A Timely Wife

The issuance of the conscription order has a great relationship with the increase of the population of Southern Chu. Although it has only been two years since the founding of the Southern Chu, and the development of the station has only been eight years, but the population growth rate of the station is extremely impressive. There are no such requirements that widows are not allowed to remarry, and the population of the resident is increasing rapidly. Four years ago, the resident began to welcome the wave of newborns. In recent years, the number of newborns in Nanchu has been relatively high. The war is chaotic, life is stable and comfortable, there is a job that can make ends meet, children have books to read, and can eat every day. People with nothing to do will of course devote themselves to having children.

Aiming at this emerging phenomenon, Chengdong also briefly mentioned his thoughts to Xiong Ruoshan. At this stage, Nanchu is extremely short of people, or in the next 50 years at least, Nanchu will be in a state of shortage of people. However, if the population has always been in a situation of high birth rate and low death rate, the population problem of later generations will become a problem that needs to be overcome in Southern Chu. Either maintain a trend of external expansion and keep the per capita resource occupancy at a relatively high value, or You can only control the population.

Affected by the concept of more children, more blessings, Xiong Ruoshan is a little puzzled. They are going to fight now, and there are so many factories, mines, and people from all walks of life. Problems can become difficult problems that plague the upper echelons.

Chengdong can understand Xiong Ruoshan's thoughts very well. If he is not from later generations, he will take it for granted, but Chengdong must give a necessary reminder to the current royal family and future royal family members of Nanchu, so Chengdong will Both Xiong Ruofeng and Li Ruosong called over, and Zhou Jinyan was also called over.

When everyone arrived, Cheng Dong said with a solemn expression: "I hope what I said today will only be spread among us. Last year, the new population of Nanchu was 20. The monthly newborn population is 130. The number of births has doubled compared to the previous year. Now there are 330 prefectures in Southern Chu. As of last month, the total population was 16 million There are more than 4000 people in the army in Southern Chu, more than 18 engineers, more than 37 pickets, and 2 people working in factories and mines, excluding prisoners. Ten thousand people, the overseas population is more than [-], and the rest are basically farmers, students, the elderly, housewives and support staff. You may think that the number is too small. After all, there will only be more and more places to employ people in the future. , For example, more jobs will be created after more factories are built.

This kind of thinking is correct, but you forgot to consider another thing, the industrial level will be higher and higher. The simplest example, before going from one prefectural city to another prefectural city, we assume that we will take a bullock cart uniformly. This is In the past, it was the vehicle that was the most capable of accommodating people. Then, 100 people needed at least ten taels of ox carts. In this case, at least ten people were needed to drive the car. Now only one car is enough for 100 people, and the number of drivers has decreased by eight. .

Think about it, we are laying the track now. Once the track is laid, a train can take at least 3000 people, and at most 5000 people. The driver only needs three at most, and the number of people will be much less than now. Some things make sense It is all-in-one, the machines we use now will feel too crude in the future, and the places that need a lot of people may be replaced by machines in the future. At that time, if our population is larger than the number of people who can work and support their families Post, so, what do you think will happen?

You may say that there is still an army. Think about it carefully, how many people do we need to fight Dahe's cavalry without the weapons we are using now?Calculated according to the most conservative figures, 1 cavalry requires at least 1 infantry to compete. If the force is not strong, then more people may be needed to win a war, but how many people are needed now? There is no problem with [-] people versus [-] people. As long as the number of guns and ammunition can be guaranteed, even fewer people will be enough. This is why we have an advantage in the face of Zhang Jiajun, which is twice as large as our own.

There will also be more and more weapons, newer types, and more powerful weapons. Then, the number of people needed will also be fewer and fewer, not more and more. Of course, at the end of the war, it is still a war between people, so I hope you don't go from one road to another. When all the guns and ships can't be fired, the war is still a war. You can only rely on people to rush upwards, so you must be clear-headed, and you must not rely too much on weapons and forget to train people. It is not advisable to put the cart before the horse.

I hope that Ruoshan, Ruofeng, and your descendants will always have a clear head and be forward-looking to the future, so that they will not make wrong choices when encountering problems, no matter what we choose in Nanchu in the future. What kind of system, the people at the top must not be short-sighted people. Let me make a digression first. Once you encounter a proposal from the cabinet that is clearly not good for the people, you must stand by the people. If you can't live anymore, it won't be those officials who are unlucky, but you as the royal family. You must keep this sentence firmly in your heart.

