"What is a race? If you identify with our culture and contribute to the living environment of our race, you are the same ethnic group as us. ”

In the Great Discussion Hall, the civil and military officials were divided into two sides and knelt down, and they looked intently at Lu Zhe on the main steps of the main hall.

"If the barbarians enter China, they will be barbaric, and if they don't know etiquette, they will be barbarians." Lu Zhe sneered: "Can you become a part of China by identifying with Huaxia culture and etiquette?" Then this part of Huaxia is too cheap! ”

There is a sound amplification system in the hall, which is a kind of architectural arrangement, which allows Lu Zhe to spread the words to every corner of the hall with an ordinary volume.

The main hall of the council hall is very large, a thousand square meters, and it has no ornamental materials, only one thick pillar after another to support the roof. There are no carvings on the thick pillars and beams, only the vermilion eyes painted on them, and the crimson wooden floors make the color of the hall tend to be monotonous, so there is absolutely nothing to say about the splendor of gold.

In fact, the colors of the whole palace tend to be monotonous, cyan bricks, cyan tiles, only some walls will be painted crimson, if you want to see more colors, you need to be in some garden-like places, and those colors are still the green of plants, from the bright bloom of flowers.

The orthodox Chinese regime only admired two colors, one was black and the other was red. Advocating black is not a part of "martial arts", the implication is that black is thick, that is, virtue is to carry things, after all, black is generally understood as the earth, so "the earth is virtuous to carry things" is a beautiful metaphor. Red is blood and iron blood, and it is also a symbol of prosperity, the establishment of an empire has always been stained with blood, and the strength of an empire can never lack iron and blood.

In the orthodox Chinese dynasties, the soldier's battle robe will definitely be black pants and red shirts, which is the most orthodox military uniform since the end of the pre-Qin era in ancient times, and there will be this statement that it involves the emergence of the Han nation. The reason why the Han nation is the Han nation. It is not such a group that appears out of thin air, it is the struggle of several generations, not the struggle in the civil war, it is based on the honor obtained in the battle with foreign races, and it is the self-confidence brought by the sea of corpses and blood.

Because of the appearance of Lu Zhe, the historical trend of China has been changed beyond recognition, and it is still unknown what the ethnic groups living in this land will call themselves, and an urgent problem is also placed in reality, the country is about to change the country name, and before both countries and foreign races called the people under Lu Zhe "Han people". And what happens after the country name is changed?

"There is nothing that is obtained for nothing, our glory and honor are bought with blood, and we have to identify with our culture, that is, our own people? Hehe......" Lu Zhe sneered again: "Lu Jia." ”

Lu Jia hurriedly straightened his waist from the posture of kneeling and sitting, and stretched out his hands in the direction of Lu Zhe to make a bow posture: "Minister-here!" ”

"Reply to Ma Han, say that the minister is okay, forget about Nagong, and order him to bring his wife and children to Nanling, and the orphan will consider accepting ......" Lu Zhe said that Ma Han is one of the three Koreans in the Korean Peninsula.

Lu Jia was about to respond to the "promise". Lu Zhe hadn't finished speaking.

"You don't have to think much about it, if you want to become an official in the empire, it depends on whether he has the ability to pass the assessment," Lu Zhe seemed to curse in a low voice, "These damn sticks." Waving his hand to catch the flies, he seemed to regain his volume: "Or let him eliminate the other two Hans, and then Gu will see what credit he has and make other arrangements." ”

Lu Jia hesitated to respond to the "promise", and regained his head in a kneeling position, but his face was full of wry smiles.

Naturally, the Korean Peninsula is not called the Korean Peninsula now. In fact, there is not even a recognized title. Before Lu Zhe expanded to the peninsula, the former Yan State had already invaded the peninsula, almost the 38th parallel of later generations. After the Han army set foot on the peninsula, the main military strength was to defend against Donghu and did not continue to expand its territory to the peninsula.

Ma Han, Jin Han, and Ben Han are collectively known as the Three Hans of the Peninsula, and they are now almost still living a primitive social life of Ru Mao drinking blood, and there has always been friction between the three tribes, and it was not until the footsteps of the Yan army advanced to the vicinity of the 38th parallel that they had to unite.

