"The soldiers are full of armor, the money and food are abundant, and Da Chu can have such savings, thanks to Zhu Qingye."

After taking stock of the family background, Lu Yuan was overjoyed, swept all the ministers present, and couldn't help but say his praise.

"The ministers don't dare."

"This is all the work of the king."

His Royal Highness saluted again and again, but did not dare to receive the merit.

"Haha!"

Seeing this, Lu Yuan laughed loudly, waved his hand and said, "Zhongqing doesn't have to be like this. Alone can fight the world, but it can't rule the world. The only thing that is beneficial to governing the country is to select and appoint talents, and do their best.

The state of Chu can have today, it is because of the merits of many talents present, and it is not enough to compete with the courtiers. ”

When the ministers heard this, they hurriedly said, "The ministers are ashamed. ”

Between the monarchs and ministers in the hall, there was a continuous scene of monarchs and ministers getting along.

After praising and touting each for a while, everyone's enthusiasm stopped for a while, and then Sun Siwen coughed lightly, and then continued to make a rough report.

"The tax treasury, the minister has reported to His Majesty, and in addition, the household registration check of the ninth year of Shenwu this summer has also been completed."

Sun Siwen saluted, then took out a booklet, asked the inner supervisor to hand it to Lu Yuan, and then said loudly: "Great Chu already has five counties, including Dongting and Xiangyang, which have been in my hands for more than ten years, which can be described as the foundation of the country.

The two counties of Qianzhong and Xichuan have been governed for more than five years, during which they have continuously moved their household registration and enriched their localities, and they have also become a source of money and grain.

Although a county in the river valley has been newly established, in the past two years, the establishment of prefectures and counties, and the resettlement of immigrants have also begun to take shape.

At the beginning of the king's year, he ordered all prefectures and counties in the world to check the household registration, compile the household registration, and also sent the imperial historian to inspect the counties to supervise the matter.

Half a year has passed, and the Dachu household has been summarized, and the number has been counted by the household department.

Dongting has 1 county and 10 prefectures, and now there are 700,000 households and 3.5 million people.

Xiangyang has one county and four prefectures, with 200,000 households and 1.1 million people.

There are 280,000 households and 1.4 million people in one county and ten prefectures in Qianzhong.

Xichuan has 10 prefectures in 1 county, with 400,000 households and 2 million people.

There are 150,000 households and 800,000 people in one county and six prefectures in the river valley.

In this way, the five counties and 40 prefectures of Chu have a total of 1.73 million households and 8.8 million people. ”

Sun Siwen is familiar with political affairs, and after breaking through the congenital, his memory has increased greatly.

Everyone in the audience listened to his report, and one by one they also listened attentively and thought to themselves.

After he finished talking about the five county household registrations and making a statistic, many people were shocked and their faces were in a daze.

It's just that the 8.8 million people Sun Siwen said in the end are really shocking.

There are some things that you don't know how terrible they are if you don't talk about them clearly.

This is the case with the household registration of the state of Chu.

Many people used to know that Chu was strong, after all, it had five counties and tens of thousands of miles of land, and just by looking at the territory, they knew that it was a big country.

But knowing that it is a big country and what kind of Dafa it is, many people can't say why.

At this time, Sun Siwen used this most direct data to tell everyone that Chu State is a large country with a household registration of 8.8 million people.

In this world, the number of troops that can be mobilized is more than one million, and the population is more than 10 million, which is the standard of a hegemon.

At this time, the state of Chu had 490,000 standing soldiers, and with a little mobilization, the number of troops could easily exceed one million. The population is 8.8 million, which is only 1.2 million short of 10 million.

Even if you count the three vassal states of Jianchuan, Chili, and Kunhai, the population of Chu has actually exceeded 10 million.

The three feudal states in the southwest, listening to the orders of the Chu State, paying tribute to the Chu State, respecting the king of Chu as the Lord, are naturally also the people of the Chu State.

When all countries in the world look at the Chu State, they will naturally regard the three kingdoms of Jianchuan, Chili, and Kunhai, which can be called a part of the Chu State, and count them as the strength of the Chu State.

Just like the three kingdoms of Changsha, Nanhai and Ninghai at the beginning, they were regarded by the world as a member of the Yue country.

Of course, even if these three vassal states are not counted, this gap from the overlord's business is only a matter of time before Chu State wants to make up for it.

