More than a month later, Wei Qing returned triumphantly.
A great victory, the Hetao was recaptured, tens of thousands of people were captured, and millions of livestock were taken. All the Xiongnu tribes suffered unprecedented heavy losses.
Take advantage of this great victory.
The plans of Emperor Jianyuan and Bai Sheng were advancing rapidly.
Dividing people into acres, breeding the population without increasing taxes, and the plan to recover the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions were started simultaneously.
If these plans were put forward before Wei Qing returned from his victory, there would definitely be a lot of opposition from officials and princes. Even if they could still be successfully advanced, they would still encounter some difficulties or obstacles.
But now these difficulties and obstacles have been completely eliminated with Wei Qing's victory. A small number of objections are not a concern at all. In addition, Bai Sheng's newspaper helps with publicity and goes deep into the publicity, so that every ordinary person can I understand the meaning of dividing a small family into an acre, so these two plans are progressing quite smoothly.
The common people are also supportive of this.
After all, as long as most people can correctly receive the corresponding policies, they will understand that sharing the same family has only advantages and no disadvantages to them. In the future, they will no longer have to worry about having two more children. , even though there will still be the problem of infant drowning.
It’s definitely not that you can’t afford oral and calculation gifts.
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September of the 14th year of Jianyuan.
The thirty-six countries in the Western Region were completely destroyed, and the Protectorate of the Western Region was established.
The Overland Silk Road was completely connected and won.
At the end of the year, Emperor Jianyuan returned to the court. Emperor Jianyuan was very rare because he didn't want Bai Sheng to get the favor in vain. He didn't need Bai Sheng's help to ask for merit. He rewarded all the meritorious people after detailed investigation according to their merits, regardless of their original status. , male or female. Because he knew very well that even if he missed some, or deliberately refused to give rewards to people he looked down on, his imperial grandmother would help to win them.
At that time, it was obvious that the reward was given by him, but others might have to thank his imperial grandmother in turn.
It can be said that the gains outweigh the losses. He lost his wife and lost his troops.
So it's better for him to just treat everyone equally.
Give out all the rewards!
After all, it was the achievement of opening up the territory, so Zhu Yu, whom Bai Sheng valued, naturally won the position of a prince and was named the Marquis of Anxi. In addition, there was also a confidant sent by Emperor Jianyuan, and another one of the leaders of the three armies. Likewise, For meritorious service, they were named Pingjiang Marquis and Tuobian Marquis respectively.
There are countless other middle and lower titles.
It can really be described as the rise of an upstart.
But, we can’t say that we have completely included the Western Region at this time, because we can only complete the first step of opening up the territory and defeating the enemy. There will be migration of the population in the follow-up, and there are three steps to complete control and civilized assimilation. , at least it will take one or two generations.
When Qin Shihuang unified the world, the seven kingdoms had the same ancestry and the same origin, but they were constantly in conflict with each other, and even found it difficult to assimilate.
What's more, the Western Regions are even more different from each other.
Therefore, Bai Sheng and Emperor Jianyuan had already made plans for the next few steps, but when they were about to formally implement them, some conflicts arose between them. Emperor Jianyuan wanted to give a very simple and straightforward order, requiring people from various places to be forcibly relocated to the Western Regions. It would be best if Make the country's population exceed the original population of the Western Region, and assimilate it while completely controlling it.
Bai Sheng believes that this kind of forced relocation will inevitably boil people's resentment. Even if it can be done, the impact will not be good. The best way is to use inducements.
Emperor Jianyuan was a little reluctant. He thought it could be done without spending money, so why spend money?
Each other since their last honeymoon period.
Once again we broke up on bad terms.
It is difficult to reconcile the three different views. In the feudal era, no matter how much people said they loved the people like children, in fact they still cared for the people.
If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die.
Not to mention the people who are far inferior to the ministers.
Naturally, if you want them to be sent to the army, you can send them to the army, and if you want them to move, you can move. There is no reason to spend money.
After this unhappy breakup, Bai Sheng abandoned Emperor Jianyuan and began to promote her chamber of commerce policies to the outside world, encouraging landless or landless people to migrate to the Western Regions with her caravan, and each person could receive thirty acres of land, and are exempted from field tax for the first three years. Those who do not want to farm can also be allocated cattle and sheep. The same is tax-free for the first three years. After three years, cattle and sheep cubs will be paid according to specific proportions.
At this time, the Western Regions had not yet become desertified, Loulan was still there, and oases were not uncommon in various places. Therefore, although the arable land in the Western Regions may not be particularly fertile, the amount is definitely not small, and other areas where precipitation is not enough to support cultivation, cattle raising Sheep are no problem either.
The most important thing is that Bai Sheng also participated in the previous plan to destroy the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and can even be said to be a collaborator of Emperor Jianyuan. Therefore, it is impossible for her to gain nothing from conquering the Western Regions. A large part of the land in the Western Regions, as well as the countries in the Western Regions All the assets were collected by Bai Sheng. Some of them were rewarded to the three armies, and the rest was no problem in recruiting hundreds of thousands of people.
The disadvantage is that you have to spread all these things out, and then there is no income in the early stage. You have to wait at least three years before tax can be collected, and the return of the capital is even further away.
The effect of Bai Sheng's propaganda was actually quite good. Soon a large number of landless or landless people signed up and voluntarily moved to the Western Regions. Although Daqian passed through Wenjing's rule, it seemed that the people were rich and it was a prosperous age. , but the actual situation of land annexation has already begun to happen. Some people have to sell their land due to problems such as population growth, illness and disaster, or the land is divided into less and less, etc. Therefore, people who do not have land and have less land can only Not much can be said.
But it’s not much, a few hundred thousand is more than enough.
However, Bai Sheng's operation made Emperor Jianyuan feel a little embarrassed. Because there are many things in this world, there is a comparison. The Empress Dowager gave such a good policy and encouraged people to come, and then everyone signed up enthusiastically. I have to say something about being harmonious and loving the people.
As a result, he began to force people to migrate.
You don't need to think about it to know that you will definitely be reviled by thousands of people.
Therefore, due to helplessness, Emperor Jianyuan could only follow up and imitate, and because it was a step too late, the number and enthusiasm of people who signed up were far less than before.
When Bai Sheng's caravan moved to the Western Regions with more than 400,000 people, and after all the land, cattle and sheep were distributed, another half a year passed before Emperor Jianyuan gradually gathered the 400,000 people and completed the original plan. migration plan.
And as the saying goes, one step is slow, and every step is slow.
This half-year gap made Bai Sheng's progress in managing the Western Regions much faster than that of Emperor Jianyuan. As a result, by the fifteenth year of Jianyuan's reign, Bai Sheng basically monopolized most of the revenue from the Western Regions trade routes and a large number of domestic products. It was shipped out to other countries outside the Western Region. At the same time, gold, silver and special products from other countries were also sold in various places in Daqian through Bai Sheng's Chamber of Commerce.
But Emperor Jianyuan was not in the mood to pay attention at this time.
Because his mother, the Queen Mother, was seriously ill.
