What do you think of the "Hongwu Dynasty"?

When talking about the prosperous Hongwu era, Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally the first to be mentioned. What is well known is the "rest and recuperation" policy he implemented after the founding of the People's Republic of China: light corvee and low taxes, official land tax of five liters and three combined, private land tax of three liters and three combined, which was the lowest land tax in the history of China; (except for the Jiangnan area) rewards for reclamation and unowned wasteland Once cultivated, it is owned by the landowner, and newly cultivated fields are exempted from corvee labor for three years; strict frugality is strictly enforced, and extravagance and luxury are prohibited...

There are also "macro-control" that are rarely known today: First, large-scale immigration for cultivation , several times relocated landless farmers and wealthy families in the south to settle in Shandong, Shanxi, Liaodong and other provinces, which not only solved the problem of labor shortage in the north, but also cracked down on the "Jiangnan tycoons". Policies have been introduced to encourage "diversified operations", stipulating that farmers with 5 to 10 acres of land must plant half an acre each of mulberry, hemp, and kapok, otherwise taxes will be increased. For more than 10 acres, every 100 farmers must plant 200 jujube trees. Violators will be sent to the army. The government sends a large number of "technicians" to the countryside to promote advanced agricultural production technology and spend great efforts to build water conservancy projects. There is no relaxation in business either. Sea bans are strictly enforced across the country. "No piece of salt is allowed to enter the sea." Smuggling of salt is prohibited. High-income industries such as salt and foreign trade are all "state-owned." Of course, we have not forgotten to take appropriate care. The tax exemption for industry and commerce is only one thirty tax, less than half of the Yuan Dynasty. Officials and citizens across the country are registered for naturalization and are divided into three categories: civilian households, military households, and craftsman households. The random movement of the population is strictly prohibited, and the "Yellow" system is "Album" and "Fish Scale Album" to register national land registration...

The work of clean government has not been relaxed. "Agricultural performance" is the first criterion for evaluating officials, and corrupt officials have been strictly investigated. Prisons were built in the name of "punishing corruption", and local officials had to take the lead in farming, called "responsibility fields"...

With careful consideration and effort, an economic system was established that lasted for the entire Ming Dynasty. This is A highly centralized, well-defined feudal agricultural country's economic system with clear powers and responsibilities, strict laws, strict legal network, clear layers and strict barriers. From the perspective of future generations, it may seem rigid and rigid, but in the context of the decline of all industries at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it burst out with incomparable vitality. The impressive economic achievements are the result.

Under this impressive achievement, the outstanding figures - the capable ministers of the Hongwu era, with their unknown actions, meticulous thoughts, and painstaking labor, are like silent pillars, supporting The splendor of the "Hongwu Age"