There was no shortage of tea in the Ming Dynasty, so why was it strictly forbidden to leave the coun

There was indeed no shortage of tea in the Ming DynastyHowever, the imperial court wants to ensure that the tea is firmly controlled in its own hands, so it is strictly forbidden to leave the country with private tea. <>

I believe everyone has heard of the ancient Silk Road, and the biggest role of the Silk Road is to drive the economic and cultural development of the East and the West. Extensive and in-depth economic and cultural exchanges were carried out. Driven by the Silk Road, tea and silk from the East were brought to the West and sold at a sky-high price.

And some jewelry such as agate stones from the West was also brought to the East for sale.

In other words, tea can be exported to make great profits. The reason why the imperial court strictly prohibited the export of illicit tea was also to firmly grasp the channels of tea sales and control all the benefits obtained from tea sales in their own hands. Only in this way can the imperial court have enough funds to do some of the things it wants, such as building certain water conservancy projects, sending troops to fight, and so on.

And if there are too many wet tea exports, it will bring about a decline in the entire tea market. I believe that everyone understands that if the tea that is very rare in the West suddenly floods and becomes a kind of rotten street goods, then the ** of tea will decline very much. For the imperial court, a large amount of income will be lost**.

In order to control the export quantity of tea and manipulate tea**, the imperial court will not allow private tea to leave the country.

And there is no quality assurance for private tea. If it was sold to the West, because the inferior quality of these private teas led to the decline of the entire tea market, then it was also unacceptable to the imperial court. Because the imperial court conscientiously produces tea and maintains the high quality of tea, but it is unacceptable to be spoiled by these rat feces and the porridge of the entire tea market.

In general, the export of illicit tea is to grab benefits from the imperial court, and the imperial court will never allow this kind of thing to happen.

According to records, the Ming Dynasty was very strict in its control over tea. This is because although there was no shortage of tea in the Ming Dynasty at that time, the ethnic minorities who often harassed the Ming Dynasty lacked tea. Therefore, Ming Taizu wanted to achieve the purpose of "consolidating the hearts of the people and strengthening China" through strict control of tea, so as to achieve the effect of "consolidating the territory of the Ming Dynasty".

There was indeed a lot of tea in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no shortage of tea. The reason for controlling the export of illicit tea is because the ethnic minorities in the north who intrude on our borders lack tea, so that they can control the ethnic minorities and make them dare not easily violate our borders and realize their strategic value.

Because from the Tang and Song dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, tea has developed to a high status with normal food, and the state monopoly of tea can sit on high profits and inhibit the development of money.

In the consciousness of Ming Taizu, although the Ming Dynasty was not short of tea, but the ethnic minorities in the northern region who frequently invaded the Ming Dynasty were short of tea, and the reason why they had to strictly "control tea" was precisely to achieve the political goal of "consolidating the hearts of the people and strengthening China" through tea, and then achieve the effect of "consolidating the territory of the Ming Dynasty".

Although there was no shortage of tea in the Ming Dynasty, the ethnic minorities who frequently invaded the Ming Dynasty in the northern region were short of tea, also in order to achieve the effect of not being disturbed by ethnic minorities through tea.

Because the northern ethnic minorities who frequently invaded the Ming Dynasty lacked tea, Ming Taizu "borrowed tea to govern the border" and wanted to strengthen the rule of the northern ethnic minorities, that is, to enhance the military strength of the "Ming Dynasty itself".

Therefore, it can be concluded that the private export of tea will disrupt the economic order of the ancient tea horse road, and will also increase the consumption of war horses in the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time will improve the national quality of the enemy country, so the conquest of the Ming Dynasty at that time will definitely not allow such a thing to happen.

Although there was no shortage of tea in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, tea was very scarce in the northern regions and foreign races, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty also used tea as a bargaining chip to blackmail foreign nationalities in order to consolidate the country and secure the country.

