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The Ming Dynasty and the late Qing Dynasty were equally corrupt. Why do people dislike the Qing Dynasty even more?

The fundamental reason that led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty was corruption. The corruption of the Qing Dynasty not only led to the demise of the Qing Dynasty, but also ended the feudal rule of our country. It was also corruption, but the corruption of the Qing Dynasty was particularly disgusting because The corruption of the Qing Dynasty is a shame for our country.

In the late Ming Dynasty, buying and selling officials was very popular. There were even special loans provided to buy officials. Of course, officials who spent a lot of money to buy officials had to make money back. Superiors exploited subordinates, and officials exploited the people, and even the army The soldiers were short of food and clothing. Officials are corrupt and the people are living in dire straits. Although this kind of corruption was particularly serious in the late Ming Dynasty, in fact, all kinds of corruption appeared more or less in every dynasty. This problem is difficult to eradicate. Zhu Yuanzhang killed so many corrupt officials. Corruption has not been rectified either. These corrupt officials in the late Ming Dynasty were like moths eating away at the Ming Dynasty bit by bit. Corrupt officials are a problem that is still difficult to completely solve. Although it is annoying, it is not too serious. Disgusted.

The corruption of the Qing government in the late Qing Dynasty wrote a history of humiliation in China. The wars and conflicts before the Qing Dynasty were mostly internal conflicts, and the Qing Dynasty was the result of the invasion of other countries. In the face of the aggression of other countries, the Qing government had no backbone at all. It lost power and humiliated the country by trying to please the country. The influence of ceding territories and paying indemnities remains to this day. The Eight-Nation Allied Forces are still in China. The burning, killing, looting and burning in the land are unforgettable. These humiliations still sting the hearts of every Chinese people even now. It is inevitable that they will despise the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government at that time.

Most people think that the problems and problems within the people are not big problems. The corruption of the Ming Dynasty is not the most intolerable. Foreign aggression is intolerable at all. The corruption of the Qing government is left to We have such an indelible history of humiliation, which is unacceptable in any case. In other words, what people are really disgusted with is not the corruption of the Qing Dynasty, but the weak and incompetent appearance of the Qing government. Therefore, although it is also the imperial court The corruption of the Qing Dynasty is even more disgusting.