Shuhan

Chapter 342 Crown Prince Zen, planning Brazil!
Jian'an 26 years.

Oh no
It should be considered the first year of Zhang Wu.

May.

Liu Chan was officially named the crown prince and the heir of the Han Dynasty.

The original Prince's Mansion has now become the East Palace.

A group of subordinate officials in the Prince's Mansion have now become subordinate officials in the East Palace.

Liu Bei's Hanzhong Palace was also turned into an imperial palace, subject to regulations and in accordance with the regulations of the Luoyang Emperor.

of course
Large-scale construction projects require a lot of manpower and material resources. Now under the rule of the Han Dynasty, the world has not yet been unified, and the Han Dynasty has not yet been revived.

All walks of life are in ruins, and naturally there is no spare money to repair the palace.

Therefore, it was just a simple renovation of the palace. Fortunately, it was originally the foundation of the palace. Although it was just a simple renovation, the royal style came out immediately.

now.

Chengdu Palace.

Shangshu Taichung.

Liu Chan sat on the main seat, looking at the reports coming from various places with an expressionless face.

"It seems that during this period, the refugees have gathered a lot."

Last year, after the aftermath of the Hanzhong War, many people fled into the mountains in order to avoid corvee taxes. However, after Liu Chan issued an edict to rest with the people and divide their fields, those people who had been hiding in the mountains came out as expected.

In just one or two months, Yizhou had nearly [-] more people.

It can be seen that it is not that there are no people in Yizhou, but the people are not in the hands of the government. They are either in the hands of local powerful people, or they are hidden in the mountains.

"His Highness's previous policies were effective, but perhaps only these 10 people could be attracted. There will be more people who will come down later, but there won't be many."

Once people adapt to local life, it is difficult to change.

In other words, I don’t want to change.

Life in the mountains is difficult, but once you get used to it, it's actually not bad compared to being forced to do hard work at the bottom of the mountain.

Not to mention that so many people have left the mountains, and the lives of those who remain in the mountains have become better.

"Even if you want to be a mountain citizen, you still have to pay taxes and perform military service."

Can you escape by hiding in the mountains?
"Another edict is issued. Even if the people in the mountains have to stay on the mountain, they must also come down from the mountain to register and compile a household. If there is no one registered, in ten months, officials will come and arrest them as slaves! "

No tax paid.
What use are you alive to me, a big man?

They were all demoted to slaves. There was a lack of people to cultivate the vast areas in the Chengdu Plain!
"This"

Liu Chan's words made Zhuge Liang and Fazheng look at each other face to face.

"Your Highness, it would be outrageous to demote the people into slavery." Zhuge Liang had a look of hesitation on his face. He stepped forward and asked with his hands raised.

Liu Chan smiled softly and asked, "Does Prime Minister know the value of a strong slave in Chengdu today?"

value?
As the prime minister, Zhuge Liang knew all the information in detail. At this moment, he immediately said: "The price of slaves in Chengdu is probably as much as [-]."

A month ago, the price was [-].

The reason why it dropped was because the first slave-catching team that went to Nanzhong gradually came back with slaves.

This greatly alleviated the vacancy of slaves near Chengdu.

But the number of slaves brought by the first batch of slave-catching teams to Nanzhong was only a thousand, which could not cause any trouble at all, and it only slightly curbed the price of slaves.

As long as a large number of slaves do not come in within a month, the price will continue to rise.

"Sixty thousand for a strong slave is a barbarian who can't farm. If it's a slave who can farm, the price will be higher. If you go to capture these people in the mountains, I'm afraid the slave-catching team will happily go there. As for the Prime Minister's worries, they are unfounded. ”

After taking a breath, Liu Chan continued: "Today is a time of great struggle. The pseudo-Wei occupies the Central Plains and has a large number of people. If we want to compete with it, we must naturally use all methods that can improve our national power. Otherwise, , how can we defeat the puppet Wei, revive the Han Dynasty, and return the old capital?"

To demote the people into slaves is not to demote all the people into slaves, but to demote those disobedient people into slaves.

There is no king's soil under the whole world, and there is no king's ministers on the coast of leading the soil.

Since we are ordinary Han people, we cannot escape the fate of being exploited.

How could the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty be without such people?
Liu Chan will never tolerate those who escape when they are fighting and then enjoy the fruits of victory when they win in the future!
"My lord, I believe that what His Highness said is absolutely true."

Fazheng stepped forward slowly and said to Liu Chan: "In a time of great strife, there is no room for affection between children. Now that there are few people cultivating the land, it is natural to find out the people hiding in the mountains and forests. As for why they are demoted to Slaves, that's because if they are not demoted to slaves, the slave catching team will not go into the mountains to capture them, and the officers and soldiers alone will not be able to capture them."

