Chapter 2303: Summary of the Nine Powers of the East
Chapter 2303: Summary of the Powers of the Nine Eastern Countries
Great Qin reduced its army by 300,000 people at once. Although the total strength dropped to 850,000, its overall combat strength increased instead of falling, even stronger than the previous million-strong army.
After laying off 300,000 troops and liberating a quarter of military expenditures, Da Qin's financial situation immediately improved a lot. It was no longer so tight, and funds for the development of internal affairs were naturally available.
Great Qin is now in a state of complete waste. As long as funds are invested in development, there will be huge returns. It can be said that there is wealth everywhere. It depends on the next policies of Great Qin's monarchs and ministers, whether they can successfully develop the country's power.
come out.
Naturally, Ying Hao attached great importance to this and asked Wang Meng to draw up an internal affairs formation early on.
Prime Minister Wang Meng, the left and right deputy prime ministers, plus six ministers and many other important ministers, after a half-day meeting, discussed whether agriculture should be the main focus? Or commerce?
Finally, the sixteen-character policy policy of "paying equal attention to agriculture and business, rectifying public security, expanding production, and optimizing official administration" was finalized.
"Paying equal attention to agriculture and business" means not focusing on either side. After all, Daqin's agriculture and commerce are both developed, and with abundant development funds, there is no need to focus on one, and agriculture and business can go hand in hand.
‘Rectifying public security’ is to improve the overall security level of society and keep Daqin society as a whole in a relatively peaceful and stable state instead of constant turmoil and riots.
"Expanding production" means expanding the productivity of light industries such as textiles, raising Daqin's gross national product, and increasing per capita productivity.
"Optimizing official administration" refers to improving the overall quality of officials, their ability to govern, and their efficiency, which also includes combating corruption and promoting integrity.
As long as Da Qin can implement this sixteen-character square formation, Da Qin will be able to maintain its high-spirited development momentum.
Prime Minister Wang Meng made preliminary calculations. If the Qin Dynasty can maintain its current policy and concentrate on cultivation for three years, and no large-scale war breaks out during this period to affect the development of the country, the national power of the Qin Dynasty in three years will be 1.5 to 2 times what it is today.
between.
At that time, Da Qin will be able to afford even two million troops, let alone one million troops.
Of course, this two million army refers to infantry only.
If the Qin Dynasty wanted to be strong enough to have no shortcomings, it would have to develop its three armies of water, cavalry and cavalry together, and both the navy and cavalry were large military spenders.
Therefore, if you want to expand the navy and cavalry, you will have to reduce the size of the infantry accordingly.
Ying Hao has even thought about the future army expansion plan in advance. After two years of rest, Great Qin can expand its army and expand the army to 1.4 million in one year, including 950,000 light and heavy infantry and three light and heavy cavalry.
One hundred thousand, navy army 150,000.
After a nationwide census, statistics show that Daqin currently has a total population of 25.1 million, of which:
Sizhou has 2.9 million people, Yongzhou has 1.2 million people, Liangzhou has 200,000 people, Jingbei has 3.1 million people, Youzhou has 2.8 million people, Jizhou has 4.8 million people, Qingbei has 1.9 million people, Bingzhou has 5.3 million people, and Hetao has 2.9 million people;
Among the nine states of the Qin Dynasty, except for the new Yongliang area, only Sizhou, Jingbei, and Hetao, the total population of Adi showed a downward trend.
This is also because those three wars all broke out in the mainland and caused great trauma to the local area, so the population declined so quickly.
After Ying Hao learned about Da Qin's medium-sized population, he immediately used the system prop, the Million Population Summoning Card, to increase Da Qin's total population.
"System, how many tens of thousands of population summoning rights does it currently have? And how many millions of population summoning cards are there?" Ying Hao asked the system
[The current system is level 58, and a total of 5 million population summoning permissions have been unlocked. Currently, the host has used 3 million, and there are still 2 million population summoning permissions left.
As for the million-population summoning card? Currently, the host has 5 million-population summoning cards.]
After hearing the system's answer, Ying Hao felt confident.
