Chapter 1232: Lu Bu's Changes

"Dear dear friends, during this Shangdang war, our great Zhao State lost another county and nearly 100,000 people. How can we rectify this matter?" On the throne, although King Zhao Lu Bu said that you I love you, but my eyes are staring at Chen Gong.

If this battle not only made him lose a county, he also understood two truths. One is the importance of population. He had never paid attention to Hanoi, Hedong or Wei County in the Tang State before. The population of any one county was as large as that of his own country. Another point is that Chen Gong is indeed very capable, whether in terms of strategy or internal affairs. If he had not reacted quickly enough this time, the Tang army might have invaded Taiyuan.

"Your Majesty, this humble minister is guilty of this matter. Please punish me, Your Majesty." Seeing this, Zhang Yang quickly came out and took the initiative to plead guilty;

"This matter will be discussed later!" Lu Bu waved his hand and turned to look at Chen Gong: "In the opinion of the Prime Minister, what should we do?"

After hearing this, Chen Gong stood up, walked to Zhao Jun's map, pointed at Wuyuan and Shuofang counties, and said, "Does your Majesty know what the population of these two people is?"

Lu Bu shook his head.

"This is the fault of the humble minister. I didn't take these two counties too seriously before, so I knew the information about the two counties was ominous. After the Xianbei people's large-scale southward invasion was also frustrated, I ordered the wolves to capture the two counties. It was not until a few days ago that all the detailed information was collected and sent back.”

At this point, Chen Gong paused for a moment, and then continued: "According to the records of Emperor Shun Yonghe's fifth year (140 years), Wuyuan County governed Jiuyuan, with 10 cities, a total of 4,667 households, and a total of 22,957 people. Shuofang County governed Lin. There are 6 cities in Rong, with a total of 1,987 households and a total of 7,843 people."

"However, the news coming back from the wolf pack said that there are more than 40,000 households in Wuyuan, with a total population of nearly 200,000. Although Shuofang is smaller than Wuyuan, there are still more than 27,000 households. , with a total population of more than 150,000, the combined population of the two counties is larger than that of Taiyuan County."

"How can it be?"

"Wow..."

"Prime Minister, did you see it wrong?"

As soon as Chen Gong finished speaking, several people in the side hall were in an uproar. Even generals like Wei Xu and Li Feng were stunned, not to mention civil servants like Zhang Yang and Qin Yi. They all looked at Chen Gong in disbelief.

Historically, according to records in the fifth year of Emperor Shun Yonghe's reign (140), there were 9 counties and 91 counties in Bingzhou, with a total number of 115,011 households and a total population of 703,965. Although there are relatively large changes in the numbers in today's games, the total number has almost doubled. For example, the population of several counties in the Zhao Kingdom under Lu Bu's control has reached nearly 1.2 to 1.5 million.

However, the situation of Wuyuan and Shuofang doubled, but increased tenfold and twentyfold. How could this situation not make a few people suspicious?

Chen Gong calmly hugged his beard and said slowly: "I don't believe this is true, so I personally recalculated the news about the wolf pack's return, and found that the results are almost the same. "

"Why is this so?" Lu Bu finally understood the importance of population to him as a king, so he couldn't wait to ask;

"Immigration! Prisoners!"

"Prisoner!" Qin Yi murmured; suddenly, he realized the meaning of Chen Gong's words and looked at Chen Gong in shock.

"Yes, it seems that Qin Zhongcheng already knows the reason." Chen Gong nodded, and then turned to look at Lu Bu, finding that he was still confused, so he patiently explained to Lu Bu: "The land of the two counties was originally Occupied by foreigners, the two governors came from the Central Plains. When they came, in addition to nearly 10,000 soldiers, there were also tens of thousands of soldiers and their families, which are now part of the population of the two counties. "

"In addition, after they occupied each city, they surrendered all the captured aliens and turned them into ordinary people. In addition, these aliens also had many Han slaves in their hands, and they all turned them into ordinary people. ,

Then there are now hundreds of thousands of people in the two counties. "

When Lu Bu heard this, he immediately reacted, patted his thigh and said: "I understand, it's a pity. When we went north to wipe out the Xianbei tribe this time, there were nearly tens of thousands of tribesmen. If I had known this, I should have sent people Send them all back instead of killing them all..."

Now that Lu Bu understood the importance of population, he suddenly regretted it. Seeing the remorseful look on his face, Chen Gong excused him and said: "This matter has nothing to do with your Majesty. In our hearts, we all say that people who are not of my race must have different thoughts. Therefore, the first thing that comes to mind when facing a foreign race is After killing him quickly, Qi Hui thought that only these strange people would do this. After getting the information about the wolves, I carefully recalled what King Tang had been doing, and found that he had indeed done this. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for a small town outside the Great Wall to become a county."

"In fact, it is not just the King of Tang, but also the King of Yan. Half of the people in the newly established Lulong County of the Yan Kingdom are Xianbei or Wuhuan people of the foreign race. In the past, Gongsun Zan's approach to foreigners was One word - kill!"

"Well, I have given the order of King Gu. From now on, whenever there is a war, those who can be captured should not be killed casually. All the prisoners will be sent back to Taiyuan and handed over to the Prime Minister for placement and disposal." Upon hearing this, Lu Bu waved his hand and said;

"Your Majesty is wise!" Everyone in the Chen Palace was overjoyed when they heard this, and they all said together;

"But Prime Minister, these are all things for the future. The Tang attacked Shangdang this time because of our negligence. If one day the Tang army suddenly appeared in Taiyuan again, what would we do?" Lu Bu turned to talk about the Tang army's attack.

"Don't worry, your Majesty. Now there are large armies deployed around Taiyuan. I dare not say that it is foolproof, but it is impossible for the Shangdang incident to happen." Chen Gong said;

"There is only one road in the south of Taiyuan, Queshu Valley, to enter Taiyuan, and Shangdang in the west needs to cross the mountains of Taiyue Mountain. Currently, only the Nanguan Valley Road can pass the army. And Xihe County in the west is still under the control of foreigners and alien races, so in the next period of time, your Majesty will send a general to at least control all the cities east of the river in Xihe County. On the one hand, it can clear the hostile forces in Bingzhou east of the river, and on the other hand, it can also increase the population."

Lv Bu was not interested in clearing the flies and mosquitoes around, but if the population of these places could be incorporated into Taiyuan, Lu Bu had an idea to increase the population of his Zhao State.

"According to the Prime Minister, how many troops should be sent?" Lu Bu asked hurriedly;

"One general and 20,000 troops will be enough. And one more thing, the cities in Xihe County on the east of the river are basically not far away. After taking these cities, we can just block all possible threats from the west of Taiyuan on the west bank of the river."