It was only half an hour after Zhao Xue left, Zhao Yong ran to Dai Yan's residence with a look of anger and asked him sincerely for Dai Yan's strategy of riding and shooting in Hufu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

accompanied by Zhao Xue, who was full of helplessness.

As soon as Zhao Yong saw Dai Yan, he asked respectfully: "Master, as you said, my Zhao Kingdom is indeed a dangerous country located in the land of the four wars. I have always believed that the biggest threat to my country is Zhongshan. If you want to make Zhao strong, you must get rid of this Zhongshan wolf. However, there are also many contradictions within our Zhao country, and if we want to make our country strong, we must change the law. Master's strategy of riding and archery in Hufu, can you explain it carefully for me? ”

Dai Yan glanced at Zhao Xue who came with Zhao Yong meaningfully, and then said: "In my opinion, if a country wants to be strong, it must integrate the country's resources to the greatest extent.

After the division of the three families, Zhao was the country with the most extensive territory. The bravery of the Zhao people far exceeded that of the Wei and Han people, but why did the Zhao state lose to the Wei state many times in foreign wars. In today's world, there is also a Qin state. Does Childe know why? ”

Zhao Yong said respectfully: "Dare to ask the master for advice." ”

"It's all because Zhao didn't integrate the domestic resources of Zhao well." Dai Yan replied, and then he asked Zhao Yongdao: "Let me ask you a question, the territory of Zhao State far exceeds that of Han Wei, why has the population of Zhao State not been able to go up?" ”

"I don't know." Zhao Yong replied honestly.

"The countries of Zhao and the Central Plains are a little different. As far as I know, with the exception of a few areas that are suitable for farming, most of the territory of Zhao can only be used as pastures for grazing.

If we look at the whole natural world as a whole, the plants that grow on the land are undoubtedly the producers, and the animals that live on plants, such as cows, sheep, and rabbits, are primary consumers, and the carnivores such as tigers and wolves, which live on the primary consumers of cows, sheep, and rabbits, are called secondary consumers.

In an area, there are so many plants that can be planted that there are too many people to count. However, there will not be many primary consumers such as cattle, sheep and rabbits, and even fewer animals such as tigers and wolves that live on primary consumers such as cattle and sheep.

This phenomenon is reflected in the state and society, and there is a similar phenomenon. If a place is an agricultural area and the food grown in the field is used as the staple food, then the land resource utilization efficiency of the place can be maximized. As a result, it is also able to feed more people, and at the same time, it is also able to generate more troops in the country.

The population of Zhao State cannot go up, it is nothing more than that most of the northern areas of Zhao State are pastures suitable for grazing, and are not suitable for farming. It is not surprising that the population of Zhao is on the small side. Dai Yan explained one by one.

"Master, since as you said, most of the areas in Zhao Country are not suitable for farming, and the population of Zhao Country is relatively small. It makes sense that we should try to convert those pastures into farmland, but you don't seem to mention such a strategy in your strategy, right? Zhao Yong asked suspiciously.

"You're really right in your thinking. In order for Zhao to be truly strong, it must have a larger population and a grain-producing area that can feed more people. But you forget one thing: you can't go against the sky. Except for the farming area near Handan, whether it is Jinyang of Zhao or the land of Zhao, it is not suitable for farming, am I right? Dai Yan asked Zhao Yongdao.

Among the six major basins in Shanxi, the Datong Basin, which has the largest area, is still occupied by nomadic peoples such as Linhu and Loufu. The Taiyuan Basin and the Xinzhou Basin, two larger basins, are now owned by the Zhao State.

Jinyang of Zhao is also located in the Taiyuan Basin of later generations. In today's era, the main food crop in the north is actually millet, and only a very small part of the Jinyang Basin grows millet, and most of the areas are actually grazing.

The Xinzhou Basin, located in the north of the Taiyuan Basin, is also known as the Daidi at this time. Daidi used to be the territory of Daiguo, and when the three families were divided, Zhao Xiangzi, the head of Zhao State, married his sister to Daijun to paralyze Daijun in order to destroy Daijun. Later, Zhao Xiangzi invited Daijun to drink during a meeting with Daijun, and thus designed to kill Daijun. And Zhao Xiangzi's sister got the news of Daijun's death, so she sharpened the hairpin in her hair on the road and stabbed herself to death. She was also known as Lady Maha in later generations.

The Daiguo is a country composed of pure Rong Di, and the Daidi belonging to the Zhao State is also dominated by grazing.

