I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 463 Taking History as a Mirror
Today, the population of Yuan Country is about 650 million, of which 480 million are directly under the Zhi family, and the rest are from Han, Hu, Zhong, Zhang and other families.

With such a population size, it is undoubtedly the largest in the Zhuxia region, but most of the population is relatively concentrated, resulting in a large area of ​​land not being fully utilized.

For example, "Handan" and "Ye" directly controlled by the Zhi family have a population of nearly 70 people. In addition, there are more than 20 people in the "original" area and more than [-] people in the "warm" area. The population of the place exceeds one million people.

The area called Hebei in later generations has an extremely vast land area, but the combined population does not exceed 30, and most of them make a living by grazing.

It can be confirmed without careful observation that the more developed the agriculture, the greater the population density, and on the contrary, the poorer the agricultural development, the smaller the population.This is also in line with the principle that food is paramount to the people. Without food production as a support, it is difficult to feed a population that exceeds production.

No matter which family it comes from, the population under Zhiyao's rule is already about 650 million?

In the case of some dynasties, twenty people raising one soldier would be a very healthy standard. Wouldn’t it cause great damage to society if the original country maintained a mobilization of about 32 troops for a long time?
Those were certain dynasties, and the situation in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods was special.

The current production areas are relatively concentrated, and the central control of the local area is tighter, and the mobilization ability is beyond imagination.

Using some historical examples, it is commonplace to mobilize troops to reach ten to one of the national population, and even the situation of national mobilization occurs frequently. The population of the country is only more than 500 million and dare to mobilize an army of 80, which is not counted. The number of militiamen who maintain logistical supplies.

"Song Jun is still quite capable of fighting, at least it will be more difficult to deal with than the Chu Jun we encountered last year."

"Next, Zheng Guo is facing the crisis of destroying the country. They must do their best and have to be cautious."

"The Chu army needs to rescue their own monarchs and ministers who are trapped in 'Xinzheng', and their fighting will will also be strengthened."

"In general, the number of enemies faced this year has decreased, so it may not be easier to deal with than last year?"

Last year, don't just look at the Chu army's large number of people, there are far more internal conflicts than imagined.

The strength of the central government is less than that of the local lords, especially since the civil war in Chu State ended in a compromise made by the central government. It is only ghostly that the local lords will completely obey the orders from the central government.

If you think in a darker direction, maybe the center of the Chu State wants to use the sword of the original army to cut down those local lords who have just turned from rebellion to courtiers.

Even if the internal conflicts in Chu were not sharp, most of the feudal monarchs tried to make up for it, so that the quality of the Chu army last year was really not very good.

The military action in the new year is very important to the Yuan country. If the Zheng country can be wiped out under the strong intervention of the princes, the road to unification will be easier in the future.

In that private meeting, Zhiyao only had a preliminary discussion with the important officials, and then considered and reconfirmed some existing action plans.

In the next few days, Situ Hangeng was ordered to count the food reserves and armaments, which naturally would not leave behind the understanding of the rest of the people's livelihood materials.

Han Geng turned his head and summoned Tianbe Shi Fuliao, and appointed him to carry out the order from Zhiyao.

This is because Han Geng has not yet adapted to the system of the original country, and he is avoiding suspicion based on the original rules.

From the point of view of many people, a family is a family, a country is a country, and the country's reserves are those of the public clan. Non-public clans should avoid suspicion.

Han Geng thought that he should first figure out the status of the Han family's reserves in order to prepare for the upcoming battles.

After learning about Han Geng's behavior, Zhiyao felt very complicated for a while.

Obviously, we have stepped into a new era, and the contemporary people are not able to adapt so quickly. Whether it is unconscious or conscious, it is a kind of rejection anyway.

"This is one of the reasons why Qin Empire II died, and it is also the problem that I and the next successor will face!" Zhiyao firmly believes that when she is alive, she can rule the world?

The times have changed, but the thinking of the second generation of people has not changed, and there is a great possibility that it will cause the times to go backwards.

Zhiyao has relevant examples to learn from, and the death of Emperor Qin II is one of the vigilant effects that can be played.

Back to the times?

The first emperor abandoned the enfeoffment system and adopted the prefecture and county system in an all-round way. He did not make a rash decision. In fact, the Qin State had implemented the prefecture and county system for 200 years, but the newly occupied old land of the six countries had just come into contact with the prefecture and county system.

The powerful old and the young did not die. They missed the life and death and domineering in the past, and they dared not do anything when the first emperor was still alive. They would not be used to Qin Ershi who repeatedly destroyed the Great Wall.

