Chapter 2074 Half-year Summary
184 years passed quickly.
The first Yellow Turban Uprising was both prosperous and defeated quickly.
Ten months later, after the Battle of Guangzong and the Battle of Quyang, the Yellow Turbans were quickly defeated.
At the same time, in the Taihang Mountains.
In a valley in the middle of the country, in a main village.
There was a huge crowd.
The wines are mixed together.
Because there is a great harvest in the mountains.
The mountain fields are barren, but they can still harvest 120 kilograms of grain per mu.
And you only need to pay 30%.
No more exorbitant taxes.
Each person has nearly ten acres of land to serve. After paying 30%, there are still 700 to 1,000 kilograms of grain left, supplemented by wild vegetables, etc., which is enough to survive.
No matter how many people there are, we won’t be able to serve them, because this is a mountainous area, not a plain.
The ability to obtain such a high yield is undoubtedly inseparable from Professor Wen Rensheng’s agricultural technology.
From agricultural tools, to selecting seeds, to applying fertilizers, and diverting water for irrigation, there are all kinds of knowledge.
The main reason is the lack of water in the mountains. Otherwise, it would be very common to increase the weight to 3 or 400 pounds.
Mountain areas are easy to defend, but their potential is limited.
Wen Rensheng conducted this year's evaluation in this village.
I entered the mountain in February, and now it is November, exactly ten months have passed.
It also happened to be the defeat of the Yellow Turbans.
What is the purpose of this review?
The first is to check the accumulated harvest.
The second is to determine the strategic direction for the next step.
The third is to win over people’s hearts and give them reassurance when the Yellow Turban is over.
Some people think that the big man can turn the corner again, so it is better to go back and be a good citizen.
Wen Rensheng wanted to tell them that they were overthinking.
The quelling of the Yellow Turbans this time is not a turn of events, but the beginning of a greater crisis.
Since then, the Han Dynasty has been sliding all the way into the abyss, and the population has experienced its first violent fluctuation, from more than 60 million at the peak to more than 10 million in one breath.
And this kind of fluctuation will become the norm in the future.
It occurs every 200-300 years.
The so-called "the general trend of the world is that if it divides for a long time, it will unite, and if it unites for a long time, it will divide", it was actually summarized by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
They said this just because they saw that it would be divided once every 200 to 300 years.
The talents of the Han Dynasty had several experiences, but they were unified by the Qin Dynasty, then split, and then unified by the Han Dynasty.
This is caused by geographical closure.
The human heart is still very fragile and cannot resist the influence of material factors.
Especially in the ignorant period of civilization.
Geographical isolation has the advantage of creating a great empire.
The disadvantage is that there is no place for fresh ideas to survive, because as long as you offend the higher-ups, there is almost nowhere to run.
Going boating on the sea is basically suicide.
If the Mohists are finished, they will be finished here. As long as there is a unified dynasty, they will not tolerate the various ideas born of the Mohists based on the principle of "if there is no injustice, it is a hard fight."
You will like the Confucian concepts of superiority and inferiority, and all kinds of taboos for the superior.
At this time, in the high hall.
Everyone lined up in five neat rows to toast Wen Rensheng.
Wenren was promoted to Eguan Bodai. Although he was less than 20 years old, he looked like a scholar in his forties.
Very majestic and prestigious.
"Congratulations to Master."
"Wish Master a long life."
He has been giving lectures for less than ten months and has already admitted many children from poor families and poor families. Children.
Some of these people have just learned to write, but this does not prevent them from accepting Wen Rensheng’s knowledge and ideas.
Human learning ability is amazing.
There is no physical difference between ancient people and modern people.
Especially people in this era are very thirsty for knowledge.
Cheng Menlixue is a story from the Song Dynasty, but during the Three Kingdoms, there were more people studying.
For example, Deng Ai was very poor and once became a farmer. It can be said that he was by no means a poor family or a landlord, but he still found various opportunities to study hard and was determined to change his destiny through his own struggle.
Guan Yu also loved reading scriptures, and he also came from a rough background.
These are very famous people.
Other good scholars abound.
It is actually not difficult at all to select a few hundred smart people from tens of thousands of people, with an IQ above 120, who can achieve something in half a year.
In particular, Wen Rensheng teaches the most basic things.
Many times, as long as you learn a few basics, you can suddenly realize something.
Just like now, they all respect Wen Rensheng like gods.
Zhang Jiao knew a little bit of the Tao Te Ching + his own scriptures, and used some placebos externally to create such a big battle, not to mention someone as intelligent as Wen Rensheng?
"Okay, everyone, drink this cup, and then we will make a summary, starting with the agricultural students."
Wen Rensheng smiled.
He coined many terms.
People in the Han Dynasty were very receptive to new terms.
It was the Qing Dynasty that really stood in silence and did not dare to learn or think more.
