"Yu Wang, so far, the three counties of Qindi, Linzi County, and Jiaodong County are missing, and the total population of the census is more than 12.4 million. Among them, more than 3.6 million are located in Changsha County, Lujiang County, Cangwu County, Huizhang County, Huiji County, Minnan County, Nanhai County, and Lingnan Prefecture south of the Yangtze River; The north of the Yangtze River is more than 6.8 million, including the Central Plains area outside Nan County, Hengshan County and Jiujiang County, excluding Ba County, Shu County, Hanzhong County and Longxi County. ”

Lingnan State? Yes, the administrative unit of "prefecture" has been planned by Lu Zhe, and it is currently only implemented in Lingnan. Lingnan Prefecture contains three counties, namely Guilin County, Xiang County, and Kunming County, which have not been filled with much population even after nearly five years of development, and even the number of Tuntian soldiers sent is far more than that of the civilian Qianshou who live there.

In the future, Lu Zhe will promote the administrative unit of "state" and merge several counties into one state, so that in addition to the county guard, there will also be a state pastor, and it will take a long process to form a new set of administrative system.

The three counties of Qindi are Neishi County, Beidi County, and Shang County, and although there is no census, it can be roughly estimated how many people they have. In fact, after the Xiongnu and other Hu people ravaged Shangjun, they poured into Beidi County, and the original sparsely populated state of Shangjun and Beidi County became more severe, and whether the population of the two counties together is 500,000 has to be said separately, that is, the population of Neishi County has increased to about 1.8 million.

Linzi and Jiaodong are currently plague areas, and the officials under Lu Zhe naturally have no way to conduct any census, and it is conceivable that there will not be many people left after the plague is raging.

The census of Ba County, Shu County, and Hanzhong County is difficult, because it is mostly mountainous, and many residents living in this area live in the deep mountains and old forests, which is not as easy to find as other counties. In addition, the people of Ba County and Shu County are complicated, the residents of these two counties are generally Ba and Shu people, they have the habit of living in the mountains and villages since the fall of Qin, and the degree of cooperation with the government is also worse with the deeper the mountains and old forests, even after becoming part of Lu Zhe's territory. It's a different story in Hanzhong County. In addition to the inconvenient transportation, because the small transactions between the Han State and the Qin State were concentrated in Hanzhong, the population mobility of Hanzhong was too strong, and it was also a part of the population that was not easy to conduct a census.

Longxi County? Although Longxi has always been the administrative unit of a county, the people there are generally in a nomadic state, and the people who settle in a certain place are very few. It's an absolute joke that the nomadic state wants to conduct a census, and what about the census method in the state that is always moving?

According to Xiao He's estimate, the total population of Qin Di after the establishment of the new empire should be between 18 million and 19 million, so that means that in less than ten years, a total of nearly six or seven million people died in the turmoil and war?

After Qin ruled the world, there was a census. The total population of the country is 25 million, and in the original historical version, the population was less than 15 million after Liu Bang unified the world, and there is another theory that even records that Liu Bang ruled the world with less than 7 million people, so the compromise is based on 10 million people.

Lu Zhe's appearance is at least said to have saved three or four million people, and at most it has saved eight or nine million people. Whether he counted more or less, he had achieved his goal of keeping the population as much as possible, but even nineteen million people were far from enough for what he wanted to do.

"There are more than five million people in Nanjun...... Lu Zhe couldn't help but cover his forehead: "It's not much, but in this way, the population of other counties will definitely be insufficient." ”

South County is actually a special case. First of all, the capital Nanling is in Nanjun, and the Biquge where Lu Zhe developed the handicraft industry is also in Nanjun www.biquge.info even if there is no political status to attract the population, the jobs brought by the development of the handicraft industry will inevitably absorb the population. After all, having a job means having income, and it is obvious that there are more workers than the income brought by farming, and the hard work is easier than farming and does not look at the "eyes" of God, so naturally......

"This ...... It will be improved as each county develops. The smile on Xiao He's face was very full.

What kind of method is easier to gather wealth. People tend to gravitate towards the easier side, which is the innate nature of intelligent beings. It is also because of this nature that Lu Zhe's industrial development under his rule is also extremely beneficial. The new problem is the decline of the cultivated labor force and the series of good and bad effects of industrial development.

