Is it a lie or a fact that "the son of heaven protects the country" Why do many people scoff at this sentence?
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Judy, the prince of Yan, led an army into Nanjing under the guise of the Qing Dynasty and was proclaimed emperor by ministers. This is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
After the battle of Jingnan, Judy has been worried about the northern border. He was worried that when the generals of the Ming army were heavily stationed in Peiping, there would be another character of the Tang Dynasty's Anshi Rebellion. Under the guard of the vassal king, it was difficult to guarantee that the rebellion of the vassal king would not happen again.
Judith's reasoning is really in a dilemma. Finally, he felt that he simply sat in Beijing and took offensive defense against the ministries of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in order to realize his grand wish of "protecting the family by the emperor".
Later, Li Zhigang, an official of the Ministry of Rites, and others invited him to say that Yanjing Beiping was the "land of Longxing" of the Yongle Emperor, and it should be taken as the capital following the example of Fengyang in Ming Taizu.
Judy was overjoyed when she heard this, and immediately changed Beiping to Beijing, so Beiping Prefecture was upgraded to Shuntianfu, which was called "Hangzai". At the same time, he moved the population and enriched the population of Beijing. Some refugees from all over the country and some rich people in the south of the Yangtze River were forced to move to Beijing.
"The son of heaven protects the country" is a real fact, which is mainly reflected in the following three aspects.
First of all, "the emperor defends the country" is one of the most important reasons why the Ming emperor Judy moved to Beijing. However, after Zhu Di, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne, he continued to implement the policy of reducing vassal power, which finally made the vassal king famous and in power. Some people think that this practice is the root cause of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, but the local authorities are unable to help.
The continuation of the policy of cutting vassals shows that Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy of enfeoffing the kings has long been unrealistic. The reason why Judy moved to Beijing is: "The son of heaven makes princes".
Beiping is Judy's lair. After the battle of Jingnan, it became the most important military town in the north, and it should be painstakingly managed.
In the first year of Yongle, Judy changed Beiping to Beijing, set up "Hangzai", that is, Hangdu, and vigorously built the Forbidden City. During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty officially moved its capital to Beijing, changed Shuntianfu as the capital and left Nanjing as the capital. Ming Chengzu moved to Beijing for many reasons, the most important of which was that the emperor protected the country and the king died.
Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, foreign relations were far less powerful than those of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but even in the face of great difficulties, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not kneel or run away, which together with "no pro, no compensation, no land, no tribute" constituted the tough attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards foreign countries.
From this perspective, Protecting the Country by the Son of Heaven is also a very "domineering" declaration.
Second, "the emperor protects the country" also embodies a pattern of military power, that is, deploying national troops with the capital as the center. It is said that there are 6.5438+0.2 million troops under the direct command of Emperor Yongle in Beijing. In order to reflect the important position of Beijing as a "national gate", the Ming Dynasty constantly strengthened the military strength of the capital. Before moving to Beijing, Judy moved some medical centers from Nanjing to Beijing in the 18th year of Yongle.
The basic way of its transfer is to split some of the guards originally stationed in Nanjing into two parts, one part transferred to Beijing and the other part stayed in Nanjing. After this transfer, more and more troops are stationed in Beijing.
In this way, the number of guards directly controlled by Ming Chengzu increased from 12 to 22.
In addition, among the five military camps, the 12th Battalion, the Zhaiying Battalion, the division of the 3rd Battalion and the 5th Battalion also play the role of guards. They undertook the task of guarding the Ming emperor and the imperial court.
The main task of these battalions is to be responsible for the training of the Beijing Guard, the company stationed in Zhongdu and the guard teams affiliated to Shandong, Henan and Daning companies, and to come to Beijing for training in turn.