Luoyang has never been busier.
Even when Luoyang was rebuilt, it was not so busy, but walking in Luoyang or the streets leading to Luoyang, you will find that even these people who do hard labor do not have too much dissatisfaction on their faces.
"Fengxiao, you don't have to come out" Liu Xie looked at the pale Guo Jia and said with a wry smile.
"No" Guo Jia shook his head: "This feng shui technique, can prosper the country, can also destroy the country, hand it over to others, the minister is not at ease, especially these eight martyrs monuments, if there is a slight deviation, it will have the effect of reversing yin and yang, if someone has bad intentions, it will be a disaster for my dynasty, cough cough" "How can it be so mysterious, that Zuo Ci has been immersed in this way for many years, it's different, but I can't help it, it's man-made" Liu Xie shook his head with a smile.
"It's different," Guo Jia said proudly: "Your Majesty should know that people are different from each other. ” "Indeed."
Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia worriedly: "It's just that I can't solve this problem yet, and I can only find a solution when the Divine Court is established." ” Looking at the gloomy luck above Guo Jia's head, Liu Xie said worriedly.
"Life and death are fate, why does Your Majesty need to be like this, the minister can witness the prosperity of the Han Dynasty in his lifetime, and the remaining wishes are enough."
Guo Jia waved his hand indifferently, the uninhibited and free and easy that looked down on life and death, and the three people behind him, Zhou Yu, Xu Shu, and Pang Tong admired it.
"Zhongkang, send Mr. back to rest."
Liu Xie turned his head to look at Xu Chu behind him, and said in a deep voice.
Xu Chu bowed and said to Guo Jia: "Sir, I'll send you home." ” "The minister retired."
Guo Jia nodded, got into the sedan chair with him, and walked away.
"Your Majesty, according to your request, now our dynasty is taking the opportunity of building the altar of the gods and the monument of the martyrs, while purchasing various materials from the countries of the Western Regions, I have also begun to consciously spread my Han language and writing and measurement units to the people of the Western Regions.
Xu Shu looked at Guo Jia's back and left, before smiling at Liu Xie.
"The matter of commerce and trade has now begun to be strengthened, and although the price of refined salt, soap and other things is gradually falling in China, it can still be sold at a high price in the countries of the Western Regions, Sanhan and even the Northern Xiongnu in Mobei."
Pang Tong said with a smile.
"The iron track from Chang'an to Dunhuang has begun to be laid, but now it is only laid to Longyou."
Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment, looked at Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, is it too wasteful to do this." ” That's iron, in the past, generals couldn't get a weapon of iron, but now they use it to pave the way, although this road is a little special, but Zhou Yu still feels a little distressed, how many weapons can be made.
"Take a long-term view, Gong Jin thinks that our dynasty has never really occupied the Western Regions for hundreds of years, why" Liu Xie looked at Zhou Yu and smiled.
"But this kind of practice, it is too wasteful, now the Ministry of Industry produced iron, almost all used in paving, from Dunhuang in Chang'an, no less than three thousand miles, such with rails to lay, but also double tracks laid at the same time, Your Majesty has ever thought that the consumption of this even if those workers are from Sanhan, the Western Regions and other places to pay for the lowly family, but just the food consumption, when the track is paved, I am afraid it will be enough to supply an army" Zhou Yu frowned.
"Gong Jin can know how much money this Western Regions can provide to our country every year" Liu Xie turned his head to look at Pang Tong and motioned for him to tell Zhou Yu.
"Now the use of refined salt, soap, alkali and other living materials, I have obtained from the Western Regions, it is enough to lay such rails, once the track is successfully laid, the speed back and forth will be faster, this benefit, will skyrocket tenfold and the Ministry of Industry has begun to burn iron in Longxi, specifically responsible for the supply of these two rails, to be completed over there, the iron furnace in Luoyang will mainly begin to lay iron rails in the country, it is expected that within 20 years, when it can be erected between the major cities of our dynasty, In terms of population, His Majesty has established a promotion system for untouchable status, as long as these people are willing to work diligently for ten years, they will get out of the untouchable status and officially become my Han people. ” The so-called lowly nationality is actually slave nationality, these people are prisoners of war in the war of the Western Regions, contributed or sold to the Han Dynasty.
Zhou Yu listened to Pang Tong constantly talk about the data, and at the same time, there was also the way the Han Dynasty attracted money from the outside world and the lowly promotion system, so he had to admire these things that these people had studied.
The lowly promotion system, if not counted as the final can get out of the lowly status, in fact, in the long history of China, it is not difficult to find the prototype, and now it is naturally impossible to use this backward means for them within the Han Dynasty, but for foreigners, this means is better than direct education, and when these lowly people go through a lot of hard work and ten years of training, they finally get rid of the lowly status, and they have basically been educated.
