As an opponent who has been able to effectively threaten the survival of the Jin Kingdom, Ji Han has enjoyed the special attention of the Jin State Jin Cao over the years. Therefore, not long after the internal coup d'état in Ji Han, there were Jin Cao Cao's meticulous efforts to desperately transmit the news to Luoyang.

The coup d'état was launched in the early morning of 16 May, and Luoyang of the Jin Kingdom received reports in this regard one after another on the morning of the 21st.

The initial information was brief: Urgent! There was chaos in Chang'an, and there were many sounds of fighting in the city.

Jia Chong, who was in charge of Jin Cao, had just gotten this information. There is new information coming: good news! The mansion of the Shu thief pseudo-big Sima Guan Zifeng was besieged by the Shu thief's own Yulin army!

Jia Chong, who received the second piece of information, was immediately overjoyed, and hurried into the palace to report to Sima Yan before he had time to change his clothes. And after Sima Yan received this information, the joy was beyond words, and he was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

As a result, the excitement lasted only half a day. In the evening, the latest report arrived: the civil strife of the Shu thieves had subsided. The Yulin army that attacked Guan Zifeng's mansion was captured or dispersed, and stability in Chang'an City has been restored.

"Hey! This Liu Gonghei is really useless! Not even a coup d'état! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that even if this Liu Gonghei can't succeed in the end, he won't be defeated so quickly."

"Hey, my heart has just been on fire, who knows, it's just cold all of a sudden."

"The minister probably agrees, but, Your Majesty, although the coup d'état launched by the puppet emperor failed quickly. But between this Shu thief and the minister, this will be regarded as a complete tear of the face. With Guan Zifeng's character, it is estimated that Liu Gonghei will die soon, right? ”

"Well, exactly. Gong Lu, instruct your subordinates to continue to closely investigate the subsequent changes in the Shu thief court. If necessary, it is worth sacrificing a few shadows to set off a storm in the Shu thief court. ”

"Jin Cao is now in the Shu thief court, and there are not many shadows to mobilize." But this is just what Jia Chong thinks about in his heart, he can't let Boss Sima feel useless: "Oh, the minister is ordered." ”

But later the development of the situation made Sima Yan, Jia Chong and others very disappointed: Jian Jian, Ma Guo and others in Chang'an City quickly cut through the chaos and quickly determined the nature of the incident, and then quickly killed a group of people. Shortly after Guan Yi returned to Chang'an, in June, Ji Han completed the change of throne. For more than a month, the Ji Han court remained stable overall. There was nothing like chaos and civil war that the Jin monarchs and ministers hoped for.

"Hey! This Guan Zifeng is really scheming! This chaos was completely caused by him deliberately leaking flaws to lure the puppet emperor of the Shu thief to jump in. In this way, not to mention his control over the Shu thief puppet dynasty, he also took the opportunity to cut off the two most powerful tribes in Yongliang. Simply, he has caught all the benefits! ”

As the monarch and minister of a great country, because Cao Cao treated Emperor Xian of Han in his early years, Sima Yi's father and son often played this trick to lure the snake out of the hole when they treated the forces loyal to Cao Wei. So, when more and more information is gathered. The monarchs and ministers of the Jin State quickly restored the whole process and truth of the entire coup. In addition to being disappointed in Mr. Liu Chan, everyone also felt a trace of familiarity and fear of Guan Yi's wrist.

"Your Majesty, this matter is over, and it is estimated that there will be no major changes. So it's useless to talk about it any more. However, the new emperor of the Shu thief actually decided to change the yuan to the return to the yuan next year. This...... His ambition is not small, but his heart is not good! ”

"Humph! The erector, obviously he is a puppet, he still dares to use such an era name. Your Majesty, the minister thought that this was a bluff in order to stabilize the situation after the great changes in the Shu thief court. ”

"Oh, yes, Your Majesty, I think what the Marquis of Linjin said makes sense. The Shu thief has just completed the change of throne, and what Guan Zifeng has to do at this time is to stabilize the court and appease people's hearts. How dare you quickly send troops to carry out a large-scale invasion in a short period of time. Therefore, the minister also thought that this was a bluff by the Shu thief. ”

It's a pity that remarks like Yang Jun's were slapped in the face not long after. At the beginning of October, Chang'an's marching Cao sent a report again: "Urgent report! 100,000 urgent! The Shu thief puppet dynasty issued the Great Sima Order on September 25 this year, and the army was fully conscripted! In addition to the Han people in the three states of Yiyongliang, the scope of conscription also recruited young people of different races from all over the country to join the army. Recruits enlist in the army, and the settling-in fee for each person is 10,000 yuan! The instructions received by the pavilion chief are at least one out of three! In addition, the counties and counties of the Shu thieves also began to count the number of strong men, and the men were over 15 years old and under 60 years old. A new book was made for women over the age of 20 and under the age of 50, and according to the estimation of servants, it should be in preparation for the conscription of the servants of the army for large-scale military transfers! ”

"Hiss~~~! What is the Shu thief going to do? Three Ding Draw One? I remember that there were about one million people in Yizhou before the Shu thieves, and there were more than 700,000 people in Yongliang. After deducting the old and weak women and children, if you draw one out of three, how can there be 70,000 or 80,000 people, right? ”

