Why is the Ming Dynasty an important milestone in the historical development of Guizhou?

★ The Ming Dynasty is an important milestone in the historical development of Guizhou. Mainly reflected in the following aspects:

(1) Establish administrative provinces. After Zhu Yuanzhang unified China, in order to maintain the stability of the situation, he still followed the provincial system of the Yuan Dynasty, but the local power was weakened and concentrated in the central government.

(2) The development process is accelerated. Daxing cultivated land, immigrants, soldiers merged into agriculture, and paid attention to the development of transportation. In the Ming Dynasty, on the basis of the original, the postal route outside the province was widened and rebuilt, and more post stations were added, which made the postal route develop greatly. In addition, many bureaus have been set up in handicrafts and mining. Great progress has also been made in urban construction and culture.

(3) Great changes have taken place in social relations. The original relations of production have been broken. The landlord economy has developed rapidly.

(4) Large-scale soil improvement and flow setting.

Guizhou was originally ruled by Tusi. Since the 11th year of Yongle, large-scale soil improvement has been carried out. Later, Liu Guan's ruling area was continuously expanded.