"It won't necessarily be an expansion, and actually, I'm not in favor of that. [A lot of good]"Fu Shan admires Yeherana a lot?" Xingtai's, although he is a Jianzhou man, but his contributions on the battlefield have won the trust of the entire Yangzhou Town. Moreover, Sun Yuan intended to establish him as a benchmark for the united front. The most important thing is that this Xingtai has fully accepted the set of theories that Sun Yuanhe has come up with, and has become a Han nationalist from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for business needs, this kid would have grown his hair a long time ago.

Moreover, this man is thoughtful and inquisitive, which makes people have enough of the addiction of being a good teacher.

Fu Shan: "Actually, you can probably see that our army is taking the route of elite soldiers. Although Yingchuanhou's method of training troops did not cost much, once the war period, it only took two or three months, and a steady stream of qualified soldiers could be sent to the front line. Unlike before, a soldier who can fight, especially cavalry and archers, cannot be trained in three or five years. ”

Xingtai: "Indeed. ”

Fu Shan: "However, the soldiers of the Marquis of Yingchuan are easy to train, but the daily maintenance is extremely expensive, and the armor, the consumption of training, food and clothing, are all the best in the world." To put it mildly, our army is a group of aristocratic young masters, and the other troops are called Hanako. Raising an ordinary Ningxiang Army soldier is enough to raise six ordinary soldiers. Today, there are 20,000 troops in Yangzhou Town, and even more in the navy. Regardless of the navy, 20,000 army forces, 100,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilians are needed. In this Yangzhou war, the military and civilians of the entire Yangzhou town moved. If the army is expanded, I am afraid that the military town will not be able to bear this burden. ”

Therefore, the meaning of the Marquis of Yingchuan is about the main force and maintain the scale of 20,000 horses, supplemented by the Shandong army and the Qin army, and the soldiers and horses of the three towns are added together, and the scale of more than 100,000 people is enough for the Northern Expedition. You don't have to worry, it's not much more expensive. If you think about it carefully, in fact, you don't have too many soldiers who can fight in the Eight Banners, and in the past, there were even fewer elite white armors. ”

"In my opinion, leave aside the Jiannu. As long as there is an elite of six or seven thousand, it is enough to sweep the world. Historically, when Tang Taizong Li Shimin fought the world, there were only a few thousand black-armored troops! ”

Xingtai: "Although the black-armored cavalry of Mr. Qingzhu Tang Taizong is only a few thousand, each horse can be equipped with one horse, two auxiliary soldiers, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Qin Palace

。 ”

Fu Shan didn't argue with him, and said with a smile: "Xingtai, I know you're worried that the ruined north won't be able to support so many people and horses. [Marshmallow wants to read almost all the books.,It's much more stable and faster than the general station.,There's no ads in the whole text.] If there is another disaster, maybe there will be displaced people to make trouble, and our people are fighting the fire everywhere and running for their lives. ”

Xingtai: "Just because of this, even Jiannu can't stay in Beijing anymore, let's go to the north, can't we maintain it?" ”

"Don't worry, your concerns won't come true." Fu Shan said lightly.

Xingtai thought thoughtfully: "Does Mr. think that the climate has gradually improved in the past two years, and there will be fewer and fewer floods, droughts and locust plagues like in the past?" ”

"That's just one of them." Although I don't know what the Xiaoice River period is, in real history, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the power of the Xiaoice River period gradually decreased, and the wind and rain in the north slowly became smoother, which led to the later Kang and Qian prosperous eras. Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty was also unlucky, and he was not able to support it for several more decades, but Fu Shan had already clearly felt this: "The second is ......"

An eerie smile appeared on his rain-soaked face.

Xingtai: "Please also ask sir." ”

Fu Shan said lightly: "The second is that the population in the north has almost died, if you are not mistaken, the population of the northern provinces is now only about thirty percent of the early years of Chongzhen." Even if there is a catastrophe and famine, most of the displaced people will not be in chaos because they have no livelihood. Moreover, because of the sharp decline in the population, even if you want to give relief, it will not cost much. Moreover, due to the lack of population, many lower counties no longer need to exist, and they can be merged with other counties, which can virtually reduce administrative expenses by more than half. Moreover, my Yangzhou town is also supported by the benefits of sea trade. It only took a few years for this difficulty to be overcome. ”

"Just because the population is dead, all ...... So...... According to Mr., it is a good thing that more than 70% of the people have died? Xingtai couldn't accept it and began to stutter.

