In the expectant eyes of everyone, Liu Ling stepped up to the podium, bowed to the guests from all over the world, said a few words of welcome, and quickly cut to the chase.

"As you may be aware, more than half of today's guests are feudal lords of the country. The reason for this choice is that compared to ordinary families, excellent heirs are more important to you. Even if there is a wealth of thousands of families, if there is no heir, the future of the family is also nothing. If you give birth to a stupid person, it's not much better, sometimes it's even better to have no heirs......"

Liu Ling successfully attracted the attention of the audience in just a few words. Who doesn't want a prosperous family with children and grandchildren? If there are no heirs to inherit, the hard-earned family business and the credit earned are all in vain. If you give birth to a stupid and stupid loser, it won't be much better.

The fate of the family affects the nerves of every feudal monarch.

The same is true of the Son of Heaven. Although he is very sensitive to the forces of foreign relatives, so far, the wariness of Empress Chen has not been put on the agenda. After the death of the Empress Dowager, the princess of the pavilion Tao no longer has a backbone and cannot play a big role. As for the Chen family, there is no threat to speak of. The relatives he had to watch out for were the queen mother's family: the Wang family and the Tian family, especially the Tian family.

Otherwise, he would not have given Empress Chen such a face when she had no children.

The queen has no children, and the harm to him is far greater than the power of the queen's family.

For a while, the Son of Heaven temporarily let go of the unhappiness in his heart, pricked up his ears, and listened attentively.

After a few opening remarks, Liu Ling began to explain the starting point and method of this research project. She took the trouble to introduce the process of research, and even named the powerful teenagers who participated in the project one by one. It is a strong proof that the data obtained by himself is true and reliable. There is no suspicion of fraud. At the same time, it also further aroused the interest of the audience.

"It's a bit of a big deal." The Son of Heaven turned to the side slightly and whispered to Empress Chen. "With so many people involved, it's worth a war."

"Your Majesty's words are very true. Although Liu Ling is a woman, she has the style of a general. In one point, I don't think Liang Xiao is as good as her. ”

The Son of Heaven frowned. "Does Liu Ling have any opinion on Liang Xiao's reward?"

"Yes." Empress Chen said without thinking: "She said that Your Majesty's reward is too generous, and she is worried that it will be unfavorable to Liang Xiao. ”

"Really?" The Son of Heaven was surprised, but he didn't believe it. He knew that although Empress Chen was not stupid, she was compared to Liu Ling. She's not far from being stupid. Do you know that Liu Ling didn't deliberately say these words to Empress Chen, or did he want Empress Chen to spread them to his ears?

"Absolutely." Empress Chen said: "She said that Liang Xiao was born recklessly, read little, and did not cultivate enough. Suddenly rich, I am afraid that I will get carried away, pampered and arrogant, but not beautiful. Besides, Li Guangbu's reward this time is too generous, and it is easy to be hated. Liang Xiao's food is similar to Li Guang's, although it is a court system. But it is also easy to provoke criticism. ”

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows and smiled without saying a word.

Stage. Liu Ling finished introducing the project and finally began to publish various data. As soon as the data came out, everyone was in an uproar and talked about it.

The Son of Heaven looked at the patterns painted on the silk, the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily, and he subconsciously stood up.

"Is it so harmful to be a relative?"

Empress Chen was also stunned, looking at those shocking charts and data, her face turned pale. The Son of Heaven saw her face out of the corner of his eye, and he was relieved. Empress Chen's expression was like this, which was enough to prove that she had nothing to do with this matter. Otherwise, it would be difficult to pretend to be so real with her character.

Liu Ling's conclusion is very simple, and it can be summed up in only two sentences.

First, the harm of heavy relatives to the offspring is great, not only prone to a series of problems such as premature birth, dystocia, miscarriage, etc., but also infertility in severe cases.

Second, the closer the blood relationship, the greater the harm, the proportion of cousin marriage with abnormal birth is 30 times higher than that of couples without blood relationship, and the proportion of separated relatives is about 10 times.

When talking about the second point, Liu Ling interjected a sentence: Why are there often records of brother and sister marriage in ancient books, but in modern times, brother and sister marriage is a **** behavior forbidden by saints. From this data, it is inferred that the possibility of birth abnormalities in sibling marriage is more than 100 times. Therefore, the sage's prohibition of brother and sister from marrying is a true insight into the way of heaven, not a casual talk, let alone an unfounded far-fetched idea.

In other words, many things that seem unreasonable are actually hidden in them, but I don't know how many people's blood and tears are behind them. From this point of view, learning is never empty talk, but a major event that is beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood, and is closely related to everyone.

"Thank you for your patience." Liu Ling laughed: "Next, please all of you have seen it." If you have any questions, please feel free to speak, I know everything, and I have no end to it. ”

Before the words were finished, countless people stood up and were ready to speak.

Liu Ling glanced at his eyes and saw the Son of Heaven in the private room. She smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty has something to ask, you might as well listen to any questions from the Son of Heaven first, right?" ”

Who dares to rob the Son of Heaven? The outstretched arms immediately retracted, and they turned their gaze to the private room.