The part of Zhao in the Jin region, except for these two major basins, the rest of the region is almost all mountainous. Those places are all places where Rong people are mixed and there are many bandits. Usually, if you don't cause trouble to Zhao Guo, even if you burn high incense, let alone be able to provide resources for Zhao Guo.

"Indeed, as Master said, except for Handan, other places in Zhao Country are not suitable for farming." Zhao Yong replied.

"The current situation of Zhao is here, near Handan, the capital of the country that occupies a small part of the territory, is the agricultural area of the Zhao state, and the place that occupies most of the territory of the Zhao state is only suitable for grazing. These two completely different economies were very difficult for Zhao to change or unify them together.

In my opinion, among these two different economic forms, Zhao must make a choice, which of these two economies will be the leader! Since Zhao Guo now chose to move the capital to Handan, it seems that the agricultural economy has gained the upper hand. However, after Zhao made such a choice, there was civil strife in the northern Daidi of Zhao from time to time, in fact, this was not only because Daidi was originally a foreign race and was unwilling to be ruled by Zhao. The more important reason is that the economy of the nomadic area of Zhao is completely different from the economy of the agricultural area, and the two sides have a natural conflict of interest! Dai Yan said solemnly.

As the saying goes: the economic base determines the superstructure. And in a country, the economy determines the strength of political forces!

In Dai Yan's view, this is not only a contradiction within the Zhao clan, but also a contradiction between the nomadic and agricultural areas of the Zhao country!

Facts have proved that the foundation of a country must have a dominant economic foundation, and once there are other economic forms in the places where it rules, then the dominant economic forces within the country will spontaneously struggle against other economic forms. Either the new economy replaces the original economic base, or the original economic base squeezes out the new economy, or it is co-opted. There is no possibility of coordination between the two!

This is the so-called superstructure reaction to the economic base!

When the Age of Discovery, China closed itself off and eventually fell behind, and many people attributed this reason to the fault of the emperor, believing that it was the emperor's edict that led to such a bad result, so all the responsibility fell on the emperor.

However, many people are unaware of the characteristics of China's agricultural civilization and the powerful economic power within it.

During the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He sailed to the West, and China's fleet sailed all the way to the coast of East Africa. However, only after the seventh voyage to the West, the officials of the Ming Dynasty burned all the materials of the Western Ocean, and even the data maps with all the treasure ships.

It stands to reason that under the rule of the Yongle Emperor, there were huge benefits brought to the country by going to the West, which made it possible for the Yongle Emperor to conquer Mongolia five times and take Annam as a county. There should be no incentive for the state to do such self-destruction.

And yet it happened. The reason is very simple: for the civil official group of the Ming Dynasty, the fleet led by the eunuchs went to the West to bring enough wealth to the emperor, so why do we need scholars to be officials? Is it up to us to decide the state, or is it up to the eunuchs to have the final say?

Therefore, it is understandable that the materials of the Western Ocean were burned, and the materials of the treasure ships were also burned. And after they did such a thing, they even suggested that the emperor implement the policy of sea ban. However, such a policy is not aimed at completely severing China's ties with the outside world, but to vigorously suppress the new economic force of maritime trade.

After the implementation of the policy of sea ban, most of the maritime merchants who wanted to profit turned to pirates. Although they have power at sea, if the maritime merchants do not come to them for their local power, these seamen will inevitably not be able to obtain a source of goods for trade, so these sealords will gradually become vassals of these local powerhouses. In this way, the maritime trade forces, which had been able to provide half of the country's finances and taxes since the Southern Song Dynasty, were thus absorbed by the local forces dominated by the landlord class.

And within the Zhao state, the contradiction between farming and grazing areas is also extremely obvious. Isn't it normal for agricultural areas to be the dominant force in the Zhao dynasty, and to suppress grazing areas for their own interests?

They were able to provide most of the finances and taxes for the Zhao State, making them strong in the court. Therefore, it has almost become the instinct of these people to raise the price of grain and lower the price of cattle, sheep, horses, and other livestock. Because this is not only in their own interests, but also allows the grazing areas of Zhao to not provide enough wealth, and therefore not to rise to economic power.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable that those Zhao feudal monarchs who were divided into the nomadic areas of Daidi would rebel.

In other words, he was also a child of the clan of Zhao State, who was qualified to inherit the throne of Zhao Jun, but he was divided into the backward areas of Zhao State, which were themselves poor and could not farm, but could only graze. It's all come to this point, and those farming areas still have to exploit and shear a handful of wool!

And with the help of the people below, they themselves have the strength, can they not rebel?