Great Tang Southern Emperor

How did they set the trap?

Li Zhen didn't know that in the eyes of others, she was famous for being perfect.

There is only one shortcoming, that is, he likes food. Datang's food reform started with Li Zhen.

What they are most afraid of is that this shortcoming of Li Zhen will be exposed, for fear that the enemy will set up a food trap because of this, which will be unfavorable to Li Zhen.

Thanks to the secret efforts of everyone under his command these years, Li Zhen's shortcoming has been unknown to everyone, and he is about to forget it, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to expose it by himself. Don't worry about leaks.

"As for making such a fuss?" Li Zhen smiled and said, "I've grown up so big, I haven't seen anything, why are you so worried?"

Liu Ren tracked: "No, Your Highness, just in case someone sees this weakness...you must know that diseases enter through the mouth, and poison also enters through the mouth. Besides, even if you don't talk about this, as the heir of a country, you are the crown prince of a country. Knowing that you talk about being greedy for food, it's not good to hear it, it will make people laugh."

"Who told you that I want those plants for food?" Li Zhen's words made a country confident: "Could it be that in your minds, this palace is the kind that can send troops to conquer a continent just for one bite of food?" person?"

"Of course, some people do have this reason." Looking at the strange eyes of the people around, Li Zhen felt a little guilty for no reason, and quickly added.

Then he defended himself: "But what's the point? Since ancient times, there are many sages who liked food, and many of them even left their names in history because of food, and I haven't seen anyone say anything about it."

"But it's not good to spread this reputation." Liu Ren tracked: "And it works from top to bottom. Your Highness, you like food, and the people below will definitely follow suit. If things go on like this, there will definitely be extravagance and extravagance in the Tang Dynasty."

"Oh, listen to my explanation." Li Zhen was helpless, can someone finish the sentence?

"Your subordinate is being rude." Liu Rengui quickly shut up: "Your Highness, please clarify."

"Tch, really..."

Chapter 804 Chinese Population Census of Past Dynasties

Chapter 166 Chinese census of past dynasties

"Cut, really." Rolling his eyes, Li Zhen explained: "I really like American food, because there are several foods in it that taste really delicious, but I don't want Conquer a continent with one bite? Of course, there must be reasons for this, but it is definitely not for the selfish desire of the palace, but there are several high-yield crops in America. If they can be successfully grown in Datang, Then the entire Tang Dynasty will no longer be in danger of starvation—no matter whether the Tang Dynasty is in a prosperous age or not, even in the era of war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, no one will starve to death. At that time, food will be the world's most important food. The cheapest thing on earth."

"Really?" Liu Rengui was suddenly excited. He came from the war-torn era. He knew the importance of food very well. Sometimes, for a bite to eat, he sold his children and daughters. Not just talk.

In fact, even in the Tang Dynasty, which has already had the buds of a prosperous age, there has always been insufficient food. Although people will not starve to death, it will never be the case that everyone is full.

This situation continued until last year when Li Zhen conquered Nanyang and plundered all the food in Nanyang. Datang had a surplus of food.

Because if you want to completely eradicate the occurrence of food shortages, there are only two options from beginning to end.

The first is to look for more fertile land. Now that Datang has found it, that is Nanyang. As long as Nanyang is fully developed and Nanyang becomes Datang’s granary, it will not be possible to feed the entire Datang with the amount of grain produced in Nanyang. question.But this method also has disadvantages, that is, it will cause Datang to form a strong sense of dependence on Nanyang in the future. In case there is a problem in Nanyang one day, for example, someone rebelled and blocked the road to deliver food, or Nanyang also suffered a disaster. If he is caught off guard, the entire Tang Dynasty will definitely starve and even starve to death.

The second method is to find a high-yield crop, preferably one that does not choose the land. As long as there is this crop, food can be planted everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, and naturally there is no need to worry about starvation.

However, the Chinese people have lived on this land for thousands of years, and they have searched for thousands of years. They have found everything they can eat, but only rice, millet, millet, and wheat are eligible to become mainstream crops. And five kinds of bean.

Among them, rice is rice, millet is sorghum, millet is millet, also called millet, wheat is wheat, and Shu is the general name of beans.

However, rice is only suitable for growing in southern paddy fields, and the environment limits its yield. Wheat is cold-resistant, but its yield is not high. As for millet, bright beans, and beans, although they are among the five grains, their taste is not good, and their yield is even worse. Chillingly low.

But now Li Zhen actually said that there are several high-yielding crops in America, which can completely solve the problem of food and clothing.

Everyone was boiling. If what Li Zhen said was true, it would be a great contribution that surpassed the heavens. With this alone, it can be compared with the ancient Shennong family.

Of course what Li Zhen said was true. He knew that after the American crops were introduced to China, the population of China exploded.

Let’s first look at the population growth of the Ming Dynasty after corn was introduced into China. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the population was 1000 million (mainly because the rule of the Yuan Dynasty was too bloody, and the city was slaughtered at every turn). By the Jiajing period, the population had reached [-] million.

