At this time, the original country was in a semi-recuperative stage.
Because Zhiyao vigorously equalized land in the Song Dynasty, the situation in the Yuan Kingdom experienced some fluctuations.
A large number of nobles were dissatisfied that people without meritorious service could receive rewards, and thought it was a great injustice to them. However, they did not dare to express their dissatisfaction and only expressed their concerns through various channels.
Of course, Li Shu in the Song Dynasty was very happy. He did nothing and had a piece of land in his name. Although this piece of land could not be bought or sold, their ancestors had not been able to have land in their name for generations. When their generation suddenly got it, how could they sell it?
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Li Shu in other areas heard about what happened in Song Dynasty, and they looked forward to the implementation of the policy in other places day and night. They had concerns in their minds, and naturally they were not so focused on doing things, which affected production to some extent.
"These labor pains have been anticipated by everyone."
"I also know why the officials are opposed. It is not just dissatisfaction, but also fear of the unknown."
"This matter has a great impact, and it is normal for people's hearts to be unstable. I would like to ask your ministers to wait for two years and wait and see the changes in the Song Dynasty."
"If there is no benefit by then, I am not a person who knows my mistakes and will not correct them."
Zhiyao was the founding king of the country and accumulated enough prestige by conquering the east and west.
What if the successor wants to engage in reform? Not only will he bear greater pressure, but he also does not have the corresponding prestige to suppress opponents. It is very likely that the country will be in chaos, and even the outcome of a change of dynasties will occur.
Zhiyao knows what she is doing and how to do it correctly, but she only understands that good results cannot be achieved without being correct. Too many correct things will always be hindered, so that they cannot be implemented at all, and even good things will happen.
become a bad thing.
If Zhiyao had not completed the reform of the original country's military system, even with his prestige, he would not have dared to introduce the land equalization system.
Historically, the formation of the land equalization system was due to the needs arising from the changes of the times. It took hundreds of years to subtly form it. It was not one day that it was regarded as a national policy and changed and implemented in a short period of time.
What changes have occurred in the military system of the original country? In the past, the country issued orders, and the nobles completed the recruitment in their own fiefdoms. Since they could not overstep the command, the soldiers were loyal to the nobles, not the king and the country.
To put it bluntly, every noble can be regarded as a warlord integrating military and political affairs. If they are willing to be loyal to the king, they will naturally become the country's armed force. If they do not take the king seriously, they will be armed.
The Zhou royal family was faced with that kind of situation. Otherwise, the Emperor of Zhou was the co-owner of the world, and all the princes were ministers of the Emperor of Zhou. Why would the Emperor of Zhou never be seen scolding Fang Qiu after the Western Zhou Dynasty?
Zhiyao didn't want to become the Emperor of Zhou. Although he was the king of a country, he couldn't actually do anything.
The reform of the military system in the original country was quite simple. After Zhiyao carried out the operation of breaking up the family into a country, the country's territory was divided into counties and counties, and then various powers were slowly taken back from the nobles by boiling frogs in warm water.
First of all, the compulsory military system began to be implemented in the original country, which meant that all men of appropriate age had the obligation to serve, including performing corvee labor and becoming a soldier to participate in defense or invasion missions.
Zhiyao did not grant enlistment qualifications to ordinary people in a very short period of time. The entire process took more than 20 years and was carried out in one region after another. It was not implemented nationwide at once.
Compulsory military service first appeared in Qidi. At that time, the Chen State in Donglai did not know whether to move or not. It faced a direct threat from the Wu State, and new interest groups were wrestling with old interest groups.
At that time, the aristocratic class of the original country had no objection. Firstly, they may not be aware of what Zhiyao was doing, and secondly, there was a real need. Otherwise, Qidi might have been gained and lost.
In the subsequent Yan and Qin lands, it was also like the Qi lands. Ordinary people would be recruited for two to three months every year, and someone would be responsible for training their obedience and teaching relevant combat skills.
In the early days, there were trained people, and they usually performed local garrison tasks, such as killing bandits in the surrounding areas.
I have experience in several garrison missions. If I get recruited, I will go to a certain border county. Maybe it is just to guard the border there. I may also encounter border frictions. The intensity of the fighting is usually not as high as when the original country sends out large armies to fight with other countries.
Compare.
Those who have experience in border defense will face being recruited to enrich a certain legion, and then follow the legion to participate in large-scale wars.
This cyclical and gradual model can only be played in the original country. The original country has a perfect management system and a sufficient population to be able to take its time.