Closer to home, once there are not so many jobs for those extra people, think about it, a large number of unemployed vagrants, who have no job and no income, are thinking all day long and are extremely easy to be exploited and manipulated. At that time, once these people become chaotic, think about it, what kind of situation will you face? "

Xiong Ruoshan felt a chill in the back of his head. With so many people, it is foreseeable what kind of troublesome situation will arise. At that time, not to mention whether the throne can be saved, whether his life can be saved will be a big problem. Xiong Ruoshan is a little younger , listening ignorantly, looking at the faces of several people blankly.

Zhou Jinyan lowered his head in thought, and after a while, he asked with some doubts: "Brother, I have a question that I haven't figured out. Just now, my brother said that the factory will need fewer and fewer people. I believe this, but our new industry Wouldn’t it be more and more? For example, the scientific research institutes are now making those new gadgets, what are they called, telephones, radio stations, telegraphs and so on, won’t these things require a lot of people to do production work in the future? I think the scientific research institute will only make more and more things in the future, well, at least for a period of time, of course, it cannot be ruled out that it will gradually decrease in the future, but I am more worried that no one will be available when we need people , wouldn’t that be lifting a rock and shooting yourself in the foot?”

Chengdong took a look at Zhou Jinyan in surprise. For a 15-year-old boy, it's pretty good to have such advanced thinking. It's a pity that no matter how talented this kid is, he can only be buried.

"What I said is very reasonable, so what I tell you today is not to tell you what to do, but to tell you what the heirs of the royal family may face in the future, and what you should do at that time, It can be said that this is the time to test the wisdom of future generations. You have to prepare early. As the old saying goes, everything is foregone, and if it is not forewarned, it will be abandoned. Rather than thinking about it day and night when the royal family is in a dilemma, it is better to do it now. Start thinking, start planning and guiding, and even do some predictive control." After Cheng Dong finished speaking, he looked at Li Ruosong.

Li Ruosong nodded, and continued: "In the future, one of the Li family and the Zhou family will be in the military and the other will be in the political circle. It is best to be tied to the royal family. The status of the royal family should be as detached as possible. As long as you firmly grasp the military power, you can go into politics. It is best not to have someone in your family join the army at the same time. Even if someone joins the army, you must not be in a high position. People's appetites are slowly raised. We must cut off this sign from the root. Also, I suggest The royal family insists on monogamy, and this wife must never choose someone who is not from the Chu country. The reason is the same as before. If the ambition of some countries is raised, it will not be worth the loss.

In terms of political affairs, people in the royal family must be aware of it. To put it bluntly, the cabinet can be completely devoid of people from the Zhou family and the Li family. If they play a greater role, the daily political affairs and routine government affairs will be managed by the cabinet, but the appointment of officials must be signed by the royal family. Another point is that businessmen cannot be in politics, and they are not allowed to do business. Southern Chu must not allow capital to take power. It will be very scary. If Southern Chu can ensure that all industries are firmly in the hands of the court, then don’t hand them over to individuals. Even if they have to be handed over to individuals to manage them someday, there must be several pillar industries in the court. Hold on, if the tax amount is 100 million taels of silver, at least 80 taels of tax revenue must come from those pillar industries, and the court has money in hand to ensure that all work can be carried out in the direction that is most beneficial to Southern Chu. develop. "

This was also what Li Ruosong and Chengdong talked about in their leisure time. Chengdong told Li Ruosong a lot of examples. The system used by every country he knows in later generations, from the republic to the monarchy, from the constitutional monarchy When it comes to anarchy, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Li Ruosong has listened to a lot. He is a person with a bright head. He will combine what he heard from Chengdong with the situation in Southern Chu and communicate with Xiong Ruoshan. Sometimes it will be very instructive. Compared with people like Cheng Dong who haven't been able to integrate in ten years, Li Ruosong, who grew up in the local area, is more down-to-earth and more suitable for Nanchu.

In this regard, Chengdong feels very fortunate. He knows that many of his ideas are not acceptable to the world, but he is very aware of the limitations of the era of the monarchy. Zhu Liushui, Li Ruosong came out when he was in a dilemma, and he did a lot better than himself. Of course, Cheng Dong readily left this kind of brain-consuming matter to Li Ruosong to figure out a solution. When discussing by yourself, just tell Li Ruosong what you know, it can't be easier.