Xiong Huai was taken aback, and he pleaded guilty, it seems that the matter is not small!

Nine times out of ten, there is a big problem with the finances of the Chu State.

"Xianqing, why do you say this? I don't know what omissions the widow has, so that Xianqing can do this? ”

Dou You saluted and said, "The minister doesn't dare." ”

After hesitating for a long time, Dou Youcai said: "King, our Chu State will soon run out of food. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he jumped up directly from his seat and said in disbelief: "Xianqing, my Chu State has always been short of food, how can there be a shortage of food." ”

Even if the consumption of this battle is huge, with the strength of the Chu State, there is no shortage of food.

Dou You said with a heavy face: "King, my Chu country is not short of food now, but it will be short of food soon." ”

Xiong Huai's pupils shrank, and he said, "Please tell Xianqing in detail." ”

Dou You cleared his throat and said: "Great King, my Chu State has been holding on to the Yue State for a long time for more than ten years, and for this reason, the people were requisitioned to expand Guangling City, which consumed a lot of money and grain in the Huaishui Valley of my Chu State. ”

"Later, the Qin State captured Bashu and threatened the rear of our Chu State, in order to deal with the threat of the Qin State, the Great King ordered the general Zhao Rat to lead an army of 100,000 to be stationed in Hanzhong, waiting for the opportunity to capture Nanzheng."

"Although General Zhao's army also grows grain in Hanzhong, Hanzhong has less arable land and still needs to support a large amount of grain."

"Then the king ordered the Zhu State to lead 300,000 troops to fight with the Qin State for many years, and then the Zhu State Division was defeated and defeated Qi, and the king led the army to fight with the Qin State, and the east and west used more than 600,000 troops to directly participate in the war."

"The most important thing is that the king's order to gather troops in Chendi led to the gathering of more than 550,000 troops in Chendi..."

"Wait!" Xiong Huai was instantly startled when he heard that more than 500,000 troops were gathering in Chendi, shouldn't there be only 200,000 to 300,000 people, why did it suddenly increase so much?

Xiong Huai was shocked and asked, "How could so many people gather in Chen Di?" ”

Seeing the disbelief on King Chu's face, Dou You lowered his head and explained: "Great King, the people who are over fourteen years old in Chen Di have collected more than 100,000 people, the Shu people have collected more than 100,000 people, and the people from Deng Ye and Deng Ye have gone to Chen Di is close to 50,000. ”

Xiong Huai was surprised: "Isn't this less than 300,000 troops?" ”

Dou You swallowed his saliva, and his voice trembled a little and said: "King, this is not over yet, and then a rumor came out of nowhere, saying that as long as Chen Di's Shu people participate in the war, they can obtain the identity of the countrymen, resulting in the gathering of Chen Dishu people, in just two months, I don't know where nearly 300,000 Shu people suddenly appeared, resulting in a sharp increase in Chen Dishu people, if it wasn't for a month ago, the king announced the disbandment of Chen Di's army, I'm afraid... If you continue to gather troops in Chendi, then Chendi will gather nearly more troops. ”

After speaking, Douyou bowed down, and the clothes on his back were already soaked with sweat.

Oh, my God?

Are there so many savages in my Chu Kingdom? Where did these wild men come from?

The widow has mobilized an army of millions in just a few months!

Are there so many people in my Chu country?

Scared the baby to death.

Seeing Douyou's somewhat trembling body, Xiong Huai swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Si Gong!" ”

"The minister is here." Li Qiu responded.

"Citaifu Yin Shui!"

Dou You thanked him when he heard this: "Thank you, the king." ”

Li Qiu replied, "Only." ”

Li Qiu poured a glass of water and gave it to Dou You, and then poured a glass of water himself, walked to the king of Chu, and presented it to the king of Chu.

Xiong Huai took the water cup and drank it all.

The cup of water went down to the stomach, suppressed the shock, relieved the nerves, and suddenly felt much better.

