Chapter 728 Population Strategy
"Your Highness, the soldiers and horses of Nanliang have withdrawn from Xiangcheng and fled to Yizhou. All the land north of the Yangtze River now belongs to the imperial court. Read М"
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The battle report from Jingzhou had just arrived, and Chang Wei went to the palace to report the matter to Zhao Xu.
"This old fox, Dou Wei, never suffers. It's expected." Zhao Xu held the teacup and took a sip.
The soldiers and horses under Ma Han plus the royal family's troops brought together nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou.
Even though he has three heads and six arms, Dou Wei can't resist him.
Rather than losing the Dou family's soldiers and horses in Xiangcheng, it is better to retreat intact.
As the saying goes, if you save the land and lose the people, everyone and the land will be lost. If you save the people and lose the land, everyone and the land will survive.
Without soldiers and horses, the Dou family is like a chicken without feathers.
Both the Xiao family and Beidi will despise him from now on.
Rather than doing this, it is better to retreat to Yizhou and still maintain the Nanliang shelf.
"Hahaha... His Highness said it just in time. Now, we have all driven the powerful clans to the south of the Yangtze River. From now on, the north of the Yangtze River will be stable." Chang Wei said. ,
Zhao Xu nodded. This was also the first stage goal he wanted to achieve after the establishment of the Eastern Tu Alliance.
The second stage is naturally after the launch of the steamship, a battle with Britain at sea to establish his maritime hegemony in the Eastern Sea.
End the interference of Japan and Western countries in Dasong.
The third stage is to cross the Yangtze River and go south to unify Dasong.
The fourth stage is naturally to expand the public's sphere of influence outwards and compete for the world market.
With a faint smile on his face, he was full of confidence in achieving these stage goals.
He looked forward to the day when the country would be prosperous and the people would be strong, and stand on top of the world.
I also hope that every Dasong person will be able to live a high-paying life with a villa per capita and a car per capita in the future, and one person can work to support the whole family.
However, to achieve these, we still need to go through hard struggle and pay countless blood.
After all, the Westerners, who have lived a prosperous life for two hundred years, will not give up their interests to others.
It can be said that for Dasong, the present is the most dangerous moment.
Break through the danger, and Dasong's future will be bright.
Once it fails, a hundred years of shame will come to this land, and the Western natives and Japanese will eat up the flesh and blood of the Dasong people.
When he thought of this, Zhao Xu's eyes became more determined.
Now that he has come to this world, no matter what the price, even if he is called a tyrant like Qin Shihuang for thousands of years.
He also wanted to revitalize the country and establish a situation as prosperous as the Han and Tang Dynasties, or even more prosperous.
"By the way, one more thing. It's time to take back the military power in Ma Han's hands. From now on, there will no longer be Ma family troops, only the royal army. Zhao Xu remembered something and reminded Chang Wei.
Ma Han was originally the governor of Sizhou, and if he commanded another hundred thousand soldiers and horses, he would definitely form a force that could not be defeated in the long run.
Moreover, he and Ma Han originally had an agreement that from now on there would no longer be a powerful Ma family, only Ma Han who was loyal to the palace.
In this case, the Ma family will naturally obey the orders of the palace.
"Ma Han shouldn't have other thoughts, right?" Chang Wei frowned.
Like Liu Fu, he instinctively distrusts wealthy and powerful families.
What's more, the Ma family was once one of the eight powerful families.
Zhao Xu smiled and said, "You can give him this order in the name of the general's palace. Ma Han is a smart man and will not be stupid. Even if he is stupid, he will not be able to see Sheng the next day." The rising sun.”
"Yes, we have arranged so many orders in the Ma family army. After this period of ideological transformation, it is not certain whether the Ma family soldiers will eventually turn to him or to us." Chang Wei said slowly.
Immediately, he gave a military salute to Zhao Xu and said, "I will handle this matter when I return."
After Chang Wei left, Zhao Xu came to the Dasong map hanging on the wall.
His fingers drew a line along Jiujiang, and his eyes finally stopped at Jiangbei.
Now, Jiangbei is finally completely stable, and the plan he delivered at the last court meeting can be fully implemented.
"Your Highness..." When Zhao Xu was thinking, Feng'er and Luan'er walked in with smiles.
Feng'er held a red dress in her hand, and Luan'er held a jade pendant in her hand.
Seeing this, Zhao Xu patted his head.
Some time ago, the Ministry of Rites set a date for his wedding, which is the sixth day of next month.
There are less than eight days to go from now.
Therefore, the entire etiquette department is busy, with officials responsible for pre-wedding etiquette such as accepting gifts, asking for names, accepting gifts, accepting taxes, and asking for dates.
To put it simply, the woman is notified of the wedding date and given a betrothal gift.
Of course, there are also wedding dresses.
The dress Feng'er was dragging was just delivered by officials from the Ministry of Etiquette.
"Your Highness, the wedding is coming soon, so it's time to put government affairs aside. With Prime Minister Liu and General Chang here, there won't be any trouble." Feng'er said.
Luan'er nodded, "The empress will be here soon. She said she wants to see how your highness looks in this dress?"
Zhao Xu smiled and had no choice but to follow the two of them back to the bedroom, where they put on red wedding clothes embroidered with gold.
Looking at himself in the mirror, highlighted by red, and at the smiling faces of Feng'er and Luan'er, Zhao Xu said, "This king is getting married, are you so happy?"
"Of course I'm happy. The slaves have long been looking forward to His Highness picking up a princess." Feng'er said with a smile.
She knew what Zhao Xu wanted to say, and said softly: "As long as His Highness does not dislike it, Feng'er and Luan'er will always serve His Highness. However, after all, we cannot replace the princess. We do not understand poetry and books, and we do not understand general concepts, and what Your Highness needs is A good wife."
Zhao Xu turned around and looked at the two of them, "You have always been with me in times of trouble and have done your best. In the future, I will reserve a place for you two."
Feng'er and Luan'er looked at each other, and Luan'er said, "Your Highness must not force it, otherwise the princess will not be satisfied, and my sister and I will feel uneasy. Instead of doing this, it is better to be your maid, which is easy and comfortable."
Zhao Xu smiled helplessly.
At present, he is the regent of Dasong. After Zhao Heng, he will be the emperor of Dasong.
When the time comes, he doesn't need to say it, as Yang Susu, the queen, will also arrange a selection for him.
Although he will not want three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines, it is still okay to set a few concubines.
He did not object to the feudal tradition of three wives and four concubines in Dasong.
This is not out of men's selfishness, but for the future of Dasong.
Due to internal and external troubles over the years, the invasion of Beidi, and the oppression of powerful families.
The number of men in Dasong is less than the number of women.
After this civil war, the young and strong people in Dasong will certainly decrease again.
If monogamy is blindly promoted, the population growth of Dasong will be restricted.
But he needs a large number of people to immigrate to the lands he will occupy in the future, just like Britain immigrated to America.
Otherwise, the lands he conquered will eventually be undefendable.
Therefore, he will not only not restrict the three wives and four concubines, but also encourage the people to have children, and give birth as much as possible.