Chapter 3 Troubled Times Verse 52 More than enough

After this dark night on Onozawa, the three eunuchs who were lucky enough to survive no longer dared to be arrogant. For the rest of the voyage, the eunuchs honestly hid in the cabin all day, for fear that I would come back to find trouble.

Without the noise of the eunuchs, the days are really quiet, and I am happy to hug my newlywed wife every day and enjoy the lake and water along the deck.

In the beginning, the sailors were afraid that the eunuchs would board our ship, and whispered that the eunuchs would bring bad luck to the ship, but it was the captain who untapped the knot in their hearts with one sentence: "The eunuchs on the ship may bring bad luck to the ship, but who is the lord of the city?" In front of the city lord, there are no taboos. That night, we were in Onozawa, and according to the method of the bishop of the city, we went into the water to look for people, and the dragon god did not dare to stay in trouble. There is a lord sitting here, what god of decay dares to come to the ship to make trouble. ”

After saying this, Li Wei added in a deep voice: "However, if these eunuchs are too far away from the city lord, the power of the lord is not enough to shock the fierce gods on the eunuchs, perhaps, it will bring unforeseen disasters to the people around them at that time." ”

After saying this, who dared to stay around the eunuchs, occasionally, the eunuchs went out of the cabin to breathe the air, but at this time, whenever they met the sailors, the first thought was to find my figure, and if they could not find it, they shouted my name loudly, so as to drive away evil spirits and avoid trouble. Over time, the eunuchs heard that they were afraid of water, and in their spare time, they no longer dared to board the deck to move.

Two days later, we landed near Le'an, and after unloading half of the grain, grass, and cloth, the fleet sailed for Izumo Castle, and got rid of the eunuchs, and the sailors on board immediately let out a burst of earth-shaking cheers.

Guan Zhang, who had arrived in advance, had already led the eager Le'an officials to wait for us on the shore, and everyone happily entered Le'an City surrounded by them.

Le'an is the place where our power in Qingzhou is most consolidated, and the wealthy families should be killed and escaped. The rest are all people who are attached to us, and after the rectification of Tian Chou and Guoyuan, Le'an has regained the well field system. The captive families and the recruited homeless people are tidying up the rivers and acres of land in Le'an County.

"What about the demographics?" As soon as I settled my wife, I gathered the people to discuss.

"After the census of the population of Le'an, there are now 91,324 households and 327,416 mouths, of which more than 90,000 are criminals, more than 30,000 are homeless, and more than 60,000 people have moved in from Pingyuan County, and the original residents have been confirmed as civilians. Among them, there are military officials who have become meritorious people, and there are 1,000 meritorious people, and most of the Huimin are craftsmen from Izumo City, and the Huimin of this county has not yet been counted. Guo Yuan carried a thick book, 1510 reported.

According to the statistics of the Han and Emperor He, the population of Le'an County is 420,000, after several years of development, the population should be 500,000, but after this Yellow Turban Rebellion, in addition to the displaced people, the new people, Le'an County, a place that is less affected by the war, actually left less than 230,000 aborigines.

"Zini, it's hard work, since Gong Jing has the position of state pastor, it's time to officially appoint you, and when I get to Linzi, I'll let Gong Jing officially appoint you as the Taishou of Le'an." I raised my head, looked at the eager crowd, and continued to make a wish: "Fu Hao, you can guard the plains." Zizheng is the Taishou of Donglai, there is still a Kong clan in Beihai, and I am afraid that they will hold the position of Taishou, well, Zitai, I will hand over the Jiaodong Kingdom to you, you are the Jiaodong Cheng, and then set aside a piece of land from Beihai County and Donglai County, so that the Jiaodong Kingdom will also become a big county.

In addition to the previously appointed captains of Guan Yu Pingyuan, Zhang Feile Anwei, Guanhai Beihai, and Lejin Donglai, Zhang He was appointed as Jiaodong Lieutenant, Taishi Ziyi was appointed as Jinan Lieutenant, and Jian Yong was appointed as the chief of our house.

