The Failure And Cause Of The Qinggou System In Hereditary Military System Of Ming Dynasty

The early Ming Dynasty had implemented the hereditary military system. This military system was very strict, and had its deep flaws. All the shortcomings has led to a substantial Officers and soldiers to flee. Clearance Hook System was aimed at cleaning up the army, and hunting the escaped soldiers , and ensuring that the country had enough soldiers to use. But the result of Clearance Hook was unsatisfactory. Clearance Hook was not to achieve the purpose of cleaning up the army, and hunting the escaped soldiers , and ensuring that the country had enough soldiers to use. This paper, the author is aimed at talking about the specific implementation and the reasons for the failure of Clearance Hook SystemThis article consists of the following six parts:Part one: It briefly explains the purpose and significance of subjects, research status and study approaches in Clearance Hook System.Part two: It discusses the relationship with Hereditary Military System of Ming Dynasty and Clearance Hook System.Part three: It discusses the principal part,the procedures and the powers and responsibilities of specific implementatiom of Clearance Hook System.Part four: It discusses the embodiment of the failure of Clearance Hook System. A concrete manifestation of the failure includes political corruption and pay depletion, stringent system and a mere formality, mismanagement and too many corruption problems, low status and resistance of military families.Part five: It discusses the reasons for the failure of Clearance Hook System, point out the specific reasons for the failure of Clearance Hook System: disadvantages of Hereditary Military System, merit expensive military officer to sergeant's exploitation and uses, chaos of management in Clearance Hook System such as the four aspects.Part six: The conclusion of the article , a brief overview of the findings.