If there is production, there must be output, and the goods produced must be purchased by someone, otherwise what is the use of production? In this way, it is necessary to consider the saturation of the market, the lower the saturation of the market, the faster the development of the industry must be, and the economic benefits must be very rich, but waiting for the saturation of the market to be filled one day, and no new product dumping place is found, it will bring new disasters.

The current productive forces are still far from being saturated with domestic sales, and according to the increase in the number of workshops and factories and the market demand of the ruling government, there will be no place to sell what is not needed for at least 30 years.

Some conservatives are eyeing each other, and these people are the highest in the position of Shusun Tong.

"They all went to work as workers, and there is not enough labor for farming, so this doctor wants to advise the king?"

"Huh?"

"At least...... At least allow more slave catchers. ”

"Oh...... You mean it's allowed to register more slave catchers, right? ”

"yes, yes."

Considering that industry would reduce the number of people working in agriculture, the ruling government proposed two options, the first was to provide appropriate economic assistance to agriculture, and the second was to capture aliens and become slaves to fill the shortage of agricultural labor.

Supporting agriculture is a certain thing, and even if Lu Zhe wants to develop industry, he will not forget that agricultural production is the cornerstone of a country's stability, because no matter what kind of development is needed, it should not make people hungry.

Arresting aliens to fill in the lack of agricultural labor? The army has been doing such a thing, and so far more than 700,000 Baiyue people have been captured, most of whom have become slaves, some of whom are official slaves, and some of whom are private slaves of military soldiers.

There was no shortage of land under Lü Zhe's rule, and under the premise that Lü Zhe opened the way with economic welfare, the soldiers who participated in foreign wars were absolutely not short of wealth.

In addition to the wealth of the soldiers, which was used to improve the living environment of the family, most of that wealth was invested in the purchase of land. Then the purchase of land from the state became a return of funds to the state treasury, and the only thing that led to it was the prevalence of agricultural slavery.

For example, he strictly stipulates that the population of his own nationality cannot be slaved, that is to say, there can be no slaves in his own nationality.

Can't a clansman be a slave? That can only be the arrest of aliens, but the state has strict restrictions on the private arming of non-governmental organizations, which can make a large number of people suffer.

"Your Majesty!" Uncle and grandson passed out of the train: "The minister agrees with the opinion of the ruling government, but it is ...... It's just that...... Could the plunder warrants given to the counties be increased? ”

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A large number of people immediately looked at Shusun Tong, some of them were overjoyed, and some of them frowned.

It's a plunder card. Absolutely not mistaken, it was still a product of Lu Zhe's insufficient military strength and the need for armed clearance of the Baiyue Prefectures, at that time, the people were encouraged to go to the Baiyue Prefectures to arrest the Baiyue people, and then with the expansion of the Han army extended to the south of Lingnan, even the grassland also appeared a large number of slave hunting teams.

Sometimes Lu Zhe thinks it's a little funny when he thinks about it, because agriculture needs agricultural slaves and it becomes a very popular thing to arrest aliens, so will it evolve into the phenomenon of pounce on people when they find a new alien race in the future?

Ma Han on the Korean Peninsula wants to be a vassal, in fact, it is not only Lu Zhe who is unhappy, except for some people who feel that it is very face-saving for someone to become a vassal country. The first thing that comes to most people's minds is that there are new alien races that can be captured, and the phenomenon is that the country's army has not yet taken any action, but the private slave hunting team of the people has already sharpened their knives, and if it is not too far by land, there is really no way to cross the ocean by themselves. It is not known how many private slave catchers will rush to the peninsula.

"Tai Lieutenant," Lu Zhe looked at Kuaitong, "How many slave catchers are registered now?" ”

Kuaitong was stunned, probably not remembering this kind of thing that he didn't need to remember in his opinion, and waited for communication with his agency before replying: "Seven hundred and sixty-seven." The largest is 2,000 people, and the smallest is as small as a single person, with a total number of 280,000. ”

A sound of inhalation appeared in the huge council hall. Even Lu Zhe himself was a little stunned.

