Beiyang reactionaries

Yu Youren made a joke, and everyone present laughed.

Because Yu Youren was right.If the couple didn't make a child at night, could it be that they stared blankly, or couldn't count the stars.Since ancient times, it has been a normal thing to pass on the family line.

If two people sleep together, can they have babies, and can they control it?

"However, I also agree with Zhonghui (Shao Lizi)'s suggestion."

Yu Youren and Shao Lizi are close friends, and they have known each other for more than 20 years.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, both of them were studying in Japan, and their relationship was irreversible.

"If you don't have long-term considerations, you must have near-term worries. It has been 20 years since the last census, and now I estimate that our population may be close to [-] million. If we don't control it, our population will soon reach [-] million, [-] million. billion, we will definitely not have enough food by then.”

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

The backwardness of productivity and the growth of population are now an insoluble contradiction.Although the Ministry of Agriculture began to reclaim the previously abandoned wasteland, it also carried out new reclamation in the border areas, which greatly increased the area of ​​cultivated land.

However, productivity is lagging behind, and the grain yield per mu has not increased much. Therefore, the increase in grain production cannot keep up with the growth of population.

"It's a contradiction. So what do you think?"

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"What do you think?"

"Prime Minister, let me talk first."

At the end of 1925, Tang Er, the former Minister of Education, who was newly elected as a cabinet member, was the first to speak.

"Prime Minister, let me talk about contraceptive methods from the medical field."

"it is good."

Duan Xun nodded.

Tang Erhe is a doctor himself. He studied medicine in his early years abroad and received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Berlin.After returning to China, he served as the school doctor of Normal University, and later served as the president of Beijing Medical College, which is now Beijing Medical University.Although he later served as the Minister of Education, he has always been very concerned about the development of medicine.The newly established medical universities in China in recent years were all established under Tang Erhe's first-hand attention.

Contraception, contraception, is actually a medical issue.

It is best to let a medical student explain it to everyone.Tang Erhe is a doctor of medicine who is serious about children and eight classics. He immediately began to popularize fertility knowledge to several people and told them what it is like to have a baby in medicine.

Tell a few people how the sperm and egg combine.

Regardless of whether everyone is a cabinet member, they are also "elite" talents who have been exposed to Western learning in the late Qing Dynasty.But when it comes to modern scientific literacy and modern biological knowledge, everyone is far behind. Not everyone understands modern scientific knowledge.Everyone marries a wife and has children, and knows how to create a child, but they are not familiar with the specific biological process of creating a child.Now Tang Erhe will tell you in detail that many people know a lot about fertility.

"So in the medical field, the so-called contraception is actually preventing the combination of sperm and egg. As long as the combination of sperm and egg is prevented, a woman will not be pregnant."

"Commissioner Tang, from a medical point of view, how to stop this. Is there any good way?"

"Have."

Tang Erhe nodded immediately, and said: "Prime Minister, everyone, there have been contraceptive prescriptions since ancient times. Whether it is the inner courtyard of the palace, or rich families, including brothels, they all have their own methods of contraception, and there are also contraceptive decoctions. But on the whole, many methods are relatively clumsy, and the effect is not very good. Many of those contraceptive decoctions have serious side effects on women's bodies, and it is not easy to popularize such decoctions."

There are many contraceptive prescriptions, whether they are big families or folks.Especially for large families, in order to prevent the housemaid from giving birth to the child before the mistress, there are many ways to prevent them from getting pregnant.There are even some prescriptions that will completely destroy the fertility of these girls.Such prescriptions are very common in big families.

Including brothels.

If the brothel has no means of contraception, then the brothel will become a kindergarten.However, many of these prescriptions have serious side effects on the body.Even the prescriptions that come out of the palace, there are many that are very bad for the body.And even if the sequelae are not serious, it is impossible for Tang Erhe, who has received modern Western education, to accept the contraceptive methods of Chinese medicine.Even in Tang Erhe's eyes, all the contraceptive decoctions of Chinese medicine are poisons.

