Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 711

[Chapter 711 Population Strategy]

“Your Highness, the Nanliang soldiers and horses have withdrawn from Xiangcheng and fled to Yizhou. All the land in Jiangbei now belongs to the imperial court.”

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As soon as the battle report from Jingzhou arrived, Chang Wei went to the palace to report the matter to Zhao Xu.

“Dou Wei, an old fox, has never lived at a disadvantage, as expected.” Zhao Xu took a teacup and sipped lightly.

With the soldiers under Ma Han’s command and the royal family’s troops, nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Jingzhou.

Even if he, Dou Wei, has three heads and six arms, he can’t resist.

Rather than destroying the soldiers and horses of the Dou family in Xiangcheng, it is better to retreat completely.

As the saying goes, if the land is lost and people are lost, all people and land will be lost; if people are saved and land will be lost, all people and land will remain.

Without soldiers and horses, his Dou family is just a chicken without feathers.

Both the Xiao family and Beidi will despise him in the future.

Instead of this, it is better to withdraw to Yizhou and maintain the shelf of Nanliang.

“Hahaha… Your Highness said it in time. Now, all the powerful clans have been driven to the south of the Yangtze River by us, and Jiangbei will be safe from now on.” Chang Wei said. ,

Zhao Xu nodded, this is also the first stage goal he wants to achieve after the establishment of the Eastern Land Alliance.

In the second stage, of course, after the steamship was launched, he fought against Britain at sea to establish his maritime supremacy in the Eastern Seas.

Terminate the intervention of the Japanese and Western countries in Dasong.

The third stage is to cross the south of the Yangtze River and praise the unification.

The fourth stage is naturally to expand the sphere of influence of the masses outwards and compete for the world market.

There is a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and he is full of confidence in achieving the goals of these stages.

He looks forward to celebrating the day when the country will be rich and the people strong, and stand on top of the world.

I also hope that every Dasong person will be able to live in a per capita villa, a family of cars, and a high-paying life that can support the whole family by working alone.

However, to achieve this, it still needs to go through arduous struggle and pay countless blood.

After all, the natives of the West, who have lived a prosperous life for two hundred years, will not give up their interests.

It can be said that for Da Song, the present is the most dangerous moment.

Breaking through the danger, the future of Dasong is bright.

Once it fails, a hundred years of shame will befall this land, and the Western natives and Dongying will eat up the flesh and blood of the Dasong people.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu’s eyes became more determined.

Now that he has come to this world, no matter what price he pays, even if he has been scolded as a tyrant for thousands of years like Qin Shihuang.

He also wants to revive the country and establish a scene like the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and even more prosperous.

“By the way, there is one more thing. It’s time to take back the military power in Ma Han’s hands. From now on, there will be no more soldiers from the Ma family, only the army from the royal family.” Zhao Xu reminded Chang Wei when he remembered something.

Ma Han was originally the State Shepherd of Sizhou, and if he commanded 100,000 soldiers and horses, he would definitely form a force that could not be lost in the long run.

Moreover, he and Ma Han originally had an agreement that there would be no powerful Ma family in the future, only Ma Han who was loyal to the palace.

That being the case, his Ma family will naturally obey the orders of the palace.

“Mahan shouldn’t have other thoughts, right?” Chang Wei frowned.

Like Liu Fu, he instinctively does not believe in wealthy and powerful families.

What’s more, the Ma family used to be one of the eight powerful families.

Zhao Xu smiled, “Although you give him this order in the name of the General’s Mansion, Ma Han is a smart man and will not be stupid. Even if he is stupid, he will not be able to see Sheng Sheng the next day. rising sun.”

“That’s right, we have arranged so many orders in the Ma family’s army. Through the ideological reform during this period, it is not certain that the Ma family soldiers will eventually face him or us.” Chang Wei said slowly.

Immediately, he gave a military salute to Zhao Xu, “I will deal with this matter when I return home.”

After Chang Wei left, Zhao Xu came to the Dasong map hanging on the wall.

His finger drew a line along Jiujiang, and his eyes finally stopped at Jiangbei.

Now, Jiangbei is finally completely stable, and the plan delivered by him at the last court meeting can be fully implemented.

“Your Highness…” When Zhao Xu was thinking, Feng’er and Luan’er walked in with smiles.

Feng’er was holding a red dress, while Luan’er was holding a jade pendant.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu patted his head.

Some time ago, the Ministry of Rites set a date for him to get married, which is the sixth day of the next month.

It’s less than eight days from now.

Therefore, the entire Ministry of Etiquette is busy, and officials are responsible for the pre-marriage etiquette such as accepting lottery, asking names, Najib, accepting levy, and asking for a date.

To put it simply, it is to inform the woman of the wedding date, give a bride price and so on.

Of course, there are also wedding dresses.

The dress that Feng’er dragged was just delivered by the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

“Your Highness, we are about to get married soon, so we should let go of government affairs. With Prime Minister Liu and General Chang around, there won’t be any trouble,” Feng’er said.

Luan’er nodded, “The empress will be here soon, she said she wants to see what your highness looks like in this dress?”

Zhao Xu smiled, and had to go back to the bedroom with the two of them, and changed into red embroidered gold under their service. wedding dress.

Looking at himself in the mirror set off by red, as well as the smiling faces of Feng’er and Luan’er, Zhao Xu said, “This king is married, are you so happy?”

“Of course I’m happy, the slaves have long been looking forward to His Highness getting a princess.” Feng’er said with a smile.

She knew what Zhao Xu wanted to say, and said softly: “As long as Your Highness doesn’t dislike it, Feng’er and Luan’er will always serve His Highness, but we can’t replace the princess after all. They are virtuous helpers.”

Zhao Xu turned around and looked at the two of them, “You have never left this king in danger, and you have been doing your best. In the future, this king will leave a place for you two.”

Feng’er and Luan’er Looking at each other, Luan’er said: “Your Highness must not force you to do this, otherwise the princess will be dissatisfied, and my sister and I will feel uneasy. Instead of this, it is better to be His Highness’s maid all the time, and feel at ease.”

Zhao Xu smiled helplessly smiled.

At present, he is the regent of Dasong, and after Zhao Heng, he is the emperor of Dasong.

When the time comes, he doesn’t need to say, Yang Susu, who is the queen, will also recruit for him.

Although he won’t want the seventy-two concubines of the Sangong and Six Courtyards, it is still possible to order a few concubines.

He has no objection to the feudal tradition of praising three wives and four concubines.

This is not out of the man’s selfishness, but for Da Song’s future.

Due to internal and external troubles over the years, the invasion of Beidi, and the oppression of powerful clans.

The number of men in Dasong is less than the number of women.

After this civil war, Da Song’s youth will definitely decrease again.

If monogamy is blindly promoted, it will limit the growth of Dasong population.

And he needs a large number of people to immigrate to the land he will occupy in the future, just like Britain immigrating to America.

Otherwise, the pieces of white ground laid down will not be able to hold in the end.

Therefore, not only will he not restrict three wives and four concubines, but he will also encourage the people to have children, give birth vigorously, and give birth desperately.

(end of this chapter)