sweeping the world

Chapter 624

Persuasion can be regarded as the greatest contribution in any era, and it is also the most revealing thing in front of the king. It is a great achievement if it is done. .

Liu Yan's wearing the "twelve chapter pattern" costume is indeed a signal, expressing that he is about to become emperor, and he thought in advance that someone would persuade him to come in, in order to give southern scholars a chance.

Under the existing political structure of the Han Dynasty, seven or eight out of ten politicians in the country were born in the north of the Yangtze River. Those people in the south of the Yangtze River seem to be a little lonely and lonely, which is not conducive to the stability of the political situation.

After the Han Dynasty destroyed the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, covering the land of Bashu, the southern population accounted for about half of the country's population, but the southerners who accounted for half of the country's population did not have enough spokespersons. Whether it is for the country or the king, it is actually unreasonable. .

It is a very realistic thing, who can speak up, has the right to speak where the development should be, and where someone pays attention and speaks for it, the country will definitely surpass those who have not been noticed, whether it is in terms of policies or resources. place.

Liu Yan wants to develop Jingzhou in advance. A normal country does not do whatever the king says it wants to do, at least it needs the approval or approval of the majority of people.Furthermore, even if the king opens his mouth, the resource consumption and progress of the people below will definitely be different.

Jingzhou is the modern Hunan. History has already given the answer. As long as that area is well developed, the grain output of one area can supply more than 1 million people.

More than half of the food source of the Manchu Qing was in Hunan, and the main types were rice and sweet potatoes.Of course there is no such food as sweet potato now, and rice is not mainly planted in Jingzhou at present, but the Han Dynasty has already obtained high-quality rice seeds from Indochina, which can be popularized in Jingzhou after several generations of cultivation and improvement.

Rice is the main planting in the south, and wheat is the main planting in the north. This history has been maintained for a long time. In addition to developing the grain production area in Jingzhou, Liu Yan also has his eyes on the black land in the northeast.

The black land is now a barren land, and the people living there are Goguryeo, Fuyu, Shen, and Quwo people. If the Han Dynasty wants to occupy it, it must not only solve the above-mentioned ethnic groups, but also Murong Xianbei must be resolute. In fact, Khitan and Kumoxi, who split from Yuwen Xianbei, were also the targets of the war.

After all those ethnic groups are eliminated, how to survive in that bitter cold land has become a new problem, but now the Han Kingdom has made great use of wool, and has also sought channels to obtain cotton from Xiliang. With the necessary pit heads, there is a foundation for the development of black land.

The war in Liaodong is still going on, and the battle of destroying Yan is entering the final stage. The next thing is to annex Koguryo, Baekje, and Silla. After the peninsula is settled, it will enter the Northeast. According to the calculation of the Han Dynasty, it will take at least two years.So before that, it is completely reasonable to put the development of Jingzhou on the agenda.

Xi Yin took the lead in persuading him, whether it was sincerely or unwillingly, as long as the people in the palace followed him, when the political atmosphere was established, Liu Yan also declined according to the usual practice.

Before the banquet was officially held, there was a big drama of persuasion, and no one would make any more fools, or they would be in trouble with Liu Yan, and a banquet would start and end in a happy atmosphere, and nothing happened Accident.

The end of the banquet is not everyone going back to each house. The Jiankang Palace City is open tonight. An unknown number of lanterns light up the whole palace city as if it were daytime. Some pavilions and waterside pavilions for people to rest are prepared with fruits and drinks.

The people who came out of the palace walked in twos and threes, mostly talking about what happened just now.

"I don't know who suggested it, it's really obvious." Wang Qia said that Liu Yan was wearing the twelve-stripe pattern, and thought it was very unreserved: "Since ancient times, I have never seen such a behavior."

It really has never been done like this before, even if it is intentional to become emperor, it is secretly guided by people to guide public opinion, it will not be the person who wants to become emperor who will copy the guy himself.

Wang Qia still wanted to talk in depth, but was stopped by Wang Shao.

Regardless of what the king has done, talking behind his back is a bad thing, especially since the Wang family is no longer the previous Wang family.

Sun Chuo was preoccupied with participating in the medical treatment. He came back to his senses after being called several times. He looked at Wang Shao suspiciously and asked clearly why he was summoned to the apse. He didn't hide anything. come out.

