parentshiftbook Chapter 428: The Reasons That Promoted The Crazy Population Growth Of The Song Dynasty, But There Is
Chapter 428: The Reasons That Promoted The Crazy Population Growth Of The Song Dynasty, But There Is
"Mr. Yan, how did the Song Dynasty increase the number of people under its rule to 120 million?!!"
Qi King Zhu Su, who had been thinking for a while but couldn't figure it out, couldn't help but ask directly.
Yan Changqing's eyes fell on Qi King Zhu Bo, and while turning around to write on the blackboard, he said:
"There are many reasons. The first reason is the breakdown of social classes!!!"
"When we talked about the fourth chapter of "Dragon Slaying Technique: The First Core of [Power] - Rulers and the Ruling Class" before, we mentioned that the people's uprising in the late Tang Dynasty completely destroyed the power of the powerful families. represents a ruling class that has remained unchanged for hundreds of years.”
"The upward path for the people at the bottom was reopened, injecting vigorous vitality into the later Northern Song Dynasty!!!"
"The second reason is the long-term overall peaceful environment in the country!!!"
“Although the Song Dynasty promoted culture and suppressed military power, it continuously weakened local military, administrative, financial and other powers, making it difficult for local governments to form a force to compete with the central government.
“As a result, the local area was too weak and the local army’s combat effectiveness was too low to resist foreign invasion, which led to the later ‘Jingkang Disgrace’.
“However, we have to admit that the Northern Song Dynasty basically solved the problem of local separatism.
"After the unification of the Northern Song Dynasty, the central government's control over local areas was very stable, and there were basically no large-scale military rebellions or civilian uprisings in the local areas.
"From the unification of the Northern Song Dynasty to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty developed steadily for about 160 years."
"So, maybe you don't have a clear concept of The Grand Pure One."
"For example, the Tang Dynasty was basically unified from the second year of Zhenguan to the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion in the fourteenth year of Tianbao, and it continued to develop steadily for more than 120 years."
"The Northern Song Dynasty developed steadily for a long period of about 160 years. During this time, the economy, culture, population and other aspects of the Northern Song Dynasty continued to rise steadily89!"
"The third reason is further development in the south!!!"
"During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population of the common people in the north grew to 40 million, while the population in the south was only 20 million. This was almost the limit of the social carrying capacity at that time."
“After the Han Dynasty, there were long-term wars in the north and relative stability in the south. People in the north began to migrate to the south, which allowed the land in the south to be developed and the population to grow.
"After the Tang Dynasty, the population of the people in the north and south had basically reached a balance."
"And after the Northern Song Dynasty, the population in the south alone has exceeded 50 million!!!"
"It can be said that the further development of the south expanded the scope of economic activities in the Northern Song Dynasty and raised the upper limit of the population carrying capacity of society at that time [this is also an important reason why the number of people in the Northern Song Dynasty exceeded 120 million."
"The fourth reason is that the burden on the people of the Northern Song Dynasty was relatively light."
"For example, the Northern Song Dynasty abolished the corvee system that had been implemented for more than a thousand years."!
“The Northern Song Dynasty transferred all the elite troops from across the country to the central government and became the Central Guards, while the troops retained in the local areas were called Xiang troops.
"Under normal circumstances, the Xiang troops in the Northern Song Dynasty would not directly participate in the war, so the other task assigned to these Xiang troops in the Northern Song Dynasty was corvee service."
"As a result, the people were freed from heavy corvee labor and could concentrate on economic production."
“At the same time, the Northern Song Dynasty also reduced agricultural taxes, further reducing the burden on the people.
"The fifth reason is that business prosperity has transferred a large amount of labor force!!!"
"The Northern Song Dynasty encouraged the development of industry, commerce and overseas trade, which caused a large number of people to move from agriculture to industry, commerce and the service industry, which alleviated the contradiction between man and land, which was also conducive to the growth of the population."
"The sixth reason is that farming technology in the Northern Song Dynasty has also been improved, further increasing food production!!!"
“Due to the shortage of plowing cattle, the Song Dynasty vigorously promoted the ‘treading plow’ to replace cattle plowing. "
"And in order to solve the food crisis, large-scale promotion of fine varieties of crops began. Rice was promoted to be planted in the north, and crops from the north were also promoted to the south, enriching crops in various places.
"Alternate cultivation of rice and wheat has brought agriculture in the Central Plains to the stage of two crops a year."
"At the same time, in the fifth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Song Zhenzong ordered the introduction of Champa rice cultivation, which further increased the people's food production."
"The imperial court even funded the purchase of cattle to lend to farmers, and these policies are conducive to agricultural development."
"Under the joint promotion of the above reasons, the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty and the population of the people under the rule developed to the highest peak in history!!!"
"Let's go back to the three factors that affect the growth of the population we just mentioned: high mortality [life], high cost [living], and [people's happiness in life 1."
