Great Tang Southern Emperor

"That is to say, there is still one month left? This is really great." The surprise on Li Zhen's face was even stronger. It is now April, and Wu Meiniang will give birth in one month, and Fan Xueyi, she The time of pregnancy was a little more than a month later than that of Wu Meiniang, at most until July, and Fan Xueyi was due to give birth.And it's not just the two of them, because after the two became pregnant, Li Zhen brought disaster to the more than 20 queens that Li Shimin forced on him. Most of these people were also pregnant, and the time interval was very short ——That is to say, during this period from this year to next year, Li Zhen will usher in an explosive period of childbirth. After this period passes, Li Zhen will have more than 20 children, who are simply humanoid stallions.

But correspondingly, Li Zhen's reputation may also be completely ruined. When others mention the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the first impression may not be a wise man or a little god of wealth, but a sensualist, who will leave when he sees a beauty I don't know what to say, etc., I just don't know what to say - the problem is that Li Zhen is not this kind of person, although he was a little happy when he was forced by many beauties, but that was just human nature, and his original intention It's not the same... That's why Li Zhen felt that she was particularly wronged.

However, he just felt wronged. As for not having children for the sake of the so-called face, it is impossible. He is a royal family, and for the reproduction of the population of the Tang Dynasty, it is necessary to lead by example.

It has been less than 30 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and less than 20 years of peace in the world. Although after 20 years of governance, the Tang Dynasty has initially possessed the appearance of a prosperous age, and with the guidance of Li Zhen, it has brought the Tang Dynasty to the world. A more prosperous and prosperous age.

Today's Datang can say that there is nothing lacking. As long as this period of recuperation is over, it can be said that the recovered Datang really has the power to rule the world, but there is only one thing, which is Datang. The biggest shortcoming is the population. After the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the population has dropped to a historical low, only 2000 million people.

Even Li Zhen can't change this point. Even if under his influence, the people's lives in Datang improved and they could support more children, but having children is voluntary by the people. Even if Li Zhen has Influence, and how much impact can it cause?At most, it is to turn 2000 million into 100 million, which is already the limit of his ability.

And the population is sparse, which will lead to another very serious problem, that is, the newly occupied land cannot be digested-this is even more fatal for the future road of Datang conquest, the newly conquered land cannot be conquered. Occupation, how dare the conquering army of the Tang Dynasty dare to put these sites behind and go further to conquer more land?Aren't they afraid that the people on these sites will counterattack?When the time comes when the back road is cut off, maybe not just one or two people will die, maybe the entire army will be wiped out.

If you want to conquer a new land, ensuring that there are a sufficient number of Han people in the new land is the most important condition - why the Han people can have such a strong assimilation force, in addition to cultural inclusiveness, what is more important is that the number of Han people is large enough , it can be imagined that when the people around you are all Han Chinese, in order to integrate into them, you will unconsciously learn the customs and habits of the Han people. If this situation lasts for a long time, then you will naturally assimilate into the Han civilization. middle.

But what the Tang Dynasty lacks now is the population, and there are actually three ways to increase the population in this era: the first is to classify the people in the conquered areas as the people of the Tang Dynasty, but how can this newly conquered people be the same as the people of the Tang Dynasty? Datang single minded?Even Liuzhao, a nation that was subdued by Datang, and even voluntarily asked to surrender, would counterattack Datang when they had the opportunity, and bite the vital points of Datang. How could those people who were forcibly conquered by Datang Will he really surrender to Datang?

Unless it is like Tubo and Tianzhu, the local people are divided into several classes, and the bottom and the largest number of people will always be enslaved and exploited by the ruler, suffering unspeakably.Only in this way, when Datang rescues them with the attitude of a liberator, can the local people be recruited, and most people will really turn their hearts to Datang.But it is a pity that there are tens of thousands of ethnic groups in this world, but how many ethnic groups really meet this condition?Moreover, they are not the people of the Tang Dynasty themselves, and have never experienced the baptism of Han culture. Even if they are relocated to the newly conquered territory, so what?They may not even speak Chinese, so how could they spread Chinese culture?

The second method is to encourage birth. Since outsiders are not trustworthy, then increase the number of your own people. It’s just that it takes at least 16 years for a child to grow up. This is a very long period of time, not to mention the ancient The medical conditions are underdeveloped, and the probability of infant death is very high.

