Chapter 971: Chenzhou

"My lord, the latest situation on the Korean Peninsula has been summarized, please take a look!"

Chen Ang walked over and presented a thick sheet of materials.

Shang Ji took it but didn't open it, put it aside with his backhand, and turned to look at Chen Ang, his eyes full of appreciation.

As one of the few high-end government talents in the Pingzhou Army, Chen Ang's growth speed amazed Shang Ji.

As early as the end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was only a newly promoted super-first-class scribe, and after returning from the Shang War, he had been promoted to the top scribe by virtue of his own strength, becoming one of the very few non-historical figures who relied on his own strength to become a top scribe.

And after Shang Ji gave him the S-level experience scroll, he smoothly comprehended the S-level exclusive title [Dr. Guozhi], and according to the unwritten rules, he can also be called Dr. Chen in the future.

Today's Chen Ang has come from behind, becoming the No. 3 person in the government affairs system after Deng Yan and Xun Yu, and he is also one of the very few all-round talents who can take charge of himself!

Although Yan Xieyangyi and other veteran figures are also S-level top figures, the former specializes in education, and the latter is good at financial endowment, and his weaknesses in other aspects are too obvious, and it is more than enough to preside over nationwide education and taxation, but he obviously lacks the ability to coordinate the overall situation.

After the battle of Pyongyang, the government officials in Pyongju began to be busy, Xun Yu was in charge of the relocation of the displaced people, Deng Yan was in charge of the overall situation, and the heavy task of pacifying the people and stabilizing the Korean Peninsula fell to Chen Ang.

The first time he independently presided over the work, he encountered this kind of hard-core task, Chen Ang's pressure can be imagined, but he did not disappoint Shang Ji, and devoted himself to his work with 12 points of enthusiasm, pacifying the victims, restoring order, organizing production, establishing a new management system, etc.

By the way, by the way, it is already the fifth month after the battle for the city of Pyongyang.

"Ben will not look at it either, you can pick up the main ones and tell me about them!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Chen Ang was not stage frightened, sorted out his thoughts, and said loudly: "According to our latest statistics, the current population of the Korean Peninsula is 762.98 million, of which 24 million are people to be relocated, and the other 220 million are people who are preparing to relocate.

According to the arrangement of the lord, all the people to be relocated will be relocated to Pingzhou in the next two months, and the people who are to be relocated will be gradually relocated in the next two years, and the total population of the Korean Peninsula will be maintained at about 500 million. ”

After listening to Chen Ang's introduction, Shang Ji felt a pity in his heart. According to intelligence, the total population of North Korea was probably in the early part of a billion before the war, and now even if you count the more than 40 million people who have migrated to Pyongju, the total population of North Korea is just 800 million, and a full 200 million people died in this war!

The demise of 200 million people made Pingzhou, which was desperate for the population, choked, and also reflected the horror of the war on the population!

The number of people who actually died directly in the war was not large, and the famine, plague, and exile caused by the war were the most important reasons for the population decline. If it weren't for Pingzhou's full support for the suppression, the death toll would definitely be more than that!

According to the historical records of the late Han Dynasty, after Yuan Shu became emperor, there was a great drought in the sky, and several areas with very high population density such as Nanyang and Huainan were almost formatted, and after the catastrophe, there was no one in ten, and the richest areas immediately became the most desolate areas!

The topic returned to the Korean Peninsula, according to the calculations of a group of people led by Chen Ang, the most suitable number of people to live on the Korean Peninsula was roughly given - 500 million!

This is the optimal carrying capacity on the Korean Peninsula, which was previously seriously overloaded! Based on this data, Shang Ji laid out a resettlement plan, and spent two years to relocate the surplus population to Pingzhou to balance the population density of the two places.

Chen Ang's report continued: "Originally, there were two king-level cities on the Korean Peninsula, eight giant cities, 183 large cities, more than 1,600 small and medium-sized cities, and 120,000 villages and towns at all levels. Because of the war, there are currently two pseudo-king-level cities, eight giant cities, 169 large cities, more than 1,400 small and medium-sized cities, and more than 90,000 villages and towns.

And most of the above-mentioned cities have been damaged to varying degrees, especially the cities of Xianning and Pyongyang.

According to survey statistics, it is initially estimated that the Korean Peninsula will be able to provide about 760,000 gold in taxes a year, but because of the war, it is difficult to collect more than 100 million gold in taxes this year, and instead it is necessary to transfer a large amount of materials from Pyongju to subsidize the Korean Peninsula.

Agriculture on the Korean Peninsula is not developed, but after the population has been greatly reduced, it has been able to ensure self-sufficiency in grain, and his subordinates have sent a message to Xiangping, asking Deng Gong to send peasant children to guide the development of agriculture on the Korean Peninsula, presumably in a year the Korean Peninsula will be able to supply surplus grain to other regions. ”

"In addition, the Kingdom of Korea has merits in culture, education, military affairs, smelting, medicine, art, foundry, construction, animal husbandry, shipping, textiles, fisheries, and other aspects, and can take its essence as appropriate to further accelerate the development of Pyongju."

"Yes, you can handle these by Erzhan (Chen Angzi), you don't have to report everything to the general."

Shang Ji is not blindly arrogant, he will not think that other countries and regions are rubbish, and he will not refuse to absorb and learn the advantages of other countries and regions. Lee's Joseon is also a national region, and there must be many places that are better than Pyongju, and learning from others is the attitude that a conqueror should have.

As far as Shang Ji knows, North Korea's medicine, textile, mining, papermaking and other industries are developing quite well, and if it were not for Liu's Kaihang in the field of medicine, Pingzhou would definitely be inferior to North Korea, and textiles and papermaking would have thrown Pingzhou several streets.

The papermaking in the beacon is not only limited to the paper used for writing, but also the transcription and reproduction of various high-level secret books, the design of architectural drawings, the production of charms, etc., all require special paper. In the past, the yellow paper used in Pyongju to make talismans had to be purchased from other places, but with the supplement of the North Korean paper industry, it can be regarded as getting rid of the embarrassing situation of being controlled by others.

There are many similar examples. Although the development of Pyongju is changing with each passing day, after all, it was a bitter cold land on the border before, and its background was seriously insufficient, and the development in all aspects was very uneven, and the annexation of the Korean Peninsula could be regarded as filling these gaps.

"My lord, according to your instructions, after consulting with my colleagues, my subordinates have preliminarily decided to divide the Korean Peninsula into eight counties in one state, which are Sanggyeong-gun, Jeolla-gun, Hwanghae-gun, Chungcheong-gun, Pyongan-gun, Hamgyong-gun, Gangwon-gun, and Nyongan-gun, and please decide the name of the state!"

Shang Ji thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's not good, these names are not good." ”

After a pause, Shang Ji continued: "In this way, the names of the eight counties will be changed to Huaizhong, Huaiyi, Jianning, Jianchang, Fengping, Feng'an, Dingwei, and Dingwu in turn, and the names will be de-Koreanized as much as possible. ”

"As for the combined names of these eight counties, you might as well call it Chenzhou for the time being!"