The Continent of Artifacts is not like the Earth. Although there are face trees and the area of ​​planting grain is very small, don’t forget that the largest arable land in this continent is crystal stone wheels and forest cutting and various spiritual woods and medicines. These crops have a very long growth cycle. In order to ensure annual consumption, a large part of the land has to be drawn out to plant these plants. This is also the basis of social existence.

Even if Zhang Ziqiang can get crystals for free through the Spirit Transformation Array, he is unwilling to cut down crystals in large quantities - there are still a large number of forests in the mainland, and there is little rain in the mainland. If these forests are cut down, will it be rare to rain next year?

Everything in the world is interdependent and transformed. Just when Zhang Ziqiang was diligent in practicing politics, a man handed a memorial to Kailin that day, which immediately caused an uproar in the court.

This memorial was written by a former minister in charge of civil affairs, named White. The content of the memorial was about controlling the population. He made an assumption in the memorial that if the empire did not participate in the war on the mainland, the population of the empire would be overturned without forty years, and the original foundation would be overturned every twenty years. If it continues at this speed, it would not take several generations to wait for even the people in the court today to see it with their own eyes. At that time, the empire had too many people to even stand! So he proposed that the empire promulgated laws to control the population from now on.

All the ministers were like a joke in the court. There was never a precedent for controlling the birth of babies in this continent. Years of war made civilians very susceptible to military disasters. Wherever the military disasters passed, all the elderly, low-cultivated, and unable to sell at a price were killed. This is a natural choice for interests, but it also invisibly solved the crisis of overpopulation for the countries.

The original Al Kingdom had a small population base, and wars were constantly in short supply. Labor was wealth in the eyes of rulers of all countries. The elderly, weak or poor cultivation talent could not get into their eyes. The countries on the mainland wished that their own countries would have a larger population so that they could produce more Jindan monks. As for those ordinary civilians, who cares about their life and death? In this atmosphere, White's control of the population was like a joke. How could he cut off his foundation like this? There is no doubt that Mr. Ma Yinchu proposed to control the population, but unfortunately he was not adopted by Mr. Mao, but was labeled as a rightist.

However, after seeing this comment, Kalyn's attitude was different. She heard from the saints that in the past, the mainland would split within a hundred years and continue the wars of various countries, forming a cycle. However, the period of mainland unification was extremely short, so the summary in "General History of the Continent" was caused by the rebellion of a few ambitionists. Only the temple saints watched coldly, believing that this was a rebellion caused by excessive population.

Zhang Ziqiang had told her about this, so she couldn't think about how to decide on this matter, but she still suppressed the court officials' discussions first and asked Zhang Ziqiang for advice after the court was dispersed.

Zhang Ziqiang was also quite surprised when he heard a person named White proposed to control the population, but he knew the harm of being overcrowded. White was also a talented person to recognize this in the mainland environment.

"Kelly, do you think the Wind Dynasty will go to war with our country?"

"Now that the father is here, Emperor Tren was scared to death. He would not go to war with us. What's more, the three northern kingdoms combined are not weaker than the Qianfeng Dynasty. In a few decades, the speed of the royal family's cultivation of Jindan monks will be far superior to the Qianfeng Dynasty. Even if the father is not there, it would be a question of whether the empire will fight them. They will never be able to defeat the empire."

"Will the people of the empire starve to death under your rule?"

"Of course not! The people will only become richer and richer, how can they starve to death?"

"The people of the Empire will neither suffer from military disasters nor starve to death. There are very few people who die of illness and premature death. Everyone wants to have more children. Do you think what White said will happen? The ministers objected because they did not understand the strength and technology of the family and believed that peace is only temporary. Don't you know?"

Kailin blushed and explained: "The ministers of the father's words know who can give birth, and how many babies are difficult to determine. If the law restricts it, no family of the imperial subjects will have a daughter! This law is extremely difficult to determine, and if you are not careful, it will cause major problems!"

Zhang Ziqiang was silent. It is very simple to not give birth in this mainland. During the fertility period, a woman only has less than one month of conception in a year. If she does not want to give birth, she can easily cut off the mother's nutritional supply to the embryo by running her true qi and true energy. She can handle it by herself without going out to find a doctor.

However, many people in this world have spiritual consciousness. The gender can be detected before the baby is born. The idea of ​​favoring boys over girls is particularly important. If birth restrictions are restricted, few people will probably have daughters. Then there will be big problems before the population control plan begins!

