4. War potential and war strength
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Li Shushi didn't know what kind of impact his mention would have on the future candidates of this plane, maybe he would become a curse for the tens of millions of candidates who were tortured, or maybe he would become the mascot that all students had to worship before the exam. (The first time the text was first published was in the reading cabinet biquge.info but one thing is certain, that is, Cheng Yu seems to have to add a few more gray hairs to his head.
And Qiu Shangle, who was highly respected by Cheng Yu, had been sitting there quietly, with a breezy appearance, coupled with his wheat-colored face, giving people a sunny feeling, which made Li Shushi feel the frustration he had felt in Zhang Wen again.
Because Cheng Yu's brain was already plagued by questions such as whether to take the exam and what questions to use if so, the next report could only be carried out by Qiu Shangle's little pot friend alone. It's just that Qiu Shangle, who was still young and had dealt with Li Shushi for the first time, quickly learned the "powerful ability" of Li that made everyone speechless.
"Your name is Qiu Shangle, the word Hongyin."
"Uh, yes, yes. Taishou-sama, I wonder if you have any questions? ”
Before Qiu Xiaopenyou could focus on the manuscript, Li Shushi suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with what he was going to report. Rao is Qiu Shangle was full of concentration, and was slightly stunned by Li Shushi's question.
"When the king of the night thief rebelled against the government, the edict 'made China not have two names', although the people of the Si people have passed away, but their customs are still there, everyone is ashamed of the two names, I don't know why you are different from everyone, but not afraid of people's words?"
"The ancestors didn't like the reckless chaos in the past, so they moved the family to avoid trouble in the deep mountains here, and Wang Mang's government would not follow."
Some people think that Wang Mang's fifteen-year reign had a limited impact on the Eastern Han Dynasty plus the Wei and Jin dynasties, but in reality? There are many customs that have to be changed once they have been recognized by society, and the inertia they have to face is huge. Unless the ruler deems it necessary to change it, it will only cost the people and money to force the change.
It was as if Wang Mang had to change the Xiongnu to slavery, and just changed it to obey that, which was to interfere with the habits of the Huns, and the Huns were naturally quite dissatisfied. The second name is different, because there was no similar custom originally, but now Wang Mang artificially created a zào, and also made this new custom a symbol of status. This is undoubtedly acceptable to the nobles who have always liked to use various means to flaunt their differences from ordinary people, and they did not look at the Huns who fought against Wang Mang's name change but did not resist Wang Mang's decree to go to the second name at all, but "Shun the system zuò, go to the second name", and the one that learned is called a Shunyu.
Of course, because Wang Mang's reputation is very stinky, there are also people who express their ambition that they are unwilling to go along with him in such a drastic way as refusing to implement his one-qiē policy, just like Qiu Shangle, who doesn't care about his two names at all.
"Oh~ I see. Okay, Hongyin, you go ahead. ”
But fortunately, Qiu Shangle did not show his interest in going to the second name, otherwise Li Shushi would definitely be very disgusting to "help" him to change his name to Kewpie, the word horse monkey is better, or the word shochu is better, or simply the number steamed bun card.
Li Shushi's interruption made Qiu Shangle, who had prepared a lot of rhetoric, not know how to speak for a while, after all, although he can also be called full of economy, but after all, he is still a minor under the age of twenty, and the people who deal with him in tone on weekdays are also very polite to him, and at first glance, he is really a little uncomfortable when he sees a guy like Li Shushi.
After all, there is no desire to be strong, and since he accepted Cheng Yu's conquest of Li Shushi on behalf of him, it proves that he still has something to ask for Li Shushi, hoping to achieve some goals through the channel of Guò Li Shushi. Therefore, Li Shushi's evaluation of him is very important, after all, although Cheng Yu can deal with many problems instead of Li Shushi, but for such a major matter as filial piety, Li Shushi said that he completely handed it over to Cheng Yu to operate, neither Cheng Yu nor anyone else would believe it, not to mention that Li Shushi was also very concerned about Qiu Shangle's conduct just now, which proves that Li Shushi will not let go of those important things lightly.
So although some of Li Shushi's expressions are a bit out of line, he is a Shangguan, so some actions are tolerable, plus after all, it is the first time, and there is still a little bit of nervousness.
Of course, a certain Qiu would never admit this, but why did the corners of his mouth suddenly twitch?
However, after such a toss, the little excitement that Qiu Shangle originally had in his heart has gradually subsided, and then looked at the report draft he prepared, and suddenly felt that the rather gorgeous rhetoric in it was very dazzling, I don't know if I think they are too cumbersome and boring, just like Li Shushi who is always interrupting or I feel that Li Shushi is not worthy of those gorgeous things at all, anyway, in the next report, Qiu Shangle's words are very concise, but there is a feeling of being a capable official.
