Chapter 2811: There are restrictions on the upper limit of expansion, and there are bottlenecks in expanding territory.
Many times, Feiqian is like a mascot and does not seem to have done any specific work. Because most of the specific matters are completed by Feiqian's men, whether it is agriculture, industry, military or scriptures
, more often Feiqian is just used as a guiding suggestion, it seems to be just a simple word, so some people will think Feiqian is useless, or without Feiqian, wouldn’t the world change?
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Indeed, without Fei Qian, the world is still going around.
In other words, even without all human beings, the world is still going around.
If the existing life span of the earth is condensed into one hour, then human beings are creatures that only appeared at the last second of the last minute. Such a creature type that only exists for "one second" claims to be the master of the earth.
It's just human beings who are blind and touching the elephant.
The biggest role of Feiqian is that when many people in Han Dynasty were still blindly touching elephants, they could know in advance what the elephant might look like...
Perhaps only those social beasts in later generations who have entered the society and worked in certain companies can truly understand how rare it is to have a leader with clear goals, who pays attention to facts, and who never shirks the blame or shrinks back.
It's like the present moment.
There are also disputes within the Agricultural Society. Of course, this dispute is not about the distribution of benefits, but about academic differences.
Not far from the experimental field, there is a breeding farm. The Agricultural Society not only cultivates and researches Zhuanghe, but also develops livestock technology. In the breeding farm, it is naturally a place for selecting livestock and poultry varieties, and
Zhuang He's seed selection is the same project. But now in the breeding farm, there are about a dozen agriculturists gathered around, watching and listening to the two people in the middle arguing.
One party to the dispute is Cui Cheng.
Cui Cheng is a descendant of Cui Shi.
Cui Shi wrote a "Monthly Order of the Four People". He once served as the governor of many places and served as a minister. However, after Cui Shi died of illness, his family was left alone and there was no funeral expenses. Guang Luxun Yang Ci, the imperial servant Yuan
On this occasion, Shaofu Duan Jiong prepared a coffin and burial materials for him, and Dahong Yuan and Yuan Wei planted a monument to praise his virtues.
So it is obvious that there is no future in writing books. The more you write, the poorer you become... Ahem, it is obvious that Cui Shi did not leave much property to his descendants. In addition, after Cui Shi's death, the war was immediately in chaos, and Cui Cheng was homeless.
He traveled around until he arrived in Chang'an. With his knowledge of agriculture and livestock, and of course the "Four People's Monthly Orders", he became an agricultural bachelor in Chang'an, and quickly found his own research project.
Horse.
On the other side is Wang Yun.
Wang Yun is from Taiyuan. Because he is familiar with the Hu people's cattle and horses, he is responsible for the breeding of war horses in the breeding farm.
However, just as forum buildings often fall apart, the original issue of war horses and slaves gradually changed to whether we should conquer the Western Regions.
The agricultural bachelors standing around the two people each had their own opinions, either supporting this or feeling that that was right, so they started talking among themselves, making the noise loud and clear.
Many people who were attracted by the quarrel stood outside and looked around, asking and discussing with each other.
Many people are already aware of the fact that Lu Bu, the Protector of the Western Regions, sent troops, and some even connected Lu Bu's second expedition to Chigu with Li Guangli's conquest of Dawan.
Yes, Lu Bu captured Chigu the first time, but this does not mean anything, because in the first war, Lu Bu did not really reach Dawan, but only reached almost half the distance, and now Lu Bu not only
I want to attack Chigu again and march into Dawan...
Li Guangli's conquest of Dayuan was indeed successful, but the consequences were too tragic. Only a few tenths of the soldiers returned to Yumen, many of them buried their bones in foreign lands, and the treasury of Chang'an Sanfu was also empty. All these war expenses
At that time, it was finally passed on to the local counties and counties. In order to flatter themselves, local county officials imposed excessive taxes and extortionate taxes, which led to the rise of thieves in the last years of Emperor Xiaowu's reign and the world was in chaos.
Many people are worried that Lu Bu's expedition this time is not optimistic. The war is the root of the chaos, and now it has affected Guanzhong, and may even affect the wider world.
