If the idea proposed by Li Qianzhe can be fully implemented and considerable benefits can be achieved, it will not only benefit Xiangzhou, but will also be of great significance to the integration and development of the Lingnan region.
Therefore, Li Tai postponed other matters for the time being and began to have serious discussions with Li Qianzhe and several Taiwan government personnel related to the ministry.
The Jiangnan area has a long tradition of planting and eating sugarcane. For example, during the Hou Jing Rebellion, Yu Xin was assigned to guard the Suzaku Trunk, and he did not forget to chew sugarcane. Therefore, the planting technology and disease prevention of sugarcane have certain requirements.
Technology has been accumulated. Discussion of expanding the scale of planting at this time is not a vain endeavor.
However, Li Taichang encountered difficulties in the first step of his grand plan. Sugarcane cultivation is a labor-intensive industry, and the demand for labor exceeds the demand for agriculture of the same scale.
This means that if you want to expand sugarcane cultivation, you must have a large population, and you must also have a sufficient agricultural foundation to feed so many people, which will require even more people.
An important purpose of Li Qianzhe's return to the government this time was to recruit people. He did not dare to speak loudly, but he only expressed the hope that the people who had been forcibly moved from Xiangzhou to Jiangling by the Nanliang court could be returned to their hometowns.
This restored the popularity of Xiangzhou.
Otherwise, the barbarian tribes in the surrounding mountains and fields will have to come out of the mountains and occupy the fertile land around Dongting Lake. However, these barbarians do not have rich farming technology, nor are they adapted to farming and weaving for a living. Coupled with the social structure
It is also not suitable for farming society. Once a large number of them appear around Dongting Lake, barbarian riots will inevitably break out. It is not that the barbarians themselves are greedy, but it is determined by the social structure and lifestyle.
Li Qianzhe's idea itself was to focus on farming, supplemented by sugarcane planting, and use sugarcane planting, an industry with high economic output value, to speed up the process of educating the barbarians and transform raw barbarians into mature barbarians as quickly as possible.
If sugarcane cultivation is to be the main focus according to Li Tai's idea, the required agricultural scale and working population will need to surge, which is by no means what the current Xiangzhou people's livelihood foundation can bear.
Nowadays, it is the post-Three Kingdoms period. Frequent wars over the years have already caused a sharp decline in population. The Western Wei Dynasty itself also has a small population. As for Nanliang, which has become a non-state, the situation is even worse.
Among the Three Kingdoms, the one with the better situation is probably the Northern Qi. After all, the Hebei occupied by the Northern Qi is currently the best in the world in every aspect. For example, Gao Yang has been conquering Rouran, Turks and other Mobei forces for many years.
Millions of civilians were conscripted to build the Great Wall. No other country could bear such a burden of war and labor, but Gao Yang was able to have a great time.
If the industrial planning of Xiangzhou is arranged according to Li Tai's ideas, the population required is not a gap of tens of thousands, but a population investment of dozens or even millions. After Li Tai conquered Jiangling, he collected
There are only more than 300,000 people. As for Xiangyang, the number is even less, even less than 100,000. This is already the result of his coaxing and deceiving the powerful families in Xiangyang to expand a large number of sheltered people.
Therefore, if we want to carry out large-scale industrial expansion in Xiangzhou, it is estimated that after the Northern Qi Dynasty is destroyed, a large number of people from Hebei will be moved to Xiangzhou to be initially realized.
And if he wants to promote the integrated development of the entire Lingnan region according to his ideas, the required population can no longer be met by migrating from other areas. He can only rely on the increase of natural production population. Then he, his son,
It is estimated that most of his grandson's energy during his reign will be focused on this.
After some reasoning among the members of the Communist Party, Li Tai's lofty ideals gradually cooled down. He knew that the harm caused by urgent government and tyranny was even greater than lazy government. The recovery and development of social productivity will naturally
It has its own rules. If you want to promote this rule of acceleration, or even directly throw this rule aside, then the status of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty as the Holy King of the Net Temple may not be guaranteed.
