When reading “Loc Cau Ky” by Kim Dung, we can discover that Vi Tieu Bao said an extremely interesting sentence, his main idea being “Kang Hi is a good king. On the contrary, what they did to rebel against Qing and restore Ming was extremely stupid. If it were placed on someone else, it wouldn’t matter, but it would be the Huong Master of the Thien Dia Association – the organization that rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. We It is entirely possible from a small detail to see the meaning of the whole text. Perhaps Kim Dung loves the Qing Dynasty more than the Ming Dynasty, even like netizens say, Kim Dung is the “antifan” of the Ming Dynasty. .
Kim Dung was the person who expressed his dissatisfaction with the Ming dynasty the most.
The reason why Kim Dung evaluated the Ming dynasty like that might be related to the heroic emotional knot in his heart. Everyone knows that when the Ming dynasty reached the Wanli period, the national strength at that time was no longer the same as before, and next to the emperor who entered that dead end, there was a eunuch named Wei Zhongxian and a General named Vien Sung Hoan. Both had strong abilities and wide connections, but Wei Trung Hien’s name was Trung Hien, but his human nature was not loyal at all, so he was killed. As for the general who accomplished many great achievements throughout his life, unfortunately he died early.
Many people believe that Vien Sung Hoan’s death was because Kim Dung did not like the Qing Dynasty. Truly a typical tragic hero, who could write a novel without praising them? In the book “The Story of Vien Sung Hoan”, Kim Dung had a summary assessment of the Ming Dynasty like this: “The Ming Dynasty was the most corrupt, darkest dynasty, the most brutal ruling class in history. China. Towards the end of the Ming Dynasty, it became the darkest period in several thousand years of Chinese history. He also said that being a Qing Dynasty subject was much happier than the Ming Dynasty people.”
However, after all, Kim Dung is a person who knows a lot about history, he does not draw such shallow conclusions but has his own arguments.
First: Weak regime
Kings of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the most leisurely kings. Especially in the second half of the Ming Dynasty, there were kings who liked to do woodwork, love love, like books, and paintings, but few liked to rule the country. . This is related to the cabinet and the medal system. Imperial power is highly centralized, the emperor does not work, but everything is taken care of by the mandarins.
Taking care of many things over a long period of time will make it difficult to control one’s temper. Gradually, one will become greedy for power and fame, like to compete for money and profits, and will not be able to be a king if he is patriotic and devoted to his country. leisurely sitting up there, lovingly, like the first actor of the Ming Dynasty – Duong Than who was exiled to the border. Therefore, it is well-founded to say that the Ming dynasty had the most marriages among the dynasties in ancient Chinese history.
Second: Visit the defeated country
China’s capitalism has been around since the Ming Dynasty. Merchants were not only brutally exploited by government officials, but were also forced to bring specialties as filial piety to regional officials. If these officials cannot be satisfied, then the merchant ships that want to go will not be able to go. During the Chinh Duc years, in addition to regular taxes, the court also collected “cargo fees” from merchants.
Control the number of merchants, extract and confiscate taxes, extinguish capitalists or make them treason. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, 8 major merchant families in Son Tay (known as the Tan Thuong Bat Dai Gia) not only started trading with the Qing army, providing banned materials but also became the eyes and ears of the Qing army. , military reconnaissance,… Sightseeing is truly a disaster.
Third: Confucianists harm the nation
I thought that Dong Lam Party people were extremely good, loved studying, and knew how to speak well and cared about everything. But after reading this history book, I realized that in reality, they were a bunch of “grapes” (who only knew how to study but didn’t know the real world). Whatever the opponent approves, the Dong Lam party opposes, whatever the opponent opposes, the Dong Lam party will approve. The interests of corporations are greater than the interests of the nation. Parties became a serious problem in the late Ming period. Parties with no limits and no limits vied with each other to “torture” the king. The Zhou Dynasty, which was already hopeless, now drowned.
Regarding all three aspects of regime, culture and politics, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty was dark to the core, while during the Qing Dynasty, these problems were more or less improved. Perhaps this is the reason why Kim Dung thinks that the Qing Dynasty was better than the Ming Dynasty.
