Chapter 24 Inquiry
In fact, the real situation is not as alarmist as these twists and turns suggest.
Since Emperor Taizu established the Great Yan, he has attached great importance to population growth, after all, the war was in the past, the population was zero, and now the country is established, population growth is essential, otherwise if foreign invasions, where to find young adults to fight? If you have 50,000 foreign soldiers and you only have 10,000 soldiers, even if you win, it will be a miserable victory, and the most feared one will not win, and then it will be even worse if the horses' hooves break through the border and loot wantonly.
So Emperor Taizu set the regulations for birth rewards.
Every person who gives birth to a newborn can go to the township and county government under their jurisdiction to report, and after verification by the government, they will be registered in the register, and they can receive a birth subsidy of ten taels of silver, and when the newborn registered in the register grows up and can get married, they can also go to the government again to register and receive a marriage subsidy of five taels of silver. Both boys and girls can enjoy this treatment.
This regulation is truly grateful to millions of people.
No one doesn't like to have more children and grandchildren, but when the country was first established, it was a time when everything was in ruins, and the life of civilians was very difficult, and it was already difficult to feed a family, so how could they have more children and grandchildren?
But it is the consensus of the people of the time to give birth to a boy to inherit the lineage, and life can't go on, but what if you give birth to a girl?
If you are ruthless, you will drown directly, and if you are difficult to start, you will put a wooden plate and let the baby float on the river, whether you can meet a good Samaritan depends on her luck, at least you don't have to kill your own children with your own hands, and you can lie to yourself in the dead of night that your daughter may be picked up, and she will be raised with good food and drink.
But Emperor Taizu's regulations suddenly solved the problem of difficult life. As long as he is born, whether it is a man or a woman, he can get a subsidy of ten taels of silver.
Ten taels of silver, saving a little bit can make a family of five live for several years, and a hard-working family can live a family. Not to mention the wedding subsidy of five taels of silver, even the marriage can save a lot of money.
During the reign of Emperor Taizu, there was a general lack of patriarchal preference in the whole territory of Dayan, and this period was called the "embryonic period of women's rights" when later historians studied it.
Emperor Taizu never underestimated women, he respected his mother and wife very much, and he also knew that the common people paid attention to the stubbornness of inheritance, but the birth of a newborn girl was very dangerous, because only women can do it.
If more than ten years later, most of Dayan is a man, how can he marry a wife? I'm afraid that monogamy is not guaranteed, so do you want several men to marry together? I'm afraid it's even more unacceptable. Men can't marry wives and can't give birth to the next generation, and as long as it takes a few decades, Dayan will kill himself.
As long as it takes more than ten years, the population will usher in a wave of surge, and Dayan has an abundant population to become the foundation of a big country.
Emperor Taizu's prestige was high, and even if some courtiers were worried that the treasury would not be able to support it, they could only implement it according to his wishes.
Subsequently, Emperor Taizu began a population census in the fifth year, at the beginning of the founding of the country, there were only more than 1.5 million households, more than 9 million people, Taizu's five-year census, there were already more than 1.8 million households, more than 12 million people, to the 20th year of Taizu's population census, has reached more than 5.4 million households, more than 40 million people.
In 20 years, the population has quadrupled. This is a remarkable achievement in an era when productivity is low and you may die if you catch a cold.
When Emperor Yanxuan ascended the throne, because the people were already rich, the birth regulations and marriage subsidies had been canceled.
But even so, by the time Emperor Yanren arrived, there were already more than 70 million people in the entire territory of Great Yan, and the ratio of men and women would not be out of balance.
Perhaps because of the influence of Emperor Taizu's birth regulations, or it may be due to the influence of Empress Taizu, Dayan's atmosphere is very open-minded and very tolerant of women, although it will not treat girls and boys equally, but it will not be despised either.
Therefore, it is a ridiculous joke that I am afraid that someone will not be able to marry a wife, because the official establishment of the Feng Wei Army is only 30,000, and the reserve is only 20,000, and these 50,000 people are just a drop in water compared to the population of the entire territory of Dayan. Not even the fingers of several other armies can compare. At least the Tiger Ben Army has a million-strong number of people in service.
And half of the truth is that it is difficult for women to get married, and now Dayan women are married, whether they are reluctant by their families or in order to improve their status in their in-laws' family, they generally start to talk about people after the ceremony, and they only get married at the age of about eighteen.
Therefore, although the time of retirement and marriage is a bit late, it will not be much later. What's more, the benefits that women can enjoy after retiring from the Feng Guard Army are probably more men asking to marry.
Emperor Yanren didn't want to listen to it anymore after listening to some of the twists and turns, anyway, it was all a cliché, if you change the soup or not the medicine, the next morning dynasty will definitely be noisy, and now you don't want to waste any more energy on this matter, so he signaled the prince to handle the government well, and he went back to the apse to rest.
Not to mention the previous dynasty, even the harem is very curious, those who can stay on the throne in the palace are not stupid, even if they are stupid, those who have sons, after the analysis of their sons, they will not be stupid. At least Concubine Peng De almost gritted her teeth with hatred, and cursed the eldest princess more than once why she didn't die.
On this day, the crown prince Li Chen came to the palace of the queen to dine with her as usual, and after the meal, the mother and son walked and ate as usual.
