Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 454 Hetao must be protected, Guanzhong must also be protected
After Liu Yizhen had a simple meal in the thatched cottage, he abducted his eldest nephew back to the palace.

Now that there is green storage, the restoration of Hetao can be considered to be able to start the layout thoroughly.

In addition to summoning Wang Xiu, Wang Maide and Gao Yun, Xu Zhanzhi was also left in Liangyi Hall by Liu Yizhen.

When the three of them saw Xu Zhanzhi as a young man, they were all a little surprised.

Especially Wang Xiu.

He has served Liu Song for a long time, and he knows that Xu Zhanzhi is not just the son of Liu Xingdi.

Liu Xingdi's husband, that is, Xu Zhanzhi's biological father Xu Kuizhi was also the nephew of the current Situ Xu Xianzhi.

With this level of relationship, coupled with the recent canonization of the Duke of the State, Wang Xiu began to suspect that Liu Yi was really plotting something again.

Seeing the suspicion in Wang Xiu's eyes, Liu Yizhen tiredly defended himself: "This son really has a deep gap in his chest, so I brought him here to listen to the government."

Now that the potential political crisis has been resolved, the court is still a situation where the emperor, the military, and the aristocratic family are all working together.

Among them, as Tianzifang gradually gained the blessings of the poor family and the soldiers, it would only make the other two parties more and more vulnerable. Liu Yizhen really didn't have to focus on political wrestling in the future.

"This son is very interested in the governance of Hetao, and it just fits the topic this time, so I called him to listen."

Later, Liu Yizhen also reminded Wang Xiudao: "Now, the rudder is in our hands."

"Where this ship will go in the future will be decided by us!"

There was a beating light in Wang Xiu's eyes.

This old minister who has been taking care of Liu Yizhen's rear all the time, when he heard Liu Yizhen's deafening declaration at the moment, he couldn't believe it.

He originally thought that the years had diluted the traces of the past, and time had taken away the green onions of the past.

From Liu Yizhen's return to Jiankang, to the unexpected changes that followed, the distance between Wang Xiu and Liu Yizhen has been very far.

Even so, Wang Xiu is still willing to give Liu Yizhen a stepping-stone backing.

He thought that Duke Guiyang with whom he could talk all night had disappeared.

But now it seems that it is not always the case...

"It's been a long time, but fortunately there is still time."

Liu Yizhen has grown from a handsome boy to an imposing emperor today, Wang Xiu's eyebrows have turned gray, and Wang Maide's face is no longer as rosy as before, but has become a bit sallow: Gao Yun...

Well, Gao Yun is almost the same guy as he was a few years ago.

Going around, the four monarchs and ministers sat together again, but this time, the enemy they faced was no longer Helian Bobo, no longer a family, but this era!

Liu Yizhen let go of the map of Hetao.

"I have mentioned the importance of Hetao to the whole north before."

"Now that Fu Hongzhi is stationed in the west of the Hetao, I can hand over the entire Longyou and Helan Mountains to him as a ranch to raise horses, but the method must be according to my instructions!"

"There is also the direction of Yunzhong, which is the essence of the entire Hetao, and it is also the place that is most likely to play a role in governing the river."

After discussion, the four unanimously decided that the number of people in the entire Hetao should be kept at [-] households.

The arable land used by [-] households is exactly half of the current arable land area in Hetao. As long as this half of the arable land is returned to forests and the plateau is further improved, the risk of the river running away in the future will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

"Nowadays, the people in Hetao are all Huns, Xianbei, and even Qiang people. Letting them farm may arouse their rebellious psychology. It is most suitable to send them to plant trees and make green storage."

In later generations, there is a very wrong but widely spread saying - "If you don't study well, you will go to farm."

But in fact, farming is a technical job in the eyes of nomads.

Today's farming is no longer slash-and-burn farming.

From land reclamation, to seedling cultivation, to irrigation...

Let the nomads who are used to hunting and believe in "there is enough meat today" and have no sense of urgency to farm. No matter how much land is given to them, they will starve to death.

Therefore, the work of farming still has to be transferred to some Han people in Guanzhong.

In this way, not only can the problem of Hetao be solved, but also the population pressure in Guanzhong can be appropriately relieved.

Here I have to mention Liu Yizhen's succession to the throne, especially the explosive population growth in Guanzhong since the capital was moved.

When Liu Yugang captured Guanzhong, it was Wang Xiu who was in charge of sorting out the household registration in Guanzhong. At that time, the population of Guanzhong was only 200 million.

Later, in the trade with Hu Xia, the lives of the people in Guanzhong became more prosperous. Coupled with Wang Xiu's benevolent government, the population of Guanzhong ushered in the first explosive growth. In the second year of Yongchu alone, [-] babies were born. landing.

By the time Liu Yizhen moved his capital to Chang'an, the number of people in Guanzhong had reached nearly 250 million.

After that, there was the second wave of explosive population growth, but unlike the first baby boom, most of the people who increased this time came from outside the customs.

Today, according to the calculations of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the population of Guanzhong is probably close to 400 million!

This data is just government statistics, and counting some black households, it may be appropriate to exceed 400 million.

400 million people!

Even when the population of Guanzhong was at its peak in the late Western Han Dynasty, it was only 350 million!

But what was Guanzhong like in the Western Han Dynasty?There is the entire Shanglin Garden for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to play, and even ligers, tigers and beasts are very common in Guanzhong. The land carrying capacity in the Western Han Dynasty was much stronger than it is now.

If the population of Guanzhong continues to increase like this, don't save Hetao, Liu Yizhen better save Guanzhong first.

"Some of the people in Guanzhong can be moved to Hetao and Longyou. In addition..."

Liu Yi swallowed the truth when it reached his lips.

At this time, it is still necessary to concentrate on standing up the Hetao.

"In addition to these, I must send someone with enough prestige to go to Hetao to help me gather those small tribes."

The most important purpose of Bara's efforts to engage in green storage is to control these lonely ghosts on the grassland.

Only by gathering them together and beating them severely with the stick of civilization can they be tamed and a certain king will not rise again in the grassland.

Wang Maide had worked in Hu Xia'a, and expressed his will to Liu Yizhen's idea: "If your majesty doesn't want Helian Gui...Liu Gui to go to Hetao?"

"Liu Gui, I still understand. Although this person is incompetent and narrow-minded, he is a ruthless guy. Put him in Hetao, and I can't guarantee what will happen to him."

"rest assured."

Liu Yizhen dispelled Wang Maide's worries.

"Going to Hetao, if he is really the only one, he must be lonely, right?"

When he said this, a long-lost smirk appeared on the corner of Liu Yizhen's mouth.

Liu Gui...

Wang Maide prayed for him silently, and then entered the discussion on the next topic.

(End of this chapter)