Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 957, Ming's Population Data
In the study room of Qianqing Palace in the capital, Liu Jin was called into the palace again by Emperor Hongzhi.

"Your Majesty, the southwestern chieftain's rebellion has been completely suppressed, and all the chieftains involved in the rebellion have also been beheaded for public display."

Liu Jian reported to Emperor Hongzhi about the southwestern chieftain's rebellion in a loud voice.

These days, Emperor Hongzhi started to sleep bad again. The Southwest chieftain rebelled, more than a dozen tribes in the Western Regions rebelled against Daming, and the Uzang chieftain and Trumpet also rebelled against Daming.

This made Emperor Hongzhi very anxious, but fortunately, the bad news had only been in the capital for a few days, and the good news came soon.

The southwestern chieftain's rebellion was quelled in the shortest possible time. The southwestern chieftain, who had lost his ruling foundation, could not make any waves at all, and was easily quelled by the officials and garrisons in the southwestern region.

On the side of the Western Regions, more than a dozen tribes who rebelled against Ming Dynasty were also suppressed immediately by Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia. , requiring these leaders and nobles to go to the capital, otherwise they will be regarded as rebels against Daming.

The only headache now is Uzang. A large number of officials assigned to Uzang were killed. The chieftain and lamas united against the Ming court, and even dared to attack Qinghai and Gansu. It can be described as audacious.

The imperial court did not have any garrisons or immigrants in U-Tsang. It only had [-] cavalry stationed in Qinghai. However, U-Tsang has a vast territory. It is not a matter of a day or two to suppress these chieftains and lamas. .

"it is good!"

Emperor Hongzhi said happily when he heard it.

In the Southwest, because of the reform of the land and returning to the local people, the chieftain problem has almost been solved, and now it is just a jump, and there is no trouble at all.

As for these large and small tribes in the Western Regions, taking advantage of this opportunity to kill chickens and monkeys, they also let the leaders of these tribes come to the capital. In the future, they will be almost the same as the tribe leaders on the grassland. It has nothing to do with them.

Next, we can start to carry out in-depth changes and interventions on these tribes in the Western Regions, completely abolish these past tribal systems, and bring these nomadic tribes into the firm rule of Ming Dynasty.

The only thing to worry about now is the place of Uzang.

But there is really nothing to worry about in Wusi Tibet. In this period, Wusi Tibet itself is fragmented and weak. Moreover, Wusi Tibet has a vast territory and few people, and resources are scarce.

As long as the imperial army enters Uzang, these chieftains and lamas can be wiped out immediately, and then the serfs will be liberated, the serf system will be abolished, and land, cattle and sheep will be allocated to these serfs, and the chieftains and lamas will completely lose the foundation of their rule.

Of course, if the Ming Dynasty wants to rule here for a long time, it still needs to adhere to the policy of fully implementing the Ming Dynasty. After all, there is really no way to attract Han immigrants here.

"Your Majesty, apart from Uzang, the Western Regions, and the Southwest, the implementation of the citizen hierarchy system in our Ming Dynasty has been very smooth. At present, the first census of our Ming Dynasty has basically been completed."

Hubu Shangshu Zhong Zhong handed over a memorial in his hand and said.

"Well, tell me, how many people do I have in Daming?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard it, he immediately smiled happily, and asked after taking the memorial passed by Xiao Jing.

"Your Majesty, after a two-month census, I have two capitals and thirteen provinces in Ming Dynasty, plus Liaodong, Grassland, Western Regions, Hezhong, Nanyang provinces, overseas Australia, Golden Island, and many overseas colonies and overseas vassal states."

"The total population of my Ming Dynasty is [-] million and [-] million to [-], of which the total population of the two capitals and thirteen provinces is [-] million and [-] million, and the total population outside the customs and overseas is [-]. About three million."

He Zhong read out these numbers very skillfully.

"Ten and fifty-seven million people!"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard it, he couldn't help laughing and said: "It seems that our Ming Dynasty still has a large population. The total population recorded in the previous yellow book is less than one-third, and the hidden population is more than one-third." absolutely."

"Your Majesty, the reason why so many figures can be counted in this census is mainly because His Majesty has freed the population tax and taxes, and the common people are still willing to register when there is no need to pay the population tax and taxes. , because if you are not registered and have not obtained an identity card, you will be unable to take an inch in the future, and you will also not be able to participate in the conscription and so on."

Qi Zhong also nodded solemnly and explained the reason.

"What a wonderful person. The territory of our Ming Dynasty is constantly expanding, and there are more and more lands. Naturally, the more people there are, the better."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. In the past, he always felt that the population of Daming was too small. Now it seems that it is not that the population of Daming is small, but that the population registered in the Yellow Book is small. The concealed population is too large.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen~"

"I have several data analysis reports on the population of Ming Dynasty."

