Chapter 498: The current situation of the nations and the vassal of ministers
Towards the end of autumn, Zhiyao learned about what Zhao Wuxie was doing in Qin. However, as soon as he learned the news, it was already difficult for the Yuan Kingdom to stop Zhao Wuxie from plundering Qin's population and supplies.
At that time, Zhiyao made an arrangement and ordered trustworthy people to form several teams to pretend to be Qin's defeated troops, and then went to seek to join the Zhao family on behalf of the country.
Zhiyao judged Zhao Wuji's greed correctly, and the disguised team was indeed absorbed into Wushi territory.
In this wave of Zhao's Dai Kingdom, many Qin people were kidnapped, and the Qin army was absorbed by Zhao's Dai Kingdom in a state of collapse. It is difficult to figure out who is who. One day, those original people who pretended to be Qin people will Play your part.
As for whether those original people who pretend to be Qin people will be exposed, or whether they can gain any status in the Zhao Dynasty, it is difficult to become a high-level official in the Zhao Dynasty. At most, they will become a high-level person in the Zhao Dynasty. A confidant or follower.
In the current era, unless you are already famous and have a well-established family background, it is unimaginably difficult to rise to the top of a country.
Even in the most enlightened Yuan country, Sun Wu, Sima Ranju, Yang Hu and others are not "named" and have been tested more than once. It is really not that they will join Zhiyao and immediately obtain high positions.
"In that case, the population under Zhao Wuxie's rule should be more than 400,000?" Zhiyao had to admit that Zhao Wuxie was capable of causing trouble and that the bottom line was too flexible.
After all, the Zhao family was an ally of the Qin State, so it was fine not to help the Qin State when it was in trouble. Instead, it added insult to injury.
Although Zhao Wuji gained benefits this time, not to mention the follow-up of Qin State, any vassal state, including Qin State, will definitely not trust the credibility of the Zhao family in the future, even if they are forced to cooperate. He will be extremely vigilant towards the Zhao family.
Just look at the Yue State. Since Gou Jian's bottom line is equally flexible, he will not be trusted by anyone he forms an alliance with.
When the Yuan Kingdom invaded the Zheng Kingdom, did you think that Gou Jian did not want to send troops to participate in the war? The Yue Kingdom was indeed invading the Ju Kingdom, and it could still send troops to support the "Xinzheng" battlefield.
Chu, Zheng, and Song were not so eager to receive support from Yue. To put it bluntly, they did not have much trust in Yue, and they might even be afraid that the Vietnamese troops who came to support would jump on the spot or be defeated. Yue Guo stabbed him in the back.
Gou Jian could also attack the heart of the Yuan Kingdom from the direction of the Lu Kingdom, or attack Qi, but he was also afraid of being trapped and not getting support from his allies, so he did not dare to do that.
The reason why Zhiyao doesn't seek to form an alliance with anyone is that she understands very well that allies can only take advantage and cannot be trusted. She also knows that no matter what kind of alliance is formed, the calculation will be far more difficult to guard against than the enemy.
In the current era, is a population of 400,000 considered too much? Perhaps it depends on who it is compared to.
There are not many countries in the Xia Dynasty right now!
The original country is the only country with the largest territory and a total population of about 9.2 million.
The countries counted as the second tier include Chu State, Yue State and Song State.
The territory of Chu State is second only to that of the original state, and its population is also ranked second, which should be 3.4 million.
The State of Yue annexed the State of Wu, ranking third in territory, with a total population of approximately 2.1 million to 2.3 million.
Song State ranked fifth in territory and had a population of about 1.2 million.
The country currently ranked fourth in terms of territory is Yan State. They have not been involved in the disputes among the Xia for the time being, and their population may be between 900,000 and 1 million.
The remaining vassal states include Ju, Qi, Zhu, Xue, Teng, and Cai, Tong, and Zeng who became Chu's puppets. The total population of these countries will never exceed 20. Ten thousand.
There are other countries and forces with different cultures in the land of Zhuxia, including the Ba Kingdom, the Shu Kingdom, the Bai Pu Kingdom, the Yang Yu Kingdom, the Yangyue Tribal Alliance, the Minyue Tribal Alliance, the Fulou Tribal Alliance, the Huandou Tribal Alliance, and the Luo Kingdom. Yue Tribal Alliance and Yelang Kingdom.
Zhiyao, who wants to "take the world under one roof", of course needs to send out a wide range of manpower to conduct investigations. It is difficult to do things that are too detailed in a short time. The homework of understanding what forces are in which places must be done early.
About six-tenths of the countries or strengths listed above are known to the original country, and most areas are covered in a layer of fog.
Last year, Yuan State had already annexed Zhou State, Zheng State, and Lu State.
