The twelfth year of Longqing was another Ming Dynasty census year. In December, the Ministry of Household Affairs and Jiuzhou Pavilion released the latest statistical data.
The total population of the Ming Dynasty has unprecedentedly exceeded 200 million, reaching 206 million, an increase of 58 million from six years ago. The reason for the large increase in population is that the statistical caliber has been adjusted in conjunction with Jiuzhou Pavilion. Jiuzhou Pavilion
Statistics on the number of overseas monks began six years ago, so the Ministry of Revenue also included the overseas population in the statistics.
Yingzhou has a population of more than 12 million, Goryeo has a population of more than 1.8 million, Donghai has a population of 1.2 million, and Nanhai has a population of 1.6 million. This is almost 17 million.
Excluding this, the local population of Ming Dynasty increased by 41 million, with an average annual growth rate of more than 4%. This is also one of the main reasons for the steady increase in trustworthiness every year.
The total number of monks in Jiuzhou Pavilion has reached 203,000, an increase of 45,000 from six years ago. Among them, Master Zhao Ran and his disciples popularized teachings, an increase of more than 14,000, and the former priests and warriors of Yingzhou (
There are 7,800 people who are listed as casual cultivators and waiting for training in Taoism. There are 8,000 new monks in East China Sea and South China Sea. There are 12,000 people who use the bone-splitting pill to set their bones. There will be a natural increase of 3,000 people with the population.
The huge increase in population forced Zhao Ran to take precautions. This was also an important reason why he told Miss Jiu that he wanted to start south of Hengduan Mountain. It was not a simple deception.
This is a world with spiritual power. The weather is smooth, the land is fertile, and the grain yield per acre is generally high. As long as there is no corruption, it is not a problem to feed 200 million people. After Zhao Ran's subtle social changes in the past two decades, the court has become clear and the Taoism has been restored.
The Dharma has become popular, and onlookers and preachers all take it as their own responsibility to absorb merit and develop faith, and the ** problem has been solved very well. In the next six years, it will be just around the corner to feed 300 million people and increase faith to four billion or more.
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Therefore, this is also the reason why Chen Shandao admires and appreciates Zhao Ran, and is willing to fully support him. Zhao Ran inadvertently solved the problem that Chen Shandao was extremely worried about, the huge danger brought by the growth of population and monks, and he did not support it.
Zhao Ran, who else can you support?
However, the contradiction between land and population always exists. Zhao Ran has not yet been able to find a way to produce one thousand catties or two thousand catties per mu, so when the population reaches 300 million, he must start to solve the food problem. Sometimes Zhao Ran also thinks, if another
It would be great if a certain great man Yuan from one world came here. If he came, what kind of cultivation level would he have? I'm afraid practicing emptiness and combining the Tao are not a problem. If you set a small goal, you can ascend.
But there is no Yuan Weiren in this world, so Zhao Ran can only find a solution elsewhere. This other place is naturally south of Hengduan Mountain. Zhao Ran has formulated a six-year plan for this.
The first step of this plan has already begun, and the goal has been achieved. The Li State Incident Investigation Team, headed by Kong Yangqing, launched a full investigation after arriving in the South China Sea, and then formally submitted stern representations to the Li State Court in early July.
However, the negotiations were not successful, and the response given by Li Guochaotang was very unsatisfactory. They denied most of the issues raised in the negotiations, and were only willing to compensate for a few of them. Note that it was compensation, not compensation.
Especially regarding the Green Tea and Red Pomelo incidents that occurred in May, Li Guo "confused a deer into a horse" and confused right and wrong, which made the investigation team very angry.
Li claimed that in the Green Tea incident, it was not the Green Tea but the Li merchant ship that was hijacked, and the Green Tea was the robber. However, in the Red Pomelo incident, Li actually said that the Red Pomelo was not recruiting workers in Li.
