Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 324 Zhida
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian worked hard to defeat the state of Wu. After ten years of life and ten years of experience, he implemented "publicly funded medical care" for pregnant women. When giving birth, the government sent someone to assist the childbirth. He gave birth to a boy with two bottles of wine and a dog, and for a girl, two bottles of wine, A pig.

Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, also stipulated that children born to the people should not be born until they are two years old.

Exemption from corvée tax for two years.

The Han Dynasty also took great pains to increase the population. Women who did not marry between the age of fifteen and thirty were counted as five.

That is to bear five times the calculation tax (poll tax).

In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was also stipulated that women should not marry until they were fifteen years old, and their families would take over.

If you want to stimulate the population, shouting is useless, you must use real money.

During Shihu's reign, he killed the people wantonly. The population of Hu people increased greatly, and the population of Huaxia dropped sharply. If Liang wanted to gain a foothold in the north, the population of its own ethnic group must not be reduced.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

Especially in this precarious age.

The population of this ethnic group is directly related to how long Daliang can survive.

In Li Yue's view, in the Northern Dynasties in history, except for the former Yan, the demise of Jie Zhao, Ran Wei, Fu Qin, and the Northern Wei Dynasty were all due to ethnic issues that were not properly handled.

Li Yue immediately issued a decree, all people in the country will be given ten acres of land when they get married, regardless of whether they have a boy or a girl, they will be rewarded with two sheep, and they will receive half a stone of grain every month for six months. Midwifery.

If a woman does not marry at fifteen, her family will serve half a year, and she will be fined one shi every year.

Taking over the two states of Yu and Xu, plus half of Yangzhou, the Liang Kingdom was vast and sparsely populated.

Li Yue could still afford ten acres of land.

As for food, it is not a problem for Liang Guo today.

Xuxia Tuntian, Huaibei Datuntian, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou are all the granaries of this era. It is not difficult to feed a population of about 100 million households in Liang State.

This population was only the size of a medium-sized city in later generations.

However, Yue Ji's hospital building could not be built in a short while, and it was definitely not a small project.

But wherever a seed is planted, there will always be fruit.

After Li Yue's government order, married people were everywhere, and even Yecheng became lively.

There are married couples everywhere, and some people took advantage of the enthusiasm and married a few more concubines, but marrying a concubine is not a marriage, and there is no reward of ten acres of land.

In principle, the government supported the marriage of slaves and would also deliver their babies.

But without the reward of ten acres of land, there is nothing for having a boy or a girl.

The only advantage is that their children can become children instead of slaves, and their children and grandchildren do not have to be slaves, which gives them a glimmer of hope.

"Two months have passed. It's almost the end of the year. Huan Wen is still stationed in Bashang?" Li Yue flipped through the latest battle report.

Huan Wen was speechless.

Either drive straight in and attack Chang'an. Whether we can defend it or not will be discussed later. Attack it first and get the credit.

Or, take advantage of the fact that Di Qin has been fooled, give it up and return to Jingxiang.

To refuse to advance or retreat like this is a taboo among military strategists.

On the other hand, after Di Qin took a breath, Fu Xiong made a decisive decision and led [-] elite cavalry to attack Sima Xun and defeat him. Sima Xun retreated to Nuwa Fort to defend himself.

The morale of the Qin army recovered a lot.

One of Huan Wen's major shortcomings is that he has too many ideas, is hesitant, and is procrastinating.

"Huan Wen, we will be defeated!" Even Liu Qun, who was optimistic about the Northern Expedition, could see the end of this war...

Bashui, the north wind howls.

The banners of the Jin army were all frozen, and the wind could not move them.

At this moment, two special guests are being welcomed in the Chinese military tent.

One of them, wearing rags and rags, was lying on a couch, digging in and out of his arms in front of everyone, but he kept talking, "Guanzhong is the land of Tianfu and the residence of emperors. Duke Huan conquered Shu. If Guanzhong can be pacified now, half of the world will be in Duke Huan's bag. At that time, we can reject Wei Han and look to the east of Guandong, store up grain and grass, train soldiers, and watch the battle between Liang and Yan. When the two countries are exhausted, Duke Huan will march out of Luochuan with a drum. If you send a general out of Jingxiang and sweep across the Central Plains, the world will be settled and your great ambitions will be achieved!"

After saying that, Wang Meng took out a louse, flicked it with his fingers in front of everyone, and flew towards Huan Chong, who was sitting next to Huan Wen.Huan Chong's face turned green at that time.