That’s why Wen Rensheng didn’t get used to them. He just used terms from the new era. Those who understood them would keep up, those who couldn’t understand would be eliminated, and people would be replaced without changing books.
Anyway, there are tens of thousands of people, and there are still many people outside waiting to study.
At this time, the agricultural student, the student in the first row, stood up first on the left and said:
"Report to Master, we will continue to recruit refugees in the mountains for ten months."
" There are now more than 80 small and large cottages in the mountains, connected by mountain roads."
"There are more than 123,000 people in Dingkou."
"Most of them are young and strong, and a small number are old and weak, women and children. .”
"800,000 acres of wasteland have been reclaimed, and a total of 90,000 land grantees have been granted, each receiving about 6 to 10 acres of land. The remaining 30,000 people may be in the military, work, business, transportation and other industries."
"This Autumn A total of about 1 million shi of grain was harvested, 300,000 shi of taxes were collected, salt...cloth, wine..."
Numbers came out of the other party's mouth one by one.
Everyone knows that the boy with the best left hand is only 16 years old this year.
Half a year ago, I was an ordinary boy who couldn’t read a single Chinese character.
I just have a strong ambition and study until midnight every day.
I learned the basic arithmetic taught by Professor Wen Rensheng from an illiterate person and mastered various statistical methods.
Able to understand various simple accounts.
And there are hundreds of people like him.
It is the hard work of these hundreds of people that allows various figures to be reported in more detail.
It's still on the rise, and there are jobs and opportunities everywhere, so everyone hasn't learned to mess around yet.
Wen Rensheng nodded slightly.
Only ten months ago, he had only less than ten thousand shi of grain and grass in his hands. However, tens of thousands of people went into the mountains to cultivate land and continued to recruit refugees.
In less than a year, nearly 800,000 acres of land were reclaimed, a tax of 300,000 shi was collected, and the grain and grass were enough for 10,000 elite troops for a year.
30 shi is equivalent to about 3,000 kilograms. The elites eat a lot, and the horses eat even more.
After all, Wen Rensheng's training intensity was not comparable to that of the officers and soldiers of this era.
This is the effectiveness of organization and production. The reason why the Yellow Turbans were defeated was because of this.
No production, only looting. On the one hand, there will be a lot more enemies, and on the other hand, there is no way to fight a protracted war.
If it cannot last, it will fail.
In October, one person cultivated and harvested more than ten acres of land.
This efficiency is not bad.
The key is to allocate land to individuals.
Farmers are eager for land, and their enthusiasm is extremely high.
Especially these are people who lost their land and rebelled.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with Wen Rensheng improving farm tools and using the profits from wine to buy steel from outside and build high-quality farm tools.
Without good tools, it is impossible to quickly reclaim the land in these valleys.
Fortunately, it is the Han Dynasty now, so many valleys have not yet been cultivated, and there is still room for further expansion.
In the past, many people fled into the mountains. The idea of a paradise comes from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Everyone was also happy.
A tax of 300,000 shi!
You must know that many princes do not have such sufficient food and grass.
For example, Huangfu Song led the Luoyang Northern Army to suppress the rebellion, and the local government needed to provide food and grass.
"There is so much food and grass. Even if someone comes to attack, they cannot stay in the mountains for a year. Even if it takes two or three months, the food and grass will be exhausted." Someone suddenly said.
Everyone nodded.
Don’t panic if you have food.
The reason why the city defense failed these days is that there was no food in the end.
300,000 stones, how long can you hold on?
What’s more, they have the advantage of a convenient location in the mountains.
Wen Rensheng said again: "Very good, military students, you are the second to say."
Soon, in the second row, a strong man wearing leather armor stood up.
He is none other than Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei worships those with knowledge.
Compared to Liu Bei, Wen Ren was promoted earlier and his knowledge is more profound.
After several comparisons, he still felt that it was better to follow the master.
And in terms of IQ, Zhang Fei's IQ is not low, especially in the battle formation, he has amazing intuition.
This is something that those children from poor families and poor people cannot compare with.
The poor in literature and rich in martial arts.
Of course, poor literature is also relative, but it has to be said that learning literature can still be in poor middle schools, but Wu Zhen cannot be in poor middle schools, that will kill people.
If you can’t keep up with nutrition and still want to practice martial arts, you are courting death.
Zhang Fei stood up and said loudly: "Reporting to Master, we have trained 9,200 elite soldiers."
"Organized into nine battalions."
"Each battalion has 900 soldiers. "
"They are the chariot battalion, the sharp warrior battalion, the shield battalion, the crossbow battalion, the fireworks battalion, the logistics battalion, the craftsman battalion..."
"Everyone has ten men. They are very brave and good at trekking and climbing in mountains. All of them have seen blood in killing bandits. The brave ones have beheaded dozens of people."
