The ministers of infrastructure knelt down and begged the scientific research boss to be enthroned

Chapter 145 The Great Grace

Wei Chenrui was very moved and decided to help him again: "Eunuch Liu, since you have given all the money for your pension to this hall, then this hall should be responsible for your pension. "

It is a great honor for these court ladies and eunuchs to have His Royal Highness take care of them for the elderly. Liu Xi couldn't help but burst into tears: "Thank you, Your Highness, my servant!"

Wei Chenrui is someone who can't see people around him crying: "Eunuch Liu, don't get excited, this hall hasn't finished talking yet."

"This hall will only be busy with more and more things. If you want to take care of your pension, you can only take care of money. There is no other way. Things like serving tea, pouring water, washing clothes and cooking, for sure. It can't be done."

"Although it is possible to send people there, there are many people who are obedient and obedient, and do nothing with money. If the people you send don't take good care of them, you will be the one who will be wronged."

"So, this hall thinks so, let you adopt a child, so that when you get old, you can also have children to take care of, and you can have children and grandchildren under your knees, wouldn't it be better."

I thought it was a good thing, but I didn't expect that Liu Xi's expression changed instantly after hearing this, and he knelt on the ground with a plop: "I am terrified, I have never had such extravagant hopes, and I still look to your majesty for serving me for so many years. One life."

Unexpectedly, Liu Xi's reaction would be so strong, Wei Chenrui couldn't understand: "No, isn't this a good thing? Why is he dying?"

Liu Xi smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness's servant has already taken it, please don't say any more."

Knowing that Wei Chenrui was not very familiar with the rules in the palace, Huixin hurriedly whispered into Wei Chenrui's ear, "Your Highness, the founding emperor of the Zhao Kingdom, worried that the eunuchs would be turbulent inside and outside the court because of their selfish motives, so we made a special rule. , if any eunuchs are found to have confessed their relatives, adopted them, etc., they will all be executed."

Wei Chenrui couldn't help but gasped. He didn't expect the founding emperor to make such a rule: "If people cut off their sons and grandchildren, they will have heaven and harmony. It's too harsh to even accept adoption and kinship!"

Emperor Zhaohe sighed and shook his head: "Hardness is a bit harsh, but it is a last resort for Zhao Kingdom to last longer, and the ancestors have no choice."

Wei Chenrui also didn't want to discuss who was right and who was wrong, because there would be no answer at all, and the discussion would be a waste of time, so he said, "Then maybe this rule should be changed?"

Emperor Zhaohe shook his head again: "The rules of the ancestors can be changed if you want to, and the courtiers will not agree."

Wei Chenrui didn't bother to pay attention to the opinions of the courtiers, they were a bunch of pedantic selfish ghosts, they didn't make sense at all: "It's easy for the courtiers to deal with, the big deal is to scare the chickens to scare the monkeys, the key lies in you, what do you think?"

Emperor Zhaohe did not answer Wei Chenrui's question, but instead asked, "Why did you suddenly have such an idea, did someone whisper something in your ear?"

Wei Chenrui shook his head: "Not really."

"It was just a trip to the palace, and I saw a lot of injustice outside, and I also had some opinions on some issues."

"It has been 200 years since the founding of the Zhao Kingdom. In the past 200 years, there have been no large-scale wars and few large-scale disasters. Can you tell me how much the population has increased?"

Population is directly related to taxation and food production. Emperor Showa is naturally concerned about it, and he can answer it without thinking. When the words come to his lips, he can't say it. After hesitating for a while, he said: "It's only [-]!"

Wei Chenrui nodded: "The population has only increased by 200 in 2 years, or 200 people in a year. This is when there are no major wars or disasters."

"Once a large-scale war or large-scale disaster occurs, the population will drop sharply. If things go on like this, the population will become smaller and smaller. At that time, there will be no enemy country to attack, and Zhao Kingdom will be gone. man!"

Emperor Zhaohe didn't expect Wei Chenrui to think so deeply, and he couldn't react for a while: "What does this have to do with the eunuch's acknowledgment of the god-in-law? It can't be that if they recognize the god-in-law, the population will increase, right?"

Wei Chenrui shook his head: "Of course not."

"The reason for the slow population growth is that people at the bottom don't take human life seriously."

"First of all, there is a serious preference for sons over daughters. After giving birth to a daughter, I wish I could strangle them to death so as not to waste food. As far as I found out from the village where I stayed, there were no less than ten baby girls killed by family members."

"Secondly, the stepmother grinds the stepson, does not give food to eat, and has to do a lot of work, beats and scolds frequently, and if she can't resist, she will naturally die. It's just that this kind of situation is less than that of the first situation. Just a little less, about five or six."

"In the end, in the name of filial piety, the elders beat their children to vent their anger. They didn't know how to restrain themselves and beat people to death. Finally, in the name of filial piety, they got forgiveness and were not punished. Naturally, there were quite a few people who died, probably three or four."

"Look, after this calculation, there are nearly 20 people. These are just the villages where I stayed. Those who haven't stayed here are probably not much better than these villages."

This is a question worth pondering, and Emperor Zhaohe didn't think of a solution for a while, and frowned: "It's so serious, what are the local officials doing?"

Wei Chenrui didn't even lift his eyelids, and his emotions didn't fluctuate in the slightest. He was very calm: "Since ancient times, the people have not reported, the officials have not investigated, and no one has reported it. How do the officials know? Even if they know, the sufferer will not pursue it. What can the government do?"

Since Wei Chenrui said it at this time, there must be her intentions, Emperor Zhaohe asked directly: "You should have thought of a solution, otherwise you wouldn't say it at this time, you never say useless nonsense."

Wei Chenrui nodded: "That's right, my son has some ideas."

"I thought, since they are not willing to raise them, it is better to give them to the court to raise them. After they are raised, they will be used by the court and earn money in exchange for the favor of the court. In this way, the prestige of the court will be much higher, and the dead children will also be raised. It will be much less."

"Such children definitely need someone to take care of them. Instead of meeting some bad people and being abused by them, it is better to let people like Eunuch Liu who will not have their own children to raise them. Kill two birds with one stone."

Emperor Zhaohe still had some scruples: "If these eunuchs have selfish intentions, it will be another great disaster to raise these children into dead soldiers to deal with the imperial court."

Wei Chenrui nodded: "It is indeed possible, so these eunuchs can only raise one or two young ones, like those four or five-year-old children, they can take care of the young ones and let them take care of each other."

(End of this chapter)