Chapter 5 The country is rich and the people are strong
Qin Mingyue hurriedly announced: "Father, we have traveled all over the world in the past few years, and finally uprooted the twelve sub-arrays of the Twelve Heavenly Great Arrays one by one. ”
"These twelve points are the swords hanging on the head of the Great Zhou, some are cursing the Great Zhou royal family, some are cursing the Great Zhou to suffer from floods, some are cursing the Great Zhou to suffer from the plague, some are to curse the Great Zhou to suffer from fire, some are the main tsunami, some are the main locust plague, some are the main soldier disaster, some are the main earthquake, some are cursed with ice, some are cursed with heat, etc., a total of twelve, each is different. Now that it's all removed, we can finally catch our breath. ”
"However, the division of the Twelve Heavens Great Array has been removed, and this main array has not been removed. The last division, after the division of Liang Province was removed, the minister used the Xuangui Jade Plate to calculate that the main formation was near the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty. There I also sent the fine work of the Star Picking Tower to take a look, not only the Wumen was laid out there, but the Great Xia army was also stationed, if we wanted to uproot the main formation, the only way was to launch a national war against Great Xia, and destroy Great Xia, so that we could have a chance to uproot the main formation. ”
Emperor Changping's face became serious. Yu Liangpeng said: "Master National Teacher, if this main array is not uprooted, those sub-arrays have been removed, and for a while, there will be no curse, so it shouldn't be in the way, right?" ”
Qin Mingyue said: "You can't say that. As I said earlier, we can take a breath, but we can't relax. The Twelve Heavens Great Array is the most powerful formation, once it is formed, it can use the surrounding star power, absorb the popularity of the Great Zhou, and curse the royal family and the people of the Great Zhou. Its twelve sub-arrays are twelve helpers, although they are hugely powerful, but, after all, they are only helpers, and it is the main array that really works. If this main array is not broken for a day, these curses will exist, but the power is not so great. The national fortune of the Great Zhou, the popularity will also be absorbed by the main formation, which is not good for my Great Zhou. ”
Emperor Changping frowned and said, "In this way, it is not possible to carry out the national war against Great Xia. ”
Yu Liangpeng said: "These twelve heavenly arrays are so vicious, like a sharp sword hanging over our heads, we can't sleep peacefully for a day if we don't eliminate it." It seems that below, we have to think carefully about how to use troops against Great Xia. ”
Qin Mingyue said: "That's right. Yu Xiang, after the reform of the Great Zhou, now ten years have passed, in this decade, the politics are clear, Taoism has developed rapidly, the Great Zhou world, at least two-thirds of the provinces, can reach the county-level city There is Taoism, you can let the children of the people read and write for free, learn the skills of 100 crafts. There are even some provinces, such as Ba Province, such as Lu Province, Zhili, and Jiangnan Province, these places, even in the countryside, villages and towns have established Taoism. Basically, most children are able to attend Taoism. ”
"In ten years, more and more of these people are literate and literate, and more and more people can use hundreds of skills. There are also more and more people running various workshops in the private sector, and there are many technicians and workshops, which makes the country richer and richer, and the people have more and more living money in their hands. Also, after ten years of promoting Linggu, now Linggu has been promoted from north to south in Dazhou. These spiritual valleys, with high yields and good taste, can make the people's bodies stronger when eaten regularly. There is food, there is money to spare, and more and more children are born to the people. ”
"In addition, the imperial court issued a decree ten years ago, and there are various subsidies for giving birth. If you give birth to a child, the court will not reward you, and if you give birth to a second child, you will be rewarded with a pound of sugar and two pieces of cotton cloth. Give birth to three children, reward one or two pieces of silver, a pound of sugar, and two pieces of cotton cloth. If you give birth to four children, you will be rewarded with two taels of silver, twice as much sugar, and twice as much cotton. And so on, the more children you have, the more rewards. This makes people more motivated to have children. ”
"The Taoist medicine is also very good. Near the Taoist temple where the Taoist gate is located, there are Taoist doctors. These Taoist doctors not only treated the people's diseases, but also made a great contribution to the preservation of infants and young children, which made the number of babies die a lot. In this way, in the past ten years, the population of Da Zhou has swelled, and now it has a population of nearly three or four billion, which is three or four times more than before. Although the increase was made of children, the largest group was already ten years old, and they were able to do some rough work or study Taoism. Wait another five or six years, this largest batch will be able to start a family, and when the time comes, how many households will increase in Da Zhou, think about it, Yu Xiang's household department also has an estimate. ”
"The population is large, the business is prosperous, the grain production is increasing, the national strength of our Great Zhou is increasing day by day, the development of the Daomen is also very good, and the training of the Qin King in the north is also progressing very well. By the way, I haven't talked about this Pillow Island yet. ”
"After more than ten years of development, Pillow Xia Island has opened up millions of acres of fertile land and established five big cities. Because of the high grain production of Pillow Xia Island, there are many kinds of fruits, there are many workshops established around this, and there are many unique elixirs produced by Pillow Xia Island, a huge copper mine has also been found in the west, and there is a huge iron mine in the south, how many workshops have been established? Output is increasing day by day. The output of this Pillow Xia Island was originally divided into ten shares. The five million taels of silver per share we invested back then have long been repaid. The emperor's inner treasury and the imperial court have benefited a lot from it. ”
"Now, we are developing another large island to the south of Pillow Kasumi Island, Furashi Island. Fenglan Island has also been developed for five or six years, and it has begun to produce output. ”
"The court, the people have food, money, and a strong army, but I think there should be no problem with our founding war."
Regarding the national war against Great Xia, before Qin Mingyue and his wife did not come back from Liang Province, the emperor and Yu Xiang discussed a lot, and now, after listening to Qin Mingyue's words, Yu Xiang said: "What the national teacher said is that the time and place are favorable, and we all have it now." It is indeed possible to fight with Great Xia. But there's something else going on here. It has been more than ten years since the first war against the big merchants in Ba Province. ”
"After more than ten years of recuperation, Dashang has long recovered, and in the past few years, it has begun to move again. If we engage in a national war against Great Xia at this time, won't the Great Chamber of Commerce jump out? If we don't do a good job in Da Zhou, we will be attacked on both sides? ”
Qin Mingyue looked at Xiao Rui, who was holding her daughter, at this time, and said helplessly: "Xiao Rui, we are discussing a big matter." Fu'er has worked hard all the way, and she has to take a break, besides, the queen mother is still waiting to see Fu'er. It's better to call Mama over and take Fu'er to the queen mother first. ”
Xiao Rui was having fun with An Fu, and when he heard that he could only send An Fu outside the hall to the grandmothers, he returned to the hall to discuss matters.