Otherworldly Castle Era

Xun Yu and Liu Ji did not rush to say because they were the proponents and reconsiders of the plan, but the others were just discussing and did not propose a solution.

Seeing the constant discussion, it seemed that there was no head, so Yang Song gave the ministers a direction: "You guys, be quiet, expand the territory, there must be a scope, let's talk about where this expansion will extend. "

Since Yang Song, the great king, had spoken, the ministers couldn't sit there anymore, so someone immediately stood up and gave their insights.

"Enlighten the great king, the minister believes that the expansion of the territory is due to gradual and orderly progress, and it should not be rushed."

Yang Song heard the sound and saw that it was Zhang Juzheng from the Department of Finance and Taxation, so he asked: "Uncle, tell me in detail."

"Yes, King." Zhang Juzheng bowed his hand and replied: "After opening up the territory and expanding the land, moving to the people, establishing new counties and towns, and opening up roads will all require a huge amount of money. If the scope is too large, it may not be able to support it in terms of financial resources. ."

Hearing Zhang Juzheng asked another question as soon as he opened his mouth, Yang Song couldn't help frowning, but he knew that Zhang Juzheng was right, so he continued listening.

"The minister suggested that you should merge your own country's vassal first, and then expand the territory. This has two advantages." Zhang Juzheng then put forward his suggestion, and explained in detail: "You can expand the territory without any effort, and many vassals are enough. Knowing that our country is strong, I will not do anything in vain.

"This can relieve the pressure on the country's finances. After it is digested, the country's national strength will inevitably rise, and it will certainly be able to support the expansion of a larger territory at that time.

There was no sound at the banquet, and they all listened quietly to Zhang Juzheng's speech. Some people, such as Chen Ping, had a feeling of recognizing this person when they looked at Zhang Juzheng who was talking about it.

Zhang Juzheng usually feels like a powerful, careful calculation, and diligent official in charge of the "pocket". He didn't expect to be able to offer such an insight now.

But when I thought about what Zhang Juzheng said just now, I knew why the other party did it.

Just like Zhang Juzheng’s position, he is in charge of Xia’s financial power. Because of the rapid development of Xia’s country, he can’t wait to spend a penny in half of the money in the treasury. At this time, the expansion of the territory will bring pressure on his body. It is conceivable.

The expansion of the army requires money, the construction of railways, the development of people's livelihood, the intelligence department, education, and even the judicial department.

Both hands stretched out in front of Zhang Juzheng, as if he was a God of Wealth who could make countless money out of nothing.

Xia Guo has finally developed, and the treasury finally has a little surplus, and now it is about to expand new territory. Zhang Juzheng has no veto power, so he can only find a way to reduce expenses as much as possible.

Of course, Yang Song knew about Xia Guo's financial pressure, but he had a more overall consideration. Besides, he couldn't stop developing because of some difficulties, right?

As the saying goes: take its place and seek its job! Just as Zhang Juzheng’s first consideration was finances, Xun Yu, who proposed expansion, had his ideas.

"The minister can't agree with what Director Zhang said." Just after Zhang Juzheng sat down, Xun Yu immediately stood up and retorted: "As far as the minister knows, foreigners are savage and rude, uncivilized, and fearless. Reason and fearful of power, now the vassal and the country are imaginary and stubborn, and they have no desire to be attached. If they want to surrender, they must be suppressed by a large army. It is a little unrealistic for Director Zhang to do it without any effort."

Zhang Juzheng, who heard Xun Yu's rebuttal, not only did not object, but rather agreed, as if to say again: Look, it really costs money to expand the territory.

However, the next words of Xun Yu made Zhang Juzheng's face look ugly.

"In addition, if you act as Director Zhang said, the cost will be even greater." Xun Yu explained to everyone's puzzled eyes: "One time expansion of a hundred kilometers requires troops, and the second expansion of a hundred kilometers will cost you. Wouldn’t it be more time-consuming and labor-intensive to do it once? Besides, now that the country’s army is already out there, taking this opportunity to expand the country’s territory can be said to be a multitude of things in one fell swoop, on the contrary, it’s not too costly."

After Xun Yu finished speaking, looking at Zhang Juzheng, who had a very ugly face, before sitting down, he added as if he had fallen into a rock, "Presumably, Director Zhang, who must be careful, can still make a clear calculation of this account."

Of course Zhang Juzheng was able to settle this account, and he also knew that Xun Yu was right. This was something he did not consider, so Zhang Juzheng just kept a straight face and did not speak to refute.

Although Xun Yu's remarks refuted Zhang Juzheng's suggestion, he did not give specific suggestions and did not explain what the scope of expansion was.

Seeing that no one made any further suggestions, Liu Ji stood up, bowed his hand to Yang Song, and said: "As Chief Xun said, now that the country's army is fighting abroad, if it wants to expand its territory, the minister thinks that it will be south of the boundary river. All areas are included."

The Boundary River, the "Balong River" used by the foreigners, has its origin in the western part of the Tiangu Mountains. Since then, it has flowed northward and gradually changed to the northeast. At the middle reaches, it changes to the east again, and always merges with the sea.

In fact, the Linhai Mountain Range is also a branch of the Tianqian Mountain Range. The entire Tianqian Mountain ranges from east to west, with a total length of more than 1,200 kilometers, and the westernmost part is connected by a plateau.

In other words, if the earthquake had not opened a hole in the Tianqian Mountains, if Xia Guo wanted to go to the north of the Tianqian Mountains, he would have to walk over the sea.

The westernmost side of the Jiehe River is also its source. The straight-line distance from Tianchuan Pass is approximately 1,000 kilometers, and the distance from Shanhaiguan Pass is also nearly 1,000 kilometers. The straight-line distance between the easternmost mouth of the Jiehe River and Shanhaiguan Pass is about 800 kilometers or nearly 900 kilometers.

In other words, if Shanhaiguan is regarded as the center of a circle, then the entire boundary river is an arc that occupies a quarter of the circle relative to Shanhaiguan.

Although it is not very regular, there is about 1.5 million square kilometers of land to the south of the entire arc-shaped boundary river and north of the Linhai Mountains.

You must know that the theoretical land area of ​​the entire Xia Kingdom is only more than two million and nearly three million square kilometers~www.novelmtl.com~ If all the land south of the boundary river is occupied, it is equivalent to another expansion. Half of Xia Country.

In fact, only 1.7 million square kilometers of Xia Guo’s land of more than 2 million square kilometers has been developed, while the 1.5 million square kilometers of land south of the Jiehe River and north of the Linhai Mountains can be developed extremely large. part of.

If calculated according to the area of ​​land available for development and utilization, that piece of land can easily live on 20 million people, which is a huge pie for Xia Guo.

These data, after the statistics and reports of the Administration Department and the Intelligence Department, made the eyes of many important officials at the banquet show a wolf version of desire-this is exactly what Yang Song wants to see!

Such a wolf-like spirit of expansion that can be seen by the naked eye is exactly what Yang Song wants. In this world, there is no way to go on without these eagerness to compete.

Needless to say, this alone is enough for everyone present to make up their minds to completely occupy this vast land. Even Zhang Juzheng, who looked unwilling just now, is now raising his hands in favor of the expansion plan.

As for money or not, it's like time and that, there will always be crowding!