This method of tormenting the frontier barbarians in various ways was not actually Liu Yu's original idea.
Since Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty conquered the Huns, a large number of Wuhuan and Xiqiang people have served as servants of the Han army.
By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous Xiliang soldiers were filled with a large number of Qiang cavalry.
Moreover, these Qiang cavalry spared no effort to contribute to the Han Dynasty in the process of conquering the Xianbei rebellion and even the Qiang rebellion.
In the most common Qiang rebellion in the Eastern Han Dynasty, one group of Qiang people often held high the Han flag and attacked another group of Qiang people desperately.
Everyone's butt determines their head, and no one thinks about why the Qiang people don't fight the Qiang people.
That is to say, by the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, the warring parties were distressed by the depletion of soldiers and began to recruit border barbarians to participate in each other's civil war.
However, at this time, the Hu army was still in a complete vassal state.
It was only during the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Sima clan that various barbarian forces openly became the key forces influencing the situation.
Therefore, although Liu Yu's deployment of the Diqiang, Xianbei, and Wuhuan tribes was a bit forceful, it was not unacceptable to them.
After all, not long ago, the Central Plains court's attitude towards them had always been this way.
Since you have become the eagle dog of the Han Dynasty, you will naturally bite whomever you are told to bite.
You must be obedient.
If you don't want to obey, you can just show your sword and rebel.
Anyway, no one said that rebellion is not allowed.
As long as he can withstand the anger of the Han Heavenly Soldiers, it will be fine.
This is why the Qiang, Hu and Xianbei tribes are obedient.
The Huns and Hu Han, who were so arrogant back then, are already dead.
With their fragmented situation, I'm afraid they can't keep up with Liu Yuanhai's descendants.
Liu Yu already understood Gou Xi's thoughts.
Since Gou Xi wants power and can solve the hidden dangers of Di Qiang, he is naturally very happy to wish him a safe journey.
Liu Yu ordered Yousi on the spot to transfer Gou Xi's title directly to the title of Duke of Jianning. He was granted the title of Governor of Liangzhou, General of Zhengyuan, and during the holidays, he was appointed to supervise all military affairs in the southern part of Liangzhou.
The accompanying officials quickly drafted the edict.
After Liu previewed it, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, let's take the edict and stamp it with the seal first."
"After it's done, send it to Xi Jian in a top-secret way."
"Tell Xi Jian that if everything goes well with Gou Xi, then I will grant this edict to Gou Xi."
Liu Yu finally decided to be more cautious.
If Gou Xi really planned to take tens of thousands of Di Qiang to go south to Liangzhou to conquer those Baipu tycoons, then it would be appropriate to give him an official rank.
Otherwise, it would be unsightly if Gou Xi was given the imperial edict first and then used it to rebel in Yizhou.
After Liu Yu returned to the palace, he was still thinking about this matter.
After nearly a hundred years of war and chaos, the entire China was in ruins.
Even Yizhou, which has a relatively well-protected population, is somewhat unable to cope with the large influx of Di Qiang.
Otherwise, according to Zongzhou's ability to educate the two Han Dynasties, not to mention some Di Qiang people, even the more barbaric and uncivilized Xianbei people could be docile and docile.
"Well, after all, it's all because of the lack of people."
Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh with regret.
Today's Di and Qiang tribes almost all have the same origin as the Han people.
If the number of Han people has a huge advantage at this time, they will naturally not be afraid of these hidden dangers of Di and Qiang.
At this time, Queen Wang Ze led Prince Liu Zhi in and happened to hear it.
"My dear, meet your father!"
With a milky voice, the two-year-old Crown Prince Liu Zhi bowed down and saluted respectfully like a little adult.
When Liu Yu saw it, all his worries were forgotten, and a sincere smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Get up."
After Liu Yu said this, he stepped forward and hugged the crown prince Liu Zhi.
"Ah Ji, you are getting better and better!"
As he spoke, he pinched Liu Zhi's fleshy little face.
Following the little adult-like Crown Prince Liu Zhi, he finally chuckled, revealing his true appearance as a child.
"Your Majesty, why were you sighing just now?"
Queen Wang asked.
Regarding his queen, Liu Yu had no intention of prohibiting participation in politics.
Wang Ze can always give him a lot of inspiration.
"Oh, it's not all because there are too few people."
Liu Yu then explained what he had just thought about.
After Wang Ze heard this, he looked at his husband playing with his son, with a very satisfied smile on his face.
She comforted in a soft voice.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry at this time. Now that the world has just settled down, the people were originally hungry. Now they are just able to have enough food and clothing. It won't take long for their penises to flourish."
Liu Yu said somewhat unsatisfied.
"This does make sense, but that would still be too slow."
"Even if we gather together for ten years, we don't know how many more people we can add."
At this time, ordinary people did not have as many entertainment activities to consume their energy as in later generations.
