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Text Chapter 1044 Year-end Tea Party (Part 2)

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    *** The small banquet at Wuying Hall was like a tea party. There were no preset topics and there was no need to discuss anything. Qin Mu and his ministers seemed relatively relaxed.  ¡Ñ It doesn¡¯t hurt to have a few side dishes and a pot of wine to talk about the gains and losses of governance over the past year, or even make a few jokes.  When talking about the issue of Ceylon, most of the ministers present supported the inclusion of Ceylon in the territory of Qin Dynasty.  Qin Mu placed a globe in each ministry office, and repeatedly instilled the concept of the world into ministers. Now Da Qin officials' understanding of the world is no longer limited to the local area.  And as long as you have a little understanding of the overall pattern of the world, it is not difficult to see the importance of Ceylon.  In order to better control this important strategic point and incorporate it into Da Qin's territory, it is necessary to send out garrison troops.  Qin Mu was not very happy about assimilating the local indigenous people through intermarriage. This process was too slow, and Ceylon was too far away from the mainland, so the Han people would not be too happy to go there.  He still prefers to drive the 300,000 natives on the island of Ceylon to the Indian mainland and let Otessa and other countries help receive them.  It¡¯s just that now Otesa and other countries are facing the invasion of the Mughal Empire, and it is unlikely that they will send troops to take care of the indigenous people on the island of Ceylon.  So Qin Mu thought of Japan again and planned to organize some samurai from Japan to do this as a servant army.  He sighed slowly: "Our Daqin has not only restored the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also included the southern desert, northern desert, western desert, eastern desert, Siberia, Nanyang Islands, and even South China into the territory. However, the current population is less than 6,000  Ten thousand, too little, still too little. "Under such circumstances, there is not enough cultivated land in the country, and we want people to stay away from their homeland and settle in distant places.  No one can do that.  On the other hand, in order to increase the population faster, Qin Mu did not want to mobilize troops from the country to go on expeditions, so it was necessary to organize some Japanese samurai as a servant army to fight.  Yang Chao, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said: "Your Majesty Qi Bing, based on the data reported by the various government offices, the number of births in Daqin this year will probably reach about four million. Now the people everywhere have enough food and clothing, and every county has established  The hospital provides free births and imparts knowledge on infant care, and the infant mortality rate has been greatly reduced" "There are only four million births this year, so if you calculate that, Daqin will only increase its number by 4,000 in ten years.  Ten thousand people?" Qin Mu was very dissatisfied.  In order to encourage childbearing, the imperial court gave away fields and land. Babies with three or more births were also provided with rice grains and could attend elementary school for free. If a lot of unprecedented policies were implemented, the population would only increase by a few million a year.  It has not returned to the peak population of the Ming Dynasty in ten years.  Who will cultivate the vast areas of Mobei, Moxi, the Western Regions, and even Central Asia, Luzon, Indochina, Java Island, and South China?  When will these places truly become part of Da Qin's territory?  Thinking that there are no Han people in such a large territory, it is difficult for Qin Mu not to rush.  Yang Chao quickly replied: "Your Majesty, don't be anxious, the population growth cannot be calculated like this. Your Majesty, usually as long as there are no natural disasters and the people have enough food and clothing, the base of the population growth will always increase year by year. To put it bluntly,  , if the number of births this year is four million, it will definitely be more than that number tomorrow. In ten years, it is possible that the number of births in a year will reach 10 million. " Qin Mu almost couldn't help but slap his forehead.  Well, that's the truth. Every year, many bastards grow up. They will marry, have children, and join the army of childbirth. Moreover, men can only sow seeds when they are forty or fifty years old. If the first wife is older and cannot have children, it's a big deal.  Get more girls from outside to be their concubines Qin Mu's mind inexplicably pictured a scene of a family of young and old working together, singing and dancing upstairs and downstairs, and groups of fat boys falling to the ground   He quickly shook his head, what is this? This is Bai Tie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, said at this time: "Your Majesty, I can understand your Majesty's thoughts. Your Majesty is benevolent. All industries in the Qin Dynasty are prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment.  