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Because it is not a simple thing to reclaim a wasteland in ancient times, in ancient times without mechanical equipment, this kind of thing can only be done by manpower, and these manual work can only be handed over to young and strong young people, those old farmers can only work for the landlord, and most of the fields in ancient times are managed by the imperial court, even if you want to reclaim wasteland, it does not mean that ** is willing to reclaim for you, it is also very important to choose a well-located wasteland when reclaiming wasteland, and it must be close to the water source to facilitate irrigation, All these reasons combined to cause the peasants to have to work for the landlords. I believe that friends who are more interested in history should often go to watch ancient film and television dramas, in these film and television dramas, we can often see farmers being exploited by landlords, why don't the ancient farmers in the vast and sparsely populated ancient land reclaim the wasteland themselves? Let's talk about why.

1. In ancient times, where conditions were limited, the reclamation of wasteland required a large amount of labor, and could generally only be completed by young people. In ancient times, most things could only be done by manpower, and the same is true for reclaiming wasteland, which required a lot of manpower and material resources to reclaim a wasteland suitable for planting, and could generally only be completed by young and strong young people, so farmers in ancient times could only rent land from landlords.

Second, most of the fields in ancient times were managed by **, and if you want to reclaim wasteland, you need to get the approval of **. Even if you have enough manpower to reclaim a piece of wasteland, it will only need the approval of the imperial court to start the land, after all, in that era, all the land in the world was owned by **.

Third, the reclaimed land also needs to choose a good geographical environment, and only close to the water source can it be convenient for irrigation. Reclamation of wasteland is also selective, and it is necessary to find land close to the water source to reclaim it to facilitate planting, so it is not easy to reclaim a piece of land suitable for one's own farming.

There is a lot of open space, but there is little land available. The limited land was in the hands of the landlords, and the peasants had no choice but to work for the landlords and let them exploit them.

In ancient times, productivity was not high, the newly reclaimed land was at a loss for the first two years, the grain grown could not meet the demand, and the labor consumed was relatively large, so it was impossible for the bankrupt peasants who had no surplus materials to realize their own land reclamation.

This is because these wastelands are not only very few, but also have owners, even ownerless wastelands are the objects of coveting by the feudals, unless it is a piece of righteous land, so the peasants cannot open up the wasteland.

In ancient times, there was so much vacant land, and the peasants would rather be exploited by the landlord than reclaim the wasteland, because he did not have enough funds to support him, and he did not have the relevant experience to reclaim the wasteland, and he did not have the spirit of innovation and challenge.

Cultivating wasteland, the production cost is too high, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, there is wasteland, it does not mean that the government allows you to reclaim.

At the time of the Guzhi Dynasty, the status of the peasants was particularly low, so they had no way to resist the landlords, and the labor force was relatively low, so there was no way to reclaim the land. Qi chain.

It was because the ancient hierarchy was very high, and the peasants did not have their own land, and the peasants could not afford to buy land.

Because the people's consciousness at that time was not strong, and it was particularly difficult to open up the wasteland, it was a very big project.

In ancient times, wasteland was reclaimed.

Wasteland is reclaimed.

Due to the fact that tenant farmers rented land from landlords and raised their land resources, in many cases they were able to avoid the military service and conscription of the state, which was much more prudent than cultivating their own land.

Everyone knows that the total population of the ancients is not very large, but the territory is very open, it stands to reason that everyone wants to farm there will be a lot of fields to choose from, even if the land resources are insufficient to plant, you can also go to reclaim wasteland, but why in ancient times, most of the farmers did not go to reclaim the land, but chose to contract the landowner's farmland to plant, the farmland of the contracted landowner will have to pay a very part of the rent, is it not very worthwhile?

In fact, this is only from the perspective of modern society, and there must be a reason why tenant farmers in ancient times behaved so old-fashioned, and the occurrence of this situation has a lot to do with the heavy military service and conscription in ancient times. Successive dynasties in China have required that every family must perform military service and conscription, and conscription is to set aside a certain period of time to work for the court and the central government completely free of charge, which will cause great harm to the family's agriculture. Military service is to take out a man's human capital to fight for the DPRK and China, there were many wars in ancient times, and a military service is all about getting old and your hair turns gray before you can go home, and most of your life is over, which is unbearable for yourself and your family.

At that time, some landlords or powerful people with interpersonal relationships, in order to better have more tenant farmers to rent their own land resources and make money for themselves, they let their tenant farmers not have to perform military service and conscription for the court according to the problem, and some of the powerful were exempted from military service and conscription by the king, so the tenant peasants did not have to bear a lot of military service and conscription for renting their land resources, although they had to pay a lot of rent to him, but in comparison they could get it. At the beginning, Liu Zongyuan's "Snake Catcher Said" said that in order to better avoid heavy military service and conscription, everyone wanted to take a huge risk to go to the mountains to catch poisonous scorpions, which shows how heavy military service and conscription were at that time.

Because all the land is under the management of the state, some powerful ** or landlords cut off the land, and the tenant farmers have no right to open up the land by themselves, so they have no choice but to rent the landlord's land.

Because there is no way to plant those lands, and you need to pay a lot of taxes, there is no way for the tomb to bear, not all the soil filial piety can be planted, and the land needs to meet the standards, and it is impossible to open up the land at will.

