Chapter 139 (1) The Bureau of Statistics is unreliable

When Wu Sangui raised the national plate, the war was drawing to a close. When Kangxi sat on the boiling oil pot, the firewood under the pot had been burned out. What do you mean? This matter...let Prince Yu Duoduo of the Qing Dynasty tell you. It is said that when Duoduo was not yet ready, he led the bandit suppression team into Nanjing, wiped out the Nanming Hongguang puppet regime, and seized a large number of spoils of war.When it was time to count the trophies, Dodo cried. What is he crying for? Doduo discovered that among his trophies was a terrible item called the "Yellow Book", which had a total of 1.7 million copies and a total weight of more than 4,000,000 kilograms.At that time, Duoduo, as if facing a formidable enemy, circled the hill twice, stretched out his hand and called Qian Qianyi, Shangshu of Nanming Household Department who had just surrendered: "Old Qian, what is this?"

This... Qian Qianyi stepped forward and flipped through it, and reported: This is the statistical report from the Statistics Bureau of the Daming Household Department. Statistical report?At that time, Duoduo was stunned: Did you have a statistics bureau in the Ming Dynasty? Have.Qian Qianyi told Duo Duo affirmatively: The population statistics system of the Ming Dynasty was formulated by the Taizu. Duoduo nodded: Well, the comrades at the Bureau of Statistics are very responsible. What year is your population statistics now? Wait for me to take a look... Qian Qianyi picked up a yellow book and looked at it: Chongzhen twenty-four years.

Yes, the 24th Chongzhen has been counted... Duoduo suddenly realized: what year? With a bitter look on his face, Qian Qianyi looked at Duoduo without saying a word. Duoduo said: "Old Qian, you have broken Daming, this year has already been broken, and this is only the seventeenth year of Chongzhen."But your Bureau of Statistics is so ruthless that you have even calculated the data for the next seven years... Qian Qianyi cried: Boss, the work of the Bureau of Statistics...Although there are lies and nonsense, but we still have to affirm it positively. At least the statistics of the previous years are still reliable...

So how reliable is the work of the comrades of the Ming Bureau of Statistics? There is a book called "A Study of Chinese Population from 1368 to 1953" written by Professor He Bingdi.The professor overturned the historical statement that "China's population did not exceed 100 million until the Qing Dynasty." Based on the statistics of the Ming Dynasty, it was concluded that the peak population was close to 200 million as early as the Ming Dynasty. This means that when Li Zicheng rose recklessly and invaded all directions, the population of Daming at that time was almost 200 million.

So, when Wu Sangui inherits Li Zicheng's behest and continues to make troubles, how many people will there be in China? This is not clear. But there is a figure that can explain the problem.When the war in San Francisco subsided and China's economy entered high growth, it grew to the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, and the population finally recovered to 150 million. According to this calculation, when Wu Sangui was making trouble, the population of China was almost 100 million. In other words, at least half of the people in China were killed by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Catastrophe and chaos, the population halved.

The population was halved, which meant that all the surplus rural labor force in China at that time had been "employed", and the whole society presented a thriving scene where the land was sparsely populated and the people were anxious to live and work in peace and contentment. Wu Sangui chose to pick this moment to make trouble, isn't this just a joke? The reason why Kangxi wanted to kill Wu Sangui was because he knew what the people wanted at this time.If Wu Sangui was ten or twenty years younger, with his prestige and strength, he might not be able to overthrow Kangxi.However, Wu Sangui didn't think about this when he was young, and now he was put on the neck with a knife, and the dog jumped over the wall in a desperate fight. At most, he threw Kangxi into the boiling oil pan.

Now, Kangxi's task is: he must withstand Wu Sangui's desperate fight, and don't be cooked. As long as he endures until Wu Sangui is summoned by the Lord to ride a crane to the west, he will win. Hold on, Kangxi!