| Military Farming, the symbolic events and the system of great significance, has a huge and profound influence on the social life, politics, economy, military and culture in Ming Dynasty。The research on military farming of the Ming Dynasty played the vital role of leading as to the research on the outline the history of the Ming Dynasty. The Military Farming in three states--He Min and Tao-in Ming Dynasty, as the epitome of the Ming Dynasty Northwest military Farming, has its characteristics. He Min and Tao military farming not only has the common characteristic of that period, but also has its unique distinguishes, because which is located at the junction of the Han and other ethnic groups, within the area lived many ethnic minorities. In this paper, the author analyzes the relevant historical materials and uses theories and methods of history and ethnology to explain the origin, development, characteristics of the military farming. And the author discusses the reasons why they declined in the later years and the impacts in a detailed and intensive way. Based on local historical dates and combined with the same period dates, the article analyze mainly the differences among the three states from its preparation, operation, function and impact aspects and deal with the military system of the Ming Dynasty, migration, defense policy, minority administration and policy, economic strategies. |
