In the Ming Dynasty, a large number of people in Jiangxi moved out. What thrust led Jiangxi people to choose Huguang?

In the history of China, large-scale population migration is not uncommon. The middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are the birthplace of the Chinese nation and the cradle of raising the ancestors of the Yellow Emperor. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the population began to spread around the plain frequently, and then gradually spread to all directions of the country. There are also Shandong people who are familiar with it, and Shanxi people who have traveled to the west. What's more, the chaos in the central plains, the war in the northern region, and the people are devastated, just in Luodi, Henan. Immigration is the exchange of human beings and the integration of culture and economy. No matter where you move in or out, earth-shaking changes will take place. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was also a large-scale immigration tide in Jiangxi, which shocked the whole country. It is what people call "Jiangxi fills the lake." Huguang was then a province adjacent to Jiangxi, which is today's Hubei and Hunan areas. It is the basic law of population migration to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. What thrust led Jiangxi people to choose Huguang? This paper mainly analyzes the reasons of Jiangxi population emigration in Ming Dynasty and its influence on the two places. The reason for Jiangxi's population emigration is that Jiangxi has been regarded as a wild land since ancient times, which stems from its special geographical location. Jiangxi is a typical karst landform. The landform types in the province are mainly mountains and gullies, forming a relatively feudal environment in Jiangxi. However, it is located in the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and its climate and geographical conditions are superior, so it has not hindered the migration of population, but has formed the characteristics of immigration. It may be puzzling that many ethnic groups moved to Jiangxi in large numbers to escape the war. Why did the population move out in Ming Dynasty? This should be cut from the topic of agriculture. Since ancient times, agriculture in the Jiangnan basin has been underdeveloped. For a long time, the southern region has been in a situation of vast territory and sparsely populated. By the Ming Dynasty, this difference was even more obvious, because Huguang area was the front battlefield where Zhu Yuanzhang killed the Red Scarf Army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and wars continued. Many places are deserted, and people are dissatisfied with this turbulent environment and have fled to other provinces. Many innocent people also lost their lives, resulting in sparsely populated areas in the two lakes. However, due to the dense population, closed terrain, relatively backward agricultural production and saturated land resources in Jiangxi Province. At that time, the population difference between the two places laid the foundation for the migration of Jiangxi population to Huguang area. The phenomenon that Jiangxi moved to Hunan and Hubei first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but it reached the state of * * * at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang unified the Yangtze River basin, taking into account the fact that Huguang area was sparsely populated, the Ming Dynasty ordered Jiangxi people with large population and Jiangxi people with small population to settle in Huguang area nearby, and allowed immigrants to reclaim wasteland at will, which played a magnificent epic of "Jiangxi filling Huguang" in history. According to textual research, the number of immigrants from Jiangxi in the Ming Dynasty accounted for more than 63% of the total number of people in previous dynasties, which was the contradiction between population and land in Jiangxi and Huguang areas. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the rulers held a grudge against Chen Youliang's remnants in the south of the Yangtze River, fearing that they would pose a threat to the regime. As a result, Jiangxi has long been discriminated against by the rulers and imposed heavy taxes, resulting in Jiangxi becoming the region with the heaviest tax corvee in the country, and the people are miserable, while the corvee in Huguang is relatively light, even evading taxes, which is another major reason for population migration between the two provinces. The influence of "Jiangxi filling the lake" The migration of Jiangxi population has brought great influence to Hubei, and the migration of population has strengthened the production, ideological and cultural ties between the two places. Jiangxi immigrants brought a lot of labor to Huguang area, promoted the reclamation of barren land in Huguang area, improved their quality of life and injected fresh strength into Huguang area. At the same time, Jiangxi used to be an area with developed agricultural economy, with advanced production tools and modes. Jiangxi people who moved to Huguang brought these advanced things to Huguang area to spread, which made the local agriculture look brand-new. There are many businessmen among the immigrants. They moved into Huguang area, aimed at the waterway on the border of Hubei and Jiangxi, and engaged in the trade of fine commodities such as salt, rice, wood, medicinal materials and porcelain. These discerning businessmen have accumulated wealth and strengthened economic and cultural exchanges with the outside world, which means economic prosperity and people's happiness and stability. At the same time, it also promoted the rise of "right-wing business gangs". Secondly, immigrants will inevitably have the collision and integration of ideology and culture. This arduous process has made the concept of clan more deeply rooted in people's hearts, which is of great significance to these people who have left their homes. They cherish the hard-won stability and peace, and they bring the local culture of their hometown. At the same time, clan thoughts and family ethics are deeply rooted in their hearts. Good living habits and Confucian traditional blood culture have left a deep imprint on their hearts, which is a great progress of human thought. For Jiangxi, the migration of population has alleviated the pressure of local people with more land and less land to a certain extent. The retrogression of agriculture caused by geographical factors and population saturation in Jiangxi has also triggered an undercurrent of immigrants. The two sides got out of the predicament through population migration. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang's great cause of reunification forced Jiangxi people to emigrate, and he was far-sighted and a wise monarch with foresight. All in all, cause and effect have consequences. The reason for Jiangxi's population emigration was that Jiangxi was densely populated at that time, which caused serious contradiction between people and land and great pressure on people's lives. Fruit was injected into Huguang area by Jiangxi people, which had a great positive impact on agricultural production, ideological culture, social economy and commercial development in Huguang area. The influx of a large number of people has played a decisive role in the development of land and other resources, which directly contributed to the happy situation of "the lake is ripe and the world is full". Huguang changed from a barbarian land to an important exporter of food in Ming Dynasty, which was really inseparable from population migration. The immigration of large-scale immigrants has also injected new genes into Huxiang culture from the side. As a carrier of culture, immigration will inevitably lead to changes in immigration places and cultural adaptation stages, and also promote the development of social culture. Of course, the migration of Jiangxi population to Huguang area brings a lot of labor and priceless wealth, but also brings pressure to local management. Of course, the overall situation is that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. "Jiangxi fills Huguang" at the same time, it also breeds the tension between man and land, so there is a migration scene of "Huguang fills Sichuan". References: immigrants from the Ming and Qing Dynasties; Shaanxi People's Publishing House1995; The Population Density of Jiangnan Area in Ming Dynasty and Its Influence on Economic Development: A Historical Study of China 1984.