It's not just Tang Erhe who can't accept it. Many celebrities who have been exposed to Western learning in this era reject Chinese medicine.They denigrated Chinese medicine as witch doctor and asked the government to ban Chinese medicine.

If it weren't for the fact that there are too many Chinese medicine practitioners in China, and the people's resistance to foreigners is relatively serious.Otherwise, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing might have already started to attack Chinese medicine.

The more people in this era learn from Western celebrities, the more they look down on Chinese medicine.

"Compared with traditional Chinese medicine in my country, Western medicine has deeper and more comprehensive research in this area, and has better methods. Therefore, there are many contraceptive methods in the world. However, the more popular contraceptive method in the world is the use of condoms. .Especially in Germany, this method of contraception is very common, and the effect is very good. I think that if our country wants birth control, this method in Germany can be used as a reference.”

Tang Erhe introduced what a condom is.

After all, in China at present, this kind of thing is really rare, and many people don't know what a condom is.The same is true for those present here.Several people are old men, and Tang Erhe also told everyone directly what a condom is.Including the role of condoms.

"The advanced experience of foreign countries should be used for reference."

Duan Xun supports Tang Erhe's view.

condom.

Even 100 years later, the condom is still the most suitable method of contraception.There are already many large-scale condom factories in the world, but Germany is the one with the best popularity.Condoms are widely used in Germany. Compared with other European and American countries, their acceptance is not very high.

"Prime Minister, technical issues are one thing, and acceptance is another. Our country has been taboo about this issue since ancient times, and we don't talk about it in public. Even if we build a condom factory, this It is also difficult to popularize. It is difficult for the people of our country to accept things like condoms.”

Tang Erhe finished what he had to say, and finally expressed some concerns.

The topic of "sex" has been tabooed in China since ancient times.With the spread of Western learning to the east in the past few decades, China has also begun to accept new things, but regarding men and women, "sex" is still secretive.

It is definitely not easy to promote something like condoms.

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

Not to mention now, even in the new millennium in history, the topic of "sex" is still a very sensitive matter.

"It's still an education issue and a publicity issue."

Duan Xun thought for a while and said: "The simplest physiological knowledge should be popularized. Not only schools, but also our propaganda agencies. The popularization of physiological knowledge is also useful for the popularization of health knowledge. Commissioner Tang."

"Prime Minister."

"As for how to popularize these simple physiological knowledge, you can discuss with the Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Health after the meeting, and come up with some specific methods."

"Yes."

Duan Xun thought for a while and said: "The popularization of physiological knowledge and hygiene knowledge is a stage that must be passed in the process of improving the quality of our nationals. At that time, the publicity must keep up, so that everyone understands what contraception is. But this is not a temporary It will be effective in half a day. It may take ten or 20 years of continuous education and publicity. After ten or 20 years, if we do not have any restraint, I think our population will reach [-] million or even [-] million. possible."

What is the population of China now?

No exact figures are available.The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics has already begun to conduct a national population census. According to some estimates of China's population, the current population of China should be nearly [-] million.

Twenty years later, as long as there are no large-scale wars and disasters, there will be no problem with a population exceeding 20 million.Even exceeding [-] million is not impossible.

Because there is no birth control, as long as the food can keep up, the population growth rate is amazing.If China's population reaches 20 million in [-] years, then China will have nearly half of the world's population.At that time, if there is not enough agricultural modernization, the pressure on China's food will be very great.

Duan Xun agreed with Shao Lizi's suggestion.

Without improved seeds, adequate water conservancy facilities, and extensive use of chemical fertilizers, the growth rate of grain production is limited.Even if our country is currently increasing arable land on a large scale, the growth of food must not keep up with the growth of population.This is a huge problem.

Otherwise, Duan Xun would not have brought this to the cabinet committee meeting for special discussion.