Chapter 915: Defence power is missing?

A strategic security meeting in Qin's country was not a major event at first, because Shangwen had also proposed to convene a similar meeting before, but this meeting gave Shangwen a bad signal.

This bad signal must first start with the content of Qin's meeting.

The background of this meeting of the Qin State coincided with the time when the slaves in the northern part of the Qin State rioted. This just caused King Qin's sensitive nerves.

"This slave riot shows that Qin has various security risks." The long report said.

"At present, Qin is expanding rapidly, especially to the north and west. Qin has expanded a large area of ​​land. The domestic development is also rapid, but it needs to be pointed out that Qin is facing such a rapid and large territorial expansion. , It has caused a series of problems.” That report first pointed out an important reason for Qin’s safety hazards.

According to Shang Wen's understanding, plus this written report is indeed very rich in gold. Shangwen believes that this report does show that Qin is indeed causing a series of problems due to excessive expansion.

The first is the rapid expansion of the territory, Qin's population growth rate is not very large. During the same period, the number of immigrants from six countries exceeded two million, but over two million reached the newly-occupied area of ​​Qin, less than one million. The expanded territory of the Qin Kingdom has surpassed the area of ​​the original Chu Kingdom by almost four times. There is so much land and so little population. This is destined to face the problem of sparsely populated areas in the west and north of Qin.

The land occupied by Qin State is scarce. In the other direction, Qin's population is rapidly expanding. According to economic statistics, in the first month of Qin's opening, three cities with a population of more than one million appeared all at once. The population of Yongcheng, Chang'an, and Guyang in the north has rapidly increased to one million, a number that has never been seen before. Three suddenly appeared, frightening King Qin and his ministers, and even the cabinet members felt a little weird.

But there is an inevitability behind this. With the beginning of large-scale industrial production in Qin State and the beginning of large-scale social production, the population of Qin State began to enter the stage of urbanization on a large scale, especially at the beginning of industrialization. A large number of industrial workers crowded these large-scale enterprises with a population of more than one million people. In the city.

Among the three big cities that appeared in Qin State. Except for Yongcheng. The remaining two are all emerging industrial cities. Guyang is an important iron and steel industrial city in the north. It produces stainless steel, various rare earth alloy steels, and various industrial machinery and equipment. Chang'an is a new industrial area, where a large number of new industries such as automobiles and airplanes of the Qin State are concentrated. Yongcheng is because of its proximity to the railway hub. It became a huge railway interchange center. Xianyang in Qin State is currently the largest railway and highway transportation hub. A large amount of cargo needs to be transferred twice in Yongcheng. Therefore, Yongcheng has become a prosperous place for commercial trade transactions. A large number of office spaces are also concentrated here.

On the one hand, not many people migrated from the north, west, and newly occupied lands of the Qin Kingdom. On the other hand, the population of Qin is constantly pouring into big cities. The size of the city expanded rapidly. Population resources are facing great tension.

Take the north as an example. The number of slaves exceeded the number in the north by nearly four times, and Qin's troops stationed in the north had reached a ratio of almost five to one. This ratio is for Qin. It is extremely dangerous.

"The Qin people in the north can hardly control the entire north, and there are more slaves than the Qin people in the north. Whether it is a new Qin or an old Qin. This is a great danger." King Qin said at that security meeting.

There is indeed such a danger in Qin. And this danger cannot be eliminated all at once.

According to the disposition of King Qin. King Qin will definitely order the slaves from the north to be moved to the south at once. No matter how heavy the price is, these slaves must be moved out. The reason is that among the large number of slaves, a considerable proportion of natives are natives. That is, the Huns and Hu people. The locals rely on their knowledge of the local area. They are easy to resist.

The fact is indeed the case. The people of Qin State adopted the strategy of controlling the barbarian by the barbarian, and used the method of the local people to manage the local people. But this approach has great hidden dangers. In this slave riot, a considerable part of the slaves took the lead because they understood the habits of the people of Qin.

The Qin State still had a lot of deficiencies in slave management. But Qin still needs such slaves. The Qin State needs these slaves to manage and take care of their grassland pastures, but the slaves will riot. This becomes a contradiction that is difficult to reconcile.

With regard to the use of slaves, the State of Qin was in a great dilemma. Because of the pros and cons of slaves, King Qin has been slow to give orders for the great migration. Although the most important thing is to suppress slave riots. But the slave problem must be resolved.