There are also a series of measures to encourage births. The rapid increase in the population of Daqin will not be a problem. However, there is one thing that your Majesty probably did not expect. Your Majesty is a saint and benevolent, and the people live a worry-free life. In this case, I am afraid that the population will increase.  The people are not willing to leave their homeland and go to other places to make a living. This may not have a significant impact on the stability of the newly developed territory. Therefore, I suggest that except for heinous crimes, other serious crimes should be converted into exile as much as possible, like Ceylon.  It is too far away from places like South China. Without the way of exile, there may not be many people who voluntarily go there. " Qin Mu immediately thought of the British in later generations. When they opened up Australia, they also exiled criminals to Australia.  Go.  ??actuallyIn ancient China, many remote places developed slowly through long-term exile of prisoners.  ¡° Some intellectuals, in particular, were exempted from the death penalty and sent into exile, which was very helpful in promoting the development of the penal colony.  Taking Hainan Island as an example, it was originally just a wild island. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Li Deyu, Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Li Guang, Hu Quan, Su Dongpo and others were exiled to this wild island.  ¡°As for the influence of these people on the subsequent development of Hainan Island and its integration into the mainland, it is difficult to use specific data to illustrate their influence, but this influence does exist and is very far-reaching.  Qin Mu nodded frequently and said: "What do you think of Bai Shangshu's suggestion?" Yang Tinglin said: "Your Majesty, a benevolent monarch governs the world with education and is more lenient than punishment. Your Majesty wants to govern with benevolence and virtue, and this is the world.  Such great luck, how can I not be loyal and assist you?" Liu Meng, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army, interjected: "Your Majesty, if more serious crimes are avoided, I am afraid that the number of corrupt officials will increase, and the crime rate among the people may also increase.  " Qin Mu shook his head and said: "I am still saying that the deterrent effect of punishment does not lie in its severity, but in its inevitability, especially for officials, not to mention the severity of the punishment, as long as it is difficult to escape.  Punishment will eliminate their sense of luck. Without the sense of chance, not many officials will be willing to gamble their futures." "Your Majesty," Qin Mu continued, "I intend to recruit some from Japan.  The warriors are sent to Ceylon and the Indo-Chinese Islands. Our Great Qin will provide weapons and send generals to command, so that these servant armies can support the war and wipe out the local indigenous people. This can reduce the expenses of Great Qin and reduce the cost of our Great Qin.  "The casualty rate of soldiers." As soon as Qin Mu finished speaking, Huang Zhenlin, the left minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: "The Japanese are hard-working, very combat-effective, and very disciplined. As long as they are well controlled, they will be very obedient and are very suitable for use as a slave army to develop.  Regarding overseas territories, I believe that your Majesty¡¯s proposal is feasible. "To this kind of matter, the officials of the Qin Dynasty will no longer oppose it with a benevolent and moral face like the ministers of the previous dynasties; now Indochina, Lu  On the islands of Song and Jinghai provinces, Da Qin's army of servants recruited from local indigenous people totaled nearly 200,000, and the war was in full swing.  It¡¯s just that the combat effectiveness of the armies in these places is really not very good. If some samurai can be organized from Japan as servants, it will definitely speed up the eradication of the above-mentioned areas.  "It's just that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirates harmed the southeastern coast, and everyone still has fresh memories. Now that we want to organize Japanese ronin as a servant army, some ministers will inevitably have some concerns.  Cabinet Minister Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Majesty, the Japanese ronin is cruel by nature and loves to fight bravely. If you control it well, it can be regarded as a sharp blade, but if you don't control it well, you can easily suffer its backlash. Therefore, I think,  This should be done with caution. The number of people in the first batch should not be too large. Once you understand the habits of Japanese ronin and have a good control strategy, it will not be too late to gradually increase their number. " Sima An and others basically hold this view.  From my point of view, the number of the first batch of Japanese slave soldiers should not be too large. It is like playing with throwing knives. Play with one first, and when you are proficient in playing, add one or two more.  Qin Mu also agreed with this point. He said slowly: "Then order the North Sea Fleet to try to recruit three thousand warriors from Japan to wipe out the bandits in Jiaozhi." "Yes, Your Majesty!" *****  *************** ps: It¡¯s the fourth update today. I¡¯m really tired. 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