It's scary, the group is actually full of ancient bigwigs

Chapter 251 Chapter 250 Silk is very profitable
In the chat group, everyone was shocked, Song Dynasty's operation is so coquettish.

The ancestor of China—

"It's awesome. I've only fought in Central Asia now, and the navy is still in the process of building up and training. After all, the technology is there, and the resources and population can't be improved in a short period of time."

The first emperor couldn't help admiring that the advantages of the Song Dynasty were too great.

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Really - self-made -

"Indeed, I have enough population and the navy, but there are too many things that need to be changed. At present, places such as Malacca have just been developed."

Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked.

How did the Song Dynasty burst out with so many people and resources.

Attila and Yelu Dashi hid in the corner and shivered, these big guys were so fast.

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I will not change history—

"Zhu Yuanzhang, aren't you in the lower reaches of Song Dynasty history?"

"It stands to reason that you should develop faster than the Song Dynasty."

Li Shimin didn't understand.

The downstream dynasties are generally stronger than the upstream dynasties, which is recognized by everyone.

Population, national power, degree of land development, literacy level of the people under his command, etc.

Some people say that Great Qin is invincible in the world, sweeping the upper and lower reaches of history.

However, if the national strength of Great Qin is reduced to ten, then the national strength of Great Tang can reach fifty or even eighty.

After the end of the first emperor's sweep of the six kingdoms, the so-called million-strong army under his command still couldn't be fully armed with a million-strong army, or even fully armed with iron armor, and could reach about 50.

At that time, the population had just reached about 300 million.

In the Tang Dynasty, the population under his command reached at least 3000 million, and the literacy rate was also popularized to about 20.00%. The imperial examination has already become partly feasible.

The army already has a complete tactical model, and it is not a problem to draw out millions of garrisons plus standing troops.

Not to mention the popularity of iron weapons, the Tang Dynasty at that time had already begun to popularize steel weapons.

So it is a wrong way to compare the Qin Dynasty with the Tang Dynasty or any two dynasties.

In general, the Han Dynasty surpassed the Qin Dynasty in terms of comprehensive national strength, and the Tang Dynasty surpassed the Han Dynasty. This is no problem.

There are many components of a country's combat power, not just military force, such as logistics supply, talent supply, land area, number of troops, number of armor popularization, food production, domestic development level, domestic conflicts and so on.

These combined are the real fighters of a dynasty.

The simplest comparison between the Qin Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty is that the two lakes and the south were not completely developed during the Qin Dynasty, while during the Tang Dynasty, because of the Jin Dynasty's clothing and clothing, the southern region experienced great development.

At the same time, during the Tang Dynasty, there were developments from the Han, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Sui generations. Domestic river transportation, land cultivation, and transportation have all made great progress.

The gap in overall national strength is too large.

If you popularize 100 million soldiers without complete armor and 100 million iron armor, the number of soldiers who start to use steel weapons is large, and the pressure without armor is absolutely great.

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This is why Li Shimin was puzzled.

According to common sense, the national power of the Ming Dynasty should be stronger than that of the Song Dynasty. Why hasn't Zhu Yuanzhang managed to break into Ah San's territory yet?

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True - self-made -

"Although I don't want to admit it, I still have to say, it can't be compared."

"The Ming Dynasty I ruled is still a bit weaker than the Song Dynasty in terms of comprehensive national strength."

"The difference lies in cultural heritage and population quality."

"Execution is also a little bit worse."

Zhu Yuanzhang admitted directly.

What can he do, he is also very wronged.

"The group of people in the Yuan Dynasty destroyed too much, and their rule over the Central Plains was destructive."

"Especially the scourge of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism has caused the quality of literati to fall behind."

"There are also some systems that I have worked out through my own exploration, and now there are problems."

"In general, I am reforming bit by bit now."

"So slower."

Zhu Yuanzhang said that he had no choice but to die.

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Li Shimin shut up decisively and stopped talking.

He remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang had engaged in the perpetual inheritance of titles and positions, and also obtained various household registrations. There were many messy positions. The executive power of the Ming Dynasty was fine if he was alive, but he would definitely be unlucky when he died.

Apart from these, when Zhu Yuanzhang massacred officials before, he provoked many people. Some people have already compared his life expectancy with him. Those people are now hiding among the people.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also established the household registration and land fixed system, which is fundamental. If Zhu Yuanzhang wants to expand and recruit troops, there are many things that need to be changed.

So it's normal to be slow.

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Yao Guangxiao, Zhang's family, and Qin Liangyu didn't speak. All three dynasties took Zhu Yuanzhang's blame.

There are indeed problems with some of Zhu Yuanzhang's institutional problems, and they are all Zhu Yuanzhang's own.

At the very least, the inheritance of local military household positions is enough, and there is a population list that complements this.

From the implementation of Zhu Yuanzhang's system, the Ming Dynasty's taxation is getting poorer and poorer, you can see one or two.

After the Ming Dynasty, the wealthy courts basically did not rely on population taxation to survive, and everyone was trying their best to make money.

The famous one is Zhu Di's voyage to the West, and the royal family personally smuggled it to make money.

The mutual market carried out during the period of Ren Xuan Erzong.

Zhang Juzheng later also engaged in smuggling and overseas trade.

From Zhang Juzheng's play of using national materials to cover military expenses, we can know that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was really poor.

However, the population of the Ming Dynasty increased year by year, and the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty decreased year by year.

This thing is worth thinking about.

Anyway, the few Ming Dynasty bigwigs who joined the group are reforming the system.

There are indeed many problems in the fundamental systems of some countries.

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Empress—

"What I'm curious about now is the silk trade that Li Gang and Zhao Ding play. Is this really profitable?"

"Put a single item on the national economic transaction materials."

Wu Mei doesn't care about the Ming Dynasty, she cares about silk now.

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"It's very profitable. Silk is something that steals money, especially in Central Asia and Europe."

"To put it simply, after the braid dynasty closed the country, there are only a few external windows left, and folk silk can earn half of the national treasury every year."

Su Xi told an amazing history.

"During the Braid Dynasty, after the Western Age of Discovery really started, there was a slave trade route that started from Europe with some cheap goods, went to Africa to obtain a whole ship of black slaves, and then sailed to the Americas and sold them to planters in the Americas. At the same time, they will load a large amount of gold here and then go to the external port at that time, where they will exchange gold for silk, and finally transport the silk back to Europe for sale."

"I don't know the comparison between the price of the braid and the group of sailors at that time, but I know one thing, the gold paid for the braid's later treaties is a lot."

"According to the gold we produce ourselves, we can't afford that huge amount."

Su Xi couldn't help laughing.

None of them are good people.

"Europe, with a Mediterranean climate, is like spring all year round and extremely warm. Silk is comfortable to wear, breathable and smooth."

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The silence in the group was incomparable. What you said was so clear that we could all guess it. It was definitely a sky-high profit.

One doesn't know the actual cost of silk, and the other suspects that the other party has a problem with his head and trades with gold.

In ancient times, silk, except for the top, was not equal to gold painting.

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Chapter 3

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