In fact, Cheng Yu needs Li Shushi to know three main aspects - one is the change of population, which can be said to be the foundation of the development of a place. There are people who have labor, soldiers, and taxes, and at the same time there is a greater possibility of discovering available talent. Even if it's really lackluster, you can train it yourself, although it's a little troublesome, but the larger the base, the more the number of talents.
So as long as the peak of the population that can be accommodated in an area has not been reached, the more the population is always better.
In addition, because of the limited number of Haoqiang in Xihe, although the proportion of tenants and slaves who took refuge in Haoqiang in the total population of the original Xihe County was terrifying, but due to the scarce population of Xihe, the total amount was not large, and once it was diluted by such a large number of foreign population, the proportion quickly dropped to the point that everyone looked comfortable.
Li Shushi didn't plan to delve too deeply into the secret population of Haoqiang, after all, those are the cornerstones of Haoqiang's survival in Xihe, where the surrounding environment is so harsh, if the Quartet is calm, Li Shushi can still consider Xu Xu Tuzhi, but after the slaughter of Gao Wolf by the Xianbei people, although the strength of the defenders of Xihe is not bad, it still gives many Haoqiang the idea of strengthening their own strength.
However, with Li Shushi's Mintun policy, after the new immigrants entered Xihe, they had the protection of the army, the land provided by the government, and Li Shushi was far more generous in terms of taxation than the powerful people. Perhaps the only thing everyone worries about is how long this generous Taishou will be able to stay in Xihe, and whether his successor will once again take away the property that the people have so hard to put away. This may be the only advantage that the heroes have.
However, on the whole, because of the excellent performance and the reputation established in the past year, coupled with the many prisoners captured by the soldiers of Xihe County under the leadership of Lu Bu, the total population of Xihe is recovering at a rather alarming rate. And this speed may continue to rise with Li Shushi's travels in the northwest. It seems that the Taishou in the surrounding area of Xihe has also begun to be more willing to drive the displaced people, epidemic people and the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army who cannot be resettled under his rule to Xihe.
However, with the group of shamans and witch doctors that Su Xiaololi cultivated before leaving, as well as the Cun Zài, who should be called the "druid" master Luo He, as long as attention is paid to setting up a quarantine area on the main passage to the West River, the impact of the epidemic on the West River will be minimized.
As for those Yellow Turban Army, it seems that Li Shushi originally obtained this position of Taishou by strangling the Yellow Turban Army.
The question of population is satisfactory, but otherwise it makes a frown wrinkle.
If the country is compared to a person, then agriculture is the skeleton, hundreds of labors are the muscles, and commercial circulation is the blood.
Because of the multiple factors of political turmoil and foreign invasion, although Xihe is administratively much better than the adjacent Shangjun, it is more because there is a Pingzhou County in the Taiyuan Basin as a support and a relatively strong city wall from Shina, which was once used as a fortress, and in general, it is still a hundred ruins to be rebuilt.
With the system of tuntian in agriculture, after several years of development, the government treasury can basically be guaranteed. As for the commercial circulation, because it can trade all kinds of materials with foreign races such as Karasuma and the Xiongnu, and the guarantee of the mercenary system established by Li Shushi can basically ensure that the rule will not be isolated from other regions, then what Xihe lacks most now is all kinds of skilled talents.
It's like the trebuchet that played a huge role in the defense of the city last winter and this spring. Although they knew that the trebuchet was very good, and if it was used intensively with some crude black powder, it could be a good deterrent and blow to the enemy, but the craftsmen of Xihe had difficulty making even the simplest wooden trebuchet.
The previous ones were all stocks that had been stored in the West River Armory in the past. The craftsmen of Xihe can only ensure that those trebuchets will not be worn out in key battles because of their age, and although the key core parts can also be made, they are still inferior in quality to those old originals.
The trebuchet is already a simple object, not to mention the more complex crossbows and bed crossbows.
Of course, these problems should be alleviated with the continuous influx of a large number of displaced people, after all, this time is still the period when the Han Dynasty dominates the rivers and lakes, not the time when the warlords are divided and fighting, so although there are many heroes and strong people who are willing to take the opportunity to absorb these talents, it is more limited to some more outstanding blacksmiths and craftsmen who can make zuò handicrafts. Li Shushi believes that unless his luck is too bad, this gap should be gradually bridged.
It's really not good, it's a big deal, and when the world is in chaos in the future, I will go to Luoyang to rob. This is the spiritual victory method of Li Shushi, who is helpless at the moment. Of course, he would never dare to say this, otherwise he would have to be treated as being blocked in the bed by Lu Zhi and others the next day.
In general, the development momentum of Xihe is good, but because the foundation is too poor and there is no foundation, there are many defects. After all, Rome was not built in a day, and the West River cannot be turned into a top metropolis overnight, and if that were the case, it would have been a full-scale war with a golden finger and not here.
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