Being hailed as a great talent by Xu Shu, this person must be no ordinary person, and what Xu Shu means is that this person is among the twenty answer sheets.

Liu Chan has been very concerned about his desire for talents since the moment he traveled through time.

After all, in these troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, without the help of outstanding talents, if you want to succeed,

There is still a certain degree of difficulty, so when he learned that a great talent was shortlisted, Liu Chan was naturally very excited.

He took the answer sheet from Xu Shu and quickly read it.

However, I read several copies in succession, although they were all based on the questions given by Liu Chan.

Point out the current shortcomings of the Han Dynasty and then give some solutions.

In general,

These answers are relatively mediocre,

It didn't make Liu Chan's eyes shine, but the answer sheet from Jiang Xian, the son of Prime Minister Shi Jiang Wan, was relatively okay.

That's right, it's just okay.

The problem pointed out by Jiang Xian is that the Han Dynasty now relies on clans, and clans fight with each other, which is not conducive to the development of the Han Dynasty in the long run.

Well——

This is a problem, and Liu Chan has known it for a long time. Although the Han Dynasty has developed rapidly in recent years, internal factional struggles have become more and more obvious.

The solution given by Jiang Xian is to balance the strength between the clans and try to prevent one party from becoming dominant, such as the Jingzhou faction and the Dongzhou faction.

Although after the Battle of Guanzhong, Zhuge Liang gradually gave the Yizhou faction and the Guanzhong faction some opportunities to make contributions,

But relatively speaking,

Regardless of Zhuge Liang or Liu Chan, they still put more trust in the Jingzhou people who followed their former lord into Shu.

Next are the people from the Dongzhou faction.

This can be seen from the generals in previous wars and expeditions.

In the Battle of Guanzhong, the main chargers were Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Zhang Bao, and Guan Xing, while the others were more auxiliary.

Even in the subsequent Battle of Southwest, Battle of Dayuan, and Battle of Bingzhou, the main leading generals of the Han Dynasty were still them.

For example, the representatives of the Guanzhong faction, Guo Huai and Hao Zhao, although one of them followed Zhuge Liang to conquer the Tang Dynasty in the west, they finally stayed in Tang Yang and became the Southwest Protectorate; Guo Huai also followed Liu Chan to conquer Dayuan, and finally Liu Chan left him in the Western Regions as the governor.

Protectorate of the Western Regions.

Both of them seem to have been reused, but they are now far away from the center of the court.

As for the Battle of Jinzhong, it was former general Wei Yan and Zhao Yun and his son who accomplished the extraordinary feat.

Also, the people who currently hold the right to speak in the Han Dynasty are Prime Minister Zhuge Liang and Imperial Censor Xu Shu, both of whom belong to the Jingzhou faction.

Jiang Xian’s suggestion is very direct.

That is to balance the forces of various factions.

Although he pointed out the problem of the imperial court, it did not make Liu Chan's eyes light up. The main problem is already known to everyone on earth, why do you need to twitter here?

Next, I read several answer sheets, and the content was similar to Jiang Xian's. Although some shortcomings were pointed out, solutions were also given.

However, in Liu Chan's opinion, they are all just talking on paper.

Including Jiang Xian.

Suddenly——

Liu Chan suddenly paused. He was attracted by the title of an article.

【The Han Dynasty is in danger】

That's right, the title of this article only has four words - The Han Dynasty is in Danger.

At present, the territory of the Han Dynasty is larger than that of Wei and Wu combined. Although the total population is still a little behind that of Cao Wei, that is because Cao Wei is located in the Central Plains. According to previous surveys, the current registered population of Cao Wei is 5.3 million.
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5.3 million people, this is only the registered population. I believe that there are clans in the Han Dynasty that conceal the number of households, and Cao Wei must have the same reason. This is no longer a secret in this era.

If the hidden population is included, Liu Chan thinks that the total population of Cao Wei is estimated to be close to 10 million.

As for Soochow, the registered population is two million. Counting the hidden population, it is estimated that there should be four to five million people, because the registered population of the Han Dynasty is close to three million, but the hidden population is also close to three million. Soochow should be about the same

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Regarding the comparison of military strength, the Han Dynasty has greatly reduced its population shortage due to some advanced weapons built by Liu Chan, such as three-bow bed crossbows, stirrups, saddles, sabers, knight crossbows, etc.

In all the wars that took place between Han, Wei and Wu in the past ten years, the Han Dynasty was able to become the final winner because it had these leading weapons.

Also, because the Han Dynasty now occupies Yiyongliang and four states, especially Liangzhou, where horses are raised, and at the same time opens up the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty also owns a large number of horses.

With enough war horses, the Han Dynasty no longer lacked enough cavalry like before the Battle of Guanzhong, so it was difficult to resist Cao Wei.

