I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

On the giant screen in the sky.

The video is refreshed.

A new video appears.

[The Law of Capitalist Economic Crisis and the Root of Sui Dynasty’s Demise: Where did the great Sui Dynasty collapse? Why did it perish in the second generation when it was so prosperous? ]

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Seeing the title of this new video on the giant screen in the sky, many ancient people from all dynasties were shocked.

They could not think of any connection between the demise of the Sui Dynasty and the law of capitalist economic crisis.

In their opinion, the two are completely unrelated.

As a feudal agricultural dynasty that did not even start the industrial revolution, the Sui Dynasty did not have capitalism at all, let alone capitalist economic crisis?

“What does this mean?”

Many ancient people from all dynasties looked at the giant screen in the sky intently.

They felt that people in later generations would not talk nonsense and must have their own words.

They were very curious about this.

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The plane of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Jian looked at the giant screen in the sky very attentively.

Through the previous video, he already knew that his Sui Dynasty died in the second generation.

As for the reason, he analyzed the content of the previous video and believed that the reason was all due to Yang Guang, who succeeded to the throne.

If Yang Guang had not been too incompetent, cruel and immoral, with the foundation he laid, even if he was a mediocre monarch, he would never have died in the second generation.

But now people in later generations say that his Sui Dynasty died in the second generation, which was related to the law of capitalist economic crisis.

This made Yang Jian puzzled and curious.

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[In capitalist society, there is a law called capitalist economic crisis. ]

[What does it mean? 】

[In simple terms, factory owners hire workers to produce products, and the products are sold in exchange for value, but the factory owners occupy a large amount of surplus value, and the workers' wages can only maintain their basic needs. When they have no money to buy products on the market (even if they are produced by themselves), the entire society will experience a systemic collapse. 】

[Because the consumption of the rich is ultimately not enough to support the production of the entire society. 】

[Factory cannot make a profit by selling products, and the factory will lay off employees and reduce production in order to survive. 】

[More and more unemployed workers gather together and launch revolutionary uprisings ranging from protest marches to hanging capitalists on street lamps. 】

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For this law of capitalist economic crisis.

Many ancient people in all dynasties have already learned about it in previous videos.

So when they heard it again at this moment, they did not have any special reaction.

They are now concerned about one question:

What does this have to do with the demise of the Sui Dynasty?

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[A similar law actually occurred in the Sui Dynasty. ]

[Because the Sui Dynasty hoarded a large amount of grain grown by the people and did not give it to the people. ]

[It is like a capitalist,Constantly exploiting the people in the Sui Dynasty, forcing them to build the Grand Canal and conquer Liaodong, a large number of people who paid tribute but could not eat the food they grew simply abandoned their fields, resisted corvée, and became bandits and refugees. 】

【More and more bandit gangs gathered together and launched peasant uprisings ranging from killing an official in a county to hanging Emperor Yang of Sui on a city wall. 】

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“So that’s what it means.”

Many ancient people in all dynasties understood it a little.

They compared it and pondered it for a while, and it really meant something.

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The plane of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che’s eyes were full of thought.

He felt that it was still a distribution issue after all.

But what he found difficult to understand was that since a large number of farmers had become bandits and started to rebel, it proved that a large number of farmers across the country had been fed up.

Under such circumstances, why didn't the Sui Dynasty take out the stored grain?

As long as the problem of food and clothing for the peasants can be solved, the situation can be controlled from getting worse and more peasants can be prevented from rebelling.

The country's crisis can also be alleviated and the fate of the dynasty's collapse can be avoided.

But from the previous video, he has learned that the Sui Dynasty eventually died in the second generation.

And it died in the second generation right after a prosperous era called "Kaihuang's Reign".

He thought this situation was a bit strange.

In addition to the emperor's stupidity, there may be other reasons.

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The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin said to Li Zhi:

"Chi Nu, when you ascend the throne, you must learn from Sui Wen and be sympathetic to the people."

"Father's teachings, I will remember them in my heart!"

Li Zhi replied solemnly.

He knew what his father Li Shimin meant by "taking Sui Wen as a mirror".

That was in the 14th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty. There was a severe drought in Guanzhong. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, was reluctant to open the warehouse to distribute relief to the people, but ordered the people to flee and find their own way out.

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[Similarly, the Sui Dynasty also relied on monetary policy to reduce the payment to the people and the accumulation of wealth for the entire society. ]

[The Sui Wuzhu unearthed today proves that the inferior currency of Sui Wuzhu is already inferior. ]

[Because the ancient money and goods transactions depended on the copper content in the coins. ]

[And the Sui Wuzhu deliberately increased the content of cheap metals such as lead and tin, and intentionally reduced the copper content in the coins. ]

[This means that the people of the Sui Dynasty had to work harder to get back the rewards that originally belonged to them. ]

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Accompanied by narration subtitles.

On the giant screen in the sky.

The unearthed photos of the Sui Wuzhu coins were displayed.