"It is only a matter of time before the restoration of the old land of the Han family." Of course Wang Shao saw the opportunity, and said somewhat with emotion: "The population of the Han family was close to 700 million households at its peak, but now I don't know how many households there are?"

By the way, population statistics in ancient times were really registered by "household", not counted by head.It is a military tradition to do this, for example, one family gives one member, and those who serve as soldiers serve as soldiers, and those who serve in corvee serve in corvee.

The territory that can be called the old land of the Han family is very large. The total area of ​​the Western Han Dynasty reached 580 million square kilometers, and that of the Eastern Han Dynasty was 540 million square kilometers. There are only [-] million square kilometers left in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The current territory of the Han Dynasty is slightly larger than that of the Western Jin Dynasty, but it cannot be compared with the Western Han and Eastern Han. The land area should be 570 million square kilometers.In this large territory, there are only [-] million registered residents.

There must be some population that has not been counted. It is guessed that there are still more than 200 million people. It will take a few years for the society to stabilize before attracting those who hide in the deep mountains and old forests.Such things have happened in all dynasties. Whenever there is a war, a large number of people will hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and wait for the war to subside before slowly coming out.

People in the deep mountains and old forests are called savages. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, and even the unification period of the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were many savages.The savages in the Western Han Dynasty were not regarded as human beings, and killing them was not considered a crime.In the early Western Han Dynasty and the early Eastern Han Dynasty, there were special slave-hunting teams to capture savages as slaves.

Capturing savages is also a common thing in the current Han Dynasty. If they are caught, they can be taken to the government to receive rewards. The difference is that the government no longer directly uses savages as slaves, but will arrange them to work in relevant farming areas after registration.

It was no secret to the Wang family how many people there were in the south of the Yangtze River before. The demise of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not go through layers of resistance, and was quickly wiped out by the Han army.The war did not plunge the south of the Yangtze River into war for too long. Even if Huan Wen continued to wipe out those who did not surrender, the population loss in the south of the Yangtze River was actually not serious.

Both aristocratic families and wealthy families have the habit of hiding their population. For example, when the Wang family was at its peak, it had hidden a population of nearly 35. If so many young and strong soldiers had not been mobilized to resist the Han army, most of them would have been liberated first if things went wrong. Otherwise, the people who have been liquidated are not just more than a hundred thousand people.

As the No. 35 family in the Yangtze River, the Wang family directly controlled [-] people, which is not too many. Think about the families in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was not uncommon for families to marry tens of thousands of people.During the chaos of the feudal lords, the Yuan family of four generations and three princes could rely on domestic slaves to organize an army of [-] in minutes. How many domestic slaves were behind the army of [-]?

After the demise of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a very novel thing happened. According to the official household registration population of the small imperial court, there were more than 400 million people, but the statistics of the later Han Dynasty showed more than 650 million people. Those "more" people came from various places. Family and clan.The same thing happened in the Cheng Han of the Li family and the Liang country of the Zhang family, but Murong Xianbei's official government was more effective in implementing and hiding relatively fewer people.

The population of the Han Kingdom is beyond Wang's knowledge, but he can make a guess based on the information before it was destroyed. The figure guessed by a few people after some research and the official figure is only less than 200 million people.

"If the big Han devolves the land and allows land to be traded, the next few decades will be the best years to live in." Wang Shao was talking about the great rule after the great chaos. With fewer people, the average land that can be allocated will be more, and he also said that the Han Kingdom Open the premise of land distribution.Behind him was a wry smile and shook his head: "I heard that the Han army is extremely powerful, and has repeatedly obstructed the land distribution method proposed by the Marquis of Pingxiang?"

The Marquis of Pingxiang is Sang Yu. He has made three suggestions on land distribution. The first two times were strongly resisted by the military. The last time he joined forces with Ji Chang and other civil officials to put pressure on the military. A larger population is considered to allow the policy of rewarding land for birth to be passed.

Liu Yan made his fortune in Changguang County, which belongs to Qingzhou, which is north of the Yangtze River.The south of the Yangtze River was brought under the rule of Liu Yan in the past two years. Even if it is only a distinction between first-come first-come first-come, the northerners must have more advantages than the southerners in terms of political status, but there is one thing that has absolutely the same interests, that is, land peep.

