After the autumn harvest, the granary of Luoyang City has been full, and there is no spare place in the granary of the nearby counties, and many people are still queuing up to pay grain and grass, the reason why there will be such a good situation of a bumper harvest, in addition to the climate and rain, the construction of water conservancy does not violate the agricultural time, prohibiting the sale of fields and other advanced measures, also played a vital role.

The grass-roots officials of the province went to the countryside to urge, and too much grain and grass could not be stored, but it really made it difficult for the officials in charge of collecting grain, and immediately reported the situation to Hua'an.

Knowing that the Central Plains had a bumper harvest, and even the giant granary in Luoyang City could not be saved, Hua'an was naturally very happy, afraid that there would not be enough food, as for the granary was not enough, just build another one, and the plan of the Northern Expedition to Yan State had been drawn up, and the army went out, which was the time when a large amount of grain and grass was needed, and these excess grain and grass could be used as military food to supply the army of the Northern Expedition.

Of course, it will take some time for the army to go out, and it is urgent to place the surplus grain and grass, so Hua'an immediately ordered the construction of a large granary five miles outside the north gate of Luoyang, and stored all the grain and grass that had nowhere to store here, and sent 3,000 troops to guard it.

was about to go north to the Yan country, but encountered a bumper harvest in the Central Plains, Hua'an's mood was naturally very happy, with such a strong grain and grass, the chances of winning the Northern Expedition to the Yan country were greater.

At this time, Hua'an even produced the production of destroying small states such as Goguryeo, Buyeo, and Sanhan in one fell swoop, and then establishing several more states in the north of Pingzhou to expand the territory and extend the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty to the north for thousands of miles.

However, if you think about it carefully, these small nationals are fierce and close to the mountains and rivers. is extremely familiar with the terrain, if you want to conquer it all, it will also be a great loss of the national strength of the Great Jin, and it is difficult for the people here to rule if they do not respect the king. I am afraid that it is easy to destroy the country, but it is not easy to make its people obey the Central Plains Dynasty, and the turmoil of the uprising will further consume the national strength of the Great Jin.

Moreover, the Yan State has hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is already a great loss of national strength to be able to recover Youzhou and Pingzhou, and moreover, the Yan State has ruled in Youping and Youping for many years, and the people's hearts have been attached. After recovering Youzhou and Pingzhou, if you don't take a break for a period of time and start a war in vain, it is very likely that you will be defeated, so the idea of taking the opportunity to recover the small countries in the northeast was only thought about in Hua'an's mind for a while, and he immediately rejected it.

The rice must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be taken step by step, and expanding the territory has been Hua'an's established strategy. However, it is not a one-time solution. It needs to be carried out gradually, bit by bit, to expand the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty to the surrounding areas step by step.

In the process of territorial expansion, a large number of immigrants were necessary to consolidate the gains, which required that there be sufficient population on the existing land to allow for migration.

At this time, most of the people were married at the age of fifteen. Fifteen years is a generation, and in the era when there are no birth restrictions, each couple will have a child almost every one to two years, and the probability of a couple having about ten children in their life is very high, that is. If there is no premature death and dystocia, the population will increase exponentially in 15 years, of course, these are theoretical values, and the actual population growth will certainly not reach so much, because there are many premature and dystocia and other conditions, and these circumstances will have a great inhibitory effect on the growth of the population.

Thinking about the later generations of science and technology developed era, the average life expectancy has increased significantly, but it took 40 years for the population to double, and it is naturally impossible to reach such a high level at this time, however, if the living conditions of the people are improved, food production is increased and the medical level is greatly improved, and then some incentives are proposed, Hua'an believes that the population growth rate at this time is likely to exceed that of later generations, after all, the incentives will greatly increase the enthusiasm of the people to have children, so that the population will grow significantly.

To increase grain production, it is natural to build water conservancy on a large scale and cultivate more fields, and to improve the medical level of the whole people, it is necessary to open medical schools so that more people can master medical knowledge, so that the people of the whole world can benefit.

The construction of water conservancy and the reclamation of farmland naturally had to be entrusted to Li Shuqu and other water conservancy experts, while the large-scale opening of medical schools had to be entrusted to medical personnel headed by Huangfu Doctor.

In fact, these two things have been carried out for a long time, but due to the limitations of funds and manpower, the scale and area are still too small, and they have not been promoted in the national atmosphere, and the next thing they have to do is to promote them nationwide and make some necessary improvements.

