The Strongest Overlord of the Three Kingdoms

"As for Wei Wang Cao Cao, after ceding half of Yingchuan County, Xuchang is no longer fortified, and the focus of work has shifted to Chang'an. It seems that Xiandi is not important to him at all."

For this, Liu Ke was also prepared in his heart.Of course, he also thought about snatching Emperor Xian to attack Cao Cao's prestige.

But what is the use of dedicating the emperor?

Apart from giving Liu Ke an extra big brother on his head, it has no effect at all!

Moreover, Cao Cao dared not refuse Liu Ke's appeal to the court.

Cao Cao didn't dare to refuse, and the court he controlled naturally didn't dare to refuse either.

"Didn't Cao Cao do anything during this time? Like conscription!" Liu Ke said.

Cao Cao is a man with a sense of crisis!

Even more unwilling to admit defeat.

Seeing that Yangzhou is so powerful, Cao Cao has no reason not to strengthen his own strength.

"Cao Cao is busy with one thing, Bingzhou... At present, there is a small problem in Bingzhou. There is an epidemic in a village."

Since ancient times, military disasters have been accompanied by natural disasters.

Bingzhou is also full of disasters. Due to its proximity to the grassland area, not long ago, there was a plague of locusts.

After the governance was completed, the Xianbei people went south!

Now there is another epidemic.

The reason why Cao Cao did not dare to increase his troops... I am afraid it is also because of this.

The epidemic can be large or small. Once it spreads, the army will also become the hardest hit area.

Because the army has the densest population, it is easy to be infected.

Before the epidemic is under control, Cao Cao dare not recruit troops casually.

"It's winter now, the epidemic is not easy to spread, and it's easy to solve, so it shouldn't be a big problem." Xun You said.

Seeing Xun You speak so lightly... Liu Ke's expression became extremely serious.

"Do you know why Zhang Zhongjing's medical skills are so superb?" Liu Ke suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant general.

Xun You shook his head.

"Please tell me, my lord!"

"Since Emperor Ling, there have been frequent wars, and the constant wars have led to epidemics of plague. During the Jian'an period, there were five epidemics of plague, which killed many people and turned some towns into empty cities.

Zhang Zhongjing's family used to have more than 200 people. Since the first year of Jian'an, Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, two-thirds of them died in a few years. "

After Liu Ke said a word, everyone couldn't help but fell silent.

In history, how did the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty fail?

It is generally attributed to the melee between warlords in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

There is nothing wrong with saying this, because after the military disaster, various situations broke out, including the plague.

The princes are all busy fighting, how could they have time to control the plague, which led to the rampant plague.

According to historical records, there were three major epidemics during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, five times during the reign of Emperor Ling, and even more epidemics during the reign of Emperor Xian Jian'an.

Thousands of people were devoured by the disease, resulting in an unprecedented catastrophe.

其中尤以东汉灵帝（公元168一188年）时的公元171年、173年、179年、182年、185年等几次的疾病流行规模最大。

Nanyang, Zhang Zhongjing's hometown, is also the hardest hit area.After experiencing the pain of the death of his relatives, he was even more motivated to study medicine.

After research, Zhang Zhongjing named all related infectious diseases typhoid fever, which is different from the typhoid fever that modern people call it. In ancient times, it was actually a variety of infectious diseases.

So there was "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases".

Zhang Jiao's Taiping Sect was developed on this basis. He used talisman water to treat diseases, so he attracted many people.

Under the prevalence of many plagues, the country had a population of [-] to [-] million in the heyday of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but by the end of the Three Kingdoms there were only more than [-] million people.

Of course, the Eastern Han Dynasty still maintains a population of tens of millions, and Liu Ke has contributed a lot.

Among them, the promotion of high-yield grains is one thing, and the other is that Hua Tuo medical clinics have been built in various places. After the herb planting base is established, ordinary people will see a doctor at half the price.

With the medical center, the medical center will publicize the basic methods of epidemic prevention and control, such as hygiene... The territory under Liu Ke's rule has never had any epidemics.

Third, it provides a stable environment for the common people to thrive.

In the past, when giving birth to a child, I had to worry about whether I would be able to eat enough, but now there is no such worry.

Liu Ke protected the security of the territory!

Moreover, the "Autumn Hunting Agreement" was promoted to decouple the people from the war.

It is of course impossible to completely decouple, but with Liu Ke to stand up for the people, the princes will not dare to mess around.

Under all kinds of protection, the people under Liu Ke's rule are very happy!

But what if there is a plague?

Liu Ke's painstaking efforts will be destroyed in one day.