The Son of Heaven was stunned, and he was a little flustered in an instant. He was just amazed at the result, but there was nothing wrong with it. I was a little nervous to be watched by so many people all of a sudden. However, after all, he is the Son of Heaven, and he often faces the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, so he quickly calmed down, and his eyes even showed a bit of heaviness of worrying about the country.

He coughed: "If this conclusion is true, how much impact will it have on the country?" ”

Liu Ling laughed: "Your Majesty is really Your Majesty, we only pay attention to our own small family, but Your Majesty's first thought is the people of the world." ”

Everyone laughed in agreement, and some people immediately thought of the fact that the Son of Heaven and the Empress had no children. However, at this time, no one will be bored with themselves, and will only praise the Son of Heaven for having the world in mind.

"Your Majesty, the king regards the people as his heavens. Would Your Majesty want your people to be smart and strong, or stupid and stupid, or will your household account decay and the people will be scarce? ”

The Son of Heaven was speechless and a little embarrassed.

"I think what Your Majesty actually wants to ask is how big the specific impact is." Liu Ling smiled: "This point, forgive me for being difficult to answer. With my personal strength and limited time, I can only investigate inside and outside Chang'an City, and I dare not easily generalize to the whole world. The inference must be measured, otherwise there will be a very large error. After all, outside of Chang'an, there is no place in the world where so many important relatives are concentrated. ”

Everyone nodded their heads. Liu Ling's caution not only did not make them feel that Liu Ling was unreliable, but felt that Liu Ling's conclusion was credible and well-founded.

"One thing's for sure, though. For ordinary people, it doesn't matter if they are stupid, as long as they have the strength, they can farm, and the impact is not great. But for all of you, it's different. Your children have the opportunity to learn for themselves, and the gap between a talent and a fool is clear to everyone. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, who doesn't want to produce a few talents, the value of one talent is worth ten or a hundred mediocre talents.

Liu Ling waved his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet. She bowed to the Son of Heaven. "Your Majesty is worried about state affairs, and I can't wait for the dust. If His Majesty intends to conduct research in the world, the Huainan Royal Mansion is willing to support it, contribute people, and do its best. ”

The Son of Heaven's heart moved, soothed a few words, and sat down. Liu Ling can express his allegiance, but he can't easily accept her suggestion, the hukou is the lifeblood of the imperial court, how can he let the king of Huainan easily get involved. Moreover, if you want to investigate in the world, you must send envoys to patrol the Quartet, and this kind of thing cannot be done by the king of Huainan alone, but by the court itself.

Of course, it's okay to let the Huainan Royal Mansion train people.

When the Son of Heaven took his seat, everyone began to ask questions frequently, and the topic became more and more widespread, Liu Ling responded calmly, neither exaggerating nor concealing, showing a simple demeanor.

In the private room, Empress Chen's face became more and more ugly, and her expression became more and more depressed. When the Son of Heaven saw it, his brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't bear it, but he didn't know how to comfort him, and his heart was a little chaotic.

In the past, he was most worried that he couldn't have children, but when Wei Zifu gave birth to a daughter for him, he let go of his heart, and only thought that having no children was Empress Chen's problem, and it had nothing to do with him. If you want to abolish the queen in the future, the reason for having no children is also reasonable. Now I know that it's not that Empress Chen can't give birth, it's just that Empress Chen doesn't have the opportunity to find someone else to give birth like him. If it is abolished, it will be a little too much.

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Night, Pavilion Tao Chang Princess's Mansion.

The princess of the pavilion Tao sat behind the desk, with a silk book in front of her, which was a copy of Liu Ling's lecture. Although there is no specific list of those interviewers, the data is very detailed, and it is accompanied by a picture, which is clear at a glance, and the curve that soars into the sky is like an arrow, which makes her heart tremble.

She regretted and rejoiced.

What I regret is that I thought that my daughter was childless because she was sick, spent countless money, took countless medicines, and even found a witch doctor, but to no avail.

Fortunately, Liu Ling's research proved that this was not the queen's problem, but the problem of both the Son of Heaven and the queen, and since this was the case, the Son of Heaven could not be deposed on the grounds that he had no children. Even if the queen has no children, the Chen family doesn't have to worry, and of course there is no need to spend those unjust money.

Liu Ling did the Chen family a great favor.

Now, she also understands why Liu Ling resolutely refuses to cooperate with her. If they do not cooperate, this matter will not arouse the suspicion of the Son of Heaven, thinking that they have ulterior motives. Cooperation, this matter is not clear, who dares to guarantee that these data are not forged by you?

She believed that Liu Ling was fully prepared, and maybe there was a detailed list for the Son of Heaven to verify to ensure that the conclusions were reliable.

"It would be nice if I had such a capable daughter." The princess sighed and put away the silk book. He said to his two sons, who were sitting across from him, "You have also seen how useful learning is, not only to make money and get rich, but also to solve problems. In the future, you should also put some effort into doing some serious things, so that you can save yourself from idleness all day and night, and do not do your job. ”

The Chen Xu brothers glanced at each other, bowed down and took orders-

(To be continued.) )