In a flash, in 370 AD, that is, the beginning of the spring of the twenty-fourth year of the emperor's reign, the already extremely powerful Great Wei Empire became more prosperous and powerful after a full decade of recuperation.

The Wei Empire's annual taxes amounted to more than 160 million yuan, which equaled the finances of the Song Dynasty and far exceeded that of the other dynasties. So much tax in a year is more than three times that of the Wei Empire ten years ago! And this data is still increasing year by year.

While developing the economy and persuading agriculture to teach agriculture, Ran Min did not forget to encourage the population to have children.

At the beginning of the destruction of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the unification of the world, the total number of households in the country was about 2.4 million, and the population was about 12 million, which was basically the same as the unified population of the Western Jin Dynasty, and much less than the heyday of the Jin Dynasty during the Taikang period of the Jin Dynasty.

And in the twenty-fourth year of the emperor's reign, after a period of census, the population of the Wei Empire showed explosive growth!

The total number of households in the country is about 9.82 million, and the population is more than 51 million!

This population has increased by four or five times, why?

In addition to the state's encouragement of population fertility, in fact, there are also some aliens who have become Wei nationals and become Wei people. This part is also considered to be the population of the Wei State.

In fact, among the population of more than 51 million, not including the alien races of the other major capitals, it is estimated that the population can exceed 60 million, approaching 70 million.

The current Wei people have completely assimilated the Hu people in all directions with overwhelming population superiority. Because the empire adopted a policy of encouraging childbirth internally, and Huairou externally, it built temples in various capitals and encouraged the Hu people to become monks......

In fact, it is not surprising that the population of the Wei Empire has skyrocketed.

I think that at the beginning of the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was also a period of "Taikang Rule", and there was also this kind of population surge.

Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty took measures to promote agricultural production by encouraging land reclamation, building water conservancy, expanding the labor force, and strengthening supervision.

He issued edicts to encourage agricultural production. According to historical records, in the first five years of Tai, Wang Hong, the Taishou of Jijun, conscientiously fulfilled the will of the imperial court, was diligent and compassionate to the people, and supervised and persuaded to open up more than 5,000 hectares of wasteland. At that time, it was a famine year, and there was famine in other counties, but Ji County was the only one who had no need.

So Sima Yan issued an edict to praise and give Gu Qianhu.

Later, Sima Yan also ordered the construction of three canals, Xinqu, Fushou, and Youpi, to irrigate 1,500 hectares of fertile land. In the first year of Taikang, Sima Yan promulgated the household adjustment system and implemented the land occupation method and the class field law. The peasants under the system of occupying land and teaching land are individual small farmers with one household, and the grain they produce and obtain belongs to them except for paying land rent. The implementation of this system has greatly enhanced the peasants' enthusiasm for production.

As a result of the above-mentioned measures, agricultural production quickly developed and a prosperous scene appeared.

The history books say, "At that time, there was nothing to do in the world, taxes were equal, and people wanted their jobs and enjoyed their work." Reflecting the economic and social development of the Heluo area at that time, the description said: "Cattle and horses are wild, surplus grain is entrusted to acres, travel grass huts, the outside is not closed, and the people meet like relatives." Those who are in need take the road for money. ”

Therefore, there is a proverb that "there are infinite people in the world"!

At that time, there was nothing to do in the world, taxes were equal, and people were happy to do their jobs.

With the development of the economy, the population has also grown rapidly.

According to the records of the Book of Jin and the Geographical Chronicles, in the first year of Taikang (280 AD), there were "2,459,840 households, and 16,163,863 mouths."

In the third year after the promulgation of the Law on Occupation of Land and Classroom Fields, that is, in the third year of Taikang, there were "3.77 million households" in the whole country. This shows that the reduction of exploitation led to the resumption of registration of a large number of people, and by the first year of Yongkang in the Western Jin Dynasty (300 AD), the population had recovered back to 35 million!

From a population of more than 16 million to 35 million, it only took 20 years, who knows what the Western Jin Dynasty experienced?

Of course, it is undeniable that many of them are Hu people.

The Wei Empire, on the other hand, was very different.

After the troubled times, many men died, so there were many widows among the people, and Ran Min directly issued a decree - prohibiting singleness!

Fifteen for men and fourteen for women must be married.

Violators, fines!

It is under this system of rewards and punishments that the population of the Wei Empire will skyrocket, and the family gate valve has had the habit of hiding the population since ancient times, and Ran Min forced them to hand over the hidden population, so there are so many people at this time.

The advantage of a large population is that it can allow the empire to speed up the pace of assimilation of the four yi, so as to achieve the goal of turning Hu into summer.

At this time, the triennial imperial examination had come to an end.

Originally, the imperial examination of the Wei Empire was once a year, but later the imperial court and various localities did not need so many officials to govern, so it was changed to once every three years, which also shows that the Wei Empire is now a situation of many talents, and there are a lot of talented people!

"Xuan, all the jinshi enter the hall-" With a sharp shout from Liu Zhi, the voice was transmitted to the outside, and it was frequently reported, and the thirty-two jinshi who had been waiting outside the Fengtian Hall for a long time rushed in, and with apprehension and excitement, they bowed down to His Majesty the Emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Flat. Throne! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ran Min watched so many scholars enter the final level of the palace test, and couldn't help but bow his head slightly: "This year is really full of talents." ”

In the past, there were not many scholars who could enter the final hall examination, but this time the scientific examination was the largest.

Next is the questioning session. It is the main content of the palace examination, and "strategy" and "countermeasures" have become the two parts of the question and the test.

Inquiries are generally asked in the "tone of the emperor", and their content is mainly about political matters related to the governance of the country and the country, the national economy and the people's livelihood.

In the process of taking the exam, the scholars answered the content of the "strategy", which is the so-called "countermeasures". To put it in layman's terms, "strategy" is equivalent to a current affairs essay to some extent!

This time, the palace test lineup is definitely the strongest, and many of the sons of famous ministers are among them.

For example, Qin Wen, the son of Qin Mu, the son of Qin Mu, Wang Meng, and Cui Hao's stepson, Cui Hong, are among them. Their knowledge is very clear, and there is absolutely no favoritism by the examiner.

However, when Ran Min was very stumbling in his heart, there was actually a scholar from the Sima clan among them!

Yes, this scholar's name is Sima Xu, the word is German, and he is the grandson of Sima Yu, the original Huiji King of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

As a child of the clan of the previous dynasty, he should not have come out to be an official with such fanfare, but Ran Min is eclectic and reduces talents, since Sima Xu has this talent, Ran Min doesn't mind reusing him, but he will also be wary of him.

In this palace test, Ran Min's question was very simple: "Everyone, let's talk about it, how can the empire become stronger, how can it continue to be prosperous and strong?" ”

In short, it's how to make the country rich and strong.

The scholars didn't have to think about this topic, they just had it at their fingertips, because they debated with people on weekdays, and the debate was almost this kind of national event!

Seeing that everyone was babbling about to speak first, Ran Min simply waved his hand and asked people to move the table over, prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and let them write down all the opinions they wanted to say on paper.