The Historical Evolution of Immigrants in Hong Tong

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court used troops abroad for years and exercised national oppression at home. Due to the cruel exploitation and oppression of farmers by Mongolian nobles and feudal landlords, class contradictions and ethnic contradictions have intensified day by day, and floods and famines have occurred frequently in the Huanghuai River Basin, making people miserable. Farmers from all over the country rose up against the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty. The continuous war and various disasters have seriously damaged the social economy. In the early Ming Dynasty, many places in China, especially the north of Jianghuai, presented a desolate scene.

At this time, Shanxi is another scene, relatively stable, with good weather and good harvest every year. Compared with neighboring provinces, Shanxi has a prosperous economy and a rich population. And a large number of refugees from other provinces also flowed into Shanxi, making Shanxi a densely populated area.

After the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, in order to consolidate the new regime, develop the economy and enhance the national strength. According to the actual situation of the country at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang made a major decision-"stationing wasteland to defend the border". At first, the immigrants under the pagoda tree in Hongtong moved directly to Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Shanxi provinces and cities. However, in the past few hundred years, the descendants of these local immigrants have moved to Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Xinjiang, Northeast China, Hongkong and Taiwan Province. Before liberation, he went to Southeast Asia. Since the reform and opening up, he has studied abroad, visited relatives and settled down. Today, descendants of Sophora japonica have spread all over China and the ends of the earth.