Fa Zheng is still serving as Shangshu Ling. He has not yet taken the post of the first prime minister of this great Han Dynasty. Fa Zheng is still a little bit disgusted in his heart.

but
Prime Minister, Prime Minister.

It’s not as powerful as my Chancellor’s Desk!

This is not
The place where state affairs are handled now is not at the Prime Minister's Mansion, but at the Chancellor's Desk.

"Never mind this matter, Prime Minister, are you paying attention to the affairs of the Academy of Sciences?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "During spring plowing, in accordance with the requirements of the Academy of Sciences, farming methods, farming equipment, and agricultural fertilizers are all promoted."

Change farming methods, improve farming equipment, apply farmyard manure, and select and breed improved seeds.

Spring plowing has been completed for more than a month, and the results can already be seen.

"The methods of the Academy of Sciences have been written into the agricultural book and distributed to all counties to guide farming."

The agricultural book that I have been writing for several months has finally been completed. Naturally, some of the achievements of the Academy of Sciences have also been written in it.

"Have there been any changes in the crops in the past month?"

Zhuge Liang knew Liu Chanwen's change and immediately said: "Compared to previous years, with the use of agricultural fertilizer, the growth has indeed been better. The Chief Agricultural Officer estimates that this year's output may be one to two percent higher than in previous years."

One or two percent?

Liu Chan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Only [-]% or [-]%?"

Seeing the dissatisfaction on Liu Chan's face, Zhuge Liang immediately said: "One or two percent is already a lot. One piece of land has one or two percent more. I, a big man, have tens of millions of pieces of land. This adds up to a huge number." .”

But only adding [-]% to [-]% is still small.

This farmyard fertilizer seems to have average effect.

If we could tinker with chemical fertilizers, perhaps we could actually increase output.

And if improved varieties can be selected and bred, the yield will increase even more.

But these all take time.

Fazheng also said on the side: "As soon as your Highness the Academy of Sciences was established, it has achieved remarkable results. The use of agricultural fertilizers has increased a lot of output, and various improvements in agricultural tools have greatly improved the efficiency of people's farming. Originally, one family could only Those who cultivated twenty or thirty acres can now cultivate forty or fifty acres.”

The improvement of national power, in addition to the improvement of military power, naturally involves the improvement of productivity.

"Several copper mines and several iron mines were discovered in Nanzhong. The prime minister sent people to take charge of this matter to mine out the copper and iron ores."

Zhuge Liang immediately took the order.

"There are many salt fields in Yizhou, but only the salt fields in Guangdu use the method of boiling salt with earth gas. Now Guangdu produces salt, and the output has increased more than ten times. It can even be sold to Wei State. If the other places We can also learn from the experience of the Guangdu Saltworks and increase the output of the saltworks, which will greatly increase our income and solve the problem of insufficient food in our country."

Salt is a necessity of life.

If you control the salt, you will control a way to make money.

It's still kind of continuous.

"This matter will be handed over to Shangshutai, and we will strive to improve the methods of salt farms in various places and increase production within this year."

Shangshu ordered Fazheng to salute Liu Chan immediately and said: "I accept your order!"

After giving some more instructions and handling related government affairs, the sky was already getting dark.

It's time to take a nap.

Coming out of the chancery, Liu Chan took a breath of fresh air.

Not to mention being an emperor, now that Liu Chan is the prince and responsible for supervising the country, there are so many things to do every day that he has to sit at the chancellery for four or five hours.It can be said to be the real [-].

Getting on the prince's chariot at the palace gate, Liu Chan was about to go to the palace, but he didn't want to be outside the chariot, but a voice stopped him.

"Your Highness, wait a minute."

Liu Chan opened the car curtain and took a closer look, but it was Zhuge Kongming.

"Prime Minister, do you have any instructions?"

Zhuge Liang smiled softly and said, "I have something to say to Your Highness."

Some words?
Liu Chan nodded and said, "Prime Minister, please get in the car."

After a while, Zhuge Liang got into the prince's chariot.

The chariots and horses of the Han Dynasty include Yuming chariot, Chengyu chariot, Jingen chariot, An chariot, Li chariot, plow chariot, military chariot, hunting chariot, shared chariot, green covered chariot, green chariot, soap covered chariot, Madame An chariot, Dajia chariot and Fa chariot. There are ten or twenty types of vehicles, such as chariot, small chariot, light chariot, ambassador chariot, envoy chariot, carrier chariot, and guide and slave chariot.

In the Han Dynasty, chariots and horses were divided into many different levels according to the riding mode, carriage, type and number of driving animals, chariot and horse decorations, and application occasions. People of different levels rode corresponding chariots, which is called "teaching chariots to their best".

The emperor drives six horses, the princes drive four, the high officials three, the scholars two, and the common people one.

In the case of car covers, the difference in grade is reflected in the color and material. For cars with less than [-] stones, they are covered with white cloth, for cars with more than [-] stones, they are covered with soap cloth, and for cars with more than [-] stones, they are covered with soap.