For Ma Han, Chen Han, and Ben Han, the Yan army encountered was already so strong that it was difficult to resist, but in their eyes, the Yan State was so strong that it could not be fought against it and was destroyed and annexed by the Han army, so does it mean that what appeared in front of them was a more powerful being?

Even the Yan army could not fight against it, Ma Han, Chen Han, and Ben Han were even more frightened by the more powerful Han State, and the chiefs of the Ma Han tribe among them did not know where they learned that the ministers could keep them safe, so they sent people to Nanling with great difficulty, saying that they wanted to pay tribute.

Lu Zhe never thought of coming up with a tributary system, for him, all the kingdoms came to the dynasty was empty, and only the thick land under his feet was real.

"The king's ......" walked with small steps, Kuaitong's feet wearing only socks walked on the floor, walked to the aisle in the middle, and said after saluting: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

Lu Zhe looked over and didn't say anything.

Kuaitong is now a lieutenant of the Tai Lieutenant Department, and he has the right to know about the national military affairs but not the right to transfer, but as a Tai Lieutenant, he naturally has the right to make a report.

After eight or nine years, what kind of functions should be under Lu Zhe's rule has long been divided in great detail, what should be in charge is what it is, and what should not be in charge is not allowed to do anything ultra vires.

"Your Majesty?" Kuaitong called softly, waiting for Lu Zhe to say "accurate", and then said: "Your Majesty, the Luoshui flood season has arrived, and the logistics of water and land routes have been affected, and the weight of transporting to the fertile field and the source of the Yellow River has dropped to sixty percent. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhe hurriedly cheered up, after Sima Xin led the army to the north, the scale of the war with the Huns and other Hu people suddenly became larger, and it was no longer the overall situation of small fights, so far the two sides together more than 50,000 people have fought three times, and the repeated battles are naturally the Han army to gain the advantage, and the Han army and the Qin army have not lost many people, but the consumption of arrows can be described as amazing.

"After communicating with the King of Qin, the King of Qin has opened up the traffic in the territory, and also agreed that we will recruit people in the Qin land, and invest a lot of manpower to restore the logistics and transportation to the original eighty percent. However......" Kuaitong turned his head to look at Xiao He: "The supplies are still insufficient, especially the huge demand for arrows. ”

It's just summer, livestock and war horses are not so sure whether they are pregnant, the livestock used for consumption and the war horses that can be ridden are naturally reduced, and the Huns and other Hu people can't invest too much troops, after all, they can't let the Hu people who grew up on horseback since childhood abandon their war horses to become infantry who don't even have horses to travel, right?

The impact of animal reproduction on the Han army is also huge, not that the Han army is now so weak that the infantry army is so weak that it can't even fight, but the water transportation is affected at the same time, and the transportation on land is also due to the lack of cattle and horses pulling carts because of animal breeding. In military warfare, the materials on the front line are used less. The logistical problem of logistics lines, which cannot guarantee that peak capacity can be maintained at all times and at all times, only a mindless commander will squander the existing supplies without consideration. Considering that there is a certain amount of reserves of materials to deal with emergencies, it is inevitable to control the scale of the war.

Xiao He had to stand up, he also walked to the aisle in the middle of the hall with small steps, and said after saluting: "Your Majesty, the minister is already adjusting production capacity according to actual needs," after a pause, he hesitated slightly, and then said after a while: "...... However, the craftsman above ...... Slightly insufficient. ”

"Lack of craftsmen?" Lu Zhe couldn't hear any emotion in his tone: "Tell me." ”

"No!" Xiao He took out a fold from his sleeve. After opening it, he said: "So far alone, there are 436,000 registered craftsmen in our country, of which 220,000 are specially engaged in the making of various weapons and armor, and 60,000 are deployed in various passes and cities to repair. 150,000 men were transferred to the south to speed up the control of various types of ships, and the remaining 6,000 people were used for various addenda. ”

The so-called registered craftsmen are public officials who have been hired by the state, not that the 430,000 craftsmen are all the craftsmen under Lu Zhe's rule. There are countless craftsmen in the people, and it is very difficult to keep statistics, so no statistics have been made.

