Overlord!

The biggest purpose of changing the governor of Yuzhang County from Gao Cheng to Chen Qun was to stabilize Yuzhang with Chen Qun's talent as the prime minister.

The difference between Yuzhang County's population of 40 and its population of 140 million has a huge impact on Jiangdong. This is even one of the most important pillars that affects Jiangdong's ability to unify the world.

What is the concept of one million more people?At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, the population of Shuhan was only 94.

Even now, it means that the population of Jiangdong has increased by a quarter or even a third.

Therefore, Sun Ce solemnly said: "Nowadays, in the newly expanded counties, the powerful and cunning people have hidden houses. There are many bandits in the mountains and rivers, and they rely on danger to defend themselves. As a result, Yuzhang has a population of more than one million, and there are no more than 20 people living in it." Hundreds of thousands. The large county of Huainan has a population of only [-]. It is appropriate to appoint capable ministers and wise officials, order them to conduct household registration checks, search hidden households, and restore good land."

The problems faced by Yuzhang County and Huainan County are the same. Both the powerful people in the counties conceal their household registration, and bandits are prevalent in the local areas. There are water bandits in Yuzhang County and mountain bandits in Huainan. These people often gather in thousands or even tens of thousands of people. Ten thousand.Therefore, Yuzhang County's population of more than one million dropped to only 40 in just a few years.Jiujiang is famous for having a population of just over 20.

Huainan is so prosperous but only has a few million people. Have the princes here lost their minds?There will be rebellions one after another.

Therefore, checking out hidden households and restoring fertile farmland are Sun Ce's most important measures to stabilize Jianghuai and recuperate.

Zhang Zhao said calmly: "The government of Jiangdong will not be based on corvee taxes, but taxation based on acres. As long as the governors and prime ministers in various places can promote customs and popularization, they will be able to identify hidden households and double the household registration. Make a capable official , if the desolate fields are restored, the crows of cocks and the barking of dogs will be heard in the surrounding areas. The streets will be repaired, and the people will be more prosperous than in the past, and will be richer than usual."

The streets are repaired, the people are prosperous, the fertile fields are fertile, and the cocks are crowing and the dogs are barking. This is the biggest goal that Jiangdong is currently pursuing to recuperate.

The prosperity of the four peoples does not only refer to agricultural reclamation, but also means that all kinds of waste will be prospered, and scholars, farmers, industry and commerce will all prosper.

And to achieve such success, it would be difficult to achieve it quickly without a capable minister who manages the world and benefits the people.

Economy and economy are taken from the meaning of managing the world and benefiting the people.

Now that the central government has Zhang Zhao, the minister who is best at dealing with people's livelihood and economy, as the de facto prime minister, local governments must also select capable ministers.

Zhang Zhao then recommended talents and said: "Nowadays, restoring the people's livelihood in Huainan, relieving the victims, and recruiting bandits are top priorities. Jiujiang has a military advisor as the prefect, so there is no need to worry about it. In Lujiang, the general must choose a capable official to pacify him." The people of Lujiang, I recommend minister Yuan Huan to be the governor of Lujiang."

The prefect of Lujiang was originally Liu Xun, the minister appointed by Yuan Shu, but this man was ambitious and incapable of managing politics.

But after all, he is the representative figure of Yuan Jun's surrender group and cannot be moved lightly, otherwise it will cause others to feel uneasy and think that Sun Ce is going to liquidate them.

Therefore, to replace him, we can only choose other ministers who surrendered from Yuan Shu's camp.

Fortunately, there are still capable ministers among Yuan Shu's subordinates.

Yuan Huan went to Jiangdong with Ji Ling to express Sun Ce's loyalty and ability when he was a general. The civil and military forces of Jiangdong are still deeply impressed by him.

Zhang Zhao said: "Yuan Huan is brave in his duties. He thinks before he acts. He is gentle on the outside but strong on the inside. He is suitable for suppressing the Lujiang bandits. And now that the disaster in Yangzhou has been eliminated, using both civil and military forces is the long-term way. I once asked him about governing the country. His letter said, "When the world is in order, the etiquette must be detailed, and when the world is in chaos, the etiquette must be simple." It all depends on careful consideration. Although it is noisy nowadays, it is difficult to convert it into etiquette, but it is all up to us. How should we do it? We should make it clear to the sages before us. Teach, to change the people's sight and hearing, to make the people in the sea prosperous and to the wind, so that people from afar can be dissatisfied and come to them with culture and virtue."

Sun Ce nodded, now is indeed the time to cultivate virtue and serve as a master.

Cultivating civility and virtue to serve those far away means that although the separatist forces in remote areas cannot be conquered by force, you can use civilized morality to make them yearn to come.

This sentence seems a bit idealistic, but in actual operation, it is still very effective.

Whether it is to lure the opponent's leader or attract the opponent's tribe to leave danger and settle in the county, it can make the county peaceful and the people prosperous.

In particular, Yuan Huan was very adaptable and not pedantic. He advocated using both civil and military forces as a long-term solution.He also knows that it is difficult to be polite in today's chaos, but everything depends on how he behaves.

