In 50 years we will understand that the most important historical fact ever was the rise of North China's population over South China's after the Ming Dynasty.
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Not having Mongols around for a couple centuries.
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The Qinq pushed the northern border to include modern Inner Mongolia, so the North China Plain became more secure?
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The Ming border was at the Great Wall, but North China had already surpassed the south in population. The Qing border included outer Mongolia too, FWIW. It must have helped, of course.
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