For example, in the Yue Kingdom, Gou Jian only had more than two million people under his rule. When it was necessary to use more than 100,000 troops, it was equivalent to mobilizing more than one-twentieth of the population.
The number of people in the country is one thing, but the suitable source of soldiers is another. We need to eliminate the old, weak, women and children. There are only about 200,000 people in Vietnam's two million people who can serve as soldiers, and it is impossible to recruit all the people who are suitable as soldiers.
All the soldiers were drawn into battle.
Umrah will end.
Zhiyao called Zhixuwu, and Han Geng and Bank of China Qi had a private meeting.
"In power, how is the census going?" Zhiyao jumped into the topic directly.
Han Geng recalled for a while and said: "The capital (guardian territory), Jin territory, and Qi territory are still completed, while Yan, Qin, Zheng, Song, and Wu are progressing...slowly."
Then Han Geng added: "Only counting the areas where the census has been completed, the total population is nine million."
This takes into account the number of registered slaves, including slaves who have been freed in recent years.
At the end of the Jin Dynasty, the population without slaves should have been more than 5.5 million, the population of the Wei Kingdom, which had been baptized by the flames of war, was about 300,000 to 400,000, and the population of the Qi Kingdom was about 1.2 million.
The original country has been established for more than 20 years. During this period, it has been giving slaves the opportunity to gain freedom, including production and going into battle. It has successively liberated a large number of slaves, with Zhizhi liberating the most slaves.
More than twenty years have passed and a generation has grown up. The combined population of Jin, Wei and Qi is nine million, which is actually about one million less than Zhiyao estimated.
This eight million only counts men and women over the age of thirteen, and does not include men and women under the age of thirteen. Adding in the men and women under the age of thirteen, the total number of people in Jin, Wei, and Qi can definitely exceed
Ten million.
The Jin region has not experienced much war damage to begin with, and the living environment is not considered to have deteriorated. Most of the population lost will only occur due to natural deaths and those killed in battle.
The first thing Zhiyao developed was the Jin region. Being able to have enough food was the key to the increase or decrease in the population. The Jin region must have a population increase.
The data center Han Geng showed showed that the Jin region alone accounts for 7 million of the 9 million people, and the rest is divided between the Qi region and the Wei region.
"So many?" Zhi Xuwu looked surprised.
Zhongxing Qi said: "In this case, if we add the land of Zheng, the land of Song, the land of Qin, the land of Yan, the land of Wu..., wouldn't it be..."
Han Geng shook his head and said: "It is difficult for Yan, Qin and Wu to have too many people."
The total population of the Yan Kingdom before its demise was only eight or nine hundred thousand. When the Yuan Kingdom destroyed the Yan Kingdom, they did not engage in too much war. However, the Yan army suffered successive defeats at the alien coalition and waited for the Yuan Kingdom to become the ruler of Yan. The remaining people The population is estimated to be just over 700,000?
The situation in Qin is more complicated. Their original population should have been 14.5 million, but more than half of them are still nomadic.
When the Yuan Kingdom destroyed the Qin State, the Qin State fought with Yiqu and Rongdi for several years. Later, the invasion of the Yuan Army caused a large number of Qin people to flee, until the Yuan Kingdom ruled Qin and only 500,000 to 600,000 people were left.
The Zheng State was even worse. They first fought a "twenty-year" war with the Song State, and were later overthrown and invaded by the Chu State and the Jin State. At its peak, the Zheng State had a population of only 1.1 million, and by the end of the period only There are more than 600,000 people, and it will definitely be even less when it is Yuan's turn to rule Zheng.
On the other side of Wu, Wu and Chu fought against each other first. Later, the Yue Kingdom destroyed the Wu Kingdom. Then the Chu Army and the Song Army came in to wreak havoc. When they came in, the original army and the Chu Army fought frequently.
Originally, the population of Wu State should be close to 1.4 million. After a series of wars, and the original army is still purging it, the estimated population is only 4.5 million, right?
This means that in less than twenty years, Wudi lost one-third of its population.
The Song Dynasty is the place with the largest original population. However, the original population of the Song Dynasty was only 800,000 or 900,000. The basic value is not much, and the upper limit of the population that can be added to the original country is extremely low.
That is to say, even if Qin, Yan, Song, Zheng and Wu are included, the number of people that the original country can increase is only about 3.5 million.
Zhiyao probably has something in mind.
Not counting those under the age of thirteen, the current population of the original country should be around 12 million.