After all, unlike the two counties of Xiangyang and Dongting, which have been deeply developed, the three counties of Xichuan, Qianzhong, and Hegu of Chu State have not been opened up for a long time, and the interior of the county is vast and sparsely populated, and there are large areas of wasteland, which are not cultivated at all.

The land of these three counties could support another five million people, to say the least.

Even in Dongting and Xiangyang counties, there are actually many remote places that no one has cultivated.

If all of this land is developed, it will not be a problem to feed another two million people.

And that's just for the agricultural population.

If the city grows with the population and absorbs more handicraftsmen, the five counties alone can live with an additional 2 million people.

In this way, all of them can be added up, and the existing land of Chu State, with the current agricultural and industrial technology, can completely double the population that can be fed.

At today's population growth rate.

Even if the state of Chu does nothing now and continues to recuperate, it will only take ten years at most, and the population will naturally multiply to tens of millions.

In thirty or forty years, the population could double.

And doubling the population naturally doubles the number of troops.

Now there are 490,000 standing soldiers in the state of Chu, and it is only natural that after 30 years, the standing soldiers will exceed one million.

With this strength, it is naturally a well-deserved overlord of the world.

From this point of view, it is understandable why everyone present is so shocked, right?

Because with the current background of the Chu State, it only takes thirty years of cultivation, and the population can directly approach the Ning State. When it comes to national strength, it is far superior.

If you want to compete for the overlord of Yangzhou, Chu actually doesn't have to fight with Ning at all, and after 30 years, you will be the proper lord of Yangzhou.

Because Ning Guo's current potential has essentially reached its peak.

No matter how hard the Jianwu Heavenly Son tried, he couldn't tap more strength.

But with today's national strength, the Chu State can compete with the Ning State without falling behind.

Then after thirty years, the national strength of the Chu State will double, and the volume alone can directly crush the Ning State.

The battle between the two, in fact, has already been divided into winners and losers at this moment.

It's just that the State of Chu and the State of Ning did not fight and defeat each other head-on on the battlefield, and the time has not yet reached thirty years later, so the world still doesn't know it very clearly.

But among the many ministers present, which one is not a masterpiece in the world?

Those who can do the position in the field, all of them are the best in the world, and the vision is naturally long-term, and the insight is naturally outstanding.

At this time, after listening to Sun Siwen's summary, who can't understand the meaning of it.

As the ministers of the Chu State, the Chu State can be so powerful, and the status of these people, who are important ministers of the court, will naturally rise.

Under the glory and loss, which one is not excited and happy.

Even Lu Yuan was quite happy in his heart.

He looked at the household registration book submitted by Sun Siwen, looked at the specific numbers on it, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

For Chu State to have such a hukou, it is naturally indispensable to Lu Yuan's hard work.

In the past three years of recuperation, he didn't stay in the palace wholeheartedly, only caring about practicing martial arts and concubines, and did nothing else.

In the past three years, under the signal of Lu Yuan, the state of Chu has conquered the Tibetan people in the river valley, not only opened up a county, but also obtained a population of 300,000 Tibetan people.

In addition, on the Soviet side, about 100,000 fugitives have been received in the past three years, and a lot has been obtained.

The rest are the three kingdoms of Jianchuan, Chili, and Kunhai, which continue to attack Nanzhao and capture many Nanzhaoyi people.

Among these captives, there were about 150,000 Yi people, who were exchanged for grain by Lu Yuan and placed in Xichuan and Dongting respectively.

In addition, about 50,000 of the Yiren servants who were originally captured by the Chu State were also released, and they moved to Hegu County with their original families to enrich the local population.

Taken together, the state of Chu obtained a population of about 600,000 both externally and internally through various means.

The rest of the places multiplied a little, which made the original population of 8 million directly skyrocket by 800,000.

However, now the three southwestern countries such as Jianchuan, Chili, and Kunhai have stopped fighting at the end of last year, and it is convenient for the Southern Zhao Kingdom to make a truce and make peace.

After several years of cultivation, most of the local order and production have been restored, the people have gradually stabilized, and the number of fugitives has been decreasing day by day.

The channel for the Chu State to obtain a large number of people from the outside world has almost been cut off.

And those Yi prisoners of war in China, after all these years of consumption and release, there are only about 80,000 left.

These people have all been filled in more than a dozen mines in Qianzhong County, and have become indispensable labor for mining operations, and it is basically impossible to release them to the localities and become household populations.

