李员外 on Nostr: Soon after the establishment of the Ming dynasty, Emperor Hongwu declared ...

Soon after the establishment of the Ming dynasty, Emperor Hongwu declared “Agriculture is the foundation of the nation” and embarked on an effort to achieve economic self-sufficiency.Despite such intentions, as the Ming population expanded from 103 million to 308 million, Ming farmers began growing specialized crops such as silk and thus needed to import rice from surrounding areas to sustain the food supply.Later, when tobacco production began to rise during the Qing, the emperor attempted to limit its development, declaring “Tobacco is not healthy for the people, and because cultivating tobacco requires using rich land, its cultivation is harmful for growing grain.”，看到这里我乐了，这年年一号文件好像说的就是这，农业是根本，要把饭碗牢牢的抓在自己手里，皇上说的对。