Chapter 1137： persuade

Chinese people always pay attention to the blessing of having more children and more grandchildren. The age of marriage is set so early, which makes the population grow rapidly.

In recent years, grain production has increased, the overall living standards of the people have improved, and the population has grown faster. Only by comparing the Ding tax collected by the Ministry of Households in the past ten years can get a general data.

Now Daqi has a population of only 50 million, but what about ten or twenty years from now?

If it weren't for the Ding Tax, the population growth would be even higher.

And the Ding Tax has always been one of the biggest burdens of the people. To abolish the Ding Tax, we must first raise the marriage age and establish a certain idea of ​​birth control. At least after the Ding Tax is abolished, the people will not continue to live in a swarm.

Naturally, Mu Yangling would not tell Xiaobao that she aimed to abolish the Ding tax and control the population. She just listed a tree-like data, using the data of tenants in her own farmhouse as a reference, and told Xiaobao that under the national security and peace, the standard of living should be regarded as the standard of living. Lower tenants' reproductive capacity.

Xiaobao stared at the tree diagram on the paper. Ten years ago, a family of four had become ten today, and at this rate of reproduction, after 20 years, the family would be at least ten. Thirty-six people can be reproduced.

Of course, not all families have this speed of reproduction, but a tenant whose living conditions are not very good, what about those rich families?

Mu Yangling gave him another data, "This is the cultivated land data that I asked your fourth uncle to get from the household department. Now at least 70% of the cultivated land in Daqi has been developed, and the population will increase, and it will inevitably encroach on the mountains and forests, logging in the future. Land reclamation is the method of killing chickens to get their eggs, but if the land is not reclaimed, the cultivated area will not be enough, and the food will not be enough, and then there will be refugees and wars.”

Mu Yangling looked at Xiaobao with hope and said, "Xiaobao, being an emperor must not only do the present thing well, but also focus on the future. Only by looking farther can we go longer."

Little Treasure is thoughtful.

"Your father, Fourth Uncle, and Uncle Fan have already built a land for you. How to protect it and build it is up to you."

Xiaobao's eyes were full of brilliance, and he clenched his fists and said: "I see, auntie, the time carriage has been moving forward, we should look in front of it, and we should not only deal with what has happened or what has happened like in the past dynasties. If there is a problem, you should take precautions before the problem occurs, and dare to be the first!"

Mu Yangling nodded with a smile, "When every dynasty was first established, those in power thought that the dynasty would last forever, but in fact it only took two or three hundred years, because they never looked further, Xiaobao, you have to remember , look far, but do things in line with the present, because only what is suitable for the moment is the most accurate, and time is constantly advancing, and things are constantly changing, what is suitable now may not be suitable for the next year, do you think it is right? That doesn't mean it's right, so listen to other people's opinions, and this is just the advice given to you by the fourth aunt, the last point, when you decide, don't hesitate, or all your previous efforts may be in vain."

Mu Yangling left him in the study after saying those words.

Xiao Bao has always been very smart. Although he is not as brilliant as Xiao An, his thinking ability is not low. Mu Yangling's remarks had a great impact on him.

The central idea is that, like the emperors of all dynasties, don’t just think about reducing corvée, increasing the population, and increasing taxes. It is true that completing these three items is enough to become a Mingjun, but focusing on the longer future, the achievements will be even greater.

But there has never been an emperor with such a long-term vision in history, Xiaobao did not learn from it, and felt a lot of pressure.

Following his aunt's suggestion, he thought, if one day the population of Daqi is so large that all the arable land is used up, how many people will there be?

Xiaobao suddenly felt that too much population is not necessarily a good thing, and began to seriously think about reducing the population growth rate.

Raising the age of marriage is the first step, but how much?

Of course, it is impossible to mention too much at once, so the reaction of the ministers must be very fierce, and now that the war has just passed, the population loss is a bit large, and it is indeed necessary to replenish some population.

Xiaobao sat in the study for a whole day, and he hadn't come out when Qi Haoran came back from the palace.

Seeing that Mu Yangling didn't mean to call people out for dinner, he secretly asked, "What did you tell him? Don't be so excited that he doesn't want to marry a wife and concubine, you know, he can shoulder a country on his shoulders. heavy duty."

Qi Haoran felt that if the children of the two families were not nervous and had been practiced by A Ling many times, if he heard about the STD cases she mentioned, he would probably have a shadow on **** in the future.

Xiaoxiong is used to some rough nerves, but Xiaobao is very thoughtful. He has not been taught by A Ling several times in recent years.

Mu Yangling taught him how narrow-minded he was and said: "Do you think I shut him up in the study to teach him Dunlon? Those self-owned imperial physicians are going to teach, we are discussing the population plan."

Qi Haoran stared, "You really let Xiaobao control the population growth."

This is something that Qi Haoran cannot understand. Who in power does not expect a large population. The more the population, the more successful he is. She is better. She urged him to write a letter to control the population growth. Xiaobao that way?

Mu Yangling sighed, "There's no way, you old stubborn can't understand my long-term vision, I can only pull a few children to become allies, and you and Zijin are far behind them in this regard."

Qi Haoran pouted, "That's because a few children were taught by you, they usually look fine and follow the rules, but when they are out of sight, they come up with some fantastic ideas, such as this population growth, you see Looking at the Han and Tang dynasties, which emperor did not set the marriage age at a lower age? It would be better for you, but you think too many people, and set the marriage age at a higher age."

Mu Yangling said: "It's like a pigsty, it's so big, it's less than three pigs, it's just right to raise five pigs, but if you are greedy for more, you tend to raise ten pigs in it, and there is nowhere to sleep. And you only provide feed for five of ten pigs, do you think the pigsty is messy?"

Qi Haoran pointed at Mu Yangling tremblingly, "Co-authoring my great country is a pigsty, is your father a pig?"

Mu Yangling tilted his head, "That's like a horse pen?"

Qi Haoran shot at her.

Xiao Xiong saw that his parents were going to quarrel again, he immediately called his younger brothers to clean up the food on the table, and shouted: "Father, mother, you can talk slowly, let's go and have dinner with the prince."

Xiao An has already brought Hutou and the others down with the food quickly.

Qi Haoran stared, squinted at Xiao An's back, turned his head and gritted his teeth at Mu Yangling: "In the past, Xiao An was so obedient and well-behaved, look at what you have taught your children?"

Mu Yangling snorted and said: "Don't you big men think that your son will teach yourself, and your daughter's wife will teach, Xiao An is not responsible for you and Zijin, not to mention what is wrong with him, you yell at me like this, don't he? Do you want to stay and watch? Naturally, avoid it early."