Fight for hegemony from a desert island

Chapter 567 One Year

Since Liu Cheng withdrew from Xuzhou and returned to the Four Seas, Da Zhou once again regained his calm.

Well, at least on the surface, everything is calm. The villain forces of the White Lotus Chamber of Commerce gradually disappeared after the Huangchao incident. The major martial arts forces did not make any major moves in the next year. busy.

During this year, only Cao An, Zhao Kuangyin, and Ming Huang, who had been defeated by Liu Cheng once, were more active.

Among the three, Zhao Kuangyin was playing games with the local forces in Liangzhou in Liangzhou.

Although Zhao Kuangyin was tricked by Liu Cheng and Cao An in Yuzhou, and even Yuzhou was lost in the end, it seems that he doesn't have much ability.

In fact, Zhao Kuangyin's failure in Yuzhou was due to many factors. If it weren't for the special environment and special time, Zhao Kuangyin might not have lost so badly. After all, their background in the Song Dynasty is not a joke.

What Zhao Kuangyin did when he went to Xiliang this time proved this point. It took only three months for Zhao Kuangyin to take control of Xiliang, and for the remaining half a year, he and his team were in charge of governance. With Xiliang.

According to the information obtained by Liu Cheng, Zhao Kuangyin's achievements this year are quite good. Although they are not comparable to those forces in the Tang Dynasty, they are much better than those of Emperor Ming, who was also displaced.

On Minghuang's side, after being defeated by Liu Cheng, although Liu Cheng gave up Xuzhou, Minghuang did not return to Xuzhou in the end.

He knew very well that he had already lost, and even if he returned to Xuzhou, he might not be able to gain a firm foothold.

And no one knew whether Liu Cheng would give him another hand after he returned to Xuzhou. He couldn't bear Liu Cheng's attack now, so Emperor Ming retreated directly to Jingzhou.

It has to be said that although Emperor Ming was beaten to the ground by Liu Cheng, he was still the king who had controlled the dynasty for 300 years after all.

Daming's background is really not a joke. It only took half a year to take over half of Jingzhou after arriving in Jingzhou, and regained a firm foothold.

However, Jingzhou is not as good as Liangzhou, and the lurking power in Jingzhou is much more terrifying than Liangzhou, so Minghuang has not completely captured Jingzhou in the past year, and even Minghuang himself did not dare to completely occupy Jingzhou, leaving a piece of land all the time. The place is for Jingzhou's latent forces to survive.

For fear of offending others, I can't help myself.

That's why it is said that Emperor Ming is much worse than Zhao Kuangyin.

As for the expansion of the three, Cao An was the one who expanded the most. After Liu Cheng withdrew from Xuzhou, Cao An quickly reached out to take Xuzhou into his hands.

Now Cao An already has the three prefectures of Sili, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou in his hands. If the sphere of influence alone does not count Liu Cheng who has won Goryeo, Cao An can be said to be the most in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, two-thirds of the territory under Cao An's command was disabled and abolished. In the first year when Cao An took Yuzhou and Xuzhou, there was no increase in administrative income at all. A lot went in.

Of course, Cao An's efforts were not in vain. After a year, the vitality of these two states has gradually recovered. Even because of the fact that they were broken and established, these two states still have a posture of taking off.

However, no matter how fast the development of these two states is, it is not as fast as that of Qingzhou.

To be honest, Liu Cheng basically didn't take care of Qingzhou after he was defeated.

Throw Qingzhou into Wu Xin's hands completely, and Liu Cheng's cheap junior is actually a lazy guy, Liu Cheng throws Qingzhou into his hands, he doesn't have that kind of "Your treat me like a countryman, I compare with others" Guoshi Baozhi's mood.

What Wu thought most about was how to be lazy.

Being lazy is very simple, anyone can do it, but it is a bit difficult to do what you should do well while being lazy, and even do things beautifully.

Well, let's look at the things Wu Xin wanted to be lazy about. This matter is no longer difficult. It's not much easier than climbing to the sky, but Wu Xin did it.

After a year, while he was being lazy, he also gave Liu Cheng an answer sheet that satisfied Liu Cheng to the extreme.

In just one year, the population of Qingzhou has increased from 4000 million to 5500 million. The population growth of 500 million in one year is quite terrifying.

What's even more frightening is the taxation. This year, Qingzhou brought Liu Cheng 15 billion in tax revenue, and according to Qingzhou's estimate, this number may double or even exceed next year. .

Wu Xin did this, but it is actually very simple to say, that is, in the past year, he has focused on one area, that is, people's livelihood.

All his efforts are devoted to agriculture and people's livelihood. In terms of economy, he has completely liberalized. He does not impose any restrictions on business and minimizes business taxes.

In the current environment where the entire Great Zhou is strictly controlled, Wu Xin's move is extremely attractive to businessmen.

In addition, Qingzhou did give merchants preferential treatment without discount. In a short period of time, a large number of merchants gathered in Qingzhou.

As soon as there were more merchants, the market in Qingzhou immediately came to life.

In addition, Qingzhou has almost completely let go of their hands, and the business of all walks of life, except for a few special prohibitions, is left to this group of businessmen to take care of.

In just one year, Qingzhou's economy has grown explosively.

Of course, this kind of growth is not all a good thing. Qingzhou officials' letting go of this level can easily cause a series of problems, but at least everything is still under Wu Xin's control. Besides, as long as the army is completely It is in his own hands, and Liu Cheng is not worried about what waves a group of businessmen can make.

Therefore, Liu Cheng didn't pay too much attention to the affairs in Qingzhou. From the very beginning, he always had the mentality of letting Wu Xin play, and that he would end up violently if it didn't work.

After all, this world is not Liu Cheng's previous life. The economic development of a country is important, but it is definitely not everything.

What really matters in this world is military strength, national destiny, and national weapons.

In the past year, Liu Cheng put almost all his energy on these things.

Now that a year has passed, Liu Chengling has made a terrifying improvement in the local area.

If Liu Cheng wanted to fight with himself a year ago at this time, Liu Cheng would be able to destroy himself a year ago without much effort.

One must know that a year ago, Liu Cheng's strength in the Great Zhou was already considered the top existence. At this time, Liu Cheng's strength may already be able to crush all the martial arts forces in the Great Zhou.

However, although Liu Cheng's strength has improved, he has no idea of ​​doing anything for the time being.

If possible, he still wants to develop for a few more years, but judging from the information Liu Cheng got, he may not be stable for long...

(End of this chapter)