Although the current objective conditions do not allow such changes, we can do both big things and small things. At least for now we can do some exploration and accumulation based on the existing conditions. If the feedback we get is all positive, then we can proceed step by step.
The expansion of the scale has become one of the main tasks of the empire.
But even if it is a small operation, it is difficult to get on the right track given the current situation in Xiangzhou itself, and it still needs a certain degree of support.
Putting aside the people who were killed and injured due to the war, there are records of people migrating from Xiangzhou in Jiangling. Since the Liang Emperor Xiao Yi was still the king of Xiangdong, he killed his nephew Xiao Yu, the king of Hedong, and they have been migrating from Xiangzhou one after another.
As many as 50,000 people moved to the Gangneung area.
However, it is difficult for these populations to be completely reclassified to Xiangzhou, because although Xiao Yi moved people out of his hometown, it was only to weaken the local resistance in Xiangzhou, and it was not a planned population management. Therefore, although Xiao Yi moved people out
So many have been paid, but very few have actually been effectively resettled.
Although the Jiangling General Manager's Office now retains relevant records of the original Jiangling Imperial Court, the whereabouts of those personnel are not recorded at all, and naturally there is no way to trace them. Nowadays, most of the population of the Jiangling General Manager's Office has been effectively resettled. If people are further relocated
Calling them together to return them to their original places of residence is undoubtedly another injury.
Therefore, after listening to the reports and opinions of the government officials, Li Tai could only allocate more than 30,000 people to Li Qianzhe who had not yet been resettled in Jiangbei to bring them back to Xiangzhou and resettle them around Dongting Lake.
Li Qianzhe was given such a difficult situation in Xiangzhou, but the Taiwan government could not provide sufficient support. Li Tai was also very embarrassed, so he could only express his position again: "Jianghan is newly settled, and hundreds of industries are waiting to be prospered. Now all parties have the manpower
Everyone is in a hurry. I can only make a difficult start in Xiangzhou for the time being. Only by leaving it on the shoulders of General Li can I feel relieved. Generals are good at taking on difficult and complex tasks, and there are very few competitors in the government. Although there are shortcomings in personnel.
, but in terms of supplies, the Taiwan government will also try its best to satisfy it as appropriate."
Putting high hats on people and giving them blood will ultimately mean more than what they say. Li Tai is certainly not the kind of boss who plays tricks. Since the required personnel cannot be found, he will try his best to satisfy them in terms of materials.
After all, after taking over Jiangling, the material harvest of the Taiwan government is really huge. Except for Gao Yang, who has quickly escaped from the circle, Li Tai estimates that there is no richer leader than him at the moment. Yuwentai? Yuwentai was also
Can not be done!
Although the demand was not met, Li Qianzhe was very pleased to hear what Li Tai said. At least the king really understood his hard work, so he quickly lowered his head and said: "I am a native of Shannan, if not
In the past year, I was appreciated by the king and built a palace. At this time of destiny, I am afraid that it will inevitably rot with the grass and trees, and my body and family will be destroyed. Now that the king has taken him as a confidant, and he has been promoted to a high official, he should sacrifice his life to repay it, so what?
I am afraid of the difficult task! I will try my best to live up to the king’s usefulness.”
After expressing his position, Li Qianzhe then said: "In fact, in terms of capital and goods, we have also talked about it in previous discussions with various tribes in Brazil. These people have been thirsty for sugar and profit for a long time and have considerable savings. If they can be lured out of Sichuan, they can be used to
Reclaiming the mountains and fields of Xiangzhou is also a good deed!”
