Chapter 158 The black-bellied man Guo Yuzhi

Last time, I said that the monarch was discussing the problem of manpower shortage in China, and everyone put forward some opinions, but Liu Hou felt that these methods were difficult to achieve for a while.

The policy of recuperation and encouraging childbirth is very good in peacetime, but now that the world is not unified, how can we recuperate? Even if Liu Hou did not send troops to fight Wei and Wu, would Wei and Wu let Shu live in peace?

This is what the tree wants to be quiet and the wind is more than that, in the troubled times and the world of great contention, if you don't fight, the world will really belong to someone else. If you really think that you can win the world by virtue and benevolence, and that the enemy country will surrender if you rely on benevolence, then you are not naïve but mentally retarded.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if you can recuperate, even if you encourage childbearing, it is not a year and a half that can see the results. If you want to see results, it will take at least ten years, and only when the new generation grows up enough to work and join the army.

Who wants to wait more than ten years? Anyway, Liu Hou is unwilling, great men have said that 10,000 years is too long, just seize the day. Besides, for more than ten years, Shu has been recuperating, so won't Wei and Wu recuperate? You are improving, others are also improving, your national strength is increasing, and others are also increasing.

The longer it drags on, the more the people have no sense of belonging to the Han family, the more disappointed they are with the Liu royal family, and the more unfavorable it is to Liu Hou's unification of the world.

As for waging war to plunder the population, Liu Hou is indeed waging war now, but he cannot plunder the population. Because the people of Wei are also Han Chinese, and the territories they occupy are also rich and prosperous places in the Central Plains, these places also need to be preserved and developed, and they also need to be supported by the population.

Because of the war, even the population of Wei in the Central Plains was sharply reduced, and these places were also in urgent need of supplementary labor, that is, in fact, the more territory Liu Hou occupied, the more severe the shortage of labor force became.

The only war that can alleviate the shortage of labor is to wage war against foreign tribes, because for foreign tribes, they can only plunder the population, without caring about local development, and do not even need to occupy territory, and can completely grab the property and population and run away. It is of this nature that the Eastern Wu constantly attacked the Shanyue people.

But how can you start a foreign war now? Even Jiang Guangtou knew the truth that if he didn't clean up Wei and Wu, he would simply kill himself if he wanted to start a foreign war.

It can be seen that the opinions put forward by these people are not used for the time being, and Liu Hou couldn't help frowning. The ministers frowned when they saw the emperor, and they also knew that the emperor was not satisfied with their proposal, and gradually, the voices of the discussion stopped.

"Ladies and gentlemen, these methods are good, but they are not possible to achieve at one time, I wonder if there are any methods that can be effective in the short term?" Liu Hou asked.

There was silence in the conference hall for a long time, and I only listened to Guo You's words: "The minister has a plan, and he can get tens of thousands of young people in a short period of time." ”

"Buzz......" As soon as Guo Youzhi's voice fell, everyone in the conference hall suddenly began to talk about it like a frying pan, obviously not believing Guo Youzhi's statement. Tens of thousands of young and strong, that's not tens of thousands of pigs, even tens of thousands of pigs are not so easy to get.

Liu Hou was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Guo Aiqing, please come quickly." ”

Guo Youzhi stood up and dressed up, and first arched his hand to Liu Houyi, who was sitting at the top: "Your Majesty, Dongwu and my country have an agreement, and everyone will form an alliance to fight Cao, is it time for them to make some efforts?" ”

As soon as Guo Youzhi finished saying this, Liu Hou basically knew his thoughts, and thought, this Guo Youzhi is really black enough, but I like it.

At this time, Deng Zhi came out to speak: "Lord Guo, last time we had an agreement with Eastern Wu to jointly cut down Cao, our country sent troops, and Wu sent food and wages. Now that Wu has paid all the food and wages, and they have fulfilled their covenant, if we still ask them for something, isn't it a little, a little ......?"

Deng Zhi meant that it was a little too unkind, but for the sake of Guo Youzhi's face, he was embarrassed to say it. It seems that Deng Zhi is still quite a gentleman, and he is very committed to it, and he feels that since the people of Dongwu have fulfilled the contract, they should not be embarrassed anymore.

The last time the food and salary supported by Soochow was said to be that everyone had the money to contribute and cooperate in the fight against Cao, it was better to say that they were blackmailed back by Liu Hou. The people of Eastern Wu were almost forced to sign the alliance under the city, and those food and salaries were equivalent to war reparations.

It is said that it is the food and salary of the Cao, but it is just a piece of ugly cloth pulled by the people of Eastern Wu. Moreover, at first, the Dongwu people were also procrastinating and refused to pay the grain and salary, until Liu Hou led the army to Jingzhou, and under the threat of the army's pressure, the Dongwu people had to obediently transport the grain and salary.

Guo Youzhi sneered and said, "Hmph! The last time we had paid for the last attack on Cao, in the last battle, we had already achieved the set goal, and Cao's army had been wiped out with 60,000 horses, and we had already won a great victory. They can achieve such great feats just by paying a small amount of food, which can be said to be excellent value for money. ”

Just when everyone still didn't understand why Guo Youzhi talked about whether the food and salary of Eastern Wu was worth it, they only heard Guo Youzhi continue: "Next we will launch another war against Cao, so this time, should the people of Eastern Wu also express something?"

The two sides can follow the old rules, we give people and they pay, but, Your Majesty Rende, knowing that it has not been easy in Soochow in recent years, and it is estimated that the treasury is not very full, so we can do without their food and salary this time.

They can also provide some people without paying food, and their people can't fight wars, but it's still okay to engage in transportation and logistics. We just need them to provide 50,000 young men for logistical support.

The warriors of our Han Dynasty rushed to the front, fighting desperately with the enemy, and their men were just doing their best to engage in transportation in the back, which clearly gave them a big advantage. ”

Hearing this, the ministers present all gasped, this Guo Yuzhi was really ruthless, and he dared to think about it, he said it easily, as if it was really Shu Han who suffered a big loss, and the Dongwu people took a big advantage, in fact, his face was extremely thick-hearted.

At this time, he asked the Dongwu people for 50,000 young people, and it is estimated that it is difficult to even find a young man to plant rice in the fields of Dongwu. You must know that some time ago, Liu Houke had just wiped out hundreds of thousands of Eastern Wu troops, all of whom were young and strong, and in order to maintain domestic rule, Eastern Wu could only continue to recruit troops, so that the number of troops remained at a certain level.

In this way, there are not many young adults left among the people. In the current Eastern Wu, the proportion of conscription has far exceeded that of Cheng Dù, who is one of ten, and you must know that the population base of "ten" here does not refer only to young and middle-aged people, but to all people.

Not one out of every ten young men and women is drawn out to serve as a soldier, but every ten people, young and old, male and female, must be drawn out to serve as a soldier. In this way, there are now some baby soldiers who are only eleven or two years old in the army of Soochow, and there are also some grandfather soldiers who are more than half a hundred years old.

ps. rushed out of 2,000 words this morning.,I'm about to leave for Dongguan in the afternoon.,It's estimated that there will be no update in the evening.,Everyone will take a look at it.,I hope there will be time tomorrow for at least 2,000 words.。