Chapter 891 No Two Beauties Are Alike

Cao Cao fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and General Wang officially began his rule over Henan.

These are all well-established things. In the final analysis, they are just a few things: judging lawlessness, distributing land, sanitation, farming, building houses, building roads, building bridges, water conservancy, and military service.

You can basically win the hearts and minds of the people by killing the wealthy households, landowners, and rangers who failed to escape, as well as taking advantage of the power vacuum to cause various violations of law and discipline. As long as you work for a few years and accumulate some experience, your life will be better and the people will be stable. Naturally, you will deliberately ignore the sorrow and pain of the past and run towards a better tomorrow under the leadership of the general. .

The corresponding inventory and statistical work has also been completed, but the real data is not good.

The most important population resource, before the Yellow Turban, was 3 million in Qingzhou, 4 million in Yanzhou, 3 million in Sili, 5 million in Yuzhou, and nearly 3 million in Xuzhou. After all, the original Henan and Jiangbei regions had a population of Nearly 18 million.

After the previous Dong Zhuo controlled Guanzhong and Sili, and later Li Jue, Guo Si, etc., as well as various large and small warlords in Guanzhong, Cao Cao launched the Battle of Xuzhou with Liu Bei in his early years, Liu Bei subsequently moved the population of Xuzhou south, and there were Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in the Henan War for many years.

There was also Cao Cao who traveled south of the Yangtze River and transported many people there. Coupled with plagues, droughts, locust plagues, tough conscription due to wars, and heavy taxes, these are all factors that lead to a sharp decline in population.

So when Wang Yan drove Cao Cao south and officially took over Henan, the final population statistics were only about 7.6 million.

From the beginning of the Yellow Turbans to Wang Yan taking over Henan, it was only seventeen years.

In this regard, it is very consistent with the problem of contradiction between man and land. In peacetime, the population increases, officials increase, wealthy households increase, and wealthy families become even more wealthy. Until everyone's greed exceeds productivity and destroys the stable social structure. The people rise up and fight for decades, killing a group of common people. , many wealthy landowners died, and several wealthy families were wiped out.

The conflict between man and land was alleviated. Due to the destruction after the war, the land had to be reorganized. Therefore, the early period of the dynasty was also regarded as the Qingming Dynasty. After such slow development, it experienced another round of ups and downs and completed a dynasty change.

Now according to statistics, including the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, Fuyu, Goguryeo, Qianghu and other barbarian tribes, as well as the Han people, the total population under General Wang has reached more than 17 million.

This number is already quite impressive. After all, by the end of the Three Kingdoms, the total population was less than 10 million. The main reason is that Wang Yan's foundation is relatively stable and his speed is very fast.

At the same time, Lao Cao had just finished fighting Guandu and was heading to Liaodong to fight. General Wang has already laid waste to the grassland and conquered Liangzhou. Even fleets discovered new continents and brought back new grains. Not to mention anything else, now we have chili peppers for food, peanuts for wine, and melon seeds when we are bored. Oil can be extracted from peanuts and melon seeds, which enriches the types of edible oils and increases the output.

Among the more than 7.6 million people, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and only a small proportion of strong laborers are all due to Lao Cao.

Although it is said that without women, there will be no continuation of society, but in the current farming society, male labor is naturally more important. They serve in the military, farm, build roads, and do all the hard work. Although women are not easy either, they are not so comparable.

Therefore, in order to ensure the construction of Henan and to ensure the growth of the population, Wang Yan is carrying out population migration again. A group of unmarried men were mobilized to come to Henan and given wives to them. Then some women will be transferred to other places and married to officials. Some men may even have two wives. Of course, they are not yellow-flowered girls, they are all raising children and having the ability to give birth.

Elderly people who are infertile must also be taken care of, as they are all factory workers. Many new families have been formed, and many families have been broken up. Many people will never see each other again in this life. This is a stopgap measure, which is the matter of this generation.

The main consideration is that men and women cannot be single, children without fathers must be raised, orphans and widows must be accommodated, and if you can have children, you must have them.

Difficulties are temporary, happiness is long-lasting. Although this time there has been a large increase in the population without savings, as long as we survive these two years, good times will come.

When the time comes, the family will have enough food and a new-born child. Life will get better and better, and the empire of the natural king will become stronger and stronger.

