Vol 2 Chapter 2326: Sima Lang, the governor of Lu Song, conquered the Japanese army in Qin, Wei, Wu
Chapter 2326 Sima Lang, the governor of Luzon, conquered the Japanese army in Qin, Wei, Wu and Song Dynasties
Chapter 2322: Sima Lang, the governor of Luzon, conquered the Japanese army in Qin, Wei, Wu and Song Dynasties
Luzon Island has an area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers, while Yizhou Island has only 36,000 square kilometers.
In other words, the size of one Luzon Island is equivalent to eight Yizhou Islands.
The reason why Ying Hao proposed to immigrate and develop Luzon was just to plan for the future. He did not want to completely occupy this big island now. He was used to planning everything in advance.
Furthermore, the investment in immigrating to Luzon is not large for the current Qin Dynasty. It will not affect the unification process, and the cost will be recovered soon, and a huge profit can be made.
“But if that’s the case, why not immigrate to Yizhou first?”
Xun Yu questioned and said: "Yizhou Island is closer to Da Qin and not far from Nanyang Continent. The cost of relocating people is also lower."
As soon as Xun Yu said this, the officials immediately reacted.
Indeed, compared to immigrating to Luzon, which is thousands of miles away, it is obviously more convenient for Daqin to immigrate to Yizhou Island east of Jiangdong.
"late."
Ying Hao shook his head and explained: "According to the information obtained by Black Ice Platform, Wu State had already discovered Yizhou Island after repelling the Japanese pirates, and Sun Ce also landed on the island not long after, and conquered indigenous people and migrated Jiangdong people to the island.
Yizhou Island is too close to Jiangdong. Although Wu State has not yet completely occupied it, if we, the Qin Dynasty, immigrate to this island, we will definitely break up with Wu State and lose this only ally in the south of the Yangtze River. "
Although the invasion of Japanese pirates caused heavy losses to the Wu State, it also brought out Wu's domestic troubles. After the war, the large island of Yizhou was discovered, which was naturally an unexpected surprise for the Wu State.
The local aristocratic families in Jiangdong were extremely powerful, and most of the land was controlled by the aristocratic families. Even Sun Jian did not dare to implement land reform. After all, the resistance was too great. At the least, the country's foundation would be shaken, and at worst, the country would be in danger of subjugation.
The internal conflicts in Wu State were already very intense. Sun Jian neither dared nor had any solution, but at this time he discovered the big island of Yizhou.
Once Yizhou Island is developed, it will be able to solve the dilemma of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people in Wu State who have no land to cultivate, and it will naturally be enough to alleviate the internal conflicts in Wu State.
So it was naturally impossible for Sun Jian to ignore the fat piece of Yizhou.
After hearing Ying Hao's explanation, Xun Yu showed a clear look. He finally understood why his Majesty did not choose Yizhou, but instead chose the farther Luzon Island. It turned out that Yizhou had become Wu's favorite dish. That’s it.
"If this is the case, Luzon is indeed more suitable than Yizhou. After all, it is just an undeveloped desert island, and it is not worthy of the enmity between our Qin and Wu countries." Xun Yu pondered.
“Your Majesty, Luzon Island is too far away from Daqin, and we don’t know anything about the island. Wouldn’t it be a bit hasty to immigrate hastily?” Wang Meng frowned and asked.
Ye Qingmei showed approval. She did not land on Luzon Island during her voyage to the West this time. She did not know the situation on the island. Who knows what kind of forces there are on the island?
Ying Hao smiled and said: "How could you know nothing? Long before the first voyage to the Western Ocean, I had secretly sent a small fleet of women to land on Luzon Island to collect intelligence."
Ye Qingmei was stunned, is this happening? Why don’t I know this myself?
Ye Qingmei confirmed that this voyage to the West only passed through four stops and did not send troops to Luzon to explore, but why did Ying Hao say he sent people?
When Ye Qingmei was confused, she found that Ying Hao was blinking at her. She immediately understood that Ying Hao was asking her to help her smooth things over, so she pretended to cough, moistened her throat, and said, "That's right. , His Majesty asked the minister to secretly explore Luzon Island..."
As he spoke, Ye Qingmei told the geography and climate information about the Philippines that he remembered.
Ying Hao naturally knew that Ye Qingmei had never been to Luzon Island, but this did not prevent him from immigrating to Luzon.
You must know that Luzon only began to be founded by the local indigenous people around the 14th century.
Today's Luzon Island only has some barbarians who eat raw hair and drink blood, and the number is not estimated to be too many, only tens or millions at most.
Even if among the hidden figures in the Hundred Calls of Foreign Races, there are local figures from Luzon from later generations, who have unified the major tribes in Luzon in advance, they will not be a match for the regular army of the Qin Dynasty. Instead, they will only increase the labor force for the Qin Dynasty to develop Luzon.
After listening to what Ye Qingmei said, the ministers knew that His Majesty was not unprepared, so they no longer objected. After all, the investment in immigrating to Luzon was indeed nothing to the current Great Qin.
Seeing this, Ying Hao smiled and said: "In that case, the plan to immigrate and develop Luzon should be carried out together with the second voyage to the West.