The 2 million population summoning authority, plus 5 million population summoning cards, means a total population of 7 million.
There is no state in the world today with a population of 7 million. Even Yizhou, the most populous state, does not have a total population of 6 million. The total value of the items in Ying Hao's hands is already equivalent to that of a large state.
After thinking for a while, Ying Hao ordered to the system: "Consume 4,000 summoning points to summon a population in Youzhou, with a population of two million."
Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, with a large amount of unclaimed land waiting to be developed. It is also the base for Qin's future counterattack against Yuanmeng, but it has a total population of less than three million, so it is naturally Ying Hao's first choice to increase the population.
【Okay, please set the age level.】
Ying Hao didn't think twice and said decisively: "All ages."
After several population calls, Ying Hao discovered that it was not the best to call young people. After all, youth means vitality and drive. If an area is full of young people, it will be easy for many social problems to arise, which is very unfavorable.
Domination, so relatively speaking, it is the best for summoning all ages.
[Okay, the host currently has 10,715 summoning points, consumed 4,000 summoning points, and conducted two million-population summons...
The summoning is successful. In the next two years, these two million people will gradually arrive in Youzhou in various forms. By then, the total population of Youzhou will reach 4.8 million.
The host’s current remaining summoning points are: 6715 summoning points.]
"Use all five million-population summoning cards. The locations are: Sizhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Liangzhou." Ying Hao continued to order the system.
【Okay, please set the age level.】
"All ages."
[Okay, use 5 Million Population Summoning Cards to summon 5 Million Population Summons...
The summoning is successful. In the next two years, these two million people will gradually arrive in various states in various forms. By then, the total population of Sizhou will reach 3.9 million, the total population of Bingzhou will be 5.3 million, and the total population of Jizhou will be 5.8 million.
The total population of Qingbei is 2.9 million, and the total population of Liangzhou is 1.2 million;]
Da Qin originally had a total population of 25 million, and now adding 7 million, it has a total population of 32 million.
Even at the ratio of twenty people to one soldier, they could support an army of 1.6 million, let alone the 1.4 million planned by Ying Hao.
Of course, the army expansion plan of 1.4 million troops is only a rough plan. How it is to be carried out will depend on the financial situation.
If the financial situation is good, it is not impossible for Ying Hao to expand his army by 1.6 million.
The Qin Dynasty has not yet completed its unification, and the total population of Kyushu has exceeded 30 million. This is almost impossible according to common sense, but Ying Hao has the system, and he can only achieve this if the system cheats him.
After this population call, the total population of the Great Qin Empire has exceeded half of the total population of the world. The combined population of the nine kingdoms of Wei, Song, Wuming, Qi, Shu, Chu, Sui and Tang is not as large as the population of Great Qin.
You know, before the beginning of the Troubled Times, the total population of the Han Dynasty was about 55 million.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion coupled with the melee between princes, in just a dozen years, countless people died of starvation, war, and illness in various places, and the total number of deaths even reached nearly 20 million.
Although the number of dead people is large, as the suppression of the aristocratic families has become a consensus, the major forces have also liberated a large number of hidden people from the aristocratic families, with a total number of nearly ten million.
In addition, Ying Hao conquered Hetao, Liu Xiu conquered Baiyue, Sun Jian relied on Shanyue, and the Tang and Sui Dynasties destroyed the Qiang people, all of which absorbed a large number of foreign people, thereby alleviating their own population pressure.
In addition, Ying Hao also used the system to summon people many times, and also summoned 10 million people.
In addition, with the promotion of new grain varieties, grain production in various places has greatly increased. After productivity has increased, countries have implemented policies to encourage childbirth, which has also greatly increased the fertility rate of the population.
Through the various measures mentioned above, the current total population of the world, which is about 58 million, is actually more than before the beginning of the troubled times, and it is generally showing an upward trend rather than a downward trend.
It must be said that this is also a strange sight.
The total population of the world is 58 million, and the Qin Kingdom alone has 32 million. It obviously has the power to dominate the world. The only thing missing is the time to digest the power.
