In troubled times, you should use heavy codes. This is what the ancients taught Liu Chan. Although the Han Dynasty is now very powerful, after all, the Three Kingdoms have not yet been unified.
Not long after the statistics started, the Yuan family in Liangzhou and the Chen family in Yizhou were killed by Liu Chan to scare the monkeys because they did not cooperate.
Kill the Yuan family and the Chen family, and then proceed with the census,
It will be much smoother.
It’s also because of this census of the population.
Liu Chan now has enough confidence. Even Wei Wu is still looking at him with eager eyes, but Liu Chan can free his hands to protect his younger brother.
Why?
Because the figures from this census shocked Liu Chan. Before the statistics, the total population of the Han Dynasty, Yiyongliang and four prefectures was less than three million.
But after this recalculation,
The population soared to 7.23 million people.
It's scary.
The hidden population of these clans,
It is more than double the registered population.
For these extra people, Liu Chan's operation was very simple, that is, in addition to the number of households in each major clan's stipulated by the imperial court, all the remaining common people returned to the imperial court, and then the imperial court gave them some land.
The people are naturally satisfied.
In the past, they were tenants of those clans, and most of the food grown every year belonged to these aristocratic families.
But things are different now. The imperial court allocates fields to the common people. They only pay a small part of the food they grow every year to the imperial court, and the rest belongs to themselves.
Doing so will of course affect the interests of the clans.
However, now that the imperial power of the Han Dynasty is concentrated and military power is in the hands of Liu Chan, these aristocratic families may face the risk of annihilation if they want to resist.
For example, the Yuan family in Liangzhou and the Chen family in Yizhou are typical examples.
Because Liu Chan also said that the big man now is no longer the big man before,
The Han Dynasty wants to become a great empire. Anyone who dares to block the development of the Han Dynasty is an enemy of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Chan's method of dealing with enemies is to kill without mercy.
However, Liu Chan will not take any responsibility for concealing the number of households and the wealth he accumulated previously, and will not confiscate their wealth.
Faced with repressive policies, tolerance for the past, and the brutal killing of those who stand out, the remaining aristocratic families are dissatisfied.
However, we can only endure it for the time being.
With the substantial increase in population, and the previous reminder from Zeng Shu, the territory of the Han Dynasty has expanded and the battle lines have been stretched too long. In order to prevent the alliance between Wei and Wu,
Liu Chan immediately ordered a massive military expansion.
In order to encourage people to actively sign up to join the army,
Liu Chan made a very tempting decree.
Anyone who signs up to join the army and serve the country can have their family members reduce taxes. Moreover, if they go into battle to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, they can also honor their ancestors and receive great rewards, up to and including the title of marquis.
Of course, if you die for the country, the court will provide you with generous compensation.
However, if the family has a young man who is unwilling to join the army and serve the country, then the tax will be doubled, and the children will never be allowed to take the scientific examination, and there will be no distinction between civil and military examinations.
When the first scientific examination was held in the Han Dynasty, Zeng Shu rose from a common man to a court official. Many common people also saw the opportunity to change the fate of their families.
In the past, if your father was a farmer, then your children and grandchildren will also be farmers. Wanting to become rich is just a fool's dream. But now it is different.
If you work hard and study hard, you will have the opportunity to change the fate of your family.
Therefore, as soon as the imperial decree was implemented throughout the country.
People who signed up to join the army were very enthusiastic.
At this time, the total military strength of the Han Dynasty had reached 580,000.
With a total force of close to 600,000, Liu Chan naturally no longer worries about the alliance between Soochow, Cao and Wei, and besides, they cannot form an alliance for the time being.
If Sasan hadn't suddenly sent troops to bully Dahan's younger brother Dawan this time, Liu Chan would never have thought of using troops against Sasan. After all, the two countries were too far apart, and Dahan had more important things to do.
That is to unify the Three Kingdoms.
According to the original plan, Liu Chan hoped to develop for a few more years, then conquer Wei and Wu in one fell swoop and unify the world, for example, after the Han Dynasty's Hanwang Cannon was mass-produced.
Hanwang Cannon——
This is the newly developed weapon by Liu Chan. The previous barrel was left to the great Han craftsman Pu Yuan for forging.
Pu Yuan's forging skills were superb, but it was only the first time he forged a gun barrel. Finally, after Zhuge Qiao made the shell, Liu Chan tested the first gun barrel made by Pu Yuan.
Bang——
There was a loud noise that shocked everyone.
However, what surprised them was not the power of the cannon.
But this test almost caused the Han Emperor Liu Chan to die prematurely.
Why?
It exploded.
Fortunately, Liu Chan took precautions in advance and was worried that the forging technology of this era was not strong enough, so they quickly evaded it after the test.
However, the cannonball not only failed to fire out, but instead exploded a three-foot-long, palm-thick cannon barrel into pieces. One of the fragments directly hit Liu Chan's running horse.
Liu Chan was frightened.
Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Pu Yuan, Zhuge Qiao and other people who participated in the test were also frightened and panicked.
Liu Chan has a lot of luck. If he is a little slow, the fragment will hit Liu Chan instead of the war horse.
The palm-sized fragments directly penetrated the war horse.
Pu Yuan was of course frightened when such a thing happened.
Everyone thought that Pu Yuan would die, but after more than ten days of recuperation, Liu Chan not only did not blame Pu Yuan, but instead let Pu Yuan continue forging. He just reminded him that the fine iron needed for this barrel needs to be stronger, otherwise.
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Half a year ago——
After several improvements by Pu Yuan, a brand new barrel was released.
On a loess slope three hundred miles northwest of Chang'an.
Boom!
Boom——
The fist-sized cannonball left the barrel with a loud bang, and after a few breaths, it exploded on the hilltop a thousand steps away.
Success.
Success.
Liu Chan was naturally very excited. The Han had made this kind of artillery, which would increase the stakes for the Han to dominate the world in the future.
The artillery test was successful. Liu Chan was so happy that he named the artillery - Hanwang Artillery.
Of course, the birth of the Hanwang Pao was a top secret in the Han Dynasty. The only people who knew about its existence were Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Imperial Censor Xu Shu, Pu Yuan and Zhuge Qiao.
However, although the Hanwang Cannon was developed, according to Pu Yuan, it would take ten craftsmen half a year to forge such a barrel.
The reason is very simple, because in this era, smelting technology is still very backward.
If you want to forge the barrel of the Hanwang Cannon, you need to forge it repeatedly before it can be used. Therefore, the Han Dynasty naturally cannot install the Hanwang Cannon into the army.
It is also for this reason that Liu Chan decided to wait a few years to unify the Three Kingdoms, because with the birth of this kind of artillery, once it appears on the battlefield of the unification war in the future, both Cao Wei and Soochow will be frightened.
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As the saying goes, the best strategy for a military strategist is to defeat the enemy without fighting.
Liu Chan is a time traveler. In his eyes, no matter they are Han, Cao Wei, or Soochow, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang. The unification of the Three Kingdoms is the general trend. If we can unify the Three Kingdoms at the smallest cost, why not do it?
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This chapter has been completed!