That night, when the three children had fallen asleep, the whole family gathered in the study that originally belonged to Zhao Weizheng.

"I'll be honest with you, I'm in a precarious situation right now. Although I am very distressed by the death of my eldest brother, it has also directly caused me to be pushed to the forefront, and every next step is very important for me and even our family. ”

Everyone here understands people, so they naturally know what Zhao Weiji is referring to.

"Weiji, just say it, what are you going to do? No matter what you do, your mother has your back. After listening to Zhao Weiji's words, his mother Wang was the first to stand up and express her support.

Then, his two wives nodded in agreement.

After getting the approval of the family, all that remains is to consult the staff.

"I want to leave the Central Plains for a while and go overseas to seek a space for development."

Zhao Weiji's idea did not surprise his staff, in fact, his staff always had a feeling that Zhao Weiji had never stopped looking for a way out overseas.

Since Zhao Weiji retreated to Huating, he has been making preparations in this regard, developing ports, building large ships, going to sea to find a new continent, and even finding a new continent.

But if he withdraws from the Central Plains like this, all of Zhao Weiji's previous industries will not be in vain. This is exactly what Zhao Weiji's staff needs to figure out how to keep the industry from losses as much as possible.

It's not that Zhao Weiji didn't think about what to do with his industry if he moved overseas, but that Zhao Weizheng's death was too sudden this time, which caught him a little off guard.

Zhao Weiji originally planned to gradually establish a base in North America within three years after the end of the counterinsurgency war, and then transfer some industries, or build new industries, but these will take time.

"It is feasible to withdraw from the Central Plains, but the question is what to do with the prince's industry?" Jiang Yu was the first to name the biggest problem facing now.

"I think that Tsinghua Academy must not give up, as many people as we can take away, we should take as many people as we can, and these people will be our capital to make a comeback in the future." Tie Zheng put forward his own idea.

"I agree with Zhongtang's words, but the question is how many of these people in the academy are willing to go with us?" The most critical point that Ling Huhuang said was how many people were willing to leave their hometown for Zhao Weiji and go to the other side of the ocean to start over.

"I think it should not be difficult for those people who are engineering and disciplines to be moved, after all, only we can give them space and help for development in the entire Great Song Dynasty. In fact, it is useless to bring too much in law, astronomy is a bit unclear, and it needs to be tested one by one, and it seems that it is not much use to bring in historiography, but if you don't bring it, the editing of the "Zizhi Tongjian" will be interrupted, which is also a pity. Because he was familiar with Tsinghua Academy, Jiang Yu sorted out the factions of the entire academy.

"Yes, if this general history can be successfully cultivated, it will be a great shock to both the historical community and the entire Shilin, and the prince can also rely on this book to establish an unshakable position in the entire Shilin in one fell swoop. It's a bit of a shame now. Ling Huhuang has always hoped that this historical masterpiece could be compiled successfully.

"The people of the academy can persuade some people to come with us, but what about other industries?" Tie Zheng knew very well that these other industries were not like the academy, as long as they could take people away, they could be done.

At this time, Zhao Weiji found that Guo Bailiu had not spoken all along, so he asked him: "Mr. has been silent, I don't know if Mr. disagrees with the decision I made?" ”

The old man did not disagree, on the contrary, he quite agreed. Now the official family clearly hopes that his son will succeed to the throne, but at this time, King Wei unfortunately passed away. For us who are not yet full-fledged, if we immediately become a thorn in the side of the official family, it will be very unfavorable for the future, so it is better to avoid its edge for the time being.

To put it mildly, according to the old man, it seems that the official family does not have a few years to live, so although he is very strong now, as long as he is boiled to death, the rest will be much easier. With the old man's understanding of this King Xiang, he is much weaker than Taizu and the official family in terms of political courage and means, and the key is that his character is not too decisive and decisive, as long as we can accumulate enough energy overseas, it is much easier to come back to deal with him than to wrestle with the current official family. ”

Guo Bailiu's words just reached Zhao Weiji's heart, he really didn't have the confidence to deal with Zhao Guangyi, but compared to Zhao Guangyi's words, Zhao Heng was much easier to deal with.

"Sir, please continue."

"The points you discussed are both right and wrong. Zhongtang's point of view is quite agreeable, because what we need to move overseas is talent, and the more talents we have, the faster we can accumulate the strength to return to the Central Plains. But as for the prince's other industries, there is no need not to give up at all. ”

As soon as Guo Bailiu's words came out, all the staff members were stunned, there was no need not to give up, that is, they all gave up, so many years of hard work were not in vain.

