Chapter 735 13.7 Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy States, Two Thousand Counties

In the sixth year of Genesis, on November 1st in the sixth year of the first emperor, after the war beast was drawn into the Qin army, another major event happened in the empire.

An order from the top of the imperial capital directly made the already hard-working officials at all levels even more busy.

Census!

Yes, the census!

Since the establishment of the empire, the two small worlds have been merged, and the local world has been promoted to become a small world.

Not only that, the empire has also captured a region of the Middle Thousand Worlds, which has a population of at least 10 billion.

Coupled with the native population of the Daqin world, the number of people in the land under the empire's control has reached an astonishing number.

However, as for the specific number of people under the empire's rule, no one of the imperial ministers can tell, not even Ying Ji, who was promoted to the emperor of the Qin Dynasty.

The population is too large to be counted at all, and officials at all levels of the empire have not spent much time paying attention to this seemingly unimportant matter.

However, in order to understand the true heritage of the empire, with a wave of Ying Ji's big hand, imperial officials at all levels in the Daqin world and the southern regions started a vigorous population census operation and household registration operation.

One after another, imperial officials carried their entourage and rosters, and went to count the population and set up household registration in major states, counties and towns.

Even most of the mountain villages in desolate and remote places were not forgotten by the empire, and were helped by many imperial officials who worked tirelessly to register their household registration and count the population.

The entire operation can be said to be vigorous, with more than hundreds of thousands of officials dispatched from all levels of the empire.

Coupled with the availability of funds and the cooperation of the people, the population statistics and household registration plans are progressing smoothly without any major setbacks.

In another two months, in the Daqin world, in the imperial capital Xianyang Palace, Ying Ji held another small court meeting. There were only seven or eight important imperial officials present.

Its content is to report and summarize the vigorous population statistics and household registration establishment actions.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, thanks to the hard work of officials at all levels in the empire, the census and household registration in the empire have been successfully completed."

"According to statistics, the empire currently has more than 25 million troops in the main world of Daqin. Counting more than 280 million people, the total population of the Daqin world is more than 305 million."

"As for the statistics from the Xuantian Southern Region, it's a bit scary. The total number of General Bai Qi's Second Expeditionary Army is over 60 million."

"Counting over 13.3 billion people, the total population is just over 13.4 billion."

"Together, the land under the empire's rule has a total population of 13.72 billion, and the potential for war is huge."

"Even if some remote places similar to Xanadu are missed by some local officials, it is impossible for the data to deviate too much, and the deviation range is at most one million."

"Your Majesty, this is a population of 13.7 billion, which represents the empire's huge war potential."

At this moment, above the palace of Xianyang Palace, Shang Yang, the left minister of the Qin Dynasty, opened his mouth and said, and his words were not without joy.

Hearing this, Wei Ran, Lu Xun, Sun Wu and others couldn't help but gasp.

Although they know that the population of the empire is very large today, they can find a shocking data with a casual check.

But I didn't expect it to be too much.

This is not a matter of one or two billion, but a population of 13.7 billion, which is beyond imagination.

"No, after all, the main world is a new type of world created by the fusion of three worlds. It is not surprising that it has a population of over 300 million."

"And the Xuantian South Territory is, after all, one of the thousands of worlds. Although it is the most remote and backward territory in the Xuantian Five Territories, it is reasonable to have a population of more than 1.3 billion."

"In addition to fighting strength, war also requires foundation, and demographic foundation is one of the most important foundations."

"With a population of 13.7 billion, tell me, what level can the empire develop to?"

Looking at the seven or eight imperial ministers in Xianyang Palace, Ying Ji also said with a smile.

"Go back to your majesty, with the resources and population of the empire, coupled with the peculiar attributes of the empire, the empire can grow into an existence that is enough to compete with the orthodox imperial dynasty."

At this time, Sun Wu spoke.

And everyone took the lead.

Obviously, as the saint of soldiers, Sun Wu's words are still very convincing.

"Okay, since that's the case, then I will firm up my mind, not start wars for a long time, and wholeheartedly enrich the heritage of the empire."

"Only with sharp claws, the day when the hidden dragon emerges from the abyss!"

Ying Ji smiled.

"Your Majesty, there is one more important matter that must be resolved quickly, otherwise the empire will not be able to develop at full strength."

At this time, Wei Ran's remarks caught Ying Ji's attention.

"What are you waiting for, I order you to come quickly."

Hearing Wei Ran's serious words, Ying Ji didn't dare to be careless, and paid 12 points of attention.

Looking at Ying Ji's performance, everyone was also satisfied. It seems that His Majesty has not lost his fighting spirit because of the peaceful time of the past two years.

"Your Majesty, the empire has moved too fast in the past two years, and many problems have emerged."

"Take the number of states and counties in the empire as an example. In the past two years, the empire has set up 67 states in the main world and 203 states in the southern region of Xuantian, adding up to The full administrative scale of 270 states."

"And there are seven to nine counties in each state, which means there are more than two thousand counties."

"Behind the huge administrative system, there is a huge shortage of talents."

"Although the hundreds of thousands of people in the imperial government seem to be many, on average, if a county is spread out, it can be divided into twenty or thirty people. Even a county magistrate of the former imperial state county can't compare."

"Now in front of the empire, there are more than 2,000 county governors and tens of thousands of county magistrates are vacant."

"As for the positions of more than 200 state shepherds, there is no shortage of positions. Previously, His Majesty issued an order to kill the enemy when he personally conquered the Xuantian Continent."

"The soldiers of the empire fought bravely for the first place, and killed the enemy to the death, and a large number of people with outstanding achievements emerged."

"Adding to the fact that the empire already has a group of outstanding people, the amount is considerable."

"And these people were issued state seals and imperial documents according to their credit when the states and counties in the two worlds formed their prototypes, and went to various state capitals to take office."

"Then there are people who are good at the army and stay in the army as the army commander."

"But Your Majesty, there are so many county magistrates and county magistrates who have been vacant in two local government offices. It's impossible to let all the people in the army serve."

"Some of these people may have talent, but after all, they are a minority."

"Most of them are ordinary soldiers who only have a passion for blood. It's okay to march and fight, but they don't know anything about government affairs."

"There is simply no ability to serve as a local official for one term, and forcing ducks onto the shelves will be counterproductive."

"It's really frustrating!"

Wei Ran also said with a bitter face, the most difficult meal to cook is undoubtedly a skillful woman who can't cook without rice.

Obviously, Da Qin is now in a situation where it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Hearing this, Ying Ji couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he also showed a wry smile.

"I didn't expect, ah, I didn't expect that the empire's prefectures would one day be so large that even the empire's talents could not be supplied."

"It seems that the army is too capable of fighting, and sometimes it is a trouble."

Ying Ji rubbed his temples and said helplessly.

If some other lords of fortunes were to know what Ying Ji was thinking, they would definitely yell at him, and then he would like to rush over and strangle Ying Ji to death.

Your uncle, everyone is eager for their own army to fight as much as possible.

You are good, but you are disgusted!

What virtue?

At this time, Sun Wu, Jiang Shang, and Shang Yang, the imperial ministers, also had wry smiles on their faces.

They really had nothing to refute what the emperor had just said.

If it weren't for the fact that the empire's army was too capable and conquered too many territories, Daqin would not have faced such a dilemma.

"Ugh!"

A sigh from the court and the opposition exhausted the helplessness of Daqin's monarchs and ministers...