As the saying goes, if you love a country, you love a beauty even more. But in fact, Wang Yan doesn't love them at all, he is just experiencing them. Every time he conquers the world and becomes a king, there are different gains, both the creation of the people's wisdom and his own realization of standing at the pinnacle of power. In the same way, every energetic beauty is a different experience.

After all, Leibniz also said that there are no two identical leaves in the world, and similarly, there are no two identical people in the world. This difference creates different charms of different people, especially different beauties.

Even for Wang Yan, there is nothing wrong with that. Although after all, he has traveled through many worlds, and many people's templates come from celebrities in the real world, which has led to him meeting more and more acquaintances, but although these acquaintances look similar, they have different personalities and different traits. Beauty has its own merits.

Maybe she wasn't very nice in previous encounters, and she might even have been treated badly by Wang Yan, but maybe the next time they meet, they'll end up on the same bed. It’s all feeling, it’s all energy.

Today, General Wang, who has not had a wife for several years, got a wife again.

At the beginning of the business in the past, Zhen took the initiative to invest, helping General Wang buy officials and transport key supplies such as food. It can be said that the Zhen family played a very important role. If the Zhen family did not come that year, it would not matter whether they bought an official or not, but the lack of food was a big deal. If it weren't for Zhen, many people would have died that winter.

At that time, the Zhen family wanted to marry. In addition to Zhen Dao, there was also the youngest girl, who was not named at the time and was later named Zhen Mi. Of course, it must be reiterated here that General Wang is not a lecherous person, he just wants to experience things.

Seventeen years passed in a blink of an eye, and now it was time for the eighteen-year-old Zhen Mi to enter the palace, and General Wang was already thirty-five years old.

General Wang was very proud, wearing a bright red rolling dragon robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, a crown on his head, standing outside the general's mansion with his hands behind his back, looking at the straight road.

"Meng Guang, seventeen years ago you said you might be able to conquer the world today, but looking at it now, I haven't been able to do it."

Zhen Sheng smiled and said: "General, why should you belittle yourself? Now we have unified the north, driven away the barbarians, and have no rivals. As long as we accumulate five years, then we can attack Jiangnan. Cao Cao and his like can be defeated in one battle, and the world can be settled." "

After working for Wang Yan for seventeen years, the Zhen family has developed very well. The children of the family are full of all walks of life under Wang Yan's rule. They are mainly civil servants and Wenchang Pavilion scholars, and their strength in the military is far behind. The main reason is that they have no generals who can fight, no one who is particularly outstanding, and the highest position is only the military commander under Lu Bu, who rose up based on his seniority.

On the other hand, the Zhen family did not dare to develop power in the army. For now, Mrs. Zhen is still very cautious. There are occasional brushes, but nothing out of the ordinary.

As for Zhen Sheng himself, he is still in the same situation as before. Although he has become the most powerful person in the Zhen family under Wang Yan, within the Zhen family, Zhen Sheng still has no right to speak until today. People will listen to what he says, but what he says does not count.

Zhen Sheng has worked conscientiously for so many years, and is even more cautious than Jia Xu, because he knows better than anyone else what the smiling General Wang next to him is like, who is not different at all and looks like an ordinary person. What kind of means does a person possess?

He made a clear distinction between his family and himself.

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Cao Cao is not a mediocre person, and there are natural dangers in Bashu. It is really a delusion to conquer the world in one battle. From my perspective, it will take ten years."

"No matter ten years or eight years, the world will always be ruled by the general."

"No, the world is so big, how can it be owned by me alone? The world belongs to everyone in the world."

"Sheng knows that he is wrong. The world belongs to the people of the world. However, today is prosperous. Although we have to work hard, since the Yan and Huang Dynasties, we have never seen such a prosperous age without the merits of a general."

Zhen Sheng was determined to take pictures of this fart.

Wang Yan laughed, patted Zhen Sheng on the shoulder, and said nothing more.

At this time, a carriage in the distance came into Wang Yan's sight. Because he had already established the rules before, there was no ostentation on his side, and so many wives did come here this way. At the same time, I ask my mother-in-law’s family not to be too ostentatious and to keep everything simple.

So Zhen's team was a little more ordinary, with only a hundred or so carriages...

From the Zhen family's perspective, of course they want to engage in a big battle. After all, when the two women in their family entered the general's mansion, Zhen Dao was still the eldest daughter-in-law, and Zhen Mi, who was married now, was the youngest. Wang Yan would never marry again in the future. Of course Zhen wanted to show that Wang Yan's good looks towards them would further highlight the current prosperity of their family.