Looking at those unusually white copper coins, many ancient people from all dynasties were shocked.

The lighter the color, the less copper it contains.

This color of the Sui Wuzhu coins, which undoubtedly shows that the copper content is very low.

"What a black heart!"

Many ancient people in the past dynasties despised it in their hearts.

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The plane of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Jian was also shocked.

The copper coins he had people cast were not like this?

"Rebellious son!"

Yang Jian cursed angrily, and he had already figured out what was going on.

This must be Yang Guang's doing.

This is indeed the case.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, one thousand coins (called one guan or one dang) weighed four catties and two taels.

And by the time of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, one dang of coins weighed only two catties.

By the late reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, one dang of coins had become as light as one catty, and even appeared to be "cutting iron, cutting leather, and pasting paper to make money".

So people couldn't stand it and called the severely devalued Sui Wuzhu evil money.

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[Why was the Sui Dynasty so unkind? Where did it get the confidence to treat the people like cattle and horses? ]

[Next, I will answer them one by one for you. ]

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The dynasties before the Sui Dynasty.

Many ancient people became more and more interested in the Sui Dynasty, which died in the second generation.

Especially many emperors wanted to draw lessons from the death of the second generation of the Sui Dynasty.

As for the dynasties after the Sui Dynasty.

There are also many ancient people who are interested in watching.

Although they have also seen information about the Sui Dynasty in history books and have their own ideas and judgments, they are still very curious about how people in later generations will interpret it thousands of years later.

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[The Sui Dynasty was a regime that ascended the throne by usurping the throne of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It continued many legacies of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and even the Western Wei Dynasty. 】

[In plain words, the revolution was not thorough and the internal contradictions were not resolved. 】

[In 590, when the Sui Dynasty completely unified the country by destroying the Southern Chen Dynasty, the national population was 480 households. 】

[And by 605, when Yang Guang ascended the throne, the national population was 8.7 million households. 】

[In just 14 years, the population increased by 4 million households, doubling directly, and the average annual population growth rate was about 8%. What does this mean? 】

[The peak natural population growth rate of the New Dragon Kingdom was 3.35% in 1963, which was even lower than the average of the Sui Dynasty. 】

[Does this mean that the Great Sui Dynasty in the sixth century was invincible and even surpassed the technology and medical level of the 20th century? 】

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The answer to this question is definitely no.

As long as the ancients were mentally normal in all dynasties, they would not think that the population growth of the Sui Dynasty could be better than that of the Dragon Kingdom in later generations.

According to what they had learned from the giant screen, the productivity levels of both sides were completely different.

Whether it was food production or medical level, the Dragon Kingdom in the later generations could be said to have crushed the Sui Dynasty.

It was completely a fantasy that the population growth rate of the Sui Dynasty could exceed that of the Dragon Kingdom.

"There's something wrong with this number for the Sui Dynasty. There's a cat"Greasy!"

Many ancient people with quick minds quickly thought of this in their hearts. (To read the exciting novels, go to Flylu Novel Network!)

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[The answer is definitely not.]

[When Yang Jian was still a general and destroyed the Northern Qi, he found that although the Northern Qi also implemented the equal-field system, a large number of people were actually under the name of the powerful, and became the private soldiers and slaves of the powerful.]

[A large number of people gathered under the powerful, which means that the country has weak control over the grassroots.]

[This is a hidden danger that threatens the Sui Dynasty, which usurped the throne and has an unstable foundation.][]

[Therefore, in order to exploit the powerful families, obtain more taxable population, and find out how much wealth the country has, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, launched such a policy. Strategy: A large-scale search of the population. 】

[It means to search the population on a large scale, and then check the appearance of each household and register them on the official roster. 】

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The dimension of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Xiu could understand Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty's approach.

After the establishment of a new dynasty, it is usually necessary to check the household registration.

On the one hand, it is necessary to curb the spread of land annexation and restore the court's control over land.

On the other hand, it is necessary to find out the actual situation of the people and lay the foundation for fiscal revenue and corvée management.

But the problem is that this is not easy to do.

Because this will damage the interests of the aristocratic families to a certain extent, they will definitely be strongly opposed.

For example, when he When the land measurement order was issued to do the same thing, it encountered fierce resistance from the aristocratic families.

These powerful people not only openly opposed the land measurement, but also colluded with local officials to conceal the truth, causing serious distortion of statistical data.

When the situation was at its worst, the aristocratic families even launched an armed rebellion.

It took him a lot of effort to complete this matter.

Therefore, he felt that it was not easy for Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian to complete this so-called "big search and review".

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[In order to trick these hidden households out of the powerful people, Yang Jian's plan was carrots and sticks. ]

[First, policy temptation. ]

[Half or even more of the output of the land that the refugees planted for the powerful people had to be given to the powerful people, so Yang Jian started Offer preferential conditions. If you are willing to leave the powerful and come to the government, the government will implement the equal-field system for you. 】

[That is, you will be given 100 mu of land, 200 mu of which will be permanent land, which can be inherited, and the tax will be reduced, which is definitely lower than the exploitation of the powerful. The time for corvée service will be postponed from 18 to 21 years old. 】

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Hearing this policy.