The relocated people were recruited in Youzhou and Qingbei. The first batch of people was initially designated as 50,000 people, with the majority of them being strong and strong. "
It is a very troublesome thing to immigrate and develop a desert island. First, you have to choose an area on the seaside to build a port, and then you have to build a city in a plain area, and open up wasteland for farming, etc., which all require a lot of labor.
If the people who immigrated were old and frail, they would obviously not be able to withstand such high-intensity labor.
“Your Majesty, as the common people of Qin basically have fields to cultivate, they may not be willing to go to other places and start from scratch to open up wasteland,” Han Fei said.
Ying Hao was startled when he heard this, and then he realized that refugees only left their hometowns when they couldn't survive. As long as there is still a little way to survive, who would be willing to leave their hometown and embark on a road where life and death are unknown.
Under Qin's policy of benefiting the people, the people's lives are getting better and better now. Obviously not many people would be willing to leave their homes and go to a deserted island to reclaim wasteland.
“That’s a problem.”
Ying Hao pondered for a moment and then said: "We can promise to give the people twice the land as our own land to attract them.
If so many people cannot be recruited, prisoners from various counties in the nine states will be sent to Luzon to serve as labor force.
By the way, when you went to the West for the first time, didn’t you buy back tens of thousands of female slaves? You can use a female slave as an attraction.
People who are willing to go to Luzon for development will directly send a Nanyang female slave to attract those poor people who cannot afford a wife to go to Luzon to open up wasteland.
From now on, slaves traded with Southeast Asian countries no longer need to be transported to the mainland, but can be sent directly to Luzon to be used as laborers.
In addition, the natives of Luzon can also be captured and used as laborers at a time. "
In just a few words, Ying Hao has provided five strategies for Luzon’s population problem, namely: attracting land, distributing convicts, attracting female slaves, trading slaves, and conquering the natives.
These five strategies can completely solve the problem of labor shortage in Luzon in one fell swoop.
Regarding the issue of immigration and land reclamation, Prime Minister Wang Meng had the most say. He originally wanted to speak out, but Ying Hao said everything he wanted to say, even better than he imagined, so he did not speak out again. .
After thinking for a while, Wang Meng felt that as the prime minister, it would be bad if he didn't say anything, so he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, there are many things to do when immigrating to open up wasteland. Moreover, Luzon is isolated overseas and difficult to rule, so it needs to be dispatched." Only a loyal and capable officer can shoulder this important task.”
"What the Prime Minister said is reasonable. I plan to set up Luzon County first and use the prefect to manage Luzon affairs. I wonder if the Prime Minister can recommend someone?" Ying Hao asked.
Wang Meng fell silent immediately after hearing this, and he almost wanted to slap himself in the face.
Telling you to talk too much!
He is naturally happy to recommend other governors, but Luzon is alone overseas and serves as the governor of such a barbaric area. In the eyes of most people, it is tantamount to being demoted.
Recommending this governor is an offending job. The other person may not only not be grateful, but may even regard Wang Meng as an enemy who will ruin his official career.
Wang Meng naturally did not want to do such an offending thing, but the emperor asked him to recommend talents, and he could not pretend to be deaf and dumb. After some thought, he gritted his teeth and said, "My uncle Wang Jian may be able to take on this important task."
As soon as these words came out, all the officials looked at Wang Meng and changed their eyes. Would you recommend your brother to serve as a prefect on a deserted island overseas? Is there any grudge between their brothers? Ying Hao was startled, then smiled and said: "The Prime Minister is very righteous, but I have other important uses for Grand Administrator Wang Jian, so I'd better choose someone else."
Let the famous general Wang Jian go to the island to open up wasteland? Ying Hao hadn't gone too far, how could he make such a stupid decision.
Wang Meng was secretly relieved when he heard this. Naturally, he didn't want his brother to go to Luzon. Now that His Majesty has actively refused, it can be regarded as giving him a step down.
Just when Ying Hao was at his wits' end, Sima Lang walked out of the crowd and took the initiative to ask for orders: "Your Majesty, I am willing to take charge of all these ministers."
The ministers were stunned when they heard this. After all, going to Luzon was obviously a hard job. They didn't expect someone to take the initiative to ask for help, but when they saw it was Sima Lang, they were not surprised at all.
Speaking of this Sima family, it was also miserable. It was supposed to have a brilliant future, but it was ruined by its own disciples.
The head of the Sima family, Sima Fang, was a minister of the Supreme Emperor and one of the elders of the Jin Dynasty. However, his son Sima Yi betrayed Da Qin, which also made the Sima family's position in Da Qin become embarrassing. Even if Sima Fang later Even if he kills himself and apologizes, he still cannot change.
Sima Lang, Sima Cuo, Sima Fu, etc., the sons of the Sima family who served as officials in the Qin Dynasty, all had a great impact on their official careers without exception.
Sima Lang originally received an order to be promoted to prefect, but after his younger brother Sima Yi rebelled, not only did his position as prefect disappear, but he was also left idle afterwards.
