The Yuan Kingdom is not only able to mobilize an army of 700,000 people. With the information Zhiyao has in hand, if the country is mobilized to the maximum extent, it can mobilize at least about 1.1 million soldiers.
However, once the state of extreme mobilization is reached, the quality of the soldiers no longer has any extravagant expectations.
Zhiyao once wanted to follow the "elite route" plan. The standing army at the beginning, and later the Huben Army and Yulin Army with special designations, basically pursued the line of excellence. Later, he found that a country needs elites, but the pursuit of quantity is obviously more
Suitable for the current era.
The land of Zhuxia is like that, nothing remains the same, and adjustments are made as needed.
The country's need for the army is the same. The Spring and Autumn Period actually followed the elite route. Those who could participate in the war were limited to nobles, "scholars" and "disciples". Later, "Xian" was added.
In the late Spring and Autumn Period, various countries gradually relaxed their selection of military sources, and the number of troops dispatched became larger and larger.
Entering the early Warring States period, countries were still pursuing elites and quantity in parallel. The most representative ones were Wei and Qin.
Wei, which followed the elite route, used 50,000 Wei soldiers to defeat Qin's 500,000-strong army in pursuit of quantity, causing the existing princes to see the benefits of elites and follow suit.
During that period, the State of Qi cultivated martial arts warriors, the State of Zhao increased the number of side cavalry, South Korea also began to play with new Korean soldiers, and the State of Chu trained strong soldiers.
There is no movement in the Yan Kingdom.
The subsequent situation shows that the elite route is not easy to follow, and the pursuit of quantity has become a consensus. There are situations where countries often draw out hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against each other.
Zhiyao had already seen Gou Jian's madness when he was struggling to death, and could predict that Chu would make the same choice.
A series of intelligence shows some signs. The princes and local fiefdoms of the Chu State are desperately trying to expand their troops and are temporarily training farmers and slaves. It is clear that if a war breaks out, an extremely large number of troops will be dispatched.
Based on the population base of the Chu State and the density of their population, it is very likely that an army of four to five million people could be mobilized to fight against the original state.
Under this reality, it is not impossible for Zhiyao to continue to follow the elite route. For example, following the example of the Wei State in original history, using a small number of elites to defeat the mob brought together by the Chu State. The real problem is that Zhiyao does not want to conduct a deterrent war.
He was rushing to destroy the Chu State.
At that time, after the frontal battle is over, the original army will win or continue to invade Chu. Every place they conquer will need to leave troops to garrison.
The territory of the Chu State was too large. Thousands of people were left in one city, and tens of thousands were left in a hundred cities. Not to mention that there were many more villages and some strategic places that needed to leave troops.
"Your Majesty, the prince has arrived at the city gate and is entering the city."
"knew."
Three years after Zhikai left, he could be regarded as returning to his original country and had returned to the capital.
The Yuan Kingdom had sent troops to Shu, and Zhikai originally did not want to return, but his mother repeatedly wrote to urge him.
It is outrageous enough for the prince of a country to leave the center of political power for three years, let alone leave the country?
Zhiyao knew that if he didn't summon Zhikai back, something would happen. Moreover, it was hard to predict what would happen if he invaded Shu. He didn't want to change the prince, so why couldn't he take risks.
Zhikai returned to his original country. When he entered the country, he felt that he had not only been away for three years, but everything he saw felt fresh.
Maybe it was because we had been apart for too long, but Zhikai obviously discovered a lot of new things.
Just after the farming ended, young men from all over the country were gathered together for training, making the places where people lived in the original country look like military camps, and the whole country looked like one big military camp.
The previous Jin State was a militarist country, and there had never been so much turmoil.
After Zhiyao revised the national policy, especially in recent years, Yuan country became what a military-fruitarian country should look like.
Zhikai, who knew many things, knew very well what the changes in the country meant, and guessed that the battle to destroy Chu would probably happen within a year or two.
After returning to the capital and entering it again, Zhikai found that the number of people in the city had increased a lot, unlike when it was first built and there was no smoke and smoke.
Of course, because "Zhongjing" is not a commercial capital, it is actually not a very lively place, but there are just more people on the streets.