When Wang Shao discussed the land policy, his original intention was to discuss the establishment of common interests with the northern families. He knew very well that it was impossible for the south to compete with the north for political resources, so he could only find a way to cooperate first so that the southern families would be defeated by those northern families. Accept it, and let’s talk about the competition for political resources.

Under the night, staying in a place full of flowers and plants near summer is bound to be plagued by mosquitoes. After the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the scholars in the south rarely communicated because of taboos. With the name of an official gathering, no one thought so soon leave.

Under the leadership of Wang Shao, a group of people were walking, those in front stopped first, and all behind stood still.

"Yu Yi, Huan Wen, Xie Yi..." Wang Shao looked at the crowd in front of the party with very complicated eyes, thought for a while and said, "You wait and go for a walk." He said that he was walking towards the meeting place go.

In the past, the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty ruled the four big clans. Judging from the current form, Yu Yi has the highest official position in the Han Dynasty. General Zhengnan, no matter whether he was granted the title of marquis or the military position of General Zhengnan, it seems that he is definitely the best. Xie Yi is the new head of the Xie family, but the Han Dynasty does not recognize the title conferred by the Jin Dynasty, and the official position is of course It will not be recognized that Yu Han is just a Bai Ding, but Xie An is the general of Zhongxi Zhonglang of Han.

The appearance of Wang Shao calmed down everyone who was talking, Huan Wen was the first to greet with a hearty laugh, and then everyone saluted as they should, and those who should return salute.

Ting Wei, one of the Nine Ministers, was present, and Huan Wen, who was both Lord Hou and General Zhengnan, was also there. Even if Xie Yi was a white man, there must be some preparations for the layout of the scene, such as tables, futons, fruits, drinks and The attendants must be ready.

Wang Shao could smell the smell of meat from a distance, and when he was invited in, he saw the whole lamb being roasted on a frame. After he was seated, an attendant immediately cut the lamb, and he must have added fruit plates and other things.

Huan Wen saw Sun Chuo just now, thought about sending someone over to invite him, but he didn't invite Wang Xizhi who also saw him.After all, Wang Shao was present, and many second generations of the Wang family were also there, so how could the other second generations be embarrassed by just inviting Wang Xizhi?
This is the reunion of the four families after many years. Everyone has a different mood. Huan Wen must be in high spirits. one.

Although they all used to be the four big clans, the Huan family that Huan Wen belongs to is the weakest one. Of course he didn't know that the history had not been changed, and in the end he could overwhelm the other three clans. The mix is ​​the best, and the mood is of course beautiful.

Outside the gazebo, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are watching here. Once again, seeing the four big clans gather together, many people feel that time has changed.

"The dog is in cochin." Yu Yi didn't know when the topic came to Indochina, so he talked about the recent situation of his eldest son Yu Fangzhi along the topic: "The army has entered the territory of Funan, and the dog stayed behind for transit. Baggage."

Now that area is of course not called Indochina. The general name of the Han Dynasty is the Southwest Peninsula. When the Han army mainly targeted the northern nomads, they only sent some soldiers to take back the land occupied by Linyi. After Jiuzhen and other places, it was up to each family to invade Funan on their own.

It was the Yu family's initiative to use private forces to conquer Indochina. After Liu Yan recognized this strategy, the Yu family was the first to act. They all sent people over.

Indochina 1 was that Liu Yan wanted to see the feasibility of private development, and Huan Wen's repeated requests for transfer were unsuccessful because of this. The topic of everyone talking about the situation there made Huan Wen feel extremely depressed.

"The situation of your people over there is quite good." Huan Wen said this to Wang Shao. Regardless of the embarrassment on Yu Yi's face, he continued: "The king has no intention of pursuing the case. When will Wang take the initiative to confess?"

The Wang family took the last train and took 1 people to join the Yu family before the demise of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This matter is not a secret to many people, and the Wang family was liquidated later. people can be ignored.

Wang Shao knew that Huan Wen had become extremely domineering, but he didn't expect to be so merciless, and his expression became extremely ugly for a while.

(End of this chapter)