Lord Moyu was forced to open

"Your Majesty, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Revenue, the population of our Song Dynasty has increased by nearly 10 million this year compared to last year.

According to last year's statistics, the total population of our Great Song Dynasty is over 127 million.

Last year, the total number of people who died from various injuries, illnesses and age-related accidents was about 3 million, while the number of newborns reached 13 million. Excluding the number of deaths, the total population of our Great Song has reached more than 137 million this year.

In addition, last year, in addition to the officially registered population, our dynasty also had a total of more than 55 million foreign subordinates, including the Japanese, Sindhu, Tatars, Pyus, and chieftains of several southwestern counties.

This year's number has decreased a lot compared to last year. The total number of newborns of these ethnic minorities is only one million. However, last year, the number of ethnic minorities who died from various reasons alone reached five million, among which the Japanese, Sindhu, Pyu and chieftains had the highest number of deaths.

The place with the highest number of deaths was Yunzhou County.

Today, the total population of all ethnic groups is only about 51 million."

All in all, the population directly under the jurisdiction and controlled by the Song Dynasty has reached 188 million.

According to the current trend, the total population will exceed 20 million around next year."

The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Deputy Minister of the Cabinet, Cui Wen, were reporting in the court on the Ministry of Revenue's population census this year.

As the living standards of the Song Dynasty have gradually improved over the years, the population of the Song Dynasty has also gradually increased. Many people have begun to desperately give birth to children. The number of newborns in the Song Dynasty has increased every year.

The number of newborns in the year before last was only 9 million, but last year the population reached 13 million.

In just one year, the Song Dynasty added four million people, a number that many small countries probably do not have.

I'm talking about you! Fat people and Tatars!
As for the Japanese and Sindhu, the Japanese population is now close to nine million, but the Sindhu people account for the majority of the ethnic minorities.

The population of the entire Song Dynasty was increasing year by year, while the population of ethnic minorities was decreasing.

Last year, the main population contributors were the Sindhu and Tatars.

As for the Pyus, they can only be said to be trying their best to restore their population at this moment, while the Japanese were the most ruthless in surrendering.

There were densely packed Japanese corpses under the railway in Yunzhou County.

The Japanese have no choice but to reduce their population.

After listening to Cui Wen's report, Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction, and then instructed: "Very good, in recent years, the territory of our Song Dynasty has been growing year by year, and with the land survey, the land of our Song Dynasty is even rich now, enough to support more people.

Next year, the Ministry of Personnel will increase the score of the population assessment in the performance assessment. Officials in all counties must urge the people to have more children. Our Song Dynasty is in great need of population right now. If there are counties that perform outstandingly, the court will not hesitate to reward them!"

Zhao Jun made the decision with a wave of his hand, and the other officials had no intention of objecting.

They also feel that the population of the Song Dynasty is too small now.

Originally, the population of the Song Dynasty was too large and there was not enough land to be divided.

However, since Your Majesty came to power, he first surveyed the land and nationalized all the land that had been annexed by the landlords and nobles, and then distributed it to the local people.

After all the land in the country has been measured and divided up.

After the imperial court conducted a statistical survey, it discovered that there were still nearly 20 million acres of land that were uncultivated.

But Tian can't panic!
It is not possible to distribute it to the local people because the previous land distribution had a fixed amount.

If you suddenly grant more land to some of them, the others who have nothing will start to become dissatisfied and cause trouble.

However, they couldn't just leave the land here to go to waste, so after some discussion, the imperial court, which had just conquered Japan, immediately urgently transported two million Japanese back from my country to farm the land.

The imperial court had no mercy on these Japanese and used them in a way that was not humane!

Even so, these Japanese were still grateful to the imperial court.

After asking, they found out that it was because the court actually gave them food.

It turns out that when they were in the original island country, they worked for the local dignitaries and nobles, but not only did they not receive any benefits, they also had to bring their own food. It can be said that they were pure cattle and horses.

But the nobles ordered you to go, and you had no choice but to go.

If you don't go, the nobles will kill you on the spot.

Therefore, many Japanese helped the nobles to farm, but they themselves could not even get enough food to eat.

Since being brought to the Song Dynasty, although they were exhausted every day, the Song Dynasty court never withheld their daily meals.

Although there was no meat, there was plenty of rice.

These Japanese people have never had the opportunity to work for the nobles and still have enough to eat.

As a result, under the oppression of the imperial court, they actually felt that this was a reward for them.

They worked harder, and all 20 million acres of land of the imperial court had a bumper harvest. In the end, the entire 20 million acres of land produced 46 million shi of grain, which filled the official granaries of the imperial court. This also saved the court from having to transport grain all the way from Yunzhou County to subsidize the interior this year.

After surveying the land, the imperial court finally became self-sufficient.

Logically speaking, this population should be sufficient.

But Zhao Jun happens to be a man who likes to explore.

First it was Japan, then it was Sindhu!
In just one year, the territory of the Song Dynasty increased by one-half.

All of a sudden, the population is not enough.

Apart from anything else, it is said that too many people died on the Wa Island during the Japanese conquest. When statistics were taken after the war, it was found that the original population of Wa was nearly 17 million, but in the end there were less than 10 million people left.

In addition, the imperial court continued to send people to the Song Dynasty, and the population on the Japanese island was getting smaller and smaller.

There is also a lot of wasteland, but the population of the Song Dynasty is only enough to satisfy its own small piece of land. Where can the population be migrated to the Japanese island?
On the Shendu side, countless people died in the airport battle.

The six counties under the control of the Song Dynasty have not yet been fully populated with enough Song people. Now there are so many more places under its control. Where can it send people?
So now everyone knows that the first priority of the Song Dynasty is to continue to expand its population. Only when the population of Song people increases can they truly control the lands that now belong to them.

"promise!"

Zhang Zheng stepped out and bowed in agreement.

Zhao Jun nodded and then stated his main purpose for today.

He looked around at everyone, then suddenly said:
"I have decided to build a railway inside the Great Wall.

It started from Gaodong County, passed through Liaobei County, Nanyang County, Bianjing, Guanzhong, Xiangnan, Qianzhou, and ended at Caiyun County and Piao County.

Build a super-long railway that runs from north to south, with a straight-line distance of nearly 6,000 miles. "

Wow!
Suddenly! The whole court was noisy!
A super long railway of 6,000 miles!
How much iron would be needed to build it? And how much manpower would be needed to build it?

The railway in Yunzhou County was built because Yunzhou County itself had a large amount of iron smelting surplus and was close to the railway station. As for the manpower, it was all built using the bones of captured foreigners.

The number of Sindhu, Japanese and Huns buried under that railway could circle the Song Dynasty more than three times!
Now all the Huns are dead, and those who were not killed have run away and disappeared.

The Japanese and Sindhu people have all become their own people. Where can the imperial court find so many manpower now?

Moreover, if we build a railway here, do we have to ship iron from Yunzhou County?
How much will the toll alone cost?
All these became reasons for officials in the court to oppose this proposal.

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(End of this chapter)