Although, at this time, the Northern Expedition to Yanguo is the top priority, but these things related to people's livelihood still cannot be delayed, and must be carried out at the same time as the Northern Expedition to Yanguo.

At this time, Li Shuqu was still building water conservancy in Hebei, while Huangfu went to Chang'an City to conduct regular inspections of the medical hall in Chang'an City, and in order to tell them about his larger plans, Hua'an immediately issued an order for the two to return to Luoyang City as soon as possible.

In the imperial palace of Luoyang City, Hua An distributed a large number of documents seized from He Zhong's mansion to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and told the emperor Sima Dan and the ministers that the six major forces that conspired with He Zhong this time had been annihilated by five forces, and one more force had fled, and this force was the Yan force.

For this reason, Hua'an asked to raise troops to attack Yan State, the reason is that in addition to Yan Guo and He Zhong's conspiracy, there is also a way to recover Youzhou and Pingzhou, which should belong to the Great Jin, and restore the original territory of the Great Jin.

Hua'an's Northern Expedition request was just put forward, and it was supported by the vast majority of ministers, a large part of these ministers were their own cronies, and the rest were all a group of people who saw the wind and steered the rudder, and there were few ministers who opposed it, and the reason for their opposition was nothing more than that Yan State was in a corner and there were many soldiers and horses, and the expedition to Yan State was an act of labor and money, which would greatly deplete the national strength of the Great Jin Dynasty and make the emperor think twice.

Emperor Sima Dan's body had just recovered a little, so he endured a headache and came to the court, but when he encountered a major event to discuss the Northern Expedition to Yanguo, he suddenly had a splitting headache, and he didn't want the minister to argue too much, so he immediately agreed to Hua'an's request and let Hua'an be responsible for the expedition to Yanguo.

After obtaining the approval of Emperor Sima Dan, Hua'an once again requested that 100,000 Jingzhou troops be transferred north to attack Yan with his soldiers and horses to increase the chances of victory.

Hua'an's words came out. The ministers above the hall immediately understood Hua'an's intention to weaken the strength of Yan State, but Sima Dan didn't care about this, immediately agreed, and handed over everything to Hua'an to deal with, and he hastily retired from the dynasty and returned to the palace to rest.

Subsequently. In the name of Sima Dan, Hua'an gave an order to Huan Chong, the general of the Jingzhou Army, to lead 100,000 Jingzhou troops to the north, and after joining the soldiers and horses of Luoyang City, they went to the Youzhou front line together.

"King of the North, it seems that there is something wrong with just transferring the Jingzhou Army to the north, is it not even the Yangzhou Army that is also transferred, so. Our army has a better chance of winning. Xie An walked in front of Hua An and said.

Hearing this, Hua An smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said with a straight face: "If you can get the help of the Yangzhou Legion, the hope of defeating the Yan State will naturally be greater, but the Yangzhou Legion is known for its naval army, so let them go to reinforce Liaodong by sea and land!" 50,000 Yangzhou sailors should be enough. ”

"That's what the North King said. It is better to immediately issue an order and let Han Yong lead the 50,000 naval army. Reinforcement of Liaodong by sea and land, and the convergence of General Wang Wu's troops and horses threatened Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, from the side. Xie An Zhengse said.

Hua An smiled: "Okay, that's good, just do it, Xie Tingshi can say hello to General Han first." ”

"Definitely. Certain. Xie An hurriedly responded.

After the two holy decrees were issued, Hua An breathed a sigh of relief, and next, he just had to wait for the results, and the Yanzhou Legion should not be disobedient and disrespectful. However, Hua'an is still not absolutely sure whether Huan Chong will lead the order to the north, however, with Hua'an's understanding of Huan Chong, even if Huan Wen is against it, this person will most likely ask to lead the troops to the north to attack Yanguo, after all, this is an excellent opportunity to make a name for the country and make a name for himself, how can he easily miss it.

Subsequently, Hua'an left Luoyang City under the escort of his own soldiers, and went to the granary of five miles outside the north gate for inspection, which is a granary that has just begun to be built, a large number of craftsmen and soldiers are busy, on one side, there are already more than ten warehouses have been capped, and the grain transported from all over the country is being carried into the warehouse.

"Your Majesty, the open space here is huge, even if you build 10,000 warehouses, it will be more than enough!" A confidant official said.

