The first and second articles are the basis of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and the "food problem" is the main reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty mainly came from northern Shaanxi. Li Zicheng and Zhang are both from northern Shaanxi, and the backbone of the peasant uprising army is mainly the hungry people in northern Shaanxi. In fact, there were not many big landlords in northern Shaanxi at that time, most of them were small farmers. In those days when people depend on the weather for food, when there is a drought, people will be at a loss.
The reason for the peasant uprising was famine. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the population approached 200 million, and the grain growth space was exhausted, which was difficult to load and was on the verge of collapse in all aspects. Another problem is that there are many soldiers and reservists in the northwest, which is the "Hyogo" of the Ming army. The Ming army in the northwest had a miserable life. During the Chongzhen period, Lu Xiangsheng, the commander in chief, inspected the frontier defense and reported the tragic situation of the northwest soldiers to the court.
The name of the Ming dynasty
According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang established the world at the beginning, and the founding of the country was intended to be large and medium. It was Daming when he prayed to heaven. Also known as Huang Ming, the Qing Dynasty called it Qian Ming. Because the royal family is surnamed Zhu, it is called.
There are different opinions about the origin of the title of Daming, which is generally considered to be related to religion. Wu Han and others think that the name of Daming comes from Zoroastrianism, while Hu Axiang of Nantah thinks that the name comes from An Baili and Buddhism. There are some Ming followers under Zhu Yuanzhang, who take "Ming" as their title to show their orthodox status, and at the same time use the "Wang Ming was born" in Zoroastrianism to predict.
Secondly, according to the theory that "five virtues begin at the end", the Ming Dynasty replaced the Yuan Dynasty with fire. Another view is that the title of the Ming Dynasty comes from the "beginning of Daming" in the Book of Changes, which is the same as the title of the Yuan Dynasty and symbolizes the orthodox transition between the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Ming Dynasty