A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 462 Dynasty Cycle Hehuang Valley
The Daqian court issued a decree on mountains, rivers and rivers, and after a series of political wrangling, it was finally passed. However, facing the fact that most of the benefits were taken away by the court, the nobles were not willing to accept it.

This also resulted in a large number of nobles deliberately concealing minerals in the future, and then being involved in a series of major cases.

The imperial court implemented the Mountains and Rivers Law. Although there were many twists and turns, it was finally implemented.So this decree was promulgated to the world. According to the decree, all mineral deposits in Daqian land belonged to the imperial court. If nobles, powerful people or others wanted to exploit them, they needed to purchase mining rights.

Of course, if minerals are discovered and reported to the court, rewards will also be given according to the type and quantity of the minerals.

It's just that this kind of reward is better than nothing for the nobles, but it is a fortune for the common people.Of course, in comparison, ordinary people have discovered more minerals. After all, no nobles are willing to go into the mountains and forests.

The nobles were able to discover these minerals because most of the people in the mountains accidentally brought some ores. Now that there are rewards from the court, it is expected that a large number of people will go into the mountains to look for them.

After the Daqian court changed its grassland policy, the amount of money invested in food and grain was also significantly reduced, and the money saved began to be invested in other places.

Since the founding of Daqian, the pace of Chidao construction has slowed down, partly due to military issues and partly due to financial issues, and it does not rule out that some officials have selfish issues.

This time, after the imperial court's finances became abundant, Wang Xin was ready to promote the construction of Chidao again.

Since Daqian developed the south, the population in the south has increased in the past few decades, and it is no longer a barbaric and mountainous Vietnamese land like the Huai Kingdom period.

Although there are many rivers in the south, there are also many plains. During the Huai Kingdom period, not many roads were built here, so the court's control over the south was somewhat weak.

Wang Xin began to build Chidao in the south because he wanted to strengthen the court's control over the south.

Because of the geographical environment of the south, the Chidao built by the imperial court in the South was different from that in the North. The Chidao in the North was straighter, while the Chidao in the South had many bends and rivers.Therefore, most of the galloping routes in the south need to be coordinated with ships.

At the same time, the court also needed to repair and dredge rivers, and the construction of the southern Chidao was a heavy workload.

After the imperial court promoted the construction of Chidao in the south, it began to collect labor and at the same time made the south prosperous.A large amount of money and food were invested, and the speed of development in the south became several times faster.

When the imperial court developed the south, it also wanted to move the population of the Central Plains southward.After decades of peace, abundant food and the development of medical and health care have increased the population of the Central Plains, and the imperial court can only continue to migrate people out.Just as the south needs development, it can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

It can not only solve the problem of overpopulation in the Central Plains, but also strengthen the court's control over the south.

A hundred years after Dagan unified the world, the population of Dagan increased.The royal family could already foresee that population would soon become an important issue in Daqian.

The land in Daqian cannot support the growing population. By then, the conflict between people and land will become more acute. This is also the reason why the imperial court continues to expand outward.

Daqian attaches great importance to medical skills. Hundreds of years of development have made great progress in Daqian's medical skills, allowing the survival rate of newborns to be very high.Coupled with the progress of agricultural cultivation, the use of fertilizers, the improvement of seeds, the peace of the world, the court not over-exploiting, etc., this series of factors finally made the population of Daqian far exceed that of the real world at the same time.After the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty and the accession of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the population increased from about 500 million in the early Han Dynasty to 600 million.About half a century later, the population of the Western Han Dynasty was close to 6000 million at its peak.

A population of 6000 million was already unbearable by the Western Han Dynasty at that time. Although the territory of Daqian is now larger than that of the Western Han Dynasty, its population is far greater than that of the Western Han Dynasty at its peak.

Even with the suppression of the royal family, nobles, powerful men, and officials did not dare to encroach on acres of land, but the problem of population and land was still getting more and more serious.

Zijue also did not expect that when he valued medical skills, vigorously promoted medical skills, and valued farming, and his descendants also strived to be successful, he actually allowed the population of Zhuxia to reach such a level.

In modern society, due to advanced science and technology, there are various high-yielding crops, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which can produce thousands of kilograms of grain per acre. In this era, a yield of two hundred kilograms per acre is considered too much.

The land of Daqian cannot support too many people. When the contradiction between the population and the land can no longer be reconciled, the people will rise up, the world will be in chaos, and the heroes will compete for the throne.

Under normal circumstances, it would take 200 years for this kind of contradiction to appear. If we want to solve this kind of contradiction, apart from natural and man-made disasters and wars, we can only expand outward.

In ancient times, technology was limited, and the territory of the empire was limited, and it was impossible to expand infinitely. When there was no room for expansion, the people at the bottom who could not survive would rise up.

In real history, when a dynasty fell, in addition to the corruption and excessive exploitation of the court, another reason was that noble officials from wealthy families occupied the land wantonly, resulting in more and more landless people.Coupled with natural and man-made disasters, it finally broke out completely and completely destroyed a dynasty.

Because of this, a dynastic periodic law emerged.After entering feudal society, all dynasties did not break through the 300-year limit.Even the Han Dynasty that was presented was divided into the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty.

Although they are both Han Dynasty, there is actually not much relationship between the two. They can be regarded as two completely different dynasties.

Moreover, the Han Dynasty was able to last for 400 years, which was also due to the large-scale wars that occurred at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, and the population plummeted. After the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population was only more than 2000 million.After the contradiction between man and land ceased to exist, the Eastern Han Dynasty continued for more than 100 years.

The Daqian royal family did not want to fight internally and change dynasties, so they could only expand outward and develop the southern region.Of course, while the south is being developed, populations in Liaodong, the Western Regions, and the Hexi Corridor are also constantly migrating.

After decades of immigration development, the Hexi Corridor has a population of more than 200 million. Wang Xin plans to continue to increase the population of the Hexi Corridor and at the same time begin to develop into the Hehuang Valley.The Hehuang Valley is suitable for farming because of the Huangshui River and the big river, and because it is blocked by the Qilian Mountains, the climate is also comfortable.

This was originally the residence of the Qiang people. The Qiang people and the Qiang people are not much different in appearance. They are semi-farming and semi-nomadic. They were greatly influenced by the Daqian people. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, they had a good relationship with the Bangzhou and Qiang people, and they often intermarried.

After the establishment of Daqian, they had many contacts with Daqian and were easily assimilated. Wang Xin planned to assimilate the Qiang people and then develop to the plateau.When the Hexi Corridor was opened, Xiping County was established near Hehuang. Although it was said to be a county, it was actually a military stronghold to protect the Hexi Corridor.

Now that the Hexi Corridor has a large population, the imperial court is ready to take complete control of the Hehuang land.

(End of this chapter)