There are many reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the military strength of the late Ming Dynasty was very strong. This is different from the demise of many dynasties. In other dynasties, the country reached the later stage and its national strength gradually declined. There was chaos in the country again, but it was different in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was because there was no money.

What is fought for in war is comprehensive national strength, and financial resources account for a large part. In the end, the Ming army could not even afford military rations. If they could not afford it, there would be no soldiers to use, and the Ming Dynasty would naturally perish. Of course, the Manchus' success in seizing the Central Plains had a lot to do with Li Zicheng.

After the Manchus established the Qing Dynasty, they naturally had to learn from the lessons of their "previous administration". They also understood that if the economy could not develop, then it would be useless to have an army. Fighting was the most draining thing. It was still silver, and the wars of all dynasties were like this. The Manchus began to pay attention to silver.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng implemented a currency system. Taxes were collected in silver, and people also used silver to buy things. Although this system seemed very advanced, the final result was, People like to save money and save all their money, resulting in little money in the national treasury.

The money at that time was called silver, and it was made of pure silver. Of course, there was also gold, which was more expensive. People called money at that time silver. There were relatively few silver mines in the country at that time. Later, in the treasury Even the money for military pay was not available, and eventually it happened that the middle and high-income classes had more and more money, but the country and farmers had no money.

Later, in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty people were smarter. After knowing the seriousness of this problem, they began to make copper coins as the basis of currency. In this way, they could use copper coins to regulate the country's economy. , in the country at that time, each province could cast its own copper coins.

In this way, more and more copper coins are minted. When the country collects taxes, it also uses copper coins. If there are more coins circulating on the market, then the country will reduce the minting of copper coins. If money If it's not enough, then cast more. Not to mention this method, it really solved their financial problem.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the great powers demanded the cession of territory and compensation. Although the Qing Dynasty spent so much money on the matter, it still had money to pay military salaries, and it even showed no change of expression when it came to compensation. Then the Qing government would have nothing but In this way, we also rely on loans, installment payments, etc. to provide compensation to people.

However, the Manchu people still used the method of casting copper coins relatively frequently. At that time, with a large amount of gold and silver flowing into foreign countries, the Qing government could only use this method to fill the economic vacancy. , this has been accomplished, but if they are stuck in their thinking and do not actively develop, the final result will be destruction.