"Not as much as before? Isn't this what it should be?"

Ying Feiyu really didn't know this.

"The native population of Da Qin is 30 million. In the past, it could grow by nearly 2 million every year. However, after encouraging childbirth in the past two years, the number is only over 1.3 million, which is nearly half less. I recently wanted to settle a score with you!"

Ying Zheng's face suddenly dropped when he mentioned this.

"Father, are you not mistaken? The population growth rate is slowing down. Why are you looking for Erchen? Erchen has always encouraged childbirth, and it is not Erchen who tells them not to have children. This has nothing to do with Erchen.

No, don’t accuse good people unfairly!”

Ying Feiyu hurriedly hid far away.

He is still a boy, and he has not even been around Wang Wan, his real wife, let alone anyone else!

How can you blame him when women refuse to have children?

Even if his body has been systematically transformed, it is impossible to get millions of women pregnant a year and increase the population of Daqin, right?

Then what has become of you?

"Hmph! The people's refusal to have children is directly related to your kid...!"

Ying Zheng snorted coldly and continued: "In the past, women had a low status and had no financial resources. They could only live on the men of the family, take care of their husbands and raise their children! Now that you have built so many factories, women's salaries are not much lower than men.

Women who can make money gradually raise their heads and gain status in the family!"

"If you are pregnant and have a baby, you can no longer work. Not only will your family's income be reduced, but you will also have to continue to live a life of looking at men's faces with your palms up!"

"In order to maintain the family's livelihood and at the same time for their own dignity, the women tried every means to give up life, and many of them had disagreements with the men in the family because of this!"

These are the results of Yingzheng's special mission to investigate people's homes after the Ministry of Household Affairs reported the number of new people.

The women in all the counties of Da Qin have almost the same caliber.

"It's not like they haven't given birth to a son for their family, just have one to carry on the family line!"

"Now that plows have improved and steam tractors are available, even one person can plow the land. Why do they still have so many sons?"

"Go and ask his father. I'm going to have a baby. Can he support our mothers alone?"

The young wives spoke plausibly, leaving the officials who went to investigate speechless.

"In the past, when there was not enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, people's families had only seven or eight children. They were hoping that one of them would be successful and support the other brothers and sisters!"

"It's good now. The young wives think that as long as they give birth to a son in the man's family, the task will be completed! If this continues, the new population will become less and less! Not to mention immigrants, I am afraid that even the mainland of Daqin will not be able to fill the gap.

!”

Ying Zheng said with a sigh.

"Father, the soldiers have gone far, how about we go back and talk about it?"

It seems that this matter does require careful discussion.

But the dock is not a good place to discuss these matters!

"Um!"

The wind at the pier was strong and gave Ying Zheng a headache.

Put your hands behind your back and lead everyone back to the palace!

Other ministers can go home directly, but the six ministers and several other consolidated ministers all have to go to the imperial study room to discuss matters!

Seeing other colleagues happily returning home for dinner, the faces of a few old guys were so twitchy that they looked like chrysanthemums!

…

Entering the imperial study, Ying Zheng sat down on the dragon chair.

The six ministers, as well as several other humerus ministers, sat down in order according to their official positions!

"The navy has successfully set off for the expedition. When it returns, the whole world will belong to me, Great Qin!"

"Yes! When they return, our land in Da Qin will have expanded many times!"

"Hahaha……!"

Seeing Ying Zheng's gloomy face, the old guys tried their best to say nice things.

Of course, they are really happy about this!

If it were in the past, if they said these words, Ying Zheng would laugh along with them!

But it's different today. I heard that Da Qin's territory will become bigger and bigger, and the sadness on his face is actually a little deeper!

"Haha...uh..."

Seeing Ying Zheng leaning on the chair with a golden sculpture and dragon without saying a word, the veterans laughed awkwardly and then quietly closed their mouths.

"Do you know why I called you here today?"

Ying Zheng asked with a stern face.

"I don't know!"

On the pier, when Ying Zheng was muttering to Xiao Zhengtai, these old guys were relatively far away, and with the wind blowing in their ears, they really didn't hear anything.

"You are only happy that your territory is getting bigger and bigger. Why don't you think about the dwindling population of Da Qin?"

Ying Zheng was so angry that they slapped the table.

"The population is getting smaller?"

"No way? Nowadays, people don't die in wars. How come there are fewer and fewer?"

"Yes! Isn't it already encouraging procreation?"

"Lao Zhang? What's going on...?"

The veterans were also shocked when they heard the news, and all their eyes fell on Zhang Han.

He is in charge of the household department and is also in charge of population statistics!

"Yeah! That's right! It's true that no one will die in war now, but the new population has dropped sharply!"

The more Zhang Han spoke, the softer his voice became, and the more he spoke, the less confident he became.

It’s as if it’s his fault that people don’t have children!

"How could this happen? Why on earth is this?"

The veterans are puzzled.

"Why? Because women want to make money to support their families and don't want to have children! If this continues, there will be no one left in our Daqin...!"

The more Ying Zheng talked, the more excited he became. Finally, he took a deep breath, tried to calm down his emotions, and continued: "Let's talk about it. What are your thoughts on the population issue?"

"this……?"

The old guys looked at each other with grimaces, not knowing what to do.

Now women can also make money, which can indeed help reduce the burden on the family!

They can't issue a death order and don't allow women to go out to work. They should all go home and give birth to children, right?

Furthermore, women go out to work in order to increase their income and make their families live a good life!

At the same time, with women working, it can also promote the development of industry and commerce, and at the same time promote the development of Daqin!

"Your Majesty, this is really a dilemma! If it is allowed to develop, the population of Daqin will become smaller and smaller! If women are not allowed to work, this problem can be solved, but not only will the economy recede, but the people's lives will also become difficult and delayed.

Slow down the development speed of Great Qin!"

The veterans thought about it but couldn't come up with a viable idea, so they finally threw the problem back.

"Do you think I don't know? If it's not a dilemma, why would I come to you?"

After listening to their words, Ying Zheng became even more angry.

"I am incompetent!"

When the boss got angry, the old guys didn't dare to be tough and quickly bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes.

At this time, don't care if it's their fault or not, it's all their fault.
Chapter completed!