What was the actual territory of the Ming Dynasty?

Regarding the actual territory of the Ming dynasty, Shi believes that it cannot be generalized, because first of all, the Ming dynasty was a regime that enjoyed the country for 276 years. In this nearly 300 years, great changes have taken place in the territory of the Ming Dynasty!

The first stage: it refers to the period from Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, to Zhu Gaochi, that is, 1368 to 1425, with a territory area of 9 million square kilometers; 1, early Ming dynasty: 9 million square kilometers of territory.

In the early Ming dynasty, it basically expanded outward. Except for two Beijing and thirteen provinces, the Ming Dynasty expanded in the surrounding areas on a large scale, which brought the territory of the Ming Dynasty to a new height.

However, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was basically ruled by Jimi, except for Beijing and 13 provinces, which were less than 4 million square kilometers.

The rule of Ming Dynasty in Northeast China was much weaker than that of Liaoyang Province in Yuan Dynasty. During the Yuan Dynasty, there were a large number of troops stationed in Liaoyang Province. Although there were more than 400 health centers in Northeast China in Ming Dynasty, most of them were chiefs of Mongolian and other ethnic minorities, and later Nurhachi was the commander of Jianzhou Health Center.

There were no garrisons in Jilin, Heilongjiang and Waixing 'an Mountains in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, only during Judy's period, Jurchen eunuchs also sent Nuer Daitu Division nine times, and established Yongning Temple and Nuer Daitu Division near the estuary of Heilongjiang. But because there is no Ming garrison, the rule here is Jimmy's rule.

A similar situation is also reflected in Seven Guards of Kansai. The leader of Kansai Qiwei was a Mongolian official conferred by the Ming Dynasty, and was the ruling area of the Ming Dynasty.

The second stage: it refers to the period from Zhu Zhanji to Zhu Youjian, that is, 1425 to 1644, with a territory area of about 3.5 million square kilometers. 2. 3.5 million square kilometers of land after the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

1449, the change of the civil fort broke out, and the northern part of the Ming Dynasty was badly weakened and had to turn to strategic defense; A few years later, 1455, Mongolian Tatars occupied the Hetao area. During Jiajing period, Xia Yan, the cabinet record, advocated recovering Hetao, but he gave up this action under the obstruction of treacherous court official Yan Song.

1524, the national strength of the Ming dynasty was weak, and all the seven guards of Kansai retreated to Jiayuguan, completely losing control of the northwest.

157 1 year, the Ming Dynasty reached the "Qin Long Peace Conference" with Anda Khan of Tatar Department, and the Ming-Mongolian War came to an end. From then on, Andan Khan entered Qinghai-Tibet, marking the beginning of Mongolia's expansion to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the western regions, and the Ming Dynasty was unable to interfere;

1553, Portugal stole Macao, 1887 became a Portuguese colony.

1624, Dutch colonists occupied Bao Dao;

During the Jiajing period, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was confined to two Beijing and thirteen provinces, and all the land outside the Great Wall was out of control, with a territory area of about 3.5 million square kilometers, which remained until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

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