Talking about the Zhou Kingdom, the reason is that after the relocation of the Zhou royal family, it lost its dominance over the world and no longer had the prestige and execution ability to be the common ruler of the world.
If nothing unexpected happens this year, Yuan State should be able to control most of Qin State’s territory?
Of course, the annexation will involve the complete acquisition of land and population.
If you control it, while the original territory is not completely consumed, the population gained will only be part of it.
And the reason why Chu State has a population of 3.4 million left is that the area north of the Huai River was invaded by the original state. Only part of the local Chu people left, and the rest became nutrients for the original state.
The original country was able to reach a population of 9.2 million because it absorbed nearly one million people from Zheng, more than 700,000 from Lu, and nearly 400,000 from Chu.
The population of 9.2 million includes all the families in the original country, but the slaves are not included.
Because the military campaign against Qin is still ongoing, the Yuan Kingdom has not yet calculated its gains from Qin.
Of course, increasing the population through mergers is not only difficult to utilize in the short term, but also requires a lot of resources to be invested in appeasement, and there will definitely be many hidden dangers in the future.
"Thankfully, I explored and tested effective integration methods in Qidi. Otherwise, the population would have surged by two million in just two years, and it would have been overwhelmed."
"The same method may not be suitable for all places. This is something that needs special attention."
"Other countries have perished, and without someone with enough prestige to lead them, it will be difficult for them to make waves again."
"What needs to be paid attention to are the Chu people. Although the Chu country is in decline, ordinary Chu people have always been very attracted to the Mi surname. Without those feudal lords and noble families with ulterior motives holding them back, the Chu country will definitely be stronger."
"How on earth should we treat the people of the original Chu State who have been brought under the rule? Neither tolerance nor toughness will bring any good results. It takes too long to use both soft and hard tactics, and we cannot allow it to be delayed at this time!"
Compared with how to deal with the Chu people who have been included in the rule, the affairs of the Zhao Dynasty can be put aside first.
There is a relevant report on Zhiyao's desk. It tells that the people of the original Chu state were very resistant to the rule of the original state. From time to time, the troubles were considered minor. However, the uprising was organized and large-scale in less than a year. Happened twenty-seven times.
What is the strangest thing? There was no Chu State court and no one sent to cause trouble. The uprisings were all spontaneous actions of the original Chu people.
The Yuan Kingdom treated the Chu people who were newly under its rule the same as other areas. There would be resistance in Zhou, Lu and other places, and there were also organized and large-scale uprisings. However, compared to the Chu people, other places could hardly be called
You have to accept reality quickly.
Zhiyao has sent people to Chu State, not to declare war while Chu State is weak, but to reach peace with Chu State.
The original congress promised not to invade Chu again, but the prerequisite was that Chu announced its acceptance of the status quo.
What kind of routine is this? It is nothing more than an operation of "attacking the enemy's shield with his spear". If the Chu people in the occupied areas are to recognize the fact that they have been abandoned by the Chu monarchs and ministers, will there be resentment or other things? There must be some.
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As long as the kings and ministers of the Chu State are disgusted and hated, maybe one day the Chu people in the occupied areas will become the vanguard of the Chu State's destruction?
Zhiyao also prepared another plan. Once the Chu monarchs and ministers were sober enough to reject the peace proposal, the Yuan Kingdom could only relocate the local people with more than a thousand acres of land and famous people, and then impose martial law for a considerable period of time.
This method was learned by Zhiyao from the Western Han Dynasty. Xiaozhu only used this method to firmly control the entire country, and successfully and effectively attacked the local powerful again and again, ensuring the effective rule of the government over the local area.
In fact, Zhiyao really wanted to conduct a land determination and census in the original country, but the timing was not right.
It’s really not that there is a lack of relevant operating personnel. Zhiyao has spent so much time and invested countless resources in cultivating talents, and there is really no shortage of relevant administrative personnel.
The reason for restricting Zhiyao is to determine the land and census the population, which will inevitably cause turmoil in the country.
The Han family has already given in, which has caused some families such as the Fox family and the Zhong family to become wary. It would be inappropriate to make any new moves.
In addition, Han's retreat prompted Zhiyao to make a plan to conquer the world in ten years, and she needed to ensure maximum internal stability.
"My king, everything is ready." Yu Rang came over to report.
Zhiyao turned her head and glanced out the window.
The loft is high enough to see the mountains in the distance.
In winter, the wilderness is now a patchwork of green and yellow, and the first snow will arrive in about half a month.
Zhiyao stood up and walked to the balcony outside. Looking down, she could see groups of fully armed guards, and further away were soldiers standing guard.
"Whether it's called 'Chang'an' or 'Zhongjing', it should be built anyway?" Zhiyao didn't like to use the capital of another country as his own capital.
Since the Qin Kingdom has collapsed, why didn't Zhiyao choose to locate the capital in Qin? Firstly, the original country's current focus is south of the river, and secondly, there are really many problems.
