With Zhang Yuhan's explanation, Xiao Zhenlei understood it, and only he could understand the serious consequences of the pressure on the population exceeding the land resources, that is, the chaos in the world, everyone in order to compete for survival resources caused the chaos in the world, the specific manifestation is the change of dynasty, warlord separation, nature through this form of greatly reducing the number of people.

However, this problem is not impossible to solve, and without controlling population growth, we can only continue to improve science and technology, so as to improve the efficiency of land production. However, the improvement of science and technology is far from catching up with the growth rate of population, because the improvement of science and technology can not be artificially controlled, and you can improve as much as you want, so in the end, it is necessary to control the growth rate of population.

Of course, there is another way to alleviate the pressure of population growth, and that is to expand outwards and grab land resources from other countries, which will lead to war. From ancient times to the present, wars have always existed, and the reason for the outbreak of wars has always been for profit and survival resources, and nature also uses war to achieve the purpose of eliminating excess population and reducing its own pressure.

After listening to Zhang Yuhan's explanation, Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and thought for a long time, and said to him: "Professor Zhang, your research is very good, I now have a certain understanding of the pressure and possible consequences caused by the rapid population growth and the excessive population on the whole society and the environment, but others still don't understand, you are an expert professor in human sociology, I think you have the responsibility to let more people know this, You can give some simpler examples to make the vast majority of people understand that having too many children not only causes great pressure on society, but also puts even more pressure on themselves and their families, and that ordinary people only care about their own vital interests and will not care about anything else. Only by getting the whole country and society to pay attention to this problem can we solve this problem through administrative or legal means. Professor Zhang, do you understand what I mean? ”

Zhang Yuhan hurriedly said: "Understood, understood!" President, I will do my best to cooperate with the relevant departments! ”

"Good, good!"

Xiao Zhenlei has never been able to figure it out. In later generations, many countries around the world have not used administrative means to control population growth, but the population of those countries has not increased much in decades, and some countries have been declining in population growth without controlling population growth.

Why has Western countries never had the problem of population pressure? Many countries, including the United Kingdom, are even encouraging childbearing, and the government has also promulgated relevant incentives and administrative regulations to encourage childbirth.

Xiao Zhenlei has been thinking about this question for a long time, and it was not until he stayed in Western countries for a long time that he understood. Many Westerners have the consciousness of not having more children and more blessings, and even many people think that having children is still a burden, and the more children, the heavier the burden, and the economic pressure and energy to bear to raise one child and raise two or three children are completely different.

It's a matter of thought and consciousness! After listening to Zhang Yuhan's explanation, Xiao Zhenlei felt that if he wanted to truly control the problem of excessive population growth, it was necessary to carry out both administrative means and ideology.

Administratively, it is necessary to raise the issue of family planning as soon as possible in the daily work of the government. After all, certain regulations on family planning cannot be carried out forever, once the population declines significantly. Family planning is no longer necessary, so this problem cannot be solved through legislation, but through administrative means, and the relevant regulations will be revised after a period of implementation.

In terms of ideology and consciousness, it is first necessary to let the people of the whole country understand the advantages of having fewer children and eugenics, and the disadvantages of having more children. Of course, there are also benefits to having more children. But on the whole, the harm of having more children is much more than the benefits, which requires vigorous publicity by the relevant departments.

The implementation of family planning requires the cooperation of other conditions before it can be truly implemented, such as the research and development and production of medical tools and drugs that can allow people to voluntarily have fewer children and better births, so the level of medical science and technology must also be able to keep up with it.

On this day, Xiao Zhenlei invited Yang Du, Liang Qichao, Tan Yanmin, Zhang Jian and others to enjoy the peach blossoms. Everyone chatted while walking in the peach blossom forest.

