However, this method of killing is actually not very efficient, and blunt weapons such as hammers, whips, and maces are naturally more physically demanding to use because they are heavy, and because blunt weapons are generally short weapons,

One inch is longer and one inch is stronger, so short weapons naturally suffer. Therefore, for a long time, weapons that are edgeless, heavy, and short will have problems in terms of lethality, conditions of use, and ease of use.

Therefore, for a long time, no generals chose to use this weapon.

Therefore, it is not surprising that weapons such as hammers were not used during the Three Kingdoms period.

So why did weapons such as hammers appear later?

Heavy weapons such as hammers began to appear in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and became very common in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

In the field of weapons, competition between spears and shields has always existed. By the Tang Dynasty, due to the development of armor, armor had stronger defensive capabilities, making the original weapons with sharp edges such as knives and guns,

In a confrontation, it becomes more and more difficult to break armor. At this time, the role of blunt weapons such as hammers becomes apparent. Unlike swords and guns with sharp edges, blunt weapons such as hammers can

There is no need to break the armor. If you are hit by a hammer, even if the armor is intact, you may eventually die from broken bones. This is something that cannot be done by swords and guns. The ability to kill the enemy without breaking the armor makes weapons such as hammers, whips, and maces possible.

There is a place for bravery.

Eventually, with the emergence of stronger armor, stronger armor-breaking weapons such as hammers also appeared in the sequence of weapons.

Correspondingly, during the Three Kingdoms period, due to the insufficient defensive capabilities of armor, no one used hammers due to their own weaknesses.

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In our domestic history, the land area at the end of the Ming Dynasty was only about 3.5 million. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, and by the end of the Qing Dynasty, our domestic territory was still about 10 million. Therefore, in terms of historical status, the Qing Dynasty was

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the achievements were even greater. Without the Qing Dynasty, there would be no 9.6 million people in our country today.

In fact, regarding this issue, the first thing we need to make clear is how big was the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty in history? In 1368 AD, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang successfully launched a revolution, creating the dynasty with the longest actual reign in our domestic history.

, which lasted for more than 270 years. There are also debates about the historical territory of the Ming Dynasty. Some people believe that the historical territory of the Ming Dynasty should be about the same size as that of the Tang Dynasty, while others believe that the territory of the Ming Dynasty was actually only

It can occupy thirteen provinces in Han Dynasty, and it is difficult to even protect itself.

To clarify the issue of territory, we must first understand what territory is and what "sphere of influence" is. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was no obvious sign of the division of national boundaries. Therefore, the most obvious one is whether the territory is under the jurisdiction of the court.

The key point is to look at the local administrative agencies. In the Ming Dynasty, within its own territory, management agencies such as Tusi, Dusi, Hundred Households, and Thousand Households were generally divided. Generally, as long as there are these institutions, it can be called a defined territory, while at the border

In certain areas, the imperial court usually announced canonizations, but in fact some local people did not recognize these canonizations, and they could only be regarded as the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty.

From a historical point of view, the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the early years was indeed not large, but it was not only 3.5 million people. 40 years after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the southern territory of the Ming Dynasty had reached Vietnam. The King of Vietnam at that time surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty also granted the capital to Vietnam and implemented management. However, after more than 20 years of actual rule, Vietnam broke away from the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In the western region, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the control over New and Western China was not strong, far less than that of the Tang Dynasty, but the establishment of administrative institutions was still very complete. Although the languages ​​​​of the two places were different, there was still a long period of time.

, Xin and Xi both had Ming Dynasty government agencies and collected taxes. The area of ​​these two places alone reached nearly 1 million.

Regarding the issue of northern territory, the Ming Dynasty did not have a good division. Except during the reign of Emperor Yongle, Heilongjiang and Sakhalin were incorporated into the administrative agencies of the Ming Dynasty and the Nurgan Dusi was established. The northern region of Mongolia has never been part of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty even spent a huge amount of manpower to build the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty in order to guard against the Mongolian Wazi and other forces.

Taken together, the territory of the Ming Dynasty in its heyday was not inferior to that of the Qing Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had the largest territory. Counting the surrendered Vietnam, the actual area under its control was about 8.8 million square kilometers.

After Emperor Yongle, the population began to shrink to 6.9 million during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the actual area under control only reached about 4.2 million.

However, to say that without the Qing Dynasty, we would not have the 9.6 million territory we have today, this answer is still open to debate. It is no exaggeration to say that after the demise of the Ming Dynasty and the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty did make decisions for our subsequent territorial division.

Great contribution, first of all, is the expansion of territory. From the early to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the territorial area expanded linearly. By the time of Emperor Qianlong, the historical territory of the Qing Dynasty reached its largest, about 13 million people, and it almost reached Lake Baikal in the north. In the middle and late periods of the Qing Dynasty, the territory

It shrunk to more than 11 million, and even after the unequal treaties were signed, our territory still had an area of ​​about 10 million.

Historically, this territory was very similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. Under the actual control of the territory and the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, historians also believe that the average territory of the Ming Dynasty's territory in most periods was about 10 million kilometers. As for later

If the country is destroyed, it will of course shrink.

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People who have watched the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" will probably remember the three major reform policies implemented by Yongzheng after he came to the throne: sharing the land with the peasants, sharing the grain with the gentry and returning the fire to the public. For the first two, everyone should be familiar with it, at least

You can make a rough guess from the literal meaning. But as for Huo Hao Gui Gong, it may be relatively unfamiliar.

So, what does "returning fire to the public" mean? Why did Yongzheng vigorously promote this policy?

To understand this problem, we must first understand what "Huoyu" is. Huoyu, also called "Huoyu", means that when local officials levy taxes, they will ask taxpayers to pay an additional amount in addition to the prescribed tax.

.Why do you need to pay more? This is about the origin of fire consumption.

Huohao appeared in the Ming Dynasty. During Zhang Juzheng's reform, he introduced the "One Whip Law", which clearly stipulated that land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous taxes were combined into one tax, and the silver taels were collected together. However, because most of the money that local officials received from the people was in pieces.

Silver needs to be melted with fire and cast into silver ingots before it can be handed over to the national treasury. In the process of recasting, there will inevitably be a loss of silver. Therefore, this additional tax that needs to be paid due to the casting of silver is called "
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