Cui Cheng said that Lu Bu, the Protector of the Western Regions, did not need to attack Dawan at all, and Dawan's war horses were not necessarily that good. Now the Han Dynasty needed to improve the horses, especially the endurance and strength of the horses, and carry out key training.
and filter.
Wang Yun, on the other hand, said that Lu Bu was not wrong in attacking Dawan. It was not just a matter of good war horses, but that he had to show a certain strength in the Western Regions. Otherwise, once he was considered weak and bullied by the people of the Western Regions, it would basically be equivalent to giving up.
The Western Regions, then the war will no longer be fought in the Western Regions, but may be fought to Longyou, or even to Chang'an. If we want to fight, we must have better war horses to provide what is needed for the war, end the battle as soon as possible, and reduce losses.
Naturally, the smaller they are. Therefore, Cuicheng does not have the conditions to cultivate rhinoceros horses, so he must concentrate on cultivating war horses.
Cui Cheng thought this was a fallacy and did not consider long-term issues. Everyone knew that if you attack a country thousands of miles away, half of the goods will be destroyed before the battle is fought. In the end, you will get dozens of so-called well-bred war horses, and what is the use of the illusory surrender of the people in the Western Regions?
?On the other hand, the horse is suitable for agricultural production and transportation, which is an important means of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the people.
But after the building becomes crooked, it will become more and more crooked...
"Someone thinks that Marquis Wen shouldn't go to the west!" Someone shouted loudly, "Marquis Wen was originally guilty, but Qiaoqi pardoned him and ordered him to make up for his mistakes. Now if he causes trouble again, he may be suspected of supporting the bandits!"
Some people began to say that Lu Bu could correct his mistakes and that there was no need to hold on to his previous mistakes. Some people said that Lu Bu was not a small mistake, but a crime of disloyalty and deceiving the emperor. It was simply a crime that was outraged by both humans and gods, and even the family could be destroyed. Now
He was allowed to redeem his past deeds, but he still thought about expanding the war and conquering Dawan for the second time. It was obviously out of good intentions.
Then there was another discussion. Some people said that Lu Bu was loyal, while others said that Lu Bu was a traitor...
"When Marquis Wen fought against Chigu in the past, he beheaded two thousand Guishang soldiers! The other states in the Western Regions also had more than a thousand heads! If you use this plan, Marquis Wen will be able to get away with it!"
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"It is said that many of the leaders of Guishan and other states in the Western Regions were rotted away by the time the Longxi military meritorious officers went to inspect them. Who knows if they were soldiers or not? What if they were indiscriminately killed and passed off as Guishan citizens? What's more, this risk
It’s not like I’ve never seen meritorious deeds before..."
"I feel that Hussar should send an envoy to investigate this matter thoroughly! If Marquis Wen lies about the number of beheadings, he should be severely punished according to Emperor Xiaowen's old deeds!"
"Absurd! How can we still use the old stories of Xiaowen to this day?!"
"Bold! Emperor Xiaowen was also the orthodox Han Dynasty, so what's wrong?"
"Shuzi..."
"Dog thief..."
Just as the argument was about to turn into an all-out martial arts showdown, someone suddenly heard someone shouting loudly: "The general of the Han Dynasty Hussars is here! Silence!"
The people who were arguing fiercely were stunned for a moment, then hurriedly arranged their crowns and robes, and then saluted Fei Qian and Zao Zhi who were approaching.
Zao Zhi's face was not very pretty.
It was like when the leaders of the Education Bureau inspected the school, a group of students happened to be arguing in the back playground, and then almost started a fight...
Fei Qian smiled slightly and didn't seem to be angry because of these people's argument. He even lightly patted Zao Zhi's arm, who was about to step forward to scold him, to signal that Zao Zhi didn't need to get angry.
Most of the people in the Agricultural Society are bachelors of agriculture, or doctors of agriculture who teach bachelors of agriculture relevant knowledge. Although they study and research related content of agriculture, it does not mean that these people are not allowed to discuss political affairs.
What's more, these agricultural bachelors may be promoted to local officials in the future, assisting or taking charge of government. They only have a passing knowledge of agriculture and do not have any political abilities, which may not be a good thing.
So after getting to know each other a little bit, Fei Qian was not angry because of their quarrel, but felt that they should not focus their main energy on the argument...
