Why did Emperor Kangxi swear never to build the Great Wall?

The main reason is that the role of the Great Wall was basically useless in the early Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

In the age of hot weapons, the role of the Great Wall declined--- bricks could not stop artillery.

Another important reason why the Qing Dynasty did not build the Great Wall, I think it is related to the ** of the Qing Dynasty itself, the original intention of the Great Wall is to resist the northern peoples, and during the Qing Dynasty, the most powerful northern people were the Qing Dynasty itself. Some people will say that there is also Mongolia, the Mongolian tribes have declined in the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor must be very aware of this, so the Kangxi Emperor tried every means to keep the Mongolian tribe in a state of disintegration, except for the Geldan Department far west of the new reins is still a powerful tribe, the other tribes have only tens of thousands of troops, and there is no strength to resist the Qing Dynasty at all, so it has become the basic policy of the Qing Dynasty to the Inner and Outer Mongolian Ministries.

The third reason for not building the Great Wall is that the cost is too huge, at that time the Qing Dynasty was only 5 million taels**, and it took 20 years and 200 million taels to repair the Great Wall**. If converted into the current equivalent, it is about 17 trillion to 20 trillion yuan, that is, the country's annual income is three to five times.

The Great Wall did not block an invasion, so Kangxi did not do it.

Kangxi felt from the easy entry of the Qing army to the enemy outside the country that he relied on the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people, not the Great Wall.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was originally a foreign people, and it was outside the Great Wall.

Moreover, Kangxi has an advanced consciousness and is unwilling to strengthen this feudal fortress, and with the benevolence of others, he is unwilling to work the people and lose money.

The construction of the Great Wall brought an infinite burden to the people, and the construction of the Great Wall could not resist foreign rule.

The Great Wall is a passive defense, and in fact, it really imprisons the pace and ideas of the nation's outward expansion.

Kangxi Outer Mongolia is the Great Wall, and only a small amount of manpower (and relatives) and material resources (rewards) can be achieved far better than the actual role of the Great Wall, why not?

I felt the helplessness of the Tunguska people.

It's all this era, who cares about the Great Wall.

The construction of the Great Wall was costly and detrimental to national strength.

The Chinese nation has always been known for its industriousness and bravery, and has created countless amazing and huge engineering facilities from ancient times to the present. However, behind this magnificent spirit is the blood and sweat of countless toiling people. Especially in the ancient feudal society where the productive forces were not developed, the construction of the Great Wall often required the strength of the whole country and the shaking of the national capital to complete.

And the always shrewd Kangxi Emperor certainly saw this. Since Kangxi ascended the throne, the rebellion of the three feudatories in the south, and the expedition to the Geldan tribe in the north, have consumed a lot of manpower and financial resources, and the Qing Dynasty at this time needs to recuperate and recuperate, and cannot afford to toss at all. Therefore, Emperor Kangxi did not dare to build the Great Wall at the risk of losing the country.

The actual role of the Great Wall is not obvious.

The reason why these ethnic minorities were able to easily cross the defense line of the Great Wall was often because of the problems of the Central Plains Dynasty itself, such as military infighting and peasant uprisings, which gave them an opportunity.

The reason why the Manchus were able to overthrow the Ming Dynasty was also because the Ming Dynasty was already corrupt, the national power was weakened, and peasant uprisings were everywhere. Emperor Kangxi also understood that the stability of a dynasty does not lie in a city wall, but in whether the country is strong or not.

In addition, the Manchus themselves were nomadic peoples, and after unifying the world, they adopted a policy of courtesy and co-optation towards other ethnic groups such as the Mongols, so the role of the Great Wall in resisting the invasion of nomads no longer existed.

The Great Wall is empty, and the heroes of the world dream of the world. ”