There is Zhuge Wolong in internal affairs, and Yan Chixia in the army, and Jian Mingyue is much easier. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info she thought she could relax for a while, but she didn't expect that only three days later, Zhuge Wolong came to suggest that it was time to expand outward.

Jian Mingyue now has the territory of three counties in his hands, with a population of more than 100,000, which seems to be quite small, but the productivity in ancient times was too low, and the food, cloth, money and other materials that could be provided were too small. If nothing else, the existing army alone can no longer afford to raise it.

Previously, Jian Mingyue had formed some militia groups by himself, and in order to completely eliminate the chaos in the area under his jurisdiction, the number of militia groups was 3,000 people, exactly 1,000 in one county. The army sent by the imperial court to crusade was 5,000, but Jian Mingyue killed the leading general, and all the soldiers were captured and incorporated into his own subordinates, so the total strength reached 8,000. The three counties supported an army of 8,000 men, and the new officials at all levels, were already beyond the limits of the three counties, and if the territory was not expanded, the army would have to be reduced.

Now that Jian Mingyue's power has just risen, it will inevitably be suppressed by the imperial court, so in Zhuge Wolong's view, the reduction of the army is an act of self-abolishing martial arts, and it is absolutely undesirable. The only way is to expand the territory. Anyway, the current court officials are very wasteful, and it is very easy to expand the territory. As the saying goes: God does not take it, but suffers from it. Now that we have decided to rebel, if we don't expand our strength as soon as possible, it will be no different from waiting for death.

Since Zhuge Wolong said so, let's expand. Jian Mingyue and Yan Chixia led their troops to the battle, leaving Zhuge Wolong, Ning Caichen, and Su Jin at home.

Since the rebels led by Jian Mingyue have become famous, the surrounding counties have been heavily guarded, and there is no longer a matter of leading troops to take the city after a walk around like before. But even if it's troublesome, it's not going to be much trouble, Jian Mingyue and Yan Chixia don't need to use the Dao method, just by virtue of martial arts, they are already invincible. Jumping on the city wall during the siege, it is easy to occupy a place to stay, and then wait for the soldiers behind him to follow, and the officers and soldiers defending the city will often disperse in a hurry.

Now that the troops have been dispatched, of course Jian Mingyue will not lay down enough territory to raise troops, but directly take a province. Since the division of provincial boundaries in ancient times was often based on the topography of mountains and rivers, the provincial boundaries were often easy to defend and difficult to attack. With the advantage of the terrain, only a small number of troops are needed to hold the pass to ensure the safety of the territory. Jian Mingyue's current strength is barely enough, and no matter how big the territory is, it can't be taken care of, so she still stopped the expedition and began to recuperate.

Since it is a matter of recuperation and recuperation, it is necessary to implement some policies that benefit the people. Although Zhuge Wolong is a great talent, he is an ancient man after all, and his knowledge and way of thinking are all ancients, and the policies formulated are just so that the people do not have to bear too many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and there is nothing new. If this continues, it will take at least seven or eight years to accumulate enough strength to overthrow the imperial court.

Jian Mingyue didn't want to wait so long, so she took it personally, adding some measures such as attaching importance to industry and commerce, running Mongolian schools, and restricting land concentration. Unexpectedly, it was unanimously opposed by Zhuge Wolong, Ning Caichen, Su Jin and other ministers. They are all traditional Confucian scholars, and they have always looked down on industry and commerce, believing that it is a cheap industry. In particular, businessmen are forgetful of profit, treacherous and cunning, which will bring about a bad atmosphere among the people.

Although Jian Mingyue disdained these pedantic views, since all of his subordinates were against it, he couldn't help but explain in detail. But to change these deep-rooted ideas of Confucianism, it is not possible to convince them by explanation. In the end, Jian Mingyue got impatient and simply forcibly ordered them to implement it, and when they saw the effect, they would know whether these policies were good or bad.

In addition, Jian Mingyue attaches the most importance to the rule of officials. Although the laws of the feudal era were not very sound, as long as they could do things according to the law, they could still regulate people's hearts. Therefore, according to her experience in ruling several times, Jian Mingyue recruited a large number of discipline inspection personnel, monitored the behavior of all officials from top to bottom, and severely punished the slightest violation. In this way, those who were promoted from poor scholars to officials, who thought that they had turned over and become masters, and could do whatever they wanted, were frightened, and the little corrupt thoughts that had just been born were quickly extinguished.

After a year of implementation, these policies have seen remarkable results. First of all, there are more rich people, and most of these new rich people are the original small merchants and hawkers, and thanks to Jian Mingyue's policy, they naturally got rich first. After the wealth of these people increased, most of them expanded their operations, turning the original small stalls into small shops, small shops into big shops, and big shops into several large stores. And the more shops there are, the more commercial taxes can be collected, which is much more than the taxes received by farmers, and a merchant can top more than a dozen or twenty farmers. In this way, the money at the disposal of Jian Mingyue's small court was much more abundant.

