Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 616

At this time, the state of Wu was full of nineteen counties.

It can be called the native of Wu State, there is only one Wu County, and there are parts of Jiujiang County and Yuzhang County.

After many years of blending, within a generation, Kuaiji County will gradually become a county in the mainland of Wu, but it is too reluctant.

For 18 years, as King of Wu, how much territory did Qingji open up for Wu?
Almost twenty times!
The momentum of this expansion is very rapid, but it also caused some potential problems.

For example, it is difficult for the state of Wu to expand its territory like a snake swallowing an elephant, which is difficult to digest.

Even if Qingji has always been adhering to the principle of "the sea is open to all rivers, tolerance is the greatest", without relying on several generations, for hundreds of years, the state of Wu could not really gain the trust of all the people of Li and Shu, making them the real "Wu people" !
Among them, the biggest problem is population.

When Qingji ascended the throne, what was the population of Wu?
85 million!

After years of encouraging childbirth policies implemented by Qingji, the population of Wu State showed a blowout growth.

As an old Wu native, the population has soared all the way, exceeding 100 million long ago.

Moreover, there are a lot of newborns, and some of them have grown up, like Gongzi Heng, Gongzihong and others, who are already able to fight the enemy and make contributions to the country.

There are more than one million people in Old Wu, which is indeed a lot.

However, the population of Wu State has remained high all the time.

According to the latest census data, plus the annexation of Chu and Yun, what is the current population of Wu?

Before the war of destroying Chu, Wu State had 140 million households and 710 million people!

Now Wu State has increased the population of Chu State and Yun State, with 170 million households and 880 million people!

What is this concept?
A piece of data shows that, overall, the population in the early Spring and Autumn Period was as large as 800 million to less than 2000 million, and in the late Spring and Autumn Period, the population rose to about 500 million.

After Han, Zhao, and Wei were divided into Jin and entered the Warring States period, the population exceeded 3000 million at its peak, and it was reduced to more than [-] million when Qin unified the six kingdoms...

Don't know if it's reliable.

However, Qingji reckoned that the total population of the Chinese nations in this era would certainly not exceed 2000 million.

This is not counting the total population of the six Lingnan counties and the three southwest counties opened up by Qingji...

The population of Jin is almost 500 million, and the five medium-sized countries of Zheng, Lu, Yan, Wei, and Song should have a population of about 50 to 80.

Qin State may have a population of no more than 200 million, and Qi State may have a population of nearly 300 million...

The rest of the small countries like Chen, Xu, Xu, and Cai, plus the Zhou royal family, must have exceeded 200 million.

In this way, the total population of the northern countries is 500 million...

Outrageous?
Outrageous!

Qing Ji felt that it was outrageous.

It's just that during Qingji's reign, he also invented Quyuanli, and continuously improved the means of production, developed people's livelihood, and encouraged births, which added a lot of population to Wu.

Seeing this, the rest of the countries also followed suit to encourage births, so it was inevitable that the population of all countries in the world has shown a blowout growth in the past ten years!
For Qingji, there are advantages and disadvantages.

The disadvantage is that the population of the countries is too large, and it is more difficult for Wu to conquer.

The advantage is that once Wu State destroys its country and gains its people, it can pick up ready-made ones.

Population has always been the foundation of a country's livelihood.

At this time, the territory of Wu State has already occupied half of China's Kyushu, and the total population has occupied more than one-third!

It's just that it's too late to digest, Wu's military mobilization ability may not be comparable to that of Jin and Qi.

Moreover, because the territory is too vast, once the Jin army goes south and the allied forces of the Central Plains princes go south, Wu's military strength will be to a large extent, and it needs to be scattered in various city gates to defend...

"Glue slippery, Xuanzhao!"

"promise."

With a big wave of Qingji's hand, the CRRC government order that had been prepared earlier slipped, and he took out a silk script and read it aloud: "Wang Zhao——"

"Xiahou's family has hundreds of officials, and the emperor has three princes, nine ministers, 27 doctors, and 81 yuan scholars."

"It is not necessary to set up the four assistants and the three princes, but their people. Words enable them."

"Yin also has three lords and nine qings. Yi Yin said: The three lords regulate Yin and Yang, and the nine qings control cold and heat..."

What is Qingji going to do?
Reform the bureaucracy again?
Do not!
Not also!

Qingji wanted to carry out some personnel transfers in the Wu Dynasty, so as to reform the administration of officials and demonstrate the new atmosphere of Wu State.

At the same time, Qingji is to commend the officials of Wu who have worked hard and made great contributions.

Among them, the Sangong and Jiuqing have undergone major changes.

Zhou Yi Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao are the three princes, and Wu has two different sets of "three princes", one is honorary, and the other is real power.

The titles of Taishi Ji Zha, Taifu Laozi, and Taibao Yanying remained unchanged, but they were rewarded by Qingji with a thousand acres of fertile land, five hundred pieces of gold, and one hundred pieces of silk and satin.

This is Qingji's reward for the three people's outstanding cultural contributions to Wu.

The "Three Dukes" with real power are nothing more than Grand Sima Sun Wu, Yushi doctor Wu Zixu and Dazai Jiran.

Ji Ran still served as Taizai, the head of a hundred officials, and was rewarded with five hundred gold, one hundred pieces of silk and satin, and one thousand households in Kuaiji, the city of food.

Wu Zixu was changed to Da Sima, and was rewarded with five hundred gold, one hundred pieces of silk and satin, and one thousand households in Yingdu, the city of food.

The former Grand Sima Sun Wu was appointed by Qingji as a "National Captain" who was equivalent to the official rank of the three princes, to stay in the post, and share military power with Grand Sima Wu Zixu.

Sun Wu has made outstanding achievements, he is already an extremely human minister, and there is no way to promote him, so Qingji named Sun Wu "Shen Jun" and enfeoffed him in the land of Shen. From then on, the entire Shen County will be Sun Wu's fief, hereditary and irreplaceable...

It is worth mentioning that among the many heroes in Wu before, only Taishi Ji Zha was the one who enjoyed this honor.

Ji Zha was sealed in Zhoulai by Qingji, and he could not refuse politely, so he could only agree.

The rest of Wu Guogongqing's officials do not enjoy fiefdoms, only food towns, and enjoy the taxation of one place or hundreds or thousands of households.

Even Ji Zha didn't dare to take Zhoulai as a fief, and decided to return Zhoulai after his death to avoid being "liquidated" in the future...

With Sun Wu's resignation, the position of Doctor Censor became vacant, so Qingji promoted Fan Li, who had been in charge of millet history for more than ten years, to become Doctor Censor.

For Fan Li, Qingji still felt indebted.

In terms of merit, Fan Li is almost the same as Sun Wu and Wu Zixu. He often advises Qingji by his side, and manages the country's finances, with outstanding achievements.

If Fan Li is not given the position of the Three Dukes, it is really unreasonable.

The rest of the ministers and officials also have their own rewards, such as silk and satin, fertile land, jade and silk, or increased food.

The reason why Sun Wu was granted the title of "Shen Jun" was because Qingji basically had no title for Sun Wu in his official position.

Sun Wu's food city already has five thousand households, so should he be given a food city of ten thousand households?
The same goes for Wu Zixu, with five thousand households in the city, and if he goes a step further, he can be named a hereditary monarch and lord just like Sun Wu!

(End of this chapter)