Fangfei looked at the records carefully and noticed the notes marked by Li Yi on the population. At that time, a country had a population of one of the most favorable signs of whether it was strong or not.

When the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, the population was about 12 million. By the time the Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was first established in the Western Han Dynasty, the population was about 15 million. By the second year of the original primitive year of Emperor Ping of Han, that is, the population reached 59.59 million. Peak. This was also the most prosperous stage of the Han Dynasty. However, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power and civil strife broke out, and large-scale wars broke out. Until Emperor Guangwu unified and established the Eastern Han Dynasty. When counted in 57 AD, the population was only 2,100. It was 10,000. It was not until the end of 157 that it recovered to more than 56 million.

However, the good times did not last long, and then they fell into the turbulent times of the Three Kingdoms, followed by the confrontation between the two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties. During this period, almost all wars of all sizes never stopped. Every day, there were thousands of people, Because of war, die directly or indirectly.

Every day and every year, famine, drought, flood, and plague seriously erode the people on this land.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei, Shu and Wu combined, with a population of only 7.57 million.

During the Three Kingdoms period (between 202-265 AD), the total population was 7.67 million. After the brief unification of the Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Jin resumed agricultural production and the people took a short rest and recuperation. By 180 AD, the population reached 16.16 million. Subsequently, it grew to 20 million. People around.

However, a greater crisis emerged again. The Eastern Jin Dynasty was in chaos, and Jia Nanfeng was in power, and he was promiscuous and tyrannical, and internal and external troubles. The ethnic minorities outside the pass took the opportunity to march south. The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, Qiang and others invaded the Central Plains in large numbers. The Five Barbarians invaded China.
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