Just when the smoke of the Central Plains was rising again, the war in the Western Regions also entered a white heat.

In May, Luo Zheng used 70,000 Western Regions Hu cavalry to contain the main cavalry of the Dayue Clan, and ordered the fierce general Yan Xing to lead 20,000 of the most elite Xiliang cavalry to launch a powerful blow to the rear army of the Dayue Clan, breaking the 10,000 royal court cavalry of the Dayue Clan in one fell swoop, and beheading more than 300 people of the King of Guishan and the King of the Dayue Clan, Sun Quangui, and then turned around and broke the Dayue Clan's Chinese army.

Luo Zheng took advantage of the situation to wave his army to cover the killing, and led the army to pursue for more than 2,000 miles, until he reached the Hindu Kush Mountains (present-day India) before withdrawing his troops.

In the battle, more than 10,000 of the 70,000 Dayue clans were killed, more than 20,000 were captured, less than 10,000 fled back to Fulousha, more than 2,000 nobles were captured, tens of thousands of war horses, and 12 horses were sweaty, which can be described as a complete victory.

If it weren't for the military rations, Luo Zheng would be ready to fight Fulousha to destroy Guishuang in one fell swoop.

In July, Luo Zheng returned to the city of Shiit, killed thousands of lords and nobles of Cheshi, Dawan, Yu Zhen, Kumi and other countries, pacified the relatively weak Shache, Wensu and other countries, and ordered the countries of the Western Regions to donate 100,000 gold, cattle, sheep and horses.

In August, Luo Zheng returned to the court.

At the beginning of October, the army returned to Chang'an, unloaded and rested.

From the beginning of the army in June 201 to the return to Chang'an in October 202, it was a full year and four months.

Since Luo Zheng entered Liangzhou, he has never left for a long time.

The Western Regions are far away, much farther than the desert.

In this era, there is not a lot of transportation, and a trip to the Western Regions is more difficult than a trip around the world in later generations.

Although it is said that Yumen Pass is the Western Regions, the Western Regions are not inferior to the desert. Then from the Western Regions to the south of Guishan, it will come and go for thousands of miles. The cavalry alone traveled for months. It's just too far.

Not only were the soldiers tired, but they urgently needed to unload their armor and rest.

Luo Zheng almost knelt down, and after returning to Chang'an, he plunged into the mansion, refused all visitors, and recuperated for half a month before washing away the physical and mental exhaustion, and ordered to convene a group of confidants and civil and military personnel to come to the palace to discuss matters.

In the front hall of the palace, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Cheng Ying, Fa Zheng, Yan Xing and other confidants and civil and military officers gathered together.

Luo Zheng was dressed in civilian clothes, eating watermelons hidden in the kiln, while listening to Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others report on all things.

By this time it was already cold. The first winter snow of the year came early.

It's snowing heavily outside, and eating watermelon at this time makes people cool from the inside to the outside, revealing comfort.

On the table in front of the others, there were also cut watermelons, but no one ate them.

Jia Xu and Xun Yu took turns to report on the changes in the situation in the Central Plains since the dispatch of troops from last year to the present, as well as the income and expenditure of money and grain, the resettlement of displaced people, the material reserves, the reorganization of the army, and the encouragement of childbirth.

"Wait!"

Hearing the encouragement of childbearing, Luo Zheng immediately asked: "How much has the population of Guanzhong and Liangzhou increased in recent years?" ”

Xun Yu said: "Guanzhong and Liangzhou have been implementing the policy of encouraging fertility set by the lord, and the people in Guanzhong, Liangzhou and Shuozhou have competed to have children in recent years. From the fourth year of Jianfa (196 AD) to the present, the new population has increased by about 2 million in six years, and many people have given birth to seven or eight children, and many even have more than a dozen. Population growth is unprecedented. ”

Luo Zheng said worriedly: "The population is growing so fast, there won't be a problem, right?" ”