Douyu took the water cup from the attendant, drank it in one gulp, and let out a long breath.

After a pause, Dou You continued: "Great King, now Ling Yin has disbanded the countrymen and Shu people in Chen Di and sent back the troops that came to support Deng Ye and the two places, and the Shu people in Chen Di have ordered Yin to complete all the idle Wang Tian in Chen Di, but there are still nearly 100,000 Shu people, it is difficult to settle down for the time being, and they still need to support grain and grass. ”

It's hard to settle in...

Xiong Huai was speechless.

Whether it is a countryman or a Shu person, it is the Wang Tian of Chu State who cultivates it, as long as it is not a spontaneous or bankrupt thief who escaped, it is a stable family with land and a family, and there is no such thing as settling down.

Those who need to settle down are all new savages who have arrived in Chendi, and these people definitely don't want to go back to their original places when they arrive in Chendi.

These nearly 300,000 savages must be savages in the surrounding areas of Chendi, and after learning that Chendi could obtain the status of a Chinese citizen after participating in the war and would be exempt from taxes, they automatically ran to Chendi.

"Where is Ling Yin now?" Xiong Huai asked.

Dou You replied: "Back to the king, before the nobles and officials in the surrounding areas of Chen Di went to Chen Di to arrest thieves, they were ordered to retreat from Yin He, and then Ling Yin has been staying in Chen Di and has not returned, and now Ling Yin is directing Chen Di officials to lead Chen Di Shu people to reclaim wasteland and settle Shu people. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned.

Jing Carp's actions were unexpected by Xiong Huai.

In the face of the nationwide war of the Chu State, Jing Li tried his best to maintain the stability of the Chu State and the prestige of the King of Chu in the Chu State between the reputation of the King of Chu and the interests of the nobility.

If Jing Carp is a complete old-fashioned person, then this time he will not block all the people who went to Chen Di to arrest the thieves.

After all, the Shu people left the place for no reason and went to settle in other regions, although for the Chu State, this is just a migration of the population, moving from one place to another, for the Chu State, the population has not increased or decreased, and it is still so many people.

But for the place of relocation, it is a decrease in the population, especially the nobles and feudal lords, and the departure of the savages will undoubtedly reduce the number of people who govern the land, which is equivalent to being weakened.

But if they let them take back the people who ruled the land.

Then the prestige of the king of Chu will inevitably plummet, and the confrontation between the king of Chu and the aristocratic feudal monarch will undoubtedly fall into disadvantage.

In this decision, although Jing Li did not show support for the reform, he made it clear that he stood on the side of the central government between the central and local governments.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai had to sigh that people are complex, and it is really a big mistake to simply divide the old party and the reform party to death with a stick.

If the communist reform is carried out directly now, then I am afraid that everyone except myself will be the old party.

If the feudal monarchs and nobles are directly abolished now, then the nobles and feudal monarchs of the Chu State must all be conservative parties.

Previously, Qu Yuan decided that only two generations of nobles would be issued to the nobles, and from the third generation of nobles, the state of Chu would no longer issue the money, but only two or three ministers supported it, and a very small number of ministers either did not support it or did not oppose it, and most of the other ministers were all against it.

This is the change of the law too quickly, which touches the bottom line of most people at once, leads to too many opponents, and then the change fails.

But if it is decided to strengthen the centralization of power and weaken the power of the localities, then most of the ministers in the DPRK and China will definitely support it.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai realized that for most of the conservative parties, what they oppose to the reform of the law is not the matter of the change of the law itself, but the content of the opposition to the change of the law endangers their own interests.

Only a very small number of people oppose all changes just because they do not fit in.

Like rewarding the nobility, it did not endanger the interests of the nobility, but benefited the nobility, and as a result, most of the nobility became a party of change.

sighed with emotion, and turned to the lack of food in Chu State again, Xiong Huai said to Dou You: "Xianqing said that there was a shortage of food before, but even if you add the 300,000 people in Chen Di, my Chu State should not be in danger of food shortage." ”