"Your Majesty, I think that the Chu army has risen and will sweep south of the Suishui River."
"At this time, Da Yuan has two options. One is to march immediately and prevent the Chu army from plundering. The other is to sit back and watch the Chu army's atrocities while you and the king's army rescue Daxuan."
"I don't know, Your Majesty..."
Zhiyao is waiting for Sima Ranju to give her opinion.
The population of Song State remained at nearly one million for a long time. Later, it was at war with Zheng State for a long time, and part of its territory fell into the hands of Wu State. In recent decades, the population dropped to 700,000 or 800,000.
Their population distribution is relatively dense, with the vast majority of the population living in the capital area, while the remaining population density in the south is relatively high. The combined population of the north, east and south is less than 30% of the country's population.
This is of course also related to the distribution of agricultural areas. There is not enough grain production. With the current transportation methods, it is difficult to rely on transporting grain elsewhere to support the excessive population in a certain area.
The same situation exists in other countries. For example, the most densely populated area in the original country is the central and eastern regions, all because there are nearly 280,000 hectares of farmland there.
Zhiyao had already made up his mind and said slowly, "Let's take the second strategy."
It is not suitable for the Yuan State to invade the Chu State immediately. Moreover, what Sima Ranju said is very reasonable. The people of the Song Dynasty have hatred because the Yuan State destroyed the Song State. Only by letting the Song people experience the ravages of the Chu army can they know the kindness of the Yuan State.
The population of the southern part of the Song Dynasty was about 170,000 to 80,000, and it was spread over a wide area. The Chu army tried its best to plunder the population, and only 60,000 to 70,000 were captured. The people of the Song Dynasty in the rest of the area did not know that the atrocities committed by the Chu army were known.
Do you know how to hide?
As for supplies and the like? Which area was the Song State's main development area? In the southern part of the country, which did not pay much attention to development, how could there be much supplies for the Chu army to grab?
It is precisely because of this that Zhiyao cannot understand the actions of the Chu monarchs and ministers.
Now, what Yuan Guo should do most is to digest the immediate results of the war, and quickly arrange administrative personnel in each village, township, li, county, and county, so that they can truly manage and control the results of the war and restore the benefits brought by the war.
Materials are damaged, so hurry up and start production again.
The Yuan Kingdom is already very familiar with this set of rules, and the Song Kingdom will open an experimental field to divide the land based on population, which can greatly offset the Song people's hatred of the Yuan Kingdom.
Don't blame those people of the Song State. People are naturally interested in profit. The original state distributed land to them. The land only belongs to them under the rule of the original state. Who will miss the Song State and be willing to accept the rule of other princes?
Regarding the matter of equalizing land, even with Zhiyao's prestige, she still encountered great resistance.
There is no other reason than simply breaking the rule of meritorious service.
It wasn't until Zhiyao implicitly stated that appeasing the Song people was important to "one country" that the opposition weakened somewhat, but did not disappear completely.
Why are the reforms in the past dynasties so difficult to succeed? Isn’t it because they will definitely seize the cheese from vested interest groups?
Zhiyao was able to successfully change national policies several times. In the final analysis, it was to break up the family for the sake of the country and not to be too harsh on the cheese of other vested interest groups. Otherwise, he would not have been able to easily implement the new law.
Two months later, the victorious army returned to the outskirts of "Zhongjing".
Under Zhiyao's will, some representatives of the Banshi troops held a grand martial arts ceremony in the suburbs before disbanding.
This was not done on a whim by Zhiyao, it was just to inspire the morale of the country's military and frighten Xiaoxiao under the great victory of destroying the country.
The second thing Zhiyao did was to worship the ancestral temple and report to his ancestors.
Since Zhiyao's generation, they have turned their family into a country, and have successively annexed the great countries of Wei, Qi, Zhongshan, Qin, Zheng, Lu, and Yan, and the remaining Qiu, Qi, Zhu, and Teng.
Classes are not worth mentioning at all.
Nowadays, including the Chu State and the vassal states of the Xia system, the only surviving states are Chu State, Ba State and Zhao Dai State.
The world's structure has changed greatly. From its territory to its population, resources, military strength, etc., the Yuan Kingdom is undoubtedly the most powerful country in the world.
However, there are also many hidden dangers under rapid expansion. They are only temporarily hidden or covered up. It still takes time and methods to eliminate those hidden dangers.
Due to changes in the situation, the Yuan Kingdom also added new enemies, including Linhu in the northeast, Loufan, Linhu, Zhao Daiguo in the north, Yiqu in the west, and the remaining Qin people and Rongdi.