Guo Bailiu naturally felt the unfriendly eyes of others, but he didn't care, and continued to speak: "Of course, the old man didn't ask the prince to give up these industries for nothing, but to use these industries to exchange with the official family for population and even trade support. The prince once introduced to the old man that the land overseas was vast and rich in products, and only some backward barbarian aborigines lived there. Of course, such land can be left to our own development, but what is the key to development? ”

"Population." Ling Huhuang, who graduated from the academy, was more sensitive to this kind of thing than others.

"That's right, it's the population. Without the population, we can't do anything, after all, from the description of the prince, we know that there is nothing to be conquered by us. But where does the population come from? It can only be migrated from the Central Plains, so if the official family does not open up the population to the prince, how can we move there from the Central Plains? Is it just the little people that the prince 'stole' from Shu through this counterinsurgency? ”

The point that was "stolen" from Shuzhong this time was only more than 100,000 people, and a large part of it was known and allowed by Zhao Guangyi, and only tens of thousands of people were "stolen" in the real sense. If there is no mandatory order from the state among these tens of thousands of people, it would be good if a few thousand people could go with you.

These thousands of people are enough for the initial land reclamation, but what to do in the later stage? And if you want to use a few thousand people to develop the strength to be able to return to the Central Plains, how long will it take, and it is still a question whether Zhao Weiji's lifespan can survive until that day.

So Guo Bailiu's idea is right, since he can't take away all the industries, it is better to use it to negotiate with Zhao Guangyi, after all, although Zhao Weiji's current strength cannot shake Zhao Guangyi's rule, he is still qualified to negotiate at the table. After all, the strength to contribute half of the national treasury revenue every year should not be underestimated.

But the question is will Zhao Guangyi give you the population, isn't he afraid that once Zhao Weiji gathers a certain population, he will directly rebel and kill back to the Central Plains?

Of course, some people thought of this question, and Jiang Yu raised this question to Guo Bailiu.

"Of course, this is a huge problem, with the official family's precautions against the clan, it is already a miracle that the prince can get ahead in the military, not to mention giving you the population to let you go out to develop. But it's not impossible, it's all about how you want the government to perceive your exodus, and what kind of population you need, or how much you can afford to get it. ”

Now everyone's interest has come, including Zhao Weiji, what Guo Bailuo said Zhao Weiji has basically considered, but how to get the population is a big problem that has always plagued him.

"First of all, is there a shortage of population in the Great Song Dynasty? Who knows how many people the Great Song Dynasty has? ”

"There are probably about 10 million households." Jiang Yu was the first to answer.

"It's 11.79 million households, which is the statistics of the household department in the first year of Chunhua." As soon as Jiang Yu's words fell, Guo Bailiu directly gave specific data.

"I'll go, I know that your gate valve family still has a lot of power left, but it's probably not too small, right, you know the data of the household department?" Hearing the specific data given by Guo Bailuo, Zhao Weiji, who was startled, couldn't help but complain in his heart.

As if seeing through Zhao Weiji's thoughts, Guo Bailiu quickly gave a reason: "Don't be surprised, I have a nephew who is an official in charge of the population in the household department. ”

Hearing Guo Bailiu's explanation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. However, tens of millions of households is not a small number, almost about 60 million people, this is only official data, China has always had a tradition of hidden population, even if it has experienced war again, but considering that it is not too large-scale, so today's population is much more than 11.79 million households.

Although compared with the population of almost eighty or ninety million in the Tang Dynasty, the population of the Central Plains has decreased a lot at this time due to the wars of the five dynasties, but considering that the territory of the Great Song Dynasty is not as large as that of the Tang Dynasty, this population number is already quite a lot.

"11.79 million households, this is not too small a number, so our Great Song Dynasty is not too lacking in population. This provides us with the first favorable condition, that is, the official family will not regret the relocation of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. ”

"But this doesn't mean that the official family will give us the opportunity to lead these tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people to migrate overseas." Because Guo Bailiu has actually been selling Guanzi a little bit all along, Tie Zheng can't wait.

"The population is large, and the official family does not hesitate to give us the population, of course, it does not mean that it will give us the population, but we have to see what the Great Song Dynasty lacks, and what can change the population?"

"So what can be done to change the population?"

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