Hua An smiled: "Not to mention 10,000, even if you build a million, it is enough, but the Central Plains does not have so much surplus grain!" In the eyes of this king, it is enough to build a few hundred warehouses, and in addition, these grains are piled up here for a short time, and the Northern Expedition is imminent, and all these grains must be used as military rations. ”

When the confidant official heard this, he said softly: "Your Majesty, since the Northern Expedition is imminent, why don't you transport all this grain and grass to Hebei one step earlier?" ”

Hua An smiled and said softly: "This king has this intention, but it is still necessary to count the quantity first, and at this time, there is too little grain and grass piled up here, so it is more appropriate to gather more and then transport it to Hebei." ”

When the confidant official heard this, he nodded approvingly, and expressed his approval of what Hua An said.

Subsequently, Hua'an went to inspect Deng Qiang and Yang An's camp, they each have 50,000 troops, the northern expedition to Yan, Hua'an is to let the two of them each lead 50,000 troops, and Jingzhou's Huan Chong's 100,000 troops converge, and then reinforce the Hebei front, Hua'an believes that 400,000 soldiers and horses struggle to the north, will definitely be able to defeat the Yan army, and the Liaodong direction Wang Wu also has nearly 100,000 troops and horses, if Han Yong's 50,000 Yangzhou army reinforces Liaodong in time, then the strength is even stronger, so, The total strength of the Jin army's Northern Expedition will be as high as nearly 600,000, which is much more than the Yan army, and there are more weapons and materials than the Yan country, so the hope of victory is still very great.

In the camp of Deng Qiang and Yang An, Hua An watched the training of the soldiers, and saw that the soldiers were training well, Hua An nodded with great satisfaction, and praised Deng Qiang and Yang An, who led the troops, and asked them to make persistent efforts, actively train the soldiers and horses under their command, and meet the upcoming Northern Expedition with active combat preparations.

Hearing that Hua'an was going to send the two of them to reinforce Hebei, Deng Qiang and Yang An were very happy, and they immediately said that they would repay Hua'an's trust in them with their best results.

After inspecting the barracks, Hua An returned to the Beiwang Palace under the escort of his own soldiers, and now, all he could do was wait, waiting for the reaction from the direction of Jingzhou.

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A few days later, in Xiangyang City, Huan Chong, the general of the Jingzhou army, received a holy decree from the imperial court, asking him to lead an army of 100,000 to the north, and join forces with the soldiers and horses under Hua'an, and then attack the Yan Kingdom in the north together.

This holy decree really frightened Huan Chong, although he also has the intention of serving the country, but he is not the chief general of the Jingzhou army, if the emperor gives the holy decree, he should give it to his brother Huan Wen, how can he give the holy decree directly to him?

Huan Chong is not stupid, he quickly understood, this may be Hua'an's meaning, after all, Emperor Sima Dan has already lived in Luoyang City, and all kinds of things should have been controlled by Hua'an, so the so-called holy decree is very likely to be Hua'an's meaning, and the reason why Hua'an let himself lead the 100,000-strong army to the Northern Expedition to Yan is obviously with the intention of weakening the Jingzhou army, which can be seen by fools.

"Hua'an, are you deceiving me that there is no one in Jingzhou? Who can't see such an obvious intention? Huan Chong said to himself.

However, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, since things have happened, we must face it bravely, after all, this is the emperor's holy decree, even if it is Hua'an's meaning, it is also a holy decree, and the holy decree must be followed, otherwise it is disrespectful and rebellious.

Huan Chong naturally didn't want to be charged with rebellion, but he didn't want to be at the mercy of Hua'an, so he frowned unconsciously.

After thinking about it carefully for a long time, Huan Chong still felt that following the meaning of the holy decree and leading the troops to the Northern Expedition to Yanguo was the right way, after all, their Jingzhou army was the army of the Great Jin, and Youzhou and Pingzhou were indeed the lost territory of the Great Jin, and they had the responsibility and obligation to lead the troops to recover the lost territory of the Great Jin.

"Jingzhou Jun is the eldest brother's, and this matter must be discussed with the eldest brother." In the end, Huan Chong felt that he still had to tell Huan Wen about this, after all, Huan Wen was the main general of the Jingzhou army, and without Huan Wen's consent, he would not be able to smoothly transfer 100,000 Jingzhou soldiers and horses.

Soon, Huan Chong left the house and quickly ran towards Huan Wen's palace.

At this time, in the palace of Xiangyang City, Huan Wen was frowning, listening to the report of his subordinates, the expression on his face flickered, obviously, the matter of the detailed report was very important, which attracted his special attention.

"What, the imperial court actually has a holy decree issued to the fifth brother, but it doesn't have the king's share?" Huan Wen's tone was slightly angry