Taiji Palace, Tang Emperor Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, casually looking at the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Tianlong Babu" on the imperial case, Zhai Changsun, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, reported to Li Shimin in a low voice: "Your Majesty, according to the detectives of the ministers for many days, King Yong'an really taught the true skills to all the Tang students, and King Yong'an is loyal and patriotic, frank and selfless. ”

After Li Shimin pondered, he nodded in agreement.

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin said to Wang Fugui, the chief eunuch behind him: "Tomorrow to discuss the country's major policies, you can personally invite King Yong'an." He is resourceful and has many means, and he may put forward many incredible suggestions that benefit the country and the people. ”

After Wang Fugui bowed down and agreed, he left the Taiji Palace.

In the early morning of the second day, in the Taiji Palace, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin held an inner court meeting. Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, Fang Xuanling, the left servant of Shangshu, Du Ruhui, the right servant of Shangshu, Liu Xun, Xiao Yu, the secretary and supervisor, Wei Zheng, the imperial historian, and Li Jing, the general of the auxiliary state, participated in the meeting.

Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, sat on the dragon chair and said slowly: "My Tang Dynasty territory extends to Youzhou (Beijing in later generations) and Bingzhou (Shanxi in later generations) in the north and borders Goguryeo and Turkic, Chaozhou (Guangzhou in later years) in the south, Qianzhou (Guizhou in later generations) and Longyou (Gansu in later generations), and the sea in the east. It has a vast territory, with an area of about 6.2 million square kilometers, but the population has dropped from 8.7 million households during the opening period of Emperor Wen of Sui to 870,000 households today, with a total population of only 4 million. Since the former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ascended the throne, a million army marched to Goguryeo three times, the heroes were divided, the civil war continued, in just more than ten years, the population of our Central Plains was lost to less than one-tenth of the original, it can be said that there are bones everywhere, and there are no people everywhere. Today, I have summoned all of you to come. Is it to discuss how to increase the population and increase the national strength of my Datang? The people are the foundation of the world, whether it is farming or fighting, the most inseparable thing is people. Only when there are enough people who will be disgraced to the Turks in the future, will there be enough warriors to call, and enough manpower to drive them. ”

After that, he glanced at all the important ministers of the Tang Dynasty present, on the body of Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an. Li Shimin's gaze stayed for the longest time, and he hoped that Li Xuan would have some unbelievable ideas that would allow the population of Datang to increase rapidly.

Shang Shu's left servant shot Fang Xuanling and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to increase the population, this is something that must not be rushed, and the minister thinks that in addition to encouraging the people to have children, the other way is to wait." Waiting for the population to grow slowly, after all, no one can conjure up a lot of people at once, and a lot of Tang warriors can be conjured up at once. ”

Tang Emperor Li Shimin looked at Li Xuan with a little unwillingness.

And Li Xuan fell into deep thought. Li Xuan knew it in his heart. In fact, Datang is not short of food, nor is it short of land, with an area of 6.2 million square kilometers, and there is no shortage of arable land suitable for cultivation. And the people are only 4 million. This was the population of a small county town in later generations. Li Xuan has carefully investigated in private, and almost every ordinary household in the Tang Dynasty has hundreds or thousands of acres of land, the rich have thousands of acres of land, and the major wealthy families have more. Most of the land is hundreds of thousands, millions of acres, and as long as you can work hard to cultivate it, hunger will definitely not exist. Before the Sui period. Although Emperor Yang of Sui was tyrannical, the grain reserves were still very sufficient. Li Xuan has read the statistics of the household department, and the grain reserves are enough for the people of the Tang Dynasty to eat for a year even if they don't work. And as the Tang Emperor Li Shimin said, what the Tang Dynasty lacks most now is not arable land or food, but population. Whether it is farming or warfare, what is needed most is people. Therefore, the increase in population is the most urgent problem in Datang today.

Li Shimin looked at Li Xuan, who was contemplative, and asked, "King Yong'an, do you have any good ideas that can quickly increase the population of my Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Xuan stood up and said slowly: "The minister is willing to recommend a person to His Majesty, this person has a way to quickly increase the population of my Tang Dynasty." ”

Hearing that someone could quickly increase the population of Datang, Li Shimin hurriedly asked excitedly, "Who is it?" Who does King Yong'an recommend? ”

Li Xuan said slowly: "Sun Simiao." ”

Li Shimin said with a deep face: "Sun Simiao? Could it be a generation of famous doctor Sun Simiao? He's not good at curing diseases and saving people, could it be that he still has a way to quickly increase the population of my Datang? ”

Li Xuan replied affirmatively: "Sun Simiao definitely has a way to quickly increase the population of my Datang. ”

Sun Simiao met Li Xuan on Zhongnan Mountain, and soon after the two met, Li Xuan introduced Western medicine to Sun Simiao. In later generations, China relied more on Western medicine than on traditional Chinese medicine, and many people even directly denied traditional Chinese medicine. Lu Xun, a generation of writers, completely denied traditional Chinese medicine, and many experts also proposed: the contribution of medicine to human life can be best reflected in the extension of human life, but in the thousands of years since the emergence of traditional Chinese medicine, human life expectancy has not increased much, and soon after the emergence of Western medicine, human life expectancy has been greatly improved. Professor Li Xuan and Sun Simiao are on the theory of midwifery, as well as the prevention and treatment of various large-scale infectious diseases.

Datang's level of midwifery is really not complimentary. The survival rate of children in the Tang Dynasty is only 60% at birth, and the mortality rate before the age of three is as high as 50%. Even in the Tang Palace, which has the highest level of medical care, giving birth to a child is a very high-risk thing, and the death of royal children happens from time to time. Li Xuan's professor Sun Simiao is the most advanced modern midwifery theory, Sun Simiao through practice, all the children he delivers are very safe and healthy.

Large-scale infectious diseases are the main reason for the sharp decline in the population of Datang. Schistosomiasis, typhoid fever, and malaria (NUE) disease threaten the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty all the time. Under Li Xuan's guidance, Sun Simiao solved the threat of these large-scale infectious diseases, and popularized these treatments by recruiting 2,000 young people from the 14th and 5th of the homeless homeless as disciples.

Therefore, Li Xuan had absolute confidence that Sun Simiao and his two thousand disciples would be able to rapidly increase the population of the Tang Dynasty. So, Li Xuanlang said to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin: "Sun Simiao has a way to make the birth rate of children born in my Datang reach 100 percent, without any damage, and ensure that my Datang children will not die of disease before the age of three, and Sun Simiao has solved my Datang typhoid, schistosomiasis, malaria and other diseases, which can extend the average age of my Datang people, and the average life expectancy of my Datang people can be extended by ten years." ”

After listening to what Li Xuan said, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and all the important ministers of the court were stunned. The birth situation, the premature death of Datang, and the death of various large-scale infectious diseases, they know best in their hearts, but today, there is such a person, Sun Simiao, who solved all the problems at once. If these problems are solved, and the average age of the Datang people is extended by another ten years, it will increase by hundreds of thousands of young and strong people all of a sudden; The birth rate of children can be increased, the premature death rate can be controlled, and the population of Datang will increase by hundreds of thousands every year. What an exciting, incredible thing, if this continues, the population of Datang will definitely increase rapidly, and Datang will quickly enter the prosperous era. (To be continued......)

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