The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty over Three Hundred Years

Why did Ming Taizu establish Nanjing as his capital? How were Jinyiwei and Dongxi Factory formed in the Ming Dynasty? Why did capitalism sprout in the Ming Dynasty? Did the Ming Dynasty die due to "factory guards" and "party strife", or was it "foreigners" and "rogue bandits"? The Ming Dynasty was an era of absolute imperial power. The prime minister system was abolished, literary prisons were built, royal guards were built, and east-west factories were built. Centralization reached its peak. However, the Ming Dynasty was also a stage of relatively developed commodity economy, and there was a phenomenon of economic prosperity that later generations called "the bud of capitalism." How unique is this dynasty in Chinese history? Open this book and let us follow Wu Han, the master of history, to get a glimpse of the true face of the Ming Dynasty and understand why it prospered and why it died.