Wanli 1592

Chapter 1214 Great Qin's Nutrients
While the various armies of the Great Qin were progressing smoothly in Japan, Xiao Ruxun was not idle.

On April [-], the second year of Longwu, after Xiao Ruxun learned that the army was progressing smoothly, he convened a joint meeting of the cabinet, staff, civil affairs, finance, and industry departments.

The purpose of the meeting was a series of preparations and arrangements for the plundering of young men and women from the Japanese islands to the Central Plains.

Regarding this matter, Xiao Ruxun had already made a decision before the war, and notified the major departments, asking them to come up with their own regulations and make preparations. After the army completes its strategic goals, it can start working immediately. Methodical.

Xiao Ruxun made such a decision not only because of Japan's potential to become China's confidant, but more because of Daqin's immediate needs.

Many of the overall national policies that Xiao Ruxun planned for Daqin required a lot of manpower and material resources and even took several generations of hard work to complete. For example, a guiding ideology of "cultivating the world" required a lot of manpower and material resources to complete.

Xiao Ruxun planned the goal of Da Chi Dao. Da Chi Dao is not only to achieve the effect of reassuring the people in the process of establishing a stable order in the empire, but also not only to strengthen the imperial government's control over various places.

More importantly, it is convenient for imperial decrees and elite imperial troops to reach remote areas of the country from the capital Beijing, expanding the furthest distance of the empire's extreme wall, laying the foundation for future expansion wars, and benefiting future generations.

The goal of Da Chi Road is also very clear.

One line was built from Beijing to Shenyang, and then spread to major cities and fortresses in Liaodong, so that it was convenient for Daqin to formally rule Liaodong.

Because Liaodong is a new territory just won, there are no constraints, so now a five-level system of prefectures, counties, counties and villages has basically been established. It is the most thoroughly standardized five-level system in Daqin except for Northern Zhili and the three southeastern provinces.

In order to strengthen the control of Liaodong, realize more immigration to facilitate the reclamation of the fertile black land in Liaodong, and thoroughly control Liaodong, making it the territory of the Han family, the construction of Dachi Road is necessary.

The second Dachi road starts from Beijing, passes through Shanxi to Guanzhong, and then connects Ningxia and Gansu. There will also be branch roads leading to Datong and other areas. This is for the preparation of the Northern Expedition five years later, which is convenient for the imperial army and supplies. You can reach the border faster and more conveniently.

The third is the road from Beijing to Guangzhou. This road passes through Shandong, then passes through South Zhili, crosses Zhejiang and Fujian, and finally arrives in Guangdong. The southeastern provinces with well-developed shipping are under the control.

Although the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal existed before, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal now mainly supplies military supplies, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal cannot go deep into the south. It will be broken only when it reaches Hangzhou. There is also a winter freezing period, which has relatively large restrictions.

So Xiao Ruxun decided to open another road, go deep into the mountainous areas of Fujian, and then reach Lingnan Guangdong, allowing the central government's tentacles to penetrate into Lingnan unprecedentedly, laying the foundation for further development of Lingnan.

This is also an important southward immigration route in the future.

The fourth is to go north to Zhili to Henan, then to Wuhan in Huguang, then to Jiangxi, and finally enter Guangdong to Guangzhou, and then build a road from Guangzhou to Guangxi.

The fifth line is the branch of the fourth line starting from the Wuhan area, taking the Guizhou line to Yunnan.

The sixth is the branch of the second route starting from the Guanzhong area, going south to Hanzhong and arriving in Sichuan.

In the future, Xiao Ruxun still has plans to build the Yunnan-Myanmar Great Chi Road to connect Myanmar with the mainland, but right now these six Da Chi Roads are still the top priority. Opening up domestic transportation routes is of great importance to military, political, economic and other aspects. significance.

But even in the modern world, such a project is a huge project.

Looking at it now, if Daqin hadn't formed such a centralized system of power, I wouldn't dare to boast that it could be completed in Haikou, but even so, according to calculations, it would take at least ten years.

"For such a project, ten years is the most optimistic estimate, and the manpower, material and financial resources will be extremely huge. In order to reduce the financial burden on the central government, we should try to use unpaid prisoners of war as the main labor force.

In this way, it is possible to avoid recruiting too many civilian husbands, causing public resentment, and delaying local production. Local production is also extremely important. For the Northern Expedition five years later, Daqin must accumulate enough grain and Materials can be consumed in large quantities after supply. "

Yang Yikui, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, organized more than 200 officials of the Ministry of Industry to conduct extremely accurate calculations day and night. It took three months to finally come up with a relatively conservative labor demand figure.

"50, 50 young and strong men, at least 50, below this number, this project is difficult to realize, so the army to crusade against Japanese pirates must capture at least 50 young and strong Japanese pirates to use as labor.

In addition, considering the possible loss of a large amount of labor force, it is best to keep a spare labor force of 50. Especially after these large projects go deep into the south, they will encounter many mountainous areas. The loss of road construction in mountainous areas will be huge, and a large number of people will die. Likely to happen.

And this is still under the condition of ensuring the basic needs of two meals a day and medical treatment for Japanese pirates prisoners of war. If enough food cannot be provided, 50 people will die or be injured if they cannot survive for three years. This is a conservative estimate. "

After Yang Yikui finished the calculation of the Ministry of Industry, he sat down and waited for the emperor's opinion.

Xiao Ruxun looked at Ye Xianggao after listening to Yang Yikui's words.

"Ye Qing, according to the budget of the Ministry of Finance, if the labor force is calculated based on the number of 50 people, how much will the court need to spend?"

Ye Xianggao stood up, took a thick stack of papers and said, "Return to Your Majesty, according to the calculations of the Ministry of Finance, according to the expenditure of two to three Wen per person per day, 50 people need to spend 1000 to 200 taels a day." About [-] taels of silver to make ends meet."

"Is the medical treatment included?"

"Calculations entered."

Ye Xianggao nodded.

Xiao Ruxun thought for a while.

"Considering the need for long-term use, we provide them with some medicinal materials and doctors, but sometimes if they are seriously ill or injured, they don't need to be treated at all, just kill and burn them, and go to the island to catch the rest. Just send it over.

Prisoners of war do not necessarily need to be all young and strong men. Young and strong men eat more and do not necessarily do much, and the old and weak are not impossible to make up for. Even if they only work for three to five months, they can save a lot of money.

There must be an order and priority for repairing Chi Road. At present, the Northwest Line is the first priority, followed by the Liaodong Line. The construction of these two lines has already begun. The main energy is placed on these two lines, and the young and strong labor force will be arranged here. two lines.

The rest can be filled with old and weak women and children. First lay some foundations and gradually repair them. The number of prisoners of war transported to the interior of the Great Qin must be controlled. The young and strong should not exceed [-], [-] in the northwest, and [-] in the Liaodong.

The remaining four lines are replaced by old and weak women and children. After the old and weak women and children are exhausted, they will catch new ones, and when they are exhausted, they will use young and strong.

The Wa country can support tens of millions of people, and the land must not be barren. In the country, the young and strong are organized to cultivate the land and produce food for self-sufficiency. They also mine, build ports, etc., first consume the old, weak, women and children, and leave the young and strong. Then the pressure on Daqin will be much less. "

(End of this chapter)