Guo Peng's words aroused Guo Jin's concerns.

He realized that he would also face such a crisis.

"Father, the powerful landlords are so rich that they can cultivate scholars, while the people are poor and difficult to cultivate scholars. Although my father eliminated the gentry and set up schools, it seems that the one who makes the most profit is the group of powerful landlords."

Guo Peng nodded.

"Yes, the ones who make the most profits are indeed them, they set up schools and recruit students. This is indeed a downward shift in academics, but so far, they can only move downwards to the powerful landlords, because they really have no money for their father. A Jin, do you still remember the elementary school and middle school college that their father told you?"

"Remember, this is the idea proposed by my father at the beginning, and I hope that all the people can enter the school."

"Yes, this is an idea. At present, it can only be an idea. For the family of ordinary people, children are labor force, and precious labor force. When parents are old, children must work in the fields to support the whole family, otherwise it will be difficult.

To support a full-time scholar, the expenses required are not affordable by a farmer family. My father once thought of subsidizing local finances to subsidize scholars in the common people, and at least provide them with a lunch, so that such policies can be barely promoted.

But after calculating such expenses, my father knew that this was impossible at present. Let them all enroll, at least millions of people, and millions of people, that is millions of meals. The daily expenses are a big number, let alone the whole year?"

Guo Peng shook his head helplessly.

"Father, what should I do if this is the case?"

"That's why I mobilized the land to clear the powerful manor, and eliminated the powerful manor's owner, and executed this time together. This will alleviate the problem to a considerable extent."

"But... this is temporary, not lifetime. My father said that land annexation is difficult to suppress. A group of people are eradicated, and there are still a group of people who can study. If these people become officials, how can they speak for the people?"

Guo Jin obviously thought a lot and thoroughly.

Guo Peng nodded with satisfaction.

"You have already thought a lot, and you know that this principle is already very good. Therefore, the land clearance of the past 1000 is always required, light taxes and levies are also required, and appropriate financial subsidies are also required. They cannot cover all, at least part of it can cover.

Use the money obtained from Qingzhang's land to support these poor scholars, train them into talents, and let them enter the court. This is the current training camp model, and this is how the children of the training camp enter the court."

Guo Jin remembered the fact that Guo Peng Guang collected orphans from all over the world and entered the Linzi training camp to train and become talents.

"Father, it may be a way to continue to expand the training camp."

"The expedient strategy is not enough to be a method that can be used at the moment, but it cannot last long, and there is no airtight wall in the world. This matter is still a secret at the moment. Once it is exposed, the situation will be difficult to say. In the end, more schools of learning must be established."

Guo Peng patted Guo Jin on the shoulder: "This is something that my father can do, and you have to continue to do it. The most important thing is to continuously clear the land, and every once in a while, so as to suppress local tyrants, just like punishing officials."

Guo Jin nodded.

"But my father, the more land people often have higher official positions and greater power. Nowadays, even the generals in the army probably have many people with manors at home. Isn't my father worried that they will move?"

"Power is intoxicating. Once power is in hand, it will not be so easy to let go. Choose one of the manor and power. For the father, I believe that when they see the fate of these powerful people, they will choose power rather than the manor, so they don't worry about the father."

Guo Peng shook his head: "What's more, as long as the army is still alive for the father, there will be no problems. As for you... don't worry, the army will not allow the army to have problems in your hands. Be the leader of your martial arts lecture hall."

Guo Jin pursed his lips, as if he realized what Guo Peng would do to ensure his control over the army.

He cannot interfere in these things because he has no prestige.

This is a fatal prestige.

From ancient times to the present, it has been a problem for the boss.

But Guo Peng seemed confident and no longer talked about military affairs.

"All land must be measured clearly, tax issues must be improved, the population tax must be abolished, and the people can have more children. It is far more important to achieve such a goal than a rebellion of powerful people."

Guo Peng didn't say it or Guo Jin didn't ask. He believed that his father could do the best, not to mention that if he couldn't even do it, he couldn't do it.

Because he has no prestige.

"Indeed, our Wei country is unprecedentedly large, but its population is only 60 million. When the former Han Dynasty had the largest population, there were 60 million, and there were 60 million people. It could not fill all places where the population needed."

"After this time the rebellion was over, A Jin, I guess, could have an additional population of millions or even more than 10 million."

"More than ten million? Are they all hidden in the manor?"

Guo Jin was a little surprised.

"Well, they are all hidden houses and their private parts hidden in the manor. They are not counted by the court. They are all tenants in the homes of the former Han Dynasty who took the initiative to become tenants in the homes of wealthy families and powerful people to avoid taxes and wars. This part of the population has never been counted by the court, but they are still alive."

Guo Peng's eyes were full of bad intentions.

"How can they hide so much of their population?"

Guo Jin felt it was a little incredible.

"A Jin, a county in Zhangwu County, Bohai County, eliminated 37 rebellious tyrants and powerful households, and counted more than 290,000 hidden people. This was because more than 10,000 people were killed in quelling the rebellion."

"Twenty-nine thousand?"

Guo Jin glared: "Are they really so many? They... they really hide so much population?"

"It's only more or less. This is just a county, only thirty-seven households and powerful families. There are more, and there are more that have not been counted yet. Now do you believe it?"

Guo Peng sighed: "There are so many people hiding. With these populations, the total population of Wei will probably rise directly to 70 million. It is as ridiculous that more than 10 million people live in Wei.

So the three countries' populations in that time and space were not just those recorded by official data.

The Shu Han, Sun Wu, 2 million, Cao Wei, 5 million, etc. are all official records of the taxpayers controlled by government statistics, and more of them have not been recorded.

After Wei destroyed Shu Han, the registered population was 5 million.

After the founding of the Western Jin Dynasty, the first year of Taikang, that is, the year when Wu was destroyed, the registered population was 16 million.

In two years, the registered population of the Western Jin Dynasty will reach 24 million.

In twenty years, the population has increased by almost five times. If this is the population growth brought about by normal fertility, human fertility should be able to compete with pigs.

Human history should also be rewritten.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Great Plague at the end of the Han Dynasty did kill tens of millions of people, almost half of which, but it was definitely not enough to be the point where only eight million were left.

A large population, more than 10 million people, have been fled into the mountains and forests, or have sold themselves to powerful manors, and have become hidden households.

Or maybe because of the war, the government's work on population statistics was incorrect, so that people had a terrifying understanding of the loss of 80% of the population at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, whenever the troubled times end and the world resumes stability, the population will always usher in a wave of large-scale growth.
Chapter completed!