Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 179 Wu Guo Population Explosion

Long before the tour, Qingji had ordered Dazai Ji Zha to count the population data of Wu State and conduct the latest census.

Therefore, after half a year passed, Qingji naturally wanted to intervene in this matter!
And Ji Zha was already prepared, and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the overall planning of the population of Wu State has been completed. Preliminary overall planning, now Wu State has nearly [-] households and a population of about [-] million!"

As soon as these words came out, the officials were in an uproar!
Are such population figures true?
All the ministers and officials couldn't help but feel extraordinarily suspicious.

After all, the household registration records of the State of Wu were at the time of King Liao. More than ten years ago, there were only [-] Lishu households in the State of Wu, with a population of only [-].

How come now, in the past ten years, the population of Wu country has experienced explosive growth?

Isn't it appalling?

Furthermore, at the beginning of his accession to the throne, Qingji also combined various household registration data, showing that the population of Wu State was only [-].

Now, why did it suddenly increase to [-] million people?
Didn't more than [-] people appear out of thin air?

All the ministers were very puzzled.

Only Qingji, who was sitting on the majesty's platform, already had a rough guess in his heart.

"Preliminary planning? Dazai, is it possible that the population planning has not been completed yet?"

"Exactly."

Ji Zha replied: "Your Majesty, the population of the Han Kingdom that was conquered just now can only be calculated according to the roster of ancient books. As for the Huaiyi people, they are also registering their rosters."

"The ministers estimate that if the population of Huaiyi is added, the population of Wu should be about [-] million!"

"good!"

With a population of [-] million, at this time, among the vassal states entrusted by Emperor Zhou, they already existed in the first order.

A big country has millions of people, while a small country has only tens of thousands of people. There is a big difference in population!
Such as Jin, Chu, and Qi all have a population of more than two million and belong to the hegemonic powers.

Like Wu and Qin, countries with a population of more than one million belong to the first rank of powerful countries.

With a population of [-] million, if there were frequent wars, all the people of Wu would be soldiers. Qingji could at least call up [-] to [-] troops to fight!
This is the existence of Wu's war heritage.

Of course, unless it is absolutely necessary, it is absolutely impossible for Qingji to put all of Wu's effective forces into the battlefield.

This will destroy the state of Wu!

At this time, Qingji pretended to be nonchalant again, and asked, "Taizai, I remember that when I was the king, the number of households in my country of Wu was only [-], and the population was only [-]. Now there are so many household registrations. also?"

"Your Majesty, this is due to the fact that since your Majesty succeeded to the throne, he has received more than [-] soldiers from Chu, flattened the mountains, destroyed Han, established Huaiyi, defeated bandits, suppressed and used them together, and the hearts of the people were naturalized. All!"

After a pause, Ji Zha said again: "Furthermore, the state of Wu implemented the new law, the national power is growing day by day, and various national policies are based on the people to strengthen the people's livelihood, so the people of neighboring Chu, Yue, Xu, Zhongli and other countries, They all entered Wu one after another, and entered my household registration in Wu!"

"With this coming and going, the population of my country of Wu is naturally more than before!"

What Ji Zha said was indeed correct.

The world is hilarious, all come for profit.

The world is full of hustle and bustle, all for the benefit!

The state of Wu is prosperous and its national strength is growing day by day. In addition, the various policies introduced by the state of Wu are really beneficial to the people at the bottom. King Qingji of Wu encouraged Li Shu from other countries to enter Wu.

Under such circumstances, the people who went to Wu to make a living naturally flocked to it, and they were the kind who moved their families to support the old and the young.

This made Qingji feel very happy!

It has only been two years since he inherited the throne of King Wu, but he has already accomplished a great feat that can only be accomplished by a whole generation of kings. May I ask, who can compare to him among the kings of the same generation as Qingji?
However, Qingji also knew that the real population of Wu State might be more than [-] million.

Because there are many slaves in the fiefdoms of almost every public official's family, and slaves are not in the ranks of Chinese people, so they will not be registered and included in it.

Whenever he thinks of this, Qingji's heart is quite heavy!
"Since people from all over the world intend to settle in Wu, they are Wu people, and I should encourage them."

"Therefore, according to my widow's wishes, I issued an edict that from now on, all the Li Shu who settled in Wu, and those who went to Wu, the government will give each person a house, three acres of land, one piece of cloth, and a set of farm tools. And lease the cattle, let them cultivate, and treat the rest as the same as the people of the country!"

"The 'savages' in Wu can also be registered and compiled, and all treatment is from those who have settled in Wu."

As soon as Qingji's words came out, there was an uproar among the officials.

The eunuch Shen Xi couldn't bear it and said: "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

"Your Majesty's encouragement of people from other countries to settle in Wu is certainly for the sake of the country, and the intention is to increase the population. However, if Your Majesty gives such treatment, isn't it a case of favoring one over another?"

"If the people of the country know that the king treats foreigners and exiled savages in such a way, they will definitely feel dissatisfied. If this is the case, won't the country lose the hearts of the people?"

Shen Xi is reminding Qingji that the latter's favoritism over others may lead to resistance from the people of the country, and then the people of Wu will be separated from him, which will really have a bad impact.

Of course, this is only Shen Xi's one-sided statement.

Even if the people of Wu State are jealous and jealous of those outsiders, so what?

Qingji is entirely out of national interest considerations, how can he look forward and backward, and be timid?
The hearts of the people are important, but the people of the state of Wu are only "suffering for the widow and not for the balance", so how can they cast aside Qing Ji?
"My lord, what the eunuch said is absolutely true!"

The Shaofu was followed by Li and said: "Whether it is a savage who fled or a foreigner who went to Wu to settle down, he should be self-reliant. Why is my country of Wu treating you so favorably?"

"Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

"My minister agrees!"

"Your Majesty, my subordinates seconded the proposal!"

A group of old family ministers headed by Shen Xi and Bei Li strongly opposed Qing Ji's preferential treatment of outsiders and savages.

Gein, as soon as these people came and were registered, they became the people of Wu.

And they were all slaves of the nobles before!

For those black households, the nobles can capture them at will and make them their slaves!

And once Qingji promulgates such generous decrees for outsiders and savages, it is conceivable that the number of slaves in the slave market (Yaxing) will drop sharply.

The inherent interests of the ministers and officials who participated in it will also be damaged. How can they be willing?

How could Qingji not be clear about the thoughts of the old ministers of Shen Xi and Bei Li?
Therefore, Qingji made a decisive decision, waved his hand and said, "I have already decided to issue such an edict, so there is no need for the second and third sons to say anything."

"In addition, the widow should also prohibit all slave arrests in the country. From now on, slave arrest is strictly prohibited. Anyone who violates the law will confiscate his family property and exile his family up and down the frontier. In severe cases, he will be beheaded and his family members will be exiled to the frontier, or demoted to official slaves! "

(End of this chapter)