"Guan Niang, do your parents know that you went north to Liaodong with me?"

After the New Year in Jianye, Pei Yinger finally set off to return to Liaodong, and in the end, Pei Dun did not leave with her, only let Mrs. Pei go to Jicheng. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In the case of hard persuasion to no avail, Pei Yinger had no choice but to return to Liaodong with her mother.

Unexpectedly, halfway through, Xun Guanniang came and asked to go to Liaodong with the fleet, Pei Yinger was worried that Xun Guanniang was running away from home, so she had just had the question.

"Don't worry, madam, I told my parents a long time ago, and they also agreed that I would follow my wife's side for a long time."

"Where do you have any knowledge around me? When you arrive in Liaodong, I will introduce you to General Shao, who is the one who is really capable, who is in charge of the military of a state, and kills Hu Lu in fear. ”

"Really? I also have a chance to meet General Shao? In fact, the purpose of my trip north to Liaodong this time is to apprentice! ”

"Apprenticeship?"

"Well, I plan to worship General Shao as a teacher, learn the way of battle array command, and become a famous general like General Shao!"

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In the first month of the third year of Taixing, the first joint military and political meeting of Liaodong was held in the political hall after the New Year, and the high-level civil and military leaders of Liaodong, including Wei Shuo, gathered together to look forward to and plan for the new year.

"Starting from this year, Liaodong will adjust the focus of economic development, and capital will be transferred to the five states of Yongqin, Siqingba, hoping to catch up with the economic level of Youshuo within five years."

"It is not impossible to catch up with the economy of Youzhou in five years, and now the two states of Yongqin have been developing steadily for two years, and the economic recovery has begun to take shape; Although the two states of Siqing have just been recovered, they were originally wealthy, and it was only because of the impact of the war that economic development was hindered. Next, as long as the local Assassin Mansion smoothly sorts out the past malpractices and strives to develop the economy, it won't be long before it catches up with the developed land of Youyan. ”

"Well, Shirong is reasonable, in fact, if you really want to say that the four states of Yongqin and Siqing have a deep heritage, and when the time comes, the economic level will recover rapidly. Only Bazhou worries a certain the most, where it was an inherent territory of the Central Plains during the Qin and Han dynasties, and later it has been owned by Hu Lu, located in the remote north, not only sparsely populated, but also the weakest economic heritage. ”

"My lord, although Bazhou has a weak heritage, its development potential is not small. With the development of the textile industry in eastern Liaodong, the demand for wool is extremely huge. Bazhou is dominated by animal husbandry, and it will not take long for its economic level to rise rapidly by relying on the textile industry. ”

"It's just that Bazhou's economy is easy to develop, but the population is not easy to increase, although the lord has migrated hundreds of thousands of people from Guanzhong and Liaodong to Bazhou, but compared with the vast grassland, this population is just a drop in the bucket. Even if we add 100,000 Hulu, it will not be able to meet the local demand for the population. ”

Listening to Mo Han's words, Wei Shuo also said in a worried tone: "Not only Bazhou, the entire Liaodong is extremely lacking in population. At present, the total population of Liaodong is only more than 12 million, but it is distributed in Kyushu, and the average population of one state is only 1 million. ”

"Compared with the number of two or three million people in a state in the Central Plains, the population of Liaodong is still too small!"

Since ancient times, China has a tradition of attaching importance to population growth, and the size of the population is an important criterion for judging whether a dynasty has reached its prosperity.

In a family, having many children and grandchildren is an important embodiment of more blessings and longevity and family prosperity.

Weishuo attaches great importance to population issues, and in addition to being influenced by traditional culture, there are also very practical needs. With the development of agriculture and industry in eastern Liaodong, insufficient population has gradually become a key factor restricting the further development of eastern Liaodong. Therefore, encouraging the population to have children has become one of the most important policies in eastern Liaoning.

Thanks to the promotion of high-yield crops, the population of China in the future must reach at least 60 million to be considered barely qualified, and it would be even better if it could exceed 100 million.