Secondly, there are many kinds of exquisite tools, and all kinds of carpenters, stonemasons, blacksmiths, masons and other craftsmen have also benefited greatly under the policy of Jian Mingyue, and they can not only eat enough by their craft, but also feed the family, there are a lot of meat on the dinner table, and the clothes on their bodies no longer have so many patches. There are also some nimble minds, who have invented new objects, which have been protected by the Patent Law, and they don't even have to do any work, and they can eat and drink for the rest of their lives with just the patent fee. This greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of craftsmen, racked their brains to invent various things, and made the industry develop greatly.

Then there are more people who read, although most of the schools run by Jian Mingyue are Mengxue, mainly to teach children, but no one drives away adults to observe. At the same time, the criterion for selecting officials in Jian Mingyue has never been to see who has high knowledge, but to pay more attention to work ability. Academically, you only need to know 3,000 commonly used words. As a result, people who wanted to become officials poured into the school, and although it was impossible for anyone to be literate to become an official, the literacy rate of the common people had greatly increased. There are more literate people, and there are more sensible people, and they have a deeper understanding of the decrees issued by Jian Mingyue, and they are more supportive of this small court.

There are also some subtle changes that are even more, although these changes are inconspicuous, but when taken together, they also make people feel that everything is very fresh, so that all the people in Jian Mingyue's territory feel that life is very rushing, and their spirits are high.

Zhuge Wolong also understood that Jian Mingyue was right at this time, compared to the wealth of the people, those small flaws were completely tolerable, this is the so-called white bi micro flaws. However, although the flaws are small, they cannot be ignored, so he gives full play to his strengths, corrects the people's customs, and does not let the traitors run rampant.

The people's lives are rich, Jian Mingyue has more money and food in his hands, and the army should be expanded. But Jian Mingyue was still very restrained, and only expanded the total number of troops to 30,000. Of course, this army is not enough to deal with the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, but Jian Mingyue has never relied on her own army to deal with the imperial army, but directly assassinated the general who led the army. Jian Mingyue's stealth technique, wall piercing technique, and clone technique are all excellent assassination skills, and so far, no one has been able to escape her assassination. In the past year, the imperial court has sent troops several times, but the lord will be assassinated halfway and have to retreat halfway. After a few times, no one was even willing to lead the troops to come, allowing Jian Mingyue to develop quietly.

Now that the army has been expanded and the territory has been completely digested, it is time to expand again, Jian Mingyue and Yan Chixia led the army to fight again. And the result of the expedition was no different from before, the resistance was weak everywhere it went, and many people even surrendered to the wind. The main reason is that Jian Mingyue's reputation for assassinating the main general is too loud, and if he surrenders late and his head is removed, it will be too late to cry.

However, there were also some unexpected circumstances, originally Jian Mingyue planned to occupy the territory of another province, but he didn't expect that the people in the next province heard that Jian Mingyue was about to lead the army, and they spontaneously expelled the local officials and happily greeted Jian Mingyue's arrival. If Jian Mingyue didn't go, these people would inevitably be killed by the counterattacking imperial army. As a last resort, she had no choice but to continue her march and take down the city. After the nearby cities heard about it, they actually followed suit and forced Jian Mingyue to take three more cities. In cities farther away, because the officials were also on guard, the people did not succeed.

It occupies four more cities, which is about one-tenth of the territory of a province. These territories are not protected by dangerous mountain ranges, they are equivalent to an enclave, and it takes a lot of effort to defend them. In this case, Jian Mingyue simply continued to march and knocked down this province.

It didn't take much effort to conquer this province, most of those local officials were wine bags and rice bags, and they were good at scraping the ground, and the whole army and the people were blind, and they had no resistance in front of Jian Mingyue's soldiers. Even if there are a few who are quite capable, they can't stop Jian Mingyue's assassination, and they are also easy to take.

The territory has tripled all of a sudden, and Zhuge Wolong has also become busy all of a sudden, fortunately, there is already a mature governance program, just follow the gourd. However, after the number of officials increased, some traitors also took the opportunity to get in, thinking of continuing to loot the people in the new court. It's a pity that Jian Mingyue's eyes don't rub sand, and all the outlaws find that they deal with one by one, and they will not be soft. Even if someone escapes for a while, they can't hide from the eyes of the people, and in the end they are all found out one by one and punished according to the law.

At the same time, because of the expansion of the territory, the number of people under his rule increased to hundreds of thousands, and in the eyes of the imperial court, Jian Mingyue also changed from a scabies problem at the beginning to a major problem. The imperial court finally made up its mind and sent elite soldiers and strong generals to completely exterminate Jian Mingyue. Because Jian Mingyue is good at assassination, she also invited several masters from famous families to serve as bodyguards for the main general to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

When the news came, Yan Chixia also frowned and was silent. Among the masters invited by the imperial court, there are actually people from Kunlun, Shushan, Qingcheng and other immortal cultivation sects, it seems that it is difficult to be good this time. (To be continued.) )