"We can see that among the many reasons that promoted the massive increase in the population of the people under the Northern Song Dynasty."
"The first, second, and third reasons can be said to be the premise and foundation for promoting the massive growth of the population under the Northern Song Dynasty!!!"
"And the fourth reason can be said to be that it has improved [people's life happiness]!!!"
"The fifth and sixth reasons can be said to be the reduction of high-cost [labor!!!"
“After improving [people’s happiness in life] and reducing the high cost of [living], in the end, even if [living] risks a high mortality rate, people will be willing to take the initiative to have more children!! !"
"So Your Majesty and Your Highnesses can think about the Ming Dynasty today. Are there any policies and systems that are similar to the Northern Song Dynasty that promoted the number of people under the rule?!!"
After hearing Yan Changqing's question, Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu, Zhu Di and other princes could not help but think along Yan Changqing's words.
【Breaking the vitality brought by class?!!】
[From this point of view, the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Meng Yuan Dynasty [which is actually equivalent to breaking the original solidified class. 】
[So from this point of view, the vitality and vitality possessed by the people of the Northern Song Dynasty were equally valuable to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's toughness was equally valuable!!!]
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were lowered, just like the sleeping King of Hundred Masters, lowering his eyes slightly.
[Is it necessary to weaken local areas to avoid local separatism and people’s rebellion?!!”]
[But once it is cut too much, it will easily make the place vulnerable, and it is even possible that the "Jingkang Shame" of the Song Dynasty will reappear!!!]
【Is there a way to get the best of both worlds?!!】
Prince Zhu Biao frowned, thinking about a solution.
[The south of the Ming Dynasty is basically the same as it was during the Northern Song Dynasty. Does this mean that the development of the south has reached a limit?!!]
[If not, how can the south be further developed next?!!]
[If it does, then where will Ming Dynasty continue to focus on development?!!]
King Qin Zhu Xi simply drew a cross on the table with his finger, and looked thoughtfully at the map representing the four directions of Ming Dynasty: east, west, north, south.
[Business prosperity has transferred a large amount of labor and alleviated the contradiction between man and land?!!]
[Today, the commercial tax received by the Ming Dynasty is only 7 million shi, which is far less than during the Northern Song Dynasty. In other words, the Ming Dynasty will continue to encourage business in the future?!
Jin King Zhu Fan thought about the amount of commercial tax collected by the court this year, and then thought about the commercial tax revenue in the Northern Song Dynasty, and suddenly felt that it was necessary to continue to encourage the development of business.
[The Song Dynasty abolished the corvee system that had been implemented for more than a thousand years, and then restored the corvee system in the Yuan Dynasty, and the corvee system also exists in the Ming Dynasty today!!!]
[If the Song Dynasty was able to abolish the corvee system, can Tianming also abolish the current corvee system?!!]
King Zhu Di of Yan lowered his head and thought about whether the current corvee system in the Ming Dynasty could be abolished.
[The Northern Song Dynasty further increased grain production through improved farming techniques and the promotion of planting Champa rice. 】
[The Ming Dynasty also had potatoes discovered and planted by Mr. Yan, which will soon be promoted to the world. In this aspect, the Ming Dynasty far surpassed the Song Dynasty!!!]
Zhou Wang Zhu Ji thought of the more than 230 million potatoes piled up in Wanmin Agricultural College next door and sealed in cellars for planting next spring, and a look of pride appeared on his face.
Last summer, we harvested 65,260 potatoes, and in the fall we harvested more than 1.2 million potatoes!
This summer, more than 26 million potatoes were harvested, and in the autumn, more than 511 million potatoes were harvested!!!
Now the acres of land in Wanmin Agricultural College are no longer enough to continue planting potatoes. This year, potatoes are being planted by requisitioning some acres of land from people in the suburbs of Beijing.
Currently, the court is debating whether to distribute improved potato seeds to the people around Yingtian Mansion first, or to start distributing potatoes to the people all over the world in advance.
After all, more than 510 million potatoes were distributed to the 60 million people of the Ming Dynasty, which was enough for each person to share seven or eight potatoes.
[Looking at this comparison, the happiness of people in the Ming Dynasty needs to be further improved!!!]
[At least the people of the Ming Dynasty had a higher happiness level than the people living in the Northern Song Dynasty!!!]
Chu King Zhu Zhen frowned slightly, thinking hard about what other places in Ming Dynasty could further improve the happiness of the people of Ming Dynasty.
[No, we must increase the population of Ming Dynasty!!!]
【No matter which dynasty the Ming Dynasty loses to, it cannot lose to the Great Coward!!!】
[Otherwise, I will be too shameless to say that I am the prince of Ming Dynasty in the future!!!]
King Zhu Shu of Qi raised his sword eyebrows upside down, with a serious and positive look on his face.
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