Brief introduction of Nanjing immigrants in Ming Dynasty

1. Immigrants in the early Ming Dynasty are also called Ming Immigrants, Hongdong Immigrants, Hongwu Immigrants, Sophora Immigrants and Hongdong Immigrants. It refers to the immigration events that occurred from the third year of Hongwu (1370) to the fifteenth year of Yongle (14 17) in the Ming Dynasty.

2. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, because of the battle of Dingge and the civil war of the ruling class, the Central Plains was barren and sparsely populated, and the government ordered immigration. At the same time, the objective situation of social stability, economic prosperity, narrow land and large population in Shanxi and even Hongdong makes it a natural place for people to move out. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, in order to consolidate the economic foundation of its rule, social order was re-established in some war-damaged areas. Finally, during the period from Hongwu to Yongle, a large-scale official relocation was carried out in front of the locust tree of Guangji Temple in Pingyang Prefecture (now Linfen City, Shanxi Province), with a total population of nearly one million.

3. Through this immigration, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, implemented the system of reclaiming farmland and rewarded the people, army and businessmen who reclaimed farmland, which has certain historical significance for the rapid recovery of production, the increase of population, the development of economy, the development of frontier areas and cultural exchanges in the Ming Dynasty. The migration of Sophora japonica in Hong Tong is the largest, longest and widest official migration in the history of China.