Once Zhiyao established his capital in Qin and built Hangu Pass, security would be sufficiently guaranteed, but the problem was that it seemed too remote.
If Zhiyao really wanted to set up his capital in Qin, he would first have to carry out a large-scale population migration. This alone would be difficult to accomplish.
In the history of the Qin State, the security of the capital during the war of unification was not simply due to the existence of Hangu Pass.
Literati like to emphasize "people-oriented" and believe that no matter how high or thick the city wall is, it will perish if it is unpopular.
The Qin State was the same, and even became the Qin Empire. The Qin State ruled by the First Emperor was able to sweep across all parts of the world, but when it was Qin II's turn, he ended up with a country destroyed and a family destroyed.
The capitals of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Li and Tang Dynasties were all located within the passes. When it came time to lose the country, the passes and city walls had no effect at all.
Dynasties with their capitals within the Pass all face the same problem. When the country is prosperous, the output within the Pass is not enough to cover the consumption of the capital, and its control over many areas is extremely low.
No kidding, powerful men like Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, spent almost half of their lives fighting against the families in Shandong. The reason was that they were too far away to reach them. Even if they cleared out a crop from time to time, they still managed to eradicate some and others.
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In terms of resource utilization, the dynasty whose capital was located in the pass had an extremely low effective utilization rate of resources in the southwest and southeast.
Because the distance is too far, the cost of transportation is exaggerated. If it is not good, it will give the place an opportunity to become stronger and bigger. If it is good, it may consume labor but almost no income.
What should we do? From the perspective of the ruler, even if it costs money to transport it to the capital, it is better to be lucky than to have huge resources in the local area and be used by ambitious people.
Zhiyao came down from the attic and was immediately surrounded by soldiers.
The soldier's positioning angle blocks the possibility of anyone coming forward, and if a long-range weapon attacks, he can act as a human shield immediately.
"Hanhou, Huhou, Zhonghou, Cheng Bo, Fu Bo, Yang Bo, Dong Bo, Sun Bo, Sima Bo, Yang Bo, Zhang Zi, Yang Zi, Gao Zi, Ai Zi, Ning Zi, Shao Zi, Chang
Qiu Nan, Gan Nan, Zhao Nan..."
Yurang followed Zhiyao closely and read out a long list.
Those are the people who will receive knighthoods today, and they will receive the titles one by one in order of marquis, uncle, son, and male.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the three people who obtained the title of marquis.
Cheng Xiao, Zhi Xuwu, Cheng Shuo, Fu Guo, Sun Wu, Sima Rangju, and Yang Hu will all be granted the title of earl.
Weiguo and Qiguo, who only had one city left, were originally among those who were granted titles and would receive the title of earl. Zhiyao directly crossed them off the list because they did not want to irritate the other princes who still retained the kingdom.
The contemporary head of the Sanhuan family received the title of Viscount for various reasons.
There are relatively many people who have been granted the title of baron, 40% of them are nobles who originally had barons in the Jin Kingdom, 10% are old nobles from various countries who were annexed and made contributions to the original country, and 50% are people who were not nobles and worked their way up from the bottom.
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In Zhiyao's view, the reward of an earl for Zhi Xuwu, Cheng Shuo, Sun Wu, and Sima Ranju is a bit low. The problem is that more factors need to be considered, one of which is to comfort the Han family who will lose some fiefdoms.
, Fox and Zhong.
As the king of a country, you really cannot act arbitrarily. If you want to ensure the stability of the country, and even make the country prosperous, there are so many things that need to be considered. You must take into account the possible impact of any action you make.
When Zhiyao came to the main hall, she did not go in immediately, but stood in the dimly lit corridor and observed.
The people in the hall who were waiting for the conferment looked overjoyed, and when they were in high spirits and chatted in low voices, it was hard not to make a "buzzing" noise.
Zhiyao looked at the people in the hall, mainly observing a few people, and thought to herself: "When Lao Zhu was rewarding meritorious ministers, he really hid in the dark with a small notebook and wrote down those who were too complacent and whose words were disrespectful.
The person’s name?”
How close should you be to hear clearly what a single person is saying amidst the noise?
Anyway, Zhiyao couldn't hear clearly and could only tell someone's mood from his expression and behavior.
Zhiyao gave Yurang a look.
Yurang got the signal and walked in, came to Taihu and said something.
When Yurang appeared, he had already attracted the attention of everyone in the palace.
Sure enough, Tai Hu walked to the side of Tai Majesty and shouted loudly: "Everyone return to their seats!"
The platform is the steps in front of the throne.
At present, when there is a court meeting, everyone has a seat for the officials, and they are not standing in two lines.
Zhiyao walked in, stood in front of the throne, glanced at everyone before sitting down...