"Each battalion has sufficient soldiers and is good at fighting in both mountainous and plain terrains."
"It is organized into elite teams when in the mountains and formed into chariot formations when on the plains."
"Those who are in charge can defeat them. Those who attacked were defeated."
"We suppressed bandits large and small more than a hundred times and captured more than 30,000 bandits."
"We fought from north to south, from east to west, along the valley. , attack all the way, cultivate and build strongholds all the way."
"More than 200 thieves, large and small, have been cleared out, and the total treasure seized..."
Zhang Fei said this and looked towards the third row.
“Fifty million...”
“Oh, fifty million.”
Fifty million is not much, just enough to buy two counties The position of the guardian and the salary of two thousand dan are not low.
Basically, if you work for a hundred years, you can get your money back with your salary. Two thousand shi is 200,000 kilograms, which is about 200,000 yuan.
So there is no governor who is not greedy.
If you are not greedy, you will not be able to hold office.
There was an upright official, Sima Zhi, who was forced to be an official. He couldn't pay the money to buy an official position, so he was forced to commit suicide by diving into the water. This is the only one in ancient and modern times who was forced to be an official because he had to pay the money to buy an official position. He was angry and angry. Taking the initiative to commit suicide...
It was also an initiative of the current emperor Liu Hong.
"That's right, that's right. It's like this. Conquer a land and divide a land. Consolidate a land and occupy a land. Only in this way can we achieve the power of building a stronghold like a snowball." Wen Rensheng commented.
Everyone nodded.
At this time, Zhang Fei also began to have rebellious intentions.
After all, he could see that the court was in trouble.
He is not Guan Yu, who is dedicated to protecting the Han people. Relatively speaking, Zhang Fei is more loyal and wanted Liu Bei to rebel from a long time ago.
For example, if we kill this dog official, we will rebel...
The difference in personality between him and Li Kui is only a few hundred years apart.
"Okay, Yide, please sit down, handicraftsmen, let's talk about it." Wen Rensheng said to the people in the third row again.
“Reporting back to the teacher, we have built blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, ceramics, lime, paper making... and many other craft workshops in the valley. We also use windmills to extract power in open areas, and in the mountains At the stream, waterwheels are used to extract power, and with the help of the power theory taught by the teacher, the efficiency is greatly improved and manpower is saved..."
"Now it can produce 1,300 kilograms of refined steel and 15,000 kilograms of pig iron per month. Leather armor, wooden armor, various weapons..."
The handicraftsmen gave a good indicator. Although it is not high, it has proven that it can self-circulate and reproduce itself. Wen Rensheng does not need to worry about it. As long as there is a place to occupy, these handicraft industries will expand there.
For the time being, military control is used. Food, grass, and equipment are mainly produced for military supplies, and the taxes collected are mainly to meet military supplies.
In short, it is similar to planned production plus market supplement.
The handicraft factory first satisfies military orders and has excess production capacity, and then lets market orders fill it.
In this way, it can not only ensure the most important production, but also enhance the internal power of self-replication and expansion.
On the basis of eating enough, look for good food.
"Very good, how about the fourth one, business student?" Wen Rensheng looked towards the fourth row.
“Reporting to Master, we established five major trading houses. Within ten months, we traveled north and south, opened up nine trade routes, bought a large amount of grain, salt, cloth and other necessities, exported fine wine, horses, mountain goods, For high-end products such as paper, the profit is often three to ten times more..."
In fact, this business student is the most important, helping Wen Rensheng survive the earliest period of scarcity.
This is also the reason why Mi Zhu has the highest status among civil servants in Liu Bei's camp. He helped Liu Bei make a comeback.
Without him, Zhuge and Fazheng would not be able to do anything.
It's a pity that Liu Bei doesn't know how to employ people. This business genius has not been fully utilized and has been idle in vain.
But Wen Rensheng would not make this mistake.
Only by stimulating with one hand and governing with the other can we reap the benefits of business and restrain the harm of business.
Business can give full play to people's enthusiasm and turn a lazy person into someone who actively pursues wealth.
It can also greatly stimulate people's ugliness and turn them into real demons.
So it is impossible to ignore it.
Regardless of the outcome, there have been countless cases in later generations, and countless people were tricked to death.
"Well done." Wen Rensheng nodded and looked at the fifth row.
“Common boy, are you here?”
"Replying to Master, we carried out transportation, explored folk customs, communicated sentiments, and delivered letters. We successively cleaned out many moths, helped Master resolve a lot of filth, and prevented the Han officials from reappearing in our mountains."
" Very good." Wen Rensheng nodded heavily.
The importance of miscellaneous students is second only to business students.
Without them, the new power of ours would have been prone to internal strife and would have been doomed.
The private words of Liu Bei's people were reported by them.
(End of this chapter)