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Chapter 958, Encourage childbirth and insist on immigration

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    "I finally understand why Liu Jin insists on conducting a census. In the past, it was just a matter of simply registering the population, the proportion of men and women in the population, the population distribution of each province, and the proportion of Han and non-Han people.  , the proportion and number of men, women, old and young, etc., we don¡¯t know anything about it.¡±

    "The current census is to get all the information clearly."

    After listening to Liu Jin¡¯s words, Liu Jian looked at the tables and drawings in his hands and couldn¡¯t help but sigh.

    "Yes, I really benefited a lot."

    ¡°From these tables and drawings, we can grasp the real situation of our Ming Dynasty, how many young and strong labor force our Ming Dynasty has, how many children need to be raised, and how many old people need to be supported.¡±

    Li Dongyang couldn¡¯t help but sigh. From these tables, everyone finally had an accurate understanding of the population of Ming Dynasty.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that there are thousands of octogenarians in our Ming Dynasty, including dozens of centenarians.¡±

    Zhang Mao also smiled and nodded. He took one of the forms and smiled and said, according to the data collected from all over the Ming Dynasty, there are still many elderly people in the Ming Dynasty, including dozens of centenarians.

    "Your Majesty, I think this is a sign of prosperity. We, the Ming Dynasty, govern the world with filial piety, so we should give these old people certain preferential treatment."

    At this time, Xie Qian stood up and said very solemnly.

    "I think what Mr. Xie said is true!"

    When other people heard this, they also expressed their support.

    Treating the elderly well is a tradition of the Chinese nation. Similarly, all dynasties have given preferential treatment to the elderly over sixty years old, as recorded in the Book of Rites.

    If the person is eighty years old, one of his sons will not be involved in politics; if the person is ninety years old, his family will not be involved in politics.  Those who are disabled and ill cannot be cared for by others, and no one can participate in politics.  This means that if there are elderly people in the family who are over 80 or 90 years old, the children and grandchildren can reduce the corvee accordingly. If the elders are sick and need care, one of the children and grandchildren can not do the corvee.

    During the Tang and Song dynasties, the court even built special institutions for elderly care. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were also orphanages established by the court to adopt orphaned elderly people who had no children.

    "Um!"

    Emperor Hongzhi also nodded solemnly, thought for a while and said: "Let's do this. We will give an order to the local government. All elderly people over sixty years old can receive thirty kilograms of grain, one kilogram of salt, half a kilogram of tea and five kilograms of tea from the government every month."  For ten copper coins, you can receive a piece of cloth from the government every year. In addition, you can not kneel before officials, and those over eighty years old are exempted from punishment!"

    Emperor Hongzhi naturally knew about this, and all dynasties had given some benefits to the children of the elderly in this regard, such as exemption from corvee.

    "But now Emperor Hongzhi is different. He has a lot of money. He directly provides grain, salt, copper coins, and publishes. It can be said that this policy is quite good.

    With these subsidies from the court, these elderly people basically don¡¯t have to worry too much about their retirement.

    "Your Majesty is wise!"

    When everyone heard this, they quickly replied to Emperor Hongzhi.

    Although Emperor Hongzhi gave too many concessions, he distributed food, salt, tea, cloth, etc., and also directly distributed money, which was very powerful.

    But on this matter, no one has any opinions, because since ancient times, all dynasties have governed the world with filial piety. What they pay attention to is filial piety, and at the same time, they also pay attention to respecting the old and loving the young.

    It is appropriate to give some preferential treatment to the elderly.

    "If anyone raises any objection or objection on this matter, once the news spreads, his reputation will be ruined. Maybe a group of old people will block your door and curse you to death every day."

    Of course, more importantly, in this era, there are too few elderly people over sixty.

    According to this census, there are only less than 30,000 people over the age of 60 in the entire Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the proportion is not even one thousandth.

    This is mainly because the medical technology of this era is so poor, coupled with the lack of daily necessities, people can't even eat enough, and it is really difficult to live long.

    The average life expectancy in the Ming Dynasty was only thirty years. Even in the Republic of China, the average life expectancy was only thirty-five years. There were very few people over sixty years old.

    Therefore, when the quantity is not large, if the policy of Emperor Hongzhi is followed, it will actually be a very small expenditure for the court.

    "Well, let's do it according to this."

    ?It's endless, there is plenty of food, and there is still a lot of land that has not been cultivated. Even if the population is several times or ten times larger, there is no need to worry about running out of food.

    ¡°Insist on immigration and encourage childbirth!¡±

    After everyone listened, they also grasped the key points of what Liu Jin said, and nodded after thinking about it.

    "Liu Jin, do you have any good ideas to encourage fertility?"

    Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and asked.

    "Your Majesty, gentlemen~"

    "In terms of encouraging childbirth, I believe that we Han people should be encouraged to take foreigners as concubines, especially in places outside the customs and overseas where there are a large number of foreigners. The imperial court should issue a policy requiring every Han to take at least one non-Han as a concubine!"

    Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

    If you want to have more children, in addition to working hard to create people, the most important thing is to have more women. If there are not enough Han people, you naturally have to encourage foreigners to take them as concubines.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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