At this time, Liu Jin also stood up and took out a stack of papers at the same time. These papers are different from the traditional memorials, but are somewhat similar to the A4 papers of later generations.

The paper also vividly displayed some content in the form of tables, numbers and pictures. After Liu Jin received the census data of the Ming Dynasty, he had someone make it overnight.

In fact, it is to analyze the population data of Ming Dynasty in the form of tables, patterns and numbers of later generations.

"Oh?"

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately became interested. Liu Jin can always bring something different. This census was also proposed by Liu Jin. Everyone really wanted to see what new tricks Liu Jin could play.

Xiao Jing also quickly handed out the paper brought by Liu Jin. Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao, Qi Zhong and others each had a copy, and each copy contained many sheets of paper. .

"Everyone, please look at the first piece of paper!"

Liu Jin picked up a piece of paper, pointed to the content on it, and said, "The content on this piece of paper is the comparison between men and women in my Ming Dynasty population data."

"My Ming Dynasty has nearly [-] million people, of which the total number of men is about [-] million, and the total number of women is about [-] million. The number of women is nearly [-] million more than that of men. , the ratio between men and women is basically one to one!"

When everyone heard Liu Jin's words, they also picked up the first piece of paper and looked at it.

There are tables and numbers on it, and the numbers are Arabic numerals. Everyone has already learned this, and they can understand it, and it is also very clear. At the same time, there is a comparison like a round cake. The round cake is divided into two, half In red, half in black.

"I didn't expect that there are more women than men in my Ming Dynasty, and there are four million more people. Doesn't this mean that four million women are going to be widows?"

Seeing this picture, Zhang Mao couldn't help but smiled and said.

"Haha, that shouldn't be the case. With three wives and four concubines, the extra four million people are not too many, and even many people will not be able to marry wives."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head. Under the three wives and four concubines, there are four million more women, which is not a lot at all. Many people are destined to be single.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi and the others watched and listened carefully, and couldn't help nodding their heads.

"Let's look at the second picture again. This is the data comparison between my Han people and non-Han people in Ming Dynasty. The total number of Han people in Ming Dynasty is about 92 million, and the number of non-Han people is about 8 million. We Han people Chinese accounted for about [-]%, and non-Han people accounted for about [-]%.

"What needs special attention is that in the Western Regions, our Han people accounted for less than 80%, in the northern grasslands accounted for less than 50%, and in Jiaozhi Province in Southeast Asia, the proportion was only about 30%."

Liu Jin picked up the second chart and continued, and everyone picked it up to look at it one after another. It listed the population ratio of each province, and the provinces with a small proportion were listed in red.

"It seems that more people still need to be relocated to the grasslands and Southeast Asia."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at it, thought about it and said.

"Well, it is true that immigration should be insisted on. The two capitals and thirteen provinces in the customs still have a large population, which can be migrated out in large quantities. Australia, Golden Continent, Liaodong, Nanyang, and Western Regions, these places are vast and sparsely populated, with very few people. , and there are too many people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces within the pass."

Others also nodded one after another. At first, it was only a concept of numbers, but there was no concept of image. Now Liu Jin also gave them an intuitive impression through the form of numbers, diagrams, and patterns.

The ratio of men to women in this population, which province has a large population, which province has a small population, and so on.

"Everyone, please look at the third table. This table is the per capita cultivated land area data calculated by combining the cultivated land area reported by each province."

"Among them, Hezhong Province has the most cultivated land per capita, with a per capita cultivated land area exceeding [-] mu, and Liaodong's per capita cultivated land area also exceeding [-] mu."

"The provinces with the least arable land per capita are Fujian and Zhejiang, with less than three mu of arable land per capita."

Liu Jin looked at everyone's expressions, smiled and continued.

"I didn't expect that the per capita arable land in Zhejiang didn't even have three mu of land."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Xie Qian couldn't help sighing immediately. Both Zhejiang and Fujian are mountainous and have little arable land, but no one would have imagined that the arable land is so scarce that there is not even three acres of arable land per capita.

"Let's look at the fourth table again. This table is a table that reflects the population density of our Ming Dynasty. Naturally, the two capitals and thirteen provinces of our Ming Dynasty have the highest population density. Among them, the Beijing-Tianjin region and the Jiangnan region have the largest population density, and the population density The smallest density is Australia, and the total population of the whole of Australia is less than half a million!"

Liu Jin continued to talk about the tables one by one, while everyone listened carefully and looked at them carefully, and immediately understood why Liu Jin said to conduct a census instead of a population census.

　Historians have found that the population of the Ming Dynasty was between [-] million and [-] million, and it was almost [-] million at the end of the Ming Dynasty~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)