280,000 people are registered, so how many are not? There was a commotion on the military attaché's side, but no one came forward after a group of military attachés looked at each other.

The famous generals are all leading the army to fight outside, and the military attachés in the center generally tend to be of low rank, and they are more of the kind of military attachés who are in charge of the papers, so it is not easy to stand out, they can only look at Kuaitong with blank eyes, and then look at Lu Zhe nervously.

"Then......" Lu Zhe covered his forehead again: "How many slaves are there in the country at present?" ”

Kuaitong returned to the train, but Xiao He stood up.

"Your Majesty," Xiao He replied truthfully, "the total number is about 1.3 million." ”

Lu Zhe let out an "um" and motioned for Xiao He to retreat.

Among the people who followed Lu Zhe, the military was always the first beneficiary, followed by the group of people in the civilian system, and finally the civilians under Lu Zhe's rule.

It is a matter of course that the military is the first to obtain benefits as a pioneer, especially since this kind of interests are not simply limited to the senior generals of the military, but the kind of situation where ordinary soldiers also obtain benefits, such an army actually does not need Lu Zhe to drive them away with a whip, and the benefits brought by the benefits will infinitely increase their expansion and belligerence.

The expansion of the military has also benefited from the civilian bureaucracy, so that the civilian bureaucracy will not be too much of a stumbling block for the military, and in general it is still a supportive attitude. To tell the truth, civil officials are trained or assessed, and if they want to be officials, they must have a place to go, so the larger the territory of the empire, the more posts there are, which is better than the phenomenon of sitting on a cold bench due to the lack of positions!

On the civilian side, it is even simpler, the increase in living space means that the more selective they are, the abundance of resources brings the abundance and sufficiency of living materials, the most obvious is that the more the state's violent machine plunders outward, the less the state exploits them, and sometimes there is no need to exploit or even to project welfare to them, what is there to dissatisfaction with?

280,000 or more civilian armed forces, if this situation appeared in any dynasty outside the rule of Lu Zhe, it may be that after the number is said, there should be an uproar in the court, and after the uproar, there should be a roar, so that the army should hurry to clear it.

But the problem is that now belongs to the era of Lu Zhe, and it is also Lu Zhe who allows the people to have armed forces that belong to official surveillance and supervision, but do not belong to the military.

The supreme rulers of the country are willing to have civil armed forces, and they exist in a form recognized by law, even if the civil and military people feel inappropriate and fearful, what can they do?

"One and a million three thousand slaves?" Lu Zhe's voice couldn't hear what it was: "Increase the number of plunder permits, and guide them out of the fortress or out to sea." Tell them that there are many slaves on the steppe who can be captured, and some islands in the sea are also full of alien races. ”

Shusun Tong immediately smiled: "The king is wise! ”

Xiao He and Kuai Tong glanced at each other, and both of them smiled bitterly.

Other civil servants did not understand what this meant, so they simply did not support or oppose it.

However, there was another commotion in the area of the military attaché, some of whom thought it was a good thing, and some of them thought it was a bad thing.

"Of course, those armed forces must be strictly supervised, and if they act recklessly outside the borders of the country, they will not violate the law, and if they also act recklessly within the borders of the country, they will be dealt with according to whatever laws they have violated." Speaking of this, Lu Zhe suddenly paused and looked at Li Shiqi hesitantly: "Are there many people from the armed team who have broken the law?" ”

Li Shiqi is the squire of the Tingwei Bureau, and he will naturally answer when Tingwei is away. He got out of the train: "Back to the king, there is no special phenomenon. In other words, even if there are slave catchers who break the law, there are no more armed people than non-slave catchers.

Lu Zhe nodded: "Allowing them to save zài is for the future plans of the empire." After another pause, he laughed a few times before continuing: "Outlaws are present in all ages, and it is better to encourage them to go to the alien race by letting them stay in the village to plague them." ”

"Your Majesty, if someone organizes a rebellion, then ......" Finally, a military attache stood up, looking at the rank of a squire from the General's Mansion, he sternly grimaced: "I have to guard against it, Your Majesty." ”

For a moment, the hall was quiet, the kind of quiet to the point where you could hear a pin drop. (To be continued......)