Zhuge Liang did not say this casually. In the early years, the population of the Han Dynasty was no longer as miserable as it was just after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. There were still tens of millions of people.

Coupled with the vigorous encouragement of childbearing in recent years, the population has doubled over the past few decades. At the same time, the external population has been plundered without restraint, and now the total population has approached the 100 million mark.

Although compared with the billions in later generations, it is not even a fraction now. Even strictly calculated, the population of less than 100 million cannot even fill the current territory of the Han Dynasty.

But Liu Xuan has been 'idle' for decades, and he can't sit still anymore.

What's more, in his opinion, the area currently occupied by the Xiongnu does not require a large number of people to move in. This is determined by the geographical environment of the area itself.

The place currently occupied by the Xiongnu is the grassland area located in the northwest of Bingzhou, above Yongzhou, and east of Liangzhou. There are not many places suitable for settlement, and it is more suitable for nomadic people.

The Han Dynasty was a farming nation, and there were only a few places suitable for building towns in that area.

Fortunately, these places were barely able to form an irregular network to control this area, and all Liu Xuan had to do was to relocate some of the people to settle in these cities.

In addition, as for complete and complete development... it is definitely not what we need to do now.

Because once this area is captured, the Han Dynasty will border the Northern Wei Dynasty. This area will not directly carry out a lot of development work like Liaozhou. Instead, it will enter a state of military control - that is, everything will give priority to military operations, and a large number of troops will be stationed at the same time.

Troops and horses are stationed here.

On the surface, it was to confront the Northern Wei Dynasty. In fact, the generals of the Han Dynasty all knew that once the Huns were wiped out and the grassland area was annexed, the Han Dynasty would automatically enter a state of real preparation for war - the so-called Huns were just carrying out a war.

It was just an appetizer before the meal, and many generals even looked down upon the Xiongnu. They preferred to save their strength to deal with the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After all, since Xianbei established the country, its huge territory, powerful combat power, and large population base made it the most powerful enemy of the Han Dynasty.

Although the Xiongnu were powerful, they were stuck in the cracks, and... their power was too small. The generals of the Han Dynasty felt that even if they destroyed the Xiongnu, they would not be able to open up much territory for the Han Dynasty.

On the contrary, once the Northern Wei Dynasty was destroyed, the territory of the Han Dynasty was directly doubled. How big an achievement is this? Not to mention the high-level general title, the title is also stable.

You must know that under the control of today's emperor, the rewards of knighthoods are very strictly controlled. So far, the only people with knighthoods in the court are Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Ma Teng. The others are just officials, not knights, only some

When an old minister resigns to retire, the court will symbolically reward him with the lowest title - which is not yet hereditary.

Therefore, obtaining a title has become one of the biggest pursuits of Han officials at present. It is not that the benefits brought by this title are coveted by countless people, but just to become one of the top people in the Han Dynasty.

The so-called people fighting for a breath is probably like this.

In short, the interest of the Xiongnu and Han generals is really limited. If the Xiongnu king knew that he and others had such a status in the eyes of the Han generals, I wonder if he would jump up and mobilize all his people to fight against the Han.

Unfortunately, in Liu Xuan's eyes, it would be meaningless even if all the Xiongnu people came to fight with him and others. In his eyes, the existence of the Xiongnu was just a dish. He could eat whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, and he was not afraid at all.

Choked.

"In addition, a large number of foreigners have been plundered and entered the mainland of the Han Dynasty. Be careful not to cause any disputes!"

Zhuge Liang nodded, he knew how to deal with these matters. In addition, Guo Jia from the Ministry of Justice had already said hello, and Fazheng, the minister of Dali Temple, was also an upright person. If something really happened, as long as the court expressed its stance, I believe the county officials would

Understand what is the right thing to do.

Then he asked some questions. Zhuge Liang retreated directly.

To be honest, letting Zhuge Liang serve as the Minister of Household Affairs, although it can show his ability in domestic affairs, is still a bit condescending.

Liu Xuan has always believed that the most versatile top talents during the Three Kingdoms period: Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang!

Although Xun You and Xun Yu were very comprehensive, they did not have the ability to lead an army on their own. Although they were suitable strategists, they could not be commanders.

Although Zhuge Liang was criticized for his tactics, he did have outstanding commanding abilities.

Needless to say, Cao Cao is a typical example of being able to manage troops when mounted and able to manage people when dismounted.

The remaining people who are capable of both literary and martial arts either focus on literature or martial arts, or they are not good at managing people's livelihood.

So he always felt that if he really wanted Zhuge Liang to unleash his talents, he had to let him occupy a high position.

It's just that Zhuge Liang has a very bad habit. Liu Xuan kept suppressing him and not reusing him even though he knew his strength. This is the reason - Zhuge Liang likes to handle everything big and small by himself. This is at best

Be conscientious and responsible for your work, and at worst, you have to hold on to your power tightly.