And although the current Tang Dynasty has entered a prosperous age, ordinary people are just able to eat enough. One more child is one more mouth to eat, but it takes a full 16 years for a child to generate value, which is a long time How could someone make such an investment?

Ordinary people are just uneducated, it doesn't mean they are fools.If it’s just one more child, that’s all right, but 16 years of long-term investment, the risk is too great, not to mention the child’s death, just in case there is a famine year in the 16 years, it may be Because of this extra person, the whole family may starve to death.

Therefore, it is not that the people are unwilling to have children, but that they dare not have children. The cost of having children is too high. At this time, encouragement from the upper levels is needed. Now the imperial court has issued a "Encouragement Order" to encourage births. Proposed various rewards for families with multiple children, from subsidizing food and money to raising children on behalf of the most high-end imperial court, various preferential policies have attracted many people.

At the same time, the top officials of the imperial court are also setting an example. Not only Li Shimin has added a daughter this year, but his sons also need to set an example, and Li Zhen naturally cannot escape this hurdle.

However, there is still the same problem. It takes at least 16 years for a child to reach adulthood. The time is really too long. Neither Li Shimin nor Li Zhen can afford to wait. Fortunately, there is a third method.

The third method is not only the fastest, but also the easiest, that is black households.Black households have existed since ancient times, especially during the years of war, when people were displaced and their household registration information was washed. After the country stabilized, some people became black households for various reasons. The common people, the black households, are actually quite a few.

For example, there is such a record in the Sui Dynasty. When the Sui Dynasty was founded, the population was only 350 million households. In just a few decades, the population grew to 980 million households, which almost tripled.Of course, this is not because of how clever the system of the Sui Dynasty was, nor was it because of how productive the people were at that time—it only lasted more than ten years, and at most it could only guarantee that one generation would grow up. Even if the population exploded, how could it possibly double So many times?The main reason is actually black households. Because of the turmoil in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, black households were everywhere, and a large number of people did not pay taxes to the court.Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, was an excellent emperor. He was very strict with the black households, and almost all the black households were found out, which caused the population of the Sui Dynasty to increase sharply. In the early days, there will be a population explosion, not because the founding emperor is so wise, mainly because they thoroughly investigated the black households).

Because of the powerful family in Tang Dynasty, they didn't catch black households so tightly. It's not that they didn't want to thoroughly investigate black households. Everyone knows the benefits of population increase. It's just that Tang Dynasty was just founded, and there were too many things, and the court didn't have any With that spare time to thoroughly investigate, coupled with the obstruction of some aristocratic families, this matter will be even more impossible to do.

Many aristocratic families have the habit of raising black households, because black households do not need to pay taxes, so they only need to pay taxes to the aristocratic family. The two sides have a tacit understanding to spare the court, which is a win-win situation for the aristocratic family and the black household. Both parties have their own benefits. Under normal circumstances, neither of the two parties will tear up their faces. The only one who suffers may be the imperial court. It is precisely because of this reason that a large number of black households are unwilling to register. Turn to the bright side.

Of course, because they don’t have household registration, it’s very inconvenient for them to do things, because in ancient times, guides were needed, and without guides, you couldn’t even go out for two hundred miles.However, the range of activities of the ancient people generally did not exceed [-] kilometers, and this restriction was basically the same as nothing for them.The other disadvantage is that black households can no longer enjoy the policies of the imperial court—it’s just that there were too few policies that benefited the people in ancient times, and any ordinary people can enjoy them, black households can also enjoy them by themselves. It is impossible to register for household registration (for example, the land grant method is to grant each household according to the number of fields, but the Tang Dynasty is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many barren mountains and mountains. Although black households cannot enjoy land grants, as long as they are not lazy, Just finding a piece of land to open up wasteland is enough to support my family).

As for the tax relief policy?Come on, people don't even have to pay taxes, how can the tax cut policy attract them?

But now is the time when the population is needed, and a thorough investigation of black households will indeed have a miraculous effect on Datang's future road to conquest.In fact, the Tang court has already done this kind of thing. The conquered Nanyang, Borneo and even Tianzhu were actually prepared for these black households.

