Talk:Economy of the Ming dynasty
Latest comment: 15 years ago by PericlesofAthens in topic Ming's costly projects
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Need the help from other editors edit
Thanks for your invitation user Teeninvestor. I think we need help from other more able editors, especially PericlesofAthens and Madalibi. Arilang talk 17:24, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Ming's costly projects edit
- Building the Great Wall
- Building the Beijing royal palace
- Engaged in many large scale wars, for example Imjin War
- Building hundreds of ocean going ships for Zheng He's seven oversea trips.
All the above projects cost a lot of money. We need to find out where the cash came from. Arilang talk 17:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
- Well, they didn't just employ coin cash, but also things that could be commuted to coin cash, like taxed grain gathered from farming peasants (before silver was made a standard taxable item). In any case, this article relies too much on one source. However, I'm sure Teeninvestor is far from done and plans to employ a lot more sources as this article grows and matures.--Pericles of AthensTalk 18:23, 26 January 2009 (UTC)