"Even if the merit of the head is not counted, he who follows the laws of the Han Dynasty and captures the chief of the enemy country is worthy of being a lord." Fei Qian said with a slight smile, "Lu Fengxian defeated the enemy in three ways in the Western Regions and destroyed the country in two ways. There is no doubt about the merits of the Western Regions."
"It is certainly sinful to lie about military merits, but to refuse to reward them when they know they have merit is not the same crime."
"However, shouldn't the merits and demerits, rewards and punishments be discussed in court?" Fei Qian smiled and stretched out his hand to indicate the environment of the farm, "Why bother competing with birds?"
, before the cows and horses?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then started laughing.
Lu Bu conquered the Western Regions before and regained the authority of the Western Regions. This is a fact that no one can deny. Even if Lu Bu conquers Dawan again now, it does not mean that he will not acknowledge his previous achievements, or simply slander his previous achievements.
The first level is to take credit...
After everyone calmed down, Fei Qian brought the main topic back and said: "As for the choice between war horses and rhinos... it's a good topic... What do you think?"
Horse breeds need to be cultivated.
After Feiqian Chang'an Sanfu lit up the research tree for the seeds of the seedlings, other livestock, including pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, etc., successively started research on varieties.
There is a whole area suitable for various kinds of research in Fei Qian Northland.
That's right, it's the Hetao Plain.
The Hetao Plain is located on the northern border, with the Yellow River running through it. It has abundant water and grass, forming environmental conditions suitable for both farming and animal husbandry. Therefore, it has become a battleground between the Central Plains regime and the northern nomads. On this piece of land, there are mountains, water and water.
There are plains, grasslands and deserts, as well as the collision of farming and nomadic life.
Cui Cheng took a step forward first, held up his hands as a gift, and then said in a deep voice, "In today's situation in the Western Regions, we should follow the old practice of Hetao! To defend against foreign enemies, the Han Dynasty built cities, fired fires, beacons, barriers, and pavilions. Although barrier pavilions are easy to arrange,
It is impossible to defend against the enemy! If you want to defend the enemy from outside, you must have a city defense. The city may have more than a thousand, and the fire may be five hundred. In addition to eating in the village, it also needs vegetables, pickled beans, etc., and also has utensils.
All expenses must be transferred! Such things should be transported by horses! Horses! They are not war horses!"
Wang Yun listened on the sidelines, frowned and waved his hands, saying, "No, no! The most important thing in the Western Regions is the war horse! The Western Regions are much bigger than Henan! The cities are equipped with beacons and barriers, and they are not enough to defend them."
, how to consolidate it? Therefore, we should use war horses to control the government. If there is chaos, it will be over in a moment! The purpose of the horse is only for plowing and transportation, so how can it travel thousands of miles and rule all nations?! The advantage of the horse is the horse
Why?"
"Wrong, wrong! Nowadays, war horses are already sufficient and there is no benefit in increasing them. However, slave horses are not enough. Adding them can benefit thousands of households..."
"No, no..."
The two people were talking and arguing with each other again. It was obvious that no one could convince the other.
After Fei Qian occupied Pingyang, he re-cultivated abandoned fields and repaired water conservancy facilities. All these actions enabled Fei Qian to obtain a large amount of grain output in the early days of Pingyang, and he had corresponding savings to provide Fei Qian for subsequent military operations.
action.
However, as Feiqian Pingyang continues to operate, a parabola appears in agricultural output. It seems that there is an invisible ceiling pressing on the upper end of agricultural output, making it very difficult to break through after the agricultural output per mu reaches a certain value.
This problem is not limited to Feiqian's Pingyang. Looking at the entire era and dynasty, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, after the total population reached a value of about 50 million, the total grain output fell due to
The ceiling caused the total population to not rise, forming a double bottleneck. It was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that the large-scale development of Jiangnan broke the 50 million population bottleneck.
When the fleet had no way to cross the Bering Strait to reach the American continent and obtain high-yield sweet potatoes, corns, potatoes and other products, Feiqian could only think about how to expand agricultural harvests under limited conditions.
The Hetao area was close to the border of the Han Dynasty and had constant conflicts with the Xiongnu. In the early Han Dynasty, a large number of troops were sent to garrison, so a huge amount of food and grass was needed to maintain the survival of the army and ensure military operations.
