In the long history of Zhuxia, there was an empire that was always very willful.
This empire will form new legions out of necessity, and be able to accumulate resources to make the legions into elites. They will go to the battlefield and use the advantages of military equipment to defeat the enemy in various ways. When they feel that the legion is no longer needed or cannot afford to support it at all,
The axing was done neatly and without any hesitation.
Then what? When the elite legions are needed again, the empire seems to form a new legion again, but the newly formed legions can quickly become elites and once again ride on the battlefield to teach the hostile forces how to behave.
This empire was called the Han Dynasty and was divided into the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, there were the Southern Army, the Northern Army, the Qimen Army, and the Yulin Army. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were even more powerful armies. They were disbanded soon after their appearance, and then were established again.
, saying this repeatedly is the wayward Eastern Han Dynasty.
So willfulness also shows a crucial factor. The Han people were full of martial virtue at that time!
Zhiyao obviously remembered wrongly. It was not the Hejian Cavalry that was famous during the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the Sanhe Cavalry.
The so-called Sanhe Cavalry refers to the three river systems near Luoyang. They were once very prosperous. They were not only used in various conquests against the Xiongnu and Xianbei, but were also used as the main force to quell the Qiang rebellion.
It's just that the financial situation of the Eastern Han Dynasty was worrying, and the monarchs and ministers were really willful. The good Sanhe Cavalry had not had time to create its own glory, and was disbanded like many other legions.
Although Zhiyao remembered it incorrectly, the idea of using the North China Plain as a place for large-scale animal husbandry at the current time is correct. There is abundant water and grass, and the terrain is absolutely open, and there is a big river on the side.
With all the favorable factors, and if it is developed properly, it will not be difficult for Zhishi to have a cavalry within ten years, right?
There is only one reason why the North China Plain is not suitable for animal husbandry. More and more towns are being built, and the second reason is that the climate has changed significantly.
However, that transformation is a very long process, including the construction of towns and climate.
Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the North China Plain was still vast and sparsely populated. The subsequent Five Husbands invaded China, which caused the tragedy of thousands of miles without people. By the end of the Sui Dynasty, it experienced another heavy blow. In the early days of the Li and Tang Dynasties, various suppressions were repeated.
It took until the middle of Li Tang Dynasty to calm down.
Even if Zhiyao develops that area very carefully, it is estimated that it will be difficult to fill it with a sufficient population in his lifetime.
Zhiyao's development there was relatively rough. In the early stage, he engaged in large-scale animal husbandry. If conditions allowed, he would build collective farms, and some areas would be used for rewards.
Of course, the reward will not be a large piece of land assigned to someone's name, but will be divided into small pieces and rewarded to those who have made meritorious deeds.
In the era that Zhiyao was living in, the simplest way to develop a place was to reward the land. Those who received the fief were naturally more concerned than anyone else and would definitely reclaim the land on their own.
"This year my family will use an 'army' here, and it will have a great impact on the country's farming." Zhishen was not sure whether it was worth it, and looked very worried.
Zhiyao immediately said: "My family has more than 80,000 followers here. It is useless to capture them. There will be income in the future."
The more than 80,000 people were not obtained from the previous war, but were completely captured from the subsequent purges. They will all belong to the Zhi family, and there is no need to share them equally with other families.
No matter how weak the Zhongshan Kingdom is, it is still a country. They are still the sum total of Beidi, and the cumulative amount of various resources is very huge.
Calculating it carefully, the grain captured by Zhishi in Zhongshan State was equivalent to the total of three years of farming. Other jade articles, bronze articles, horses, cattle, sheep, furs, leather and other things were worth less.
It's a bit difficult to calculate.
All in all, war is really a way to make quick money, provided that you win it.
Is Jishen worried about losing money? No.
No matter whether it is profit or loss, the family's own farming cannot be delayed. It doesn't matter once or twice. Too many times will cause problems in the minds of the people up and down. It is very likely that they will be too lazy to farm in the future and only think about breaking out a war to make quick money.
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Don't think that something like that won't happen. There simply aren't too many groups in similar situations, and it could even lead to the entire nation evolving into a bandit civilization.
If Zhiyao were an islander, or lived in an area where there was ice and snow all year round, and she would be mentally ill to force herself to be bound to the land, she would definitely have to work hard towards the bandit civilization.
However, Zhiyao is in an environment where he can strengthen himself. The surrounding forces are either more powerful than the other, or they will be beaten up by the gang if they are really robbers. If they don't produce by themselves, there will inevitably be a situation from prosperity to decline. They must have both hands.
Grab it, both hands will be hard!
Zhiyao once again popularized the importance of the North China Plain to Zhishen. The new topic was that if roads were opened, various materials would be continuously transported to "Handan", and a method of fattening "Handan" with surrounding resources would be adopted.
A form of supplementation.
"So, is it necessary to change the situation with the Han family?" Zhishen understood that Zhiyao was determined to take 'Handan' as his core interest.
That's complete nonsense.
After a fiefdom exchange with the Zhao family, the Zhi family got rid of the scattered enclaves, and most of the fiefdoms were concentrated to the east.
This time, the fiefdoms were exchanged with the Han family again, extending from Mount Huotai in the west, to "Xianyu" in the north, to Huanshui in the south, and to the second branching river in the east. The entire territory was the sphere of influence of the Zhi family, and they had a lot of power.