It's human trafficking. They are really talking nonsense and telling lies with their eyes open. For these two incidents, they not only refused to plead guilty and pay compensation, but instead demanded a so-called reasonable explanation from Ming Dynasty and a guarantee that they would not commit the crime again in the future. It is really unreasonable.
After repeated negotiations to no avail, Master Kong Yang proposed a punishment plan, sending troops to attack the Xin Binh Prefecture of Li State and demanding an apology and compensation from the Li State Court. If Li State still refused, he would occupy Xin Binh Prefecture, cut off the narrow north and south of Li State, and use the specialties of Xin Binh Prefecture.
As compensation for merchants and fishermen in the Ming Dynasty, it also offset military expenses.
What are the specialties of Xinping Prefecture? It is undoubtedly the red sandalwood fragrant wood. This kind of wood is not abundant in the Ming Dynasty and is very precious. However, in the spiritual power valley of Xinping Prefecture in Li State, it is found all over the mountains and plains, at least tens of thousands of acres. The red sandalwood fragrant wood is
They have a wide range of uses, but there are two main ones that Taoists value most, one positive and one negative.
In its normal use, it is a refining material for many magic weapons, especially fine talisman pens. It is also an important ingredient in many wooden magic weapons. In its reverse use, it is the main material for refining beads in Buddhism. It controls the Qingping Mansion, at least
It can cut off the source of Buddhist refining materials.
After the investigation report, Master Kong Yangqing attached a report on the cultivation resources of Xinping, Nghe An, and Binzhou along the coast. There were more than 30 kinds of cultivation resources in Liejue, which made Zhao Ran speechless and unbearable.
I can't help but think "Since ancient times..."
When things got to this point, Zhao Ran had not intervened for a long time. In fact, since Kong Yangqing became the leader of the investigation team, Zhao Ran has stopped taking care of it. After helping Kong Yangqing to this point, if Kong Yangqing still cannot sit on the position of governor, this
It doesn’t matter if the governor is not the right one, it will be a disaster if he becomes the governor.
Kong Yangqing certainly lived up to Zhao Ran's expectations. He had the chance to make the first move in less than half a year and his legitimate role as the leader of the investigation team made him fully aware of the situation in Nanhai and Li. There was no one else in the world who could make mistakes
Right. At the same time, in the public opinion reports for half a year, whenever the issue of Li Guo was mentioned, the investigation team leader Kong Yangqing was always mentioned. His name was naturally closely linked with the South China Sea and Li Guo, and became a vague symbol of the South China Sea and Li Guo.
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Later, after the joint meeting submitted the solution he reported to Zhenshitang, no one could find any faults, so the plan was passed smoothly.
It was not until this moment that the joint meeting announced that Chu Yangcheng was unwilling to take over as the governor of the South China Sea due to seclusion. After repeated persuasion and communication at the joint meeting, to no avail, they could only ask another person, Kong Yangqing, to serve as the first governor of the South China Sea.
Until this moment, the vast majority of people, including most of Lianxu who once coveted the Governor of the South China Sea, did not notice anything wrong. They just thought that Kong Yangqing had a good life and sighed, "Time is also fate!"
On December 20th, Kong Yangqing officially took office as the governor of the South China Sea. In order to avoid suspicion and prevent being misunderstood as a "turf war" with Chu Yangcheng, his governor's palace was located on Lvzhu Island in the east of the South China Sea, and was closer to Zhou Yumo's Jinghua Island.
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However, the Governor's Office was located in the east, and the problem that the joint meeting asked him to solve was in the northwest of the South China Sea. Therefore, his temporary residence was placed on Yunji Island to facilitate forward command of disciplinary operations.
After Kong Yangqing took office, he asked Zhao Ranfeifu, a real expert on the South China Sea issue, for advice. Zhao Ran didn't say much else. The only thing that reminded him was the issue of military mobilization. He suggested that troops should be mobilized as little as possible from the mainland, so as not to disrupt the stable and peaceful atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.
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