Chapter 1236

"Dear Sirs, in this Shangdang war, my great Zhao lost another county and nearly 100000 people. How can we recover this?" On the throne, although Lu Bu, the king of Zhao, was talking about your love, his eyes were staring at Chen Gong.

If this war made him lose the land of a county, he also understood two reasons. One of them is the importance of population. Before, he never paid attention to the population of Hanoi, Hedong or Wei County in Tang Dynasty, but the population of any county was as large as that of his own country. Another point is that Chen Gong is really capable. In terms of strategy and internal affairs, if he hadn't reacted fast enough this time, the Tang army might have invaded Taiyuan.

"King, I'm guilty of this matter. Please punish me." Seeing this, Zhang Yang quickly came out and pleaded guilty;

"this matter will be discussed later!" Lu Bu waved his hand, turned his head and looked at Chen Gong again: "in the view of the prime minister, what should I do?"

After hearing this, Chen Gong got up, went to the map of Zhao Jun, pointed to Wuyuan and Shuofang counties, and said, "what's the population of these two people, king

Lubu shook his head.

"It's my fault. I didn't pay too much attention to the two counties before, so I knew the information of the two counties was ominous. After the massive southward invasion of Xianbei, I ordered the wolves to find out all the detailed information of the two counties. It wasn't until a few days ago that all the information about the wolves was collected and sent back. "

At this point, Chen Gong made a pause, and then continued: "according to the records in the 140th year of Emperor Shun Yonghe, Wuyuan County ruled Jiuyuan, with 10 cities, 4667 households in total, and 22957 people in total. Shuofang County governs LINRONG, with 6 cities, 1987 households in total, and 7843 people in total "

" however, according to the news from the wolves, there are more than 40000 households in Wuyuan, and nearly 200000 people in total. Although Shuofang is less than Wuyuan, there are more than 27000 households, with a total population of more than 150000. The total population of the two counties is more than that of Taiyuan county. "

"How could it be?"

"Wow..."

"Prime minister, are you wrong?"

As soon as Chen Gong's words were finished, several people in the side hall were in an uproar. Even generals like Wei Xu and Li Feng were shocked, not to mention civil servants like Zhang Yang and Qin Yi, who looked at Chen palace incredulously.

In history, according to the records of the fifth year of Emperor Shun Yonghe (140 years), there were 9 counties and 91 counties in Bingzhou, with 115011 households and a total population of 703965. Today, although the number of people in the game has changed a lot, the total number has almost doubled. For example, the population of several counties in the state of Zhao under the control of Lu Bu has reached nearly 1.2 to 1.5 million.

However, the situation of Wuyuan and Shuofang has turned over in the beginning and end, but has increased ten times and twenty times. How can this situation not make several people doubt?

Chen Gong calmly hugged his chin beard and said slowly, "I don't believe it's true, so I personally recalculated the news of the wolf pack's return. I found that the results were almost the same."

"Why?" At this time, Lv Bu finally understood the importance of population to his monarch, so he couldn't wait to ask;

"immigration! Captive

"Captive!" Qin Yi murmured; suddenly, he realized the meaning of Chen Gong's words and looked at Chen Gong in a daze.

"Yes, it seems that Qin Zhongcheng already knows the reason." Chen Gong nodded, and then turned to look at Lv Bu. He found that he was still at a loss, so he patiently explained to Lv Bu: "the two prefectures were originally occupied by different nationalities. The two prefects came from the Central Plains. When they came, in addition to nearly ten thousand soldiers, there were tens of thousands of soldiers' families, which is part of the population of the two prefectures today."

"In addition, after they occupied all the cities, they converted all the captured foreigners into ordinary people. In addition, many Han people's slaves in the hands of these foreigners were also converted into ordinary people by them. Then there are hundreds of thousands of people in the two counties today."

Upon hearing this, Lu Bu immediately responded, patted his thigh and said, "I understand. Unfortunately, when I went north to sweep down Xianbei tribe, there were nearly tens of thousands of people. If I had known that, I should have sent someone to send them all back instead of killing them all. Alas... "

Now that he understood the importance of population, Lu Bu suddenly regretted it. Seeing his regretful look on his face, Chen Gong gave up for him and said: "this matter has nothing to do with the king. In our hearts, we all say that it's not our race, and our hearts must be different. Therefore, the first thing we think about is to kill the alien race and then be quick. I will think of such a joint. Only these alien people can do this. After getting the information about the wolves, I carefully recalled what the king of Tang had been doing and found that he did, otherwise a small town outside the Great Wall would not have developed into a county. "

"In fact, it's not only the king of Tang Dynasty, but also the king of Yan. Half of the people in Lulong County, a newly established County in the state of Yan, are foreign Xianbei people or Wuhuan people. In the past, Gongsun Zan's treatment of foreign people was a word" kill! ""Well, it is said that from now on, those who can be captured should not be killed casually. All the prisoners should be sent back to Taiyuan and handed over to the Prime Minister for settlement." When Lv Bu heard this, he waved his big hand and said,

"the king is wise!" All the people in the palace of Chen were overjoyed and said together;

"it's just the prime minister. These are all things that will happen in the future. The attack on Shangdang by the state of Tang is due to our negligence. If the army of the state of Tang suddenly appears in Taiyuan one day, what can we do?" Lu Bu turned to talk about the attack of the Tang army.

"Don't worry, your majesty. Now there are big armies around Taiyuan. You can't say it's safe, but it's impossible for the party to go up." Chen Gong said;

"in the south of Taiyuan, there is only one road to enter Taiyuan, and Shangdang in the West needs to cross the mountains of Taiyue Mountain. At present, only nanguangu road can pass through the army. Xihe County in the west is still under the control of different people and races, so in the next time, the king will send a general to at least control all the cities to the east of Xihe county. On the one hand, it will clear away the hostile forces on the border of Bingzhou to the east of the River, and on the other hand, it will increase some population. "

Lu Bu was not interested in cleaning up the flies and mosquitoes around him, but if he could bring all the population of these places into Taiyuan and increase the population of other Zhao States, Lu Bu had some ideas.

"According to the prime minister's wishes, how many troops will be sent out to fight?" Lu Bu asked in a hurry;

"one general, 20000 troops, and one more thing, the several cities of Xihe County in Hedong are not far away. After capturing these cities, they will be able to block all the possible threats to the west of Taiyuan on the West Bank of the river."