Li Tai nodded after hearing this. He was very satisfied with Li Qianzhe's broad thinking. After thinking for a while, he also said: "Although the Taifu is not in trouble with funds at the moment, if they are happy to work together, there is no need to
Refuse. The mountains and wilderness of Xiangzhou are only temporary, but the future benefits will be long-term. Xu Wensheng's old affairs in Ningzhou, I want to restore them to their land now. These tribes can bring their troops together. After they have made great achievements, I will not hesitate to divide the mountains and wilderness.
Everyone in his place!"
Ningzhou is the Yunnan-Guizhou region in later generations. Xu Wensheng previously served as the governor of Ningzhou in Nanliang. During the Hou Jing Rebellion, he led his troops to the north to march to King Qin and later defected to Li Tai. At this time, Ningzhou was in a state of disorder. It was not until the Sui Dynasty that it returned to Ningzhou.
The rule over the area has been restored, but the local barbarians have also become stronger, and they can only be controlled by the people.
At present, the military pressure from the Tai government is not too strong, so Li Tai wants to take the opportunity to let Xu Wensheng return to Ningzhou to inherit the Nanliang ruling tradition in his local area and not to let the influence of the Central Plains dynasty break in this area.
Bashu and the Yunnan-Guizhou region also have close exchanges. Introducing Ba people south to strengthen their influence and control is also a way to manage the border.
"Your Majesty is far-sighted and cannot achieve anything."
After Li Qianzhe heard this, he quickly lowered his head and said.
Because the Ba people's resources need to be introduced as appropriate after the expedition to Ningzhou, Li Tai ordered the Jiangling General Manager's Office to allocate part of the resources to Xiangzhou nearby, at least until there is a local harvest in Xiangzhou this autumn.
In addition, Li Tai arranged for his third brother Li Ao to work in the Xiangzhou capital, hoping that Li Qianzhe could teach him. Nowadays, Xiangzhou is full of waste and is waiting for prosperity. How to turn from desolation into governance is definitely a very interesting question.
If his third brother could witness the enlightening process from beginning to end, it would be more effective for the growth of talent than studying hard in a study.
As for guarding against any in-depth exchanges and plans between Li Qianzhe and the Ba people, that does not exist at all. There is no need for suspects, the main point is that he is open-minded.
The arrangement of this matter in Xiangzhou has come to an end for the time being. At the same time, news from all sides that was somewhat depressed after the Battle of Jiangling also came in again after a period of brewing.
First, in the Kingdom of the Western Wei Dynasty, the six-official system was officially implemented. Yuwentai also officially evolved into Otsuka Zai. The other five officials were the great Situ Li Bi, the great uncle Zhao Gui, the great Sima Duguxin, the great minister Kouhou Mo Chenchong and Xinbu Zhu.
The country's chief minister Kongda Xiwu. As for Li Tai, a pillar of the country who was appointed as the great minister, he did not receive pork.
At the same time, Yu Wentai appointed his eldest son Yu Wenyu as the Longyou Xingtai, Douluning as the Xingtai chief historian, his legitimate son Yuwenjue as the Guandong Xingtai, and Li Yuan as the chief historian, and announced that the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office would concentrate its troops.
, launched the Eastern Expedition to Northern Qi again.
The Eastern Expedition to the Northern Qi Dynasty is obviously a political slogan to re-establish the military and political center of the Sino-Foreign Government, and it is also the fundamental reason why Yu Wentai can serve as the leader of the Bafu. At this time, it is emphasized again that it can restore the decline, rhythm and pace that the Sino-Foreign Government has shown previously.
The scale will definitely be restrained, and basically it will have little impact on Li Tai.
But another incident had a certain impact on Li Tai. When Yu Wentai pledged to conquer Qi, he killed Liang Emperor Xiao Yi. This cut off the possibility of Tai Mansion ever having an affair with the remaining forces of Nan Liang.
Li Tai had anticipated this situation, and recalled He Ruodun from Bashu in preparation for this. When the news reached Xiangyang, Li Tai immediately appointed He Ruodun as the governor of Yingzhou and went south to prepare for the attack on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.