The Three Kingdoms

"It's a good thing not to be reconciled, sometimes it's a motivation that can spur him to make progress!"

Sun Quan narrowed his eyes slightly, thought about it, and said, "Say, should I subdivide Mesopotamia?"

"Your Majesty, I object to this!"

Both Guo Jia and Zhuge Jin shook their heads to express their disapproval. Guo Jia said: "Mesopotamia is more important here. This is our bridgehead to Rome. If the division continues, it will not be good for us to attack Rome in the future!"

"Right!"

After Sun Quan thought about it for a while, he gave up this idea and said: "There will be opportunities in the future, but this time you will be rewarded for your merits. Tai Shici and Zhou Tai, when they were enshrining Zen in Mount Tai, they were defeated in the west and could not catch up. The gluttonous feast of the title should be brought up this time, and Zhang He, this person has proved his loyalty to my Great Wu, and he must be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. "

"There's one more person!" Guo Jia said, "Ma Mengqi is desperate this time!"

"I know!" Sun Quan looked at the records of every battle sent back, he pondered for a while, and asked, "I want to know why Ma Chao suddenly seemed to have taken hormones, turning from a dead dog into a ferocious dog." Tiger!"

Ma Chao before, although he was willing to fight for the Wu army and atone for his sins, he was not very active in asking for a fight, but this time, he did his best, especially the Uruk city-state battle. Already defeated.

"Your Majesty, this is a memorandum submitted by the military plane three months ago!" Yang Xiu came out from the left ear room and reported: "There may be a reason for this!"

"Split the Independence Army?"

Sun Quan looked at it and immediately understood the reason: "Who brought it up?"

"It should be Zhao Yun, Minister of Military Affairs, who handed it over to Huang Zhong, Minister of the Court!" Guo Jia replied: "Your Majesty was anxious about the battle at the time, so he didn't really care about it. He just glanced at it and kept going!"

"This kid does not shy away from relatives for his virtue!"

The corner of Sun Quan's mouth raised a playful smile: "He wanted to help his brother-in-law stand up, and Ma Mengqi was also moved. In addition to the army of new recruits, there are only ten regular fighting army in Dawu. If the independent army is divided, With the appeal of the Parthians on the territory of the three states of Anxi, it is not a problem to recruit a legion!"

"Your Majesty, I actually agree with this proposal. Ma Chao has already used it and I think the Military Aircraft Department should take advantage of this opportunity to expand the army!" Guo Jia said, clasping his hands.

"Army expansion?"

Sun Quan stood up, paced back and forth for a while, his thoughts were gloomy and uncertain.

This is a big question.

But it is also a problem that must be faced.

Facts have proved that the strength of the Wu army cannot yet swallow the Roman Empire. If you want to defeat the Roman Empire, you must continue to expand the army.

Without 300 million troops, it is impossible to enter the Roman Empire.

But expanding the army at this time is more or less suspected of militarism. After all, the government is not very stable.

"Is there an estimate for the national tax this year?" Sun Quan asked suddenly.

"The cabinet came up with an estimate yesterday, but it's not very accurate."

"How many?"

"One hundred and eighty million silver dollars!"

"It's almost [-] million!"

Sun Quan's eyes lit up.

These are other taxes that do not include the agricultural grain tax. Being able to reach this figure is enough to show one thing that the economy of the Great Wu court is getting better and better.

Compared with the price of silver dollars, the living standard of ordinary people is about three silver dollars a month.

"Feng Xiao, call the court council!" A sharp light flashed in Sun Quan's eyes: "Discuss the matter of expanding the army!"

"promise!"

Guo Jia nodded and took the order to leave. (To be continued.)

[Text Chapter [-] A Tranquil Year]

"The newspaper is sold, the newspaper is sold!"

"Important affairs of the imperial court, peace negotiations, come and read the newspapers!"

"Today's Sifang newspaper headlines that the imperial court and the Roman Empire negotiated peace!"

"Win, we won the battle in the west!"

"The Roman Empire bowed its head and professed its vassal, paying compensation and ceding land. Come and see!"

"Great victory, this is a great victory!"

"The bravery and combat skills of the soldiers have allowed our Great Wu Dynasty to obtain another provincial territory. Our Great Wu's expansion of territory is like a god's help, and we will soon kill Rome and dominate the world!"

"The world respects Wu, who can stop him!"

"The territory of Great Wu is getting wider and wider!"

"In the past, Emperor Qin and Emperor Han, who can compare to my majesty's heroism and combat prowess!"

"Unification of the universe is just around the corner, and my Great Wu Dynasty will achieve an eternal hegemony!"

"..."

Under the publicity department's all-out efforts to publicize the news of the peace agreement, it began to ferment among the common people.

In the headlines of major newspapers and periodicals, the great victory of the Western Campaign began to spread in all directions under the command of the Great Wu Dynasty, making countless people feel the prosperity of the court during the Chinese New Year.

Over the years, the imperial court has conquered the east and the west, and its troops are everywhere. One victory after another has begun to make the Wu court, which was originally somewhat weak among the people, more and more recognized by the people.

What is the heart of the people.

People's hearts are actually just to make the people recognize the rule of the court.

But how can the people recognize the court?

This is a very profound question.

In fact, under countless borders, many people's lives are numb. They live their lives with their faces facing the loess and their backs facing the sky. Whether you can eat or not.

But when some things are expressed too strongly, they will be accepted by the people.

With the passage of time, the Great Wu court has begun to walk into the people step by step.

One policy after another is to protect their lives, and the external victories can strengthen their sense of honor to the Great Wu court, and the court that can defeat foreign enemies makes them feel safe and can protect their court.

this point is very important.

What they want is actually a safe court.