"Tuntian!" Frustrated: "Instead of letting hundreds of thousands of people eat dry rice, it is better to let them land and increase some income for my Youzhou!" ”

Although Youzhou is rich, and the military salary of 200,000 people is not a lot of pressure, since it can create more wealth, why not do it? He is in charge of civil affairs and economics, and he can be described as careful in this regard.

"That's a good idea." Liu Yuan nodded and said, "Do you have any other suggestions?" ”

"Hey, lord." Guo Jia smiled: "Jia has a proposal. Although this tuntian is good, it is also dispensable. I'm not short of that food! It's better to let these two legions go north! ”

"Pioneering?!" When Liu Yuan heard this, he suddenly smiled and said, "Good idea!" ”

Frustration frowned: "No." Lord, the farther north you go, the colder the weather becomes, the four fields are all frozen soil, and there are no people, no matter how big the territory is, what's the use of coming? It's not as good as coming from Tuntian! ”

"Well, I agree with my brother and my brother." Chen Qun also spoke: "The northern territory is deserted, the weather is cold, and it is quite inconvenient for the army to advance. And it was that land that was included in the territory, because of the sparse population, it was inevitable to migrate north. But the environment is too poor, I'm afraid it's difficult to achieve! ”

Liu Yuan thought about it carefully when he heard this, and felt that what the two said was not bad, but compared to these shortcomings, the benefits gained by entering the northern frontier were greater! Liu Yuan didn't say anything about the benefits, but only stared at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia was confident and said with a smile: "It's not that Jia hasn't considered these reasons. But have you ever thought that marching into the northern frontier is not all about territory! Guo Jia said, and asked in a blink of an eye: "The rise of a force is nothing more than money and grain, the advanced surname of the system and the leading class -- my Youzhou has a huge grain output, needless to say; Needless to say, the political system was enlightened and advanced, and all kinds of repressions on agricultural commerce were relaxed; The lord is wise and martial, and everyone here is a great talent in the world, not to mention that. ”

"In addition to this, there is the power of the army! The strength of the army is the premise to ensure all this! ”

"My Youzhou army is strong, and it is obvious to all. The method of training troops from the source of self-righteousness can train an army with an iron will and a human body. But don't forget the Essence gear! Where do steel armor and steel knives come from? Iron mines, coal mines! ”

"Iron ore has been an important weapon of the country since ancient times, and its important surname goes without saying. And the important surname of the coal mine is no worse than the iron mine! Without coal, where does steel come from? How to arm an army without steel? What's more, the use of coal today has penetrated into almost thousands of households, and has become an indispensable part of the life of the people of Youzhou! ”

"Although my Youzhou is very rich in these two mineral deposits, wouldn't it be better if I could have more mineral deposits?" Guo Jia looked at the few people who were gradually suddenly surprised, and said: "I have heard the lord say that in the north of my Youzhou, the land in the north of the grassland, there are rich coal and iron resources!" Wouldn't it be better to put these resources there and no one cares about them, so it would be better to put them in your pocket and support the construction of my Youzhou?! ”

"Wonderful!" Frustration, who was still strongly opposed just now, said a few times: "Although it is cold in the extreme north, it is just mining, and it can be improvised!" ”

"Hehehehe" everyone laughed.

"Alright, that's it." Liu Yuan clapped his hand and said: "That is, the two generals Zhao Yun and Yan Liang will be ordered to convey the task of pioneering and prospecting. In addition, several prospecting experts were recruited from Youzhou College to pioneer with the army. After all, although Zilong and Yan Liang fought well, this prospecting and steelmaking is not what they are good at, hehehehe"

"Alright." Liu Yuan said with a smile: "The military arrangements are basically like this, so let's talk about the people's livelihood." ”

Hearing this, he arched his hand to Liu Yuan and said: "Since the Great War in 185, from the official calculation in 186, to the present nearly four years, the total population of the counties of Youzhou, the five cities of Northern Xinjiang, and the territory of Liaodong under the jurisdiction of the Lord Duke, including the captives of all ethnic groups and countries in the original, has exceeded 10 million, and the specific data obtained in this year's census is 15.3 million, reaching a quarter of the heyday of the entire Han Dynasty!" ”

"Let's talk about food production. The grain producing areas of the entire Youzhou and its dependent territories are concentrated in the three central and southeastern parts of Youzhou and a large area of the eastern Liaodong territory, with an area of 15 million mu of cultivated land, and the total grain output this year has reached 320 million stones! The per capita production is almost thirty stones! ”

"This year, all kinds of business taxes have increased slightly compared to last year, reaching fifteen million gold!"

After he finished speaking, it was Chen Qun's turn.

Chen Qun is in charge of Youzhou's administration and temporarily manages the legal system on behalf of Tian Feng, so in the past few years, he has been very busy, and the whole person has lost a little weight, but because of the conditioning of blood and wine, his spirit is very good, otherwise Liu Yuan would have given him a vacation and let him recuperate.

