Siheyuan: I decide the fate of the world with my medical skills

The vision of the left-wing chief military advisor was really amazing. In the previous war, he was able to find the enemy's most hidden position; and now? He can also control such a long-range military operation... Meng Tian thought to himself: Judging from this performance, after this battle, I will definitely be promoted to at least the second-class merit.

If the warriors who participated in the battle were lucky, they might directly obtain a merit token; if the soldiers bravely charged into battle regardless of the risks, they would at least have basic military merit as a guarantee.

If calculated in this way, the imperial court would need to invest at least several million hectares of farmland to maintain the daily lives of these soldiers.

Your Majesty, you are really troubled... Meng Tian shook his head and began to imagine the sense of honor and power that would be brought by the reward he would receive soon - the title. His heart was filled with anticipation and satisfaction.

Li Xin, who was operating the chariot on the high tower, quickly replanned the tactical plan. With the help of the viewing telescope, the entire battlefield of thousands of meters could be clearly presented in front of him. The significance of this battle was to completely eliminate all possibilities of the existence of the Qiang ethnic group from this land.

As for the captured chieftain below, with the help of language officials who understood the Qiang language, he agreed to help lure and appease other fleeing Qiang tribesmen to surrender to his side. This undoubtedly solved the post-war work - the problem of workers to build rivers and repair drainage pipes in the severe winter.

After about an hour, when the Qin army drove to the river, the Qiang people's hearts were filled with hope, because they found that the leader of the tribe had been accepted by the Qin State to surrender, and came under the accompaniment and guidance of the Qin people to try to persuade and lure the other trapped people.

Some Qiang people were so angry that they ran out and cursed loudly, and then fell under the power of others' crossbows.

After a few minutes, most of the Qiang people were forced to kneel down and beg for mercy, and those who stubbornly resisted became part of the unlucky soldiers.

About 20,000 Qiang people, with their hands and feet tied with crude ropes, marched in a long line.

These captives would take a boat down the De River, pass through the Tao River and finally reach Didao (now Lintao City), and then go to Chang'an along the Wei River.

About two hours later, the Qiang captives arrived at the Qin army's camp.

At the same time, Wang Han also led a large number of cavalry and saw the Qiang people’s settlement in the distance with smoke rising in the air.

"Those who surrender will be spared, and those who resist will be exterminated!" Wang Han turned his horse and announced his decree loudly, "Cavalry Commandant Lü Matong, bring a thousand Rong cavalrymen to our flanks to surround the fleeing livestock. For every animal that escapes, you will be punished with one day's food supply!"

Previously, Meng Ying had been negligent in capturing the burning site and many animals were released, and this incident had spread throughout the army. Therefore, Wang Han learned from Meng Ying's lesson and set up ambushes around him in advance.

The big black man with a whisker on his face smiled bitterly and responded respectfully, "I obey your orders!"

Wang Han nodded, "Very good, raise the flag, give the order, and launch the attack." Then he drew out the knife with the ring guard and raised it to the sky, "I look forward to getting the Changba with the exclusive code when I return to Chang'an next time."

A moment later, the deep bugle call sounded again, and tens of thousands of horses' hooves left deafening footsteps on the ground.

"The Qin soldiers are approaching, run away quickly..."

"Mom, I don't dare!..."

A large number of Qiang people were in chaos. Some elderly or physically weak Qiang men picked up their horse clubs, trying to buy time for the girls and children to escape, but they were killed in the blink of an eye by the rapid attacks of the knights' halberds.

Chang'an City, Hot Spring Palace,

Fusu sat in the warm spring, enjoying the pleasure brought by the warm spring water, while holding the memorial document and the peeled orange slices in his hand, chewing them with relish. The hot spring water in the cold winter is so comfortable. It is so great to be the emperor. Fusu held the orange slices in his mouth and ate them while writing the word "OK" neatly on the paper.

"Your Majesty, we have received new war reports." Han Ran quickly walked into the palace and handed a piece of cloth to Fusu, which recorded the latest war report from the Qiang area.

Fusu looked at the date carefully and found out that it was the content sent from the Qiang border to the capital a few days ago.

He roughly estimated the distance from here to Xianyang, which was about 700 kilometers in a straight line. It took only two days for the carrier pigeon to deliver the important information to Xianyang. No wonder the main way for humans to communicate quickly before the advent of radio technology was to use carrier pigeons! This was much faster than delivering letters on horseback.

Fusu unfolded the intelligence document and found that it was made up of multiple pieces of silk.

"We beheaded 7,024 enemies, captured 34,310 adult males, enslaved 15,420 herdsmen, and 68,000 women and children, as well as countless cattle, horses, and sheep." It also mentioned, "We recently discovered unusual movements of the Xiongnu army, and urgently forwarded them to Lord Meng Tian's subordinates in Jiuyuan City."