After summoning the population, Ying Hao clicked on the world map function of the system, and the division of power among the nine eastern countries was extremely conspicuous.
【Qin State
Monarch: Ying Hao
Country Level: Empire
Territory: Jizhou nine counties, Bingzhou nine counties, Youzhou eleven counties, Sizhou four counties, Jingbei four counties, Qingbei three counties, Hetao three counties, Yongzhou one and a half counties, Liangzhou one and a half counties
Total population: 32.1 million
National military strength: 850,000 (630,000 infantry, 170,000 cavalry, 50,000 navy)
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【Wei Guo
Monarch: Cao Cao
Country Level:Kingdom
Territory: eight counties in Yanzhou, one county in Yuzhou, and one county in Xuzhou
But it can be seen from this data that, except for the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which expanded their armies to the extreme, the other seven countries have carried out major disarmament, and are currently in a state of recuperation.
Although the Tang State has not disarmed for the time being, it will definitely do so when the situation stabilizes. After all, it has maintained such a large army. If time goes by, the Tang Army will collapse on its own without the Qin Army attacking.
After Wang Meng reported on the policy strategy, Ying Hao looked down at Xi Zhicai, the Minister of Rites, and asked him to report on the preparations for the imperial examination.
The Education Department, one of the six departments of the Ministry of Rites, is in charge of all schools in the country and the imperial examinations. Therefore, matters related to the imperial examinations are naturally under the control of Xi Zhicai, the Minister of Rites.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this imperial examination will be held in the summer, and I have set the examination period in six months..."
[Ding dong, Xi Zhicai’s skill ‘Heavenly Jealousy’ is activated.
Heavenly Jealousy: Even God will be jealous if your talent is too outstanding, resulting in congenital diseases in the body that are extremely difficult to cure. Different people have different effects.
Effect 1: Each time it is activated, the enemy commander's intelligence will be reduced by 1 to 4 points, and the intelligence of all enemy generals will be reduced by -2.
Effect 2: When making suggestions, fighting wits, and calculating others, the intelligence is 2. If one's own intelligence is lower than the opponent's intelligence, an extra 1 will be added.
Effect 3: When dealing with government affairs, your own politics will increase by 1~3 points.
Note: Heavenly Jealousy is a multi-shot skill. This skill is activated whenever you use your brain and heart. Every time it is activated, the base force is permanently -2. When the base force is reduced to less than 10 points, death will occur. However, if it is a congenital disease
If it is eradicated before the base force is reduced to 15 points, the base force will be permanently 20, but the effect 1 will also be relatively weakened.】
‘Heavenly Jealousy’ is not Guo Jia’s unique skill, Xi Zhicai also has the same frail, sick and resourceful skills. In addition, his and Guo Jia’s physical problems have been cured long ago.
[Ding dong, Xi Zhicai’s skill ‘Tianjealousy’ is activated, effect 3 is activated, politics 3.
Xi Zhicai: Commander 88(2), Force 35(10), Intelligence 98, Politics 96(2), Charisma 95(3);
Xi Zhicai’s current intelligence has increased to 99 points.】
Xi Zhicai reported in a leisurely manner, but in just a few words, the imperial examination matters were arranged in an orderly manner. Even Ying Hao could not help but nod secretly.
A veteran from the Yanmen Army era, it is reassuring to use!
"Shang Shu, the first imperial examination of the empire, is of vital importance and no mistakes are allowed."
Ying Hao gave instructions with a serious look on his face, and then added: "In addition to the imperial examinations, the Ministry of Rites must also come up with a plan as soon as possible regarding the construction of academic palaces in various states and counties."
What is the biggest gap between aristocratic families and common people?
Of course it is the inheritance of knowledge.
Most aristocratic families have their own collection of books, and their children can learn whatever they want. However, even if ordinary people have money, they may not be able to buy books, let alone receive education.
But times are different now.
As Ying Hao popularized papermaking and printing, the cost of books and learning was greatly reduced, which greatly impacted the family's monopoly on education.
Nowadays, studying is no longer a privilege for disciples from aristocratic families, even ordinary people can study.