Ming


 * 1) the founder of the Ming dynasty was a peasant
 * 2) There leader was constantly worried about conspiracies about him, so who ever was thought that they where ploting againts him was killed
 * 3) economically their ruler lacked the vision to push trade
 * 4) Hongwu (their ruler) wanted to control all aspects of government so that no other group could gain enough power to overthrow him.
 * 5) money was a problem from the begining with the Ming Dynasty.
 * 6) Hongwu (their ruler) did not understand inflation and gave out so much paper money as rewards that by 1425 A.D. the currency was worth 1/70 of its original value. This led to a return to the use of copper coins.
 * 7) The government did not make enough coins and counterfeiting became a problem. At this point, the provinces were required to mint their own coins.
 * 8) some of them added lead to the coins, which depleted their value.
 * 9) Due to the abundance of counterfeit coins, their value deceased again.
 * 10) used violence to solve most of their problems