"Your Majesty, that's the number that the Shu thieves were able to get from the Cao people. But over the years, the Shu thieves have done a much better job of checking household taxes than we do, and a large number of hidden households have been included in the national register every year. There are also Yongliang's alien races, which have gradually integrated into the Shu thief system over the years. And according to the war report of Dongwu to Fuling County and Nanzhong last year. The local alien race is also extremely attentive to the Shu thieves, uh, and also very attentive. Therefore, if you really want to be lenient with the enemy. The Shu thieves are almost mobilized for conscription this time, and the new soldiers and horses should be no less than 120,000! ”

"Hiss~~~ Ji Yan, what you just said is true? I remember that the Shu thieves had 130,000 standing soldiers and horses before, right? In this way, if we wait for the Shu thieves to complete this conscription, wouldn't their troops be more than my Great Jin? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty! Moreover, the minister would like to remind His Majesty that the population on the list of Shu thieves is a little more than 2 million, and this population cannot support a standing army of more than 200,000 for a long time. The only possibility for Guan Zifeng to do such a move is to carry out a large-scale invasion of our country or Soochow! ”

No one is stupid to be able to stand at the top of this era. Everyone is well aware of how much damage the country can be to the disproportionate ratio of soldiers to civilians. What everyone knows better is: Guan Yi suddenly burst out with so many soldiers, it is basically impossible to fight the Wu State, and the only possibility is: to fight the Jin State!

The current Jin Kingdom, after the defeat of the three counties of Shangyong, the standing army fell to about 180,000. The approximate distribution is:

Luoyang Chinese Army, 80,000 people, commander Du Pre.

Tongguan garrison corps, 30,000 men, commander Ma Long.

and state legion, 20,000 men, commander Wang Jun.

Youzhou Legion, 10,000 people, Commander Meng Guan.

Jingzhou Legion, 20,000 men, commander Yanghu.

Yangzhou Legion, 20,000 people, commander Wei Guan.

Overall, since the land area is still the first of the Three Kingdoms, there are many places that need to be garrisoned in the Jin Kingdom, and the troops are very scattered.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if the Shu thieves really expand their army to more than 200,000, then the invasion of the Shu thieves will at least use 100,000 or even 150,000 soldiers and horses. In this situation, my Dajin should also expand its army to be prepared! ”

As soon as Sima Yan said this, the ministers below nodded one after another.

The expansion of the army must be expanded, and in the past ten years, whether it is during the reign of Sima Zhao, Sima Yan is called the emperor or queen. fought with Ji Han three times, and he got a disgraced face. The top and bottom of the Jin Kingdom had long lost confidence in the victory of Ji Han in the case of equal forces. Therefore, I heard the information that Ji Han's army expansion would reach more than 200,000. Everybody's heart sank.

"Your Majesty." Shang Shu made Pei Xiu appear with a gloomy face: "According to the updated civil register this year, there are 3.1 million households under my control in the Great Jin Dynasty, and there are about 600,000 strong men suitable for service. If the army is expanded according to the ratio of 3 to 1, the army can be expanded to between 350,000 and 400,000. However, in this way, China's agricultural tax will inevitably be greatly affected. It will be reduced by at least 30%! ”

The national conditions of the Han and Jin dynasties were very different. Specifically, the upper limit of Ji Han's tax on the peasants was 20 acres of land, and the extra was the peasants themselves. In order to expand the tax revenue to supply the increasingly large royal family, royal family, and powerful bureaucrats, the Jin State had a minimum tax limit of 50 mu, which was basically the same as the limit of a peasant. This method of taxation is said to encourage peasants to reclaim more wasteland, and the income beyond 50 mu is the peasants themselves, but how can a peasant have so much time and energy to serve more than 50 mu of land?

Not only that, Ji Han's domestic business prospered, and he found a new direction for the family with various commercial interests. On this basis, the Maison can be severely restricted. But the Jin Kingdom is different, his trade system has been in a state of superfluity for a long time, and those families who have not had time to hook up with the Ji Han government have to desperately expand their land and hide the population, so as to seek more output, so that they can have the money to buy all kinds of products from Ji Han to enjoy.

Therefore, once the Jin State was conscripted on a large scale, the Jin farmers who had lost their pillars of their families would be swallowed up by local families on a large scale. At that time, it was one thing that soldiers were fighting on the front lines, but their families were forced to sell themselves into slavery. The point is that these hukou are in the family's estate, and the state will not be able to collect taxes. Therefore, Pei Xiucai said that if there is a large-scale conscription, in the first year, the national agricultural tax will be reduced by 30%! However, if the size of the army is maintained at more than 400,000 for a long time, on the one hand, the state's expenditure will increase dramatically. On the other hand, a large number of peasant families that had some foundation went bankrupt and were annexed. Between this entry and exit, at most ten years, the whole country will go bankrupt!

And the most critical problem is: now is the Han attack and Jin acceptance. Guan Da Sima can train the soldiers and then send troops according to the mood. But the Jin State expanded its army at the risk of the collapse of the domestic economy, but I don't know when the damn Guan Zifeng will come over? If he doesn't call, what if he drags it like this? The country is going to be doomed!