Chapter 2 Encouraging Fertility and Increasing the Population

The meeting continues.

Li Shanchang was concerned about the population of the Han people, and he said: "Ten million people may die in the ten-year war of domestic unification. So I have two suggestions:

First, encourage childbearing. Wherever a third child is born in the land under the jurisdiction of Liaodong, or more than three amounts, the grain for raising is distributed by the official every month; Second, the families of the fighters and the families of the martyrs, including their children, can receive a ration on a monthly basis. ”

Li Shanchang is not untargeted, Liaodong has had a bumper harvest every year over the years, and the granary with a lot of grain can't be put down, so can't it all be used to make wine, right?

Xu Miao coughed, and he said, "This family is too extensive. Is a concubine considered a family member? If you count, then the poor people in Qingzhou and Xuzhou are afraid that they will marry soldiers one after another just to eat. Every soldier marries twenty concubines, do we have to raise them for him? ”

Gongsun Kang laughed, in this era, it is possible to marry more than N concubines, as long as you can afford it! If the government raises them for them, maybe there are really shameless soldiers who marry dozens of concubines.

Xi Zhicai helped Li Shanchang solve this loophole, he said: "This suggestion of the hundred chamber brothers is good, we can improve it:

1. The food for raising more children is only distributed until the age of 5. From the age of 6, they enter the compulsory education system, where the government takes over the education and takes care of the two meals a day. In the future, develop a craft and let them support themselves.

But this policy is not forced. Families who are well-off and willing to educate their children on their own will only stop distributing food for support, but they will not be forced to enter government schools.

Second, the families of soldiers, Liaodong already has various preferential policies. For example, for farming, each household can have 30 acres of land and only receive 10% of the rent; The soldiers were also paid 1 tael of silver a month (the soldiers themselves were fed and lodging in the barracks for free); Each battle has a generous share of the loot. Therefore, don't treat them specially, just treat them equally according to the policy of multiple births.

Children of martyrs under the age of 5 are entitled to a monthly ration. Every child can receive it, including the first child and the second child. After the age of 5, he also entered the government education system. And it is not forced, and if the family is well-off, you can educate your children by yourself.

The widows of martyrs should be encouraged to remarry. In the future, the population will be greatly reduced, and they will need to continue to have children. Regardless of whether they remarry or not, the various preferential policies of the warrior family can still continue for three years.

But this should be broken down, if the soldier's parents live with his wife, they all enjoy preferential policies; If the wife and the soldier's parents are separated, they each receive half of the discount. For example, farming, each enjoys a discount of 15 acres of rent. Including remarriage, you can also enjoy a three-year discount.

In this way, there must be many men who are willing to marry them.

The soldiers of Liaodong are relatively wealthy, and there are two foreign concubines (Wuheng and Goguryeo concubines) who are assigned to them by the lord alone. Therefore, the concubine remarries and does not enjoy the preferential policy of martyrs. However, the children born to concubines and martyrs enjoy the treatment of the children of martyrs.

There are also finer details, such as how to calculate the preferential policy for multiple children when the number of children exceeds three in the reorganized family after remarriage? My suggestion is that newborn children should only be counted on the basis of the man's original children, and this calculation method can also be extended to widows who are not widows of martyrs. ”

Xi Zhicai finished speaking in one breath.

Everyone was surprised, they didn't expect that the drama master still had such a delicate side.

Gongsun Kang coughed, retrieving everyone's attention. He said: "In this way, there is still a lot of detailed work to be done, and our meeting today is just to determine one direction: to encourage fertility and increase the population." For the specific operation method, I will entrust the drama military master to take the lead and lead the secretaries of the secretary desk to draw up a detailed rule together. ”

Xi Zhicai bent down and arched his hand in response: "No! ”

If Guo Jia is here, it will be Guo Jia who will take the lead. This is a government work, and it is also the prototype of the future prime minister.

Gongsun Kang planned to implement a multi-phase system, that is, a cabinet system, in which at least seven people should join the cabinet to discuss government affairs and military affairs.

In addition to the issue of population and fertility, there are also a series of issues, such as the resettlement of the people in the local war zones, the registration of the population census, the prevention and control of epidemics after the war, the post-war local reconstruction, the reception of local governments at all levels, and the selection and training of the preparatory leadership groups of our government offices.

War is fought with a comprehensive national strength. After the war, the test of the ability to govern is to digest the territory.

In addition to government work, there are also military issues.

The first is the question of generals. The unification of the world is a matter for the whole army, and all generals should participate in it.

At present, several generals serve as the governors of each state, each in charge of a war zone.

This is a defensive configuration, and now if it is changed to an offensive and aggressive type, how should the generals be deployed?

You must know that each general is good at different, some are good at defense, and they are as immobile as the earth; Some are good at attacking and aggressive like fire.

The second is the issue of troop allocation, in which theater should more troops be invested? In which theater of operations should cavalry be used? Where should I use the Mountain Troops? All of this has to be taken into account.

It's a headache to think about. All the military advisors and strategists have put forward some views, and some of them are still conflicting and contradictory.

Gongsun Kang waved his hand and said, "This is the work of ten years, and we don't need to make a decision now." The thing in front of us is to solve the problem of the Xianbei people.

I decided: above the generals, only the generals of the five counties in Liaodong are now used! The same is true for the troops! The troop deployment and leading generals of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, and Yizhou will all maintain the status quo first and will not change! ”

Zhao Yun and Gongsun Gong were overjoyed, and happily responded: "No! ”

The soldiers of Liaodong were not afraid of war, but looked forward to war. In particular, the war with the alien race will bring them rich booty, and the third and fourth alien concubines. If you can't afford it, or don't want to raise it, you can also sell it. Liaodong did not prohibit the slave trade, but encouraged the capture of foreign slaves.

Of course, the official slaves were still relatively humane, and after three years of mining and road construction, they were released as free people and given them a Han identity. Only the alien race that is stubborn and resists naturalization will mine to death.

There are no landlords in Liaodong, all land is publicly owned, and every free citizen can go to the government to apply for land, as long as he pays rent. Therefore, the Han people in Liaodong did not go to slavery because they couldn't eat.

The servants and maids in the wealthy families live better than the heads of well-off families, otherwise who will do it? These are high-paying jobs!

(End of chapter)