During the three hundred years of turbulent years, the army never rested. They rose up from the dead and conquered the world. In the blood and fire, they wrote a heart-stirring epic of ups and downs, which made future generations excited and eager to explore its details.
Its excitement is also booming! Nurhaci raised an army with thirteen sets of relics and forged his troops in troubled times. His son inherited his father's legacy. Huang Taiji changed the country's name and expanded its territory. The Eight Banners were invincible. The Qing army entered Guan Dingding Central Plains and laid the foundation for Shunzhi. The three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong continued. Based on the inheritance method of selecting the virtuous from the direct descendants and inheriting from elder brother to younger brother, adhering to the concept of "diligently administering the people and strengthening the army to consolidate the borders", we quelled the civil strife, conquered the surrounding areas, incorporated Xinjiang and Tibet into the territory, and the soldiers pointed out that all nations surrendered, creating a prosperous and glorious era.
At that time, the star of the generals was shining brightly. Dorgon, Yue Le, Nian Gengyao and other famous generals appeared in large numbers. Their cavalry traveled all over the country, protecting the tranquility of the territory and expanding the territory of thousands of miles, showing the military might of the Qing Dynasty. In the early period, the monarchs worked hard to govern, reduced corvee and tax, purged officials, and took into account the governance of all ethnic groups, allowing the dynasty to reach its peak, and its military strength was unparalleled for a while.
Its decline is also sudden! After Qianlong, the power of the monarchy gradually declined, the governing philosophy became more conservative, and corruption abounded in the officialdom. The Eight Banners, which used to be an unstoppable force, became a pampered force and no longer had the edge it once had. In the past, the military peak was invincible, but in the later period, when faced with the powerful ships and guns of the great powers, they fled and collapsed at the first touch. After the Opium War, the mountains and rivers were shattered and wars raged for years. Although some soldiers fought hard, they could not reverse the decline of the dynasty, and were eventually destroyed in the wave of the Revolution of 1911.
Three hundred years of military power have not yet ceased. There is the sonorousness of rise, the pride of prosperity, the sadness of decline, and the unyielding resistance. The gains and losses of monarchs and ministers in governance, and the rise and fall of soldiers' abilities are all hidden in this extraordinary period.
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