It's a pity that Datang's propaganda strategy may not have been fully implemented. Although the "Immigration Policy" attracted the attention of many tenant farmers and black households under the name of the family, and thus overturned the family's land annexation, this trick is very effective for those who hide in the deep mountains and old forests. The people in it are not so attractive—it’s not that they are not attractive enough, it’s because they don’t know it at all, and they don’t even know it. How can they get out of the deep mountains?

Therefore, the next focus of Datang's efforts is to thoroughly check the household registration, and at the same time increase publicity efforts to try to attract more black households from the mountains-according to the calculations of the previous court, if all these black households are cleared, Datang will at least The population can be doubled again, which is very beneficial to Datang's future road to conquest. At least after all these populations are completely joked, the next generation of Datang may have grown up Now, the employment shortage may not be so serious by then.

Chapter 1030 Can't remember the title......

Chapter 387 Can't Remember the Title...

Two days later, the fleet from Tianzhu also came back. This time, there were not many people who came back. There were only 15 people in total, and the remaining less than 10 people stayed in Tianzhu to maintain law and order. The rout of bandits and the rebellious officials and thieves who tried to restore the country completely wiped out the situation in the world.

In addition, in addition to the 10 people in Tianzhu, the [-] road guards who have been building the passage from Nanyang to Tianzhu in the past two years have not returned. They still have their own tasks to complete.

First of all, the first one is that the road has not been repaired yet. Ever since Datang began to attack Tianzhu, Li Zhen has been planning to build a road from Nanyang to Tianzhu. In fact, this road has been completed to some extent. Otherwise, most of Datang's supplies would not be transported to Tianzhu so quickly.But if you have to say that this road has been repaired, it is not quite right, because this so-called repaired road is actually just a simple dirt road, and in the rainy Nanyang, the road condition does not matter how good the road is. One can imagine.

This time, Li Zhen planned to transform this dirt road into a real concrete road, turning it into a traffic throat connecting Nanyang and Tianzhu. For this reason, Li Zhen specially allocated 20 slaves to go there. For this road, he even delayed the construction of domestic roads.But as long as this place is repaired, and Liuzhao has fallen into the hands of Datang, even if there is a rebellion in Tianzhu in the future, the elites of Datang stationed in Liuzhao and Gaoda Prefecture can quickly enter Tianzhu to quell the rebellion—for Tianzhu, pay attention to this Even though Datang didn't think highly of the place, he would never give it up so easily.After all, this is the place where Datang bought the blood and lives of tens of thousands of elites. How could it be allowed to be snatched away so easily?

As for the second reason, it is also to maintain law and order in Gundam State, because Du He only brought 5000 people there when he took office in Gundam State. Such a small number of people can only settle down in the chaotic Gundam State. To rule here, 5000 people are far from enough, and these 10 people are the subordinates prepared by the imperial court for Du He—not to mention that a place as small as Gaozhou needs 10 people, and a place as big as Tianzhu and Nanyang only needs 10 people. Only [-] people.

The situation is really different, let’s not talk about Nanyang, Datang didn’t treat Nanyang aborigines as human beings at all, they were just Datang’s spare slave supply places, and the garrison there only needed to keep capturing the local aborigines while maintaining law and order , It’s enough not to let the natives create chaos, not to mention that the fighting power of the local natives is too rubbish, 10 people are almost enough.

As for Tianzhu, because of the abolition of the caste system, the middle and lower class people in Tianzhu are not disgusted with the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and without the support of the middle and lower class, it is simply impossible for those nobles to want to cause chaos of.

Therefore, only 10 people are needed in these two places to maintain local stability. However, Gaoda State is different. The ethnic situation here is very severe. The Gundam Kingdom and Kamalubo are even more feuding. The two sides are almost immortal, and they wish each other could die.Although these countries are now conquered by Datang, the conflicts between the two sides cannot be eased just because of the existence of Datang, and they may even transfer their hatred to Datang for some reason—so In order to protect the stability of the Gundam State, 10 people is the minimum.

Some people may ask, although Datang is only a liberator in name, he is actually following the path of an invader. Are the people of Tianzhu so stupid?So they will believe Datang's words?It's easy to return to Datang?Is this a bit too simple?