In addition, lighting a lamp and boiling oil are still expensive, so after nightfall, they either fall asleep or fall asleep after giving birth.
As a result, the real fertility rate is actually not low.
but.
The difficulty lies in this.
However, the baby's survival rate at this time is really mind-numbingly low.
Liu Yu once asked officials in Qingzhou and Jizhou that nearly half of the babies in these two places would die before they were two years old.
If you take into account the various risks of growth in the future, the probability of growing up is even lower.
Liu Yu even suspected that the average age of the people in Guizhou at this time might be about thirty years old.
"Your Majesty, haven't you already ordered to reward pregnant women?" Wang Ze said.
She clearly remembered that Liu Yu had given the order as early as the year before last.
Regardless of their origin, women who produce will be rewarded with money, food and meat.
"You only know one but not the other." Liu Yu said.
"Those wives of ordinary people work hard all day long. Even if they can get some food and meat, they can't make up for their previous physical losses. The growth of their children will still be full of hardships in the future."
Liu Yu once back-tested the reward effect for common mothers.
It’s not that it has no effect, but the effect is really not great.
In addition to greatly increasing the people's desire to have children, a few meals of meat still have limited supplementary effects on mothers and babies.
However, this was already the limit of the government money and food Liu Yu could mobilize.
After all, there are hundreds of thousands of mothers in the world every year, and just one egg per person is an astronomical figure.
"After all, it still has limited effect on how to raise babies."
Liu Yu finally said.
After Wang Ze heard this, his eyes immediately changed.
She said tentatively.
"Your Majesty, if that's the case, why not find another way."
Liu Yu put down his son in his arms, looked at Wang Ze and asked.
"Tell me, what can you do?"
"Your Majesty, if that's the case, wouldn't it be okay to allow more women to give birth to children?"
Liu Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again.
"Haha, you are still too naive."
'The population of the world is insufficient. Not only are there not enough men, there are not enough strong men. There are actually not enough women. And there are more women coming from there to give birth to children for the Han people. '
For the sake of the country's national plan of fertility and reproduction, Liu Yu did not dare to touch the law that a woman should be married at the age of fourteen at this time.
Although in his opinion, the minimum age for marriage and childbearing must start at the age of sixteen or seventeen.
A fourteen-year-old girl really increases the risk greatly.
However, he also knew that just this small two-year gap could save one generation in a few decades.
For the Han Dynasty, which had such a population shortage, it no longer cared about the optimal age for marriage and childbirth.
"Your Majesty is a wise man who will make mistakes every time he thinks."
The queen covered her mouth and smiled.
"Oh, if you have any good ideas, please tell me." Liu Yu immediately became interested.
"Now that the Central Plains is underpopulated, we can look for it elsewhere."
"Looking elsewhere?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I heard that the number of Yi Dihu people in the frontier is already hundreds of thousands. Among such a large population, there are always women."
"You mean to rob the women of these Yi and Di tribes?" Liu Yu thought for a moment.
However, this method does not seem to be very reliable.
The most populous people are Xianbei and Diqiang, but they have already surrendered to the Han.
If we continue to rob their women, we will start a new war.
It's not that Liu Yu is afraid of war, but that the current war is extremely detrimental to his flood discharge cause.
"The Xianbei, Di and Qiang have already surrendered. I'm afraid it's not easy to attack them," Liu Yu said.
"There are not only Xianbei and Diqiang, but also so many other Yidi." Wang Ze said.
"Tell me the details." Liu Yu asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, haven't you already issued an order to levy taxes on all Xianbei Qiang and Hu tribes?"
"Yes, this is true." Liu Yu nodded.
One of the greatest rights of a court is to collect taxes from its subjects.
If a person is unwilling to pay taxes, he is definitely not a qualified subject.
Of course, this tax includes military service, provision of grain, grass, livestock, and various specialty products.
"Your Majesty, by levying livestock from these barbarians, is only getting the least important things."
Just listen to the Queen and Wang Ze start to say.
"Most of these barbarians live in pursuit of water and grass. It is impossible for Your Majesty to know in detail how many livestock, horses, cattle and sheep they have."
"Even if there are statistics from various commanders, there are definitely many hidden things."
When Liu Yu heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement.
Not to mention the grassland frontiers where it is difficult to find people, even in the settled Central Plains, all kinds of powerful people have hidden household registration and property, which is a chronic disease that lasts for thousands of years.
The taxes Liu Yu collected from various ministries were nothing more than a means of declaring sovereignty.
The bulk goods such as horses, cattle and sheep that are really needed still need to be secured by mutual trading.
"Does the Queen want to recruit women instead?"
"Yes, let them use women or children as their offerings."
"Women and children are the lifeblood of the tribe. How could they listen?" Liu Yu shook his head and said.
"Those are my own women and children. Who would care if they were from someone else's family?" Wang Ze smiled slyly.
