Obviously, the Ming Dynasty lost more land than the Qing Dynasty. Why belittle the Qing Dynasty and admire it now?

The Qing dynasty was not without problems. There were many problems in the Qing dynasty, but those who belittled it did not objectively evaluate the merits and demerits of the Qing dynasty, but were unreasonable and mindless.

There are only three reasons for belittling the Qing Dynasty.

First, ethnic minorities in the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains and captured the Han people.

Second, the Qing Dynasty slaughtered the Han people, oppressed them, built literary inquisitions, destroyed banned books, bound thoughts and restricted trade.

Third, in the face of western powers, the Qing Dynasty ceded land for compensation and lost its sovereignty.

On the first point, I am speechless. Han people are from China, and ethnic minorities are also from China. Han people can sit on the mountain, but can't ethnic minorities sit on the mountain? Although some extreme Han chauvinists are not used to mastering the power of ethnic minorities, in fact, the Qing army went south and was ruined, and the small court in Nanming was really vulnerable. They can't change the facts, so they have to use harsh words to hurt people.

Regarding the second point, I think this is really a problem of the Qing Dynasty. In these feudal autocratic activities, which dynasty experienced slaughter, persecution and cultural tyranny? Of course, an authoritarian government should strengthen its authority. Let the Qing government establish a democratic political system and freedom of speech. This is obviously beyond their understanding. It is suggested that these high standards be used for strict requirements.

Compared with the third point, China in the late Qing Dynasty met modern enemies on a narrow road. Because it is not an enemy of pre-modernity, it is bound to suffer. Even if the land is ceded and sovereignty is lost, will the Qing Dynasty maintain its own rule? When the enemy comes to the door, does he ask for alliance at the door? That's not blood, it's stupidity. True blood is courage after shame. Therefore, during the Tongzhi period, the Qing Dynasty quickly began a relatively comprehensive economic and military modernization, and then began political modernization. /kloc-from the end of 0/9 to the beginning of the 20th century, when focusing on the pre-modern colonial and semi-colonial civilization, a series of political and economic reform measures such as the Westernization Movement, the New Deal and the preparation for constitutionalism were very effective and extremely rare.

On the land issue, some people want to open the map. Zheng He went for a walk on the east coast of Africa. If I thought it was a country, I wouldn't say anything. Anyway, the Ming dynasty ruled four large pieces of land in Tibet and Mongolia in the northeast of the western regions, even dreaming. I wonder how some pirated maps have become so many countries.