After the Anglo-French-American forces in the south retreated to the area west of the Loire, the Germans did not attack again, and the coalition forces were unable to launch a counteroffensive against the Germans due to their inferior strength and limited combat effectiveness. On the Marne defense line, both sides did not move, and the Germans were worried that the lengthening of the battle line and the lengthening of the supply line would drag down the army's offensive ability, so they did not launch another attack, and the whole process took more than three months.

During this time, the famous Hindenburg Line was also built, which was much longer and stronger than the Hindenburg Line in another time and space.

On the Eastern Front, the Balkan Corps stopped for half a month and then began to attack again, this time the offensive intensity and intensity were much smaller, the German army was able to deal with it last time, and this time the German army was more relaxed, the Chinese army did this so that the German Emperor Wilhelm II, Chief of the General Staff Hindenburg and Deputy Chief of the General Staff Ludendorff all felt that Huaguo wanted them to fight to the death with Britain, France and the United States, and Huaguo watched the excitement from the sidelines, but they had no choice. If they don't fight hard with the British, French, and American forces, the Anglo-American-French forces will still fight Germany, and Britain, France, and the United States will not be able to make peace with Germany, unless Germany surrenders unconditionally, but the German high-level does not want to surrender unconditionally, which will be detrimental to Germany.

As long as Britain, France and the United States did not make peace with Germany, the situation would not be out of his control, and he was now thinking about how to transport back the nearly two million troops in the European battlefield after the war, as well as the massive weapons and equipment they had in their hands, it was definitely not a simple matter to transport these things back.

There is another thing, and that is an article in the newspaper this morning, which was written by a scholar named Zhang Yuhan who specializes in human sociology. In the article, Zhang Yuhan listed the detailed number and growth rate of the population each year since the establishment of the new government. The numbers above made Xiao Zhenlei feel the Heart Sutra, starting from 1913. The total population of China is 433.25 million, the population in 1914 jumped to 444.74 million, in 1915 it was 455.98 million, in 1916 it was 463.89 million, in 1917 it was 471.27 million, and today it has risen to 480.76 million. A large number of young men in the prime of life are drafted into the army, and if it were in peacetime, the annual population would only increase in size and at a greater rate.

Yes, China's economy has been growing, but population growth has also largely offset the benefits of economic growth, and the more people it has, the greater the consumption. Huaguo has always had a tradition of having many sons and many blessings, so ordinary people have a litter in their homes, whether they are poor or rich, only women can give birth to children and keep giving birth. Some people have five or six girls in a row, but in order to give birth to a boy, they let the woman continue to give birth until a boy is born.

Xiao Zhenlei felt a huge pressure. The rapid growth of the population brings about the problem of survival, and there are so many resources for the whole society. Not unlimited, 500 million people and 1 billion people also share a big piece of the pie. How much each person can eat is completely different, except for the portion occupied by the privileged. The rest is the majority, 500 million people can eat enough, 1 billion people, everyone will definitely not get half of the original, what does this mean? It shows that the vast majority of people do not have enough food and clothing.

Putting down the newspaper, Xiao Zhenlei picked up the phone and made a call to Hu Weishan of the Internal Investigation Bureau, "Hu Weishan?" This morning, a scholar named Zhang Yuhan wrote an article in Huamin Daily called "A Rapid Population Boom Puts Pressure on Survival, Land, and Economy."

"Okay, President!"

It only took two hours for Hu Weishan to check Zhang Yuhan's background, and in the afternoon, Hu Weishan sent Zhang Yuhan's information to the presidential palace.

"Hey, Zhang Yuhan is still a professor at Jingcheng University, okay! What, Xiao Gao, you go and get in touch, I want to talk to Professor Zhang about the population issue! ”

"Okay, President!"

Jingjing University.

When President Li received a call from the Presidential Palace, he immediately rushed to the teacher's office and shouted as he walked, "Professor Zhang, Professor Zhang Yuhan ??????."

All the professors, associate professors, and teachers in the teacher's office turned their heads to look at Principal Li, and some teachers even joked: "Principal, what medicine have you taken today, and you are in such good spirits?" ”

Principal Li waved his hand like a fly, "Go, go, don't make trouble, principal, I've got chicken blood today!" ”

A middle-aged man in his forties, who was very thin and wore glasses, stood up and said, "Headmaster, is there something wrong with me?" ”

The gray-haired old principal stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Yuhan's arm and said, "Xiao Zhang, you kid, something big is going to happen!" ”

All the teachers in the office opened their mouths wide, what kind of madness did this old principal do? Why is Zhang Yuhan going to have a big incident, they are too familiar with Zhang Yuhan, this guy is nothing special, honest and honest, why is he going to have a big incident?

