At night, the nobles couldn't wait to drink the "elixir of life", and it didn't take long for them to fall into a deep sleep. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The next morning, the dirty aristocrats finally got up, the first thing they did was to run to the bathroom, wash off their dirty things, the nobles looked at themselves in the mirror and looked a little younger, and laughed in ecstasy, causing the family to wonder what was going on inside.

In fact, the nobles also have a lot of doubts in their hearts, they are doubting whether the "elixir" is really so effective, although there are two examples of the emperor and queen who have not changed their appearance for ten years, the nobles are still a little worried, according to Yan Xueyi's "elixir" use method, after the night comes, the nobles drink the "elixir", and after a night, there is finally a significant change.

However, Yan Xueyi also had an order, he ordered people who had used the "elixir" to dress up older when they went out, because after using the "elixir", most people would become younger, and their appearance would change suddenly, and it would even arouse the suspicion of foreign forces, so Yan Xueyi had such an order.

On the afternoon of 2 January, Yan Xueyi and members of the cabinet sat in a small conference hall somewhere in the palace, along with Cao Wenbin, minister of intelligence, and Guo Qiyang, minister of security, a total of 20 people.

Yan Xueyi glanced at the ministers, and could see that all the ministers had used the "elixir of life", their appearance had become younger, and even the white hair on their heads had begun to turn black, and the whole person had a feeling of refreshment, as if they had returned to their youth, and their whole body was inexhaustible.

"Today's meeting is classified as the highest level of secrecy, and no one is allowed to reveal a trace to the outside world. Punishment for national crimes! Yan Xueyi said with a serious expression.

After hearing Yan Xueyi's words, the ministers' hearts, which were originally a little relaxed, immediately beat violently, and their expressions became serious, they understood that some major matters involving the empire would be discussed at the next meeting.

The meeting officially began, and Prime Minister Yan Xuecai first opened the document and read out a piece of data:

"Up to now, the empire has controlled 24.34 million square kilometers of land, of which 13.84 million square kilometers are the mainland area, 10.5 million square kilometers are colonies, and the total land area of the earth is 149 million square kilometers, of which the empire accounts for about 16.3%."

"At present, the total population of the empire is 463 million, the total population of the world is 1.523 billion, the population of the empire accounts for about 30.4% of the total population of the world, the birth rate of the empire last year was 37 per thousand, the number of births was 16.68 million, the mortality rate of the population was 10.62 per thousand, the number of deaths was 4.79 million, the actual population growth rate was 26.38 per thousand, and the actual increase was 11.89 million."

"With the increase of national income and the improvement of medical and health conditions, the birth rate of the future empire will continue to increase, while the mortality rate of the population will continue to decline, and the two will be eliminated, and in the end there is only one result: the population of the empire will increase rapidly, and if no means are taken to intervene, it is expected that the total population of the empire will reach 500 million in 3 years, 600 million in 9 years, 1 billion in 28 years, 1.5 billion in 49 years, and 2 billion in 66 years."

Every time Yan Xuecai read out a number, the other ministers quickly built a model in their hearts, a model about the Chinese Empire, and when Yan Xuecai said the prediction of the total population of the empire in the future, everyone couldn't help but be surprised, now the total population of the world is only 1.5 billion, and after half a century, the total population of the empire will reach 1.5 billion, which is too exaggerated, but this is from the mouth of Yan Xuecai, the prime minister of the empire, which means that there is this possibility.

If the empire really had such a large population, what kind of scene would it be, the ministers imagined a crowded scene in their hearts, and they had a chilling feeling.

Just when the ministers were fantasizing, Yan Xueyi spoke.

"What happens when the land of the empire reaches its limit for the population? Based on China's 5,000-year history, once the land cannot accommodate so many people, there are only two methods, one is internal friction and the other is external expansion. ”

Yan Xueyi's words interrupted the illusions in the ministers' hearts, but also made the ministers fall into deep thought.

Yes, when the land reaches the limit of the population capacity, there is only internal friction and external expansion.

Internal friction refers to civil strife, and every civil strife in the land of China will lose a large number of people, so that the population is within a controllable range; Expansion is the use of war to occupy new land, so that the limit of the land owned by the state to accommodate the population increases.

Once the population reaches its limit, it is necessary to carry out internal friction and external expansion, and it will continue forever.

Once the population of the Chinese Empire reaches the limit of the country's land to accommodate the population, the empire will certainly not have internal friction now, that is only a foreign war, although the population of the empire can reach the limit of accommodation after half a century, whether the people present at that time are still alive is an unknown, but all this is a major event related to future generations, we must do everything in advance, leave a great river and mountain for future generations, and do not need to worry about the population problem.

All the ministers knew that His Majesty the Emperor, whom they revered, would choose war and use war to conquer the great country.

"We are both descendants of Yan and Huang, how can we choose internal friction to kill each other, and I choose war! Your choice? ”

"War!" Nineteen ministers shouted the word together.

Yan Xueyi chose war, and his courtiers also chose war, using war to lay a huge foundation for future generations.

Yan Xueyi didn't continue, but glanced at Yan Xuecai and motioned for Yan Xuecai to continue.

I saw Yan Xuecai open the second document and read: "In 1840, Britain took the lead in invading the land of China under the rule of the Manchu Dynasty, and the Manchu Dynasty was defeated, and the Manchu Dynasty paid 21 million silver dollars to Britain and ceded Hong Kong Island; In 1856, the Anglo-French army invaded the land of China, and the Manchu Dynasty was defeated again, and the Manchu Dynasty compensated Britain with 4 million taels of silver and France with 2 million taels of silver; In 1859, the Anglo-French army invaded the land of China again, and the Manchu Dynasty was still defeated, compensating Britain and France with 8 million taels of silver each, and at the same time ceding Xin'an County in Guangdong Province to the British ......"

Yan Xuecai read out the wars of the invasion of the land of China by the Western powers, and every time the Manchu Dynasty was defeated, the Western powers were able to plunder a large amount of wealth from the land of China, and the Manchu Dynasty still ruled the land of China, but it was the ordinary people who suffered.

Every time Yan Xuecai read out the war, the other ministers felt a little sad, and their hatred for the Western powers in their hearts unconsciously increased, and they even wanted to kill all the white-skinned pigs.