The Natural Disasters in Northeastern China in the Late Ming Dynasty and the Rise of Nuzhen People

Academia have paid much attention to the relationship of the natural disasters and the destruction of the Ming dynasty,but didn't pay enough attention to the relationship between the natural disasters and the rise of Nuzhen people. In fact,the natural disasters frequently happened in Northeastern China in the late Ming Dynasty,which brought about conflict among Nuzhen people,and the Jianzhou Nuzhen seized the opportunity to rise up.The natural disaster was one of the factors for the attack of Nurhachu against the Ming dynasty.The interaction of the policy failure and the natural dis- aster also made the Later Jin who came into Liaodong fall into trouble.In the Huangtaiji period there were lots of disas- ters.He plundered the Ming dynasty on large scale besides adjusted policies,played the role of the Eight Banners,forced the Korea to provide financial support,which not only weakened the other side,but also helped themselves to get out of the trouble gradually.But either the destruction of the Ming dynasty or the rise of the Nuzhen people,the effect of the natural disasters depends much on dynasty politics and the basic conditions of human society.