This is not that Wei Shuo is arrogant, but there is a certain theoretical support.

In modern times, Wei Shuo once saw an interesting post on the Internet about the relationship between population numbers and food species in ancient times.

As we all know, everyone has to eat, so the amount of food is closely related to the number of people, and the more abundant the food supply, the faster the population will increase, and the more people will be carried.

In the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, because the center of gravity of China's economy has always been in the north, the main grain crops planted are millet and wheat, and although rice also exists during this period, it is not the main food crop.

Therefore, the main factor affecting the number of people is the production of millet and wheat, and the population of China reached the first peak under the effect of wheat and millet, that is, 60 million people!

After the wars of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the economy of the north and the water conservancy facilities of farmland were greatly damaged, and in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Chinese economy began to shift from the north to the south. At this time, rice replaced the original role of wheat and became the most important food crop at that time.

Since the Song Dynasty, the grain output in the south of the Yangtze River has gradually surpassed that of the north, becoming the most important grain producing area in the country. Moreover, because the yield of rice per mu is much higher than that of wheat and millet, and at the same time, two or three crops of rice are planted in some places in the south, so that the Chinese population has a second peak based on rice.

The population suddenly broke through from 6,000 to about 100 million, which is a huge surpass.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the introduction of high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes into China, the population of China once again ushered in the second peak, and the population suddenly exceeded 400 million.

This shows that food crops have a significant impact on the size of the population. At present, the early entry of high-yield crops into China will inevitably have a favorable impact on the population.

Of course, 400 million people may be an exaggeration, but 80 million to 100 million or so should be a reasonable number.

"From this year onwards, Liaodong should encourage population births, not that Liaodong did not pay attention to population growth in the past, but that population growth will be listed as an important strategic policy from today onwards, and I hope everyone will pay attention to it."

"In order for everyone to better implement the population policy, I intend to set a short-term goal and a long-term goal."

"Immediate goals? Long-term goals? ”

"That's right, the so-called immediate goal is to restore the population of China to its peak in the Han Dynasty within 50 years, that is, to reach 60 million people; The long-term goal is to strive to make the population of China more than 80 million within 100 years, preferably 100 million. ”

"100 million?"

In the minds of most people, the population of more than 40 million is a remarkable prosperous scene, and they really dare not imagine what it is like to have a population of 100 million.

"According to the survey, if you want to maintain a constant population of a place, a couple needs to have two children. And for the population to increase, a couple must have at least three children. At present, there are about 12 million people under the rule of Liaodong, and about 6 or 7 million in the Central Plains, and the population of Jiangdong is about the same as that of the Central Plains. ”

That is to say, after the unification of the world after that day, the total population of China was about 25 million, which was more than 5 million less than the population at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty. Moreover, this is still the case of Liaodong's naturalization of millions of Hulu, otherwise the entire population of China may not be 20 million combined. ”

"So it's very difficult to meet the near-term goal of 60 million people, and a couple needs to have at least four children to at least double the population."

"According to tradition, people like to have more children, not to mention having four, even ten or eight, the key is how to let the children grow up healthy."

"First of all, we must vigorously develop early childhood medical care to minimize the population loss caused by diseases; secondly, legislation is needed to prohibit parents and elders from discarding and harming babies at will; Finally, we can also vigorously reward those who have made meritorious contributions to the birth and raising of children. ”

"After going down, the pastoral government will sum up a complete official document, and then write the entire Liaodong in the name of the pastoral government, and require all localities to comply with it."

"In addition, it is also necessary for everyone to pay attention to the fact that population growth will inevitably bring all kinds of troubles and problems, and Liaodong must prepare as soon as possible. For example, it is necessary to vigorously develop the economy, strive not to let the population become a burden on economic development, and not to cause the standard of living to decline because of the increase in population. ”

Wei Shuo was very worried about the decline in living standards caused by population increase, so he repeatedly urged everyone present to pay attention to economic development. (To be continued.) )