Liu Wei said to Zhao Ziliang: "King, there is news from Tingzhou that a large number of people have migrated from the Central Plains, and the detailed number of people cannot be counted specifically for the time being, but it will definitely not be less than five million, and it is said that there is a steady stream of people coming from behind, if we accept all the people of the Central Plains in Western Qin, the pressure on the local government will be very great, and the funds that need to be spent are particularly large, and the emergency disaster relief reserve funds must be used, which is not enough, and we want to let these people all survive. To survive this winter safely, you must spend more money, so the military expenses for sending troops to Beitianzhu next year are likely to be spent! ”

Zhao Ziliang was puzzled: "How can so many people from the Central Plains migrate over?" In previous years, there were only 50,000 or 60,000 in each year, and only 3 million were migrated in the sixteenth year of Tianbao, so why did the number increase sharply this time? ”

Dugu replied: "King, according to the news we have received, the Central Plains Imperial Court is now empty of treasury, and the war has just been calmed down, but all places are not very stable, and the generals from all walks of life support their own troops and collect taxes on their own in the jurisdiction, making the people miserable, and the court is unable to provide relief, so the emperor has to issue an edict to allow the people who have no land and money to move freely to Western Qin." During the last celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China www.biquge.info an official of the Central Plains revealed that the population of the people in the 29th year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty was 45.8 million, and the population of the people of the Tang Dynasty this year is only 28 million, which means that in the past 20 years, the population of the Tang Dynasty has dropped by 17.8 million, and the 8 million who have migrated to the Western Qin in these years have been removed, so the population of the Central Plains has decreased by more than 10 million in the past 20 years due to harsh government, disasters and wars, and the people of the Central Plains really can't survive. I had to trek through mountains and rivers across the desert to come to Xiqin to seek life! ”

Zhao Ziliang stood up from the throne and walked around, looking at the ministers in front of His Majesty Dan and said: "The people of the Central Plains have come to my Western Qin, and they are the people of my Western Qin. They believe that they can live when they come to Xiqin, so they will come, and we must do everything we can to settle them well, so that they can live here, and the better they can get. On the other hand, now the total population of Western Qin has reached 18 million, while the Han people are only 8 million, less than half, if we accept this group of Central Plains people, even if it is only 5 million, the population of the Han people will exceed 60%, which is beneficial for us to rule Western Qin! Liu Wei, the Government Council should properly arrange the steady stream of people from the Central Plains to be resettled in batches and in various places! By the way, there are almost no Han people living in the Jisu Duhu Mansion we just got, so arrange for a group of Han people to go over! Since we are going to use this year's emergency relief funds, let's use them, and there are less than two months left until the end of the year! Other places that need money can be suspended for the time being, and the money will be withdrawn to resettle the people first, but the military expenses for the expedition to Beitianzhu next year cannot be moved, and the military expenses can not be used from other expenditures of the Government Council, Beitianzhu has been in chaos for too long, and it is time for us to solve this hidden danger! ”

Liu Wei hurriedly said: "Wang, the largest expenditure of the Government Council is the road construction project, if the road repair project money is withdrawn, then many people have to go home unemployed, in many areas need to be carried out in the dry period of winter, such as rivers and swamps, miss this winter, and have to wait until next year, this year there are many people who have nothing to do!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This king didn't say that all the money would be withdrawn at once, could it be that all the money could be spent during this period of road construction?" Who told you to pay all the money in one lump sum to the material merchant? ”

Someone pulled Liu Wei's clothes and shook his head at him, at this time, it was obvious that no one and thing could change Zhao Ziliang's determination to accept this group of people in the Central Plains.

As the prime minister of the Government Council, Liu Wei's burden is not light, he has to use money everywhere, everyone has to reach out to him, he must hold the money bag tightly, he doesn't want to fight, because fighting a war requires a large amount of military spending, even if he wins the war, the benefits can not be reflected in a short period of time.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the ministers and said: "In addition to a person must have a strong physique, he also needs to have strong spiritual strength, he must have his own dignity, and spiritual strength comes from dignity, if a person has no dignity, then he will lose his spiritual strength, a person without spirit, like a walking corpse!" One person is like this, and so is a country, the thirty-six city-states of Northern Tianzhu despise our Western Qin, which is to attack our dignity, is to try to destroy our spiritual strength, we must maintain our dignity, this is the dignity of a country, it does not tolerate any blasphemy and insult! If a country loses its dignity, it is equivalent to breaking the backbone of all its people and extinguishing the blood in the bodies of all its people. There must be no objections to the conquest of the 36 city-states of Northern Tianzhu, military spending must not be less, and logistics support must also keep up at any time! General Chu? ”

Chu Ge stood up and hugged his fists and said, "King, Weichen is here!" ”

"Next year, the military expenditure for the 36 city-states of North Tianzhu will be allocated to you in full, and the military logistics will also be fully supplied, so that you have no worries, but you can't be the same thing, there is no sense of urgency, the territory of the 36 city-states of North Tianzhu is not large, this king will only give you half a year at most, if you have not ended the war within half a year and occupied the entire territory of the 36 city-states of North Tianzhu, this king will change generals!"

