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Chapter 1578 Two Hundred Million People (Part 12 of the big update for Heng Liyu)

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    The twelfth year of Longqing was another Ming Dynasty census year. In December, the Ministry of Household Affairs and Jiuzhou Pavilion released the latest statistical data.

    The total population of the Ming Dynasty has unprecedentedly exceeded 200 million, reaching 206 million, an increase of 58 million from six years ago.  The reason why the new population is so large is because the statistical caliber has been adjusted in conjunction with Jiuzhou Pavilion.  Jiuzhou Pavilion started counting the number of overseas monks six years ago, so the Ministry of Revenue also included the overseas population in the statistics.

    ??Yingzhou has a population of more than 12 million, Goryeo has a population of more than 1.8 million, Donghai has a population of 1.2 million, and Nanhai has a population of 1.6 million.  That's almost seventeen million.

    Excluding this, the local population of Ming Dynasty increased by 41 million, with an average annual growth rate of more than 4%. This is also one of the main reasons for the steady increase in trustworthiness every year.

    The total number of monks counted by Jiuzhou Pavilion has reached 203,000, an increase of 45,000 from six years ago.  Among them, more than 14,000 people were added to the popular spread of Taoism by masters and disciples of Zhao Ran, 7,800 former priests and warriors in Yingzhou (who were included in casual cultivators and waiting for training in Taoism), and 8,000 new monks in East China Sea and South China Sea.  , there are 12,000 people who use Sangu Dan to set their bones, and the number of people will naturally increase by 3,000 with the population.

    The substantial increase in population requires Zhao Ran to prepare for a rainy day. This is also an important reason why he told Miss Jiu before that he wanted to start south of Hengduan Mountain. It was not a simple deception.

    This is a world with spiritual power. The weather is smooth, the land is fertile, and the grain yield per acre is generally high. As long as there are no man-made disasters, it is not a problem to feed 200 million people.  After Zhao Ran's subtle social changes in the past two decades, the court halls were clean and the Taoism was popularized. Onlookers and preachers all took it as their own responsibility to absorb merit and develop credibility, and man-made disaster problems were solved very well.  In the next six years, we can feed 300 million people and increase our credibility to 4 billion or more, which is just around the corner.

    Therefore, this is also the reason why Chen Shandao admires and appreciates Zhao Ran and is willing to fully support him.  Zhao Ran inadvertently solved the problem that Chen Shandao was extremely worried about, the huge danger brought by the growth of population and monks. If he didn't support Zhao Ran, who else could he support?

    "But the contradiction between land and population always exists. Zhao Ran has not been able to find a way to produce one thousand catties or two thousand catties per mu. Therefore, when the population reaches 300 million, we must start to solve the food problem.  Sometimes Zhao Ran also thinks, it would be great if a certain Yuan Yuan from the other world came here. If he came, what kind of cultivation would he have?  I'm afraid that refining the void and combining the Tao are not a problem, just set a small goal and you can ascend.

    But there is no Yuan Weiren in this world, so Zhao Ran can only find a way elsewhere. This other place is naturally south of Hengduan Mountain. Zhao Ran has formulated a six-year plan for this.

    The first step of this plan has already begun, and the goal has been achieved. The Li incident investigation team headed by Kong Yangqingzhen arrived in the South China Sea and launched a full investigation, and then formally submitted stern representations to the Li court in early July.

    But the negotiations were not successful, and the reply given by Li Guochaotang was very unsatisfactory.  They have denied most of the issues raised in the negotiations, and are only willing to make amends for a few of them. Note that it is compensation, not compensation.

    Especially regarding the Green Tea incident and the Red Pomelo incident in May, Li Guo "confused the truth and misunderstood the situation," which made the investigation team very angry.

    Li Guo claimed that in the Green Tea incident, it was not the Green Tea that was hijacked but the Li Guo merchant ship, and the Green Tea was the robber.  In the case of the Red Pomelo, Li Guo actually said that the Red Pomelo was not recruiting workers in Li, but trafficking in people. This was really nonsense and lying with open eyes.  For these two incidents, they not only refused to plead guilty and pay compensation, but instead asked Daming to give a so-called reasonable explanation and promised not to commit crimes again in the future. This is really unreasonable.