Although you will have official positions in the future, Qingzhou is still in chaos, I hope that you will not be in a hurry to take office, and you will be in your own position by my side, and when we govern Qingzhou well, you will discuss the matter of going to work, how about it? ”

Tian Feng nodded again and again in approval: "Yes, yes, in troubled times, how can the talent of the lord be displayed in Qingzhou, we are born in this troubled world, and we are about to show the material of governing the world, how can we be at peace with a county and a county, Qingzhou is not peaceful, we should follow the lord and calm this troubled world." ”

Tian Feng's words aroused everyone's greater greed and won a chorus.

I nodded silently, Tian Feng, I really know what I think in my heart.

War, since ancient times, is the continuation of politics, the fist of commerce. When people can't get what they need with trading, the only solution is to pick up a knife and gun. In the long run, Izumo City's goods will need the large market of Qingzhou, and from there, it will extend to the Central Plains. And when we can't guarantee our own interests in Qingzhou, war is our only option, of course, we can't be arrogant enough to declare war on the imperial court, but fortunately we have the opportunity to declare war on the enemies of the imperial court.

Through this war, we have demonstrated our strength, curried favor with the imperial court, and obtained further desired benefits, of course, we cannot stop here, the market is still big, and there is still a long way to go.

I then asked Guo Yuan: "Zi Ni, after listening to your report, I found two problems, do you all see them?" ”

Guo Yuan looked through the book suspiciously, and cautiously asked: "The talent of the lord is not comparable to Guo Yuan, if the lord sees that I have made any mistakes, I hope that the lord will make it clear, and Yuan will correct it immediately." ”

I shook my head and explained: "It's not your fault, I just found that in this household registration statistics, there are more than 90,000 Le'an households, but the population is only 320,000, and each household is less than 4 people, which is really unimaginable, if parents, husband and wife, and children are all sound, how can each household be less than 4 people?" Also, out of 320,000 people, we can only find 11,000 Zhuangding (meritorious people), is there a problem with our population ratio? ”

After my explanation, everyone immediately understood the problem. Yes, the Han Dynasty paid attention to clan power, and each household was a large family of Lala, according to the statistics of the Han and Emperor periods, each household should be an average of 6 to 7 people. Now there are less than four people in each household, and there are only more than 10,000 young and strong people, which can only explain three problems:

First, the great families have been wiped out or fled elsewhere, which is extremely beneficial to our implementation of the new policy.

Second, there are quite a few single-parent families, orphans, women and children in the population, and the development of productive forces will be greatly affected in the future.

Third: It takes at least three years to train a legion, and with such a small number of young and strong laborers, we will not be able to launch a major expedition for at least five years without affecting production.

The most important thing is that with the 400,000 inhabitants of Izumo City, our total population is less than the 940,000 population in the late Shu Kingdom, and it would be wishful thinking to challenge the entire Central Plains with such a population base for at least ten years.

Ten years, it's going to be a long one.

Fortunately, I went to Luoyang this time and completed two major things.

First of all, under the guise of loyalty, I challenged the forbidden army around the emperor, and greatly insulted the forbidden army by taking advantage of the dissatisfaction of the scholars with the emperor and the eunuchs. It was crazy at the time, and the world knew me as crazy. Under the cover of this kind of face, if I implement any new policy, the big guy in the DPRK and China will say: "Look, this kid Liu Bei is crazy again, this time, I don't know who is unlucky." ”

Even if there are occasional disagreements about my new policy, through this intermarriage, I have firmly tied my teacher Lu Zhi, the local Dashi clan, and one of the future Three Princes Huang Wan family to my chariot, for my interests, but also their interests, they will definitely spare no effort to defend me among the Shi clan.

