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The small banquet in Wuyingdian was like a tea party, there was no preset agenda, and it didn't necessarily have to be discussed, Qin Mujun and his ministers seemed relatively relaxed.

A few side dishes, a pot of wine, talk about the gains and losses of the past year's governance, and even make a few jokes.

When talking about the issue of Ceylon, most of the ministers present supported the inclusion of Ceylon in the territory of Great Qin.

Qin Mu placed a globe in the yamen of each ministry and repeatedly instilled the concept of the world to the ministers, and the current Great Qin officials' understanding of the world is no longer limited to their own territory.

And with a little understanding of the overall pattern of the world, it is not difficult to see the importance of Ceylon.

In order to better control this important strategic point and incorporate it into the territory of Great Qin, it is necessary to send garrisons.

Qin Mu was not very happy to assimilate the local natives by intermarriage, the process was too slow, and Ceylon was too far away from the mainland, and the Han people would not be too happy to go there.

He was still inclined to drive the 300,000 natives of Ceylon to the Indian mainland, and let Otesa and other countries help to receive them.

It's just that now that Otesa and other countries are facing the invasion of the Mughal Empire, it is unlikely that they will send troops to deal with the natives of Ceylon.

So Qin Mu thought of Japan again, and planned to organize some samurai from Japan to do this as a servant army.

He sighed slowly: "My Great Qin has not only restored the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also incorporated the southern desert into the northern desert, the eastern and Siberian deserts, the Nanyang islands, and even the South China Continent, but now the population is less than 60 million, too little, still too little." ”

In this case, the arable land in the country cannot be planted, and the people want to stay away from their homeland and settle in those distant places. No one can be willing.

On the other hand, in order to increase the population faster, Qin Mu did not want to draw troops from the country to go on expeditions, so it was necessary to organize some Japanese samurai to fight as a servant army.

Yang Chao, the right attendant of the household department, said: "Qi Bing, the number of births reported by the main government of the whole country, the number of births in Daqin this year can probably reach about four million, and now the people in various places have enough food and clothing, plus hospitals have been set up in each county to provide free delivery. and imparting knowledge of infant care, which greatly reduces the infant mortality rate."

"Only four million people were born this year, so if you calculate it like this, wouldn't it take ten years for Great Qin to increase by 40 million?" Qin Mu was very dissatisfied.

In order to encourage childbirth, the imperial court sent land to the land, and babies with more than three children were also provided with rice and food, and could be enrolled in Mongolian education for free, and a large number of unprecedented policies were implemented, and the population increased by several million a year. Ten years did not recover the figures of the peak population of the Ming Dynasty.

Who will cultivate the desert north, the west of the desert, the Western Regions, and even Central Asia, Luzon, the Indochina Peninsula, Java Island, and South China? When will these places truly become part of the territory of Great Qin?

Thinking that there are no Han people in such a large territory, it is difficult for Qin Mu not to be in a hurry.

Yang Chao hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be anxious, this amount of population growth can't be calculated like this. Normally, as long as there are no natural or man-made disasters and the people have no worries about food and clothing, the base of this population growth is always increasing year by year. To put it bluntly, if the number of births this year is 4 million, tomorrow it will definitely be more than that. Ten years from now, it is possible that the number of births in a year will reach 10 million. ”

Qin Mu almost couldn't help but pat his forehead, well, that's the reason, every year there are always a lot of rabbit cubs who grow up, they will marry wives and have children, and join the army of childbearing, and when men are forty or fifty years old, they can sow seeds, and when the main room is old, if they can't give birth, it's a big deal to get some women from outside to come back and give them concubines

Qin Mu inexplicably appeared in his mind a picture of a family working together, upstairs and downstairs singing and dancing, and a group of big fat boys fell to the ground and quickly shook their heads, what is this

Bai Tie, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister can understand His Majesty's thoughts, His Majesty is benevolent, Daqin is prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there are a series of measures to encourage childbirth, and the rapid increase in the population of Daqin is not a problem."

