Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin once called on the people? Accumulate more money and leave the Chengtian house to future generations? ,? Rich list in human history? Third, Gao Shuai Fu Song Zongshen put it more bluntly. Before entering politics, financial management was urgent? Ministers are required to pay attention to politics and economy.
The famous Song Shenzong period in history? Wang Anshi's reform? In full swing, the purpose of political reform is to develop productive forces and reverse the political crisis in the Song Dynasty. What is the center? Army integration? 、? Financial management? Among them, economic policies such as young crops, average loss and easy market have enriched the national treasury in a certain sense.
Because from top to bottom? Financial management? With the popularization of ideas, industry and commerce in Song Dynasty were very developed. Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Lin 'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, were once the largest handicraft production centers in China. Streets and alleys are full of prosperous businesses, merchants, markets and shops, which also gives birth to a citizen class with rapid accumulation of wealth.
From this point of view, the whole Song Dynasty formed a situation in which the whole country engaged in economy and financial management, and all of them were experts in financial management, so it was difficult to make a fortune.
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The Song Dynasty became the richest country in the world at that time, and it was prosperous in addition to economic reform. Maritime Silk Road? Trade is inseparable.
Due to the war, the northern Silk Road was interrupted, and the Song people who wanted to make money were not discouraged. They set their sights on the southeast coastal areas.
The invention of compass and the improvement of shipbuilding technology made the merchant ships in Song Dynasty go further. They once crossed Eurasia and traded with more than 50 countries, transporting ceramics, silk and other things from the Song Dynasty to other countries, forming a busy maritime trade network.
In the Song Dynasty, companies were established in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Mingzhou (now Ningbo) and Hangzhou, which greatly facilitated business activities and trade and increased government revenue. It was a successful overseas investment.
The development of industry and commerce and the prosperity of overseas trade gave birth to the transaction of large coins, but it was not easy to carry metal coins, so the people produced the earliest paper money in the world? Sex? More than 700 years before the western world. The appearance of Jiaozi also promoted the circulation of capital in the market in a certain sense and promoted the economic development of the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty attached great importance to economic development from top to bottom. No matter the political reform, the development of industry and commerce, or the prosperity of the Maritime Silk Road, they all brought great benefits to it, which in turn promoted the development of culture and technology, made the Song Dynasty the richest country in the world, and created an incredible? Song dynasty myth? !