Chapter 1972 Population Growth Bottleneck and National Treasury
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Just as Li Min was looking at the photos of Li Shimin playing, a voice came from outside the door.
It was Dai Zhou's voice.
"Sir, Dai Zhou has something to ask of you."
Dai Zhou came and said.
"Dai Zhou, what's the matter with you?" Li Min asked very puzzledly.
"Today's statistics of the population of the Tang Dynasty show that the growth is not as good as last year. Many people are unwilling to get married or have children. The population in the palace is gradually increasing, and the expenditures from the treasury are also becoming more and more. Therefore, Dai Zhou would like to ask for advice.
Sir, is there any way?"
"Shouldn't you ask the emperor about this? Let the emperor handle this matter." Li Min said this.
Nowadays, I sometimes come to ask Li Min about national policy matters.
Li Min was very dissatisfied.
Dai Zhou said: "Many of these people are from the Shengtang Group..." Dai Zhou said this.
"You mean I made them sterile?"
"Dai Zhou didn't dare. Dai Zhou just wanted to explain, and His Majesty felt a little helpless, so I came here to ask the Sixth Prince for advice. Your Majesty doesn't know about this either. If he knew, he might not let me come over to ask."
When Li Min heard this, he realized that the gesture of wearing a hat was not very high.
This is the attitude of asking for help.
So, he said: "There is a way, it depends on what you want to do."
"Please also ask the Sixth Prince for advice."
"Back then, when the great ancestor Liu Bang was in power, he also encountered a big population problem. In order to achieve rapid population growth and encourage people to have children, Liu Bang collected a single tax from the people. Anyone who had not gotten married by the specified age needed to pay the tax to the court.
I think you can improve it based on this!"
"What the Sixth Prince said is absolutely true!" Dai Zhou was delighted.
"Nowadays, the preference for boys over girls is very obvious. Many men cannot marry wives. The court can publicize that boys and girls are the same, so that people can change this perception. I believe that things can be improved in the future!"
"What the Sixth Prince said is absolutely true!"
"You can also provide maternity subsidies. How much money will be given for each additional child, then everyone will rush to have children. In fact, Shengtang Group also hopes to have a larger population, so as to provide support for the development of Shengtang Group."
"I will mention this to His Majesty!" Dai Zhou said. The treasury is a little nervous now, so Li Shimin may not agree to this.
The reason why they were nervous was because Li Shimin invested in airplanes and many other things, so they had less money. When they needed money, they naturally didn't have it.
"Of course, Shengtang Group will also work hard to change this, but this is a long-term process. What we can do is to increase the income of each place so that they can have more money and let them think about having children.
, of course, we will also make publicity to let everyone understand the benefits of childbirth."
Li Min introduced.
Here Dai Zhou asked: "Sir, do you have any suggestions regarding palace expenses?"
"How many maids are there now?" Li Min suddenly asked.
"There are probably more than 30,000 maids in the imperial court now!" Dai Zhou wondered why Li Min asked this.
Speaking of palace maids, before the Qin Dynasty, the number of palace maids ranged from more than a dozen to hundreds!
In the early Western Han Dynasty, there were only a dozen maids.
It was not until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the number of palace maids began to soar to more than a thousand. Since then, the number of palace maids in all dynasties has continued to explode!
By the time of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the number had reached five or six thousand. After Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, destroyed Soochow, he filled the harem with 5,000 beauties from the Soochow Palace, making the number of beauties in the palace begin to exceed 10,000. By the time of Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty
During the years, the number of palace ladies once reached 40,000.
Now Li Er has 30,000 maids in court.
These people perform their own duties and consume countless resources in the palace every month. Not only the salary, but also the daily food and accommodation, 30,000 people need to spend a huge amount of money.
The palace maids usually only let her leave the palace when they reach a certain age. At that time, almost all of them are old and have faded beauty. If they marry someone else, they may not be able to have children.
This is a huge waste.
"Those palace maids pay a lot of money for a month, right? Just eating for a month, how much does that cost?" Li Min asked.
"This...is indeed true." Dai Zhou murmured and nodded.
"Let these maids go back, gain freedom, and give them the opportunity to marry and become wives. This can not only increase fertility, but also save money!" Li Min added.
Dai Zhou called out: "Sir, you are really powerful. I came to find you. It's not wrong. In this way, both things are solved. You are too powerful, sir."
Dai Zhou was very shocked by Li Min's way of thinking.
He thought of things that most people wouldn't think of.
"That's all I can say. You can see for yourselves what to do specifically." Li Min said.
At this time, Dai Zhou said something that made Li Min almost laugh.
Dai Zhou still doesn't understand himself.
"If the Tang Dynasty is governed by Sir, it will definitely become more powerful. I don't think His Majesty cares much about governance!" Dai Zhou said this, seemingly connoting Li Min.
Let Li Min be the emperor?
Who is Li Min?
How could you not understand what he said?
Dai Zhou probably doesn’t want to be with Li Shimin anymore.
Maybe he was frightened by Li Shimin.
Or just talking casually.
But no matter what, this guy has been suffering from Li Shimin for a long time.
"Dai Zhou, Dai Zhou, what good can being an emperor do? Do you see what the emperor does every day? Isn't it good for me to be a member of the Shengtang Group? I am stronger than a country, and I have to worry about national affairs every day. As long as
Just develop well."
Li Min is awake in the world.
He has his own ideas, but he will not be led away by Dai Zhou.
Dai Zhou was shocked and realized that he had said something wrong.
He said, "Sir, I didn't mean that. I meant that you are stronger than anyone else."
Including Li Shimin’s meaning.
Li Min smiled.
"That's right. Everything in the future will belong to the Tang Dynasty! You must remember this sentence!"
"What you said is absolutely true! Sir, please do not talk to others about what happened today! I just said it casually!" Dai Zhou said quickly. Is he afraid of something?
Li Min thought it was a concern, but he didn't take it to heart at all.
"Don't worry, who can I talk to?"
Li Min asked back.
Dai Zhou smiled awkwardly.
Now the relationship between Li Min and Li Shimin is not good.
Li Min doesn't seem like a person who talks nonsense.
"Sir, I'm overthinking it!" Dai Zhou said immediately.
"Is there anything else?" Li Min asked again.
"No more, sir!" Dai Zhou's expression became flattering.
"Sir, I'll go back first, thanks to you this time, otherwise I will be scolded by His Majesty again!"
"Go!" Li Min waved his hand, and Dai Zhou left the tenement building.
This time, he was going to the maple forest in the south of the city.
Because he knew that Li Shimin was playing in Fenglin.