Zhang Yuhan was also confused by the old principal, and wondered: "Principal, what do you mean by this, why don't I understand?" ”

President Li asked, "Did you write an article on population issues and publish it in Huamin Daily?" ”

Zhang Yuhan nodded: "Yes, what's the matter?" Am I also breaking the law by publishing articles? ”

"No, no, no!" Principal Li shook his head like a rattle, and explained in the expectant eyes of the teachers: "Your article has been read by the president, and the president's office just called and asked you to get ready, and you will rush to the presidential palace before nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and the president will talk to you in person!" ”

Zhang Yuhan was a little dumbfounded, he never thought that his article would be taken seriously by the president, he just published the results of his research in the past few years in the newspaper.

At this time, Principal Li said earnestly: "Xiao Zhang, you must behave yourself well when talking to the president, I don't worry about anything else, I am worried that you will lose your temper when talking to the president, you must restrain your emotions, what the president says is what it is, you must not say anything to the president, understand?" ”

Zhang Yuhan nodded and agreed: "Principal, I know!" ”

"Okay, then you can prepare, the presidential palace will send someone to pick you up tomorrow morning, and you must prepare before eight o'clock!"

"Yes".

The next morning, a black car stopped at the school gate, and two young men in gray Chinese clothes got out of the car and picked up Zhang Yuhan into the car.

"President, Professor Zhang Yuhan of Jingcheng University has arrived, do you want to see him now?" Secretary Xiao Gao walked in and reported to Xiao Zhenlei.

Xiao Zhenlei didn't raise his head and said, "Take him to the reception room, I'll be here soon!" ”

"Okay!"

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Zhenlei came to the reception room, and Zhang Yuhan immediately stood up and bowed: "Meet the president!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei looked at Zhang Yuhan and asked, "You are Professor Zhang Yuhan?" “

"Yes, President!"

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, pointed to the chair and said, "Please sit."

"Thank you, President!"

The two sat down, Xiao Zhenlei lit a cigarette and smoked, and asked: "Professor Zhang's masterpiece, I have read it, it is thought-provoking and deafening, but I feel a little unfinished, I wonder if Professor Zhang can elaborate on the impact of the population issue on survival, society, and economic development?" ”

"Okay, President!" Zhang Yuhan hurriedly agreed, and organized the words and phrases in his mind before he began to speak: "President, everything in this world is built on the land, no matter how far the country's economic development becomes, people need to eat and drink, you can't deny this, right?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and motioned for Zhang Yuhan to continue.

"Most of the countries in the world today are agricultural countries, there are no agricultural countries, but very few, agriculture needs land, if it can't produce food, once it is cut off from the import of food by foreign countries, the country will face the catastrophe, once the country without water is cut off from the import channels of the water source, the country will also face the catastrophe, even if you are developed in science and technology, there is no food and water source to survive, no matter how high the technology is, there is no other meaning, I say these have no other meaning, I just want to explain that resources are the source of all economic development, and resources are on the land, and there is a limit to the population that can be supported by resources on a certain area of land.

For example, the grain and cotton produced in a piece of land can feed 300,000 people, and everyone can be fed and clothed, no matter how much the economy of the land develops, even if everyone is a millionaire, it can only produce food and cotton to feed 300,000 people. But if there are a million people on this land, in addition to 300,000 who can be fed and clothed, what about the remaining 700,000? You can say that they all have money, but there is only so much grain and cotton, and the result of everyone having money can only be inflation, and the price of grain and cotton is soaring rapidly, and the consequence is that everyone is not well fed and clothed, unless the current scientific and technological power can produce several times more grain and cotton in this land, which can feed a million people.

Of course, to solve the problem of food, we can import it from abroad, but what I want to say is that it is better not to be controlled by foreign countries as a resource on which human beings depend for survival, otherwise once foreign countries cut off our supply of goods, the people will go hungry, which will have a huge impact on the current economic situation, so the more people there are, the greater the pressure on survival, and the greater the pressure on the government.

I have done relevant research, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, every dynasty to the later stage, the economic situation and social phenomena will have problems, this is mainly after the prosperous era, the country's population will rise sharply, plus the reason for land annexation, there are so many survival resources, more and more people compete for survival resources, which has caused social turmoil, change of dynasty so formed a certain law and normalcy, if the most basic food and clothing problem can be completely solved, then social turmoil will not occur. But how difficult is that? Therefore, it is inevitable to control population growth, and if population growth is not controlled, as the population increases, social problems will become more and more ??????." (To be continued......)