The prosperity of poetry culture must be based on economy. The Song Dynasty was controversial, but the economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty far exceeded that of the Tang Dynasty.
Even our great scholar Yu said, "The dynasty I yearn for most is the Song Dynasty. So why did the economy of Song Dynasty become the most prosperous period in ancient history?
How prosperous was the economy of the Song Dynasty?
Historians are still controversial, but the economy of Song Dynasty was not weak, but stronger than many dynasties. As we all know, unlike in the prosperous Tang Dynasty when all countries came to pay tribute, the Song Dynasty opened up the "Maritime Silk Road" and changed "passive foreign trade" into "independent foreign trade".
In the Song Dynasty, silk was no longer used as physical currency in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Kashgar tax was calculated in yards, and a considerable amount of copper coins were used.
In all parts of Southeast Asia, although international trade benefits and the economy is prosperous, small countries everywhere are emerging regimes, even if they have their own currencies, it is not enough.
Northern Liao and Xixia imported Song coins, while copper coins were forbidden to leave the country, reflecting that Liao and Xixia exchanged Song coins for Jin yuan. There are so many Song coins unearthed in Japan that it can be seen that there are also Song coins in circulation in Japan. China currency has become an international currency.
I remember some western scholars said that the monthly income of the "door collectors" in the Song Dynasty exceeded that of the kings of small European countries. This sentence satirizes the corruption in the Song Dynasty, but it shows that the real gatekeeper in the Song Dynasty is rich.
The Tang Dynasty was the dusk of the Middle Ages, and the Song Dynasty was the dawn of modern times.
After Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin relieved the military power with a glass of wine, the Song Dynasty has been promoting sandwiches. Countries do not expand armaments and territories, but also because of long-term financial constraints and uncoordinated revenue and expenditure, social and economic development will occur. Because the money does not flow to the state treasury, it is not used for war, and it is all left in the people. Therefore, the private economy was developed in the Song Dynasty.
People don't eat or stir. If you go to the army, the country can support you. Moreover, compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's squeezing employees, corruption in the Ming Dynasty became more and more serious. Compared with the doctoral class, the Song Dynasty really paid a high salary to keep clean. Therefore, the social contradictions in the Song Dynasty were not as tense as those in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and there was basically no peasant uprising to overthrow the court.
After the Pengyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty did not have to face the threat from the border. Because other dynasties were often invaded by borders, the whole country must be in a state of armament at any time and place. After the Pengyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty did not have to face these threats. Qidan's younger brother solved these problems after giving Liao some money.
Therefore, there is no need for the Song government to extract people's wealth. Rich in the people, the people are rich, and the economy will naturally prosper.