To be honest, it's really not too difficult. In fact, the situation is not as complicated as others think, especially in Tianzhu, where the situation is too special.First of all, Tianzhu itself is a place conquered by foreign nations. The original owners of this place are actually the Dravidians, and they are the owners of this land.But then the Aryans came and conquered this land, and then the Persians, Greeks (Alexander Expedition), Guishuang, and White Huns (嚈DA) all established political power here.

If this time and space continues according to the original history, then there will be Turks, Uzbeks, big cannibals, Mongols, and British conquered here. To put it bluntly, this is a nation that is used to being conquered. It's not a big deal to have another Datang man in the group of conquerors - because they have been conquered many times, they have already gotten used to it, not to mention that in this era, there is no so-called national independence thought at all.

Secondly, although Tianzhu is known as an ancient civilization, the oppression of the caste system has caused the people at the bottom to live in poverty. Although some places do not believe in Brahmanism, the influence of Brahmanism is everywhere. The caste system can be said to be distributed throughout Tianzhu.What's more, no matter in any era, the people at the bottom will not live very well. The difference is that at least ordinary people in other places have the possibility of counterattack, but in Tianzhu, they are low-level castes. Even though they have saved the country, they are still a lower caste. This is undoubtedly very unfair to those who are very talented at the bottom.

Now Datang's conquest can be said to have given them a chance to compete fairly, as long as they have talent, they can become masters. Of course, these people will support Datang's rule.But all talented people must have certain prestige in their respective circles. Now that they support the rule of Datang, under his influence, his entire circle will be loyal fans of Datang .

Third, no matter where it is, the people at the bottom of the feudal society are very poor. Not only do they have to bear heavy taxes, but they are also oppressed by the nobles at the top. It is not too much to say that the people are destitute.But Tang Dynasty rescued the people of Tianzhu with the attitude of a liberator. How could those uneducated people know the difference between good and evil? Didn't the little devils in later generations come in the name of a circle when they invaded?

What's even more ridiculous is that there are still people who believe it, so they help the devils invade their own country.There is no doubt that what Tang did in Tianzhu was much better than what the devils did. At least Datang did not commit such a thing as massacring a city. Not only that, but he also took the initiative to help the people of Tianzhu to do things, such as building houses, roads, delivering food, etc., and his performance was not inferior to Taizu's team. Such actions undoubtedly added a lot of points to the Tang army—at least Before the arrival of the Tang Dynasty, Tianzhu was also a pot of porridge, but I have never seen the conquerors treat the people in the conquered areas so well.

Chapter 1031 Payment order

Chapter 388 Payment order

Closer to home, the 15 soldiers who returned from the victory returned to Lingnan smoothly on the merchant ship prepared for them by Li Zhen-although there are many 15 people, in fact, for Datang Shipping at this time, the pressure is not great at all. It is said that there are still half of the unused merchant ships in Li Zhen's hands, and now the number of Datang's private merchant ships is almost more than [-].With the continuous expansion of the shipyards and the continuous expansion of the Quanzhou Shipyard, Hangzhou Shipyard and other small and medium-sized shipyards have innovated in technology one after another. Datang's merchant ships are constantly launching like dumplings, and the number will only increase. many.

According to statistics, if the output of all shipyards is summed up, the output of Datang’s merchant ships alone can produce about two ships a day on average, and this figure is still growing-this is not a small number. It means that Datang's annual ship output will be at least more than [-] ships, and at most will exceed [-] ships (the [-] ships here are not only large merchant ships like Zongheng class or Liaoyuan class, but also medium-sized merchant ships, otherwise That would be perverted).It can be imagined that ten years later, Datang's fleet will be sailing on the seas of the world, and the title of sea coachman may first fall on Datang's head.

Although the number of private merchant ships in Datang has not exceeded [-] (the upgrade of the shipyard is a recent thing), this has already made a good start, and then it is only necessary to leave everything to time, and the number will gradually increase. The little will add up.

And with 15 people, if a ship transports 500 people on average, only [-] ships are enough, and such a small ship can be supported by Li Zhen himself-in fact, he did the same, with a big wave of his hand, Four hundred Liaoyuan-class ships were transferred from the sealed boathouse, and everyone was transported back at once.

