The Deserters Question Research In Ming Dynasty

Troops is the politics implement defending state power consolidation and country turn over,is also an armed basis on which absolute monarchy ruling rely for existence.The existence of the Ming dynasty is 276 years in the history is a unified dynasty.Ancient Chinese rulers takes the troops construction seriously all very much,Ming Dynasty certainly neither exception.Ming Dynasty military system in general is divided into the early and mid-and late stage,by the early to Wei-based system,the mid-and late stage rotates to Wei-based and conscription system combines each other.In a lot of factors making the Ming dynasty become decline and fall,the decline of military to say that it is an important aspect, which is a key factor in the decline of military power,it is non-commissioned officers are endless flee.No army in the war available,the results can be imagined.Document large amount of the deserter phenomenon in Ming Dynasty,it is to become more significant and never stop,which must have intrinsic reasons,deserters in the past dynasties have appeared,why Ming Dynasty especially seriously? So many deserters,so much of the population,which place did they go? The place of the deserters to go has a direct impact on the stability of society in the Ming Dynasty.Faced with a large number of non-commissioned officers to flee,the feudal official main adopt the check and manhunt system,which has played a positive effect in the earlier stage Ming Dynasty,but as the decadent,it is gradually revealed a variety shortcomings in mid-and late become a nuisance and disturbing the public's system. Large amount of deserters,makes military power weakness can not enough to meet the mid-and late war.Conscription system is developing,and in many places the number of the conscription more than the Wei-based.The conscription make up for the shortcomings of the Wei-based, display the advantages,but at the same time,its disadvantages are more and more.The cost of the conscription is gradually increased,but the government's revenue can not to meet the needs of each side of the conscription,and the silver for the conscription is not pay on time.In this way,when facing the war,the government can only rely on add Land Tax to raise soldier's pay and provision,which eventually buried the rule of the Ming Dynasty.In the late Ming Dynasty, the state gradually lost control of conscription,the merits of the conscription system has disappear,soldiers have been unable to assume the responsibility to defend the country.The soldiers live in hardship and then also choose to escape,together with the hungry,go on the road of resist the Ming Dynasty.It can be said that because of the Wei-based system,Army family and the Ming Dynasty military system's problem,led to flee of non-commissioned officers,while the Government has taken check and manhunt system and conscription system for the purpose to ensure the number of the Ming Dynasty army.But on the contrary,precisely because non-commissioned officers to flee,Wei-based system breakdown,the check and manhunt system to carry out and the rise of conscription system,development,decline,On this cause and effect,to Ming Dynasty society a great impact,and ultimately led to the Ming Dynasty rule decline.