Chapter 740 Manpower
The empire seemed wealthy, powerful and unparalleled. But when he went out to build a vassal state and had his own foundation, Xu Daixuan found that the empire was actually lacking in everything and nothing was enough.
For example, money.
The financial situation of the empire was much better than in all dynasties. After all, the palace was built three times.
Various major projects that were considered to be a waste of money in previous dynasties have never been interrupted. As is known only, the empire made great efforts to control the Yellow River every year, the canals must be silted, and all water conservancy projects in the world are renovated. There are as many as thousands of miles of waterways every year.
To this end, the mobilized water conservancy workers have maintained more than two million people all year round, and there are more families and millions of slaves.
If such consumption continues for many years, the most powerful dynasties in the past should be dragged down.
But the empire has never had a fiscal deficit, nor has it ever been deficit, and there is even more than 70 million yuan a year, which is close to 80 million yuan in fiscal surplus.
This way, the empire seems to be very rich, right?
That's fake!
Xu Daixuan felt more and more that the annual fiscal surplus of 80 million taels is actually nothing.
After all, the funds of various departments of the empire are now calculated based on billions!
According to traditional concepts, three years of abundant reserves should be enough for one year. However, the remaining 80 million taels per year can only be reserved for one year of fiscal expenditure!
Therefore, it is almost impossible for a vassal state like his own Daqin to obtain more economic support from the mother country in addition to the fiscal budget at the beginning of the year.
If you only save 80 million yuan a year, if you have to leave a little, the empire's own ability to resist risks will decrease a little, and the stingy cabinet will never agree.
The same is true for population.
Speaking of which, the empire has a population of 85 million, which is really a lot, but to calculate it carefully, the most core common people are only 67 million, and the rest are common people and slaves who are not good at it and dare not use it.
Among the 67 million core population, there are not many left after removing the elderly and children. But the empire is a country that needs people everywhere. Needless to say, farming is a large population occupancy in any era.
Then, which newly opened factories does not require hundreds or thousands of labor? Water conservancy construction is built every year, and it occupies 2 million strong men every year, as well as their families. New villages and towns are almost formed near many construction sites.
There is a shortage of people, very shortage of people.
The cabinet itself still often shouts about the shortage of people, so how could it be possible to squeeze out the population to support these vassal states?
Therefore, when learning that the empire exiled a large number of green forests and that it was possible to exile more gentry and wealthy families in the next few years, Xu Daixuan immediately summoned the main important officials of Qin to a meeting, and tried every means to recruit these people to Qin!
Because, even if it is an exile, as long as it is a Han people, it is a valuable asset. You must know that in order to increase the core population, Xu Daixuan has counted all the people with some Han ancestry in the Western Regions as Han people!
Most of these people are lonely descendants of the Han family who were isolated from the pre-Tang Dynasty. They are also heroic stories, but they have been isolated from the Western Regions for hundreds of years. These people may have to go up to dozens of generations to find the true ancestors of the Han people.
Xu Daixuan has no conditions to dislike him. As long as he can confirm that he has a trace of Han blood, the cabinet will recognize him or not, at least Daqin will definitely recognize him!
Even so, the Han people in Qin still did not exceed 80,000, of which the strong men and half-dines barely exceeded 30,000.
Xu Daixuan even ignored the defense of men and women, so he also organized some young and middle-aged Han women who learned to archery and horses into the army, and even allowed them to be officials!
These are all forced. You should know that Yulong Jiechi alone has 800,000 Hualazimo's popular ones! Zuo Helin, who was granted this place, has no more than 700 Han soldiers under his command, and even if foreign soldiers are added, it will not more than 4,000.
Although the Hualazimo people were not Pars, they were just vassal states that paid tribute to Pars. Now that they surrendered to Daqin, they should not have any sense of belonging to Pars.
But this population ratio is too disparity, and anyone will feel it dangerous, so that Zuo Helin never dared to live in Yulongjie Chi City. Instead, he chose to build a new castle outside the city closer to the water source, and only sent people to the city when taxes were collected.
This made Yulong Jiechi actually an independent kingdom.
Not only Yulong Jiechi, but also within the territory of the Great Qin Dynasty, there are many other situations.
Therefore, Xu Daixuan now understands why his father pays so much attention to women's rights. If he still lets young women take care of their husbands and children at home as before, this would be a waste of tens of millions of labor for the empire!
Not to mention anything else, there are nearly a thousand textile factories across the country, and what can I use to fill in the pits of nearly one million textile women workers?
"All Han women pay equal work and reward each other for their contributions!"
In order to squeeze every bit of strength, Qin State, who was in the battlefield, liberated women's rights beyond the local government, and there have even been female military aristocrats!
This is the thing. A few months ago, taking advantage of the opportunity when the main force of the Qin army rushed to the front line and the rear was empty, a Pars slave rebellion broke out in Shuye City.
At that time, the entire Saiye fell almost overnight, and only the military hospital in Saiye City had just arrived that day.
At that time, under the leadership of a head nurse named Jin Ming, the hospital pieced together a unit of 200 doctors, nurses and wounded, blocked the door and held on with muskets.
This mob guarded for two days until Zuo Helin led the cavalry troops quickly returned from the front line to suppress the rebellion.
After the rebellion was quelled, Jin Ming, the head nurse of the Saiyejun Hospital, was awarded the title of the baron in charge of 300 slaves by the King of Qin, and was given another 5,000 taels of new coins.
OK OK OK, there is indeed a favor here, but they have made a contribution that is enough to be granted, right?
Xu Daixuan hopes to use Xiaojin as an example to let the exiled knights in China know that Daqin is a good place and opportunities abound.
After all, among the knights, there are not many female heroes, and they usually have some force. When they come to Qin, it is definitely a good supplement.
And the female heroes are here. If the male heroes have a choice, will they not come?
These knights were unstable elements to the empire and were popular with Qin. Not only them, but also other exiles, Xu Daixuan refused to accept them.
"As long as you are a Han man!"
Xu Daixuan emphasized again:
"We want it regardless of gender, age and age!"
Xiao Jin reminded the King of Qin - as long as there are muskets, even a child or an old man, there is a chance to kill a warrior who has been training in swordsmanship for twenty years!
When the main force of the Qin army set out on an expedition again, the elderly, women and children who stayed at home could temporarily gather together and rely on muskets to scare the young.
Chapter completed!