Twenty years of Jian'an, spring, Wuhan.

In the Zhijiang Marquis's Mansion, Huo Jun browsed the letters sent by Mi Fang from Nanzhong.

In the letter, Mi Fang thanked Huo Jun for introducing him to Nanzhong, a good place, and said that although Nanzhong is entrenched by snakes and insects and has many mountains, Nanzhong is a promising place.

The Nanzhong barbarians and the Han people have been married to each other for several generations, forming a dense network of relationships, and the unfamiliar terrain makes it difficult for outsiders to govern in depth. The only way to govern Nanzhong is to rely on local talents.

The surname of the Nanda lives in a chaotic environment, and he has no fear of guarding the officials, and now he does not dare to rebel openly because of Liu Bei's strong troops. Of course, it is also inseparable from the appeasement and trade policies adopted by Mi Fangjin.

Mi Fang thinks that if you want to govern Nanzhong deeply, it is more difficult not to use swords, after all, it depends on the face of those local snakes when Taishou takes office.

After chattering about the question of Nanzhong, Mi Fang talked about Nanzhong business again, in order to thank Huo Jun for his recommendation. Mi Fang presented ten beautiful slaves, sixteen sturdy male servants, five good horses, and fifteen ploughing cattle to show some sincerity.

"Husband, Mrs. Mi gave so many gifts yesterday on the grounds of the concubine's birthday, should I accept it!" The trainer asked.

Putting down the letter, Huo Jun smiled and said, "Zifang's mind, accept it for the time being!" ”

"No!"

Mi Fang took out most of her profits and came to beat everyone again. Let his cronies enter Wuhan and express their hearts to Huo Jun, Fa Zheng, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Pang Tong and other core officials in different names to a greater or lesser extent.

Even asked Liu Bei to point out, before Mi Fang formed a caravan, he took 30% of the tax in the name of the Nanzhong Governor's Office. This month, Mi Fang sent most of last year's commercial taxes to Liu Bei in the name of paying Nanzhong taxes.

Regarding Mi Fang's behavior, Liu Bei was overjoyed. I thought that governing Nanzhong would be a loss-making business, but I never thought that Mi Fang gave him a surprise.

"Huh!"

The step trainer was surprised and looked at the dark green Shu brocade embroidered with butterfly patterns in his hand.

"What's wrong?"

Huo Jun got up from the couch, walked behind the foot trainer, stretched out his hand to wrap around his slender and fleshy waist, and rubbed his wife's broken hair slightly.

The foot trainer put the Shu brocade under the light, and exclaimed: "Husband, the butterflies on this Shu brocade are lifelike, the wings are in the bright light, and the color is changeable. ”

Huo Jun looked at the butterfly, but saw the butterfly spun out of yellow silk, under the jumping fire lamp, the wings seemed to be flying illusory, and the color was faintly changing.

"Ingenuity!"

Huo Jun, who is well-informed, praised this Shu brocade and sighed: "Kong Ming said that the Shu brocade official camp will be prosperous." Looking at it today, it is not a lie. ”

In the past year or so, Shu brocade has been mentioned more and more times by Haoqiang and scholars.

Zhuge Liang's official camp of Shu brocade, selected the top skilled craftsmen from Shu, innovated the Shu brocade process, hired famous businessmen in Shu to operate, and Zhuge Liang personally changed the style of Shu brocade.

Shu brocade derived from high-end, popularization. High-end, the use of fine silk, the use of advanced technology, the production of exquisite Shu brocade, specially for the nobles, Shangqing enjoyment; Popularization, the use of middle and lower grade silk, the production of works is poor, but the output of Shu brocade is huge.

Among them, Huo Jun's suggestion was adopted and labeled with brand differentiation. The high-end Shu brocade with multi-color warp flowers is called Jing brocade, which is the unique craft of Shu brocade; The popularization of non-Bashu's unique weft warp textile is called weft brocade.

Under the distinction of warp brocade and weft brocade, the sales of Shu brocade are becoming hotter and hotter, and the sales of Xiangyi weaving in the Central Plains are getting worse and worse, and the number of people buying is getting fewer and fewer.

