After listening to this, Gao Fei felt that what Xun Chen said was very reasonable. The geographical location of Youzhou is very unique. In the north is the prairie outside the Great Wall, and in the east are the vast mountains and forests. In the mountains and forests, there are Goguryeo, Fuyu and other Dongyi people.
After finally stabilizing internally, we should concentrate on development. He nodded and said: "Sir's proposal is very good, I fully agree."
Xun Chen cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for the compliment, my lord. These six policies are the result of my long-term hard thinking. The Han Dynasty had heavy corvee and heavy taxes, which led to the people being displaced and reduced to slaves. If
Lord can
It is enough to lighten the corvee throughout Youzhou, collect some symbolic taxes, and increase the enthusiasm of the people for agricultural production. If we implement the farming strategy, the people of Youzhou will be able to have enough food and clothing within two years."
Gao Fei nodded and listened.
Xun Chen continued: "To the north of Youzhou is the prairie, and the Xianbei people like to plunder. To the south is Yuan Shao's Jizhou, and to the west is Lu Bu's Bingzhou. In order to prevent harassment, the lord can build a high wall in the north and repair the broken Great Wall.
Connected into one, in Jizhou, Bingzhou leads to You
Setting checkpoints on the only roads that the state must pass through, sending envoys to ease the situation of the surrounding barbarians, and then actively accumulating grain and crops, and adopting the strategy of communicating far and near, and establishing good relations with the princes, is enough to make Youzhou a complete city within two years.
A solid backing for the lord to strive for world supremacy."
"The six suggestions of light corvee, low taxes, high walls, extensive grain accumulation, liaison with barbarians, and alliance with princes are indeed very good and can be regarded as the six basic principles of governance. Sir's strategy is indeed a wise one.
I admire you."
Xun Chen said: "This is also because my lord is wise. If it were not for such a wise lord, even if these six suggestions were put forward, they would not necessarily be adopted. In addition, my lord does not need to worry about the issue of military strength. As long as Youzhou is stabilized,
After the people live and work in peace and contentment
, once the lord recruits brave soldiers, the people will naturally flock to them. There are no more soldiers, no matter how noble you are. Now we have 80,000 people in Youzhou. If we can conduct two years of drills and equip them with sophisticated weapons and equipment,
He will definitely become a lion sweeping the world."
"Well said, hahaha, indeed well said, but I want to add 20,000 people to guard Youzhou with 100,000 people, and build Youzhou's cavalry and heavy infantry. When we compete for hegemony in the world in the future, we will not have enough troops.
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Xun Chen did not object, and his suggestion was accepted. He was naturally very happy, and had no objection to the conscription of 20,000 troops. After all, the total population of Youzhou was more than 1.9 million, and a hundred thousand troops were required to guard Youzhou.
It's considered a militancy.
Gao Fei and Xun Chen had another conversation, and Xun Chen also talked about some of the difficulties that may be encountered in implementing the six basic policies, and recommended some of his subordinates to complete this task.
Fei agreed.
When he left the Weaving Department, the military uniforms had not yet been finished. Gao Fei said he would come back next time and he also gained a new understanding of Xun Chen and appreciated Xun, a man who had once suffered under Yuan Shao in history. He was thinking, Xun Chen
Chen must have proposed these policies when he served as Yuan Shao's adviser. If Yuan Shao had adopted these six policies, it is estimated that Cao Cao would not have been defeated in the Battle of Guandu.
As soon as he returned to the Prefectural Mufu, Gao Fei immediately promulgated these six policies in the form of decrees to all counties in Youzhou and handed them over to the prefects and generals for implementation.
The next day, the envoys from the Han Dynasty court from Chang'an came to Jicheng, read out the imperial edict of the Han emperor, and formally conferred Gao Fei as a hussar general and Yanhou, and gave Gao Fei the holiday yue, governor of Youzhou. At the same time,
Gao Fei also learned some news about the court from the envoys from Chang'an.
Ma Teng was named the Marquis of Liang by the Han Emperor, and his son Ma Chao became the Tutor at the age of ten and stayed with the emperor all day long. The father and son gathered Dong Zhuo's old troops, eased the conflicts with the Guandong princes, and established a Ma Chao with Chang'an as the capital.
With the new imperial court controlled by his family, the emperor also became a trump card in Ma Teng's hand.
However, Ma Teng was really loyal to the Han Dynasty. He brought all the officials to Chang'an, exempted and exempted Liangzhou's taxes for two years, and enfeoffed the leaders of the Qiang tribes as marquises, which eased the conflict between the Qiang and Han people in Liangzhou.
He also dismissed the Qiang cavalry team and settled in Liangzhou himself. With Sikong Yangci and Situ Xu Jing as his auxiliary ministers, he concentrated on guarding the small court in Chang'an.
In order to show his sincerity to the feudal lords of Guandong, Ma Teng petitioned the emperor to grant the title to the feudal lords of Guandong. Yuan Shao was granted the title of General, Mu of Jizhou, commanding Jizhou; Cao Cao was granted the title of General of Wei, Mu of Yanzhou, commanding Yanzhou; Lu Bu was granted the title of Charioteer.
General, Bingzhou Mu, commanding Bingzhou;
Liu Biao was named General Zhennan, Mu of Jingzhou, and commanded Jingzhou; Liu Yan was named General Anxi, Mu of Yizhou, and commanded Yizhou; Yuan Shu was named General Zhendong, Marquis of Runan, and Mu of Yuzhou, commanding Yuzhou; Tao Qian
He was named General Anton, Marquis of Langya, Mu of Xuzhou, and commanded Xuzhou.