However, there is a little bit that His Majesty probably did not expect that His Majesty was a saint, Ze covered the world, and the people lived without worry, in this case, I am afraid that the population has increased, and the people are not very willing to leave their homeland and go to other places to make a living. I am afraid that the effect of this on the stability of the newly opened territory will not be too obvious.

Therefore, in addition to the heinous crimes, other serious crimes should be changed to exile as much as possible, such as Ceylon and South Huazhou, which are too far away, and there are probably not many people who go there voluntarily without exile. ”

Qin Mu immediately remembered the British in later generations, and when they opened up Australia, they also exiled criminals to Australia.

In fact, in ancient China, many remote places were developed by the long-term exile of convicts.

In particular, some intellectuals were exempted from the death penalty and moved into exile, which was very helpful in promoting the development of the penal colonies.

Taking Hainan Island as an example, there was originally only a small wild island, but between the Tang and Song dynasties, Li Deyu, Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Li Guang, Hu Quan, Su Dongpo and others were exiled to this wild island.

It is difficult to explain the influence of these people on the subsequent development of Hainan Island and its integration into the mainland, but this influence is indeed real, and it is very far-reaching.

Qin Mu nodded frequently and said, "Bai Shangshu's construction, what do you ministers think?" ”

Yang Tinglin said: "Your Majesty, the benevolent monarch rules the world, and all of them are lenient with education and leniency with punishment. His Majesty wants to practice the rule of benevolence and virtue, which is the great fortune of the world, and how can the ministers not be loyal and assisted. ”

Liu Meng, the governor of the Chinese army, interjected: "Your Majesty, if more serious crimes are exempted from death, I am afraid that there will be an increase in corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and at the same time, the crime rate among the people may also increase." ”

Qin Mu shook his head and said, "I still say the same thing, the deterrent power of punishment lies not in its harshness, but in its inevitability. Especially for officials, not to mention the severity of punishment, as long as it is difficult to escape punishment, it may eliminate their luck. Without luck, there will not be many officials willing to gamble on their future. ”

"Your Majesty!"

Qin Mu continued: "I intend to recruit some samurai from Japan and send them to Ceylon and the Indochina Islands, and my Great Qin will provide weapons and send generals to command, so that these servant armies can feed the war with war, and use them to clear the local natives, which can reduce the expenditure of Great Qin and reduce the casualty rate of our Great Qin soldiers." ”

As soon as Qin Mu finished speaking, Huang Zhenlin, the left attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: "The Japanese are hard-working, quite combative, and very disciplined, as long as they are well controlled, they will be very obedient, and they are very suitable for being used as a servant army to open up overseas territories. ”

For this kind of thing, the officials of Great Qin will no longer oppose it with a face of benevolence, righteousness and morality like the ministers of various dynasties in the past;

At present, on the islands of Indochina Peninsula, Luzon, and Jinghai Province, the total number of servants recruited by Great Qin from the local natives is close to 200,000, and the battle is in full swing.

It's just that the combat effectiveness of the armies in these places is really not very good, and if some samurai can be organized from Japan as servant troops, it will certainly be able to greatly speed up the clearance of the above-mentioned areas.

It's just that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese plagued the southeast coast, and everyone still remembers it vividly, and now they want to organize the Japanese ronin as a servant army, and some ministers inevitably have some concerns.

Cabinet Minister Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Majesty, the Japanese prodigal is cruel in nature, brave and ruthless, and good at controlling zhì, which is a sharp blade, but if the control is not good, it is easy to be counterattacked." It is because the minister thinks that this matter should be done cautiously. The number of the first batch should not be too much, and it is not too late to slowly increase their number when they understand the habits of Japanese ronin and have a good strategy to control them. ”

Sima An and others also basically held this view, the number of the first batch of Japanese servant troops should not be too many, this is like playing with flying knives, play one first, and when you are proficient in playing, add one or two.

Qin Mu also agreed with this, and he said slowly: "Then send an order to the North Sea Fleet, first think of recruiting three thousand samurai from Japan to clear out the bandits in Jiaozhi." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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PS: Today's fourth watch, I'm really tired, you guys are pitiful, give some encouragement!.

(To be continued......)