Many civilians in many dynasties other than the Sui Dynasty thought it was good.

If they were people of the Sui Dynasty, they would definitely choose to leave the powerful.

After all, who would be willing to work like a cow or a horse for others if they were not desperate?

If there is a better choice, then of course we should choose the better one.

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[Second, the official career andSearching for population is bound to political achievements. 】

[Whoever brings more population to the country will be promoted faster, and whoever fails to achieve political achievements will be dismissed and exiled. 】

[And encourage the people to expose each other. For example, if you expose a person who is not registered in the government, then the person you expose can be made to bear your corvée and let him suffer for you. 】

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The plane of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che smiled faintly.

Isn't this learning from his method of reporting the money?

He is optimistic that Yang Jian's approach can achieve good results.

After all, he is very clear about the power of the reporting the money.

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[Under the stimulation of this policy, a large number of officials and people, in order not to be dismissed and exiled and to expose the corvée to others, constantly registered the hidden population of those powerful people in the Sui Dynasty's roster, and then the population of the Sui Dynasty grew wildly. 】

【So, those bright and beautiful figures of the Sui Dynasty were not born under natural conditions, but were found by officials for their own interests. 】

【And the corresponding to the population is land. 】

【According to historical records, in the 9th year of Kaihuang, the national cultivated land was 1944, and in the middle of Daye, the national cultivated land was 55.85 million and 470,000 hectares, equivalent to 4.35 billion mu. What is the concept? 】

【Let’s put it this way, our development has only reached less than 2 billion mu. 】

【Does this mean that the Sui Dynasty in the sixth century AD was far more powerful than us more than 1,000 years later? 】

The bullet screen flew out:

"Wow, the Sui Dynasty also knows how to make satellites, which is really a bit ahead of its time."

"If the Sui Dynasty had more than 4 billion acres of arable land, the population would have exploded!"

"To be honest, if the Sui Dynasty's technology level could reach the level of creating more than 4 billion acres of arable land, it would not be difficult to unify the world at that time."

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The Great Qin Plane.

Qin Shihuang looked at the bullet screens on the sky screen and nodded slightly.

The Dragon Kingdom in the later generations, with such a powerful technology level, could not create so much arable land. How could the Sui Dynasty create it?

There is absolutely no possibility.

So.

The arable land figure of the Sui Dynasty must be false.

"Is it a false report by the officials below?"

This thought came to Qin Shihuang's mind.

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[The answer is definitely not. 】

[In ancient times, taxes were collected based on land. How much land was collected based on how much tax was collected? 】

[In order to let officials check household registration and land, Yang Jian tied the treatment of officials to their political achievements in this regard. 】

[So. 】

[Officials, for their own glory and wealth, competed to make false claims and frantically reported the amount of land they had reclaimed. 】

[Because under the equal-field system, as long as I record that a person has 100 acres of land, he will have to pay taxes based on these 100 acres, and then the tax revenue in my jurisdiction will increase, and I will be promoted faster. 】

[So for the sake of their own political achievements, officials will choose to make the people suffer.The emperor will bear the blame. 】

[That is to say, in the context of officials being bolder and land being more productive, although the people actually cannot get a hundred acres of land, they have to pay taxes according to a hundred acres of land. 】

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"It is indeed so."

In the dimension of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu was not surprised by this.

He had already guessed that this was the case.

However, he felt that the emergence of this false reporting situation was not due to any policy problems, but to the lack of supervision and review.

So, in the end, it turned out to be a bad thing.

But the problem is that this bad thing will also have serious consequences.

The people have to pay so much tax out of thin air, the burden will become extremely heavy, and there will be great dissatisfaction.

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In the dimension of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

A fierce murderous intent flashed in Yang Jian's eyes.

These traitors ruined his great cause! They harmed his Sui Dynasty!

These people deserve to die!

Yang Jian felt that he had to investigate this matter thoroughly.

Suddenly.

Yang Jian's mind moved.

He thought of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty that he had seen on the giant screen before.

"Perhaps, I also need such a force!"

Yang Jian pondered in his heart.

He felt that with such a secret agency, he could control the actions of the officials below.

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[And. ]

[Snatching population from the powerful will lead to a problem, that is, slaves come from the powerful, but the powerful's land is still the powerful's land. ]

[This means that the Sui Dynasty did not actually have so many people to arrange one by one. ]

[Therefore, the Sui Dynasty introduced such a policy: slavery. 】

[In simple terms, it means letting ministers and bureaucrats take over these slaves and let them work on their land, and paying taxes on the harvest like normal people. 】

[And for every additional slave, the court will grant 100 acres of land. 】

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Daqin plane.

Qin Shihuang frowned slightly.

He felt that this policy would be easily exploited by those below. .