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Today, the population of the original country is about 6.5 million, of which 4.8 million are directly under the Zhi family, and the remaining population comes from the Han family, the Hu family, the Zhong family, the Zhang family and other families.
With such a population size, it is undoubtedly the largest in the Zhuxia region. However, most of the population is relatively concentrated, resulting in large areas of land not being fully utilized.
For example, there are nearly 700,000 people in "Handan" and "Ye" under the direct control of the Zhi family. In addition, there are more than 100,000 people in the "original" area and more than 200,000 people in the "wen" area.
The population of these four places alone exceeds one million.
The area later known as Hebei had an extremely vast land area, but its combined population did not exceed 300,000, and most of the people made a living by herding.
It doesn’t take careful observation to confirm that the more developed the agriculture, the greater the population density. On the contrary, the poorer the agricultural development, the smaller the population. This is also in line with the principle that food is the most important thing for the people. Without food production
As a support, it is difficult to feed a population that exceeds output.
Regardless of which family they come from, the population under Zhiyao's rule is already about 6.5 million?
According to the situation of some dynasties, it would be a very healthy standard for twenty people to raise one soldier. If the original country maintains the mobilization of about 320,000 troops for a long time, will it not cause great damage to society?
That was for certain dynasties, and the situation during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods was a bit more special.
Today's production areas are relatively concentrated, and the central government has tighter control over local areas, and its mobilization capabilities are beyond imagination.
To use some examples in history, it is commonplace for military mobilization to reach ten to one of the country's population, and even nationwide mobilization occurs frequently. The country's population of only more than five million dares to mobilize an army of 800,000, including
Not counting the number of civilians who maintain logistical supplies.
"The Song army is quite capable of fighting, at least it will be more difficult to deal with than the Chu army we encountered last year."
"Next, when Zheng Guo faces the crisis of national annihilation, they will definitely have to fight tooth and nail and have to treat it with caution."
"The Chu army needs to rescue their own monarchs and ministers trapped in 'Xinzheng', and their will to fight will also be strengthened."
"In general, the number of enemies we face this year has decreased, so it may not be easier to deal with than last year?"
Last year, don't just look at the Chu army's overwhelming numbers. Their internal conflicts were far more numerous than imagined.
The military strength of the central government was less than that of the local princes. Especially since the civil war in Chu State ended with a compromise made by the central government, it would be strange for the local princes to fully obey the orders from the central government.
If we think in a darker direction, maybe the center of the Chu Kingdom wants to borrow the sword of the former army to kill the local princes who have just turned from rebellion to courtiers.
Even if the internal conflicts in the Chu State were not sharp, most of the feudal lords were trying to recruit people to make up the numbers, so that the quality of the Chu army last year was really not very good.
The military operations in the new year are very important to the original country. If the Zheng State can be destroyed with the strong intervention of the princes, the road to unification will be better.
In that private meeting, Zhiyao only had preliminary discussions with important ministers, and then considered and reconfirmed some existing action plans.
In the following days, Situ Han Geng was ordered to make statistics on food reserves and armaments, so that he would naturally not miss out on other people's living resources.
Han Geng turned around and summoned Tianbe Shifu, and assigned him to carry out the order from Zhiyao.
This is because Han Geng has not adapted to the system of his original country and is following the original rules to avoid suspicion.
According to many people's understanding, a family is a family, a country is a country, and the country's reserves are the reserves of the public clan. Non-public clans should still avoid suspicion.
Han Geng thought that he had better figure out the Han family's reserves first to prepare for the upcoming wars.
After learning about Han Geng's behavior, Zhiyao felt very complicated for a while.
We have clearly entered a new era, and the contemporary people are indeed not able to adapt so quickly. Whether it is unconsciously or consciously, it is a kind of rejection anyway.
"This is one of the reasons why the Qin Empire II died, and it is also the problem that I and the next successor will face!" Does Zhiyao firmly believe that she can dominate the world when she is alive?
Times have changed, but the thinking of the second generation has not changed. There is a great chance that the times will go backwards.
Zhiyao has relevant examples that we can learn from, and the death of the Qin Empire II is one of the warning effects it can play.
Time has gone backwards?
The First Emperor's decision to abandon the feudal system and fully adopt the county and county system was not a rash decision. In fact, the Qin State had implemented the county and county system for two hundred years, but the newly occupied six kingdoms had just come into contact with the county and county system.
The powerful old and young were not all dead. They missed the life-and-death and domination of the past and did not dare to take any action while the First Emperor was still alive. They would not be used to it if they were replaced by a Qin II who repeatedly destroyed the Great Wall.
