Lu Bu's Ambition

Chapter 774 Population of the World
Five hundred tigers and wolves poured into the examination room, and one by one the scholars in the room probed their brains. After seeing this momentum, they took a breath of cold air, and then a sense of pride rose from the bottom of their hearts.

This also proves from the side that King Wu attached great importance to the imperial examination, the supervision of the army, and the rules and regulations were set without the slightest possibility of fraud.

"The last generals Dianwei and Xiong Kuohai are escorted by the king's orders to the imperial examination questions!"

Dian Wei and Xiong Kuohai who entered the examination room, under the guard of five hundred soldiers, went directly to Lu Ying, knelt on one knee and shouted loudly.

Taking over the sealed wooden box solemnly, Lu Ying raised her hands high, and then opened the wooden box in front of everyone and took out a bundle of bamboo slips.

wow~
The bamboo slips were slowly opened, and Lu Ying shouted loudly in front of everyone: "Today's exam questions are about the situation in the world and civil affairs!"

"Today's situation in the world, how can we end the troubled times and stabilize the world while ensuring the stability of the people under the rule! If you are local officials, how should you govern a place?"

The loud and clear voice echoed in the examination room. Hundreds of invigilators in front of Lu Yu bowed their hands respectfully after hearing this, and memorized the examination questions firmly, and then went to each examination room to announce the examination questions under the escort of soldiers.

"The time is one day, and the questions will be taken in the early morning of tomorrow."

At the same time as the exam questions were announced, neat rows of soldiers carried heavy wooden boxes to each examinee's room, and bundles of white paper were placed at the door.

Soldiers cannot directly enter the examinee's room, and the examinee needs to pick up the blank paper by himself.

Rows of simple houses are divided into small rooms. The space in the house is not large, only a neat bed board and a desk.

After the test paper was put down, pens and inks were distributed one after another. During the imperial examination period, pens, inks, and paper were all distributed uniformly, and no items were allowed to be brought in without permission.

There is also a wooden barrel in the small room, which is used for the examinees to pass the ceremony. Of course, if it smells bad or after the ceremony, put the wooden barrel directly at the door, and soldiers will clean it up.

During the same exam, candidates are not allowed to step out of the room. If they have a disease or various privacy, they can call the supervisor loudly, and then they will be accompanied by soldiers to prevent fraud.

It can be said that this time the imperial examination is simply a joint military and political examination, eliminating all means of cheating, which also proves that Lu Bu attaches great importance to the imperial examination.

Candidates took their own test papers and pens and ink excitedly, and when they sat back on the desk, the excitement on their faces had not subsided.

The imperial examination questions read aloud by the examiner kept echoing in the examination room, so that all the scholars could hear them clearly.

I also have a bottom line in my mind about each of the imperial examination questions. After all, it is the situation in which the smart people in troubled times have already thought about the situation in the world.

But the second question is what embarrasses them. How to govern as a local official is the real difficulty.

And this is just the beginning, this exam will last for three days, some scholars are scratching their heads and thinking about how to write their pens, and some candidates keep waving their pens as if they have spirits.

After seeing this scene, the invigilator secretly nodded, and at the same time, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

da da~
Rhythmic footsteps sounded again in the examination room, and soldiers in heavy armor carried heavy wooden boxes into the examination room, and then a envelope was placed in front of the examinee's door.

For a moment, all the candidates hurriedly lowered the curtains, and the examination room stipulated that candidates should not show their faces when the test papers were distributed during the test, which was also to prevent cheating.

However, this action made all the candidates puzzled. When the invigilator's voice sounded, all the scholars hurriedly pulled up the curtain.

After taking back the rolled paper in front of the door, they all looked at the contents in surprise.

The neatly printed paper clearly depicts the territory of the Han Dynasty, as well as the neighboring grasslands, the Western Regions, the overseas Japanese kingdom, central Shu and Jiangdong.

The territory of the various forces is clearly marked on it, and then the examiner read aloud: "Everyone, this is the current territory of the Han Dynasty, and the area occupied by the rebels."

Some children from poor families can only vaguely understand the current situation in the world, and they are really ignorant if they want to know the situation of various forces in detail.

Not to mention the poor family, even most of the children of the aristocratic families may not know it clearly, but this time the power of the world has been placed on the bright side for all candidates to watch.

The strength of each force is clearly marked below, such as the number of soldiers and horses under Liu Bei's command in the middle of Shu, and the number of people under his rule.

Although it is not comprehensive, but it also relatively makes the examinees who take the imperial examination this time have a general idea in their hearts.

Most of the examinees focused on analyzing the princes, and did not find one strange thing on the map, that is, there was never a big man written on it!
On the map of the Great Han, there are only three major powers, Wu, Shu, and Wu, and a Li character in Xiliang, which is to subtly dilute the rule of the Great Han.

After so many years of self-cultivation, the people under the rule of King Wu Lu Bu are one of the earliest princes to rise. There are more than 800 million people under his rule and more than one million mercenaries.

Liu Bian, the king of Wu, ruled more than 980 million subjects and 80 mercenaries. In the middle of Shu, Liu Bei ruled more than 220 million people and 50 mercenaries.

This is just an approximate figure. According to historical records, in 156 AD (the second year of Yongshou in the Eastern Han Dynasty), the population of the Han Dynasty reached 5649 million, and the population reached its peak.

After the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, warlords large and small fought each other, until the late period of the Three Kingdoms (263), the population of households was only about 767 million, of which 263 million were in the Wei State on the eve of the destruction of Shu in 443, and 94 on the eve of the destruction of the Shu Kingdom , Wu Guo 230 million (280 years of data), this is only the data of private households, excluding the army and officials.

But now in the 13th year of Jian'an (208 AD), one of the main reasons is because of the change of Liu Bian, a traveler.

After the emergence of high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, although the world is still in turmoil, the pressure on the people is relatively less. At least the scene of starvation everywhere is rare now.

In particular, Liu Bian and Lu Bu established their foundations early when the world was in chaos, and the sooner they developed their foundations, the stronger they would be.

It can be said that from 156 AD to 208 AD, in this short period of 52 years, the population of the Han Dynasty dropped sharply from more than 3000 million to the current [-] million.

It can be said that due to the war, the people all over the world starved to death, died of illness, and suffered from military disasters, natural disasters and man-made disasters, which has been reduced by half, and the real history is even worse than this.

Only because the four prefectures of Hebei were pacified quickly enough and high-yield crops appeared early, when Lu Bu unified Hebei, the population was almost tens of millions.

Jizhou alone has a population base of 500 million. Due to the continuous war in China, the population has dropped sharply.

The examinees from all over the world widened their eyes one by one, and at the same time they were shocked, and at the same time, they had an exact number in their minds, a consciousness of the background of the princes of the world.

After reading this power map and clearly marking the population base of each power in small characters below, all candidates had a realization in their minds, that is, Wu Wang Lu Bu is worthy of being the most powerful prince in the world today.

The population is nearly 2000 million, and the other two princes add up to only 1000 or [-] million, so there is a distance between them in terms of background.

It was immediately clear who was strong and who was weak, and the balance in everyone's minds had gradually tilted for a while, worrying that there were many intelligent people who showed strange smiles after being shocked.

　There must be errors in it, but since there are traversers, and the appearance of high-quality potatoes is to preserve more vitality of China, I hope the brothers will like it.

　　
　
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