Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 403 Good Boy Jiang Boyue
"May the common people of the Han Dynasty get rid of the air-conditioning and just go up. Don't listen to the words of those who give up on themselves. Those who can do things do things, and those who can make a sound speak out. There is a light and a heat. Like a firefly, you can also emit a little in the dark Light, don't wait for the torch, if there is no torch, I am the torch!"

At the beginning of the second year of Zhang Wu, when this sentence was placed on the government affairs platform of the three provinces and Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, they were all shocked by the spirit and core of it.

Liu Bei even sighed that this sentence should be seen by everyone in the world.

So it wasn't long before Shen Chen's fleet left Xiangyang and headed south, the manuscript of the official residence newspaper appeared on the government affairs desks of the three provinces, and after the manuscript passed the review, it was passed on to the various yamen and announced to the world.

The form of Dibao appeared in the Han Dynasty, but the official collective name only began in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

In the Han Dynasty, all the prefectures and counties had offices in Luoyang, the capital city. This residence was called "di", and there were permanent representatives.Not only in the states and counties, but also between counties and counties. Tai Shici once served as an official in this area, called Zou Cao Li.

The task of Zou Cao officials is to communicate between the emperor and the county chiefs, regularly write the emperor's edicts, edicts, ministers' memorials and other official documents, as well as relevant political information such as court events, on bamboo slips or silk. Then the courier rides on a fast horse, passes through the post road established by the Qin Dynasty, and transmits it to the chiefs of the counties.

So when the Yellow Turbans rebelled, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty immediately announced to the world that the counties could recruit their own soldiers and horses, so there were many prefects in many places to recruit soldiers to fight against the Yellow Turbans.It was at that time that Liu Bei recruited volunteers according to the imperial edict, and became a county lieutenant for his meritorious service in breaking the Yellow Turban.

After the Tang Dynasty, due to the emergence of paper and printing, the Dibao, which was only passed back and forth in special circumstances before, further evolved and became a news copy specially used for the imperial court to convey the documents and political information of the government.

Now that printing and paper have appeared for more than ten years, the form of the mansion newspaper has naturally begun to change. Every day, the government affairs of the imperial court will be passed on to the states and counties, and placed at the gates of the state, county, county and city gates. , Send special people to explain to the people, and pass on the recent news and what the court wants to express to the people.

And the contents of Shen Chen's lectures to the students in Huangmen County during this period of time will also be passed on in this form every day.Although limited by the length of the book, the full page cannot be published and only the essence can be intercepted, but it is enough to make the rural people feel his spiritual core and cheer up people's hearts.

For a while, Shen Chen, who had become a great Confucian in the world because of the Shen Xue created by himself, was gradually sung by the southerners because of his more profound thoughts and thought-provoking spirit, saying that he was the second saint after Confucius.

Naturally, Shen Chen didn't know these things yet, he was still on his way to Xichuan.

At this time, it was the second year of Zhangwu, and the development of the south was in full swing.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo Rebellion, and the subsequent melee among the princes brought great demographic dividends to the south.

Although it has not yet reached the point where the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty made two trips to the south, making the population and economy of the south surpass that of the north, but it is already catching up with the north.

At present, the national population of Dahan may be around 3000 million to 4000 million. After Cao Pi took office, a national census was conducted. The registered population is 80 households, about 530 million people, which is 66 more than the historical 440 households and 90 million people. people.

This is because Shen Chen promoted Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" during several national plagues, widely distributed medicinal materials, and proposed a complete epidemic prevention system, which spread to the north, so that the northern plague did not cause such a big impact in history. .

But it is limited to this. The national census during the Yongshou period was still 6000 million.It has been reduced by half in just a few decades, not only the plague problem, but also natural disasters, famines, and wars. These are things that cannot be changed by manpower.

Therefore, coupled with Cao Wei's extremely serious hidden household problem, the total population of Cao Wei should be between 600 million and 800 million, which is 300 million more than the 500 million estimated by historians in history.

The main reason is that Shen Chen's influence not only changed the plague, but also prevented the Battle of Chibi from happening.

The Battle of Chibi had a great impact on Cao Cao. Not only did the loss of troops be high, but it also caused a very serious plague. After the soldiers returned to the north, the plague was rampant.

Then from the Battle of Chibi in the 13th year of Jian'an to the death of Cao Cao, a large-scale nationwide plague broke out, and many people died.

Shen Chen prevented the Battle of Chibi from breaking out, which naturally indirectly affected the outbreak of the plague and its subsequent governance.

It can be said that with this alone, he has countless lives.

In the south, thanks to the Liu Bei Group's suppression of the family and the liberation of the population, the registered population is much larger than that of Cao Wei, with 130 million households and a population of about 60 million.

Certainly more than that.

Because the aristocratic family was only partially liquidated, that is, most of the population and land were handed over, and a part was retained.

