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Need the help from other editors

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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)[reply]

Ming's costly projects

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  1. Building the Great Wall
  2. Building the Beijing royal palace
  3. Engaged in many large scale wars, for example Imjin War
  4. 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)[reply]

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)[reply]