Liu Xuan suppressed Zhuge Liang at first, and later asked him to go to the Ministry of Industry to help Huang Chengyan, all of which wanted him to adapt to the current environment of the court: you are responsible for what you are responsible for, and assign those who should be assigned, and don't keep an eye on everything yourself.

There are even more reasons why he is put in charge of the household department at this time - in such a huge country, there are countless prefectures, counties, cities and counties. If Zhuge Liang really wants to grasp everything in your hands, even if you are an immortal,

It can make you vomit blood from exhaustion.

If you want to do a good job, you have to know what things should be left to your subordinates and what things need to be done personally. If you can't learn how to do it, you won't be able to do it as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, let alone the position of Sangong.

Looking at it now, Zhuge Liang is also slowly adapting. Generally speaking, although his current performance has not met Liu Xuan's expectations, it is still acceptable. As long as he continues to maintain it, he will be able to meet Liu Xuan's requirements sooner or later.

Anyway, the position of Sangong can currently only be transferred to one Taiwei. This will not be changed until the end of the Huns War. At the same time, the Taiwei will undoubtedly fall on Cao Cao's head.

"To fight against the Huns, we probably won't need to use many soldiers and horses!"

As soon as Zhuge Liang left, Liu Xuan began to think about the war with the Xiongnu.

In this battle, there is basically no suspense about the outcome. The only suspense is how long the Xiongnu can hold on, and whether the Northern Wei Dynasty will make any move at this time - if the Xiongnu is really destroyed, the Northern Wei Dynasty will be directly attacked by the Han Dynasty.

There is no way Tuoba could not see the threat, so he would definitely take some action.

It's just unclear whether we should assist the Xiongnu to preserve the buffer force of the Xiongnu, or directly take advantage of the situation and seize the Xiongnu's territory.

"Who to send?"

Sitting behind the desk, Liu Xuan thought about who should be allowed to lead the army to destroy the Xiongnu.

To be honest, although there are not many generals in the Han Dynasty now, they are enough! In recent years, outstanding generals such as Deng Ai and Hao Zhao have emerged, as well as many military attachés scattered throughout the Han Dynasty. Many of those people

They are all people who have left their names in history.

Unfortunately, because there was no war that lasted for hundreds of years, and there was no subsequent chaos, many of these people did not really come forward.

Fortunately, these people's qualifications are indeed good, and they have basically been given the opportunity to practice and have their lifespans extended. Considering that the big man will launch an offensive all over the world in the future, they don't have to worry that they will never have a chance to get ahead.

But for now, they have to endure it. After all, Liu Xuan still has a lot of generals waiting to make meritorious deeds!

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a head sticking out of the door. He had yellow hair, a slightly dark complexion, and somewhat cunning eyes. Who could it be if it wasn't Huang Yueying?

"Come in, there's no one else here!"

Compared to Huang Yueying, Sun Shangxiang seemed much more generous and walked in directly. Over the years, those who knew Sun Shangxiang were either dead or Liu Xuan's confidants and would not ask random questions.

And several of Liu Xuan's women knew about Sun Shangxiang's existence, so she no longer had to hide in Tianji Pavilion all day like before, and could come out from time to time.

Huang Yueying didn't know what the reason was, but she often took Sun Shangxiang with her everywhere. She came to see her today and didn't know why, but she also dragged Sun Shangxiang with her.

But having said that, over the years, Sun Shangxiang has gradually regained some popularity.

It's not that she is not angry. Ever since she cultivated the power of blood, Sun Shangxiang has been no different from a living person. But at that time, it had been cold for several decades. Even if she regained her vitality, she still looked a bit cold and hard.

He usually has no expression, as if he is not interested in anything.

But in recent years, Sun Shangxiang seems to have regained the temperament of an ordinary girl. At least she can often joke with Huang Yueying, Diao Chan and others, and she no longer has only one expression.

"whats the matter?"

Huang Yueying hunched over, leaning on the table with her elbows, dragging her cheeks with her hands, and looked at Liu Xuan with a cute expression.

"..." Frowning, Liu Xuan finally waved his hand: "You'd better stop pretending to be cute on purpose, it doesn't match your image!"

Huang Yueying was annoyed for a while after saying this. After humming twice, she finally returned to normal: "I just saw Kong Ming, are we going to fight again?"

"Oh?" Liu Xuan laughed: "Kong Ming is the Minister of Household Affairs, so my recruiting him seems to have nothing to do with the war, right?"

However, Huang Yueying showed an expression of 'What are you pretending to be? Who doesn't know who?'

Liu Xuan looked amused and just sat there without saying anything. In the end, Huang Yueying couldn't help but speak first: "Who are we going to fight this time? We agreed in advance that I have several big experiments to do here, so I'm going to

front!"

"Test?" Liu Xuan really didn't expect Huang Yueying to come to him because of this kind of thing: "Have you made any weapons again?"

Huang Yueying chuckled: "Not just a few weapons, but also the flying dragon that has been cultivated. We have to put it on the battlefield to try the effect, right?"
Chapter completed!