Based on the history of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, analyze the reasons for the peak of science and technology in the late Ming Dynasty

1. War

With the harassment of Japanese pirates, the Ming Taizu at that time ordered to make allies. It was precisely because of the strategy of making friends widely that a large amount of gunpowder produced in China was shipped to North Korea, and the people of North Korea were taught how to make gunpowder.

2. Emphasizing culture over military affairs

After the death of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty at that time basically stopped using foreign troops, and the country’s development focus began to shift from external expansion to internal development. . Also affected by the emphasis on culture over military affairs, soldiers in the Han army generally did not have outstanding horse riding and archery skills.

3. Invasion of the Qing Dynasty

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the cold weapon era had basically come to an end, focusing on the use of firearms, which was very close to The development of modernization. It is a pity that the germ of modernization has just emerged, and with the invasion of the Qing Dynasty, this transformation did not finally come true.

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The influence of firearms technology in the Ming Dynasty

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty government had already set up special offices in the coastal areas Firearms production base. In order to expand and specialize firearms production, the Ming court at that time also recruited some technical personnel from overseas to carry out firearms reform.

During this period, the Ming Dynasty government already had a certain scale of firearms production sites and firearms production capabilities. At this time, combat methods that combined matchlocks with artillery and cold weapons were increasingly used in the military. This also gave rise to military training that combined matchlocks, artillery and cold weapons.