If the people of the empire accept the idea that both men and women are equal, this is not something that can be accomplished by one generation or two generations. The idea of ​​inheriting the family line is only one aspect. The most important thing is that because of the balance of yin and yang, men's future in cultivation is far higher than that of women. High cultivation in the mainland countries means high abilities and high income. Who doesn't want to live a good life?

Whoever wants to stop the civilians from living a good life is the public enemy of all civilians! No wonder those unified countries have not taken the initiative to control the population. It is estimated that even if they see this problem, they cannot control it.

There is no limit now. As long as a woman is pregnant, no matter what the spiritual consciousness checks, the same will be born, because even if you find it out, the woman will still have to have another year before she can give birth, and she cannot have more sons. What's wrong with raising more daughters? But once the number of people is limited, the balance will be broken immediately. What kind of situation will it be? Thinking about it, your scalp will be numb.

It can be said that the imbalance between men and women's cultivation talents is unsolvable. However, only Zhang Ziqiang has the ability to distinguish between yin and yang, so he can only distinguish and utilize it, and cannot change the original environment of the continent. He was sweating in his back and waved to Kailin, "Xuan White entered the palace!"

White was a middle-aged man with a pointed chin and small eyes. If he hadn't seen him in the palace, he would have thought he was a tentman. At this time, he was sitting in the imperial room in trembling and shock, as if there was a thorn in the chair.

"You don't have to be nervous. I have read the memorial of controlling the population. It is well written! I'm summoning you into the palace to ask, do you have a reasonable way to control the population?"

When White heard Zhang Ziqiang directly approving his memorial, he suddenly sat upright and said excitedly: "The Emperor Shengming, Your Highness, the Emperor, and the Wei Me, believe that the Empire wants to control the population. In addition to customs and human feelings, we should start from two aspects: one is the total population and the other is the ratio of men and women!"

"It is not difficult to control the total population. You only need to stipulate that any wife can give birth to two people and a concubine can only give birth to one person. However, judging from the current population structure of the empire, even if so, the empire will still reach 130 million in forty years."

Zhang Ziqiang and Kailin were stunned when they heard this, but they both immediately realized that there are more women in the empire than men now, and men are not worried about having no wives, and it is normal for them to have concubines. This move reflects the status of wives and concubines, which is in line with the national conditions. However, Zhang Ziqiang felt awkward no matter how he heard it.

"The difficult thing is to control the ratio of men and women. The weak minister's idea is that a wife can have a son and a daughter, and a concubine can only have a daughter!"

White's statement made Zhang Ziqiang even more difficult to accept. He frowned and asked, "Why should we artificially control the imbalance of male and female ratios? Can't we have to have the same number of male and female numbers?"

When White heard this, he looked at Zhang Ziqiang in shock and explained carefully: "Emperor, the same number of men and women will cause many men to not be able to marry a wife! In addition to those specially trained, the cultivation of women who marry is a Qi Refining Period, that is, a two hundred years old. If a commoner family also has a Qi Refining Period, a monogamy can live a long life. But for a richer family, men can reach the foundation-building period with the benefits of elixirs, men can reach the foundation-building period, and men in a wealthy family can reach the Golden Elixir stage. It is not surprising that those Jindan monks have ten or eight wives and concubines in their lifetime. Isn't this making a civilian man without a wife?"

Dizzy, Zhang Ziqiang was really dizzy, and there was also this problem. Unexpectedly, empiricism killed people! The balance of yin and yang has caused the difference in the cultivation of men and women, and the difference in cultivation has caused the difference in life span. The imbalance between men and women in the empire has always thought it was caused by war. Unexpectedly, this is also a natural choice. A man’s wife’s cultivation is not high, and he can’t limit the remarriage of young men in this continent. Like a Jindan stage monk, his life span has ended. Damn, he still has six hundred years of life!

"If the poor family is in the way of a humble minister, most of the poor families cannot afford to raise concubines, and they can adapt to monogamy. For those who have two sons, one of them will be recruited to serve the military for life, and will be demoted to slaves from the family and will not be married. Those who have one son and one daughter do not need to serve in the military. In this way, even if they have more children, they will not belong to themselves, and will naturally act according to the law."

"But this still cannot guarantee that there are more women and fewer men. Therefore, those civilians who can afford concubines, except for the wife who can get a son, can only have daughters, otherwise they will be levied as national slaves, and only noble families. If they have more children, they can be taxed. This can also limit the growth of the clan and evolve into aristocratic families."
Chapter completed!