Chapter six hundred and ninety-fourth birth and gathering population
Arriving at the outskirts of the city, Yang Lin frowned when he saw the rumored rail carriage.
There is still a big gap between what I thought. Taking the track as an example, it is actually just fixed on both sides.
Moreover, it is very wide, and the length and width of the carriage are almost equidistant, so the resistance is naturally much greater.
The craftsmen in charge of this matter were greatly encouraged when they heard that Yang Shaozai was coming and waited here early in the morning.
I originally thought that Yang Shaozai was just here to take a look, but he didn't expect to put forward many practical and useful suggestions, which made everyone admire him with admiration.
As he talked, his awe diminished slightly, and Yang Lin simply sat down on a wooden pier by the roadside, with a circle of people surrounding him to listen to his explanation.
After chatting for a while, Gao Bing couldn't hold it anymore at first. He couldn't understand at all, so he found an opportunity and ran away.
After a few important details were finalized, Yang Lin clapped his hands and the contents of his stomach were almost empty. He would show his clumsiness if he continued talking, so he stood up and left.
A group of school elites from various places looked at Yang Shaozai's back with admiration in their eyes.
"It seems like it will take at least ten more years to put a steam engine on a rail car." Yang Lin thought to himself.
Yang Lin, who was slightly disappointed, cheered up and ordered a heavy reward for these people and provided them with sufficient funds.
After returning home, he issued three more orders, asking Zhongshu's disciples to formulate laws to regulate the two emerging industries of coal mining and iron-making; the second was to cancel the law that a wife would be imprisoned for three years if she sued her husband; the third was to cancel the law, and the fourth was to
Each capital enjoys the power to independently handle local taxes for three years, which is used to build infrastructure and attract people to settle in.
Bai Shizhong looked at these three orders with some disapproval in his heart, but he still carried out Yang Shaozai's orders resolutely as usual.
After it was sent to the Department of Culture and Education, Cai Jing read it, pondered for a moment, and said to the people around him: "Young Master has the idea of encouraging production, and I will help him."
"It all depends on the master."
Cai Jing got up, left the yamen, got on the carriage, and came to Zhaode Square.
Yang Lin, who was watching a play with several children, handed the little son he was holding into the hands of the wet nurse and went out to meet the guests.
"When the Grand Master comes here, he will definitely have some good words to teach me." Yang Lin said with a smile before he arrived at the flower hall.
Cai Jing, who was older and more senior, did not get up and said with a smile: "Wenyuan, after seeing your three decrees, I have some ideas that I want to discuss with you."
Yang Lin took the warm bucket from the maid's hand, refilled a cup of tea for him, and asked humbly: "Master, do you have any advice? Wen Yuan is attentive."
"If you want to ensure peace of mind for the people and promote development, do you know what is the first priority?"
Yang Lin thought for a while and said: "Lightly doing corvee and paying low taxes?"
Cai Jing shook his head, and Yang Lin added, "Is it to encourage farming and weaving?"
"That's not right either." Cai Jing took a sip of tea and didn't let him continue guessing. He said directly: "Population."
"Only when there are talents can we have production, only then can we have labor force, and only then can we have talents."
In society at this time, population was indeed important. There were 100 million people in the Song Dynasty, so the wealth of the people was far beyond that of other countries.
The Southern Song Dynasty in later generations was able to resist the Mongols for fifty years, but the seemingly powerful Xixia and Jin Kingdoms perished in a few years.
After all, the Song Dynasty had a large population, so its productivity and military resources could keep up.
Cai Jing continued: "Your new policy will allow the people at the bottom to have food as long as they are willing to work hard. If the weather is good, there will definitely be surplus food. In this way, the people will be able to feed more children."
"The introduction of the school system will allow ordinary children from poor families to have the opportunity to study and become literate, and it will give them an extra way out."
"Medical schools have trained countless doctors, which has reduced the mortality rate of the people."
Every time Cai Jing said something, he would click on the table. At the end of the sentence, his eyes seemed to be shining with light.
Such a person, when he was young, might not have had the lofty ambition to help the world.
It's just that he has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and his edges have been worn away, and he only cares about power.
Now that Yang Lin gave him a chance, Cai Jing seemed to be rejuvenated, bursting out with surging passion and saying in a concentrated voice: "Wenyuan, we already have all the conditions to encourage childbirth and increase the population."
"Now there is only one decree. After three children, for each additional child, the court will reward you with some money, and the local government will distribute some food every year. The Song Dynasty will definitely be more powerful in the future."
When Yang Lin heard this, he thought, this makes so much sense.
The old man's vision is further than that of his own two generations. In this era, nothing can compare with population.
Such a large territory, so many resources, and such a vast world need the people to develop, protect, and expand!
Yang Lin stood up, bowed to Cai Jing, and said, "The grand master is indeed far-sighted and sincerely a pillar of the country."
Cai Jing quickly gave him a hand, and Yang Lin took advantage of the situation and said excitedly: "Encouraging childbearing is actually a national plan, which will benefit the country and the people. The merits will last forever. However, the amount of the reward needs to be decided by the Grand Master."
Cai Jing finally bid farewell to his career as a penman and began to participate in the formulation of major social affairs. He felt very comfortable and agreed with a stroke of his beard.
Yang Lin sent him outside the gate of Zhaodefang and turned around with a smile on his face, obviously in a good mood.
What Cai Jing said is so right. In this era, we have begun to encourage the birth of children. In the future, the world may be full of Han people.
Nowadays, the competitiveness of other ethnic groups is really not impressive. Even if they want to encourage them, they don't have such a strong family background as our own.
In fact, except for Yelu Dashi, who encouraged the Khitan people in the west to keep more wives and concubines and preserve their bloodline, there was no ruling group that cared about the children of the lower class people.
Yelu Dashi's encouragement of childbearing was for ten years of fertility and restoration of Khitan's vitality; Yang Lin's encouragement of childbearing was a thousand-year plan to seize resources and territory in the world.
Yang Lin was full of imagination and returned to the courtyard. When he turned a corner in the corridor, he accidentally almost bumped into Li Ning'er and Yin Qianqian who were walking hand-in-hand.
The two of them shouted sweetly, and when they saw it was Yang Lin, Yin Qianqian couldn't help but cover her mouth and said with a smile: "Da Lang is thinking of something good, he didn't even look at the road."
Yang Lin, one on the left and the other on the right, hugged the two people's waists and said, "I just got a good idea for governing the country, and I'm going to work hard with you."
Li Ning'er quickly waved her hand and declined: "We, the female generation, can only serve the elder man in his daily life, but we don't dare to get involved in politics."
Yang Lin snorted, grabbed a handful of their buttocks, rubbed them hard, and cursed: "You two, tell yourselves, who in the house has been with me as long as you? I asked myself, too."
You have sweated so much on your body, but you haven’t given me a son or a half a daughter so far, so who can you deserve?”
The two women were ashamed, their eyes were red, and they accused each other repeatedly. Yang Lin used his left and right hands together, and one of them slapped her buttocks, and said majestically: "You useless thing, you still have the nerve to wander around here, go back and kneel side by side, let's