This is because tenant farmers need more land to support their livelihood and daily life, so they will rent land to fight for the land of the hungry lord, although they can open their own eyes to open up the wasteland, but after all, the land is limited.

At that time, the management of land was very strict, and secondly, because a lot of the land was not suitable for growing crops, so they could not cultivate their own land.

In order to feed yourself, in order to have a stable job. No, it costs money to open the land.

BecauseTenant farmers rented the landlord's land, and in many cases were exempt from military and conscription in the state, in comparison, it is much better than cultivating the land by yourself.

We all know that the total population in ancient times was not large, but the territory was very broad, it stands to reason that everyone will have a lot of land to choose from if they want to farm, even if the land is not enough to plant, they can also reclaim wasteland, but why many times in ancient times farmers did not go to open up wasteland for farming, but chose to rent the landlord's field to plant, renting the landlord's field will have to pay a considerable part of the rent, isn't it very cost-effective?

In fact, this is only from the perspective of modern society, ancient timesThere must be a reason why the tenant farmers did this, and this phenomenon appeared, and the heavy military service and conscription in ancient timesIt has a lot to do with it. In all dynasties of our country, it has been stipulated that every family must perform military service and conscription, and conscription is to take a certain amount of time to work for the imperial court for free, which will have a great impact on the family's agricultural production. In ancient times, there were many wars, and a military service was not until the old man had gray hair to go home, and the person's life was basically over, which was unbearable for the individual and the family.

Tenant farmers rented their own land and earned money for themselves, so that their tenant farmers did not have to serve in the military and conscription for the imperial court through their connectionsSome of the powerful people were exempted from military service and conscription by the emperor, so tenant farmers did not have to bear the burden of heavy military service and conscription to cultivate their land, although they had to pay a lot of rent, but it was still cost-effective in comparison. At that time, Liu Zongyuan's "Snake Catcher Said" said that in order to avoid heavy military service and conscription, people were willing to take great risks to go to the mountains to catch highly poisonous snakes.

Because of the frequent wars in ancient times, there were not many laborers at home, and it was time-consuming and labor-intensive and extremely risky to reclaim wasteland if the labor force was not enough, so many tenant farmers refused to open up wasteland and could only rent the landlord's land.

There is a lot of wasteland, and the dynasties also encouraged civilians to open up wasteland, and even took a lot of measures. However, because the cost of land reclamation could not be afforded, and the time required for land reclamation was not short, tenant farmers still chose to rent the landlord's land.

In ancient times, although there was a lot of wasteland, it was not possible to open up the land privately, which was a crime at that time, and they had to be arrested and imprisoned in the yamen, so the average peasant did not dare to open up the wasteland without permission, so he could only go to work for others.

Because the tenant farmers themselves did not have the means to reclaim the wasteland, nor did they have any money to buy seed crops, they had to rent the landlord's land.

In ancient China, there was a lot of wasteland, but not all of the wasteland could grow food, if the peasants wanted to find a piece of wasteland, they had to move to a far place, after all, there was no excess wasteland nearby, so it was more practical to rent the landlord's land directly.

Because in ancient times, farmers needed to pay taxes on the wasteland they opened, and the land they opened up was not fertile and needed time to be fertilized, so it is said that the farmers lost money during the period of waiting for the land to be fertilized. Moreover, the ancient machines were not as advanced as they are now, and it was very laborious for the peasants to open up the wasteland. Relatively speaking, it is naturally more cost-effective to work for the landlord.

In ancient times, if a farmer wanted to reclaim wasteland, he had to pay an additional tax. However, the reclaimed land is not immediately able to grow things, because often the land that no one wants will have poor fertility. So when the wasteland is cleared, people need to fatten the landIn this process, the peasants have no income.

The peasants were reluctant to open up the land because their production equipment was relatively backward at that time, and they mainly relied on labor and cattle to open up the land. This means that the peasants need to spend a lot of manpower and effort on the wasteland, but the peasants are generally poor, for them, working for the landlord can at least earn a ration, but there are hidden dangers in clearing the wasteland, at least for a short period of time, there is no result. Of course, at that time, the economy of small farmers was not developed, and the grain grown by people was generally exchanged in a small area, so the reclaimed grain was generally used for self-sufficiency or selling money.

Because it was difficult to open up wasteland, it was necessary to pay taxes, and it was necessary to bear certain risks, so farmers were not active in cultivating wasteland at that time. Compared with working for landlords, they can receive remuneration, but reclaiming wasteland requires a lot of time and money, which is naturally more willing for farmers to work. Of course, if there was no need to pay taxes at that time, I think there were still a large number of people who were willing to open up wasteland.

Because farmers are often a symbol of hard work, they are not afraid of hardship.

Although there were a lot of wasteland and mountains in ancient times, none of these places were mined, and if it was mined artificially, it would take a lot of effort, and the more between farmers and landlords, there was a renting relationship, which was also a subtle identification of people.

Because that land was difficult to develop, the land that could be developed at that time was basically developed, and the rest was all wasteland with no use value, and even if it was developed, it was difficult to grow crops.

That's because the ancient peasants were reluctant to exploit the wasteland, and it didn't belong to them, so they had to rent the landlord's land.