It's just that the distance from Datang to Tianzhu is relatively long, especially for sea transportation, you still need to go to Kerofusa (actually Malacca), and the narrowest part of the long and narrow road is less than [-] miles, which makes it impossible to travel here. It is impossible to pass too many ships at one time. This section alone caused the congestion of the strait for a whole day... In short, although there were some difficulties along the way, fortunately, everything went smoothly. Hundreds of merchant ships Carrying the soldiers who returned from victory, they returned to Lingnan smoothly.

Of course, after the 15 soldiers have landed, it is definitely impossible to let them all enter the city, otherwise it will cause chaos. Fortunately, Li Zhen has already prepared for this-the March Mountain base mentioned before has already been completed. It's just because Datang has been fighting against me for the past two years, especially the defense of Lingnan is even more empty. Even though the base has been repaired, it has never been used.

Although it is just a base that has not been put into use, Li Zhen has never stopped investing here. The scope of the base has expanded and expanded, and the supplies inside have increased and increased, especially food, wine and meat.Lingnan is rich in products, and some places in Lingnan also produce. The price of food has not been expensive, and now it is enough for 15 people to eat and drink every day for two months.

After arranging the subordinate soldiers, Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche took their harvest in Tianzhu to the Dawuzhuang Temple to meet Li Shimin, and at the same time to pay the order, they also presented a gift to the emperor.

"My minister Liu Hongji (Xue Wanche) sees Your Majesty, sees Your Highness, Tianzhu has made a decision, and the minister is here to deliver the order." The hall of the Holy Pole was already full of people, even Du Ruhui, who had been ill recently, came.

This time, Liu Hongji's partner Xue Wanche swept Tianzhu and destroyed dozens of countries.What's more, the enemies in Nanyang are all scumbags, but Tianzhu still has a Chaluqi and their hero Puluo Jishe II to resist. The difficulties of the two are not at the same level at all, which shows the difficulty of sweeping Tianzhu .The fact that Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche were able to make such a great contribution was also the first war at the national level since Datang entered Zhenguan 18 years ago, so it certainly deserves such a large-scale reception.

Today, the entire Tianzhu Continent except Nibora, which has always been on good terms with the Tang Dynasty, has become the territory of the Great Tang. Even Nibora is surrounded by the Tang Dynasty. It is no longer a climate, and Datang wants to destroy them without any effort, but after all, Niboluo has kindness to Datang, Li Shimin is unwilling to bear the infamy of revenge, and Niboluo warriors are brave, and Niboluo itself is also in the mountains Therefore, Li Shimin intends to continue to follow the method of peaceful evolution, and strive to change the way of life of the Nibaluo people within ten years.

"The two lovers have worked tirelessly for two years. They have broken the boat and broken the boat, opened up the territory and expanded the land, and finally achieved great achievements ([-] words are omitted here)... On behalf of the Tang Dynasty, I thank the two lovers." He almost exaggerated Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche.All civil and military officials in the court were also full of praise, envy and hatred, but Li Zhen who listened to Li Zhen fell asleep. He hated this kind of cliché the most. If it weren't for this occasion, he would be inseparable. Zhen will not come at all - today's meeting is actually just a formality, purely for Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche to accept the emperor's verbal reward, as for the actual reward, it will have to wait until the celebration in a few days Banquet can be implemented.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I'm ashamed of you." Liu Hongji and the two of them also understood what they were doing this time, so they didn't mind Li Shimin's verbal praise but no actual reward at all. They knew that today they just let themselves stand in front of their colleagues Show your face, the real benefits haven't been revealed yet.

"Hahaha... I have already prepared a banquet to clean up the dust for the two lovers." Li Shimin may also feel annoyed. His mouth was dry from the long speech just now, and he ended this time in a hurry. They didn't even look at the trophies brought back by the two of them, so they announced the start of the banquet—anyway, there was plenty of time during the banquet, so it wouldn't be too late to take a look at it slowly.

"I thank you, Your Majesty."

Of course, the cleansing feast cannot be held in Wuzhuang Temple. At this time, the inns, restaurants and other industries below Wuzhuang Temple played a big role. Under the leadership of Li Shimin, everyone followed his footsteps down the mountain.