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Chapter 766
The first early court in the fourth year of Huangwu was naturally extremely grand.

After singing the praises, the ears are callused.

Yang Zheng looked at Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi understood, and then the court got to the point, "I thought that the north and the south should not fight at the same time. We should concentrate our forces to break through the Central Plains. If we break the Central Plains, Jiangdong will not last long. Right now, Jiangdong Zhong will compete with the Lu family. The power is evenly matched. Our army will not attack the east. Wu, the two sides will inevitably fight among themselves, if our army sends troops, it will instead lead to a union between the two."

Lu Zhi's thoughts coincided with Zhang Te's.

"Teacher's words are true." Yang Zheng nodded in agreement.

No matter how much Zhong Hui tosses, it is impossible to change the general trend of the world.

In Yang Zheng's eyes, the State of Wu is not a country, but a community of interests of the gentry.

Even if Zhong Hui defeated the Lu family, it would be difficult to integrate Jiangdong in a short time.

"Then from today onwards, the strategy of conquering Jin will be determined, the Ministry of War will train, the Ministry of Households will stockpile food and grass, and the Ministry of Industry will prepare weapons. The whole Qin Dynasty will take this as the goal."

It's time to prepare for the final blow to the Sima family.

Yang Zheng was no longer satisfied with conquering cities and lands.

The luck of the Sima family has come to an end at Sima Yan's place.

With the current situation of Qin and Jin Dynasties, it is impossible for the East and West Wei in history to appear.

Sima Zhao lost the battle of Feng Yi, Sima Yan lost the battle of Hedong, and the morale of the Central Plains has been completely broken.

It is about to enter the final decisive stage.

The rise of the land occupation system has been curbed, and there are bandits everywhere in the Central Plains, and there are people who want to dig the ancestral grave of the Sima family...

The equal-field system has only just begun to explode.

People's hearts are stable and they are full of confidence in the future of the country.

Although the population is less than that of the Central Plains, it has never been the size of the population that determines the general trend of the world.

Lu Zhi frowned and said, "Although Your Majesty has won a great victory in this battle, the food, grass, money and silk accumulated over the years have all been consumed."

A penny stumps the hero.

With the sound of the cannon, ten thousand taels of gold.

Although there are no cannons these days, the various expenses are also astronomical.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north. Although he won, the country was exhausted.

"That's why I want to unify the world soon!" Yang Zheng also had a headache.

Three years of bumper harvests can produce one year's worth of grain, and the surplus of three years' worth of grain is called "Deng". The five grains are bumper and harvested, and it takes nine consecutive years of bumper harvests. Two "bumps" are considered "peaceful"...

Therefore, to launch a war in ancient times, it took at least three years for the people to have a good harvest.

The reason why Qin was able to launch such a large-scale war was because animal husbandry supplemented farming.

Otherwise, the severe drought in the past few years, coupled with locust plagues and plagues, would weaken Qin.

Now, everyone knows that Qin's unification of the world is the general trend, but when this general trend will come, we have to talk about it.

There is only so much food produced every year, which is close to the peak.

Even if high-yield crops such as Champa rice are obtained now, it will take a long time to promote them.

Yang Zheng had two choices. One, rest for five or six years, train soldiers, save food and grass, and then send hundreds of thousands of Qin troops to the east to complete their achievements in one battle.

But if he stays put for five or six years, Sima Yan will breathe a sigh of relief.

Second, the method of encroachment, one city and one place, after eating Luoyang, eat Xuchang, after eating Xuchang, eat the Central Plains, after eating the Central Plains, eat Hebei... The advantage is that if you don’t win a place, you can use war to raise war, but when will you be able to win? To eliminate Sima Yan, it depends on whether the battle goes smoothly. Dongxi Wei did this, dragging for decades until one side was exhausted.

too slow!
Both traditional methods are too slow.

The population of China as a whole is not large in the first place, and if the fight continues like this, the vitality of the Central Plains will also be exhausted.

Why did Li Tang reach an unprecedented height?
Yang Zheng felt that it was because of the rapid unification of the world.

First, Li Yuan seized the opportunity to attack Guanzhong, then Li Er quickly attacked Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and other forces, Li Xiaogong attacked Bashu, and Li Jing quickly wiped out Jiangnan...

The Tang Dynasty seemed to be opened up.

"Great Qin has the momentum it has today, and it all comes from the battlefield. Haste makes waste. If the battlefield is unfavorable, I'm afraid the Sima family will be revived. I hope that your majesty will put the country and the people first." Luzhi is gone.

To put it bluntly, there is a shortage of money and food now.

"I suggest that Your Majesty levy more land tax and commercial tax." Wei Guan cupped his hands.

Lu Zhi couldn't help frowning.

He didn't speak, Suo Jing said: "It's absolutely impossible, the people have just had surplus food in their hands, and they return to the Great Qin. If taxes are raised, people's hearts will be scattered, and if there is a slight natural or man-made disaster, I'm afraid that there will be bandits everywhere. Inside, with the prosperity of the Great Qin Dynasty, it is also exhausting to deal with."

The people in the Central Plains are more obedient. Even if Sima Yan transferred taxes to the officials and the people, the people still obeyed.

But Qin State is different from Central Plains.

There are too many grassland tribes in the country.

Many people surrendered under the banner of Daqin because they had a bowl of food to eat.

If taxes are raised and natural disasters occur, it will be a chaos.

In history, Sima Yan's Taikang prosperity was in full swing, with continuous severe droughts in Kansai, and continuous chaos in Guanzhong and Hexi.

Calculating the time, there has been a continuous severe drought in Guanzhong, it seems that in the past few years...

"Do I have to wait nine or ten years?" Yang Zheng was a little discouraged.

I feel like I just poured cold water on my ambition...

Everyone in the hall was silent.

This is the case with the growth of national power, one step at a time, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Yang Zheng tried hard to recall the afterlife.

When a poor country fights a war, it must either be covered by a good brother, or... borrow money!

With the size of the Qin State today, who can I borrow money and food from?

Koto?

That guy Zhong Hui is definitely impossible.

The rich are in the Western Regions, but there is no food in the Western Regions...

Moreover, those in the Western Regions are shrewd and ruthless. Qin will rule the world, and the next one will come to toss them.

Sending more than 1000 beauties, isn't it just to corrupt yourself?

Its heart is awkward!

There must be no money to be borrowed from outside, so it can only be domestically!

Yang Zheng's heart moved, wouldn't future generations be able to issue national debt?

Following this line of thought, it seems feasible to borrow food from the common people and borrow money from merchants.

Of course, there is another way to do it, the Hanwu Emperor's order to sue, but this thing has too many side effects, just like the Sima family's land occupation system, it is also an aphrodisiac.

Overdrafting the government's credit hurts the people's confidence in Daqin.

Not worth the candle.

The big man didn't play Beng in the hands of Emperor Wu of Han because he gave birth to a good son.

Yang Zheng didn't want to leave the mess to the next generation. The next generation had a mission for the next generation.

However, this matter needs to be considered in the long term, and it is not appropriate to reveal it at the court meeting before the idea is mature.

"I know, for the past two years, I have stopped the army, rested and recuperated, and unified the world, let alone." Yang Zheng was no longer impatient.

It's no use rushing these things.

Lu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Guan was thoughtful.

Suo Jing cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"Your Majesty is holy!" the palace Chinese and Wu said in unison.

Then there are other chores.

For example, opening up fields, adding pastures, paying for the dead and disabled soldiers, and rewarding those who have made meritorious deeds, etc., have actually been prepared a long time ago, just waiting for Yang Zheng to stamp the seal.

(End of this chapter)