However, they did not dare to violate Wang Yan's request. Although the lineup of more than a hundred carriages was already quite large for Wang Yan and his wife, to Zhen, it was indeed very ordinary and ordinary.

After all, they are a real big family, and they are also the big family with the deepest ties to Wang Yan. Every county-level unit under Wang Yan's rule, including Liangzhou and Western Grassland, all have the Zhen family's industry. He is really rich...

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the gate of the General's Mansion. A woman wearing a wedding dress and covering her head walked up to Wang Yan with the support of a maid and saluted.

"Zhen Mi, I have met the general."

Her voice is ethereal and soft, like the gurgling spring water thawing in early spring, or like the cries of birds flying in beautiful arcs among the picturesque mountains and rivers in summer. Her figure is covered by a wide wedding dress. Through the collarbone between her neck and the smooth skin and beautiful fingers, it is not difficult to imagine the exquisiteness of her figure.

With appreciative eyes, he admired Zhen Mi's figure up and down, and then looked at Zhen Dao, who was smiling. General Wang nodded: "The Zhen family is beautiful, let's take her to the back house."

Zhen Dao responded, took the girl and walked into the general's mansion.

The carriage behind began to unload things, all of which were Zhen Mi's dowry and various treasures, which were quite valuable. Wang Yan didn't care much about what dowry Zhen gave him. He would know all this later. He looked at his men delivering the gift list, counting the items, then turned around and led Zhen Dao and others into the house to start the banquet.

As usual, the civil and military officials outside were basically there, and the wedding ceremony for marrying the new wife naturally became a high-level meeting. In fact, there was no delay in eating or drinking. These people were already very accustomed to Wang Yan's style, and they did not forget to eat and drink while talking about things.

What I mainly talk about is the work progress in various places, especially the situation in the newly acquired Henan Province, which is all about people's livelihood. Military generals are silent because they have no say in people's livelihood. The army helps local governments, organizes soldiers to help production and construction, or maintains local order. These are all matters of the ministries and commanders. They will talk to local officials. Communicate and coordinate actions, but local officials have no power to mobilize the army.

The general's job is very simple, which is to train soldiers well, defend well, and win the war. Therefore, in addition to tempering their bodies, the rest of their time was either training soldiers, studying the terrain near the station, studying various passes, and studying how to advance.

Similarly, civil servants have no say in military operations. Jia Xu and Guo Jianeng said that it was the power given by Wang Yan, and they also had this ability. Other senior civil servants always discuss big strategies and analyze interests when it comes to military operations. How to fight and how to fight is not their business.

Wang Yan had already begun to divide the civil and military affairs, clarify the civil and military duties, and draw boundaries. Although the civil servants were more powerful than the others and their swordsmanship was excellent, Wang Yan was also encouraging the civil servants to be brave. But personal bravery and battlefield bravery are not the same thing. What's more, if they can fight, they can lead troops to fight.

After all, you can see clearly by looking at the two rows of civil servants and military officers. The civil servants on one side are talking incessantly, while the military generals on the other side are shouting and eating fiercely. No matter how good the civil servants are at fighting, they will be killed in front of these generals with one move.

After reporting on the governance situation, Jia Xu had another long speech. He had to talk about the construction of Luoyang. Wang Yan would move the capital in a few months, and the matter was very heavy.

After all this was over, Jia Xu talked about the situation.

"General, after Cao Cao went to the south of the Yangtze River, he clearly issued an edict to make Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Yuan Shu engage in war. He also sent envoys to inform the wealthy families in various places. This was a conspiracy and very clever. I heard that the caravans were coming to report that there was turmoil in various places and the wealthy families If you want to unite the south of the Yangtze River with Cao Cao and fight against me, the generals must not sit back and wait for death."

Wang Yan drank the wine with a smile and motioned to continue.

Jia Xu cleared his throat and spoke louder: "Now Liu Bei supports the three counties of Wu, Danyang, and Kuaiji, and is assisted by the wealthy families of Xuzhou and Yangzhou. However, Cao Cao is powerful, and Yuan Shu has been defeated. He has lost troops and generals one after another, but he can only support him with encouragement. They will die this year. It is difficult for Liu Bei's subordinates to work together. He has an old relationship with the general. In the past, he took refuge in Liaodong and worked under the general's subordinates. The wealthy people under him are even more difficult to settle down. They will inevitably turn to Cao Cao. It will be difficult for them to last long.

