"Could it be that the king guesses that this may be because the nobles and squires from various places deliberately hide the population and do not report it?"

Sun Wu expressed his suspicion.

Qingji nodded and said, "There are also reasons for this. Human beings all have selfish motives. It is impossible for them to be as clean and selfless as Ji Zi!"

"Because of the war, the common people fleeing, and the literati and officials in various places hiding their population, these are all the reasons for the slow growth of our Dawu household registration."

"The Kingdom of Wu wants to dominate the world, but it cannot be done without human power!"

"Population is the foundation of a country. Weapons, food, taxes, land, etc. are all produced by people."

"That's why I think that abolishing slavery and accepting the exiled savages into common people is the most important thing for me, Da Wu!"

"hiss!"

Sun Wu couldn't help but took a breath of cold air and said: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, I am afraid that there will be a traitor in the court, and all the officials and ministers will try their best to stop it. How will your Majesty handle himself then?"

"If you want to implement the new policy, you need to have the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrists! If you dare to do it, can you do it?"

Qing Ji glanced at Sun Wu.

The latter immediately straightened his face, bowed and said: "I will follow the king to the death, devote myself to the cause, and die!"

"However, I secretly believe that the king must not be too hasty in abolishing slavery and accepting the savages."

"I know."

Qing Ji nodded slightly and said: "This matter should be dealt with slowly! However, it is imperative that I implement the new policy in Wu State."

"Sir, I can trust you. As the saying goes, if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools!"

"What is the most valuable weapon of the country? It is the weapon of war!"

"The chariots and soldiers of our country of Wu are not inferior to those of other countries in the world in any aspect. However, I want to form an elite army that is far superior to other countries, capable of winning every battle and being invincible!"

"Elite teacher?"

Sun Wu was quite curious.

The so-called elite division is an elite soldier!

But now, no country in the world has the concept of "special forces".

Most of their elite soldiers are only gathered together during war, and they are soldiers with strong individual combat capabilities!

However, such elite soldiers can only be called elite soldiers and a powerful force. In Qingji's view, they are far from being called elite divisions.

The prototype of special forces, the prototype of what can truly be called an elite division, was during the Warring States Period when wars were more frequent.

Qin has sharp warriors with iron eagles, Qi has warriors with martial arts, Wei has martial soldiers, Chu has talented warriors, Han has strong warriors... the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, each country has its own strongest corps!

"That's right. This elite army only needs 800 people. You can select the strongest from the tens of thousands of soldiers in our country of Wu to join this army."

Qing Ji said sternly: "This army, I call it the 'trapped camp', its soldiers are equipped with refined armor that cannot be cut by ordinary sword blades, cannot be pierced by ordinary spears, and are equipped with strong bows and powerful crossbows. Everyone dares to do so."

Fight, fight to the death!"

The idea of ​​this trapped camp was taken from the "trapped camp" of special forces in the late Eastern Han Dynasty by Qingji.

It is said that there are only more than 700 soldiers in the trapped camp. All of them are brave and good at fighting. They are well-equipped with equipment. Every attack can be defeated!

Qing Ji hoped that Sun Wu, known as the Soldier Sage, could build his ideal special forces.

"Falling, falling. Your Majesty, in this case, the trapping camp formed by the king's ministers should be infantry equipped with heavy armor, all infantry charging into the formation?"

Sun Wu asked tentatively.

"good."

The trapping camp in history was indeed heavy infantry!

As everyone knows, the idea proposed by Qing Ji now makes Sun Wu feel even more troubled.

Gein In the current war, the main force is still chariot soldiers. Let a group of elite infantry, even infantry wearing heavy armor, rush forward, which is undoubtedly asking for death!

However, this was Qing Ji’s royal order, how could Sun Wu dare to disobey it?

"Your Majesty formed the enemy camp to fight against Chu and Vietnam?"

This is the only explanation Sun Wu can come up with.

Because there is a lack of war horses in the south, Wu, Chu, and Yue are all southern countries. There are far more infantry than chariot troops, and sometimes the real main force in combat is infantry, not chariots!

However, Qing Ji just smiled lightly and said: "If possible, I hope that the trapped camp will become an elite teacher who will be famous all over the world and be feared by other countries!"

"promise!"

Sun Wu agreed immediately.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not?"

"But it doesn't matter."

"The king now wants to implement the new policy of the state of Wu, and it cannot be done without the help of many capable people and wise men. With all due respect, there are many ministers and officials in the Wu Dynasty and the public, and there is a lack of talents, so I fear that it will be difficult to implement the new policy!"

Loyalty is offensive!

Sun Wu's words resonated with Qing Ji.

The State of Wu is located in a remote area, and unlike the State of Chu and other Central Plains countries, it does not have outstanding people and a large number of talented people.

Under such circumstances, Qing Ji wanted to carry out reforms and implement the New Deal in Wu State, but encountered many obstacles, not to mention that there were not many talents under his command!

This is really hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!

This can be seen from the fact that before Qingji sent envoys to other countries, there was a shortage of candidates for envoys.

"Chang Qing, this is exactly what I am worried about."

Qingji shook his head and said: "There are few talented people in the Wu Kingdom. However, the Wu Kingdom does not have them, but other countries do!"

"That's why I want to issue an order to recruit talents from all over the world to Wu."

"I want to build a golden platform in Mount Gusu so that all people with lofty ideals in the world can express their ambitions in our country of Wu!"

Looking for a wise order?

Golden platform?

Sun Wu had never heard of such things, but he knew in his heart that this was Qing Ji's method of recruiting talented people.

The new policies implemented by Qing Ji in Wu State were absolutely no less than the reforms implemented by Guan Zhong of Qi State in the past!

…

Just when Qing Ji was ambitious and was preparing to seek orders from wise men, the envoy led by Bo Xi, the next official, had already sailed eastward, changed its route to the south, and entered the Yue Kingdom.

This journey has been very difficult for Bo Xi and others!

This is because the southern land of the Wu Kingdom is still divided by the rebellious Helu and is inaccessible.

Even if Bo Xi dares to cross such areas, he is afraid of being caught by Helu's soldiers and will never return!

Therefore, in this situation, Bo Xi had to take the risk of ferrying southward and entering Kuaiji to cross the border.

Kuaiji is the capital of the Yue Kingdom. The scale of the city is much smaller than that of Wudu, and its prosperity is even different!

If Kuaiji City were placed among other countries in the Central Plains, it would probably not even be considered a first-class city.

Even so, there are quite a lot of people living here!

Bo Xi sent Yue to Yue. He thought he could meet the King of Yue as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that for two days in a row, he couldn't even see the King of Yue Yunchang, and he was rejected!
Chapter completed!