Sun Ce was very optimistic about this man's spirit of conquering heaven, and immediately said: "Yes. With such talent, he will surely be able to stabilize Lujiang and cultivate virtue to conquer far away places."

After appointing two new governors, Sun Ce took stock of the current situation of governors and officials in all the counties.

The first is Kuaiji County where he once served as the prefect. Now that he was promoted to Yangzhou Mu, it was natural to appoint a new prefect. Sun Ce planned to let Gao Cheng serve as the prefect of Kuaiji, which would be worthy of his promotion from the prefect of Yuzhang.

Yu Fan, a meritorious official, naturally followed Sun Ce and served as a pastor in Yangzhou. He was responsible for helping Sun Ce handle many matters in Yangzhou, assisting Zhang Zhao, and bringing great governance to Yangzhou.

Then there is Wu County, which is Sun Ce's most important treasury and source of tax revenue, so it naturally has to be handed over to his direct descendants.Zhu Zhi, the former prefect of Wu County, was appointed as the prefect of Guangling.

Lu Fan, who was serving as the prefect of Guangling, could justifiably be moved to the post of prefect of Wu County.

Wu Jingze, the prefect of Danyang, moved to be the prefect of Wuxing, and Gu Yong, the prefect of Wuxing, served as the prefect of Danyang. He tried his best to develop Danyang, making it rich and the crown of Jiangdong.

These four counties are the most important foundation of Sun Ce in Jiangdong. It can be said that the land of Sanwu, the land of abundance, and the land of plenty refers to this area.

In addition to Wuxing County, Wu Jing, a veteran general, is needed to take charge and mainly dominate Shanyue.

As long as one of the other three counties has a good harvest, Jiangdong's treasury will be rich and rice will be abundant.

There are no changes in the prefecture rules in Jiangxi, except that the prefect of Yuzhang County is the newly appointed Chen Qun.The prefect of Luling County is still Zhuge Xuan, and the prefect of Poyang County is still Wei Teng.

The prefectures of Huainan include Yuan Huan, the governor of Lujiang, Zhang Hong, the governor of Jiujiang, and Xu Kun, the governor of Linhuai. These are all established.

After taking inventory, Sun Ce was very satisfied.

Although he only has Yangzhou in name, he governs many counties, including Danyang, Wujun, Kuaiji, Wuxing, Yuzhang, Poyang, Luling, Lujiang, Jiujiang, Linhuai, and Guangling. !

Moreover, each of these eleven counties is not empty. The smallest Wuxing County has six counties, and the largest Yuzhang County has nearly [-] counties.

Sun Ce did some calculations, and now he ruled a total of one state, eleven counties, and nine counties!
The increase was not much. Before his Northern Expedition, there were five counties and 21 counties. After he captured Guangling, three new counties of Linhuai, Luling, and Poyang were established, adding a total of [-] counties.

Finally, Yuan Shu was wiped out and Huainan was occupied, adding a total of 28 counties to Jiujiang and Lujiang counties.

Therefore, the foundation of Jiangdong is still mainly south of the Yangtze River. There are only four counties and 34 counties between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River.

If each of these eleven counties and 110 nine counties can have tens of thousands of households, the population of Yangzhou can return to the population size at the peak of the Han Dynasty, reaching 500 million.In terms of strength, it is probably better than Cao Cao's Yan and Yu states.

Therefore, how to recuperate, how to develop production, accumulate treasury, and strengthen strength are the top priorities now.

As the long history and the de facto prime minister of Jiangdong, Zhang Zhao must come up with a reliable strategy for recuperation and recuperation for Sun Ce, so he spoke solemnly.

"In the reign of a sage king, he must take extensive farming as his business and be frugal as capital. If farmers are extensive, they will accumulate grain, and if they are frugal, they will accumulate wealth and livestock. If the wealth of livestock accumulates grain and there is a risk of sorrow and disaster, it is not possible."

"In ancient times, if a man didn't plow, he might be hungry; if a woman didn't weave, she might be cold. Now that peace has come, the people provide labor, and the number of people who love the fields has decreased, and bandits and bandits have committed violence, causing harm everywhere, and the harm cannot be reimbursed. . As far as Huainan, hundreds of miles in circumference, the years are not coming, and the fate of Yuanyuan is really very embarrassing."

"There are very few people who make money today, and there are many people who suffer losses from military service. Soldiers are engaged in military service, and disasters in bad years will not be dealt with. But the general understands the thoughts of the ancestors, feels the hardship of farming, and is lenient. Among the people, let the refugees and knights return to their hometowns and farm wood and soil, so that they can live in peace and resume their work, and then they can work hard to accumulate millet to colonize the east of the Yangtze River."

Zhang Zhao's proposal is not very complicated, nor does it have any lengthy arguments. The core content is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure!
Let the prefectures and counties be stabilized, and more people will be involved in production, so that fewer people will suffer losses from military service and more people will make money.

This is undoubtedly very in line with Sun Ce's thinking, development!Development is the most important foundation for solving all problems.