Liu Chan's chariot can be said to have replaced a shotgun with a cannon.

The original carriage has been transformed into an carriage with a red liner, a green cover, a Jinhua flannel, a black wen, a Hua Shi Wen chariot, and a Jin Tu Wu mo, pulled by four horses, and the space is much larger.

Zhuge Liang was dressed in the prime minister's robe, sitting elegantly opposite Liu Chan.

This Han Dynasty prime minister began to have wrinkles on his forehead. Although they were not obvious, they were already there.

After becoming prime minister, Zhuge Liang immediately displayed his basic skills.

All matters of the Han Dynasty were arranged in an orderly manner, and even the smallest matters were handled personally.

It can be seen that he is very energetic and has a rigorous attitude towards work.

With such people working, this is why Liu Chan is able to get off work on time.

If not, I'm afraid I'll have to work overtime every day.

"I wonder what the Prime Minister has to teach me?"

An's car turned slowly and slowly towards the East Palace.

Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang were sitting in it, but they didn't appear to be shaking.

"It's not like teaching. I heard that His Highness is going to use troops against Brazil?"

This news is no secret either.

Liu Chan nodded.

"Brazil County is an important place in Yizhou. There are hundreds of thousands of people living in the mountains. However, they are not used by our big men. Instead, they often cause chaos. They must be pacified!"

Brazil is such a good place, so naturally it has to be organized into households.

The current Han Dynasty occupies the land of two states.

Jingzhou and Yizhou.

These two states are vast and sparsely populated, requiring a steady stream of people to come and farm.

Not just common people, but also slaves.

The most important reason why Liu Chan went to Brazil was to plunder the population.

After the population is born, it will take at least more than ten years for a new group of people to grow up, form combat effectiveness and increase productivity.

But for Liu Chan, these more than ten years were really too long.

He can't wait that long.

The fastest is naturally to plunder the population.

Now among Yizhou, Brazil is the most capable of plundering the population.

"The barbarians in Badi are rampant and good at fighting. How will Your Highness plan to deal with them?"

In the land of Sanba, there are three groups of barbarians.

In several counties from Danqu in Baxi County to Langzhong in Ba County, there are people living there, also known as "Banzhen Barbarians".

Fuling County and its surrounding areas were inhabited by Ju people, also known as "Linjun Barbarians".

From Jianwei County to Fuling County, there are people living in the Yanjiang River, such as Ling and Zhen. They have no rulers and live in caves.

Among these three forces, the Yi people are the strongest and have the largest population.

They also have the most contact with Han people.

"Of course, one group is fighting and the other group is pulling together!"

"Oh?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up and he asked: "Which faction should I fight and which faction should I pull?"

Liu Chan smiled softly and said: "Whoever is weak will pull him, and whoever is strong will beat him."

As a later generation, Liu Chan knew very well that Great Britain lacked great virtue.

There are many lessons he can learn from his approach to the colonies.

"The Banchen barbarians and Linjun barbarians have a feud. The two tribes have been fighting for hundreds of years. The conflicts between the two tribes can be used to obtain the Brazilian barbarian population."

This time, if the Banchen tribe kills the Linjun tribe, they can sell the captives to the Han people~
For one thousand yuan, there are great benefits.

Next time Lin Junman kills the Banzhen tribe, he can sell the captives to Liu Chan.

One is still a thousand dollars, no matter how young or old you are.

Let the barbarians consume themselves first, and then send out troops to suppress them when they are almost exhausted.

In the process of suppressing it, we can also bribe a group of leading parties, win over them with military households, and let them form an army of their own.

Use barbarians to kill barbarians, use barbarians to rule barbarians, why do you need to do it yourself?
After listening to Liu Chan's ideas, Zhuge Liang immediately took a breath of air in his heart.

"Your Highness's idea is really amazing, but if you think about it, it is very likely to succeed."

Barbarians are all short-sighted.

When the bright money and silk are placed in front of them, their hearts will definitely be moved.

Besides, exchanging enemies for money, isn’t this a win-win situation?
They win twice.

of course
If you think so, you don't know that Liu Chan is silently bleeding them.

When the blood dries up, it's time to eat meat.

"Then how will Your Highness govern Badi?"

Fight one faction and pull another faction.

Zhuge Liang found this method novel.

But to govern a land, it is absolutely impossible to conquer it alone.

"The men will either become barbarian guards of the Han army or become slaves. Afterwards, the problem will be solved if the Badi people are organized into households."

Since everyone is gone, there will naturally be no unrest.

"If His Highness wants to do this, I'm afraid the people of Badi will not obey your orders."

If Badi could be dealt with so simply and crudely, this problem would have been solved long ago.

"I wonder if the Prime Minister has any advice?"

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(End of this chapter)