Chapter 128: The population will be sparse in the future?
Jian Yunlu sighed, nestled next to Chao Chao's chair and said, "Grandma called this morning, and my mom scolded my dad, and they had an unhappy argument."
grandmother?
Chaochao looked at her aunt. Isn’t her aunt’s grandmother also her mother’s grandmother?
When Jian Yunsang heard these two words, she understood a little. She knew her grandmother's personality.
To put it nicely, it's called meddling too much; to put it bluntly, it's called being a troublemaker.
Her grandmother also had some credit for her parents' divorce.
Jian Yunlu had a lot of things in her mind, but she had no one to talk to. Now that she was facing her sister, she couldn't help but speak out. She sat up straight and said, "Sister, you don't know, when we came to Jiangcheng this time, grandma originally wanted to come. Then my dad said we were taking a plane. Our grandma is 78 years old. She broke her leg two years ago and kept complaining about pain. How could my dad take her on a plane? He didn't agree."
In fact, her father was mainly afraid that bringing her grandmother over would make the party unpleasant.
For this reason, her grandmother insisted that her father change to a high-speed rail ticket.
Jian Zhengqing said that the plane tickets were booked by the He family, and the hotel and other things were also booked. Not only would it be uneconomical to cancel it, but it would also be difficult to explain to the He family.
Grandma Jian is still a little afraid of the He family. To Grandma Jian, the He family is a wealthy and prestigious family. How can she have the nerve to make them feel bothered by her?
So in the end she could only mutter a few words to Jian Zhengqing, saying that he was not thorough in his work.
However, although she did not come with them this time, she was always paying attention to the situation in Jiangcheng.
"Look, she called again early in the morning and asked about how the banquet yesterday went for Dad. Was it a big one? Were there many distinguished guests? Did Dad get to know those wealthy CEOs? What gifts did these people give? My dad said that those who came were all close relatives, not many CEOs. After a few words, she hung up the phone. Of course, grandma was not happy, so she called my mom again. My mom pretended not to hear, but she kept calling. There was nothing she could do, so she answered the phone."
My goodness, as soon as the call was picked up, Grandma Jane started swearing.
"While scolding, he brought up the topic of having a second child again. My mom was so angry."
Jian Yunsang was stunned, "Wait, what second child?"
"As you know, my grandmother favors boys over girls. After the policy was liberalized in recent years, she has been wanting my mother to have a second child."
Jian Yunsang frowned. In the past, Grandma Jian had also asked Luo Yue to have a second child, preferably a boy. But at that time, it was still the stage of family planning, and her parents would never agree. As a result, her grandmother gave a bad idea, letting Luo Yue get pregnant first, and then run away to give birth secretly, and then say that the child was adopted.
Of course, no one paid attention to her idea.
I didn't expect that after so many years, she still hasn't given up on this idea.
Jian Yunsang was somewhat speechless. "If I remember correctly, your mother is 42 years old this year, and your father is 51 years old. They are both elderly mothers. Why would they want to have a second child?"
"We said the same thing, but grandma didn't listen. She even said that someone else's family gave birth to a boy at the age of 50. Recently, Wucheng introduced a new policy, saying that having a second child would be rewarded with 30,000 yuan, and having a third child would be rewarded with 60,000 yuan. My grandma frantically urged them to have children. She also said that since they have not retired yet, they can take a vacation if they have children, and there are also tens of thousands of birth subsidies."
Jian Yunsang, "..."
Chao Chao opened her mouth in surprise. How can you get so much money as a reward for having a child? ?
The people of Daqi were in an uproar. Thirty thousand was thirty taels of silver, sixty thousand was sixty taels, and there were tens of thousands of yuan in birth subsidies, and they could also take a holiday? It was too profitable to have a child.
Thirty taels of silver was enough for them to raise a child. Sixty taels of silver was enough for them to build a big brick and tile house. Add to that tens of thousands of subsidies, how much money would that be?
Moreover, a second child? It was only the second child. Their families all had four or five children. If each of them had received so many rewards, they would have several hundred taels of savings.
Slurp, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
In fact, the Daqi Dynasty also has fertility benefits, but not everyone can enjoy them.
For some poor families, the government will give them a certain amount of money and food, and also reduce taxes for one year.
But all these added together are not as much as dozens or even hundreds of taels.
Emperor Jingxuan looked thoughtful, and speculated, "Is it because the population of their later generations is too small that the reward system is so generous?"
Ordinary people don’t know, but he, as the emperor, knows that the current fertility benefits in Daqi are mediocre because the population is nearly 200 million, a population number never seen before in history.
Emperor Jingxuan was very proud of this, but he still encouraged childbirth.
However, in previous dynasties, especially those that had just experienced several years or even dozens of years of war when they were first founded, the population shrank sharply, and in some cases the population even shrank by half.
At this time, the state would issue generous birth rewards. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, any family with an adult male was rewarded with 100 mu of land, and when a girl got married, she would also be rewarded with 30 mu of land.
The rewards in later generations are so much better than those in Daqi, which only shows that their population is too small.
An official nodded, "Of course they are. They are encouraging people to have two or three children? This means that most people only have one child. If everyone only has one child, the population will be very sparse."
Now that I think about it, these people in the He family don’t seem to have many children.
Even He Pu and Song Zhen only have three children. Logically speaking, they are from a wealthy family and should be able to support as many children as they want. If it were in the Great Qi Dynasty, it would be normal for someone like He Pu to have more than ten children.
Not to mention the three siblings of He Nanzhou. Although the eldest sister He Jingyi has a pair of children, she only gave birth once. The eldest brother He Beizhou also has only two sons, and the age difference between the two sons is so big. As for He Nanzhou, he only has one daughter, Chaochao.
There are also Luo Yue and Jian Zhengqing, who only have one child after their second marriage.
"No wonder people in later generations can have enough food and clothing, and can receive nine years of free compulsory education. They have high-yield sweet potatoes, so many convenient tools, and a small population, so naturally they are allocated more resources."
"Could it be that they were also in the early stages of establishing their dynasty, so the population is so small?"
Some people focus on different things.
"Miss Jian's mother is already 42 years old, old enough to be a grandmother. Can she still have children?"
"Why can't she have a baby? There was an old lady in our village who gave birth to a child at the age of 43, and the whole village laughed at her."
"I think that Miss Jian's mother should have another child. Then Mr. Jian only has two daughters. Who will take care of them in their old age?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
