Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 59, people move to live, trees move to death
Hearing that Liu Jin had another high-level opinion, Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang quickly cheered up, ready to hear what Liu Jin could say about the population and land.

"My Ming Dynasty has always encouraged reclamation, but the land in this world has always had a limit, and it is impossible to grow endlessly. Especially, I estimate that the amount of land that can be taxed according to the official statistics of Daming must be higher than that of the founding of the country. less time."

"However, the population is constantly increasing, especially after the world has been in peace for a hundred years, the population is growing even faster."

"Let's assume that there are 10 shares of land in the world. At the beginning, the population of the world was also 10 people. Each person planted a field and paid a tax, so he could receive 10 shares of tax at that time."

"With the growth of the population, these 10 people will soon become 15 people, so 5 people will not have their own land, and among the 10 people who originally owned land, some will pass the imperial examination and no longer need to pay for farming. Then there may be several people who will dedicate their lands to this person's name."

"At this time, there are still 10 farms, but only 7 taxes can be received, and the 5 extra people can only become farm laborers because they don't have their own land, and they can only farm land for those who have land."

"Fortunately, these 10 fields are enough to feed 15 people. Although sometimes, when the harvest is not good, a few people will go hungry, but overall they can barely live on."

The simple analogy mentioned by Liu Jin, if it is a person of later generations, it is estimated that many people have seen it. This is a very good and vivid example used to explain land mergers on the Internet. It can clearly explain the ancient land mergers, The changing of dynasties is explained clearly.

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang naturally had never heard of it. Now when they heard Liu Jin's words, they all felt very novel, and at the same time they began to think carefully while listening.

"When the population grows to 20 people, the land in the world is still 10 points of land. At this time, the output of 10 points of land can no longer meet the needs of 20 people, and more people are starving."

"And at this time, there are more people who have achieved fame and have tax-exempt privileges. At this time, the land dedicated to tax-exempt people may reach 4, 5, or even more, and the tax that can be collected may only be 5. portion, or even less.”

"Among the 20 people, half of them are hungry. Naturally, these hungry people will not really wait to starve to death in vain. They must find a way to grab the land into their own hands and rob other people's food to fill their stomachs. own land."

"So, these 20 people fought and competed with each other. In the end, there were only 10 people left, and the remaining 10 people redistributed the land, so that everyone could eat enough again and have their own land to cultivate. Then the story will continue."

Liu Jin spoke concisely and quickly explained the relationship between population and land.

Only Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian and others opened their mouths wide. They were all smart people, and they couldn't tell. Although Liu Jin was telling a story, it was actually about the rise and fall of a dynasty.

Regarding the change of dynasties and the reincarnation of history, they have read too many books and studied too many histories, but they have never explained each of them clearly from the perspective of population and land like today. The reasons for the change of dynasties.

In the past, they had always firmly believed that the change of dynasties in the past must be caused by the corruption of the government, the incompetence of the king, the relatives and relatives far away from the virtuous ministers, or the invasion of barbarians and many other reasons.

But I never thought that it was because the population is increasing, the land is still so much, and the land is slowly concentrated in the hands of a few people, leading to sharp conflicts between population and land, and finally leading to the change of dynasties .

From this point of view, it is very novel and eye-opening. It seems that the root of reincarnation and fate in China's thousands of years of history can be seen at once.

"Are we in the 15-person period right now?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin, he understood Liu Jin's words, and compared them carefully, he found that the period of the 15 people mentioned by Daming and Liu Jin is very similar.

"Maybe maybe it was in the period of 16, 17 people."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said that the Hongzhi Dynasty was already in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. In a hundred years or so, the population will increase and land annexation will become more serious. Even if there is no Little Ice Age, the Ming Dynasty will be like other dynasties in history , along with the peasant uprising, finally ushered in a change of dynasty.

Li Zicheng's ability to break into Beijing and let Emperor Chongzhen hang himself on a crooked neck tree is enough to explain all of this.

"Let's talk about the household service system established by Taizu."

"During the Taizu period, because the world had been in turmoil for a long time, especially after the century-old catastrophe of Yuan Hu, the world was sparsely populated and a lot of waste was waiting for prosperity. At that time, it was natural that the people needed to take root in the land and resume production, so Taizu would Establish a household service system and strictly prohibit the movement of people.”

"Because this policy was the most appropriate policy at the time, it could restore vitality as soon as possible and make the world stable."

"But it's completely different now. The population is increasing, but there is still so much land, and there are more and more famous scholars, and more and more tax-exempt people, and the land is gradually concentrated in the hands of a few people."

"If this population has not flowed, everyone will still be confined to the original place. They will not have enough food and clothing, and if there is a natural or man-made disaster, they will not be able to survive."

"At this time, once people can't survive, the consequences will naturally be refugees and wars everywhere."

Liu Jin looked at Emperor Hongzhi's face, and it was obvious that Emperor Hongzhi's face was not very good-looking at this time, but Liu Jin did not stop, and continued to speak.

"So in this era, if we want to break this situation, we must either reduce the population or increase the land."

"When dynasties change from generation to generation, it is actually a process of population reduction. War is the most effective way to reduce population."

"But now, it's obviously not possible, so we have to move the surplus population in this world to other places. The world outside of Ming Dynasty is very vast."

"This Golden Continent is dozens of times the size of Daming, and the land is extremely fertile, enough to feed a population dozens of times that of my Ming Dynasty. There is also the Nanyang region, where the land is fertile and rice is grown three times a year, which can also feed a large number of people. "

"Australia, Africa, Tianzhu, etc., as well as the vast area north of my Ming Dynasty, the land outside the Ming Dynasty is so vast that it is enough for us to expand for countless years."

"As the saying goes, people move to live and trees move to die. In fact, this is the truth. Our Chinese ancestors also followed this truth, so they have slowly expanded from the Hanzhong area to the current vast territory, so they can support thousands of people now. million people."

"If it has been confined to the Hanzhong area, it is impossible to have such a large population and such a vast land!"

　This place is advocating external expansion, which can be regarded as laying down mental preparations

　　
　
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