Including people under the age of thirteen, the original country should have a total population of more than 13 million.
Including slaves, the population definitely exceeded 15 million.
With such a population, it may not be as large as a modern province, but don't forget that this is 455 BC.
Until the Qin Kingdom completed the unification war, the total population of the Zhuxia lands was only about 20 million. This is the data two hundred and thirty-four years later.
After such a long time is used for development, how can the production level be improved?
"Perhaps in ten years' time, taking into account the population of Chu, Ba, Shu and newborn babies, the population of the entire country can exceed 25 million." Zhiyao was full of longing.
After all, the medical technology in the original country has been improving, and if equalization is implemented, there will definitely be a population explosion.
Speaking of which, most of the progress in medical treatment focuses on the treatment of trauma, while the progress of built-in drugs is relatively slow.
The progress of surgery is reflected in the fact that there are too many injured people, enough materials, and a platform for communication, so it is really difficult not to make progress.
The testing of drugs and the increase of prescriptions are too dependent on time, and there must be sufficient clinical verification. Moreover, traditional Chinese medicine is used for similar diseases, and there are not many prescriptions that can be used universally, and the control of drugs is also too particular.
However, in general, the contribution of the traditional Chinese medicine system to Zhu Xia is far greater than imagined, and it is relatively mild. There are very few operations that are obviously harmful to people's lives despite the data.
Europa has a long history of bloodletting treatment. If a person is obviously weak to the point of death, and then they are given bloodletting... he is simply destined to die.
Ten years from now, the population of the original country is likely to reach 25 million? This generation should not experience frequent wars anymore, and with a stable life, the population will inevitably increase rapidly again.
Take the Western Han Dynasty as an example. From Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, to Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, about a hundred years passed. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the population was 13 million. By the time Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, it had a population of 50 million, an increase of 37 million.
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Many of the daily tools of the original country are more advanced than those of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In particular, Zhiyao has brought many living and sleeping habits to contemporary people to avoid getting sick. In another hundred years, it makes no sense if there is no large-scale war.
Isn’t the population increase rate slower than that of the Western Han Dynasty?
There is just one thing: how many people the land of Zhuxia can feed actually has a fixed value before new food that can fill their stomachs appears.
At its peak in the Western Han Dynasty, the total population was approximately 60 million.
The total population of the Sui Dynasty at its peak was approximately 50 million.
There is considerable controversy over the maximum population data of the Tang Dynasty, with estimates ranging from 60 million to 140 million. It is suggested that 140 million people in the Tang Dynasty came from Japan.
When the Song Dynasty had its largest population, it reached an astonishing over 112 million people, and its territory was the smallest in Zhengshuo history. It is really surprising that it had such a large population!
According to the records in "History of the Ming Dynasty", the population of the Ming Dynasty reached more than 60 million at its peak, but some relevant scholars believe that it should exceed 100 million.
So, how could the Song Dynasty feed more than 100 million people? Because their handicraft industry was extremely developed and maritime trade was extremely prosperous, and they could purchase large quantities of grain from Southeast Asia and other places back home.
In the Ming Dynasty, the army first reclaimed the barbaric land, and later turned it into civilian use, developing almost all the land that could grow food.
Taking the general value, Zhiyao believes that his generation can only expand the territory slightly larger than the territory before Qin Shihuang's death, and further expansion will not increase it much.
In Zhikai's generation, Zhiyao would leave his last words before his death. The priority was to stabilize his rule and no longer carry out rapid expansion. The most he could do was to capture Monan and then carry out limited expansion to the west of Hexi.
Not taking the Korean Peninsula? To be honest, it is a barren land. The so-called "Three Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" are really mostly mountainous areas. There are other better places. How can they compare with places full of mountains? This is also the case.
The reason why the Central Plains dynasties looked down upon it.
Zhikai should be able to take over the Korean Peninsula, not because of anything else, but because the local political power migrated there from Zhuxia. Taking it and letting the Zhuxia survivors there return can enhance their prestige.
"In three years at most, I will start the battle to destroy Chu." Zhiyao needs to see whether the capture of Bashu goes smoothly.
As expected, the Yuan Kingdom will invade the Shu Kingdom next year and successfully destroy the Ba Kingdom as well.
During this period, it would take one or two years to survey the river channels, then stabilize the rule of Bashu, and then launch a war of annihilation against the Chu State.
In these three years, Zhiyao will prepare an army of at least 700,000 for Chu State!