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Chapter 82
Many emperors were frightened when they looked at the groups of data and then looked at the pictures on the sky screen showing one generation weaker than the other.

The First Emperor couldn't help frowning, he looked at Li Si: "Every girl from my Daqin can read and write, can be promoted to an official, can farm, can do business, and so on, I can't help it."

Li Si said while remembering: "Your Majesty is wise."

No one in the civil and military dynasties raised objections.

After all, this was the Qin Dynasty, a time when a hundred schools of thought were contending, and the influence of Confucianism was not that great, and the oppression of women was actually the smallest in all dynasties.

Li Shimin seemed to have discovered a problem.

"Look, is it because women have become smaller and smaller since the Tang Dynasty?"

Zhenguan officials all looked carefully, and it was really like this.

The stature of men and women in the Tang Dynasty was not much shorter than that of the previous dynasties, but since the Tang Dynasty, it has really fallen off a cliff.

How is this going?

Not only Li Shimin saw it, but many emperors after Tang also saw it.

Zhu Di could see it.

He asked his attendants to record these data, thinking of discussing them with the ministers later.

Wuyou took out the data, and then said: "Everyone who has cultivated the land knows that the more fertile the land, the better the crops will grow. Farmers know how to take good care of the land in order to have a good harvest, so why don't you think about it?" Think, if mothers are treated so harshly, they are not given enough food, they are not allowed to go out, and they reduce their activities, how many healthy children can they give birth to?"

This question really stuns people.

The truth of Wuyou's words is simple and simple, and anyone can understand it.

Even people who are illiterate can understand it clearly.

Many people discussed it.

"The fairy is right. If the land is not fertile, no matter how good the seeds are, no good food will grow."

"Yeah, we all want to grow first-class fields, isn't it just because of the high yields of first-class fields?"

"You said that if I feed our daughter well now and take her out for a walk every day, will she be able to give birth to a healthy and smart son for me?"

Wuyou took a deep breath and asked a more serious question.

"In addition to the problem of population quality, the suppression of women has also brought about a worse and more terrible social phenomenon. People are seeking benefits and harm. When women are restricted and cannot produce direct economic benefits, people will want to have boys , Don’t want girls, every family is happy to have a boy, but worried about having a girl. Many poor families, even those who are not poor, will drown and throw away girls when they give birth to girls. If things go on like this, the problem of male-female ratio will become more and more serious.”

"Take the Ming Dynasty as an example. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there was a very serious imbalance in the ratio of men to women in most parts of the country. In some places, the ratio of men to women reached three to one, such as Changzhou County in Suzhou."

Wuyou took out the demographic data of many places in the Ming Dynasty.

Many people find it shocking to see that the ratio of men to women in many places above is 300 to [-], and even in a few places it is more than [-] to [-].

How many people cannot marry a wife? There are so many men who cannot marry a wife. This is a huge social problem.

"See, the ratio of male to female is three to one, a pair of mandarin ducks and a pair of bases, isn't it very good?"

Uh?
Everyone was dumbfounded.

What does the fairy mean by this? It sounds like he is making fun of it, but what does it really mean?Can't figure it out.

"Oh, I forgot that there are still many people who don't understand what it means. Let me explain it. A pair of mandarin ducks is easy to understand. It means a man and a woman fall in love and form a family. What about a couple? In fact, it is also easy to understand. There are three men and one woman. If one man and one woman form a family, what will happen to the remaining two men?"

Having said this, many spiritual people will understand.

They couldn't help shouting: "So that's what it means, a couple means two men together..."

"Isn't this just a broken sleeve?"

"That's right." Wuyou nodded: "It's what you guessed. You can't get a wife, and you don't want to be alone. Most of them are two men getting together."

Nourishes...

I don't know how many people took a breath of air-conditioning. They didn't dare to think about this matter deeply. The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became.

Especially the ancient emperors, they felt creepy just thinking about it.

This is more serious than getting worse and worse.

There is only one normal family among four people, that is to say, only two people out of four can have children. If a couple has two children, the population has to be halved.

There are still many couples who can't have two children, maybe they can have several, but you must know that it was difficult to support children in ancient times, and maybe none of these children can survive.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter was too serious.

The population problem has always been a big problem, which is even more serious than border wars. One bad thing is the subjugation of the country and the extermination of the species.

Many emperors were thinking that they must improve the status of women.

Wuyou drank his saliva and continued: "Don't think that a pair of mandarin ducks and a pair of bases is the most serious thing, the actual situation is even more serious than you imagined, because people are divided into rich and poor, high and low, and many high-ranking officials are monogamous. Wives and concubines, a man will occupy several women, rich and noble families will have maids, how many women are occupied... In this way, there are more men who cannot marry a wife, and in some places even men in a village I can't ask for a wife."

When Wuyou said this, many people couldn't help but feel sad when they thought about their own situation.

"Oh, there are five brothers in our family, and none of them can marry a wife."

"I'm thirty and still a bachelor."

"There are only a few girl dolls in our village..."

"Damn it, why did you drown the girl?"

"Everyone wants to have a boy, and they all want to have a boy. How can we continue the family line without a woman?"

This kind of thing is not reminded, and no one will investigate it specially. In addition, the ancient information is closed, and many people don't understand it.

But when you talk about it worry-free, everyone will understand.

"Damn it, there are few women in the first place, and those who are officials still have to occupy several..."

"No wonder we can't get a wife."

For a time, the people were furious.

The atmosphere in the court was also tense.

Those wise kings immediately issued an edict: "It is forbidden for private people to take concubines. A man who is thirty and has no children is allowed to have one concubine. Officials below the fifth rank are not allowed to have concubines. Officials of the fifth rank are allowed to have one concubine. Officials of the third rank are allowed to have two concubines..."

Wuyou turned the water glass in his hand and looked at everyone with a smile that was not a smile: "The imbalance between men and women will cause extremely serious social problems. If women are suppressed all the time, it will lead to a bottoming out. What will we do when women are unwilling to marry and have children? ? The only way to find a way to let men have children."

I don't know how many men heard this pale face, crumbling.

And the women felt very happy.

Some women gathered together and laughed.

"That's right, if you keep bullying others, I won't give birth to you. You can give birth to your own child if you can."

(End of this chapter)