to go from the korea to anywhere near southern china you'd need to pass mongol territory and by the time spain was around that area in the pacific ming was already in decline. > while the yongle emperor had staged five major offensives north of the great wall against the mongols and the oirats, the constant threat of oirat incursions prompted the ming authorities to fortify the great wall from the late 15th century to the 16th century; nevertheless, john fairbank notes that "it proved to be a futile military gesture but vividly expressed china's siege mentality."[61]  the above quote is at the height of the ming dynasty before it went into decline. if you're going to call someone retarded at least try to make it look like you know something. and in the early part of ming it wasn't much different. > the early ming court could not, and did not, aspire to the control imposed upon the jurchens in manchuria by the mongols, yet it created a norm of organization that would ultimately serve as the main instrument for the relations with peoples along the northeast frontiers. by the end of the hongwu reign, the essentials of a policy toward the jurchens had taken shape. most of the inhabitants of manchuria, except for the wild jurchens, were at peace with china. jurchen and mongol tribes were at peace toward the end of ming, but they're certainly not going sit idly while spain marches an army through korea. qing dynasty fits the stereotypical description of china, but ming was just barely out from their former status of being conquered by mongols/tartars.
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