Xiang Ji was not the first person to stand up against the Qin Dynasty. He can be regarded as one of the people who played a key role. After taking advantage of the momentum, he wiped out the Qin Empire and enfeoffed it again, which caused a retrogression of the times.

Later, Western Chu was defeated by Han China in a very short period of time, and Han China was changed to Han State. At first, Han Emperor Liu Bang admitted that the enfeoffment was valid. In his later years, he repeatedly conquered princes with different surnames. And the king, the world will discuss it together", creating a system of half enfeoffment and half county.

The policy implemented by Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was carried out by successive dynasties until the end of the Manchu Dynasty. It was indeed proved to be half-feudal and half-county effective, and it was even a time-tested system of feudal dynasties.

Zhiyao is very clear about one thing: "I can't fully roll out the prefecture and county system from the beginning. If I can complete the sweeping of the world with the Zhi family alone, I still have to divide the heirs as kings; I can't rely on the Zhi family alone to rule the world. At the beginning, it was too stable. , we can only enfeoff powerful people with different surnames as kings."

someday.

Zhiyao summoned Zhikai over, and said: "You go to inspect everywhere, don't need to make a big fanfare, and look at the preparations and reserves everywhere."

Zhikai, who was halfway through the salute, heard Zhiyao's order, so he had no choice but to maintain the posture of saluting. After listening, he answered "No", but he didn't leave.

"Father, my son heard that the Song Guomeng Chu was caused by Duanmu Ci?" Zhi Kai asked.

This news was passed on through the details later.

Duanmuci is Zigong, he is not from Lu, but from Wei. He pursued the philosophy of Confucius after taking art as a teacher. Later, he also regarded Lu as his second motherland. It seems that his contribution to Lu is far better than Wei.

Zhiyao has learned about Zigong's actions and ordered the news to be blocked. I don't know where Zhikai got the news.

Blocking Zigong's actions is not due to other reasons. After all, Zigong has contributed more or less to the rise of Zhishi, and getting Zigong to devote himself to fighting against the foreign country will more or less break the mentality of some people.

Zhiyao didn't ask where Zhikai heard it from, and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhi Kai seemed to have thought about it a long time ago, and said: "Duanmu Ci became an official before the Lu State, and then joined the Zhi family. When the Wei State fell, he did not leave, but the Lu State was attacked and left. He first arrived in the Lu State, and then traveled to the Yue State. , and then serve the Song State. Looking at this person, he loves the Lu State very much? What he did this time should be to save the Lu State."

So look, Zi Gong's resume is really a bit complicated?
In fact, Zigong’s resume is considered simple in this historical version. The original history’s resume is more complicated. Dedicated to making trouble with Jin.

Zhi Kai observed Zhi Yao's expression and asked, "Father is not angry?"

"Why are you angry as a father?" Of course Zhiyao was annoyed, but she knew better than anyone else the situation in the Warring States Period. For someone who served in several countries successively, the acceptance is quite high.

The monarch's anger needs to be divided into time, no matter how angry he is under inappropriate circumstances, he must endure it, and wait until the time is right before venting his anger.

Zhi Kai said gruffly: "Duanmu Ci persuaded the State of Song to be my enemy?"

Zhiyao laughed and said nonsense, and said: "Zigong hasn't revealed anything about my family yet. Besides, in the struggle between countries, no one person can dominate. Without Zigong, Song Guo is also our enemy."

Next is the education session.

No matter what choice Zi Gong made, he did not reveal what he had learned when he worked for Zhishi, and he also regarded some things that were easy to imitate as he had not learned.

As for Song State being an enemy of Yuan State?It is entirely out of the needs of the situation.

Song Guo remained unmoved by the miserable state of the capital of Chu, and could only say that the king and ministers of Song were either idiots or blind.

"A king should be magnanimous, that is, he hates deeply in his heart, and he should not show it in his demeanor." Zhiyao taught earnestly.

Zhixin thought: "That means father is still annoyed by Duanmuci's actions and didn't show it?"

After being quiet for a while, Zhiyao asked rather abruptly: "How much do you think you should send troops next year?"

Zhikai really thought about it, and replied: "It is only used in Zhengdi, and the strength may need 15?"

Then it is to use four full-staffed legions in Zheng Guo alone, and they are all at the level of field legions.

Zhiyao smiled noncommittally, and said, "Go."

There are some things Zhikai has to ask, and said: "Is the boy Tabe Shizhizuo, or should I patrol by myself?"

Zhi Kai is now the prince of Yuan Country.