What made Zhou Yu feel most shameful was that the war between the countries of the Western Regions was secretly provoked by the Western Regions Protectorate, the purpose was to sell the weapons replaced by the soldiers of the Han Dynasty and make another amount of money, and with the existence of the Western Regions Protectorate, it would never allow the Western Regions to appear a country that had grown through war.
This method is shameless enough, but it is constantly weakening the Western Regions, not to mention, there is also Liu Xie's use of trade to carry out cultural exports, and continue to sinicize the Western Regions, I am afraid that in twenty years, when these tracks are laid, it will be the time when the Western Regions will be included in the territory of the Han Dynasty.
Zhou Yu now understands more and more why the princes joined forces, why they were gradually crushed by Liu Xie, in terms of concept, Liu Xie has been using external forces to strengthen himself, while the princes have always reached inward, and as a result, the people can't get rich, and the country can't be strong.
"Your Majesty."
Cao Cao and Xun Yu walked in from outside the city side by side, nodded to Zhou Yu, and said to Liu Xie: "The new household department has been established, and at the same time, the national household registration has also come out. ” "Oh, how many people does my Han have now" Liu Xie's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked.
"The land of Guanzhong, because of His Majesty's vigorous development in recent years, and the absence of war interference, currently includes the land of Xiliang and Hetao, and the household registration registered in the government is 3 million households, about 14 million people, but as far as the minister knows, most of the population in Guanzhong is 84 years old."
Xun Yu held a book, flipped through it, and read: "It's just that except for Guanzhong, the population of other states and counties has withered out because of the war, and the most populous is Jingzhou, plus Nanyang, with a total of 800,000 households, about 3.2 million people, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou because of years of conquest, adding up to 700,000 households, about 2.6 million population, Qingzhou has 180,000 households, about 500,000 population, most of which are in the Jiaodong area, Jizhou, Youzhou, Because His Majesty did not impress the people at the beginning, there were 700,000 households and a population of 3 million, and the population in the Sili area is now 380,000 households and 1.8 million people, and there are about 600,000 households and 2 million people in Shuzhong. ” Xun Yu closed the booklet with a somewhat heavy face: "The total population is 27.1 million, and among them, the total population of the former Kwantung princes is 9.3 million."
After Zhou Yu and Cao Cao listened, they fell silent at the same time.
The total population under the rule of the Kwantung princes is now less than one Guanzhong, not to mention the time of the war, in addition to Guanzhong, Xiliang, and Hetao, as well as Shuzhong in Liu Xie's hands, Liu Xie has also been obtained by Liu Xie, and Sili has gradually improved, although Sili's 1.8 million population, more than half of it will be attributed to Yingchuan, but even if these people are not counted, Guanzhong can be worth the princes in terms of population alone Liu Xie sighed, if he hadn't arrived, not to mention the population of more than 10 million people in Guanzhong, in Li Guo's scourge and natural disasters, the tragic situation of thousands of miles of uninhabited people recorded in the history books may still be staged, and when the time comes, the national population statistics add up to I don't know if there are more than 10 million, Liu Xie has preserved the vitality of Guanzhong, and also the vitality of the Han people.
"I remember" Liu Xie looked at everyone and said with a smile: "During the period of the first emperor, when the Yellow Turban did not rise, the last household registration statistics, the population of my Han Dynasty was 50 million, and all of you Aiqing are the top talents in the Han world, when the world is wise, the talent of the king, can you tell me why?"
When Cao Cao and others heard this, they were speechless, why, naturally it was a war, but they were also fighting, why did Liu Xie's Guanzhong not only not decrease, but a large number of new additions, just listening to Xun Yu's words, most of the children aged eight to fourteen, they knew that these people were the new population during Liu Xie's reign, otherwise, the population of the whole country would not be more than 10 million "Okay" Looking at the silent crowd, Liu Xie smiled and said: "Right and wrong, now there is no meaning, I don't want to talk about the past, I just want you to understand that you, to the people of the world, are sinners, including me, too." ” "Ministers, remember," Cao Cao and the others bowed.
"Continue to follow up on household registration, strengthen household registration management, encourage childbirth among the people, and tell my people that they should not be afraid that they will not be able to raise children, they can raise as many as they can, and if they can't afford to raise them, they will expand their territory, and the Han people have too much Han blood on their hands."
Liu Xie looked at Xun Yu and said.
Xun Yu bowed.
"Let's all disperse, these two years will be very busy, don't be lazy, if the army is too idle, let them help with the work."
Liu Xie waved his hand and smiled at everyone: "Ten years later, I want a prosperous Han dynasty" "The ministers will do their best" Everyone bowed in unison and said solemnly, these people who were once enemies resonated for the first time. t1706231537: