My father said that the emperor and the court in the old days wanted a long life, as long as the people were allowed to eat and wear warmth.

Therefore, at that time they had to curb land annexation as much as possible, so that the plunderers could have their own land, light labor, and allow the people to have reserves, and then three years of abundant reserves will be sufficient.

But in this case, there is an intractable vicious cycle, that is, as a dynasty enjoys more than a hundred years of peace, as the population increases, the original traditional Han land will become inadequate.

If the increase in arable land is not enough, more people have to feed, so that only a few people will become poorer. If some powerful people occupy more land and several natural disasters at this time, then a dynasty will enter the end.

My father didn't want our China to repeat this process. He hoped that the people of China would be prosperous, healthy, and have a desire for knowledge. Even in the face of large-scale natural disasters and man-made disasters, they could withstand a long time and even survive safely.

This cannot be done by men farming and women weaving.

In agriculture, we must expand our land to no corner we see. Even if the court cannot control it now, we can still enfeoff the ban. As long as the ban is still a Han country, when there is a famine in the country, we can allocate food and rescue disasters from the ban, or resettle refugees in the ban.

In addition, our industry requires a large amount of raw materials - iron, copper, coal, sulfur, wool, cotton, etc.

Copper, iron, coal and sulfur can make our country stronger and invincible, wool and cotton can warm our people, and give the people the opportunity to go deep into places that were previously unattainable to the snow and ice, and further open up our living space.

These things can also be sold, earning back gold, silver and food, and making our people and our country richer.

Merchants who go abroad to sell these goods should also be protected by the empire.

As the saying goes, no farming is not full, no weaving is not warm, no labor is not strong, no business is not rich, and there is also no knowledge without teaching.

I think that my father said so much to me, but there is only one core meaning - the empire cannot stop expanding.

Even if the land that cannot be seen with profits now, it cannot be wasted, because no one knows what treasure will be discovered in the future.

...

Xu Daizhuo closed the notebook.

Xu Shiyang's wives, concubines and children have the habit of keeping diaries. He prepares a thick leather-sealed notebook for everyone every once in a while, so that everyone can write down every bit of study, life, work, and play in a day, or just remember their mood.

He believes that this can deepen a personal impression of past work and life, and can be used as a basis for summarizing the past - to carry forward your own points and alert you of shortcomings.

Therefore, although he would not check other people's diaries like the primary school teachers in later generations, he still encouraged everyone around him to keep diaries.

After writing the diary, Xu Daizhuo gently rubbed his temples with both hands. This action was also reported by Xu Shiyang, saying that it can protect his eyes. If you use kerosene lamps or candles to work at night, you will have to stop and do this action for three minutes every hour.

Not only the Xu family, but also the current schools, workers and soldiers’ night schools are also promoting this set of actions, which Xu Shiyang calls “eye exercises.”

From this point of view, Xu Daizhuo felt that his father was very meticulous and generous in certain matters.

Just as he always wanted to sink the management of the court into a village.

Xu Daizhuo felt that doing this would be very tiring. No wonder his father tried to improve the rights of the cabinet rather than the emperor alone. After all, if everything was managed as meticulously as his father imagined, a person's energy would not be enough in any case.

"Chief of Staff Xu." A major sent by the Army to the General Staff walked into Xu Daizhuo's tent and whispered: "Commander Feng is looking for you to have a meeting."

Xu Daizhuo nodded, indicating that he knew.

The dry season in Jiaozhi has arrived, and meetings now mean only one thing - to attack.

...

As soon as the dry season enters, both sides that are about to start will realize at the same time that the war is about to begin.

Shenglong Mansion, the capital of the Great Yue Kingdom, is now in a miserable fog.

The attack on Dazhou last year began at this time. At that time, the offensive of the Dayue army was almost irresistible in the early stages of the war. Qinzhou and Lianzhou surrendered directly to Dayue without resistance. As a result, both states were looted by Dayue.

Population, money, food and other wealth were transported back to the country, which made the country of Yue feel like it seemed to be infinitely rich.

Until the army was blocked from the attack in Yongzhou, Yue State was still immersed in the carnival of making a fortune.

However, soon, the situation became cold.

During the siege of Yongzhou, the Vietnamese army suffered heavy losses, but they were unable to capture the city.

Until the end, Feng Sanhu, the general of the northern China, led his troops to rescue thousands of miles and defeated the Vietnamese army under the city of Dunbing in one fell swoop.

Although the tired Feng Sanhu did not pursue him, there were still few Vietnamese troops fleeing back to his country.

Later, the nobles of the Great Yue Kingdom learned that in order to retaliate against Qin, Feng Sanhu ordered the killing of 20% of the prisoners.

This news surprised the people of Yue. They had already vaguely realized that China was different from the previous northern dynasties, and their desire for revenge was surprisingly heavy.

In the following year, the Great Yue Kingdom had always hoped to talk to China. They believed that during the war between China and Great Zhou, they attacked the cities of Great Zhou. Even if they did not help China, they could not be considered an enemy of China, right?

Huaxia vented his anger for Dazhou to attack Dayue, which seemed a bit unreasonable.

The Emperor of Yue, Queen Mother Yilan, and the ruling Grand Tutor Li Changjie, hoped to end the war between the two countries in this way. In return, Yue was willing to return half of the looted Han population.

However, almost all the messengers sent to the north were speechless.

Among them, the first three groups of people took the land route. They didn't even go to Yongzhou and were directly ordered by Feng Sanhu to kill them all.

A Dongman who fled from the north to the territory of Yue reported to the king and minister of Yue: An envoy shouted before his death: "The two countries will not be killed when they fight!"

Feng Sanhu's answer was: "How can the Jiaozhi rebels be called the two countries?"

This sentence also changed the envoy's death penalty from beheading to Lingchi!

So the last three batches of envoys changed their water route, and the negotiation conditions changed from returning half of the population to returning all the looted Han people. The Vietnamese country was even willing to pay a certain amount of compensation - maybe three million coins is a suitable number?

But as soon as the fleet went out of the sea, it was sunk by the Chinese Navy's sail gunboats.

The Chinese even put down their boats and chased the Yue people who fell into the water, but they didn't let go of any of them. Their ruthlessness was shocking.

After the Chinese army cleaned up the Dongman who had relied on Dayue last year, the monarchs and ministers of Dayue no longer had any illusions about peace.

There is no doubt that the Chinese are here to destroy the country, and they do not want to negotiate any conditions with the Yue country.
Chapter completed!