In addition, the Jiangdong family has not yet taken measures against them.

If all counted, the total population of the south should be more than 300 million.

This is much more than the 94 population of Ji Han and the 230 million population of Sun Wu in history. On paper, it is even stronger than the population of Cao Wei.

And that's not counting minorities.

Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Liangzhou have a large number of ethnic minorities such as Hu, Man, Yi, Qiang, Yue, Di, Jin, Ba, Li, Min, and Jiu, who are the ancestors of 55 ethnic groups in later generations.

So if only the Han Chinese are counted, the current national population is around 3000 million.However, counting the ethnic minorities who surrendered to the Han and Wei dynasties, the total population is more than 4000 million.

There are so many people in the south today, thanks to Shen Chen.

During Liu Biao's period, the total population of Jingzhou was more than [-] million. After the Battle of Chibi, Jingzhou was divided among the three families of Cao, Liu and Sun, and the population declined significantly.

But now Liu Bei has inherited the complete Jingzhou with the help of Shen Chen. The population loss is not as serious as in history. It is only due to the civil strife in Jingzhou, Sun Quan's invasion, earthquakes and floods and other disasters that caused a certain degree of loss.

People in Bashu, Hanzhong and other places did not lose a large number of household registrations due to the war and Cao Cao's migration. Only Yangzhou, which had more than 400 million people, declined more severely due to the plague and Sun Quan's militarism.

Therefore, when Cao Wei did not invade on a large scale, and Liu Bei took over Jingzhou and Yizhou almost in a semi-peaceful manner, the population in the south was largely preserved.

To a certain extent, the meaning of Shen Chen's existence has already brought about huge benign changes in the troubled times at the end of Han Dynasty.

It prevented the Battle of Chibi from existing, prevented Jingzhou from being carved up by the three families, and prevented a large-scale plague from breaking out. The scale of the war was only relatively large in the Battle of Jingzhou and the Battle of Guanzhong. Other wars were either small in scale or ended. It was done quickly without causing such serious consequences in history.

The result is that at present, with the support of the huge registered population of the Southern Liu Bei Group, the government's finances are still relatively loose. The overall political environment is mainly based on recuperation, lightening corvees, reducing taxes, cultivating with the people, and accumulating strength.

The army only maintains three corps from Hanzhong to Liangzhou, Nanyang and Jiangdong, with a total strength of about 30.

And most of the troops are concentrated in the Nanyang Basin and the delta of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. They are all plain areas, where the people can grow food and grass on the spot, so the overall consumption is less and the country will not be shaken.

The government affairs desks of the three provinces, headed by Zhuge Liang, handle state affairs, and the power is largely transferred to the central government. The power of local officials has been restricted. The management of people's livelihood has become the primary task of the Liu Bei Group. , The people are active.

Even the aristocratic families gradually began to reduce their hostility to Liu Bei Group because of the emergence of the imperial examination system, and actively participated in the imperial examination to become officials. Although the power, population, and land in their hands are less, at least they have a head start, and they will not be like before. Resist like that.

And in the midst of this turbulent governance, Shen Chen arrived in Hanzhong in the second year of Zhangwu, that is, in May of 222 AD.

This is actually the first time for Shen Chen to come to the Hanzhong Basin. He entered Dangqushui from the Yangtze River, and then went north, along the mountains of Micang Road, all the way to the Hanzhong Basin. The steep mountains and the towering mountains, All of them amazed him.

People who haven't gone deep into this mountain may not understand what it means to have hundreds of miles of mountains. The road can only be excavated on the mountain wall, and the river is below. If you are not careful, you may die.

The most frightening thing is that the road is extremely narrow and can only accommodate two people at most.Therefore, the army can only walk on the road in long lines, with deep valleys below their feet.

If the plank road is suddenly broken, the entire army will be wiped out immediately, which is very scary.

It can be said that the Micang Road is easy to walk, but there are still some long and narrow low-lying areas on both sides of the Longshui River. For example, Nanjiang County in later generations has village pavilions at this time, and there are only a few sections of the plank road that need to be walked.

The Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, and Ziwu Road in the north are even more exaggerated. Most places have to walk along the plank road and cliffs, which is scary.

Shen Chen only took the Micang Road, which is relatively easy to walk in Bashu Road, which feels exaggerated. If he took Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, Ziwu Road, and Bashu Road (Litchi Road), what would it be like? feeling?
I'm afraid it's like walking the Huashan plank road, climbing from the cliff.

That was too scary.

I really don’t know what kind of experience it was for Zhuge Liang in history to rely on such a road to transport food, and then fight with Cao Wei, and even win.

Shen Chen couldn't help sighing.

My elder brother who now sits in Xiangyang as the prime minister governing the region is indeed Qu Cai. If he leads the elite soldiers from Nanyang to the north to fight against the main force of Cao Wei, he may be able to defeat the Wei State alone, and there is no need to do it himself.