As long as the scholars understand my behavior, what is the emperor, at least until the Tang Dynasty a few hundred years later, the emperor can be changed, but the ruling base - the scholar class will not change much. By winning their understanding, I can firmly grasp the opportunity.

However, when I cultivate our own class of scholars, the morale of the soldiers will have to change with us. At that point, who says history can't be rewritten?

In this way, Wu deterred the surrounding princes with strong combat effectiveness; Wen, to cover up my reform with my madness, only give me ten years, ten years to give birth, ten years to accumulate strength. Ten years later, watch me sweep the world and recreate the Han nation.

"Orphans and widows, they are all orphans and widows", I flipped through the census book and sighed deeply: "Everyone, I have the heart to set up a system so that orphans and widows can live in this troubled world, what do you think?" ”

Tian Chou immediately responded: "The lord has countless people in Liaoxi, if he can establish new rules in Qingzhou, so that orphans and widows can live in troubled times, the merit is immeasurable, and we will listen to the lord's opinion." ”

I stood up and paced the hall repeatedly. What kind of work is there that is not labor-intensive, but the benefits are okay, and women can do it? By the way, people often say: thousands of doctrines are not as good as a tea egg - both full and hungry. Instead, we'll make up our minds on the eggs.

"Eggs, by the way, are eggs", I loudly declared, teaching women ideas is not as practical as giving them an egg: "I once heard from the old man of Mount Tai that there was a method of incubating eggs in overseas countries, using oil lamps or fire kang to maintain the temperature, spread the eggs on a layered wooden frame, or on the fire kang to hatch, hatched chickens into cages, because the range of chicken activities is not large, so it can mature in 3 months.

After three months of laying eggs, the chicken can be slaughtered for consumption.

According to the old man of Mount Tai, if people only eat grains, in order to maintain physical strength, each prime of life needs 25 catties of grain per month, if you use some meat every day, the monthly food needs of each person will drop to less than 20 catties.

Our population in Qingzhou is now sparsely populated, and if all the young and strong labor is used to grow food, commercial activities will be affected, and if some people are engaged in business, the pressure on farmers' production will be too great. If women and children are freed up to raise chickens and ducks, the pressure on our food will be reduced.

In addition, breeding chickens and ducks does not need to grow food, only a variety of wild grasses and wild vegetables, these wild vegetables do not need a lot of human care, they will grow by themselves, just solve the problem of our lack of manpower.

Well, when the chickens and ducks are raised, when they are slaughtered, they can be removed first. Feathers can be divided into four grades, and the tail feathers and wing feathers are called large feathers, which can be used as tail wings for feather arrows.

The ones smaller than the tail feathers and wing feathers are called middle feathers, and can be used as a joint worn on the helmet of soldiers. First, decolor with sulfur, and then dye the feathers to the same color to make feather joints. A regiment with a color of the knots. The soldiers have various colored banners on their heads, and when they command the battle formation, they can easily identify each regiment, which is convenient for officers to deploy on the spot. Well, in the future, you can also design a section worn by people of various identities, so that this kind of section can increase the demand.

Feathers smaller than the middle feathers. It can be called a small feather. This small feather can be made into a feather coat, which is filled into clothing like cotton, which is light and soft and cold, but does not cost much. However, the best material for making a feather coat is smaller down feathers, and duck down is the best. Down garments are expensive, and we can sell them for a large price. In this way, the women are more than enough to support themselves. ”

Tian Chou exclaimed: "Not only can they support themselves, I think they do this, I am afraid that they produce more than some men." ”

Tian Feng also pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Well, if women can also give birth, the pressure on men will be greatly reduced, and young and strong men can be withdrawn to engage in training and fighting, and we will not worry about military strength." ”

"Also, I just talked about raising chickens, and suddenly I thought of a question, Qingzhou is a horse and a flat river, once the enemy breaks through the danger of the Yellow River, the army will quickly come to the city. If we want to hold this great plain, how should we allocate our forces? I looked at Tian Feng and asked.

