When it comes to the Song Dynasty, people first think of his wealth. So how rich was the Song Dynasty? The Song Dynasty not only saw the emergence of an international metropolis with developed commerce, but also provided conditions for the development of commercial transportation. The most important reason for economic development is the support of the imperial court. As we all know, China has always implemented the policy of restraining business in ancient times. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the fiscal revenue exceeded10.20 billion yuan, and reached10.60 billion yuan at the highest. If gold is used as the conversion unit and then converted into dollars, the maximum equivalent is about 200 billion dollars.
The number of people means whether a country's economy is strong. In order to solve the food problem, the Song Dynasty introduced Zhancheng rice from Southeast Asia. This kind of high-yield rice fed a large number of people, such as Han, Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first big problem was facing a dilapidated country. But in the Song Dynasty, it was ready-made. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, former courtier of the Zhou Dynasty.
Divided into Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty. Since Zhao Kuangyin in the Northern Song Dynasty, it has been politically clear, tolerant of the previous generation, and culturally full of flowers, even if everything is wrong. Therefore, the country is prosperous, economically developed and culturally prosperous. The political status of the merchants in Song Dynasty was very high, and they could be on an equal footing with the nobles, which encouraged the vigorous development of commerce. Thirdly, the prosperity of ideological culture in Song Dynasty can be analyzed from the perspective of Marxist economics.