The newly added enemies are very different from the former enemies of the original country. Most of them do not have cities waiting for the original army to conquer. The fight is a constant pursuit in the vast plains or mountains and forests.
"How is Mizi doing?" Zhiyao specially called Zhikai over.
The expression on Zhikai's face was not good, and he said in a low voice and simply: "Depressed and unhappy."
This is not surprising. First she had a miscarriage, then her mother country was destroyed by her husband's country, her father committed suicide and died in the country, and her brother was taken to the ancestral temple to fight. It is strange that she was in a good mood.
Zhiyao had no unnecessary psychological fluctuations and asked: "Are you staying in the capital, or are you preparing to go to Pakistan?"
Originally, Zhikai was planning to go to Pakistan, but then there was a temporary change.
The conquest of Bashu was of great strategic significance to the Yuan Kingdom and was very rare given the timing.
The Ba Kingdom and the Shu Kingdom were sworn enemies, and they stopped fighting after they went on a mission together to the Yuan Kingdom.
It was also during that mission that the Ba Kingdom requested Zhiyao to send troops to garrison in Badi, and was willing to dig a passage to make it easier for the original troops to garrison.
This is a complete repeat of history. The troops stationed there changed from the Qin army to the original army, and the time was advanced by more than 150 years.
Zhikai should have gone in before the Ba Kingdom opened its own passage to understand the local customs and customs in advance. It would be better to go to the Shu Kingdom to take a look.
Due to changes in plans, Zhikai's trip to Bati has been delayed for more than a year. If it continues to be delayed, Pakistan will have to open a passage.
However, Mizi's condition was not good, but Zhiyao asked Zhikai to choose whether to go to Ba or stay, which seemed a bit impersonal.
However, no matter what your status is and what responsibilities you bear, you should actually pay something. How can there be so many perfections?
This is called: If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
"My son is willing to go to Pakistan." Zhikai answered without any hesitation.
Zhiyao stared at Zhikai for a few breaths before nodding.
Do you love country or beauty?
Loving the country will appear to be unkind and unjust.
Those who love beauty will become a foolish king.
Taking care of both? It’s not that no monarch can do it, but there are too few monarchs who can do it. It can only be said that there is only one in a hundred.
Zhiyao knew that next she should let Fen Ying go to the East Palace from time to time, or summon Mizi to Changle Palace to chat.
In fact, a woman who marries a royal family should be mentally prepared in advance and not expect any grand love or her husband to be by her side all the time.
If you are a monarch and have so much free time, it will definitely not be a peaceful country and the people will be peaceful. Ninety-nine percent of the time, you will be used as a puppet.
After all, how can the country and the people be peaceful and peaceful for no reason? Everything is based on administrative proficiency and effective execution. If you want to achieve this, don't expect the moral integrity of your ministers. Without a monarch holding a knife in one hand and a whip in the other, all ministers will
Eating a vegetarian meal with a dead body is considered moral, and taking bribes and bending the law should not be too common.
Once a certain dynasty emphasizes that its people are upright and prosperous, it is actually not far from the end of the country.
The Yuan Kingdom just did not invade the Chu Kingdom immediately, but it does not mean that there were no wars going on in other areas.
Sima Ranju continued to lead the army in the battle. After taking control of Huainan, they directly landed on the old land of Wu south of the river.
Regarding the battle reports about Wu Di, Zhiyao would read them immediately every time one came.
The fact was just as they had expected. The people of the Wu State could not stop hating the Yue State. They did not have a favorable impression of the original state because it avenged Wu King Fu Chai. They had no choice but to be ruled and they were always thinking about resisting. They made rebellions here and there attacked government officials every three days.
Wait, any gentleness has no effect, Sima Rangju was so stubborn that he had to raise the butcher's knife.
"Historically, after the Chu State destroyed the Yue State, how did it make the Wuyue survivors accept the rule of the Chu State?" Zhiyao can only say that he has a blank memory of this period of history.
So, how did the Chu State rule the land of Wu and Yue? They broke up the land and divided the monarchs, and each monarch brought force to various places. One word is: kill!
Yes, the Chu State used killing methods to rule the land of Wu and Yue. Anyone found to be disobedient would be killed, even those who disobeyed, until no one resisted in the end, and then the history of Wu and Yue was wiped out. After a few generations,
The local people also regarded themselves as Chu people.
Chu's killing methods are not without sequelae. A large number of Yue people fled due to geographical advantages. Quite a few fled to Minyue, and then went to other places in the southwest via Minyue. There were also Yue people who went to sea, and some of them accidentally went to the Japanese islands.
