There are two sides to everything, and nothing is perfect.
The reason why the solution that people can follow but cannot know has been spread for more than two years naturally has its reason.
In feudal society, what kind of living standard is best for the people to maintain?
Facts have proved that it is the food and clothing line.
This sounds ridiculous. Isn’t it good for people to live a prosperous life and live and work in peace and contentment?
Yes, not good.
In fact, Wang Xuan himself understands this.
There are many reasons. The first is that the land area is limited. With so much arable land, not all of it can be used to grow food. Not to mention the problem of crop rotation, mulberry, cotton, hemp and other cash crops also require arable land.
Therefore, the population that can be fed is ultimately limited.
When reaching the limit or approaching the limit, once there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, it will inevitably become a sweeping force, and then it will be an irreversible end, and no eggs will be left intact under the nest.
In ancient times when there were no new food crops, chemical fertilizers and other conditions, the best way to continue the rule was to let the people live below the subsistence line. Hunger was the most effective way to control the population. Otherwise, no empire could last more than fifty years.
Take the Han Dynasty as an example. Before the arrival of Wang Xuan, the maximum population that the entire Han Dynasty could support at its peak was no more than 70 million. This was after including all hidden households. This number lasted until the early years of the Song Dynasty, until Jiangnan really
It was broken only after it was developed.
In the early Han Dynasty, the population dropped sharply due to wars. During the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, the population was only about 13 million. At this time, the Han Dynasty was full of barren farmland that could be reclaimed at will.
Under this situation, if the people live a prosperous life, then even if there is no improvement in medical standards, the population will triple to about 40 million during the Hanwu period sixty years later.
Were the people of the Han Dynasty living a prosperous life?
No, so if the people are really rich, it will only take fifty years for me, the Chinese people, to break up an empire.
This kind of simple mathematical problem could not trouble the wise men in ancient times. In ancient times when there was no family planning, the only way was to let the people live on the subsistence line so that they could not reproduce wantonly. In this way, no matter it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster,
All can consume the population to a certain extent.
Afterwards, only disaster relief is needed. Even if there is a rebellion, it is usually small-scale and can be easily extinguished. If it is slightly controlled, it may consume more money.
This sounds very cruel, but it is the truth. If there are too many people to feed, the ruler can't just pull people out and kill a group every time before reaching the limit, right?
That would be a tyrant, so what else could he do otherwise?
This is also the reason why people from Cao Cao's family are not optimistic about Liu Bei and Wang Xuan.
It’s not that we don’t know many things, and it’s not that we haven’t tried to change them, but when manpower is limited.
In addition, people move to higher places and water flows to lower places. You have made the people rich now, but what happens when the population surges to a certain level in a short period of time?
The quality of life will inevitably be reduced, and there will still be rebellion, and the intensity will be higher.
Another point is that when people live a prosperous life, they will pursue more things, which will inevitably lead to more social conflicts. These things are the key factors that destroy a country.
Apart from anything else, the problem of wanting to get promoted when you are full is just a conflict between a poor family and an aristocratic family. It is not necessarily a good thing for everyone to study.
Of course, these are all based on the inability to expand the empire's area. The problem is that in Wang Xuan's eyes, these do not exist.
The world is big and I want to occupy it!
What is the Yellow Peril? I really like to hear about it.
How to make the world unified?
How to make the world free from racial discrimination?
It's very simple, it would be nice if the world had only one color!
As for what happens after this, that is not something Wang Xuan needs to consider.
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Back to the topic, in the eyes of Xun You and others, the current Liu Beifang is a seemingly beautiful giant monster. At this moment, this monster is forming a cocoon, trying to use this shell to protect itself for the last step of evolution. Once completed, it can soar into the sky.
, but this is also the time when the monster is at its weakest.
If we could pierce it in one fell swoop, we would be able to kill the monster and bring peace to the world. At worst, we would have to open a huge hole in the shell and let the monster bleed to death.
Now, through Xun Yu, everyone saw the urgency of the situation clearly, and through Xun You, everyone's thoughts were unified. Cao Cao slowly stood up, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and his voice was low and firm:
"The strategy of the tyrant Liu Bei is unprecedented since ancient times, and it is actually a harm to all people in the world. At this critical moment, all the wise people in the world will work together to overcome the difficulties, and there must be no excuses."
"It should be noted that this world is not the world of one person, but the world of tens of thousands of people. There are no intact eggs under the overturned nest. If they are not immobile, they move like thunder. If you can't kill them with one blow, you will have no chance."
Cao Cao did not say this as a master, but from the perspective of aristocratic families. In fact, what Cao Cao was most worried about was that each family always wanted to preserve some strength.
If you want to compete with Liu Bei and Wang Xuan, is it possible to retain your strength?
Not to mention breaking the family to support him, Cao Cao should at least support him as much as possible.
Looking at the entire Three Kingdoms, except for the Mi family who broke up their family to support Liu Bei in order to get rid of their identity as businessmen, no one has done this, but he is surrounded by top aristocratic families.
After all, apart from the duo of Liu Bei and Wang Xuan, the enemy of the aristocratic family is still the aristocratic family.
"Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely work together and fight to the death against Liu Bei!" Xun Yu took the lead, and everyone lined up at the same time to salute Cao Cao.
I hope you understand. Cao Cao did not say more. After all, in the final analysis, the family has a way out. As long as the Jingzhou family does not do stupid things, such as the Xun family, Chen family and other top families, they are willing to give up most of their rights and defect to Liu Bei. Liu Bei
It is impossible not to accept it.
In the final analysis, it's not that Liu Bei or Wang Xuan can't tolerate them, it's that they are unwilling to give up.
After the monarch and his ministers agreed, Chen Qun came out and said: "Report to the lord, my subordinates suggested to contact Soochow for joint action. Zhu Ran just died in Soochow, and the internal conflicts have intensified. They need a channel to vent, with Liu Bei
Going to war again will repay Sun Ce for his determination and also make the Soochow family speechless."
"Furthermore, the destruction of Liu is not our family's business. If Soochow does not want to be left without any resistance in the end, it must contribute."
"What Chang Wen said is right. Even Sun and Liu can share a lot of pressure on our army." Xun You also spoke in agreement.
"Then what can you bring out? Soochow will not work in vain." This is real. The enemy is the enemy, and the interests are interests. This point must be clearly distinguished.
"Give him Jingnan." Cao Cao said directly: "Isn't Soochow known as the number one navy? Then let's help them and give them the upper reaches of the river. I would like to see which of the Sun and Liu families has the water.