Secondly, in addition to the slave issue. Qin has a more serious problem. That is, with the expansion of territory, new national defense issues have been brought. The rapid expansion of Qin's territory has caused great changes in Qin's neighbors.

The Qin State occupies large areas of the Huns, Hu people, and Yueshi countries. Qin Guoxin's national defense strategy required it. The State of Qin has to invest a considerable part of his forces to defend against opponents' counterattacks. Especially the fierce Huns and Hu people on the grassland. These two ethnic groups are the most ferocious and rebellious. They will definitely take retaliatory measures. For this reason, the State of Qin needed to invest more than 100,000 troops in order to defend it. Behind this figure is a large number of logistical supplies, as well as various supplementary facilities. These are all consuming Qin's financial resources.

New changes have taken place in Qin's surrounding strategic security environment. On the one hand, the State of Qin not only had to guard against the Huns, but also the Hu people from going south. At the same time, we must also guard against Qin's safety on the Eastern Front. In short, Qin's national defense has undergone great changes. Before, Qin could adopt a defensive strategy to the west and an offensive strategy to the east. However, now, the two defense strategies have attracted most of Qin's defense forces. The State of Qin had no power at all to wage a united war.

The last serious problem is that Qin's overall national defense capabilities have declined. This is what King Qin himself thinks. In fact, he believes that it is difficult for Qin to stabilize the national defense of such a large country with a force of less than 250,000. The State of Qin needs a new round of replenishment. At the very least, King Qin believes that King Qin still needs the strength of two divisions to make up for the current predicament.

these questions. Shangwen can't solve it for the time being. The population problem needs time to resolve. According to Qin's first birth survey. Qin's medical and health standards have risen rapidly in the past two years, as well as people's living standards. The number of newborn babies in Qin's country increased by nearly two million. There are a large number of foreign children among these children. These are the consequences of Qin's expansion. Women from the Western Regions have become a tool for men in Qin to give birth. In addition, Qin people do not have to worry about food, and the number of births has increased so much. And this number is still increasing. Everyone does not lack food or any supplies, especially women. Foreign women from all over the country have become an important tool for Qin to increase its population.

It will take these births twenty years to solve this problem. Therefore, Shang Wen believes that it will take time. It can't be solved at present.

The birth population cannot be resolved in a short time, but the migrant population can. After Qin State liberalized the migrant population. Approximately more than two million people have moved across countries. But the growth figures have decreased a bit. Mainly, the economies of various countries have developed closely following Qin's pace. For example, Zhao Guo, South Korea.

These are the results of a country's long-term operations, and these problems are temporarily unsolvable. But finally the problem. Shang Wen thinks. King Qin had a big prejudice in his understanding.

The State of Qin continued to fight abroad, although these places did not have the shadow of regular troops. But there are a large number of employees. In addition, everyone in Qin State in China has the right to support guns, and there are a large number of gun clubs. The emergence of these clubs has trained a large number of excellent militias for Qin State. Qin's national defense mobilization potential will be very large. Coupled with the development of various industrial facilities in Qin State.

Various types of work are becoming the potential war mobilization force of Qin. Construction workers become good engineers, those boiler workers become marine engineers and so on. These workers in the Qin State are all becoming potential war mobilization forces.

Not only that, but the factories where these workers are located. As long as it is in wartime, it can become a powerful industrial reserve force of the Qin State. These forces are latent and invisible. In addition. Qin's new power has also begun to infuse. This is women. A large number of women are not only engaged in copywriting, but some of them are also engaged in industrial production and the research of various new things. These are all potential war mobilization forces of Qin.

King Qin only saw Qin’s current national defense capabilities, while ignoring the potential war mobilization capabilities. This makes Shang Wen very confused. Not only that, but he believes that King Qin is still administering the country by referring to the traditional national policies of the previous Qin State. This makes Shang Wen feel incomprehensible.

Regardless of the idea of ​​governing the country, the State of Qin currently does not lack national defense capabilities. What is lacking is that there is no need for the State of Qin to conduct all-round mobilization. With general mobilization, Qin’s entire economy will be transferred to the wartime economic track. A large amount of industrial production has entered the wartime track. The whole price is still very high.

Shang Wen firmly does not want this to happen. Therefore, he believes that this report is wrong in the final stage and does not support it. Shangwen also seconded some of his opinions and suggestions. He hoped that this would impress King Qin. In this way, it is possible to prevent the war from disrupting the economic production order of the Qin State.