"The principle of encouraging more children and more children and carrying out certain guarantees must not change." Yuan Shu said categorically: "The territory we will rule in the future will be much larger than now, and we must ensure the proportion of Han people in each territory under our command, and the population must not become a stumbling block that restricts our footsteps." ”

"Our current population, including the population of Hebei, adds up to about 40 million. In this way, let's set a small goal and reach a population of 100 million within 30 years, which is not difficult. With a population of 100 million, it is estimated that it can barely manage such a large territory. ”

"Judging from our current fertility rate in Dachu, this is not difficult, if it is at the current fertility rate, I am afraid it will not take 30 years, 20 years will be enough." Tian Feng said loudly.

"But with this extra two or three million new people every year, how can we have so much manpower and material resources to support it! The country also needs to grow and become stronger. Zhang Zhao frowned.

It is important to know that it is impossible for infants and toddlers to provide any productivity. Even children around the age of ten can only do relatively easy jobs such as feeding pigs and cattle, and it is good to be able to barely support themselves. Zhang Zhao did not object to this request of Yuan Shu, because in this era, population represented productivity and national strength. For a country as ambitious as Dachu, it is inevitable to encourage childbearing.

But with so many more people in a short period of time, the pressure on the state is really too great. It must be affordable, but in this way, the country's development will be firmly held back, which Zhang Zhao does not want to see.

"Since this contradiction cannot be resolved internally, it should be transferred externally." Xun You said lightly: "Don't other countries still have so many populations? Let them serve as nourishment and contribute to the growth of the next generation of our empire. ”

"Shhh Everyone present looked at Xun You with a strange gaze. This guy hasn't made much of a move for so long, they almost forgot that this is also a ruthless person comparable to Jia Xu!

Xun You's words sounded fine at first glance, but after a little thought, he understood what he meant. This is to oppress the people of other countries as slaves as they did with the Japanese people.

"Your Majesty, Gongda's words are very true. For the sake of the future of my Han people, what is it to sacrifice the lives of some alien races. Zhang Zhao said directly.

"It seems that there is a very clear hierarchy on the side of the poison and Guishan, and the people and slaves at the bottom have basically been enslaved, lacking a sense of resistance, so we don't need to do much at all." Guo Jia took a sip of wine and said something serious.

"It's really a solution." Yuan Shu nodded.

With such a large amount of fertility pressure, it is absolutely impossible to solve it by internal burden. Think about it, on average, a couple has to raise six or seven children at the same time, how much pressure should be there, it would be good to be able to raise children themselves, and it is not ordinary to create more surplus value and improve national strength. The only way, as Xun You said, is to transfer the pressure to the outside.

"Your Majesty, although the core of encouraging multiplication cannot be changed, it is true that the corresponding decrees on fertility issued in the past are no longer applicable. Nowadays, it is not difficult for the people to solve the problem of food and clothing themselves, and even many people live a relatively prosperous life, and they can bear a large part of the material security for giving birth to children. Now that the population of our Great Chu is too large, if we continue to implement the original decree, I am afraid that the national treasury will be unable to bear it, and other expenses will be reduced by a large part. Therefore, it is necessary to revise the original ordinance. Zhang Zhao said.

"Well, it is indeed a little inappropriate to put all the pressure of the people's childbirth on the treasury now." Yuan Shu nodded. He was so arrogant at the beginning, because he was rich at that time, and the wealth accumulated by the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes for hundreds of years was squandered in his hands, and there were many ways to make money, plus the number of people under his command was not too large at that time, so he naturally didn't care much, but now it's different.

"However, we can't just carry out innovation, otherwise we are afraid that it will affect the people's will, make the people feel guilty, and affect the policy of encouraging childbirth. In addition, different levels of protection should also be adopted for people in different situations, after all, compared with the wealth of the people in Jiangdong, there are still many people in new places whose situation is still very difficult, and it is impossible to generalize about these people. Yuan Shu said.

"Gongda, since you are in charge of childbirth and know the most about related matters, then I will leave this matter to you."

As soon as Yuan Shu's voice fell, Xun You's face also darkened, and he glanced at Jia Xu, who was at ease with the old god in front of him, and said calmly: "No! ”

Looking at the eyebrows of the two people, hurting each other, Guo Jia, who was on the side, looked slightly happy.

It's not in vain today, this play is really wonderful.

......

Grandma Liu visited the Grand View Garden, and this was the feeling that the envoy of the Kushan Emperor Vesudeva I had after coming to Jinling.

"It really deserves to be a country built by the powerful Han people, and this city is really grand! Even the Chang'an in the records of that year was not as huge as that, and the strength of the Great Chu Empire was probably not under the original Han Empire. The Kushan envoy who came said half amazed, half worried.

Seeing the subtle knowledge, you can see the powerful corner of Da Chu from this city alone. The incomparably tall, sturdy and wide city walls, the terrifying floor area, the orderly state of life, the ruddy-faced and vigorous people, and the high-spirited soldiers who patrolled everywhere all showed the strength of Great Chu to the Kushan envoys.

"It's hard to imagine that this is a country that has only been founded for a few years in the midst of troubled times. There is such a grand occasion in the territory of the Han Dynasty that has not yet been completely unified, and I am afraid that it will be even more terrifying than the Han family in the future! ”

Realizing this, the Kushan envoy immediately strengthened his determination to hug his thighs. As an "ally" of the former Han Dynasty (self-opinion), Guishan's attention to the Han has always been there, and even the worship has never been interrupted, but in recent years, due to the poor situation of the Han Dynasty and the big internal problems of Guishan, he has relaxed his attention.

I thought that the Han Dynasty was broken, even more miserable than his own country, but now I look at it, where is this broken! Although the Han Dynasty died, an even more terrifying country, Da Chu, appeared.

From what he saw and heard along the way from Yizhou, coupled with everything he saw in Jinling, the Guishan envoy already had a certain plan in his heart. This time, you must hug Da Chu's thighs, Da Chu is too rich and powerful, you can only be an alliance and not an enemy, as for the question of the princess of Da Chu told by Vesudeva I, you must be cautious and probe the tone, so as not to anger Da Chu.

"My lord, should we go and present the credentials of the state now and meet His Majesty the Emperor of Great Chu?" The servant under the Kushan Envoy asked.

"There's no hurry." The Guishan waiter said with a solemn face: "We know too little about Da Chu, if we go directly to meet His Majesty of Da Chu, if we say the wrong thing, I am afraid that it will be a big deal." Now the situation in my country is treacherous, and we must be cautious. In this way, you will take a part of the heavy gift prepared by your majesty, and we will go to see one of them first. ”