"I thought. More Registered Artisans can be recruited in appropriate increments. Kuaitong's voice was loud: "The pace of the empire's expansion cannot be stagnated because of the lack of logistics lines!" ”

Xiao He's cheeks twitched, turned to look at Kuaitong, and saluted: "Tai Wei." ”

Kuaitong also turned to face Xiao He and saluted back: "Govern." ”

After saluting each other, Xiao Hecai said: "The expansion of the empire is related to thousands of generations, and the king has repeatedly mentioned it, and his colleagues in the rank will not dare to be negligent. ”

Kuaitong couldn't help nodding: "That's what the ruling said." ”

Xiao He turned to face Lu Zhe's direction again: "Military supplies are improving every month every year, from the improvement of manufacturing quality to quantity, there has never been any slackness. ”

"This ......" Kuaitong smiled bitterly: "The ruling is not to accuse, but to increase the number of registered craftsmen." ”

"The empire has only been established for nine years, and it has developed rapidly in nine years, and the development of military and national strength is far faster than that of any existing country," Xiao He said as his face became very stern: "That is dependent on the king's commander's governance, and there is also a correct and reasonable division of labor." Naturally, the number of registered craftsmen under the official family can be increased, but the number of private craftsmen must decrease. Up to now, more than 18,000 documents have been submitted to the ruling government to apply for the establishment of workshops and factories, and the number of workshops and factories that have been officially opened is 4,729 and the number of factories is 737. ”

After all, after the registration of the government, there will be official supervision of their working hours, treatment, environment, work-related injuries, etc., and the registered workshops and factories will also be included in the scope of tax payment, but it is easy to get assistance from the country's economy and all aspects, which is actually more beneficial to workshop owners and factory owners.

"I think that recruiting fewer craftsmen will not help, but recruiting more craftsmen will hinder the development of the private sector that we have formulated." Xiao He saluted again when he said this, and waited for a while: "The minister thinks that it is better to increase the orders to the people with the expansion of the registered craftsmen. ”

"To govern, do you mean to put orders for military quarters to the people?" Shusun Tong stood up as he spoke, and after getting out of the train, he first saluted Lu Zhe, and then faced Xiao He: "Military needs are a major matter of the country, and the world has not yet been pacified, even if it has been pacified, how can private people be allowed to open weapons systems?" ”

Xiao He politely accosted his uncle and grandson, and then said to Lu Zhe: "The minister didn't mean that, he thought that some non-military supplies could be purchased from the people in large quantities to save manpower to make the materials needed by the military. ”

Lu Zhe, who had not been silent, originally didn't know what these ministers were making trouble with, but when he heard this, he understood.

Lu Zhe knew that Xiao He was expressing it in a euphemistic way, and the national strength was just like that, but the stall that Lu Zhe set up was too big, not only to ensure the military supplies for the military to expand its territory, but also to build a large number of ships, and the pressure on the ruling government was too great in terms of manpower.

In fact, the current pressure is not only on the relevant technical talents, Lu Zhe even feels that Xiao He is also under great financial pressure, after all, the army has always been a beast that eats money, and foreign wars have been going on...... A bottomless pit that has not yet seen the benefits, Xiao He is both worried and worried, and takes this opportunity to euphemistically vomit bitterness.

"The successive opening of various colleges and universities can cultivate more useful talents for the empire," Lu Zhe finally spoke up: "Before the training of various talents is developed, the need is far greater than what can be provided, and it still needs to be spent on governance." ”

A hint of relief flashed on Xiao He's face, with gratitude: "No! Obviously, he knew that Lu Zhe had already understood, but this was not a place to talk about it at length, so he could only find another occasion to discuss how to adjust it in detail.

Kuaitong also seemed to understand something, opened his mouth and closed it again, and finally bowed back to his place.

"Regarding the new round of censuses, the administration can talk about it." Lu Zhe took a sip from the teacup before speaking.

"No!" Xiao He didn't stand in the middle of the aisle, he retreated to his train, and after sitting down on his knees again, he probably drank a sip of water because he was a little dry, and then said slowly.

Before Lü Zhe ruled the Yangtze River, including the south of the Yangtze River, the total population census was more than 8 million, and after eating the Central Plains, Liaodong and other regions, a new round of census began.

What does the population of a country mean? In this age where everything needs to be done with both hands, nothing is more important than an adequate population! (To be continued......)