If you look at the distribution map, you can see at a glance that the Zhi family occupies about 50% of the territory of the Jin Kingdom, including the very conspicuous enclave of "Yuan".
It is a pity that most of the areas controlled by the Zhi family belong to no man's land. The densest cities are in the central part of the Jin Kingdom. Then they took over the territory of the Self-Defense State from the Zhao family.
After this time, the Han family exchanged fiefdoms with the Zhi family. In fact, their fiefdoms were not very concentrated. They seemed to be somewhat intertwined with the Wei family. Generally speaking, they were all in the western part of the Jin Kingdom.
The Wei family's fiefdom looks very average, so average that except for some small enclaves, there are three fiefdoms of similar area divided by the Han family.
As for the Hu family? Their fiefdoms were concentrated in the northwest of Jin State, and they also obtained the "Pu" land this time.
The Zhong family? They are the merger of six families of the Gong family. They hold the least fiefdoms, mostly around "Xintian", and there are some scattered fiefdoms cut off from the Zhao family.
The Zhao family became extremely miserable this time, losing most of their fiefdoms. The two largest ones retained were "Zhao" and "Jinyang", and other scattered fiefdoms were also lost. Basically,
It's still a remote place.
Zhi Yao didn't bother to care about other families. At most, he just paid attention to them in order to grasp the comparison of strength.
Zhishen chatted with Zhiyao for a long time, mastered the things he needed to know, and took a large group of tribesmen and retainers, including the two "shis" who had completed the tax quota, to embark on the road back home.
The time has come to the autumn of the year, and in about a month we will usher in the rainy season of the new year.
Zhiyao actually didn't want to stay in Zhongshan and go through the continuous rainy season, but some things always needed people to deal with.
The Zhi family did not send any new troops to the Zhongshan territory. It was not because the Zhi family wanted to stop the campaign. It was simply because Zhi Yao had organized a group of "Zhi Xie troops" to come out.
The number of this group of "Intelligent Association Army" is not that large. There are only more than 6,000 people in total. They are given second-class treatment. The quality of life is related to the completion of the task. The better the work, the higher the treatment they will enjoy. , and even transformed into a Jin person who can be qualified to receive gifts.
From the beginning, a Jin army of 1,000 men carried 2,000 "intelligent associate troops", and now it has evolved to a point where a 100-man Jin army can carry 2,000 "intelligent associate troops" to perform tasks together.
All kinds of high-pressure actions are carried out by the "Zhi Xie Army", and the hatred falls on the Zhi family.
Another point is that if there are casualties, there are many Beidi people willing to take up the vacant spots.
This is considered a new attempt by Zhiyao and will be used on other forces in the future, but the people of the Zhi family will not feel very happy.
After all, life and death are due to military merit. They are not afraid of risks, but they are afraid of not having the opportunity to make meritorious deeds!
After the arrival of the rainy season in the new year, all large-scale military operations came to a halt.
This is Zhiyao's second year staying at the border of Zhongshan Kingdom. He will definitely not stay there next year. He needs to go to "Handan" first to inspect the progress of the project, and then he will go to Qi Kingdom.
Of course, the frequent clearings for a year have achieved great results, but there have been repeated changes in the progress. In the early stage, they used force to clear out, in the middle stage, they used force and deceived people to come out and then closed them in. In the end, it turned into accepting various Beidi settlements to be included on their own. Under the rule of the Zhi family.
"Your Majesty." Zilu came to see Zhiyao today and said with a happy face, "The body of that king is here."
A question mark first appeared on Zhiyao's forehead, and she also looked happy when she reacted.
Confirming Ji You's death is of great significance, especially since the Beidi people sent it here themselves. It means that they knew that there was no hope of a comeback, accepted being under the rule of the Zhi family, and took the initiative to seek integration.
Undoubtedly, the mentality of the powerful people in Beidi is changing, and this change is a good thing for the Zhi family.
It must be made clear that Zhiyao really does not think that having more slaves is a good thing. Turning the entire country into slaves is a greater hidden danger!
What Zhiyao learned was that the powerful people in Zhongshan did not even know the country’s population.
Because even the dignitaries of the Zhongshan Kingdom did not know the number themselves, the Zhi family had no way of guessing. They could only look at the subsequent facts to come up with a generally reliable number.
Based on the data currently available to Zhiyao, the population of the Zhi family in Zhongshan Kingdom is close to 150,000.
That's 150,000, and they're still from the same ethnic group. Just ask whether the sudden increase of so many slaves is a good thing or a bad thing.
Therefore, Zhiyao withstood the pressure within the Zhi clan and first formed the "Zhi Association Army" to share the hatred. Later, the original dignitaries of Zhongshan Kingdom wanted to integrate them and accept them. Later, they would be dispersed and moved to other fiefdoms of the Zhi clan.
"The population and material gains from destroying a country this time are secondary. The most important thing is to accumulate relevant experience!" Zhiyao never only focuses on visible gains when it comes to harvest, and the experience gained in the identification process is also
Extremely important.
With the experience of dealing with Zhongshan State, in the future, we can destroy Qi State, Wei State, Lu State, Beiyan State, etc., and we will be able to deal with them more scientifically!