"My lord, there is not much to pay attention to when it comes to the administration of officials. As far as the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials are concerned, our Youzhou has formed a unique system of reading power. Elementary schools, middle schools, and graduate schools are progressing step by step, and Confucianism, military science, science, and medicine are parallel. As for the investigation of the performance of officials, with the assistance of the dark department, it is very simple, which official behavior is in the way, and the dismissal is; Whichever official has outstanding political achievements can be promoted. ”

"As for the legal system of punishment" Speaking of this, Chen Qun grinned at the corners of his mouth, and said with a bitter face: "Maybe it's because Qun is not good at it, but it has made me dizzy and haggard physically and mentally recently!" ”

"How?" Liu Yuan said: "I see that you have always handled it very well, the entire Youzhou can be said to be the officialdom is the ruler of Qingming, and the people are not closed at night!" ”

"Lord!" Chen Qun looked distressed and said: "In the past two years, public security incidents in various places have become more and more frequent. It is not that the place is restless and bandits are rampant, but that there are often fights and brawls in various places. ”

"Often over trivial matters or quarrels, there will be fights on the street, sometimes even group fights! Although because of the solemnity of the law and the strict inspection of public security in various places, there has been no major case of sincerity and benevolence, but if you count it carefully, this matter has a great negative impact on social order! ”

"The local yamen are often overcrowded, and officials have reported it many times. But because it didn't cause serious consequences, it was really difficult to deal with! Fights and brawls, at most detention and detention for half a month, after that, as usual, the people don't have a headache. ”

Liu Yuan was speechless when he heard this, and only said after a while: "How can this be? Have you ever understood the social roots? ”

"I'll talk about it." "There are many and complex reasons for this. In general, there are two points. ”

He pondered for a moment and continued: "First, just because my Youzhou is quite rich now, every family has surplus food every year, and there is spare money every year, so I no longer have to worry about my livelihood, and I have some excess energy. ”

"Second, because of the popularity of grassroots martial arts institutes."

"Oh? Where does this begin? Liu Yuanqi said. Liu Yuan can understand that the people have excess energy and idle eggs, but what does this have to do with the grassroots martial arts academy?

"My lord," said with a bitter face, "Because the education system attaches equal importance to civil and military affairs, the folk martial arts are extremely popular. In addition, the instructors of the grassroots martial arts academy are basically from the veterans of the Youzhou Army, so most of the educated teenagers have the blood surname of the soldier. A few years ago, when the Zhuhu and Liaodong lords in Northern Xinjiang had not yet been destroyed, and the threat of Youzhou was still there, everyone hated the same enemy, which was not bad. Now that the Hu clan has been wiped out and the countries have been destroyed, the young people seem to have lost the goal of venting their blood, and their energy is too high, so "

"I see!" Liu Yuan was stunned, and then fell silent.

"A nation cannot live without a blood surname. A nation without a blood surname is destined to be a lamb to be slaughtered. ”

"But the blood surname is too strong, and it's not good."

"Because the flesh is strong, it is intolerable and impulsive. To put it mildly, because of the disappearance of trivial things, a big fight, or even red eyes, will cause death. At worst, it is said that there is no king's law, and it is a chaotic people! It will even bring disaster to the country and the people, causing irreparable losses. ”

"It's the two sides of the story, and no one can be perfect."

"If this martial blood surname is blocked, this king does not want to see it. So, it can only be guided! ”

"To put it bluntly, it is to create conditions and give opportunities for them to vent. First, we can guide this blood surname to be used by us and create something beneficial, and second, we can sort out the social order and improve the political system. ”

"And now, just that's the condition!"

Liu Yuan said a lot as if no one was around, the light in his eyes gradually grew, and suddenly, he looked up at Guo Jia, with a smile on his face.

At this time, if Guo Jia and the others still don't understand, then they can't be regarded as characters who have been passed down through the ages.

The four of them looked at Liu Yuan with admiration, their expressions full of admiration.

"Directing people's minds to the development of the Far North is an excellent note." Chen Qun said: "But my lord, in what name should this strategy be implemented? Is it forced or left to its own devices? ”

"My lord," said Fu Zhu, "if this thing is successful, there should be a large number of hot-blooded young people rushing to the far north." Too many people are too scattered and not conducive to the normal development of things, when a dedicated department should be set up to supervise the matter. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Lord is in the chest!" Guo Jia didn't spend that effort to meditate, raised his eyes to look at Liu Yuan, and saw that he was full of confidence in his smile, so he immediately woke up everyone and laughed.

"Oh!"

Everyone stared at Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan glared at Guo Jia and said with a smile: "You have a lot of eyes!" ”

"This king just had a flash of inspiration and thought of such a solution!" Liu Yuan looked at the four of them and said, "Establish a guild, a guild with a public surname!" ”

Everyone was even more interested and engrossed.

"This king calls it the Mercenary Guild!" Liu Yuan's eyes flashed with a strange light.

"Mercenary Guild?" Everyone was confused.

"The main function of this guild is to release and hand over tasks!"

"How?" Guo Jia was even more anxious and hurriedly asked. This so-called guild, such a functional surname, this is the first time he has heard of it! From ancient times to the present, it can be said that it has never been seen before!

(To be continued)