The Reborn Wife is Farming - Chapter 1137 Persuasion

The Chinese people have always paid attention to the fact that having many children and grandchildren is a blessing. The age of marriage is set so early that the population grows very fast.

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 small tax collected by the Ministry of Households in the past ten years can we 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 small tax, the population growth would be even higher.

The sex tax has always been one of the biggest burdens on the people. To abolish the sex tax, you must first raise the marriage age and establish a certain concept of birth control.

Naturally, Mu Yangling would not tell Xiaobao that she aimed to abolish the tax and control the population. She just listed a tree-like data, using the tenant data in her own farm as a reference, and told Xiaobao that under Guotai Minan, as the standard of living Lower tenant fecundity.

Little Treasure stared wide-eyed at the tree diagram on the paper. Ten years ago, the family of four became ten today, and based on this rate of reproduction, twenty years later, the family would be at least It can reproduce thirty-six people.

Of course, not all families have this reproduction speed, but this is true for tenants with poor living conditions. What about those wealthy families?

Mu Yangling gave him another data, “This is the cultivated land data I asked your fourth uncle to obtain from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now at least 70% of the cultivated land in Daqi has been developed. If the population grows, it will inevitably invade the mountains and forests in the future. Opening up wasteland is a way to kill chickens to get eggs, and if you don’t open up wasteland, the arable 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 full of hope and said, “Xiaobao, being an emperor should not only do the current thing well, but also focus on the future. Only by looking farther can you go longer.”

Xiao Bao thought about it.

“Your father, Uncle Huang, and Uncle Fan have already laid down a land for you, how to protect and build it is up to you.”

Little Treasure’s eyes flashed brightly, and he clenched his fists and said, “I see, Fourth Aunt, the carriage of time is always moving forward, we should look ahead of it, and we shouldn’t just deal with what has happened or what has happened like past dynasties. If there is a problem, it should be taken precautions before the problem arises, and dare to be the first!”

Mu Yangling smiled and nodded, “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 saw further, Xiaobao, you have to remember , you have to look far ahead, but you have to do things in line with the present, because only the ones that are suitable for the present are 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. What do you think is right? What you say doesn’t mean it’s right, so listen to other people’s opinions more, and this is just the suggestion given to you by my aunt, the last point is to stop when you stop, don’t hesitate, otherwise all your previous efforts may be in vain. “

After Mu Yangling finished speaking, he left him in the study.

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 words had a great impact on him.

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

But there has never been an emperor with such a far-sighted view in history. Xiaobao didn’t learn from it, and felt a lot of pressure.

Following his fourth aunt’s suggestion, he thought about it, if one day the population of Daqi was so large that the arable land was used up, how many people would it take?

Little Treasure suddenly felt that a large population may not be a good thing, and began to think seriously 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 officials must be very fierce, and now the war has not been long, the population loss is a bit high, and it is indeed necessary to replenish some population.

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

Seeing that Mu Yangling didn’t intend to ask people to come out for dinner, he asked secretly: “What did you tell him? Don’t provoke him so that he doesn’t want to marry a wife and concubine. You know, he has a whole country on his shoulders. Heavy duty.”

Qi Haoran felt that if the children of their two families hadn’t been so nervous and had been practiced by Ah Ling many times, the venereal disease cases she mentioned would have a shadow on their sex in the future.

Little Xiong is used to rough nerves, but Xiaobao is very delicate, and has not been taught by Ah Ling a few times in the past few years.

Seeing his narrow-mindedness, Mu Yangling educated him: “You think I’m teaching Dun Lun in the study with him? Those who have their own doctor Wang to teach, we are discussing the population plan.”

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

This is something Qi Haoran can’t understand. Those in power don’t expect a large population. A larger population means that he will be more successful. She is good enough to encourage him to write a letter to control population growth. This is to see if his road will not work. Which way is Xiaobao?

Mu Yangling sighed, “I can’t help it. You stubborn people can’t understand my long-term vision. I can only recruit a few children to be allies. You and Zijin are far behind them in this regard.”

Qi Haoran curled his lips, “That’s because you taught these children. They usually look good and follow the rules. When they don’t pay attention, they come up with some strange ideas. For example, the population growth, you see Look at the Han and Tang Dynasties, which emperor didn’t lower the marriageable age? It’s better for you, but he thought there were too many people and set the marriageable age higher.”

Mu Yangling said: “It’s like a pigsty, it’s only so big, it’s not enough to raise three pigs, five pigs are just right, but you are greedy, you tend to raise ten pigs in it, there is nowhere to sleep, And you only provide feed for five out of ten pigs, do you think the pigsty is in chaos?”

Qi Haoran pointed at Mu Yangling tremblingly, “My great country is a pigsty, is my master a pig?”

Mu Yangling tilted his head, “Is that compared to a horse pen?”

Qi Haoran blows at her.

Seeing that his parents were about to quarrel again, Little Bear immediately asked his younger brothers to clean up the food on the table, and shouted: “Father, Mother, please talk slowly, let’s go have dinner with the prince brother.”

Xiaoan had already brought the tiger head and they quickly went down with the food.

Qi Haoran stared, narrowed his eyes and looked 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, see what you have taught the child to be?”

Mu Yangling snorted, and said: “Don’t you big men think that the son teaches himself, and the daughter’s wife teaches? Xiao An is like this because you and Zijin are not doing their duty, let alone what is wrong with him. If you yell at me like this, can he Do you want to stay and watch? Naturally, it is better to avoid early.”