Xue Qiang on the side coughed twice to cover up the embarrassment in the hall.

Huan Wen is a celebrity, the more indulgent and uninhibited a person is, the more he values ​​it.

What's more, what Wang Meng said was indeed a good strategy.

Shuzhong, Jingxiang, plus Guanzhong and Hanzhong, Huan Wen's territory far exceeds that of the Qin Dynasty, and will become the strongest force in the world.

And it also occupies the right time and place.

The words have already shown that as long as Huan Wen follows Wang Meng's strategy, "ambition can be achieved."

Huan Wen's "ambition" has long been seen clearly.

But Huan Wen was not very interested and changed the topic, "I have been ordered by the emperor to lead a hundred thousand elite troops to fight against rebellion and eliminate the remaining thieves for the people. But the heroes of the Three Qin Dynasties have not yet arrived, so why?"

After Huan Wen entered Guanzhong, the people greeted him with wine and cows, and many counties and counties responded, but the powerful people in Guanzhong remained unmoved.

Those who win the powerful win the world, without the support of the powerful, Huan Wen cannot stand in Guanzhong.

Wang Meng said earnestly: "The Duke is not far away for thousands of miles, and goes deep into the territory of the invaders. Chang'an is within easy reach without crossing the Bashui River. The people have not seen the public's heart, so they don't come."

The powerful people in Guanzhong were actually deceived by Jiangdong.

Shibao rebelled, Guanzhong Hao sent envoys to Jin, and asked for the Northern Expedition. Sima Xun delayed for half a year before going north. [-] troops set up a camp at Xuangou, only [-] miles away from Chang'an, just like Huanwen now.

The powerful officials in Guanzhong killed Jie Zhao, the prefect, and the county magistrate responded to Sima Xun.

But Wang Lang came with [-] fine cavalry, and Sima Xun's [-] troops turned around and ran away...

Now Huan Wen is on his northern expedition, Chang'an is very close, and there are only thousands of old and weak people in the city. Huan Wen has delayed the attack for so long, but still doesn't attack.

You learn a lot from a pitfall, you are not a fool, and you respond verbally, but you are "not yet".

Huan Wen remained silent for a long time and then said: "There is no one in Jiangdong who can compare with me!"

So he promoted Wang Meng to sacrifice wine for the army.

Wang Meng recommended Xue Qiang, and Huan Wen also promoted him to work.

After the banquet was over, the two returned to their lodgings.

"Duke Huan has great ambitions and lack of talent. His ambition for the Northern Expedition is not pure. Tens of thousands of troops have been stationed in the enemy's territory for several months. He regards the army as a child's play. He admires the false name but deals with real disasters. He is defeated every day. You are not a master. You can't be wrong about the situation. Let's go! "

The onlookers knew that Xue Qiang didn't say a word at the banquet, but he saw it more deeply than Wang Meng.

Wang Meng looked disappointed. The road had been paved for Huan Wen. He had captured Guanzhong and half of the world was in his hands. His strength far surpassed that of Jiangdong. However, Huan Wen was short-sighted and only focused on Jiangdong...

"This person is not very resourceful."

"Why don't you join me in joining the Ming Lord!" Xue Qiang strongly invited.

Wang Meng shook his head, "The Lord's Ming Dynasty is not true. This corner of Luoyang is caught between various forces and it is difficult to achieve success."

Xue Zan, who joined Yao Xiang's army, also came from Bingzhou Sanxue, and Xue Qiang's distant uncle.

With this relationship, Xue naturally bet on Yao Xiang.

"It seems that it's time for you and me to go our separate ways." Xue Qiang sighed. He knew Wang Meng's character. Once he was determined, it would be difficult to look back. When they judged the world's heroes, Fu Hong was dead and Huan Wen had only a false reputation. The one from the Central Plains.

Everyone has their own position and interests.

The Xue family is bound to the Yao family, and Liang Guo will not be able to reach Bingzhou for a moment, so it is naturally impossible for the Xue family to vote for Liang Guo.

But from Wang Meng's standpoint, the Liang Kingdom was newly built, a thousand wastes were waiting to be rebuilt, and interest groups had not yet formed, which was suitable for a poor family like him.

"The green hills remain unchanged and the green water flows forever. You and I will see each other again someday." Wang Meng sighed for a while.

The next day, the two left the Jin army camp and went their separate ways.

And Huan Wen didn't care too much, no one stopped him.

(End of this chapter)