Chapter 84 Hidden Message "How long will it take to take over these three places?" Tian Ze asked. Chen Gong narrowed his eyes slightly and thought carefully in his mind. The alien tribes in these three places are all very weak. What Tian Ze said about taking them down has little to do with sending troops to attack, but depends more on the specific time required for the refugees on his side to arrive. "Goguryeo needs 200,000 refugees, and the Three Kingdoms of Korea also need about the same. According to the map provided by the lord, the area of Wa Island is much larger than these two, and I am afraid that 400,000 to 500,000 refugees will be needed." "According to this calculation, it will probably take four to five years." Chen Gong gave his own judgment with a serious expression. Tian Ze frowned and said, "It seems that the foreign conquest of this 'Five-Year Plan' can only go this far. We can only make plans for Buyeo and Sushen in the future." Tian Ze’s tone for the “Five-Year Plan” has always been stability. After experiencing the incident of swallowing up more than three million refugees last year, he learned a very profound lesson. Haste leads to chaos, so when opportunities come, we must seize them decisively, but we must be steady if possible. Otherwise, we will inevitably pay a heavy price for our impatience, and it may even sow the seeds of disaster, resulting in the loss of all our previous efforts. Rapid expansion will leave behind a large number of hidden dangers that are difficult to resolve, which will require a lot of time and energy to slowly digest.
If Tian Ze had not taken one step at a time from Wen County to Liaodong and laid a solid foundation, the management of these refugees would still be a huge problem. Problems such as laziness and corruption would spread rapidly like a plague as long as Tian Ze relaxed even a little. Social imbalances and management omissions are also likely to emerge in the process of rapid development, like reefs hidden in the dark that can cause ships to run aground and sink at any time. Many times, Tian Ze was secretly thankful for the three years he had spent in Wen County and for not slacking off during the years he was in charge of Liaodong County, doing his best in all aspects. It is precisely because of these valuable experiences and perfect templates that Liaodong has become prosperous and stable today. All officials had to go to Wen County for inspection and training for a period of time before taking office. There was still a whole warehouse of bamboo slips left in the Wen County government office. These bamboo slips record in detail and comprehensively its development process, as well as the many complex problems that have arisen and been solved, like a vivid code of governance. For those officials, memorizing a little bit of these bamboo slips would allow them to follow suit and do their work in an orderly manner. If you can fully understand it, managing a county will be a piece of cake. This is the confidence that the refugee villages under Tian Ze's command can be quickly established and improved and always well organized. "That's enough." Tian Ze said slowly, with a hint of relief in his tone. "If we take over these places, our territory will expand several times, and the pressure of resisting foreign enemies will be greatly reduced. We will deal with Buyeo and Sushen in the next five-year plan." Tian Ze had already started preparing his next plan in his mind. "But my lord, there is still an extremely fatal problem that needs to be solved." Jia Xu bowed slightly and spoke with a serious expression. "what is the problem?" "We can attack these places quietly because we have many hidden households and most of our forces are hidden in the dark." "But after we capture these places, how can we prevent the imperial court from knowing about it?" Tian Ze couldn't help but feel a headache when he heard this and rubbed his temples gently with his hands. "Wenhe, do you have any good ideas?" "My lord, we can send out troops without raising flags or revealing our identities. We are sending out local refugees and rebels. If there are unrests in these countries, you can't put the blame on us for no reason." A cunning flashed in Jia Xu's eyes.
"We have a small territory and few people in Liaodong, how can we have so many troops!" Jia Xu said, spreading his hands. "Leave a few locals who are willing to cooperate, provide for them well, support a nominal king, and establish a new government team that appears to be independent." "These countries are oriented to Han Chinese. With our patient guidance, it should be no problem for them to learn Chinese and wear Hanfu." Tian Ze heard this, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and nodded: "That makes sense. But the envoys sent by the new regime to meet the emperor must be carefully selected to avoid any problems." "Don't worry, lord!" Jia Xu said with a bow. After finalizing the most important matters, Tian Ze handed over the main field to Chen Gong and began to make specific arrangements for government affairs. Chen Gong and others will adjust and improve future government policies based on the strategic goals set by Tian Ze. There is actually a clear polarization in the development of Liaodong today. The hidden households in secret implemented relatively closed management on a village basis, and even the economy was mainly based on a planned economy led by the government and was not exposed to the outside world. Although it is closed, it is already an excellent situation for the newly recruited refugees. After all, they don't need to go out too often to communicate with the outside world. They can have enough food and clothing in the village, and getting married and having children will not be significantly affected in the short term. These hidden households have completely become Tianze's unique solid rear-end granaries, efficient factories, sufficient arsenals, and stable reserves of troops. Although it took a lot of manpower and material resources to build the framework in the early stage, it will benefit you a lot in the future. It can continuously provide strong support for Tianze and support its future development. On the surface, Liaodong is now undergoing large-scale construction in a vigorous manner, and no one knows how much money and grain the government has and where the money and grain come from. But Tian Ze knew in his heart that without the strong support of these hidden households, Liaodong's development would not have been so rapid. After all, although there was spiritual rain, there was no black soil. The people of Liaodong could easily feed themselves with the income from farming, but the surplus was not much. Chen Gong not only provided generous treatment of food and accommodation for the laborers, but also offered extremely high salaries. This resulted in the fact that although Liaodong had a population of only over one million, most families left their fields to the care of their elderly, wives and children, and the young and strong in the family took the initiative to participate in infrastructure construction, and their number was even greater than the infrastructure workers in the hidden households. The scale of infrastructure projects in Liaodong was extremely large. Roads, fortresses, checkpoints, bunkers, water conservancy projects, etc. were all planned and designed with tens of millions of people in mind. According to Chen Gong's calculations, with the current manpower, it would take at least ten years to complete the first phase of construction, so it was necessary to conquer the alien races. Without these aliens, who would do the work? Not only are these aliens cheap to drive, but they will not feel bad even if they die of exhaustion. Behind the prosperity of the world there must be some people who make silent contributions. Tian Ze couldn't do things like Ying Zheng and Yang Guang who abused the people's power, so he could only make the foreigners suffer more. Because the hidden households under the jurisdiction cannot be exposed, and some methods cannot be used in the open territories, two slightly different management areas are formed. After in-depth discussions and research by everyone, the development directions of the two types of territories were finally finalized. At the same time, many important matters such as infrastructure construction, official training and management, agricultural production planning, people's livelihood improvement measures, factory expansion plans, and improvement of money house functions were refined. Each department and general also formulated and elaborated on their own plans for governing and training troops. After clarifying the direction of the next step of work, the civil and military officials became more and more confident and motivated. (End of this chapter)
