14 14 years (the 12th year of Yongle), after the second expedition to Mongolia, when he returned to Beijing, the squad leader said, "The strength of our country is better than before. In the north, Xifannan Island conquered the western countries, without the affinity of the Han, the alliance of the Tang Dynasty, the thin coins of the Song Dynasty, and the favor of brothers."
This sentence is actually equivalent to setting a national policy for the Ming Dynasty. Later, it gradually evolved into "no marriage, no compensation, no land, no tribute."
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The political system of the Ming Dynasty made the elite of the Ming Dynasty expand unprecedentedly and established its independence. Whether economically or ideologically, it is increasingly difficult for a single elite or elite group to coordinate the interests of the monarch or emperor with those of the empire. And the authority of the monarch is gradually declining with the passage of time.
Therefore, it was increasingly difficult for the Ming emperors to control the civilian population and do whatever they wanted. It is a historical necessity to safeguard the monarch, attack the elite, move against the historical trend, seriously undermine the productive forces, and undermine the health and stability of the economy and society.