At the beginning of Hongwu's sixth year, Yang Hao welcomed his fifth child.

In the past three years, Nujiao and Pu Jia have given birth to a daughter and a son for Yang Hao, and this fifth child is different, this child was born to one of the two palace people, and it is a boy.

As the so-called mother is more expensive than her son, after having this child, the status of this palace maid has been improved to a certain extent, and she has been promoted from the original palace person to a nobleman, and her treatment is not comparable to the past.

Yang Hao treats his children equally, as long as he confirms that it is his own bloodline, there is no distinction between high and low in his eyes.

Although Yang Zhi is the eldest son, he has a natural advantage in inheriting his throne, but there is still a long time, and Yang Hao is not in a hurry to set the crown prince.

By the sixth year of Hongwu, due to the popularization of paper, the literacy rate of Qi had improved to a great extent.

Under the policy of compulsory education, the literacy rate of underage males in Qi has reached almost 80 percent, while those girls are temporarily denied this treatment.

Different from ordinary people, dignitaries and nobles naturally know the importance of knowledge, so for their descendants, regardless of men and women, they must learn to read and write.

The advent of paper has also promoted the development of other aspects.

In the past three years, Yang Hao also used his free time to write a short story of tens of thousands of words, called The Cottage.

In this article, Yang Hao completely copied Uncle Tom's hut in the later generations, revised and changed it, and put the characters and background in the Xia Dynasty.

With Yang Hao's writing, it is natural that the story is written very miserably, so that those who have read it will deeply hate the evil slavery system.

Yang Hao does not write myths, nor does he write about those heroic deeds, but from the perspective of a tragic slave, he uses other people's stories to awaken the conscience of Qi people.

Through comparison, we can let Qi people know how difficult life is today, and there are still many miserable people in the world who are living in dire straits.

As the overlord of the Central Plains, Daqi has the responsibility and obligation to play the role of savior.

After Yang Hao expanded the army again, he was silent for three years, as if he had noticed something.

It is rumored that the current king is going to use force externally.

The Qi people were not worried about the war, but they were a little envious of the young people who successfully enlisted in the army.

War means military merit, and as long as the battle is won, it means that there will be no sorrow in the second half of life.

Envy is envy, Qi people are still more pragmatic, they don't have that good luck, they can only get their own one-third of an acre of land.

After waiting for the Qi State to take the new territory, donate some money and food to take advantage of those who are slow to react, before they can react, so that they can choose a good piece of land on the new territory, so that their descendants will not have no land to plant.

Most Qi people will think so, and it is entirely because of Qi's land policy.

In order to accelerate the control of the occupied areas in the future, Yang Hao restricted the inheritance rights of the Qiren land.

In the laws of the Qi Kingdom, the land was inherited only by the eldest son, and as for the second son, he had to find another way when he became an adult.

In Daqi, there are very few families who have only one child, and even in the poorest families, the number of people in the second generation is at least three.

So many people who don't have land to plant will obviously have a mess, and when these people become adults, the only way is to go to those more backward places to pioneer.

This policy has been in place for several years, and regardless of the time of the Qi State, this policy has not shown its advantages.

However, Yang Hao is not worried about this at all, the ancestors of the ancients did not want to be like the Chinese people in later generations, and they had the emotion of being inseparable from their homeland.

He wants to build the Qi people into a wolf nation and actively occupy every inch of land for survival.

Any wall repair for self-protection is all nonsense, only you are strong, and any enemy is a paper tiger.

As long as there are people, money, food, and a strong sense of national identity, the strongest Great Wall will never be stones, but living people.

The summer of the sixth year of Hongwu.

Xia Qi couldn't bear his ambition and led a large army to send to the country.

For a time, the border of Qi was full of smoke.

And after so many years of trading with the Qi people, the Miao people on that side have been coveting the flower world of the Qi country for a long time.

After hearing that the Xia Dynasty was attacking, he began to become impatient.

In the summer of the sixth year of Hongwu, the country of Qi, which had been quiet for several years, suddenly became in danger and everywhere.

Yang Hao looked at the urgent documents at the border and sneered.

He had thought of waiting a few more years to clean up these guys who didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

I didn't expect them to be in such a hurry to find death.

Although the remaining season is for farming, there is no shortage of grain and grass in Qi State, and the accumulation of several years can fully support Daqi to fight for a year without any worries.

Yang Hao closed the performance of the border guards and handed it to a guard.

"Let's circulate it, everybody!"

Qu took the fold and looked at it, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He said angrily: "The barbarians dare to do this, they are really looking for death." ”

When the rest of the ministers saw it, they all became furious.

Yin stepped forward and said: "Great King, the barbarians slaughtered my people of Daqi, and we should seek justice for the dead people." ”

"King, give an order, let those barbarians see that my Daqi is not something anyone can mess with."

Qu yelled.

"King! Ministers ask for war. ”

The generals bowed and bowed.

Yang Hao nodded and said: "Xia is poor and barbarian, disobedient to the king, leading beasts to eat people, cruel and tyrannical, this time he actually invaded my Daqi for no reason, if I retreat, how will the people of the world see my Qi country in the future, and how will we face the people of Daqi."

Now that the barbarians are in the realm, I am a great Qi, and we should hang the people and fight for the gods.

Liyang!

”

"The minister is here!"

"Today, you are the general of the expedition to the west, commanding 15,000 troops to meet Xia Qi."

Li Yang said with joy in his heart: "Minister! Command! ”

"Float!"

"The minister is here!"

"Today, you are the general of the expedition to the North University, commanding 10,000 troops, facing the poor!"

Bow down and receive your life!

Qu on the side looked at the two of them greedily, waiting for Yang Hao to arrange himself.

But Yang Hao didn't look at him, but said to the civilian officials: "Civilian officials, you must deploy military supplies, stabilize the country, mobilize the people for war, and levy people.

Orders were issued to all prefectures and counties to strictly investigate those who took advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos.

”

The civil servants took the order one after another.

Qu finally couldn't help it, and hurriedly asked: "King! What about me. ”

Yang Hao smiled and said, "You are naturally of great use." ”

When Qu heard this, he suddenly said with joy in his heart: "Minister, listen to the king's arrangement." ”

Yang Hao said: "Since the enemy dares to attack, this time you must cut the grass and eradicate the roots, you count five thousand elites, a boat along the river, straight into the hinterland of the Xia Dynasty, together with Liyang, be sure to catch Xia Qi, and not let the Xia Dynasty have the slightest possibility of turning over." ”

Saying that, Yang Hao stood up and said loudly: "In this battle, if we win, our Great Qi will definitely unify the Central Plains. ”