How many surnames did Shanxi Sophora japonica migrate?

There is a very popular saying that the surnames migrated under the pagoda tree in Shanxi are all over the country. In fact, this statement is well-founded. Because in history, people who were originally under the big pagoda tree in Shanxi did migrate to all parts of the country, especially the Central Plains of Henan Province. It is said that more than 90% of Henan people migrated from their ancestors under the big pagoda tree in Shanxi.

It may sound strange, but it sounds strange entirely because of the high population density in Henan in history, but sometimes it is the opposite.

For example, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan government used troops year after year to oppress the nation at home. Coupled with the constant floods, droughts and famines in the Huanghuai Valley, the Red Scarf Army uprising was finally aroused. The Yuan government carried out cruel repression, and people in Huaibei, Shandong, Hebei and Henan were killed and injured. Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and other places have suffered greatly, and almost all of them are uninhabited.

During the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty, Shanxi was relatively stable, with favorable weather and bumper harvest every year. Compared with neighboring provinces, Shanxi has a prosperous economy and a rich population. Moreover, in many provinces, where are the refugees from other provinces? To a stable place, of course. So at this time, a large number of refugees also flowed into Shanxi, making Shanxi a densely populated area.

In order to consolidate the new regime and develop the economy, the Ming emperor Hongwu organized eight large-scale immigration activities during the fifty years from the early years of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Yongle. In today's Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, the so-called? Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi, the old stork nest under the Sophora japonica! ? That is, the grand occasion of the great migration at that time.

The immigration of Sophora japonica in Hongtong County is a very large-scale official immigration in the history of China. Decades later, there were 15 large-scale immigration activities. According to reliable data, there are more than 800 surnames involved in a county in Hongdong, Shanxi.

But? At present, there is no convincing exact number of surnames from Shanxi Sophora japonica.

Although Hongtong County Records, as an official data file, is the earliest historical record about Hongdong so far, there is not a word about immigration in the whole Hongtong County Records, let alone any space about Sophora japonica immigrants.

In fact, this is not surprising. After all, the migration of the Ming Dynasty was normal, and the "Hongtong County Records" did not mainly record migration and other things. The story of locust tree migration was not discovered by the world until the late Qing Dynasty, and it was not carefully studied until the early Republic of China, and the site was restored.

As for the reasons why Ming Taizu arranged the migration of Sophora japonica, there are different opinions in history. Speaking of traveling incognito, I come here occasionally. Unexpectedly, it was found that the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the population was the most dense. Most of the immigrants from the Central Plains moved here during the Yuan Dynasty. Because Zhu Yuanzhang had long wanted to move the capital to the north before his death, and now he has encountered the terrain where Hongdong is easy to defend but difficult to attack, he wants to develop it into a military stronghold and move the local people.

Second, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were wars and the land was devastated. Because Shanxi was cut off from the outside world by the Yellow River and Taihang Mountain, it has been under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and has not suffered from war. Therefore, Shanxi Province was a populous province in the early Ming Dynasty. So Zhu Yuanzhang also organized many people in Shanxi to concentrate in this area and then moved to other places. Because the migration of Sophora japonica in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province lasted for decades and involved a large number of people.

It is still unclear how many surnames are involved in the migration of Sophora japonica in Hongtong County. But according to current statistics, there are at least 800 surnames. In fact, it can be seen from this question that China people always like to ponder one thing, that is, leaves are leaves, branches are branches, and work together.

But how many leaves and branches grow on a century-old tree? When you count them, it is unknown whether there will be another wind blowing the leaves. As long as you understand the surname hanging on the big locust tree, there is one for you and one for me, that will do. Leave those things to pedants!