"Yes, a big benefit." Fu Shan replied disdainfully: "The corrupt Confucians' theory of benevolence and righteousness, but a certain one disagrees, and a certain person will only look at the essence of the problem. In fact, the problem of the Ming Dynasty is the contradiction between man and land and the problem that a large number of idle people have no way out

。 Even if there are no natural disasters, even if the wind and rain are smooth in the Chongzhen year, it is just a sigh of relief. In a few decades at most, even in good years, the country will usher in a major upheaval. ”

He rode a horse, and while walking slowly with Xingtai, he talked embarrassedly: "I have been studying for a few years when I have nothing to do, and in the army, if the Four Books and the Five Classics are of any use, I will blindly read history." I've read a lot, but I have some lessons. It's a pity that I can't share these experiences with others. You are from Jiannu, the people of Jianzhou are the most realistic, and there are not so many constraints of science and law, today is a rare opportunity, but I want to discuss with you. ”

Xingtai: "How can he be a descendant, dare to discuss knowledge with Mr. ”

"It's okay to listen to it, even if it's wrong, it doesn't matter." Fu Shan continued: "After reading the history books of the past few years, I found a strange phenomenon. The last years of each dynasty are actually the peak of the population, such as Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when there were more than 100,000 people in the city, and the Song Dynasty Jingkang year, the capital Kaifeng had an astonishing million people. This is in the cities, in the countryside, in fact, the problem is more serious. As the population increased and land was annexed in large numbers, many people had no way to survive at all. Because land is finite, so is the population that land can support. Once the upper limit of the population that the land can support is exceeded, there is even a huge upheaval. Whether it's plague, war, or famine. It will not cease until it has wiped out the vast majority of the population to the point where the land can support it. ”

"The upper limit of what land can support is calculable. For example, there is a fixed number of acres of land in the world, how much it can produce, and how many people can eat it for a year. For example, in the south, medium paddy fields produce rice per acre. One stone is about 100 catties, and a person who eats one pound of rice a day is three stones a year. A family of three, if you want to survive, needs ten acres of land. In places in the north where the yield of land is not high, even twenty acres are needed. ”

Fu Shan said more and more: "Combined with the number of acres of land recorded by the official, we can figure out how many people can be fed." For example, in the Han Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the upper limit of the population was between 3,000 and 40 million. Beyond this number, there will be a great famine. By the time of the Three Kingdoms, because the war had been reduced to 10 million, there was a past when the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin. ”

"My Ming Dynasty clarified the number of acres of land when Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip, of course, this number is not accurate. But roughly calculated, it can only feed about 8,000 to 90 million people. Any more, and there will be big trouble. ”

"Do you know what the population of Chongzhen is?" Fu Shan deliberately asked Xingtai.

Xingtai: "Where do you know?" ”

Fu Shan stretched out two fingers: "According to the numbers and speculations I have at hand, it should be around 200 million." In fact, the number of the government during the Wanli period of Longqing has exceeded 100 million

。 ”

"Ah, so many?" Xingtai couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and his scalp was numb. He knew that the Ming Dynasty was crowded and wide as early as when he was in Liaodong, but he didn't want to be like this. There are only a few people in the entire Eight Banners, no wonder after entering the customs, the Qing army had to arm the Han army in large numbers because of the small number of people, and use the Han to control the Han. There are really too few people, one less to die, if the Jianzhou army is sent in every battle, it will be exhausted one day.

Fu Shan: "Now, suddenly the population has doubled, and there are no longer so many people in the field. The worst thing is that this extra population is all young and strong. They all want to start a family and start a business, and they are not willing to go hungry, but the imperial court can't provide so many ways to live, and even in order to save expenses, they also cut off post roads in various places, causing a large number of post soldiers to become thieves, and finally caused a big disaster. ”

"Now it's better, after more than ten years of war, the population of the north is two or three out of ten, even if there is a natural disaster, the people will not be hungry." Fu Shan suddenly let out a rare sigh: "This is the way of heaven, the way of heaven is ruthless, and people are dogs." When there are too many people to live, God will destroy half of them first. ”

This is already peeling off the surface and nakedly showing the truth to others, and the shock in Xingtai's heart is indescribable. He looked up at the sky, looked at the rain that was shooting down like arrows and arrows in the sky, and suddenly felt a trace of fear: "Heavenly Dao has always been so cruel, but fortunately, Heavenly Dao chose Hou Ye." ”

"Yes, the flag of the Marquis of Yingchuan is still black, and black is the virtue of water. For today's world, fire virtue has declined, and water virtue is prosperous. This is also the meaning of Huang Taiji's original name of the country as Qing, however, this water virtue said, I am afraid that it will fall on the head of the Ningxiang Army and the Marquis of Yingchuan. ”

Speaking of this, Xingtai trembled with excitement, felt that the truth was in his hands, and his heart was as strong as steel.

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived at a position two miles away from Duoduo's old camp, and they saw Sun Yuan and a group of subordinates riding horses and standing on a small post, pointing at the Qing army camp with whips.

In fact, the enemy's camp is not large, unlike today's Ningxiang Army, Qin Army and Lufeng Army, which join forces for hundreds of miles to form a large encirclement and firmly lock the enemy in the heart.

After Duoduo organized more than a dozen large or small breakout battles, which were all defeated one by one, he also gave up and retreated his troops to the west of Baiyang Mountain, Dahuangzhuang and Xiaohuangzhuang, which are projectile places.

Their camp has connected the two Zhuangzi together, the two Zhuangzi are very close to each other, and more than 30,000 people are crammed into such a small place at once, and they lack food and clothing.

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