After walking in the mountains for half a month, I finally got out of the Micang Road and entered the Hanzhong Basin.

After coming out of Xigou, I suddenly felt enlightened, as if I had been buried in the ground for a long time and was suddenly dug out from the ground. I finally saw the sun and felt that the world was vast.

On the endless plains, small rivers flowed, and farmers worked in the fields. The composting technology had been spread to Hanzhong, and they watered the rice seedlings with manure.

As the upper reaches of the Han River, Hanzhong is still very rich in water resources. In addition to several large rivers such as the Mian River, Bao River, and Cen River, countless rivers of various sizes flow from the Qinling Mountains and Mishan Mountains, nourishing the area. land.

It can be said that the only fly in the ointment of the Hanzhong Basin is that it is too small. The area of ​​the basin is [-] square kilometers, and the area of ​​the plain is [-] square kilometers. It is only one-seventh of the Nanyang Basin, and the area of ​​cultivated land is relatively small.

Therefore, the cultivated land area of ​​the Nanyang Basin in later generations can reach more than 1000 million mu, and it was also a famous grain-producing area in the Han Dynasty, but the Hanzhong Basin was much worse.

At present, the four counties of Nanzheng, Baozhong, Chenggu, and Mianyang combined have arable land area of ​​just over 100 million mu. Using retting technology to increase production, the yield per mu is three to four stones per mu. Less than ten million stones.

After Shen Chen entered Xigou, there was already a group of people waiting at the bottom of the hillside.

The leader is Huang Zhong.

In history, the old man Jian'an died of illness in 25 years, but now he is in good spirits, and he was appointed as a former general, which is quite honest.

The reason is that apart from the fact that Shen Chen attached great importance to doctors, established a medical center, invited Zhang Zhongjing to open a doctor's school as an apprentice, and the senior generals had to undergo a doctor's pulse check every month, the more important thing was that he was in good spirits.

Beside the old man was a young man named Huang Cheng, who was now adopted as Huang Zhong's son.

Huang Zhong was born in the Huang family in Nanyang. Historically, Nanyang was occupied by Cao Wei. The Huang family was in the territory of Cao Wei, and might even be moved to Yingchuan by Cao Cao, so Huang Zhong could not find his own clan.

But now that the Nanyang Basin has not been lost, Liu Bei sent people to search for Huang Zhong's clan, and finally found a cousin of Huang Zhong, and selected a descendant with better moral character from his heirs, and adopted him to Huang Zhong , Let him have heirs to continue the incense.

Therefore, Huang Zhong is very happy and maintains a healthy body.

Now that Shen Chen came to the northwest, he became Shen Chen's subordinate. The two parties had already partnered, so when Shen Chen arrived, he immediately came to greet him.

"Meet the Commander-in-Chief."

Huang Zhong saw Shen Chen riding a Yuluo horse, slowly descending the hillside, and hurriedly brought Nanzheng officials over to greet him.

"The old general is in good spirits."

Shen Chen got off his horse and greeted him with a smile.

Huang Zhong said: "The water and soil in Hanzhong are pleasant, and it is really comfortable to live in."

Shen Chen looked at the subordinates he brought, and knew a few people, such as Li Yan, the new prefect of Hanzhong after Xu Shu was transferred, several low-level officers in Liu Bei's early days, and the current middle and senior officers Dong Jue, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Gao Xiang And so on, as well as Fei Guan and Zhang Yi who were captured by him in the Battle of Zigui.

The faces of the others were very unfamiliar. They should be the generals recruited by Liu Bei after he entered Sichuan, or the surrendered generals Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu surrendered.

Huang Zhong introduced him one by one, including Zhang Lu's generals Yang Ang, Yang Bo, and Li Xiu, Li Hei, the leader of the Cong people, and Lei Tong, the general who was summoned by Liu Bei after he entered Bashu, and the Hanzhong County. Cheng, master book and other assistant officials.

Shen Chen nodded and said: "Hanzhong is the center of the Northern Expedition. It is still too difficult to transport grain from Bashu to Hanzhong. If possible, we should increase the grain production here as much as possible. The army can farm on the spot and recruit landless refugees from the south. , and reclaim a lot of wasteland here."

Huang Zhong smiled wryly and said: "These things have been done before Yuanzhi, but Hanzhong is such a big place, there is not much land that can be reclaimed."

"How many acres of land and how many people are there now?"

Shen Chen asked.

Huang Zhong thought for a while, then turned around and called out: "Bo Yue."

Immediately at the end of the crowd, a young man in his twenties ran out, cupped his hands and said, "Governor, General!"

Bojo?

Shen Chen suddenly became interested and looked at him.

I saw this man with sword eyebrows and star eyes, with a slender figure and a well-proportioned body, he was a good boy.

(End of this chapter)