MTL - Number of People-Chapter 2680 Guizi Juan Dachaoyi, debut (2)

  Chapter 2680 Guizi Juan Dachaoyi, debut (2)

"Do you think there are too many soldiers in Liaodong? What about North Korea? What about Japan?" Feng Ziying asked back: "North Korea and Jianzhou Jurchen flirted with each other, and they couldn't get along. But its ambition has never faded, and now it is only due to internal disasters that have not been completely settled, not to mention that the Xiyi Hongmao Fan has established a firm foothold in Nanyang and is infiltrating Japan.

  Feng Ziying's **** immediately moved to where she was sitting, and Chai Ke and others also smiled when they heard it.

  This is the qualified cabinet minister.

   "Ziying, are you a bit alarmist?" Han Yu frowned, "You should know the difficulties of the Ministry of Finance, don't cry out for those warriors in front of you, you will soften your heart."

"That's not true, Yu Chengong." Feng Ziying shook her head, "Yes, the army is indeed used to defend against foreign enemies and quell internal troubles. Now it seems that the Great Zhou is also peaceful internally and externally, but people who have no foresight must have near-term worries. I will definitely regret it in the future, not to mention the fact that the cabinet also mentioned one point in the previous discussions, that is, the population is growing day by day, and the situation of narrow land and dense population has become increasingly apparent in various places, and it is necessary to make early plans. The first year to the 30th year of Yuanxi can be regarded as a stage, and the period from the 30th year of Yuanxi to the present five years of Wantong is another stage,..."

   It was just a chat before the Great Court Meeting, and everyone knew that Feng Ziying's knowledge was unique, not to mention that this was his first Great Court Meeting since he became a University Fellow.

  Even if it is a private chat among a group of people, it is still a publicity, and there must be convincing insights, so everyone is very interested and listens attentively.

"In the two stages, I carefully made a statistic. It may not be absolutely accurate, but it is also close to ten.... In the first year of Yuanxi's household statistics, the number of households was about 13 million, which is about 4,100. There are millions of people, but everyone knows that there are a lot of hidden households here. According to the practice of the court, the number of hidden households should account for about 30% of the total number of statistics. That is to say, the actual population of Dazhou is about 53 million people. In the 30th year of Yuanxi, the number of households counted by the Ministry of Households has reached 19 million households, 63 million people,..."

  Dazhou has a strict household division system. Except for the eldest son, once the other offspring are married at the age of fourteen but less than eighteen, they will automatically get married and separate households.

"..., in the fifth year of Wantong, that is, this year, um, it should be counted as last year. The number of households in Dazhou has grown to 28 million households, 85 million people. Please remember, this is the number of households. According to the Ministry of Statistics, the actual population is already around 110 million. That is to say, in the sixty years from the first year of Yuanxi to the fourth year of Wantong, the population of our dynasty has more than doubled and a half. This is because there have been continuous rebellions and wars in the country from the Yonglong period to the Wantong period. If it is a situation where the country is peaceful and the people are safe, I believe it will not be a problem to double it..."

"But under the current situation, Nanzhi, Zhejiang, and Fujian will not be mentioned. They have already been densely populated, like the eight prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. How rich they are, there are still a large number of people who cannot survive in times of famine. Shandong, Henan, Places like Beizhi, Shanxi, and Shaanxi seem to have a vast territory, but the population has grown and multiplied, and there is a tendency that they cannot afford it. If this continues, let alone another fifty or sixty years, it will be another twenty or thirty years. , within the huge pass, where is there enough land to feed the increased population?"

  Feng Ziying's words did not cause much controversy, because these data are not fictitious, but come from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it can even be said that this is a slightly conservative estimate.

  For example, Chai Ke discussed with Gu Bingqian and Huang Ruliang, and believes that the population of Dazhou has already exceeded 120 million people, and the estimate of the number of hidden households is a relatively conservative estimate.

   "So you have always advocated the expansion of emigration to Liaodong, Western Regions, Dongfan, Ezo and Nanyang?" Chai Ke asked with a smile.

"This alone is not enough." Feng Ziying shook her head, "The conditions in Liaodong and Dongfan are not bad. I have calculated that Liaodong can accommodate a population of 10 million, or even 15 million. Dongfan In the current situation, it is enough to accommodate three to five million people. However, the Western Regions, Ezo, and Nanyang are farther away and have inconvenient transportation. They are too far away from the central area of ​​our country. , the investment is huge, and it takes a long time. The third is that I am relocating to the people's customs and land. It is even more difficult to let them move to places where the conditions are not good enough, especially places where safety cannot be guaranteed..."

   Hearing Feng Ziying's tone when he mentioned that safety cannot be guaranteed, everyone roughly understood Feng Ziying's meaning. The army will go to the front as the pioneer of pioneering.

   "Ziying, you mean that the scope of the Liaodong Army's jurisdiction will be expanded, um, to the geographical boundaries of the former Ming Nuer Gandu Division?" Han Yu interjected.

"Not only the Nuer Gandusi, but also the Mongolian tribes that go further inward should also be considered. Of course, I don't mean to start a war against the Chahar people, but it can be subtly traded. Infiltration and infiltration is the best way to achieve the subjugation of the Chahar people, but when giving candy, we must hide a big stick behind our backs. We must maintain overwhelming force against the Chahar people so that they can be easily observed. Hal people can knock it down and destroy it at any time when they jump over the wall in a hurry,..."

The Mongols are indeed a topic that cannot be avoided. The Chahar people and the Nekhka people who are now on the rise. Although Feng Ziying mentioned the use of trade to bind and restrain, or to infiltrate and infiltrate, there is no necessary force guarantee , Then it will become the former Song Dynasty under the situation of the Chanyuan Alliance, which is unacceptable to the current courtiers.

  Feng Ziying did not advocate immediate war against the Mongols, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

  Once war against the Mongols is really going to happen, it means that the household department will be in a hurry again in three to five years. The depth of the Mongols can be wider and deeper than that of the Jianzhou Jurchen, although their organization and mobilization ability is far inferior to that of the Jianzhou Jurchen.

"The army should serve as a sword and ax for the imperial court to expand outwards, and it must also be a strong backing to support the security of the people's migration. Maybe it can be adjusted in direction, but I don't think that in the case of a growing population, the army will It needs to be reduced. On this point, I will give a detailed explanation at the meeting, and this has a lot to do with the ever-changing business patterns in China,..."

  (end of this chapter)