Xiao Zhenlei changed the topic and talked about the population issue: "A few days ago, I saw an article in the newspaper about the serious problems caused by too rapid population growth, I don't know what you think of this problem? ”

Tan Yanmin said with a smile: "President, the more people, the better, the more people are powerful, for example, a project can be completed by 1,000 people in three months, but if 10,000 people are used, under the condition of proper command, the speed will be eight or nine times." Isn't it true that the more people, the more benefits? ”

Yang Du shook his head and said: "Old Tan, it's not right for you to calculate like this, why don't you count 10,000 people to eat ten times more than 1,000 people?" Much more wages? ”

Liang Qichao smiled and said: "I see, Lao Tan, the example you gave is problematic, and the problem of the president is not illustrated by this example!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei also understands that these people's overall view and wisdom are all first-class, and their ability to analyze problems is also beyond the reach of ordinary people, but in the consciousness of these think tanks, there is no such thing as population at all, this is a matter of ideology and the limitations of the times, they only know that one person earns one yuan a day, and ten people can earn ten yuan a day, but they have not considered that the more people they eat, the more clothes they wear.

Two days later, Xiao Zhenlei sent someone to invite Zhang Yuhan again, and this time he invited Zhang Yuhan to come over and give a live speech to the members of the staff group, senior cabinet officials, and members of Congress.

Zhang Yuhan was a good teacher and professor, he was very eloquent, and his speech was very successful, and after the lecture, all the high-ranking officials realized the seriousness of the problem.

Taking advantage of the fact that these people were here, Xiao Zhenlei walked up to the podium at the end and said: "Presumably, you all have some understanding of Professor Zhang's explanation, and you are all smart people, and you should all understand the serious consequences caused by a large population. Since we understand the stakes, we can't just take them lightly, we have to find a way to solve it, how to solve this problem? Professor Zhang, do you have any suggestions? ”

Zhang Yuhan, who was standing next to him, immediately said: "President, ladies and gentlemen, there are three ways to solve this problem, the first way is to control the rate of population growth, and the specific way is to implement population family planning through administrative means, limiting each family to only one or two children; The second way is to expand outward, seize the land of other countries, and relieve population pressure; The third way is to improve science and technology, so that the output of land can continue to increase, so as to alleviate the problem of survival pressure caused by population growth! ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "The second method, we are already doing it, we added nine provinces last year, which can alleviate the population pressure to a certain extent, and the third method, we are doing, many scientists are engaged in scientific and technological work that will increase the output of land." After the end of the war, it will not work to plunder the resources of survival by means of expansion, and science and technology may continue to improve, and there will always be a time when it will stop moving, so we can only control the rapid population growth and the total population by administrative means. Even the poorest people are all open to the stomach and work hard, they think that the more they are born, the more labor in the family, but they don't know that the more people, the more mouths, open their mouths to eat, what if there is no food to eat? Hungry! What should I do if I'm hungry? You should imagine, for the rest of you here, I don't know, I've been hungry, I know what it's like to be hungry, hunger can make people lose their minds, lose their dignity, imagine what a person might do if he loses his mind and discards his dignity. The consequences are very serious, and we must attach great importance to the problem of excessive population growth, and we must also control the total population within a certain range to prevent the serious consequences caused to the country by the excessive population! ”

The high-ranking officials then engaged in a heated discussion on the issue, each expressing their own opinions, with some arguing that it was too early to start using administrative means to control the rate of population growth, after all, people did not even mean it.

Some people believe that the severity of the population problem is already very urgent, and according to the current annual population growth rate, after the end of the war, the annual population growth rate will be even more terrifying, and they are afraid that in less than 20 years, the total population will double, and then the pressure on the government will be very great.

Some people have pointed out that from now on, it is necessary to carry out population forecasts, and to this end, it is also necessary to set up relevant departments to deal with the population issue, and to formulate local birth policies according to the situation of each locality; not only that, but the relevant departments must also carry out large-scale and long-term propaganda without sparing any effort, because this is not a matter of a short period of time, and it is not possible to succeed in changing everyone's concept in a short period of time, and after 20 years, according to the situation, whether or not to relax the birth policy. (To be continued......)