Queen Wang waved her hand away from the big palace maid who was supporting her, and motioned for the other palace people to follow from a distance, before asking her son, "Chen'er, do you know about Feng Weijun?" ”
Queen Wang definitely asked if she knew or did she know this will, because according to the intelligence network under Li Chen, after the propaganda of businessmen who traveled north and south of the river, many places already knew about this matter, and it is estimated that in a few days, the whole territory of Dayan will know. So this question refers to whether he knows why Emperor Yan Ren did this.
Li Chen nodded, "Erchen knows that my father has already told me beforehand. ”
"So, is it because of your aunt and grandmother that you ......?" asked Queen Wang, unable to hide her curiosity.
Li Chen smiled, and now many people guess that it was because the eldest princess entered the palace some time ago and made a statement to Emperor Yan Ren, and Emperor Yan Ren was forced by the eldest princess to issue the will.
But Li Chen knew very well what kind of person his father was. When Emperor Taizu gave the throne to his son Emperor Yanxuan, he became Emperor Taishang, and his father was enlightened and taught by Emperor Taizu himself, how could he be an emotional person?
Emperor Yan Ren and the eldest princess grew up together, the relationship is indeed very deep, Emperor Yan Ren loves the eldest princess very much, but he will not forget his duties as an emperor, and the eldest princess is not a person who is not confused, this matter should be planned by the two of them together.
In view of the particularity of the Feng Weijun, Emperor Yanren and the eldest princess, who grew up together under the knees of Empress Taizu since childhood, will not sit idly by and watch the Feng Weijun die, but the Feng Weijun is in the hands of the eldest princess, looking at the physical condition of the eldest princess, it is not a problem to live for another twenty years, and the next emperor to ascend the throne is Li Chen, Li Chen is the one who wants to call the eldest princess her aunt and grandmother.
Baixing puts filial piety first, Li Chen is the emperor, I am afraid that he will respect the eldest princess more, and it can be said that he wants to take back the Feng Weijun, but if he doesn't take it back, there will always be a thorn in his heart, and it is not good for anyone.
And now, Emperor Yanren decreed, the eldest princess is equivalent to handing over the Feng Wei Army, in name only, since even a person of the eldest princess's age no longer controls the Feng Wei Army, the next generation of princesses will no longer be qualified to be in charge of the Feng Wei Army.
It cleared a hidden obstacle to the stability of imperial power.
But Emperor Yan Ren also said that the next commander of the Feng Wei Army is capable, but he knows that his cousin Zhao Xi, who is almost the same age as his daughter, was born with divine power, and he is still under the training of the Han family, if Zhao Xi joins the Feng Wei Army, it can be said that the new leader of the Feng Wei Army is Zhao Xi's.
Emperor Yanren is equivalent to compensating the eldest princess in this way, on the one hand, he reduces the rights of the eldest princess for the sake of imperial power, but on the other hand, the relationship with the eldest princess will not let her suffer.
In fact, Li Chen faintly has the intention that his father is raising and abolishing the Feng Weijun by doing this, although Zhao Xi can support the Feng Weijun for more than ten years, but she will always become her own son, and the woman will become a parent, and if she has a child, she will focus on the family, and I am afraid that she is also powerless against the Feng Weijun.
In the long run, the Feng Wei Army will become in name only, so it is natural to ban the Feng Wei Army. After all, there are always few capable women in the world, how many years can there be a person like Mrs. Zhenguo and Zhao Xi.
But this is also the aftermath of Emperor Yan Ren, Li Chen just has this feeling, but he is not sure, the predecessors have already set up a ladder, and whether they will pick the fruit depends on the comprehension ability of the descendants.
"The queen mother, my father is wise and martial, and I have always had a deep relationship with my aunt and grandmother, you know." Li Chen smiled and returned to Queen Wang.
Queen Wang immediately understood. Father Emperor Yingming Shenwu means that this decision was made by Emperor Yanren himself, and it has nothing to do with the eldest princess; She has always had a deep relationship with her aunt and grandmother, which means that even if she harms the interests of the eldest princess, it will not reduce her status in Emperor Yan Ren's heart, and maybe Emperor Yan Ren will feel guilty and compensate her.
The queen and queen did not ask any more questions. She has always been a wise woman, because she has only one son, her heart is given to her son, and she will never hold him back.
Since the crown princess married into the East Palace, she has not been sorry for others, nor has she taken the initiative to stuff a woman to her son, so in the East Palace, except for a few palace maids who teach the prince about adulthood, there is only one princess, and her grandchildren are all grandchildren. The crown princess respects the queen very much, and the child she gave birth to is also very close to this grandmother. Emperor Yan Ren expressed his pleasure more than once that the prince's backyard has always been so stable.
And the queen asked each other this time because she was worried that this will would only come if Li Chen made a statement to Emperor Yanren, so she would offend the eldest princess. The eldest princess has loved and supported Li Chen for so many years, if it is really proposed by Li Chen, it can only show that Li Chen is an ungrateful and ruthless person, Emperor Yanren will not like it if he knows it, and it may cause irreparable losses to him when he ascends the throne as emperor, and he can't take it lightly if he doesn't sit in that position for a day.
But now that she heard what her son said, she was relieved, and began to gloat again. Concubine Peng Defei and the third princess had been planning for a long time, and she couldn't be happier when she thought of their distorted faces. Hey, I really want to see it with my own eyes, I don't know how many sets of tea sets will be lost in Chengqing Palace.
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