Why was the tomb of the Qing Dynasty badly stolen, but the tomb of the Ming Dynasty was well preserved?

Most of the tombs in the Qing Dynasty were robbed on a large scale, but compared with the tombs in the Ming Dynasty, the tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty were basically not visited by grave robbers. Bian Xiao thinks there are several reasons.

First of all, when Judy became emperor, he thought that the address of the imperial tomb was not only a treasure trove of geomantic omen, but also a military place to protect the capital. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang thought so, too, so Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum and Judy's mausoleum are very close to the capital and have been under the supervision of the court.

But the Qing dynasty was different. They like to build the mausoleum in a place with good feng shui, which is far from the capital, so the grave robbery can't be discovered in time. Sun Dianying stole the tomb of Empress Dowager Qianlong, with the title of conducting military exercises. If he moved the Ming Tombs, who asked him to engage in military exercises? That big move has long been discovered and stopped in time. Therefore, the Qingling Mausoleum was almost completely annihilated, and the situation in Qingling Mausoleum near Yixian County in Baoding was much more optimistic. Only one mausoleum in Guangxu chongling was definitely stolen.

Second, there is no law at the intersection of Ming tombs, and it is difficult to find the entrance to the underground palace. For example, Guo Moruo originally wanted to dig Judy's Changling, but he couldn't find the entrance for a long time, so he had to focus on Dingling, a relatively small place. It took more than a month to find the entrance. Not only that, the interior of the underground palace of the Ming Dynasty imperial tomb is also very complicated, the entrance is very curved, and the entrance is set at will, so it is very difficult for grave robbers to rob the tomb.

Qingling underground palace is a shallow burial. Even more deadly, it is almost carved from the same mold: all buildings, including the pyramid-shaped mound, are on the central axis. Take the mausoleum of Emperor Qianlong as an example. Behind the Ming building in Fangcheng is a dumb courtyard, and the tomb door is under the glass screen wall of the dumb courtyard. Sun Dianying didn't know about the grave robbery at first, and made a lot of noise. But after he had a "successful experience", the Qing tombs suffered.

Third, the Ming Dynasty perished too quickly. Although Li Zicheng captured Beijing, it was quickly defeated, and the Qing army quickly occupied Beijing. In order to win the hearts of the people, the Qing Dynasty showed its orthodox position. The Ming tombs are well protected. When Kangxi and Qianlong were in Jiangnan, they sometimes bowed down to the Ming Tombs, visited Zhu Yuanzhang's grave and repaired the Ming Tombs. , but Qingling is different. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the country was in turmoil and warlords were separated. Who has the energy to protect the mausoleum?