Looking at the historical time, there are many similarities between the two feudal societies in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no difference in the time of enjoying the country between the two periods. The change of dynasties is inevitable in the historical background. I don't know that some netizens on the Internet think that there were many tyrants in the Ming Dynasty and many virtuous kings in the Qing Dynasty. Is the real situation really like that? Which dynasty had more emperors
If it is purely honest and clean, it is naturally more in the Qing Dynasty. No matter how absurd the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are, there will be no grandiose kings like Mingwuzong, Ming Shenzong and Mingxizong. If we only talk about the emperors before Empress Dowager Cixi came to power in the Qing Dynasty (before Shunzhi), the only one who was more self-indulgent was Xianfeng. Although other emperors did not necessarily have some achievements, they were also diligent.
As far as sages are concerned, there are Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Chengzu and Ming Xiaozong (Hongzhi Zhongxing) in the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, there were Huang Taiji, Emperor Kangxi, yongzheng emperor and Emperor Qianlong. They look the same to each other, but there were 17 emperors in the Ming Dynasty (not counting Nanming) and 11 emperors in the Qing Dynasty, or more in the Qing Dynasty. The following reasons are that there seems to be no tyrant in the Qing Dynasty
1. The emperors of the Qing Dynasty were very strict with their children, and they needed to start studying every morning, and all of them didn't have a few summer vacations in a year. This rule has been widely circulated in the Qing Dynasty, even the emperor himself could not open this side door.
2. The succession to the throne in the Qing Dynasty has always been a feature, that is, no one knows who will be the emperor at the last moment, which will cause the market competition among every emperor to never stop. Simply put, they are competing for posts, so every emperor who takes office will cherish this throne very much.
3. The emperor will let every emperor take charge of some affairs management, so that the emperor can have a certain grasp of each emperor's work ability, and the emperors will also have their own way of governing the country in the long-term distributed database for handling events, so they will bring idealism to work when they are in the throne. Ming dynasty
Ming dynasty was the last feudal dynasty and feudal society founded by Han people in China history. The political system of the Ming Dynasty is a centralized system with a high aspect ratio, and the greatest power lies with the emperor. After Hu Weiyong's case, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, simply abolished the prime minister system, abolished the province of Chinese books, and the six departments immediately took responsibility for the emperor. After that, although the cabinet system was set up, the effect of the cabinet system was only the emperor's consultant, and the power of the six ministries was also weak.
the emperor is the most powerful person in charge of the eight famines. After that, the political system of the Manchu Empire was very close to such rules and regulations. After Ren Xuan (the rule of Ren Xuan), due to the gradual deepening of the concept of civil and military officials' administration in the Ming Dynasty, the actual administrative power moved to the cabinet system and the six ministries. In addition, supervision organizations and spy organizations have been set up to enhance the monitoring of people all over the country. Set up three divisions in the region to improve the regional management methods. The Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty is a crucial period for Chinese culture to get an unprecedented development trend and a major turning point in historical time fortune. At the beginning of entering the customs, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty once carried out violent national oppression and discrimination against the existing policies, but under the resistance of the Han people, such existing policies were finally adjusted.
the Qing dynasty also opened to the outside world and closed itself to the outside world again, and pursued a strict sea ban policy as in the Ming dynasty. Later, in response to the invasion of imperialist ships, they had to open their borders and signed the treaty of shimonoseki. In view of the critical situation, the government departments at the end of the Qing Dynasty also worked hard with their hearts, and the constitutional movement really wanted to do it, but it was already sick in the bone marrow, struggling, cherishing every day, and finally there was no choice but to spend it.
so, if we insist on comparison, which period is better? It must be analyzed as follows:
On the total area: more than 4 million yuan square kilometers in the Ming Dynasty (counting the territory that can be projected in its heyday, the number is at most more than 9 million yuan), and 4 million yuan in the Qing Dynasty.
On population: 1 million in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, and 4 million in the Qing Dynasty.
On high-tech and main productive forces: In the second half of the Ming Dynasty, it had already fallen behind the western countries, but in the Qing Dynasty, the high-tech and main productive forces further declined.
on the political system: the Ming dynasty was a feudal dictatorship, but the cabinet system occurred, which could restrain the monarchy to some extent. The Qing Dynasty was the peak of China's feudal dictatorship, which was equivalent to essentially solving the backbone of the scholar class.
On the atmosphere of social development: In the Ming Dynasty, there were Dongxi Factory and Daming Royal Guards, who were in power to suppress spies. In Qing dynasty, there was a secret folding system and a literary inquisition.
on the interests of the Chinese nation: the Han nationality was in power in the Ming dynasty, which squeezed a very small number of ethnic groups. In the Qing dynasty, ethnic minorities occupied the ruling influence, and a small number of people squeezed the vast majority of people.
Literary and artistic creation: There are various classical works of China in the Ming Dynasty, and three works of Four Great Classical Novels took place in the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, there was only one Dream of Red Mansions, which had not been finished yet, so it was missing. Qing poetry has a key influence on the history of China literature, but its popularity is not great.
On the whole, the political system, rules and regulations, literary creation and capital construction of people's livelihood projects in the Ming Dynasty were stronger than those in the Qing Dynasty, and the territory and population in the Qing Dynasty were stronger than those in the Ming Dynasty. Both have advantages and disadvantages. Taking the interests of the Chinese nation into full consideration, the political and metallurgical influence of the ethnic groups in the Ming Dynasty was higher, so I think the Ming Dynasty was slightly better than the Qing Dynasty.