Fusu closed the silk and stared at the horizontal bar in the room in a daze. He was thinking about how to reply to General Li Xin.

The great victory in this war required at least one million acres of land as a reward. Of course, a large amount of the land would be used to offset some of the debts or guilt.

But this was not a problem that Fusu was concerned about. Although the land near water sources and flat land had already been allocated, there were still many resources waiting to be developed on the slopes and in the forest areas. Therefore, even if there were multiple victories of this level, there was still a chance to be rewarded with land.

He thought more deeply - he wondered if he could try to change the way of granting land to soldiers, allowing these meritorious warriors to settle on the newly reclaimed land, by exchanging the good fields and soil in the Huangshui area with the granted land in their hometown, and by double the exchange, in order to inspire morale and enhance the sense of belonging.

Looking through historical records, Fusu learned that the land granting system after Shang Yang's reform was no longer used until five years after the first emperor unified the six kingdoms. The replacement measure was a decree called "Let the people self-declare the amount of farmland." This decree required civilian families that did not meet the statutory farmland standards to expand the farmland area according to the values ​​stipulated by the state, and to be responsible for the actual management of the integrity of the land, and no longer guaranteed to provide land according to the original plan.

Although the ideal is good, there are many difficulties in the actual implementation process. Fusu recalled that during his time in Shangjun in the north, he led the soldiers stationed there to carry out farmland construction.

If it is on a plain grassland, it is easy to deal with. Burn the dry grass in winter, plow a few times in spring to dig out the grass roots in the soil, and then take good care of it for a few years, and the wasteland can be transformed into fertile land. For this kind of farmland, one person is paired with one cow, and within one or two years, more than ten acres or even dozens of acres of land can be managed.

But what about the farmland on the hillside? Especially those remote from water sources and on rocky mountains, even if four or five people work together and spend a whole year to cultivate one or two acres of thin land that can barely grow crops - it is already a rare achievement.

Therefore, although there were policies in the court to encourage civilians to reclaim wasteland, the real beneficiaries of large-scale land reclamation were still the landowners who could only make ends meet, and the tenants who hired laborers to farm in order to own more land.

Instead of having people work as hired farmers on the land, Fusu thought it would be more appropriate to move these people to the newly opened territories.

If I remember correctly, the terrain of the Huangshui Valley is quite flat, and the river basin area is about 16,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to about 24,000 square miles. If converted to Qin standards, the total area here is more than 7 million square miles, which is simply a huge granary! Most of it is irrigated farmland close to water sources!

In addition, with the iron shovels and plowshares manufactured under Fusu's order, and the cattle and horse-drawn farm tools seized from the Qiang people, this area would become a new source of food in less than two years.

Fusu gently extended his hand, and Han Rang, who was waiting on the side, immediately presented a scroll of bamboo slips and a brush filled with black juice. As the attendant who was the best at identifying people's abilities among the many eunuchs, he had good insight.

Fusu recorded his measures: confiscating the soldiers' land and replacing it in newly developed areas, while also reducing rent and taxes, providing houses, and freely borrowing carts and farm tools.

"Please send this manuscript to the Prime Minister's Mansion for everyone to discuss."

Fusu handed over the bamboo slips, then closed his eyes and concentrated his thoughts. The matter of stationing troops has been arranged: if they are willing to use land to replace military farms, more favorable conditions can be offered.

It is not limited to measures to have soldiers and civilians farm, but can also mobilize people to migrate in various states and counties in the Central Plains.

After all, when the six countries were destroyed quickly, there was not much turmoil. After so many years of recuperation, the vast area represented by the five provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui has gathered more than half of the Qin residents.

Land was scarce but the population was booming, so the first emperor's solution was to build large-scale projects and reduce the pressure of excessive population by conscripting labor. In this way, what we are left with is just a "fire pot" that is easily ignited.

Fusu shook his head gently to dispel the strange cries coming from his ears, and made up his mind to move the people from the Central Plains to Huangdi.

However, in order to avoid misleading, the information must be released in the form of a notice, clearly informing them of the difficulties they faced in the process of development and the preferential policies of the court. This can prevent some people with ulterior motives from deliberately distorting the intentions.

If I don’t return today, I will die, and my great plan will not survive... Oh no!

The law clearly stipulates that those who fail to comply with the imperial edict will be fined armor, and those who fail to comply within three days will be publicly insulted, and those who fail to comply within six to seven days will be fined a shield; if they fail to comply within ten days, they will be fined a set of armor. If the delay is due to objective conditions, the punishment can be exempted after explaining the circumstances.

The key point is that even if there is punishment, it is only to judge the responsibility of the leading generals, and there will be no brutal means such as executing hundreds of soldiers at one time. Even if it is Liu Doudou who talks nonsense, with the means of transportation at that time, can he let people like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang know the new regulations in a short time?

It can be seen that there is still a long way to go to popularize the law.