"Build a fortress on the periphery, rely on the fortress for defense, and place mobile forces on the inside, ready to strike a fatal blow at the incoming enemy at any time. Also, let Wang Yue's disciples, the lord's disciples and disciples go down to the townships and counties, and organize young and strong laborers to train fighting skills and battle skills during the slack time. Once the foreign enemy invades, let the peripheral towns and counties organize the people's army to harass them every day, and then we will issue a conscription order, recruit these trained people, and form an army, so that we don't need to spend too much in peacetime, and we can quickly organize an army of 100,000 people in wartime. Tian Feng replied without hesitation, it seems that he has been thinking about this question for a long time.

I nodded approvingly: "Fu Hao's talent is really a talent of the society." However, now that we have women and children raising chickens and ducks, is it not that this initial strategy should also be adjusted. I think that since this woman and child have relieved us of the pressure on food, we don't need to spend all our land on growing food. In order for the flow of goods, we had to repair the roads, and trees were planted along the roadside, and wild grasses and vegetables could be planted in the forest.

In addition, the trees on the side of the road should be planted in an airtight manner, making it difficult to march in the forest. In this way, the other side can only march along the main road we have built. Even if a small group of enemy troops occasionally crosses the forest, they can easily be routed without provisions. Qingzhou is ours, the enemy army marches along the road we have repaired, and any woods is a place for us to lay in ambush. In this way, the small group of Qingzhou People's Army can complete the task of harassment and withdraw safely. We will also have plenty of time to mobilize our forces and deal a fatal blow to the enemy at the time we choose, in the place we choose. ”

Tian Feng said suspiciously: "The ancients said that in order to prevent the enemy from attacking the city, the walls around the city should be cut down, and the big trees should be cut down, so as not to use the enemy army to make siege equipment. ”

Tian Chou and the others also stared at me with puzzled eyes, I smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Fu Hao, you are a little old here, the enemy army has entered our territory, if our rule is popular and the response measures are appropriate, it is the enemy army that should be feared." With trees covered, we can sneak out of the city at any time and attack behind the enemy's back. Also, if we build the walls higher than any tree, how can he use the trees to climb the city? ”

"Again," I took a deep breath and continued, "Just thinking about what will happen to the enemy army attacking the city, this is too passive and defensive, and it will inevitably be too long for others to be ambitious, and it will destroy their own prestige." I have peerless sages like Fu Hao, Zizheng, Zitai, and Zini, and invincible warriors like Yunchang, Yide, Junyi, Wenqian, and Bingyuan. Therefore, I suggest that we should discuss more about how to defend ourselves against the enemy outside the Qingzhou Gate. ”

Only the defensive strategy of defending and attacking is the best defense, and if you always think about what to do when the enemy soldiers come to the city, don't you think about how to make the opponent unable to come to the city? As long as they direct their thinking in this direction and annihilate the enemy as they advance, the offensive and defensive style of play will be established. In this way, on the one hand, the destruction of the vegetation around the city during the construction of the city can be avoided, and on the other hand, only by letting the enemy fall into the sea of war before reaching the city, can the enemy clearly understand that it is an impossible task to capture us, and the thought of the difficulty of attacking us makes him in a cold sweat, his scalp tingle, and his heart beats faster.

My speech aroused everyone's sense of honor, Tian Feng, Tian Chou and Guan Zhang and other generals immediately actively explored many methods, such as: set up post stations every five miles along the road, the post stations are guarded by the township and county guards, and are responsible for opening them to merchants along the road in peacetime, charging fees for them to rest, rest and eat, in case of enemy attack, use horns and wolf smoke to alarm during the day, and use firelight and horns and bells and drums to transmit the police at night, and the surrounding townships and counties immediately organize when they hear the police, or fight or withdraw to obey the orders of the temporary commander.