Zhikai sat in the car and looked at everything in the capital greedily. He had not seen this kind of scene for three years and felt that he could never see enough.
However, Zhikai could see that some people on the street had unusual temperaments, but their clothes seemed inconsistent with their temperament.
How should I put it? A person who clearly has a superior demeanor but wears very ordinary clothes will inevitably make people feel strange or curious.
"These are the people who migrated from various places. The second and third sons are well-off families in the local area." Cheng Shuo saw Zhikai's doubts and gave him the answer.
People who can live a good life now are either nobles, or their ancestors were nobles. They can use that level of status to obtain a lot of privileges. With so many conveniences, they have more ways to make a fortune than ordinary people.
Zhikai immediately understood it as soon as he heard it.
The expansion of the original country was too rapid. In the past, the rules of the Spring and Autumn Period were still adhered to, and some local nobles were able to stay in the local area and continue to live.
Even if these nobles lost their status as nobles due to the demise of the country, they still have much more resources than ordinary people. And because ordinary people are really afraid of them, they can still continue to dominate the local area.
Zhiyao wants to complete some of the things he wants to do in time, and make more preparations. Don't be too worried about what will happen once certain policies are implemented. Even if problems arise, they can be solved quickly. Naturally, those who are still domineering in the local area need to be eliminated.
people migrated to the capital.
In modern times, living in the capital is a very exciting thing, and the benefits you can enjoy far exceed those in other administrative areas.
However, in the era of the feudal dynasty, living in the capital meant being subject to tighter surveillance. If you wanted to do something, if something was leaked, you would be immediately hit hard.
Therefore, Liu Bang first used the reason of creating a hometown for his father to move the old nobles and powerful people from various places there; later, the Piggy Emperor followed the same example, and even developed a "mausoleum guarding" policy to specifically target those places.
Powerful.
History has proven that the method of the Western Han Dynasty was very effective, and Zhiyao had no reason not to learn from it.
Therefore, most of the people currently living in "Zhongjing" do not do so voluntarily, but the situation is stronger than their own.
However, the first generation may have resentments, but after a few generations, the younger generation will be grateful to their ancestors for being able to have a place to settle down in the capital, and feel very proud of it.
In fact, as the capital of the original country, as long as they don't want to mess around when they live in "Zhongjing", with their original wealth, they can sell their property when they move, and with the remaining savings, they can live a very comfortable life.
The reason? After all, as a capital city, there will never be any shortage of necessary materials.
What they need to consider is to quickly find a new means of livelihood, otherwise they will definitely not be able to survive after their savings are used up.
Zhiyao just wanted to eliminate more hidden dangers in the local area, not to force them to death. The restrictions were within the scope not allowed by the law, and there was no discrimination in the rest.
If the relocated people are smart enough, they should find new ways to make a living, such as actively responding to the call for help, or engaging in business while the capital is booming.
"Nobles across the country are also migrating to the capital. In the future, if a tile falls from the capital, many nobles may be hit." Cheng Shuo didn't really understand why Zhiyao adopted such a policy, and he didn't object at all. He just thought it was interesting.
In the past, except for a small number of powerful nobles, small nobles were not qualified to live in the capital at all.
According to tradition, the capital city is the private property of the king of a country, and all the land in it belongs to the king. Only with the special permission of the king can other people have a place to live.
Because of that tradition, Zhiyao opened the capital without any coercion on the nobles. They were very enthusiastic when they learned that they could build a mansion in the capital by applying, so much so that Zhiyao later had to come up with how much money he could get in the city according to his title.
Land restrictions.
"Zhongjing" covers a very large area, but no matter how large it is, planning must be considered. Once this noble occupies dozens of acres, and that noble occupies nearly a hundred acres, how much space is left to accommodate the rest?
Furthermore, the current planning of the city has its own rules, which areas are in which directions, and for what purposes. These are basically things that have been fixed.
The dignitaries generally concentrated in the south of the city, the east and west of the city were used as business areas, the north of the city was the area where ordinary people lived, and the palace city was located in the center.
The initial planning may have been like that, but as national strength allowed, the monarchs of the past dynasties would not be satisfied with the scope of the existing palaces, and would usually build other palace groups near the capital. The capital was bound to follow the new palaces.