The five major sources of population went to three at once.

Next, if the Chu State wants to continue to increase its population, it will either rely on natural reproduction and slowly accumulate.

Either you have to find an enemy like the people of the river valley, destroy it, gain a large number of people, and expand your territory by the way.

These two methods are stable and fast, and Lu Yuan has decided to go hand in hand.

The country should continue to recuperate and reproduce the population.

Foreign countries should also look for targets and take advantage of the opportunity to expand.

The former doesn't need him to think about it much, and there are countless courtiers in the central part of the court who work hard to help the Chu State recuperate.

But the latter's words, to be honest, now Lu Yuan really hasn't found a suitable time to expand.

Now I can only slowly hibernate and look for opportunities.

However, the above thoughts are only future strategies, and there is no need to mention them at this time.

Hearing that the state of Chu is so powerful, it should be celebrated and inspired.

Therefore, Lu Yuan waited for Sun Siwen to finish speaking, and after many ministers digested it, he laughed loudly: "Today, I checked the household registration of the world, and I know that my Great Chu is so strong." This great national prestige should be celebrated.

Today, Lone held a banquet in Qionghua Garden and invited all the secretaries to gather to thank Qing for their hard work over the years.

This heart of the fist, Zhu Qing wants to appreciate his face! ”

When the ministers heard this, they all bowed and thanked: "Only Your Majesty Longen." ”

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After the great dynasty of the day, the hundred officials of the state of Chu and the king of Chu feasted in Qionghua Garden, during which the singing and dancing were endless, the strings were continuous, and the ministers splashed ink, taking advantage of the prosperity to write poems, in order to congratulate the prosperity of the gods.

And the content of the Great Dynasty that day, under the deliberate promotion of the imperial court, quickly spread to the four corners of the world.

The annual income is 40 million taels, the grain is 40 million stones, the soldiers are 500,000, the land is 30,000 li, the land is wide and the five counties are 30,000 li, the household has 8.8 million people, and there are three major feudal states......

This pile, one item after another, no matter which one of them listens, they can't help but feel a chill.

The people of the world once again have a new understanding of the Chu State.

The business of the hegemon, the foundation of the country, there is one more chess player in the world who can participate in the competition.

The strength of the state of Chu was officially recognized by the people, and Lu Yuan was also regarded as a hegemon who could compete with Zhou, Liang and other countries, and was on a par with the lords of those great powers.

After knowing that the Chu State had such strength, no country could ignore the existence of the Chu State.

And Lu Yuan, after taking advantage of the situation to harvest a wave of luck, finally achieved his goal.

Famous.

Yes, it's to be famous.

In this world of great controversy, there is no future for concealment.

In the mainstream of this world, that is to fight for hegemony, that is, to defeat each other and annex each other.

Under this trend, if you are strong, you must declare it, that is, to tell the world, let everyone know that you are powerful and terrible, and let everyone be in awe of you.

In this way, when others want to hit you, they will throw a mouse bogeyer and dare not do it easily.

In this way, when you send troops to recruit the other party, the other party will be afraid, dare not face its front, and can surrender without a fight.

Therefore, after the Liang State unified Qingzhou, it directly announced that the people of the world would expand their army by one million, which was extremely powerful and had sufficient strength to eat today's interests.

The adjacent Xu State directly expanded its army by 300,000 and declared the world, in order to tell Liang Guo that I am a hard bone and I am very strong.

If you dare to come to me for trouble, then be prepared to break your mouth full of teeth and return in vain.

Zhao also expanded its army by 200,000, and directly dropped its soldiers and horses to the border of Zhao Liang, telling the world that you would come to fight if you wanted to.

The state of Zhou also expanded its army by 200,000, directly increasing the number of standing soldiers and horses in the country to one million, known as one million soldiers, so as to shock the hearts of the people in the world.

Ning Guo also expanded the naval army, crossed the river, and told the people in Jiangbei that with this naval division, don't think about the next step in the south.

All the hegemons in the world have done is a show of force, bullying the weak, and naked barbarism.

Under this kind of atmosphere, there is no market for the so-called building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king.

If you don't show your reputation and strength, others will only think that you are weak and deceitful, and then send troops to conquer, plunder your people, conquer your land, and expand your power.

Only by showing their fangs can they deter others and make them jealous and dare not act recklessly.

The most obvious example.