In order to strengthen the battlefield command capability at the front, we have decided to improve the civic system in all townships and counties, and to establish civic clubs relying on post stations, so that all wounded veterans, retired soldiers, and ordinary people who have taken the oath to become citizens can participate in the operation of post stations and benefit from them. Citizens must report to the Civic Club every few days, and until the age of 40, they must always obey the arrangements of the Civic Club and complete a certain period of martial arts training every year. After the age of 40, you can decide whether or not to participate in civic training on a voluntary basis.

Citizens who regularly participate in training are unable to take care of farm work. To this end, on the one hand, we must control the number of citizens, and on the other hand, we must find a way for citizens to live on their martial arts. We decided to set up a team of bodyguards similar to mercenaries, and handed over the task of escorting merchants to and from various parts of Qingzhou to the Civic Club. Citizens who did not pass the examination to become government officials, and who were not elected to serve as civilian "protectors", received a job at the civic hall to protect the merchants by accompanying them in exchange for living expenses, which were higher than the income from farming.

In this way, not only can the existence of a martial class be ensured, but also, since the income from their labor can enable them to live a prosperous life, on the other hand, the martial culture can be encouraged.

The samurai family who practiced martial arts in the third generation and received meritorious services could rise to the samurai class and become a scholar alongside the scribes. In this way, we have strengthened our control over the counties, enlarged our ruling class, and consolidated the foundation of our rule.

The three-tier ruling structure of controlling the common people with the common people (meritorious people), controlling the meritorious people with the scholar (scribe and samurai) class with mutual checks and balances, controlling the scholar class with the aristocracy, and controlling the nobles with a small number of officials with special talents who have passed the assessment and selection, these three-tier ruling structure seems to be very similar to the ruling foundation of the Han Dynasty, but it increases the control of the people over the people, and the checks and balances of the samurai class over the literati. At the same time, it also brings a strong martial atmosphere. I believe that after only three generations, the samurai class will change the decadence brought about by the rule of our cultural Chinese.

This increase is ostensibly intended to defend against a possible Yellow Turban invasion, but everyone here understands that it is a strategy for our future governance. It is very likely that this strategy will prepare us militarily for world dominance for a long period of time.

For this selfish reason, the literati here deliberately avoided many possible offences to their interests—for example, the rise of the future samurai class. This is either their self-confidence, or the samurai's full support to fight the world. In any case, the samurai class and martial arts have slowly risen since this meeting.

However, whether it was a warrior or a scribe here, they also deliberately avoided such a question - Qingzhou is still ruled by Gong Jing, and their lord, I, Liu Bei, am just a secret appointed by the imperial court. This official position is smaller than the position of Taishou and County Lieutenant whom I appointed them. And the official position of the head of my Qingzhou officials also comes from Gong Jing's appointment and dismissal.

It seems that they have taken this Qingzhou pastor who was supported by me as a matter of course.

The promotion of officials in the Han Dynasty was based on seniority, and I am just a rookie in the officialdom now, if I deliberately ask for a big official position, I can only get closer to the eunuchs and rely on the power of the eunuchs. In this way, I will inevitably be looked down upon by the scholars, and I don't want to be this up-and-coming bird. However, in order to gain more power, I completely threw Gong Jing aside and committed the following crimes, so wouldn't Cao Cao's infamy be borne by me in the future.

Thinking of this, I immediately reminded them: "Princess, we still need to report to Lord Zhou Mu for today's consideration, Fu Hao, you discuss with Zitai, write a seal, and apply for Lord Gong's approval." I groaned and added, "Well, you don't have to report everything, you think about what kind of things should be reported." As for those trivial little things, just do it. ”

A few days later, after everyone had finished discussing and everything was arranged, I rushed to Guanghuan with Tian Toyoda and others. The three surviving eunuchs, under our close surveillance, had no chance to transmit news to the outside world, so they could only follow us on the road in a daze.

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