Calculated according to the usual proportions, if Feiqian deploys about 30,000 troops in the Hetao area, it will cost about 800,000 dan in a year, and another 50,000 dan will be given for military salary and salary expenses.
If Fei Qian is mentally retarded for a while and listens to the bewitchment of some single-celled animals, blindly expanding the scope of the war and increasing the number of soldiers, then the financial and food pressure will be even greater. Even if he can deceive himself in terms of military salary and salary
Look at yourself to show the trick of left pocket and right pocket, but food and grass will be gone after you eat them. You have to wait for the next year to harvest again, and during this period, as long as there is any problem at any point in time
, maybe when the dominoes fell down, the things they knocked down were not just tiny bits.
During the Western Han Dynasty, in order to maintain the money and food needs of the huge frontier army, Chao Cuo's suggestion was accepted, "Let the world bring millet to the border, so as to be exempted from crime by receiving nobility", that is, to raise grain from the inner county in the form of bringing millet to the frontier to pay homage to the nobility.
And transport it to the border counties. This method is not only inefficient, but also produces various drawbacks. Fraud occurs in endlessly. Corrupt officials use their hands and mouths to make mistakes during the transportation process.
Therefore, after realizing the shortcomings of this "millet export" plan, at the suggestion of Zhu Fuyan, farming began in the Hetao area. The grain produced could solve the food problem for the border garrison on the spot, and also provided a more stable foundation for the Western Han Dynasty to resist the Xiongnu.
material security.
This became the most proactive, active and long-term example of frontier development in Chinese history.
This is what Cui Cheng just called "the old practice of Hetao".
Cuicheng means to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Western Region. Blindly strengthening force will only lead to constant losses. We must strengthen the guidance of civil affairs, use small forts, beacons and other defenses, and then add farming and transportation to build a
Only the network system can ensure the rule of the Western Regions.
What Wang Yun means is the traditional concept of strengthening the mobility of troops, that is, more and better war horses, which represent stronger force, and it is natural to control the Western Regions.
As Fei Qian's world map hanging in the lobby of the Husband's Office spread more and more widely, many people were slightly skeptical on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were also considering more and more distant plans.
The place is not blocked by mountains, rivers, forests, deserts and Gobi.
This is indeed a problem.
Perhaps it is also a bottleneck at the moment.
The Han Dynasty was the first dynasty to use cavalry tactics alone on a large scale. The Qin Dynasty, or the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, also had cavalry, but at that time the cavalry was basically a part of the army, used in conjunction with chariots and infantry.
, most of the time it is only used as a partial army, not as a main combat unit.
The subsequent feudal dynasties of China did not make great breakthroughs in the use of cavalry, and even shrank. Even the big braided dynasty, which claimed to be founded on cavalry, did not make many breakthroughs in cavalry tactics. In the Ming Dynasty, it had already
Even when the musketeers appeared, he still insisted on his bow and arrow tactics, and was finally beaten by the Eight-Nation Allied Forces until the curtain fell off...
The Han Dynasty had a much wider territory than the Qin Dynasty. It was impossible for these border areas to be reserved and used only for farming, as those ignorant Confucian scholars said, and the rest of the territory was abandoned.
If there is a frontier, there must be a long border line. In the Han Dynasty, these border lines were defended by the Great Wall, beacons, and pavilions. But no matter what kind of fortifications, soldiers were required to be stationed, and these Great Walls, beacons, and pavilions were required.
, Pavilion Barrier will not automatically produce food and vegetables for the soldiers stationed there to eat, like in the game.
Arranging soldiers for defense means providing sufficient food. Otherwise, not to mention fending off the enemy, famine can directly defeat any strong defender.
In order to solve the food problem, the Han Dynasty adopted the policy of relocating people to the border areas and promoting farming. However, this was still not enough. Not all the Great Walls, beacons, and pavilions had the conditions for farming, and not all areas could grow crops.
Grain, which naturally requires various transshipments, and what is needed to transship grain and grass are horses and baggage vehicles.
Horses are needed for battles, and horses are also needed for transportation.
The question now is, should we carry out special research on war horses, or should we just follow the old method, just study war horses, and then use retired war horses and substandard horses as war horses?