It was built and then new adjustments were made.
This was not the first time that Zhikai saw the palace city located in the "Zhongjing". When he saw the height of 21 meters including the city tower, he still deeply felt what magnificence meant.
There is a square in front of each gate of the palace city, which can accommodate up to about 30,000 people.
There are pillars in any square. They are the landmarks of the avenue. One stands on both sides every ten meters or so, and the height should reach seven or eight meters.
There are carvings of phoenixes and phoenixes on the pillars. It looks like two phoenixes rising high, with their bodies and tail wings intertwined and loaded on the pillars.
Since the Xia Dynasty, most national totems have chosen birds, usually fantasy blackbirds, redbirds, phoenixes or phoenixes.
That's right, the phoenix is a male bird and the phoenix is a female bird. There must be two of them. But people in later generations usually recite them together.
The square had not been officially completed before Zhikai left. As he walked, he looked at the avenue and pillars and thought to himself: "Is this the cement that my father said?"
Yes, the roads and columns in the square are made of cement. The invisible cores of the columns are wrapped with iron bars, and the roads are made of bamboo.
Can bamboo actually replace metal bars? In modern times, many places use bamboo frames and then pour concrete to build houses.
What will happen to the quality of bamboo? As long as the floor is not built too high and the load-bearing capacity is not too exaggerated, there is actually no safety problem and it can be used for about thirty years.
Currently, there are no large trucks with a load of dozens of tons repeatedly rolling over the road. If we use bamboo frames and pour concrete to pave the road, there will naturally be no problems.
So, is the city wall made of cement? Part of it is used, but the main structure is still rammed earth.
As long as the rammed earth is not sloppy, the quality is really sufficient, and if no man-made damage is done, some rammed earth city walls have existed for an astonishing two thousand years.
Zhiyao has made cement, but there are only process problems, and the output has been limited.
In addition, city walls are not only used for a hundred years. If the original country can survive, it is generally impossible to knock down the city wall and rebuild it. A city wall based on rammed earth is the most suitable.
The limitation is that the height of the city wall needs to reach 13 meters. The original country does not have so much steel to waste, and the use of pig iron-level metal brings too many hidden dangers.
If the original country needs to step up efforts to build a permanent defense line, Zhiyao will use cement on a large scale. As for steel, don't even think about it. At most, they will use pig iron.
Use cement to build houses? Not to mention Zhiyao doesn’t want to promote it, people won’t accept it either.
Instead, you can use cement to pave the road, and use bamboo as the frame. If the concrete is not too bad, the wear will only be on the surface, and there will be no overall cracking.
When Zhikai entered the palace, he subconsciously compared the palaces of the original country with those of the Ba country.
The capital of Pakistan is very small, and there are no decent buildings in the palace. In fact, there is no comparison at all.
The capital of the Yuan Dynasty was already very close to that of the Western Han Dynasty. After Xiao He re-supervised the construction of the palace city, even the buildings became more magnificent.
The palaces of the Han Dynasty were mainly in three colors: grey, white and black.
The palaces of the original country are mainly red, black and gray. The tiles are red, most of the walls are gray, and many places have black seals.
When Zhikai saw Zhiyao, he couldn't help but his eyes were sore. He knelt down and saluted, and said hello: "Father, my son is back."
Zhiyao: "..."
I've only been away for three years, so what?
It was because Zhikai's life in Badi was very difficult, and he saw too many strange and strange things. The experience of being woken up by a snake in his sleep was the most impressive.
Family affection will make people more sensitive after a long separation, and the emotional fluctuations will indeed be greater?
What Zhiyao could say was, "It'll be nice to come back."
Zhikai quickly controlled his emotions and said: "My son, I will go to find my mother first and then pay my respects."
Zhiyao nodded.
Fen Ying looks forward to the stars and the moon to hope for the return of wisdom. Do you think mother and son have a lot to say?
As a male, Zhiyao's emotional expression will definitely be more reserved. You can listen to Zhikai's story about Badi later.
In addition, when the prince returns to the capital, there will inevitably be a big banquet, which is not only to welcome the prince and cleanse him from the dust, but also to make a announcement.
