Chapter 505 Big Exploiter
After awakening, Liu Fan was full of energy and immediately followed Wu Yi to fight the barbarians.
The more frustrated he was in Yizhou in the past, the more motivated he is now.
After every war, Liu Fan felt a sense of accomplishment when looking at the thousands of captured people.
These are the cornerstones of the Han Dynasty!
The restoration of the Han Dynasty is just around the corner!
Uh-huh! Uh-huh! That's all!
In order to plunder the population as quickly as possible, Wu Yi directly divided the army into teams of thousands of people and carried out an unceasing dragnet-style search and conquest.
Liu Fan was accompanied by hundreds of messengers, who kept running around every day.
After the Shan State was attacked, it was extremely surprised and immediately sent envoys to inquire about the situation. It also went to Chang'an to pay homage to the emperor and inquire about the situation.
Liu Fan had no time to pay attention to him. He killed the envoy without hesitation on the grounds that he had stepped into the gate with his right foot first. Then he ordered Wu Yi to lead a special force to attack the capital of Shan Kingdom directly.
In less than three days, the Shan Kingdom was gone.
As for the rest, Liu Fan is taking over urgently and escorting the population to Yizhou continuously.
Under normal circumstances, perhaps Liu Fan would pay more attention to the reputation of the Celestial Empire and not look so greedy.
But the opportunity cannot be missed, and Liu Fan feels that as for the countries in the southeast of Yizhou, it is not worthy for him to look ahead and behind, or consider the kingly way and justice, and he can just push forward.
At this time, Zhang He had also followed Tian Ze's instructions and had already prepared to take over.
The first thing Yizhou did after it was slightly stabilized was to build roads to the southeast, and these people were just the right people to replenish the manpower.
Although it is extremely difficult to transport people to remote places like Shan State, the mountain roads are steep and dangerous.
But everything depends on human efforts. Yizhou had abundant money and grain, and the powerful families in Yizhou had already made many preparations, which ensured the smooth operation of this blood transfusion route.
Of course, most of the people who migrated to Shan State were still people from Yizhou, and Zhang He did not have to worry about the problem of migrating them. It was all left to the Yizhou aristocratic families to solve on their own, which effectively avoided conflicts.
Yizhou was also a rich place, and the people in the north did not have much resistance to going there.
The barbarians sent to Yizhou would be sent to the north after their needs were met.
In this way, a large population cycle is formed.
Liu Fan slowly came to his senses and began to understand what was going on.
If this continues, most of the remaining two million local population of Yizhou will be replaced by him, and the Han people in the north will be added to Yizhou, and the millions of barbarians in the southeast of Yizhou will become selfless builders of Da Qi.
On the surface it looks good and a win-win situation.
But in reality, it was equivalent to him buying back the population of Yizhou that originally belonged to him from Tian Ze, and he also had to work hard for Tian Ze in the southeast of Yizhou, occupying territory and snatching slaves.
After working for a long time, he just got his things back, and he had to thank Tian Zebai for working for him.
After figuring out all this, Liu Fan couldn't help but sigh.
He had to admire Tian Ze's methods, and finally understood why Tian Ze kept them.
It seems that they are all doing odd jobs for Tian Ze! Although it is a win-win situation, it is obvious that the other party has benefited much more than me, which is really a bit unwilling.
But now that things have come to this, what other choice do they have?
Even after things were initially getting on track, Tian Ze sent them a letter and made things clear.
He would take back the southeast of Yizhou, including Sindhu, Kushan and other places in the future.
The place that Tian Ze prepared for them to stay was not here, but further west, in the distant resting place.
Looking at the map given by Tian Ze, Liu Fan felt that it was too much!
However, he had no other options. In the end, it was Wu Yi who managed to persuade him.
These places in the southeast of Yizhou are foreign countries, and Parthia is also a foreign country.
As long as the land is fertile and the resources are abundant, what difference does it make?
Anyway, their population and land will not be taken back, and the capital is still there.
It's all for the Han people, so it doesn't matter if we make some sacrifices.
Although Liu Fan felt unwilling, he could only comfort himself in this way.
The situation is stronger than me. After all, I am just an employee! And there is only one company.
Moreover, having tasted the sweetness, he was not so resistant to working for Tianze.
After all, Tian Ze is not just making empty promises, but really giving things to people.
After thirty years of hard work, he has earned an imperial foundation for future generations. When you think about it, it doesn't seem to be a loss.
It doesn't matter where you fight, right?
Fighting with that group of perverts in the Central Plains is not as satisfying as coming out and beating up the aliens.
As long as the people under his command are still there, wherever he goes, that place will be the Han Dynasty!
Liu Fan was not the first one to figure this out. At that time, Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu were also reclaiming wasteland in the Western Regions and Huhe respectively.
The "big exploiter" Tian Ze was now comfortably staying in Chang'an and settling accounts with Chen Gong.
"Your Majesty, according to the latest statistics, the population under our rule now totals 55 million. Excluding the gains from wars, the net natural population growth last year was over 5 million."
"However, as for foreign coolies, there are only more than four million, which is almost the same as the year before, and there is no increase. Now there is a shortage of people on construction sites everywhere."
Tian Ze, who had finally found some time to relax and was admiring the beauty's dance, couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.
"Gongtai! Every time you come to me, you either complain about not having enough money or not having enough manpower. Don't you have anything else to say?"
After launching a major purge, the powerful families under Tian Ze's rule were all in danger, but no one could resist.
Today, Tian Ze's prestige is at its peak, and people from all over the country have come to submit to him. They do not have much basis for resistance, and even if they rebel with a few private households, there is no need to send troops, as the local reserve forces can solve the problem.
Tian Ze held both the pen and the gun firmly in his hands. The seemingly massive purge did not cause any turmoil.
Nearly 70% of the aristocratic and powerful families under his rule were taken advantage of so easily.
The Ministry of Finance under Chen Gong's charge had a prosperous year, and the treasuries in various places were once again filled with money and grain. Chen Gong no longer mentioned the problem of money and grain shortages.
However, Cheng Yu took the opportunity to propose expanding the army.
But it was rejected by everyone without hesitation.
Given the current situation, the demise of the princes in the Central Plains is imminent, so is there any need to expand the army?
Even if we want to continue expanding outward in the future, these troops will be enough.
For ordinary-level conquests, with Lu Bu, Gongsun Zan and Liu Fan as laborers, Tian Ze doesn't need to do anything at all.
Just do a good job in logistics support and exchange, and lie down and prepare to receive the fruits of victory.
To fight against empires like the Kushan Empire, the Parthian Empire, and even the Roman Empire, Tian Ze could not send too many troops in such a long-distance battle due to logistical limitations.
Now Tian Ze has more than million troops under his command, waiting for the end of the war in the Central Plains.
Five hundred thousand troops will stay in the local area, five hundred thousand troops will guard the border, and five hundred thousand troops will be used for external expansion. This is completely sufficient and there is no need to expand the army for the time being.
(End of this chapter)
