A Study Of The Imperial Army In The Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty Dudufu, the creation of the Yuan Positive twenty year, initially as a large Dudufu to Hongwu13years, The emperor to "right not specifically in a company, do not stay in stasis shield" on the grounds will be divided into five Dudufu since then become the custom until the Ming Dynasty end. Dudufu existence for hundreds of years in between, from the functional point of view, from the initial charge of military forces country powers, led the construction of the national military organization becoming real power wart; Judging from the office personnel, veterans ranked by the feats among them, To government officials in charge of sinecures; see its relationship with the Ministry of War, by the order Dudufu mainly to contain between each other, and then above the five Dudufu, becoming the highest governing body of the national military.These changes reflect some deep-seated factors:First, the military power of imperial control. The purpose of the emperor lies in the establishment of large Dudufu to better take control of military power, after that, as the military power to concentrate large Dudufu, which has been hit imperial suspicion and eventually split into five. With the increasing stability of the country after the regime, improving, the supreme ruler of all levels of the ruling bodies in view of the past rise and fall of dynasties, the general political will to civilian rule as the most important means of the state, and thus to prevent and suppress the forces of the country Takeomi the ability of military intervention and policies. Secondly, its internal point of view, something pre palm government officials, veterans are hero, battle-hardened, and the late Ming Dynasty, palm government officials gradually degenerate, can not have a major impact in dynasty politics. Moreover, with Yongle, system development and the garrison town of captaincy officer "official order" of other factors, resulting in continued loss of five Dudufu functions.In this paper, an important event in time order to influence the development of nodes Dudufu emphasis changes from Dudu functions, serving Dudu’s captaincy official palm, Dudufu relationship between the civilian departments such as the Ministry of War and the internal structure of the Ming Dynasty military transfer and other aspects of military power to start the Ming Dudu visit. Explore the Ming Dynasty especially true face of the early Ming Dynasty Dudufu, to make a complete change in the course of development in the Ming Dynasty combing nearly three hundred years between.