Xun Yu said: "The lord can rest assured that he has the benefit of high yield of golden rice." As long as there are no wars and floods, a family of 10 only needs to plant 20 acres of fertile land. You will have enough food and clothing, and there will be no famine! ”

Luo Zheng said: "The population is growing so fast. Is the field rich? ”

Xun Yu said: "Guanzhong and Liangzhou are vast and sparsely populated, and there are no scholars who wantonly occupy the land, even if there are tens of millions of people, there will be no land. However, there are not many mature paddy fields, and Yu has organized the people to build canals in the Beidi Plain, Juyanhai, Shuozhou, Xiutuze and other places, and reclaim wasteland, and within three years, hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land can be obtained! ”

Luo Zheng was relieved at this time, and asked again, "What is the population growth of Xichuan, Sili, and Yanyu?" ”

Xun Yu said: "Xichuan is in a special situation, and the population growth is far less than that of Yongliang. Sili and Yanyu have not been newly occupied for a long time, and the population growth is relatively slow. However, at most two to three years, when the people of Sili and Yanyu are stable, and the people have food in their homes, they will actively give birth, but Yanyu and Yanyu are the places of four wars, and the population growth rate is afraid that it will not catch up with the Yongliang area. ”

Luo Zheng knocked on the table and said: "The policy will continue to favor the people, not only should food and land be given to have more children, but the performance evaluation of officials should also be linked to the growth rate of the population, so as to increase the enthusiasm of officials at all levels to encourage childbirth." Don't do it, let's talk about it here, but the policy can't be implemented below. ”

Xun Yu responded, and said: "There is another problem, because there are not enough doctors, the survival rate of the guide is too low, out of ten newborn babies, only five can survive at most, and the few can only survive three, this has to be explained!" ”

Luo Zheng rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Establish medical officials, set up medicine, vigorously encourage aspirants to practice medicine, improve the social status and income of doctors, and after ten years, the lone king will rule at least 100,000 doctors, and the number of people who die of illness will be reduced by eighty percent." ”

Xun Yu arched his hand and said: "Obey!" ”

Luo Zheng said: "How is Hebei, are Yuan Shao's three sons still in the civil war?" ”

Cheng Ying said: "In the spring, Cao Cao took advantage of Yuan Tan's attack on Jizhou to take Qingzhou, which was blocked by our army. Our army formed an alliance with Yuan Tan, and after Yuan Tan's attack on Jizhou failed, Cao Cao sent an envoy to form an alliance with Yuan Tan, wanting to attack our army on both sides. However, Yuan Tan was bent on defeating his brother and leading Hebei, and did not dare to fight with our army, and only wanted to attack Yuan Shang with the strength of our army or Cao Cao. ”

Luo Zheng said: "Yuan Shao is also a character, but he did something stupid when he was dying, Lao Tzu's bones were not cold, and the third brother of the Yuan family began to fight each other." changed to the lonely king, and would rather shoot on the wall than never have such a son. ”

"Poof!"

Fa Zheng squirted out a mouthful of tea, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his peers.

Everyone in the hall couldn't help laughing, all of them blushed and their necks were thick, and they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

Only Xun Yu frowned, feeling that being the lord but not cultivating good words was really a big loss of decency.

I wanted to give a few words of advice, but my mouth moved for a long time, and I didn't say it after all.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said: "Hebei is in civil strife, this God-given opportunity, the Lord should take Hebei to determine the north." ”

Xun Yu, Fa Zheng, Cheng Ying and others all seconded the proposal, and now Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to Xuzhou, and the three brothers of the Yuan family were in a civil war, which had reached the point where water and fire were not compatible, and it was indeed a good time to take Hebei.

Luo Zheng said: "How to take Hebei?" ”

Jia Xu said: "You can take the state first, then the two states of Youyou and Hebei, and finally take Qingzhou!" ”

"Merge states?"

Luo Zheng frowned and said, "Is there a detailed plan, let's hear it!" (To be continued......) R1292