Some of his colleagues who became officials at the same time as Sima Lang have been promoted to state-level officials, but he is the only one who has been sitting on the bench until now.
In the eyes of outsiders, going to Luzon to open up wasteland is a chore, but in Sima Lang's eyes, it is an opportunity.
Everyone else regarded him as a useless errand, but he, Sima Lang, took the initiative to show loyalty, share the emperor's worries, and develop Luzon well, which might change the emperor's bad impression of the Sima family.
As the new head of the Sima family, Sima Lang must find a way to change the Sima family's predicament and make Da Qin accept the Sima family again.
Ying Hao didn't expect that Sima Lang would take the initiative to stand up, so while looking at Sima Lang, he mentally ordered the system to detect Sima Lang's attributes.
【Sima Lang: Commander 78, Force 65, Intelligence 83, Politics 94, Charisma 86;】
It's enough. Ying Hao thought to himself.
For the Sima family, except for Sima Yi's lineage, the rest of the people, such as Ying Hao, did not have much disgust.
Now that Sima Yi's lineage has been separated from the Sima family, and the punishment the Sima family has endured has been severe enough, other members of the Sima family can also be used.
Ying Hao was originally planning to use Sima Lang again, but now that he has taken the initiative to serve in Luzon, Ying Hao naturally has no reason to refuse.
"Well, since Sima Aiqing has this awareness and takes the initiative to share your worries, I am very relieved. In this case, I will make Aiqing the prefect of Lu Song." Ying Hao said with a smile.
Hearing what Ying Hao said, Sima Lang almost cried.
Thunder, rain and dew are all the king's favor. Naturally, he did not dare to resent Ying Hao for suppressing the Sima family, so he could only transfer this resentment to Sima Yi.
Now, after several years, he who should have become the prefect long ago has finally sat on the position of becoming the prefect, but it is a pity that he is an overseas prefect.
“Sima Lang will definitely live up to His Majesty’s trust.”
Sima Lang thanked him and said, "This is so humble. All the ministers who saw it were inexplicably sad."
After Sima Lang retreated, Han Fei stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, our Great Qin will start a war against the Japanese in the near future, and the navy will be the main force in the war against the Japanese. This war has been prepared for a year. , but at this critical juncture, we have to dispatch 10,000 elite sailors to carry out the second voyage to the West and immigrate to Luzon. Is this a bit too underestimated? "
"Yes, a lion fights a rabbit with all his strength. Wei Chen believes that the voyage to the West can be postponed until the Japanese navy is defeated, and it will not be too late to proceed." Liu Ye agreed.
“It’s reasonable, it’s reasonable…”
Some ministers also agreed.
Ying Hao laughed when he heard this: "Haha, dear friends, do you think I underestimate the enemy? In fact, on the contrary, I attach great importance to the war against Japan as never before."
“Then why…”
Before Han Fei finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ying Hao: "Ai Qing doesn't know something. The preparations for the second voyage to the West and immigration to Luzon will take at least two months.
As for the expedition to Japan this time, the navies of the three kingdoms of Qin, Wu and Song jointly sent troops. Two months was enough to defeat the Japanese navy. "
Han Fei looked surprised. He was not good at military affairs and thought that His Majesty was underestimating the enemy.
The Qin Dynasty was already making preparations for the conquest of the Japanese country before Ye Qingmei came back.
At present, the food and grass are in place, and the 50,000-strong infantry and cavalry army for landing is also being mobilized to Beihai. It also includes Zhao Yun's dragon cavalry army, Gao Shun's trap camp, Zhang He's Euphorbia soldiers, and Ju Yi's Xianden dead soldiers. .
In order to deal with the Japanese country, Ying Hao used four elite elite battalions, which shows that he attached great importance to conquering the Japanese country this time.
As for the general to conquer Japan this time, Ying Hao already had a candidate in mind.
“The decree was drawn up to order Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the navy, to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army. He would be responsible for commanding 40,000 navy, 45,000 infantry, and 5,000 cavalry to attack the Japanese country in Japan.”
Wodao is indeed a good place to gain experience for Bai Qi, but Bai Qi is now the general of Da Qin and is responsible for leading the country's troops.
To deal with a mere Japanese country, if Bai Qi were to be dispatched, it would be like using cannons to swat mosquitoes.
It is more than enough for Zhou Yu, a disciple, to take charge, supplemented by a few famous generals.
As for Bai Qi, he should use it to deal with the grasslands and gain experience with Yuan Qing.
In addition to Qin, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu were also ready for war.
The State of Qin only gave the three countries 50,000 landing quotas. However, the three countries fought for a year and still did not come up with a reason. No one was willing to give up their share.
Seeing this, Ying Hao increased the total number of troops sent by the three countries to 70,000, with Song and Wei 20,000 each, and Wu 30,000.
Although this plan still does not satisfy all three countries, it can only be reluctantly accepted when there is no other way.
The four countries agreed to send troops to the Japanese island on March 15, the second year of Shenwu.
The Liaison Army of the Four Kingdoms divided its troops into two armies to conquer the Japanese. The Qin and Wei dynasties formed one army, and the Song and Wu armies formed one army.
(End of this chapter)