Xiang Ji was not the first person to stand up against Qin. He can be regarded as one of the people who played a key role. He took advantage of the situation and then destroyed the Qin Empire and implemented feudalism again, which set back the times.
Later, Western Chu was defeated by Han China in a very short period of time, and Han China was changed into the Han State. Han Emperor Liu Bang first recognized the validity of the confederation. In his later years, he repeatedly conquered princes with different surnames. Before his death, he held the "White Horse Oath" and agreed that "people not named Liu"
And the king, the whole world will fight against it", and created a system of half enfeoffment and half counties.
The policy implemented by Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was implemented by all subsequent dynasties and was used until the fall of the Qing Dynasty. It was indeed proven that the semi-feudal and semi-prefecture system was effective, and it became a system of the feudal dynasty that had been tested again and again.
Zhiyao was very clear: "I can never fully roll out the system of counties and counties from the beginning. If I can conquer the world with the Zhi family alone, I still have to ennoble the descendants as kings; I cannot rely on the Zhi family alone to dominate the world. At the beginning, I went too far for stability.
, we can only enfeoff powerful people with different surnames as kings."
One day.
Zhiyao summoned Zhikai over and ordered: "You go to inspect various places. There is no need to make a big show of it. Just look at the preparations and reserves for war."
In the middle of the salute, Zhikai heard Zhiyao's instructions, so he had to maintain his saluting posture. After listening, he said "promise" first, but the person did not leave.
"Father, I heard that Duanmuci was the one responsible for the Song Kingdom's alliance with Chu?" Zhikai asked.
This news was only passed on through detailed work later.
Duanmu Ci was Zigong. He was not from the Lu state, but from the Wei state. After becoming an apprentice in art, he followed Confucius' ideas. Later, he regarded the Lu state as his second motherland. It seemed that he contributed far more to the Lu state than to the Wei state.
Zhiyao had already learned about what Zigong had done and ordered the news to be blocked. It is not known where Zhikai got the news.
What he did to blockade Zigong was not because of anything else. After all, Zigong had contributed to the rise of the Zhi family to some extent. Having Zigong devote himself to fighting against the original country would more or less change the mentality of some people.
Zhiyao did not ask where Zhikai heard it from, but asked: "What do you think?"
Zhikai seemed to have already had an idea, saying: "Duanmu Ci first served as an official in the Lu State, and then joined the Zhi family. He did not leave when the Wei State fell. The Lu State was attacked and sealed and left. He first arrived in the Lu State, and then traveled across the country.
, and then surrendered to the Song State. Do you think this person loves the Lu State very much? What he did this should be to save the Lu State."
So, looking at it, Zigong’s resume is really a bit complicated?
In fact, Zigong's resume is considered simple in this version of history. The resume in the original version is more complicated. While doing business, he successively served as the governor of Lu State and Wei State, and relied on his financial resources to dance well among the dignitaries of various countries. For the rest of his life,
Dedicated to making things difficult for the Jin State.
Zhikai observed Zhiyao's expression and asked, "Father is not angry?"
"Why are you angry, father?" Of course Zhiyao was angry, but he knew the situation during the Warring States Period better than anyone else, and his acceptance of someone who served in several countries was quite high.
A monarch's anger needs time. He must hold back his anger even when the situation is inappropriate, and wait until the time is right before venting his anger.
Zhikai said: "Duanmu Ci persuaded the Song Dynasty to become my enemy?"
Zhiyao laughed and lied, saying: "Zigong has not revealed the affairs of my family. Besides, no one person can lead the fight between countries. Without Zigong, the Song Dynasty will also be our enemy."
Next is the education session.
No matter what Zigong's choice was, he did not reveal what he had learned while serving Zhishi, and he treated some things that were easy to imitate as he had not learned them.
As for the Song State being enemies with the Yuan State? It was entirely due to the needs of the situation.
The state of Chu was in such a miserable state, but the state of Song remained indifferent. It can only be said that the kings and ministers of the state of Song were either stupid or blind.
"A king should be magnanimous, even if he has deep hatred in his heart, he should not show it in his demeanor." Zhiyao taught earnestly.
Zhi Kai thought: "That means my father is still angry because of what Duanmu Ci did and didn't show it?"
After being quiet for a while, Zhiyao asked suddenly: "How many troops do you think should be sent next year?"
Zhikai really thought about it and replied: "It is only used in Zheng area, and the troops may need 150,000?"
So in Zheng Guo alone, four fully-equipped legions were mobilized, and they were all at the level of field legions.
Zhiyao smiled noncommittally and said, "Go."
There are some things that I have to ask, but I have to ask: "Is the child on the left of Tianbe Shi, or is he patrolling on his own?"
Zhikai is now the crown prince of the original country.
