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CLIMATIC CHANGE
卷 164, 期 3-4, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s10584-021-02972-x
关键词
Extreme drought events; Northern China Ming dynasty; Socioeconomic effects
资金
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFA0605602]
- Key Project of the Research Institute for the Humanities & Social Science of Chinese Ministry of Education [16JJD770009]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang [GK209907299001-220]
- Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy of the Social Sciences Foundation [19NDQN303YB]
This study examines reconstructed climate data and historical records in Northern China during the late Ming dynasty, revealing the socio-economic impacts of extreme drought events that ultimately led to the collapse of the dynasty. Extreme droughts caused population migration, breakdown of the tax system, and increased financial pressure on local governments.
This paper analyzes reconstructed data on temperature, precipitation, and extreme drought events in the late fifteenth century in Northern China, as well as historical records on population migration, financial crises, military farms, and national decisions during the Ming dynasty. We specifically examine the socio-economic effects of extreme drought events, which led to long-term changes causing the collapse of the Ming dynasty. Our results indicate that the first Cold Valley and the frequent extreme drought events of the Little Ice Age in the late fifteenth century led to a sharp reduction in the military farm system. Extreme droughts caused a large-scale population migration in Northern China and led to the collapse of the tax payment and corvee systems. To cope with the extreme droughts, the local financial reserve was reduced by 51.3%. As a result, local finances became extremely tight. To alleviate fiscal pressures, the court was forced to change the socioeconomic model implemented in the beginning of the Ming dynasty to the corvee equalization method and silver coin tax collection method. These new measures resulted in a decline of the dynasty's control over households, to the abandonment of military farms, and to reduced control over the country's social risks. This article explains the mechanism through which climate events led to the collapse of the Ming dynasty. We specifically explore the relationship between socioeconomic transformation and extreme drought in the late fifteenth century in order to better understand the relationship between climate change and social response.
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