Then in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the population was 900 million (the 12th year of Shunzhi, which is 1655), and then in the first year of Xianfeng (1850), it was already 43 billion. In less than 200 years, China's population has increased More than 22 million, a direct increase of more than [-] and a half times.

Incredible, right?

We must know that at the peak of the Tang Dynasty, the population of the entire Tang Dynasty was only a little over 5000 million (in the reign of Xuanzong Kaiyuan, it was only 90 million), and it was more than 1000 million in the later years of the Qing Dynasty—is the Qing Dynasty so good?Or is it said that in these [-] years, the Chinese reproductive system has evolved?Become particularly productive?

of course not.

It's not that the early Chinese were not as good at giving birth as the late Chinese. The Chinese have been very good at giving birth since ancient times.

This can be seen from the comparison between the troubled times and the prosperous times. At the beginning of Qin Dynasty (215 years ago), the population was about 3000 million. 202w.

Then after another 200 years of development, the population increased to 2 million at the end of the Western Han Dynasty (the first 6000 years), and then at the turn of the Han Dynasty, after some melee, it was only 100 million in the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After another 100 years of development, by the time of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population had recovered to 600 million.

Then there was the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which divided the world into three parts. After 100 years of melee, after Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, completely wiped out Wu State, the last country in the Three Kingdoms, in 280 AD, China's population was only 600 million, at least At that time, it was even less than 800 million.

However, the Jin Dynasty was not a good bird. Under their governance, the country became more and more chaotic, which eventually led to the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, and then the Five Huan Hua in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. When the Han people were the least, there were only 500 million left. If it wasn't for Ran Min's desperate counterattack, passing down the order to kill Hu, and leaving a sigh of relief for the Han people, I am afraid that the Han people will really exterminate their clan.

The troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties lasted for 300 years. Fortunately, after the end of the period, everyone stopped fighting, and the Han people were able to breathe a sigh of relief. Then, when the Sui Dynasty unified the world, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty made every effort to develop the population. After two generations of father and son In the fifth year of Emperor Yangdi's great cause (609), the national census showed that the population had recovered to 600 million.

But then there was chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the population dropped sharply again. In the 12th year of Zhenguan, there were only 1000 to 755 million people. Then in 14, which was the 5000th year of Tianbao, the peak of Kaiyuan prosperity, the population It was back to [-] million again.

But in that year, the Anshi Rebellion occurred in the Tang Dynasty, and the population of the Tang Dynasty dropped sharply again. In just five years (760 years), it dropped from 5000 million to 700 million.

It took another 400 years of development. By the fourth year of Song Huizong's Grand View, the population had recovered to 700 million. This was the peak population of the Northern Song Dynasty, but it was only 50 years. By the 30th year of Shaoxing, the population of the entire Song Dynasty had once again It fell to a historical freezing point of 600 million.

As far as the Yuan Dynasty is concerned, the population of Han people has almost never exceeded 1000 million.

After that, the Ming Dynasty drove the Yuan Dynasty away, and the number of Han people who took over has already been said, a little over 1000 million. In the 31st year of Wanli (1603), it recovered to 6000 million again, and reached a record high of 600. Ten thousand.

As for the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, it has been introduced before, 900 million, and then 200 years later in the Xianfeng period, the population has reached 17 million. Since then, China's population has continued to rise, and it has almost never declined. [-] billion (allegedly) now.

Chapter 805 Looking for America, Looking for Sweet Potatoes

Chapter 167 Looking for America, Looking for Sweet Potatoes

From the data in the previous chapter, you can clearly see that the resilience of the Chinese people is very strong. No matter how difficult or dangerous the situation is, as long as there is a peaceful environment, the population growth rate is very fast. , if there is a legendary prosperity coming, the population will explode several times in a few minutes. Do you believe it or not?

Therefore, it is not impossible for the Tang people to have children. If they really take birth apart, it is very easy for their population to exceed 500 million. From 50 million to [-] million, the speed is very fast, and it will definitely not exceed [-] years.

But through the above data, it also shows a problem, that is, even if the population is skyrocketing, it is very difficult to break through [-] million.

The most fundamental reason for all this is food.

People can have as many births as they want.

But it is easy to give birth to a child, but how do you raise it?

In the final analysis, it is still food. In ancient times, agriculture was underdeveloped and food was not enough. It was not that the people could not give birth, but they dared not give birth.

If there is not enough food, even if you give birth to a child, you will not be able to support it. Instead, there will be one more person to eat, and the average ration will be shared, and the children who could be supported may not be able to support them.

This situation continued until corn was introduced into China by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, during the Wanli period, the population of the Han people exploded, from less than 1000 million in the early Ming Dynasty to 600 million, a full six-fold increase.

The Qing Dynasty was even more ruthless. From less than 2000 million in the early Qing Dynasty to 22 million in the late Qing Dynasty, the population soared [-] times.

The reason is sweet potatoes.