Until the "Sand Dune Incident", that is, before King Zhao Wuling was besieged and starved to death by his own son, the power of the prince during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods was far greater than that of other dynasties.
Therefore, Zhikai does not need any special token. Just as the prince, he is qualified to inspect various warehouses, so asking this question seems very politically sensitive.
Zhiyao just glanced at Zhikai without giving an answer and started reviewing the memorial again.
The territory it rules is large enough, the population is so large, and the central government can directly control local areas, how can there be so few memorials?
Although the original country has implemented a new system, the problem is that the people who hold those positions have not changed their minds. It is not Zhiyao who specifically takes power. All matters big and small still need to be handled personally by the king of the country.
In particular, Zhiyao wants to carry out the cause of Ding Reform, and society is facing changes, so more things will definitely happen.
Fortunately, the officials of the original country used paper to write their memorials. If they had used bamboo slips, I don't know how many carloads of memorials would have been delivered in a day.
The biggest thing for the Yuan Kingdom now is to prepare for war. Most of the memorials report on the current situation of war preparations, or else they report on the difficulties they encountered.
Because the country was preparing for war, there were very few memorials on civil affairs, but if they were, they would be major events.
For example, the Bank of China petitioned for the construction of a water conservancy project along the Jingshui River.
This line of Jingshui is actually the place where the Zhengguo Canal was built in the original history. It can also be said to be the starting point of the Zhengguo Canal. Starting from the local area and connecting to Luoshui, it has become a land of plenty with a total length of 800 miles.
After careful thinking, Zhiyao approved one word: Yes.
The State of Qin is currently engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Yiqu, and has no spare time to take care of the East.
The Dai State that had been entangled with the Qin State, that is, the Zhao family's Dai State led by Zhao Muxie, returned to Dai.
According to relevant intelligence, Zhao Muxie has been at odds with Lou Fan repeatedly recently, and she has also been provoking Tu He on the other side.
This Tu He is one of the contemporary "Hu", and is listed as two Hus together with Dong Hu. He has long been a strong enemy of Northern Yan.
Since the Qin State is restrained by Yiqu, and the Dai State wants to invade Lou Fan and Tu He to increase their strength, they will not take the initiative to provoke the Yuan State in the short term.
Zhongxing Yin plans to use 150,000 laborers to first build a main water channel with a length of 50 miles, which is expected to take about nine months.
It took less than a year to build a fifty-mile-long main aqueduct, which would add at least 20,000 to 30,000 hectares of agricultural production area. It might just be an addition to the entire Yuan Kingdom, but it was too important to the Zhongxing clan.
"Next, the central government will not have extra energy to look after the west, and it is really necessary to strengthen the Zhonghang clan." Zhiyao still knew in his heart that he should treat the Zhonghang clan favorably. In the future, the Zhonghang clan will have a share in the title of king.
Of course, Zhiyao became the head of a large sect, and the Zhonghang clan was one of the smaller sects. Whether in the eyes of outsiders or in the Zhonghang clan's own perception, the Zhonghang clan belonged to the public clan of the original country.
Zhiyao's plan for enfeoffing the king included a share of the Zhongxing clan, and it was not counted as enfeoffment to a king with a different surname.
Regarding how to divide the feudal lords, Zhiyao had already made preliminary plans. In the case of kings, they were divided into princes and county princes, and later they were divided into princes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons.
The fiefdoms of Dukes and Marquises were only at the county level.
The fiefdom of an earl is at the level of a township.
The fiefdoms of viscounts and barons will be at the village level.
In addition, Zhiyao will not enfeoff large tracts of land like Ji Zhou, but will definitely ensure that the center is strong enough, and the border will not be completely lost to the enfeoffed kings, lest the frontier kings become bigger and force the center.
This is the advantage of having historical examples to learn from. Zhiyao only needs to find relevant examples and weigh them. He does not need to waste too many brain cells to think. He can avoid the mistakes that have already happened and at the same time, he will not commit them.
Anxiety disorder.
No kidding, many monarchs just know that changes must be made, but cannot figure out a proper method. Worry turns into anxiety, and then ends up in old age and lethargy.
The new spring is coming.
After gathering a series of reports, Zhiyao finally came up with a plan for mobilizing troops for the new year.
"This year we will raise 150,000 troops to go south, and the country will mobilize 200,000 troops from various garrison areas as reserve forces."
A total of 350,000 troops were mobilized? After hearing this, the ministers had various ideas, and most of them thought it was a bit too little.
"This year, I will try to destroy Zheng in one battle!"
The sonorous announcement from Zhiyao made the ministers excited, but they still believed that the troops were insufficient.