Tea in the ancient Ming Dynasty, grain tea as a kind of, worship, even, is the private property of the state, generally only, the emperor and other ** can enjoy the rich children can embrace, in ancient foreign countries are called barbarian land, do not deserve to have this qualification.

Although tea is abundant in our country, tea is scarce in the neighboring vassal states, and tea is a necessity for them, and if they can control the export of tea, they can better control the vassal states to consolidate the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the reason why China's on-site tea should be strictly forbidden to promote tea is because they have to manage the internal digestion of tea. They can't be allowed to sell as they please.

At that time, it was a government businessman, and not all businessmen could export and do business. Moreover, the tea technology at that time was not very high, so the output was not much, so it was natural to limit the number of exports.

Because the Ming Dynasty needed to use tea to enrich the treasury, the Ming Dynasty absorbed a large amount of private capital to participate in the operation due to the decline of the imperial court's economic capacity in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Because in ancient times, tea was a very precious cash crop, which could bring a lot of wealth to **, and ** did not want to lose this wealth.

Because ethnic minorities are very short of tea。They generally live on nomadic herding, and usually eat very greasy, but they have a long-term lack of vegetables and fruits, and these things are not easy to store and carry. In addition to melons, fruits and vegetables can relieve greasy, tea can also go to the same effect, so through some low ** in the hands of merchants to buy private tea.

In this way, it will cause the unsalable official tea, which will affect the economy of the Ming Dynasty.

Tea trees could be grown in many places in the Ming Dynasty and sales were very high, so there was no shortage of tea in the Ming Dynasty。However, the Ming Dynasty had a very strict system for the control of tea, such as the tea at home could not be stored for more than a month, and there would be imprisonment for more than a month. There is also a ban on the sale of illicit tea, and if it flows out of the customs, it is basically a capital offense.

The Ming Dynasty put tea in almost the same position as salt, which is not surprising, because tea itself occupies a very high strategic position for the ethnic minorities on the border.

The demand for tea by ethnic minorities is very large, and they often use unscrupulous means to obtain more tea, and the Ming Dynasty in line with the purpose of building the national economy, the official tea ** to ethnic minorities, so as to exchange for more money to strengthen the country's strength。There was another reason why the Ming Dynasty controlled the private tea trade. War horses were very scarce no matter which dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was the same, so the Ming Dynasty used tea in exchange for the war horses of the northern nomads to improve the country's military strength.

In order to obtain a lot of money, there are many businessmen who often hoard private tea and sell it to ethnic minorities at a low price, and the needs of ethnic minorities will naturally not be exchanged for horses after they are met, so that the Ming Dynasty will have a lot less war horses, and the country's military strength will not be developed. The preciousness of something depends on its own value and the degree to which it is demanded by a particular group of people. Just like tea, different groups of people have different needs in different natural environments, and people can get closer to what they need by analyzing this demand.

The Ming Dynasty did not lack tea, but it strictly ordered the export of tea, because tea and salt as a strategic necessity are a kind of material to control another country, so the export is prohibited, not because of the shortage of exports.

Because the Ming Dynasty actually regarded tea as one of their countries, and they could get a lot of profits from it, they strictly forbade private tea to leave the country.

Because the tea during the Ming Dynasty was very developed, it was forbidden for these teas to flow abroad, so it was forbidden for private tea to appear.

Because the entry and exit of foreign trade was controlled at that time, private tea could obtain huge benefits from leaving the country, and individuals were not qualified to operate.

First of all, as a unique product of China, tea is not available to foreign countries, and secondly, China wants to rely on tea to contain foreigners.

That's because there is no shortage of tea in the areas ruled by the Ming Dynasty, but there is a shortage of ethnic minorities in the northern region who have been invading the Ming Dynasty all the year round, and their people on horseback need a lot of tea to help digestion if they eat too much beef and mutton and milk. Ming Taizu borrowed tea to govern the frontier and strengthen the ruling power over ethnic minorities.