Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it was once believed that the Ming Dynasty was very rich, and even if it had reached the end of the road, the treasures in the palace must be everything. What makes people feel surprised is that the Eight Banners opened the national treasury, and there was no point at all, which really made people lose their teeth, and this dynasty actually came to such a point. Where did all the money in the Ming Dynasty go? In fact, for Chongzhen, his life is really extremely hard, when he took over, it was a mess, there was nothing in the family, either the north was fighting, or there was a rebellion in the east, even if it was a skilled craftsman, there was no way to make up for this huge house, in addition, there was a great drought, the country's main income was actually taxation, the people could not pay money, and the country became poorer and poorer. Of course, in fact, all of this has to do with one thing, and that is the currency of the time.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy was very prosperous, and everyone had money in their hands as if they had entered a well-off society in advance. Especially in the Jiangnan area, there are many rich people, and everyone's life is very beautiful, and it is a few silver or two at every turn. In fact, this practice is attributed to Zhang Juzheng, who exchanged everything for currency, that is, the silver we saw. There are many advantages to this approach, and it is becoming more and more convenient for countries to live with a unified currency. But the problem also arises, because our country is not a silver-producing country, silver is a little less used, coupled with our people are more frugal, rich people will make silver into bracelet earrings, people without money will hide it at home, silver will become more and more precious.
That is to say, this is a fatal problem of the Ming Dynasty, the state's circulating currency has become silver, silver has appeared less and less phenomenon, the silver on the market has become less and less, the tax has become insufficient, so that the income of the imperial court at that time has become less and less, the army can not send money, the people have no money to provide disaster relief, which caused chaos in the world. Having to mention the economic acumen of the Manchus, they quickly realized the problems of the Ming Dynasty. Why did the emperor of the Ming Dynasty struggle so hard? It is precisely because currency is so scarce. Since the previous currency can not be used normally, let's change a currency, in fact, the economy is such a simple thing.
The Qing court thought of a very wonderful trick, they began to cast a large number of copper dollars, and then promoted the whole country. By the time the Qing Dynasty fell, there were as many as 13 billion. These things are linked to the taxation of the Qing court, exactly like the current monetary system, in addition, the imperial court at that time also played a little trick, when there was more money on the market, they reduced the issuance of copper coins. When there is less money on the market, it begins to evaporate bit by bit. It is through this method that the problem of financial difficulties is quickly solved. The problem of money can be solved, and silver can also be received in their own hands, and let's look at the advantages of doing so, and at the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the problem of military salaries can still be solved. It also allows the West to buy advanced weapons. If it were not for the western invaders who wanted too much, such a system could fully help the Qing Dynasty to recover itself.
Some friends will say that since there is such a good method, why did it end up dying and having a lot of foreign debt. That is really because the Manchu Qing Dynasty was really too indisputable in the end, in addition to economic problems, there are some political reasons, which caused the demise of a dynasty, of course, this is also caused by the force of historical promotion, the country adopted a backward political system, which will inevitably cause the sunset at that time, this is a fact that no one can change. Ironically, after the end of World War II, the United States also adopted such a method, and it was ridiculous to start transferring its own debt, and such economic measures had long been used.