Chu Ge clenched his fists and said, "Weichen understands!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Okay, is there anything else to report?" If not, disperse! Liu Wei and Chu Ge stayed! ”

All the ministers saluted together and said loudly: "The ministers are leaving!" ”

After the ministers left, only Zhao Ziliang, Liu Wei and Chu Ge were left in the main hall, as well as a few eunuchs and palace maids.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Chu Ge and asked, "Next year's war against the thirty-six city-states of Northern Tianzhu, have you thought about how to fight?" ”

Chu Ge said honestly: "Back to the king, Weichen hasn't figured out how to fight yet, if Beitianzhu is just a country, it's so big, but their thirty-six city-states are in their own way, which makes Weichen feel like he doesn't know where to start!" ”

Zhao Ziliang knocked his fingers on the imperial case, thought for a while and said: "The total strength of the thirty-six city-states of Northern Tianzhu adds up to nearly 200,000 people, so you only take two legions to conquer, it is indeed weak in terms of troops, with the total population of Northern Tianzhu, it is impossible to raise so many soldiers and horses, but they are divided into thirty-six city-states to work independently, and each city-state is desperate for military force, and almost all the financial resources are used to raise troops, which is also the reason why Northern Tianzhu has 200,000 troops." You can't think of the 200,000 soldiers as a whole, they are acting in isolation, they are hostile and wary of each other, you have to make the most of the contradictions between them! When this king was dealing with the invasion of the Great Food Country, he not only used the soldiers and horses of Beiting and Anxi, but also used a large number of soldiers and horses of the Sogdian countries, and some of the wars that needed to be fought and attrition were carried out by these servant armies of the Sogdian countries, while our own army was mainly used for attacking fortifications and decisive battles at critical moments, so the losses were very small. Last year, the king conquered the Khazar Khanate, and the early war was basically the use of the Pechenegs, Kimaks, Kipchaks, Oghuz and Flowerthorn Zim servant armies, and only in the final decisive battle was our Western Qin army responsible for the main attack, and other servant armies were assisted. It can be seen that although the combat effectiveness of the servant army is not as good as that of our Western Qin army, they also have their role, as long as you use them well, they can give full play to their value. This time, you lead the army to conquer the 36 city-states of Northern Tianzhu, you can first fight a few city-states closest to my Western Qin, defeat these city-states, and then organize their scattered soldiers and horses, appoint obedient local generals to command, and organize them as servant troops to assist our army in fighting, as long as you defeat more city-states, your servant army will also have more and more, and the opportunities for your headquarters to fight will be less and less, so your losses will definitely be less and less, and the strength of the two legions is enough to defeat the 36 city-states of Northern Tianzhu. Waiting for the battle to be over, we have not only occupied the thirty-six city-states of Beitianzhu, but also consumed almost the troops that can take Beitianzhu, and your servant army will not have much left in the end, which can be described as a multi-task. You have been with this king for a long time over the years, how this king uses the servant army, you should have seen it, the key is to control, handle it well, the servant army can also fight for you to the end, if you don't handle it well, the servant army may stab you from the back or flank at any time! ”

After hearing this, Chu Ge was like an enlightenment, hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for the king's mention, Weichen knows how to fight!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, looked at Liu Wei and said: "This king thought about it just now, our road repair project this year is mainly in the northwest section, from the territory of my Western Qin through Oghuz and Hua Thorn Zimo into the Yayi Kedu Protectorate and the Khazar Du Protectorate These main roads, which are in the territory of Oghuz and the territory of Hua Thorn Zimo is not short, this king thought about it, can we let Oghuz and Hua Thorn Zimo pay for it, and we will provide construction workers, technology and materials!" After the construction of the road is completed, the tax will be divided by our Xiqin and Oghuz and Huathornzi in proportion! ”

Liu Wei's eyes lit up, but he imagined that this matter was not difficult, so he clenched his fists and said: "The king's idea is indeed good, but our government affairs yuan does not have administrative jurisdiction over Oghuz and Hua Thorn Zimo, and these two khan kings are not very easy to talk to, let them pay, they are afraid that they will not do it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "How do you know if you don't try?" The king thought, if this can be done, then after the road is built, we will collect the tax of the merchants in their respective territories, and then divide it with them, what do you think? ”

"This dare is good, that is, whether Oghuz and Hua Thorn Zimo will agree."

Zhao Ziliang said: "It is also of great benefit to them to build this road, not only to facilitate their people's travel, but also to be able to obtain tax revenue, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone!" The king will send someone to bring the two khans to discuss this matter, and if they can get them to agree, then you will send officials from the government council to discuss the matter with them! But you have to have them build a garrison every fifty miles in the territory, and send troops to patrol the route along the way to keep it safe and secure!" ”

Liu Wei agreed: "Yes, Weichen knows what to do."