The step trainer admired the Shu brocade for a moment, compared it a few times, and said: "This summer is coming, and the husband will also make a few new summer clothes." This end of Shu brocade is just right, the concubine and the Qiao sisters make a dress for their husband. ”

"It's still Madame who is the best for me!"

Huo Jun kissed the face of the step trainer lightly, and said in that greasy voice.

The foot trainer raised his head slightly, and said arrogantly: "I'm not good to you, who is good to you!" ”

"Haha!"

Huo Jun laughed happily a few times, he is famous, his wife is virtuous and beautiful, and he has children, he is already a winner in life.

the eldest son Huo Yi and the second son Huo Chang; The eldest daughter Huo Jie and the second daughter Huo Wen. Counting the righteous son Huo Fan, Huo Jun now has three sons and two daughters under his knees.

As for Liu Bei's words, he has rarely gone out in Wuhan in recent years, and his life has stabilized, in addition to Liu Chan, he also gave birth to three boys, plus his righteous son Liu Feng, Liu Bei's five sons, far more than in history.

Family affairs need to be taken care of, and state affairs must also be taken care of.

Huo Jun rubbed at home for a while, and was finally called to the palace by Liu Bei.

In the pavilion, Liu Bei, Jian Yong, and Huo Jun tasted tea. After more than ten years in the south, Liu Beigai was assimilated by the southerners and gradually liked the habit of drinking tea.

Jian Yong saw Liu Bei's happy expression, revealing an irrepressible smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked curiously: "Why is the lord so happy today, could it be that something good will be born?" ”

Huo Jun poured a cup of tea for Liu Bei and said with a smile: "The household registration of the population of Bashu Xintong has been delivered, 113,400 households in Liangzhou, 149,300 households in Yizhou, a total of 262,700 households, and the number of people is about 1.3 million. ”

"This does not include the household registration of the counties in Nanzhong, if the people of Nanzhong are combined, there will be no less than 1.6 million people in Bashu. Now that Bashu has been annexed, the national strength has increased greatly, and His Royal Highness is naturally happy. ”

The population data of the southern states was particularly distorted during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty used the population under its rule as the assessment data, the counties in the barbarian areas lied about the number of barbarians who could not pay taxes in order to invite merit.

Yongchang County, located in Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, has jurisdiction over the rest of the country to northern Myanmar. In such a desolate area, the county guard reported two million people registered.

In the Ba County area of Yizhou, there can be a floating gap of 800,000 people in 10 years.

At that time, the population of Yizhou was 7 million, so how can people believe the population of Yongchang County and Ba County?

Therefore, under the auspices of Zhuge Liang, the population of Jing and Yang Prefectures was rechecked, and now the population data of Yizhou has been rechecked in Bashu.

What is the population data of Jing, Yang, and Xuzhou?

In the previous verification, there were about 600,000 households registered in the three states, and the population data was more than 3 million.

If you can completely take Jiaozhou and Nanzhong, deeply grasp the counties of Jiaoling and Nanzhong, and then count the two prefectures of Yi and Liang, there will be more than 5 million people who can pay taxes for Liu Bei.

As for the Hanyi data of the entire south, Huo Jun really didn't know.

Liu Bei sipped the tea and said with a slight sigh: "Although there are millions of mouths and 180,000 soldiers, there are more and less than the Central Plains under Cao Cao. According to Kong Ming's words, the world is divided into three, Cao Cao has two, and he has one. And among them, Nanzhong and Jiaozhou have not yet been owned by orphans. Revive the Han Dynasty, I don't know when it will be done! ”

These battles were fought with Cao Wei, even if they achieved a lot of results. In fact, most of them borrowed geographical advantages, or took advantage of Cao Cao's army to stay away, so as to make meritorious contributions and win.

For example, in the Battle of Chrysostom, Huo Jun used water battles, geographical advantages, fire attacks, and night attacks to defeat Cao Cao in a big way.

In the Battle of Hefei, Huo Jun took advantage of Cao Cao's distance from Jianghuai, used the water to fight, surrounded the point to send reinforcements, and attacked him separately.

