Why did Jiangxi people migrate to Guizhou?

Ancient Jiangxi people moved to Guizhou because of war and rebellion.

The migration of Jiangxi people in Guizhou first occurred in the Han Dynasty, which is an official migration. The large-scale military migration was initiated by Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, shortly after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there were still rebellions and resistance in many places, including Naha in the northeast and Wang Liang in Yunnan.

A.D. 138 1 year, that is, in the 14th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Fu Youde to take Yungui directly as a general to conquer the south, and in the second year he said that he would pacify the history of Pingdian, Taizu, Yunnan.

The story of population migration

A new wave of immigrants occurred in the early Qing dynasty, because the war and plague in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties led to a sharp decline in Sichuan's population. In the Qing Dynasty, people immigrated from Huguang to Sichuan, and then from Jiangxi to Huguang, and there were also military immigrants.

Generally speaking, because the population of Jiangxi has been relatively large since the development, and the population of neighboring Huguang and further Yunguichuan has decreased periodically, the migration of Jiangxi people is both official and spontaneous.

In fact, before the Han Dynasty, the population of Jiangxi was relatively small, with a maximum of 370,000. Later, due to the war and other reasons, Jiangxi's economy developed rapidly and its population also increased on a large scale. By the end of Yuan Dynasty, the population of Jiangxi had risen to140,000.

At that time, the population of Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces added up to only so much. However, in ancient times, when farming civilization was dominant, the population was too large, which led to the decrease of cultivated land area. Therefore, many people have to leave their homes and embark on a journey of immigration.

The first immigration was in the early Ming Dynasty, which was called Huguang in Jiangxi in history. Because at that time, after Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he began to invade Huguang and Yungui areas. Jiangxi has become a military base, and people from other regions are urgently needed to support the war.