"Liaodong still needs to be cultivated, so it is not advisable to continue to go to war."

Gongsun Xiu pondered for a moment and frowned and said, "The troops that Wei State can use are far beyond the enemy of Liaodong. If we hold on, it will be just a way to die. Sima Yi can afford it, but we can't."

Lun said straight: "How can the king defeat him?"

The entire Liaodong had a population of only 350,000. After defeating the Goguryeo troops, it captured 10,000 troops that could be fought and 20,000 baggage civilians were left for military farming. The population resources barely supplemented the war losses for nearly a year. But the army that can be gathered now is still only 30,000 local troops of the Yan State.

Sima Yi and Zhuge Jin fought for three months at a disadvantage, and there were probably more than 10,000 people left. If the 50,000 reinforcements that had arrived first were added, there would be 60,000 people.

It is said that reinforcements were transferred from Ji, You and Qingzhou nearby. They have been stationed in defense of border troubles for many years. They are also led by Youzhou Governor Wu Qiujian.

Seeing the three words "Wuqiu Jian", Gongsun Xiu exclaimed softly, as if he was quite impressed: "This person seems to have also attacked Liaodong?"

Lun nodded and said, "Yes, this person is a powerful general of Wei State, an old minister of the Emperor of Wei State, and his military use is quite weird. In the fourth year of Qinglong, the old King of Yan was almost lured out of Xiangping and was captured. Fortunately, he found it in time, and Wuqiu Jian retreated due to heavy rain."

When Gongsun Xiu thought about it carefully, he immediately remembered that Wuqiu Jian was one of the famous "Three Rebels in Huainan" in the history of the Wei Kingdom. He was as famous as Wen Qin and Zhuge Dan. Unfortunately, he was led by Sima Shi to conquer and pacify him. Since the three rebels were eliminated, the armed forces supporting the Cao Wei royal family were basically extinct, and the Sima family finally eroded the foundation of Wei Kingdom step by step.

However, it is too early to be the first time. Sima Yi hid very deeply. He has been a member of the fate since Cao Cao and has been in the Three Emperors. It is normal for Cao Cao to not survive him. After all, the two are twenty-four years apart, and there is nothing to say about the previous generation. However, Cao Pi is eight years younger than Sima Yi, and he died even though he could not survive forty years old.

At present, Cao Rui couldn't stand it. He just labeled Sima Yi as a veteran of three dynasties. His qualifications and merits increased and improved, which shows the benefits of longevity.

Wu Qiu Jian is the head coach and Sima Shi is the deputy. This partner is ridiculous. He shook his head and said, "I have heard of this man as he is loyal to Cao's house and is determined."

Lunzhi smiled bitterly and said, "It's a loyal minister of Cao Wei, but Wu Qiu Jian advised Cao Rui to attack Liaodong."

He shook his head and said, "What do you think about joining the army? Sima Yi has an army of 60,000. If he advances to Xiangping, our army can fight 30,000 soldiers, 10,000 surrendered soldiers, and 20,000 Julimin households. Not to mention the low quality of individual soldiers and the captives have not yet returned. Even if we fight with all our hearts, the strength ratio will be only one to one."

Lunzhi frowned and said, "Apart from the deep ditch barriers and unable to stand, there is nothing to do. The Wei State's people are less than eight million and its soldiers are less than four hundred thousand. If it were not divided and defended Wu against Shu, our Liaodong would almost not be able to stop it."

Gongsun Xiu was stunned and said in surprise: "What? You said Wei State has a population of 8 million, how could it be possible? Isn't Wei State only more than 4.5 million?"

According to historical books, the Wei Kingdom occupied Jiuzhou with a population of 4.5 million, the Wu Kingdom had 2.3 million, and the Shu Kingdom had 940,000. The total population of the three countries should be more than 7.7 million. How could a Wei Kingdom have 8 million people?

Is this a lot different?

Lunzhi said inexplicably: "Where did the king draw the conclusion? I sent people to investigate from multiple sources to find out this number."

The palace was silent. He swallowed his saliva and asked, "I heard that there are only 4.45 million residents in Wei State, how could there be 8 million?"

Lunzhi said "Oh" and thought for a while, then he said, "What the king said is the registered households, that is, the people who pay taxes and food on weekdays. Another part of the people hide their households and collect them under the guise of the powerful families without paying taxes. Therefore, it is not the registered households, but some of them hide in the mountains to avoid war and war. Generally, it is estimated that it should be eight million people."

He couldn't help but ask, "Then... how many households are there in the two countries of Wu and Shu?"

Lun frowned and stroked his beard and said, "This humble minister has never calculated that the Wu Kingdom is about three million, and the Shu Kingdom is slightly weaker, not two million people."

"How is that possible?"

Gongsun Xiu was shocked. His history books, online articles, and official accounts of a letter told him that the Three Kingdoms were constantly wars and the population was greatly reduced. The population of the country was less than 10 million, which was the most dangerous period of extinction for the Chinese nation.

Now I suddenly told him that the Wei State had a population of 8 million, and Shu and Wu together had a population of about 5 million. By this calculation, the population of the Three Kingdoms had a population of 13 million.

Jia Fan, who had been silent, suddenly said: "The king, it is difficult to unify the number of people in a country. There are many shortcomings in registered households in various countries. Just because one is that military households and tens of thousands of households are not included in it; the second is that thousands of households often gather in the fort to avoid disasters, which the country does not know; the third is that the aristocratic families are protecting the households and hiding the people, and those hidden households do not have to pay taxes at all, becoming the private property of the aristocratic families."

Lun went straight to the conversation and continued: "In some aristocratic families, servants formed an army, tenants and slaves were everywhere, and guests were often hundreds of thousands. This type of person was like not present, and did not enter the civilian households, military households, and officials households, and they did not need to pay taxes and food at all."

Gongsun Xiu immediately understood that it seemed that the sharp decline in the population of the Three Kingdoms was not entirely due to years of war and plague, but because of the rise of powerful people and the embezzlement of the population. In 263 AD, Sima Zhao destroyed Shu, and Liu Chan presented the list of classics, which recorded that Shu Han people were 940,000,000 soldiers, and 40,000 officials. The total of the three was 1.08 million.

But since Zhuge Liang, Shu Han has always encouraged childbirth. The rule was not full of complaints. It was impossible that the population was so sparse. The only possibility was that the local wealthy families of Shu Han embezzled a large number of people. Sima Zhao initially conquered Shu Kingdom. In order to stabilize the overall situation first, he pinched his nose and recognized the Shu Han classics that only had 940,000 people.

By the time the Western Jin Dynasty unified the Three Kingdoms, that is, in 280 AD, the national population was less than 8 million in terms of household registration and was 16 million.

From the destruction of Shu to the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty, the population has more than doubled in 17 years. This is not something that the low fertility rate in ancient times can be achieved. Even if the people of the whole country do nothing after they are unified, they will not be able to "create" this number.

The only possibility is that during this period, the powerful people were suppressed and more hidden people were released to the people, which led to the increase in the population of the Western Jin Dynasty, rather than the peaceful growth brought about by the unification.

After understanding this, Gongsun Xiu also recognized the reality and understood why Sima Yi vowed to destroy Liaodong for a hundred days. Although he used powerful troops, he could understand Gongsun Yuan's character.

The key lies in the strong foundation of Wei State.
Chapter completed!