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In the late Spring and Autumn Period, people from Zhu Xia actually went to the Japanese Islands? This is a fact, not a fabrication.
The subsequent rulers of the Wo Islands were not native peoples. On the contrary, the native peoples were either wiped out or integrated over a long period of time. Most of these conquerors came from the Northeastern region and the Korean Peninsula during the Han Dynasty, and the immigrants from Nanyang were also more numerous than those from the Zhuxia land.
Many people went there, and eventually a new nation merged.
During the Five Husties, many immigrants from the Central Plains came to the Korean Peninsula. They first became part of Goguryeo and were later integrated by the local people.
Although Zhiyao felt that killing people alone was too barbaric, she decided not to interfere with Sima Ranju's decision-making.
Recently, Zhiyao's favorite thing to do is to stand at the highest point of the palace city and watch the "Zhongjing" taking shape day by day.
If "Zhongjing" is officially completed, it is planned to be able to accommodate a maximum population of 500,000.
Of course, in the current era, it is impossible for a city to have a population of half a million, and it is really impossible to support it.
Zhiyao plans to migrate people from all over the country after the completion of "Zhongjing", and will stipulate that people with titles must live in "Zhongjing" if they are not assigned overseas.
The rest of the migratory population will be divided across the country every year or every three or five years. For example, according to the amount of family property, they must move to "Zhongjing" to settle down.
Zhiyao has not disclosed this plan to anyone yet, and will not take coercive measures to deal with the nobles, but will use softer inducements.
As for the "mowing the grass" part, the methods will be stricter, and those on the relocation list will not be allowed to refuse.
Of course Zhiyao learned this from the Western Han Dynasty.
In the early Han Dynasty, when Liu Bang and Lu Fei were in power, they relied on this method to ensure local stability. However, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty did not do it again. When Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were in power, they were made miserable by the local powerful.
In order to quell the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty had to borrow money from the private sector, but he couldn't borrow it. He had to use his dignity as emperor to invite famous people to endorse him, so that he could borrow enough military expenses from the private sector.
By the way, isn’t it said that Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty left a mountain of gold and silver to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty? Why did Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty need to borrow military funds???
But! Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty really borrowed money from the private sector in order to raise military expenses!
Then, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty only reigned for sixteen years, during which the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion also occurred. How did he leave huge wealth to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?
In this way, it is said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed all the mountains of gold and silver left by Emperors Wen and Jing of the Han Dynasty. Those mountains of gold and silver appeared out of thin air.
The historical truth is that the person who made money for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was named Sang Hongyang. The military expenditures of the Han Dynasty came from the Yantieguanying, not from the treasury left by Emperors Wen and Jing of the Han Dynasty.
Some romances will be regarded as true history, and some people will repeatedly tell nonsense. People who don’t know the truth actually believe it and want to investigate... It will simply destroy the three views.
Zhiyao has never been worried about lack of money.
The Zhi family has been engaged in textile business for more than two hundred years, and once monopolized the bulk trade of cloth in the Central Plains. From Zhi Feng's generation to Zhishen's generation, they really left Zhiying with a huge and exaggerated amount of wealth.
Thanks to the rule in the Spring and Autumn Period that the head of the family owns everything, Zhiyao automatically inherits everything when he succeeds as the head of the family. There is no need to worry about money. Anyway, Zhi's textile industry is printing money all the time, which is the hardest way to pass through money.
One of the currencies.
The only difficulty Zhiyao had was in terms of food convenience, but he had started to cultivate land north of "Handan" early on, and until the two water conservancy projects were completed, he still did not suffer from food shortages even if he used troops heavily every year.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
Not to mention the later promulgation of the policy that the original country could accumulate titles by paying more grain. The private sector may not have much reserves, but the various grain depots belonging to the country are not enough.
This is the method that Zhiyao learned from the Piggy Emperor, and the starting point is to make military meritorious more abundant.
After all, military merit is a double-edged sword. It has a great positive effect during war-prone periods, but will suffer backlash once the country needs to enter a stage of recuperation.
Zhiyao is quite conscientious. He learned from Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but not Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.
What did Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, do when he once again restored the Han Dynasty? He created a system called "Yi Cang", telling the people to pay more food in normal times, and then go to the government to collect the extra food in disaster years.
During the Sui Dynasty, did the people receive food later? Those granaries later became the rations for the revolting troops in various places. Among them, Li Yuan and Wang Shichong received the most food, so that the two revolting troops never suffered from food shortages.
Zhiyao can't run out of money and food? This is his confidence to complete "One World"!