In addition, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were named left and right generals, and Sun Jian, who was named Jiaozhou Mu, resigned from his post as Jiaozhou Mu, and led his troops to fight in Yangzhou with Liu Yao, who was named Yangzhou Mu, and
He quickly occupied the land of three counties and formed a confrontation stage with Liu Yao.
Ma Teng was a peacemaker, and when he failed to send someone to explain, he had no choice but to let things go without scruples. In the end, he could only wait and see what happened, and accepted the recommendation of the ministers and canonized Shi Xie as the pastor of Jiaozhou.
The situation in the world was basically settled. After Gao Fei sent off the envoy from Chang'an, he sent people led by scouts trained by Bian Xi as envoys to take the initiative to negotiate with Lu Bu in Bingzhou, Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Tao Qian in Xuzhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou,
Ma Teng from Chang'an, Yuan Shu from Yuzhou, and Sun Jian from Yangzhou got in touch, and also collected intelligence from various places to further understand the dynamics among the princes.
In addition, Gao Fei also asked Tian Feng to go to Xianbei as an envoy, take the initiative to contact the various tribes of Xianbei, use Baitan and Pinggang as the places for Hu-Han trade, completely close the mutual trade in the upper valley, and use the city outside the Great Wall as the mutual trade, agreeing that there would be no mutual exchange.
They invaded and sold various local specialties of the Han Dynasty to Xianbei, as well as silk, porcelain and pottery, and purchased horses, iron and leather from Xianbei.
The Xianbei tribes were dispersed, and Tan Shikui's grand alliance had already collapsed. The loose Xianbei people attacked each other, and Youzhou's defense was too strong, so the Xianbei tribes turned their attack targets to Bingzhou and entered into alliances with Youzhou.
, agreeing not to invade each other.
Tian Feng's mission solved the conflict between the Youzhou and Xianbei people to a certain extent, so Gao Fei sent his scholar Sun You to lead a caravan to Baitan and Pinggang. In name, it was for trade, but in fact it was a secret investigation. He also dispatched
Zhang He and Pang De led the troops and turned into businessmen.
The two places secretly built Wubao. Because he knew that the Xianbei people were not very fond of fulfilling their agreements, and they might break up with each other at some point. He wanted to defend outside the wall, and put the strategy of building high walls outside the wall, because compared with
It is much simpler to repair the Great Wall and build a new dock.
A few days later, the formal military uniforms were made by the female workers in the Weaving Department. Gao Fei tried them on first. He improved them based on the current military uniforms. Although the military uniforms have not been dyed yet, that will happen sooner or later. He
The idea is that the Feiyu Army wears camouflage uniforms, and other troops uniformly wear dark blue-based clothing, and they also need to make berets. In short, as long as they look comfortable.
Putting on the new military uniform, Gao Fei felt more and more modern and felt that he was heroic. However, in the eyes of Xun Chen and others, he felt that he was neither fish nor fowl. There were four different sets of military uniforms for spring, summer, autumn and winter.
He tried them on one by one. When he tried on the summer clothes, Xun Chen and others felt very uncomfortable.
Gao Fei laughed and said: "I am imitating King Zhao Wuling and wearing Hu robes. This kind of robes and clothes are too cumbersome. They don't look as comfortable as wearing military uniforms, and their movements are not restricted. Everyone will gradually get used to it in the future."
Xun Chen also understood this truth, but as an ancient, he had to accept new things. There must be a transitional stage in the middle, and at this stage, he had to adapt slowly. The improvement of clothing cannot be eaten in one bite, so
Gao Fei first uses the military as a base, and then slowly spreads it to the people, which can be used as a symbol to distinguish other states.
After leaving the Weaving Department, Gao Fei gave Xun Chen only one order: to recruit as many female workers as possible during this winter to rush out a batch of clothes.
After that, Gao Fei went to the Hanlin Academy to inquire about the public transport of Fei Liannu. He had not been there for three or four days. Gao Fei was still thinking about it. Once the Liannu was successfully developed and mass-produced, the equipment
In the army, it can be used as a pistol, and it can also enhance military strength when put into battle.
After entering the Hanlin Academy, Gao Fei went directly to Gongshu Fei's office without anyone being informed. Gongshu Fei had never been out since he entered the Hanlin Academy. He basically lived and ate there and concentrated on being a housewife.
female.
Gongshu Fei was not seen in the Grand Bachelor's office, but the wood was full of exquisite features. Gao Fei called softly twice, but no one answered, so he turned around and headed towards the room where Gong Shufei lived.
The doors and windows were closed tightly, and there was a burst of moisture rushing in. Gao Fei opened the door with a hint of surprise, only to see that the room was filled with water mist.
"ah--"
Suddenly a scream came out from the mist. It was Gongshu Fei. She was taking a bath in a wooden barrel. Suddenly she saw Gao Fei barging in, so she hurriedly covered her whole body. She didn't know if Gao Fei saw it.
When she saw it, she shouted loudly and turned around with her back to the door.
How did Gao Fei know that Gong Shufei was taking a bath here? When he entered the door, he saw nothing but a ball of steaming water and a large wooden bucket. He hurriedly closed the door, walked out of the room, and said loudly: "I
I didn’t see anything, I’m here to ask you if the crossbow is ready..."
"The serial crossbow has been made. It is placed under the table in the hall with a machine beast. Go get it yourself." A female voice with a hint of resentment came from the room.
Gao Fei quickly left Gongshu Fei's room and walked into the hall, looking around for the crossbow. He suddenly saw a huge crossbow leaning against a dog carved from wood, and said happily: "This is it."