In the battle of Hanzhong, Lu Xun garrisoned Hanzhong, Huo Jun successfully attacked and used the Qinling Mountain Road to force Cao Cao's army back.

In addition to the Battle of Hefei, Cao Cao belonged to the attacking side and Liu Bei belonged to the defending side. The next role reversal is hard to say. The demographic advantage of the Northern Wei Dynasty would be magnified, and the line-filling operation was not the strength of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Huo Jun pondered a little and said: "Nanzhong and Jiaoling are not undesirable, because the war is resting, and the Cao thief is in the north, so he has no time to take care of it. If you want to collect it, send the generals to requisition, and when the soldiers arrive, the county will return, and the people can be placed. ”

"Looking at the situation in the north, those who have won the hearts of the people in ancient times have won the world. Cao Cao ruled the people with violence, and the lord treated the people leniently, which was the victory of the lord. The lord is good at governing the army and the people, choosing the opportunity to fight, and reviving the Han Dynasty, which is promising. ”

Was the Northern Expedition hasty?

Shouchun, Xiangfan, and Qishan are all fortified cities in the Central Plains, blocking the road from the south to the north to the Central Plains.

Zongge's public soldiers were subject to Qishan, and Jiang Wei was afraid of Qishan and turned to attack Longxi; The solidity of Xiangfan and Shouchun gave the Southern Dynasty soldiers a headache.

Liu Bei put down the teacup and said with a smile: "The Northern Expedition is a matter of long-term consideration, if it is not possible, there are still heirs." If the son is not successful, there will also be grandchildren. Generations of Northern Expeditions will finally succeed! ”

Jian Yong interrupted unceremoniously and said, "How can the lord talk lightly about Tianshou, this is a big bad word." ”

"What Xianhe said is reasonable!"

Liu Bei smiled and stroked his beard, and said: "The lonely years have been long, and since this year, there have been many persuasions to isolate the heirs. After thinking about it for a long time, I wanted to set up a slave as the prince, but I don't know what Zhong Miao thinks? ”

Huo Jun hesitated for a while and said, "Although the slave is talented and intelligent, he is still young. The lord is in good health, so why not observe it for a few more years, and don't worry about the prince's affairs early. ”

"What does Kenwa think?" Liu Beifu asked.

Jian Yong folded his legs and said, "Ruoyong's memory is correct, and the slave is about nine years old. A nine-year-old child, his knowledge grows and his mind grows slightly. According to Huo Du's words, the lord can be investigated for two years, and in the year after the Ming Dynasty, if he has achieved something, he can be established as an heir. ”

"What Jian Jun said is very true, and Jun also thinks so!" Huo Jun responded and said.

"That's it!"

Liu Bei pondered for a while and said with a smile: "And according to the words of the two, wait and see for two more years before making a decision." ”

Huo Jun seemed to think of something, and asked: "Dare to ask the lord, when you talk about Shanyue and Wuxi in the past year, Kong Ming can make a decision?" ”

Liu Bei stroked his beard and said: "Kong Mingyan said that in spring, harvest wheat and plant rice; In the summer, the people are busy farming; In autumn, rice is harvested and wheat is planted. Only in late autumn and early winter, when the army is mobilized, it will not hurt the peasants. Therefore, Kong Ming wants to send out tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the autumn and winter season, leveling Wuxi and Shanyue Erman. Try to stop the war before spring ploughing, so as not to delay the wheat harvest. ”

Hearing this, Huo Jun bowed slightly, and said with emotion: "Using soldiers like Kong Ming, how can you say that the battle will hurt the peasants!" ”

Zhuge Liang is most different from ordinary generals, as a ruler, he marches and fights, often taking into account agricultural production, and then formulating policies to fight to reduce the damage caused by war. And this is also where Huo Jun admired Zhuge Liang when he was arguing with him.

ps: The population ratio of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Han Dynasty is 2:1, if you want to know the data I calculated, or if you have any objections, the Zhou government can send a single chapter to talk about the specific data source.

Of course, book friends are also welcome to post objection data and discuss with each other.

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