As long as Jiangdong can produce enough wealth, all problems can be solved.

Isn't the most important reason why the Northern Expedition in Jiangnan was difficult because Jiangnan was poor and lacked wealth and manpower?Therefore, the North does not need to have many grand plans. As long as the country is safe and the people are recuperated, it will be complete and unify the world.

Now that Sun Ce has unified the Jianghuai River, his wealth may not be comparable to that of the entire north, but he does not need to fight a state against a country. As long as he recuperates and has a population, land, and wealth that surpass Cao Cao, that is enough.

So Sun Ce said: "In this case, I will send the decree to each county and ask the prefects of each county to encourage farmers to cultivate mulberry trees, develop industry and commerce, open shops, light corvees, and light taxes!"

It's cold now, and it's already freezing cold in the north in September, with heavy snow falling.

But in Jiankang City, the sweet scent of osmanthus was still lingering in September. As a decree floated out from the Chui Gong Hall, the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River immediately changed, and the civil policy flourished!

Hong Fan Bazheng, food is the head of politics.

The first thing people felt was the abundance of food.

In October, it was the tax season in Jiangdong. The government announced that Huainan, Yuzhang and other counties were exempted from taxes this year due to the chaos and people's displacement.The people are happy and their hearts are at peace.

However, nearly half of the counties did not collect taxes, and there was no shortage of food in the hands of the government.

This year there was a severe drought in the north and south of the Huaihe River, affecting more than ten counties. However, there was a bumper harvest in the south of the Yangtze River. The people were encouraged to have a good harvest and the granaries were full.

Especially this year, Danyang and Kuaiji have begun to pay taxes, and public warehouses and private banks are full.

These three counties are the land of abundance in the true sense!One county is rewarded, and several counties forget about hunger.

This bumper harvest in Danyang, Wujun, and Kuaiji has resulted in a large amount of food surplus among the people!So much so that the people's granaries were overflowing with food.

The people had to clear out the dried berries and beans from the barns to prevent a large amount of food from rotting in the wild. The people finally began to breed more livestock. A large number of families raised hogs, chickens, ducks, etc., and even wealthy families began to raise cattle, sheep, Donkeys, horses, etc.

The powerful families in Jiangdong are very wealthy. Since there is no land system, a powerful family may have hundreds or even thousands of acres of fertile land. The family raises dozens of cattle, and even has to hire the youngest son of a commoner family to herd sheep for the family. .

As for what the children of powerful families are doing?
It goes without saying that he is studying in school, practicing literature and martial arts.In a powerful family, dozens of children from one family study in the clan school.

And it's not just a powerful family. Now that the country is becoming peaceful and people's livelihood is getting richer, one of the government's top priorities is to build schools and promote culture and education.

Parents of ordinary people who have a little spare money will also send their children to study and learn literacy.

The emphasis on education lies not only in the people's ideas, but also in the government officials.Promoting culture and education is not an empty talk. Officials, elders, gentry, etc. will teach the people and persuade them to send their children to school.

No parent wants their children to stay in the fields all their lives and make a living from farming.

Powerful people everywhere send their children to school and force them to study, and the people see it.

Now that the family has accumulated food, they naturally want their children to go to school to learn writing and practice martial arts in their spare time.

Today's schools, or schools since ancient times, are not completely free from production.During the busy farming season, students are given farm leave to go to the fields to help with production.

Even after the establishment of the Chinese dynasty, this holiday would still exist for a long time.It was not until highly industrialized that this kind of holiday gradually disappeared from schools.

Parents definitely hope that their children will become talented and successful, so families with spare capacity will generally accept the advice of elders and village elders.

The reason why so many families among the people are enjoying a good harvest and even have enough money to send their children to school is naturally not entirely due to this year's bumper harvest.

In fact, there has always been no shortage of food among the people in Danyang and Kuaiji. In the past two years, the government did not collect taxes in these two counties, so these two counties seemed to have always been poor and unable to help the princes' hegemony.

However, the common people have been cultivating and producing in recent years, especially in Kuaiji County. Under Yu Fan's governance, there has not even been a rebellion in the past few years. As long as the people are managing good land, they will definitely have a harvest, enough to gradually fill up the granary. Full.

Therefore, the people's livelihood is not hungry, but even abundant.

The common people took out the dried mangoes, dried beans, etc. they had accumulated in the past to enrich their livestock, and built new granaries and cutting farms. There was still a large amount of food surplus, which they sold to the government and merchants.

This resulted in grain and grass from Danyang, Wujun, and Kuaiji being continuously transported to Huainan and Yuzhang by merchants and grain vendors during this season of fragrant osmanthus.

Therefore, under Sun Ce's rule, the famine situation in various places was greatly improved. The abundant food in the Sanwu land prevented starvation in all counties.Disaster victims, refugees and even homeless people have been resettled.

Among them, Wuxian County alone sold more than two million shi of grain.If it weren't for the inconvenience of transportation, the grand scene of transporting 700 million stones from southeast to north would definitely have occurred in advance. (End of chapter)