It was when Lu Yuan conquered the southwest Yi, and the surrounding countries were ready to move, so they had the intention of taking the opportunity to send troops to attack and directly carve up the Chu State.

But in the end, the news of Zhou Qingtian and Huang Xuan's joining spread, and the world knew that Chu had received two innate help, and then Lu Yuan urgently expanded his army in the country, recruiting more than 100,000 standing soldiers in one go.

The two things went hand in hand, which frightened outsiders and made them dare not look south and west.

A living example is in front of him, and it hasn't been two years yet, and Lu Yuan naturally has a deep understanding of this.

Therefore, after this court meeting, he specially opened the garden to celebrate, and used a grand banquet to announce to the people of the world the official rise of the Chu State.

also used this achievement to let the world know that the state of Chu is not something that can be humiliated.

If you want to find trouble in the Chu State, you must also be prepared to collapse your mouth full of teeth.

Of course.

There are also plans to use this to promote fame and harvest a wave of people's luck.

And through this fame, he will attract the hearts of the people of the world and recruit wise men.

A good reputation can play a big role.

For example, in the original Chu State, if there is any innate sect in the rivers and lakes within the territory, then Lu Yuan went to invite the other party's innate grandmaster to join the Chu State, needless to say, he would be rejected 100%.

How arrogant the innate grandmaster is, even if he wants to take refuge in the secular dynasty, he will only choose those hegemons in the world, so as to seek glory and wealth, and show his fame and ambition.

Although the state of Chu was originally powerful and was called a big country, it was a line behind the hegemon after all, and it still did not enter the tomb of the heroes of the world.

But now that Chu is among the hegemonic powers, its status and reputation are completely different.

The previous Yue Kingdom, as the hegemon of the world, issued a recruitment order on the rivers and lakes, Guanhai Villa, Jiuchuan Sword Sect, Nanhai Sect, Baifeng Temple, Lu Yuan and other innate sects, or congenital masters, all responded and joined the Yue Imperial Court.

You don't care what Lu Yuan and these people have in mind when they join the Yue Kingdom.

First of all, Yue Guo can let the Innate Sect or the Innate Sect Master join, which is enough to make people look sideways.

The same is true of the state of Zhou in the north.

After Lu Yuan killed the two great generals of the Zhu Kingdom in a row, he made up for these two shortfalls in an instant with just a slight invitation in the country. Even in addition to the generals of the Eight Great Pillars, he also recruited three additional innate grandmasters to serve him.

The two countries of Zhou and Vietnam can easily let the innate grandmasters serve their lives, relying on the strength of their overlords in the world, and relying on their reputation and status in the eyes of the people of the world.

This strength, reputation, and status, the original Chu State did not have, so it was not qualified to recruit the innate grandmaster.

At most, he relied on grasping the key points of Baifeng Temple and subduing Ji Hui, who was worried about the inheritance of the sect and could only live for three or five years at most.

But this is only a special case, and it can't be done at all.

If Ji Hui hadn't been seriously injured several times, ruined too much lifespan, and had lost much value himself, it is difficult to say whether he would have chosen to take refuge in Chu at the beginning.

It is more likely that people will choose to directly handsome Baifeng Temple, go north to Zhou Guo, and sell themselves at a good price.

I would not choose a remote country like Chu at all.

If you can have the hegemon of the world, why should you be a small country?

The reason is very simple, nothing complicated.

On the contrary, when the news of Huang Xuan's defection to Lu Yuan spread, the world was extremely surprised, I don't know why such an immortal master would vote for a small Chu country?

I can't figure it out after thinking about it, and in the end I can only summarize that the charm of the King of Chu is too high, and the assets of the God of War are quite moving, so it attracts talented people to vote, which is emotional.

But after the emotion, it was gone.

Huang Xuan had a problem with his brain, and he couldn't think of going to Chu State. Other innate grandmasters have no problem with their brains, and if they have many choices, they will not choose Chu State.

A hegemon position makes the state of Chu a lot behind those hegemons in the struggle for talents, and it is simply beyond the reach of the dust.

And now, under Lu Yuan's operation and the reputation of the Chu State, this overlord has finally been replenished.

"From now on, I, the Chu State, also have that qualification to recruit the innate grandmaster. When the heroes of the world choose democracy, Da Chu can also be among the choices. ”

In the palace, Lu Yuan flipped through the aftermath of the court meeting, the information sent back from various countries, and looked at the news that the people of the world were shocked by above, and his heart couldn't help but be excited.