    After repeated negotiations to no avail, Master Kong Yang Qing proposed a punishment plan, sending troops to attack Xin Binh Prefecture of Li State, demanding an apology and compensation from Li State¡¯s court. If Li State still refused, he would occupy Xin Binh Prefecture, cut off the narrow north and south of Li State, and use Xin Binh Prefecture¡¯s specialties  As compensation for merchants and fishermen of the Ming Dynasty, it also offset military expenses.

    What specialties does Xinping Prefecture have?  Undoubtedly, it is red sandalwood spiritual fragrance wood. This kind of wood is not abundant in the Ming Dynasty and is very precious. However, it is found all over the mountains and plains in a spiritual power valley in Xinping Prefecture of Li State, at least tens of thousands of acres.  Rosewood has a wide range of uses, but there are two main ones that Taoists value most, one positive and one negative.

    When used properly, it is a refining material for many magic weapons, especially good talisman pens. It is also an important ingredient for many wooden magic weapons.  On the contrary, it is the main material for Buddhist beads to be refined. Controlling the Qingping Mansion can at least cut off one source of Buddhist refining materials.

    After the investigation report, Master Kong Yangqing attached a report on the cultivation resources of Xinping, Nghe An, and Binzhou along the coast. Zhao Ran was speechless after reading the more than 30 kinds of cultivation resources listed by Liejue.  I can't help but think "Since ancient times"

    When things progressed to this point, Zhao Ran had already?No more intervention. In fact, since Kong Yangqing became the leader of the investigation team, Zhao Ran has no more involvement.  Even though they have been helped to this point, if Kong Yangqing still cannot sit on the position of governor, it doesn't matter if he is not the governor, it will be a disaster if he becomes the governor.

    Of course, Kong Yangqing lived up to Zhao Ran's expectations. He had the first opportunity in half a year and his legitimate role as the leader of the investigation team, which made him fully aware of the situation in Nanhai and Li Country. No one in the world can make mistakes.  Its right.  At the same time, in the public opinion reports for half a year, whenever the issue of Li was mentioned, the investigation team leader Kong Yangqing was always mentioned. His name was naturally closely associated with the South China Sea and Li, and it became the question of the South China Sea and Li.  expert.

    Later, after the joint meeting submitted the solution he reported to Zhenshitang, no one could find any faults, so the plan was passed smoothly.

    It was not until this moment that the joint meeting announced that Chu Yangcheng was unwilling to take over as the governor of the South China Sea due to seclusion. After repeated persuasion and communication by the joint meeting to no avail, they could only ask another person, Kong Yangqing, to serve as the first governor of the South China Sea.

    Until this moment, the vast majority of people - including most of Lianxu who once coveted the governor of the South China Sea, didn't notice anything wrong. They just thought that Kong Yangqing had a good life and sighed, "Time is also fate!"

    On December 20th, Kong Yangqing officially took office as the governor of the South China Sea. In order to avoid suspicion and prevent being misunderstood as "turf war" with Chu Yangcheng, his governor's palace was located on Lvzhu Island in the east of the South China Sea, and was closer to Zhou Yumo's Jinghua Island.  close.

    "But the Governor's Mansion is located in the east, and the problem the joint meeting asked him to solve is in the northwest of the South China Sea. Therefore, his temporary residence was placed on Yunji Island to facilitate forward command of disciplinary operations.

    After Kong Yangqing took office, he asked Zhao Ranfeifu, a real expert on the South China Sea issue, for advice. Zhao Ran didn't say much else. The only thing that reminded him was the issue of military mobilization. He suggested that troops should be mobilized as little as possible from the mainland, so as not to disrupt the stable and peaceful atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.  Yu Nanhai Squadron, and the newly recovered Yingzhou.

    Kong Yangqing deeply agrees with this.

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