Things are different now. After more than ten years of development, the Han Dynasty already has 100,000 cavalry. The previous Battle of Dawan and the Battle of Jinzhong all benefited from the fact that the Han Dynasty had well-equipped cavalry and was able to win a battle.<

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But——

But this man said that the great man was in danger.

Although the Han Dynasty is indeed facing various crises now, it is really not the word "danger" to describe the Han Dynasty.

However, Liu Chan still looked at it with some curiosity.

Before the exam started, Liu Chan once said, don't write flattery articles, he doesn't need anyone to flatter him, he wants to hear the real voice.

The title has already made Liu Chan’s eyes light up. It’s clear that the Han Dynasty is in danger. This is not a big deal. The first sentence at the beginning is: ‘The current Han Dynasty seems to be the most powerful existence among the Three Kingdoms, whether it is military strength or military strength.

With its vast territory, it can be regarded as the strongest among the Three Kingdoms.'

'However, the current Han Dynasty is actually suffering from internal and external troubles and is surrounded by crises.'

Liu Chan was shocked. Internal and external troubles were lurking everywhere. He said that the current Han Dynasty was not as good as the Han Dynasty before the Battle of Guanzhong.

Liu Chan had just thought of this, but someone else said next: 'The current crisis for the Han Dynasty is even worse than before the Battle of Guanzhong.'

‘Nima——’

When Liu Chan saw this sentence, he almost didn't curse. At the same time, he raised his eyes and glanced at Xu Shu. Xu Shu nodded slightly, meaning that this was the great talent he was talking about.

After receiving Xu Shu's approval, Liu Chan continued to read.

This person said that the Han Dynasty is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and then explained separately. First, about the internal worries. He said that compared with before the Battle of Guanzhong, although the strength of the Han Dynasty was the weakest among the Three Kingdoms at that time, the middle of Shu was located in a basin, surrounded by

They are all high mountains, and self-protection is enough to cope with them.

However, even when the Han Dynasty was in Shu, internal worries still existed, such as clan factions fighting overtly and covertly, but it was relatively easy to solve, that is, they could transfer this conflict by sending troops to Cao Wei.

In comparison, at that time, there were more internal worries and relatively fewer external ones.

But things are different now. The Han Dynasty occupied Yiyongliang and four prefectures, as well as the Western Regions, Southwest and other places. Now the Han Dynasty has expanded its territory, but crises have also emerged at the same time.

He went on to point out that although the territory of the Han Dynasty has expanded and its strength has become stronger, the underlying internal worries have still not been resolved. The court is still divided into obvious factions and relies too much on aristocratic families.

As for the solution, he gave Liu Chan a small compliment here. He said that now that the emperor has implemented the imperial examination system and opened government-run academies in Sichuan, he believes that in a few years, some people from the bottom will also pass the scientific examination.

Take the exam to enter the imperial court.

But——

If after this group of people enter the court, they are unable to assume the various important responsibilities of the court, and the main say in the court is still in the hands of the aristocratic families, it will still be difficult to solve this crisis.

Speaking of this, he also mentioned that if the court does not solve this problem, even if the Han Dynasty finally dominates the world, it may not be long before the Han Dynasty will go back to the situation after the two emperors Huan Ling.

Because——

The clan is too powerful. If you want peace in the world, you should look at the moon in the water.

The only way to solve the internal problems is to pass the scientific examination and then balance the clan's voice in the court, otherwise the Han Dynasty will be in danger.

After talking about internal worries, we talked about external worries.

He mentioned that now it seems that the Han Dynasty is the strongest among the Three Kingdoms. Even if Wei and Wu jointly attack the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty can deal with it calmly.

However, he changed the topic and clearly pointed out that the so-called alliance between Wei and Wu was just that they had their own agendas, and they were not truly united.

Liu Chan also recognized this very much.

Not to mention that the Wei-Wu alliance is very weak, even the previous Han-Wu alliance may collapse at any time. It is nothing new for the three countries to form alliances with each other and then restrict each other.

Then he said that if the Han Dynasty continues to become stronger, it is very likely that Wei and Wu will be forced to come together sincerely. The reason is very simple. The Han Dynasty is too strong and threatens their living space.

This——

When Liu Chan saw this, he couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.

Force them to truly join forces.

This seems to be really possible. The back and forth between the Three Kingdoms is like this, whether it is now or in the history of the Three Kingdoms?

For example, in the Three Kingdoms in history, Cao Wei was strong, and Han and Wu needed to survive, so they had to unite to fight against Cao Wei. It was also for this reason that the Han Dynasty lingered for several decades, and Soochow survived until 280 years before being conquered by Sima Yan.

The Jin Dynasty fell and the Three Kingdoms were finally unified.
To be continued...