongolian nobles. Chinese civilization had never fallen into such a miserable position. When Zhu Yuanzhang revolted, he used nationalism as the banner to take back the country from foreign hands and restore the country's mountains and rivers. It was rare in the past for the country to be upright. This is also the legitimacy of the Ming court.

Second, not Make peace, do not pay indemnity, do not cede territory, and do not pay tribute. The emperor defends the country, and the king dies in the country

This sentence is the praise of the Ming Dynasty from later generations. The whole sentence can be read I feel that there is a kind of power in the words, a bloody spirit that has been passed down from the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Although the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty did not actually achieve the above points, in the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, because the legitimacy of the regime that won the world was based on nationalism, in terms of foreign policy, Ming Dynasty The Ming Dynasty is indeed unwilling to retreat and compromise. If this is a weakness of the Ming Dynasty, I think it is indeed true, but I think many people will like this toughness.

Three, "Emperors, princes, queens, concubines, and concubines should carefully choose daughters from good families."

Not many people probably know this. Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty came from a humble background. He was the only emperor in Chinese history who was born into a civilian family. Therefore, he set the rules for the Ming Dynasty emperors and princes to choose queens, concubines, etc., and try to marry into civilian or low-level official families. The Ming Dynasty lasted for nearly 300 years, and the emperors did basically abide by this rule. I really feel that the Ming Dynasty royal family was very civilian.

4. Chang Yuchun, the author of "Generals with hundreds of thousands of men, conquering the world", was one of the most famous generals in the Ming Dynasty. He never suffered a defeat in his life. He was proficient in all weapons. He was a rare type of general who could charge into battle despite being a leader. . A representative of the offensive spirit in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang, who said that he was stubborn and never shed tears for his children, only burst into tears when he heard the news of Chang Yuchun's death, and opened the coffin with his own hands and buried him with a dragon robe.

Fifth, "Predetermine the rules of the Yishi, and place the emperor in a place where there is no existence." Wang Fuzhi, a thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, proposed the constitution and the fictitious monarchy, which was 300 years earlier than the preparation of the constitution in the late Qing Dynasty. It must be said that the Qing Dynasty delayed China's political progress.

Sixth, "How can a ten-year-old prince rule the world!" The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were so arrogant that they could openly use these words to evaluate the underage emperor at a cabinet meeting. In the end, they just dismissed him from office. If In the Qing Dynasty, people were executed before they got off work.

7. From Zhu Yuanzhang to Chongzhen, "Kou Yi Zhen's pure son" all said similar things. Regarding the people in the mainland who paid the imperial grain, the Ming Dynasty's policy was always to care for them as much as possible, rather than wielding a butcher's knife against them. . For example, after the Wenxiang Sect's rebellion was suppressed, the leaders of the Apocalypse Emperor made a guarantee. Just stop causing trouble. Emperor Chongzhen also said, "Kou is my innocent son." After Zhang Xianzhong burned the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, as long as he was willing to accept the recruitment, Chongzhen would just forget about it.

Eight, "Don't die of hunger in peace, imitate the mantis with its arms." The famous saying of Yang Sichang, a minister in the late Ming Dynasty. He suppressed the rebellion of the hungry people and wrote poems to satirize the hungry people, "Why don't you want to die of hunger quietly, you have to come out What if the overestimating mantis rebels? This poem was well received by scholars in the late Ming Dynasty.

It seems that although the emperor still felt compassion, the privileged class did not think so.

9. "My humble bow to the holy will has harmed the virtues of heaven. I will die without a face to see my ancestors." Therefore, take off your facial crown, cover your face with hair, and let thieves divide it, without harming any of the people." Emperor Chongzhen's last words. He begged the ministers for funds for the last time to send troops and pay to defend Beijing. The ministers were indifferent, and finally committed suicide in grief and anger. This is what everyone knows You know, no need to say more.

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