In this case, why didn't the general recruit Liu Bei to surrender? If we get the land, we will have no risk of landing. After five years of planning, we can march westward, attack Cao Cao, and dominate the world. "

Guo Jia took a deep look at Lao Jia, coughed a little, and said: "Bashu has vast resources and abundant people, and it is a dangerous place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If it is really captured by Cao Cao, it will be unfavorable to attack Cao Cao. The war will be protracted and it is not the work of a general." What they want is not what the people of the world want. Jia believes that if Liu Bei wants to surrender, Bashu must not ignore it. He can pass through San Pass (Da San Pass), break through Yangping Pass, destroy Zhang Lu, and go to Hanzhong, and his troops can reach Jianmen. A glimpse into Bashu."

Guan Ning nodded in agreement: "General, your words of Wenhe and Filial Piety are very true. General, you should know that Liu Bei belongs to the Han Dynasty, but now the Han Dynasty exists in name only. Cao Cao is powerful and his mission can no longer be accomplished. If the general personally writes a letter to persuade him to surrender, Liu Bei understands the situation and will definitely surrender to me."

Guan Ning is now the highest official in the Northeast and has no military power, but he is also a high official in the border areas and is quite capable.

Others also spoke separately and expressed similar views. They all believed that Hanzhong must be captured and Liu Bei must surrender. If he did not surrender, then he would be beaten by warships. The navy is also quite powerful. We can land directly there and capture Wu Commandery first to occupy this bridgehead.

This is the advantage of being strong, having a strong leader, and being wise and powerful. No one says anything discouraging, they just do it when they open their mouth.

He glanced at Lu Bu, who was drinking and eating meat over there, pouring himself a glass of wine and feeling happy, as if he hadn't heard Liu Guanzhang. Then he looked at the other generals eating fiercely and the civil servants clamoring for attack. Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction. , and now it looks a bit like a group of virtuous people.

Liu Bei really has no chance now, because Cao Cao has gone south and has attacked Yuan Shu in the past few months. Jia Xu said that Yuan Shu will die this year, not just talk, but it is true.

In this way, to the east is the sea, to the west is Cao Cao, to the south is Shi Xie, and to the north is General Wang. Each one is stronger than the last. Not to mention the lack of strategic space, there is still Cao Cao's obvious instigation to poach people, even if the Mi family and others continue to support firmly, there are other wealthy families. Although Liu Bei has taken great precautions and favored poor families, the wealthy families still have considerable power and have begun to shake their rule.

As for his good military advisor Zhuge Liang, he is still only twenty years old and studying in Longzhong. Speaking of which, Longzhong is Wang Yan's territory now, and the entire north of the Yangtze River. Wang Yan really didn't ask whether Zhuge Liang was there. But Zhuge Liang is ambitious and will come out on his own in the future.

So now Liu Bei has no choice. He will definitely not be able to defeat Cao Cao. He can either go south to fight against Shi Xie, or he can seek refuge with Wang Yan. And since the Han Dynasty is no longer viable, and Wang Yan is now 80% sure of unifying the world, there is no need for Liu Bei to struggle. A sensible person will surrender.

And it is indeed necessary to capture Hanzhong. The land of Bashu is worthy of its reputation as a land of abundance. It is uniquely blessed by nature. There is dangerous ground and depth, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. A place like this must be conquered.

Hanzhong is now just like the original trajectory. It is controlled by Zhang Lu, who has established a political and religious power and engaged in theocracy. The people are believers. The spread of the five dou of rice in the later period is also the credit of this side. It is still good for the people. There is a system where you can eat for free. The teacher comrade commented that China's socialism has a long history.

Wang Yan nodded and said, "What you said is reasonable. I heard that Zhang Lu in Hanzhong preached and was lenient with the people. I should write a letter to him to surrender. If he does not surrender, it will not be too late to raise troops again. This matter will be handed over to Feng Xiao. Liu Bei, I will write a letter to him tomorrow to surrender."

After a simple arrangement, Wang Yan raised his wine glass and invited everyone to eat and drink.

General Wang ate for a while, then got up and went to the back house. Today's new daughter-in-law, a famous beauty, is still waiting for him...

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