Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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Zhao Sheng had obviously decided to go to the dark, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, after sorting out the files these days, I found that there are still large tracts of land in the three counties of Hedong, Hetao, and Shuofang that have not been cultivated. Especially in the two counties of Hetao and Shuofang. Since the county is close to the activities of the Huns and Yuezhi people in the north, and it is located in the northwest, almost no one cares about it except for the prisoners. It may be a good way to exchange these lands with the nobles of the family for food. .”

Zhao Dan was silent after hearing this, and didn't speak for a while.

This is the problem Zhao Guo is facing now.

There are many people and few places.

The population of Zhao State is really too small.

According to last year's census, there are about 60 households in Zhao State except for the five northern counties.

Since Zhao State and Wei State both belonged to the Three Jin Dynasties, the rules and regulations of Zhao State were inevitably influenced by Wei State.

Except for the five counties in the north, the rest of the state of Zhao basically followed the template of Li Kui's reform in the state of Wei.

Li Kui was the virtuous prime minister of the Wei state in the early Warring States period. It was precisely because of Li Kui's reform that the Wei state was able to rise rapidly and become the first hegemony in the Warring States period.

And Li Kui has a well-known idea that "one man will control five families to govern a hundred fields".

Judging from this theory, a family of Zhao Guo usually has five to six people, so the total number is about 350 million, and if the five northern counties are added, it will be about 380 to 400 million people.

This figure is compared with that before the Changping War.The increase is extremely limited.

Although the State of Zhao has successively captured Shangdang, Hedong, and Hetao in the past few years, the population of Shangdang County is located in a mountainous area, and the people of Qin State in Hedong County are basically driven back to Guanzhong by Zhao State or sent to the blast furnace for smelting. The iron factory became a coolie, and the Hetao area, which was originally a nomadic place of the Linhu tribe, was even more wild and wild. After walking for a few days, I couldn't see a single sheep, let alone the population.

To compare with a single number, the total population of Shanxi Province in later generations is 3682 million, while the area of ​​Zhao State is almost twice that of Shanxi Province today, but its population is only slightly more than one-tenth of Shanxi Province.

Absolutely sparsely populated.

Hedong County is actually better. After all, there are a large number of soldiers who have gained military merits and moved there with their families. Although it is not as good as when Qin State occupied Hedong, at least it is popular.

However, the population gap in the two counties of Hetao and Shuofang is very serious.

If there is no one to live in, wouldn't the hard-earned land be wasted?

If you only rely on prisoners to fill the gap, you don't know that it will be the year of the monkey. After all, all the prisoners in Zhao State have been immigrated, and there are basically no prisoners in the prisons of all counties and counties.

So Zhao Dan thought about it, and felt that if these aristocratic families can be moved there, it seems to be a very good way.

Here Zhao Dan is still thinking, while Zhao Sheng looked at Zhao Dan whose expression was frozen because of deep thought, but his mood became more and more disturbed: "It's over, it's over, the king seems to be very dissatisfied with my idea, I am Shouldn't I admit my mistake earlier, so as not to be reprimanded?"

The reason why Zhao Sheng hesitated for so long was because he knew very well that since the founding of the state of Zhao, the kings of all dynasties have learned the experience of the three families of Jin, and they are actually very stingy about the land.

Therefore, even Zhao Sheng, the male family, was enshrined as the king, but his fiefdom is actually quite limited.

Now Zhao Sheng's idea of ​​exchanging land for food may have touched Zhao Dan's backlash.

Time passed by every minute and every second, just when Zhao Sheng couldn't hold back anymore and was about to admit his mistake to Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan suddenly stretched out his right hand and slapped the table hard.

Zhao Sheng was taken aback by this sudden surprise, and was about to bow and admit his mistake, when he heard Zhao Dan excitedly say: "Mr. Pingyuan has a great plan! Come, come, let's sum it up."

Chapter 438 Could it be that the king wants to do what King Wu of Zhou did? (first update)

Of course, Zhao Dan would not have thought of Zhao Sheng's concerns.

As a person from later generations, if Zhao Dan can really foolishly give up centralization and engage in some kind of enfeoffment, then it is basically certain that Zhao Dan's brain should have been kicked.

History has proved that any country that can leave a name in history must have a strong central leadership.

As for the state of disunity, you only need to look at the Middle Ages in Europe to understand.

The weak Holy Roman Empire, which is "neither holy nor Roman", has a vast territory in name, but it is completely unable to expand externally because of its own internal friction, and because of its own fragmentation, other powers have been meddling in domestic affairs all year round. helpless.

And when Prussia finally kicked Austria out of the game and unified the other princes, the unified Germany rose rapidly to become a world-class power in just a few decades, and Italy also caught up with other powers after unification footsteps.

This is the greatest benefit of a unified central government.

Without the unity of the country, how can it expand abroad?Impossible.

It's like the current state of Zhao, if you fight against Qin, Wei and Qi will hold you back, and one day if you fight against Qi, maybe there will be some Wei and South Korea to hold you back. Even if the earth is not clear, how can we attack the Western Regions, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, or even Central Asia, West Asia, and the South Asian subcontinent?

Enfeoffment must be a system that will be eliminated with the times.

Anyway, in Zhao Dan's memory, among the five permanent members of an international organization in later generations, none of them were enfeoffed, and all of them were centralized.

Therefore, Zhao Dan must put an end to the situation of enfeoffing the land.

Zhao Sheng was a little puzzled: "But my lord, if you don't divide the land, what's the matter with this land?"

Zhao Dan smiled and glanced at Zhao Sheng. Although his uncle is considered one of the smartest people in the world, he still has the limitations of the times.

In fact, Zhao Dan was also inspired by Zhao Sheng.

It is absolutely impossible to sell land, no matter how urgent it is.

But there is one thing that does.

A thing that can be said to be closely related to the land in history.

So Zhao Dan smiled and said to Zhao Sheng in front of him: "Mr. Pingyuan, this is what I think."

Zhao Sheng listened, his mouth was wide open, and he was dumbstruck.

And this kind of operation?

Zhao Sheng looked at himself, the nephew of the monarch, with complicated emotions. For a moment, Zhao Sheng suddenly had the urge to cut open Zhao Dan's head to see what was inside.

This is too genius! ?

"Mr. Pingyuan, what do you think of this widow's plan?"

Zhao Sheng came back to his senses, bowed heavily to Zhao Dan in front of him, and was completely convinced: "Your Majesty is truly an unborn Holy Master!"

The next day, Handan County Governor's Mansion.

Many extremely luxurious carriages stopped in front of Handan County Governor's Mansion, and many nobles walked out of them.

At first glance, these nobles belonged to the top nobles in the Zhao Kingdom, not to mention their potbellied figures, but just talking about the faces of each of them who have been besieged for two months but still glowing red, you know that the siege these days has not caused them too much. Big impact, at least in life.

The nobles got off the carriage, nodded to each other, and greeted each other with smiles on their faces.

"Oh, Doctor Li, long time no see, you look as good as ever!"

"Haha, Chen Qing deserves too much praise, Chen Qing is radiant, and she is far inferior to Chen Qing!"

After some courtesies, many nobles walked towards the sheriff's mansion lively, whispering to each other while walking.

"Doctor, since you are here, you should know about it. Could it be that Your Majesty will really exchange land for food?"