Until the "Change of the Sand Dunes", that is, before King Zhao Wuling was besieged and starved to death by his own son, the princes of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were far more powerful than other dynasties.

Therefore, Zhikai does not need any special tokens, just as a prince, he is qualified to inspect warehouses everywhere, so the question seems very politically sensitive.

Zhiyao just glanced at Zhikai, did not give an answer, and started to review the memorial again.

The territory of the rule is large enough, the population is so large, and the center can directly manage the place, how can there be few memorials?
Although Yuanguo has implemented the new system, the problem is that the people who occupy those positions have not turned their heads. It is not Zhiyao who takes power specially, and all kinds of big and small matters still need to be handled by the king of a country himself.

In particular, Zhiyao wants to do a revolutionary career, the society is facing changes, and there must be more things happening.

Fortunately, the official memorials of the Yuan country were written on paper. If bamboo slips were used, how many carts of memorials would be sent in a day.

The biggest thing in Yuan Country right now is to prepare for the war, and most of the memorials are reporting the current situation of the preparations, otherwise it is the difficulties encountered in participating in the memorial.

Because the whole country is preparing for war, there are very few memorials on civil affairs, and some of them will be major events.

For example, the Bank of China asked to play, pleading for the construction of water conservancy projects on the Jingshui line.

This Jingshui line is actually where the Zhengguo Canal was built in the original history. It can also be said to be the starting point of the Zhengguo Canal. It starts from the local area and connects to Luoshui River, making it a land of fish and rice with a total length of [-] miles.

After careful thinking, Zhiyao approved one word: Yes.

Qin Guo is now fighting Yiqu to death, and has no spare energy to take care of the East.

Daiguo, who has been entangled with Qin State, is the Zhao Family Daiguo led by Zhao Wuxie, and they retreated to Daidi.

According to the relevant information, Zhao Wuji has been having trouble with Lou Fan recently, and on the other side he has been provoking Tu He.

This Tu He is one of the contemporary "Hu", and is listed as the Two Hu along with the Donghu, and has long existed as a rival of Beiyan.

Now that Qin State is restrained by Yiqu, and Dai State wants to invade Lou Fan and Tu He to strengthen its strength, they will not take the initiative to provoke Yuan State again in the short term.

Bank of China intends to use 15 labor to build a main canal road with a length of [-] miles, which is expected to take about nine months.

In less than a year, the main road of the [-]-mile-long canal was built, and at least [-] to [-] hectares of agricultural production area could be increased. It may be just a supplement to the entire Yuan Country, but it is too important to the Zhongxing Clan.

"Next, the center doesn't have the extra energy to take care of the west. It really needs to strengthen the Zhongxing clan." Zhiyao still knows that the Zhongxing clan should be treated favorably, and the future king will have a share of the Zhongxing clan.

Of course, Zhiyao became the master of the major sect, and the Zhongxing clan was one of the minor clans. No matter from the perspective of outsiders or the Zhongxing clan's own cognition, the Zhongxing clan belonged to the male clan of the original country.

Zhiyao's plan for conferring a king includes a share of the Zhongxing family, which is not counted as enfeoffing as a king with a different surname.

Regarding how to divide the feudal titles, Zhiyao already had a preliminary plan. The king's words were divided into princes and county kings, and in the future they would be dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons.

The fiefs of Dukes and Marquises are only at the county level.

The earl's fief is at the township level.

Viscount and Baron fiefdoms will be at the village level.

In addition, Zhiyao will not entrust large tracts of land like Ji Zhou, and will definitely ensure that the center is strong enough, and the border will not be left to the enfeoffed kings, lest the frontier king grow bigger and force the central government.

This is the advantage of having historical cases to learn from. Zhiyao only needs to find relevant cases and then make a trade-off. He doesn’t need to die too many brain cells to think, and can avoid mistakes that have already occurred, and at the same time, he will not suffer from anxiety. .

No kidding, many monarchs just know that changes must be made, but they can't think of a proper way. Worry turns into anxiety, and then they end up getting old and fatuous.

The spring of the new year is coming.

After collecting a series of reports, Zhiyao finally came up with a plan for mobilizing troops for the new year.

"This year, 15 troops will go south, and the middle school will mobilize 20 troops to garrison all parties, which will also be used as reserve forces."

A total of 35 troops were mobilized?After hearing this, the ministers had various ideas, and most of them thought it was a little too little.

"This year, try to destroy Zheng in one battle!"

The sonorous announcement from Zhiyao made all the ministers excited, but they still believed that the troops were insufficient.

(End of this chapter)