parentshiftbook Chapter 425: Factors Restricting Population Growth [Please Subscribe, Please Subscribe]
Chapter 425: Factors Restricting Population Growth [Please Subscribe, Please Subscribe]
"So, as long as we let the people of the Ming Dynasty have more babies, the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty will naturally increase?!"
“The increase in Ming Dynasty’s fiscal revenue is that simple?!”
Zhu Yuanzhang touched his chin and said with a surprised look on his face.
After listening to what Yan Changqing said, or by treating the symptoms, continue to develop business.
Or by treating the root cause, promoting the increase in population and expanding the market.
Thus, the purpose of increasing Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue was finally achieved.
Zhu Yuanzhang decisively chose a fundamental solution, which was to expand the market and allow the people of the Ming Dynasty to have more children, thereby increasing the number of people who could collect taxes in the Ming Dynasty!!!
After all, it is so easy to give birth to a child, just let the common people give birth directly.
If you choose to continue to develop business, on the one hand, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this method is just a temporary solution, on the other hand, you must be familiar with the many business buying and selling things that Yan Changqing just mentioned.
How to formulate the most appropriate commercial taxes, what methods and means to combat and curb tax evasion, tax evasion, and tax evasion, how to use state administrative means to regulate materials and prices as a whole, etc.
Just hearing this one after another, Zhu Yuanzhang started to feel troubled and had a headache!!!
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang felt this way was actually related to his original background.
As Zhu Yuanzhang was born into a low-income peasant family, it can be said that he was inherently resistant to and disliked these business transactions of buying high and selling low.
Even though Yan Changqing had told him before about the significance of commercial circulation and the necessity of the existence of merchants.
But Zhu Yuanzhang would choose to encourage business transactions only when there was no other better option.
Otherwise, as long as there are other options that are comparable to or slightly inferior to encouraging commercial transactions.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang would give priority to other methods, and then consider the option of encouraging commercial transactions.
On the podium, Yan Changqing's eyes fell on Zhu Yuanzhang, and he asked calmly:
"Is it easy to increase the number of people?!!"
Hearing Yan Changqing's rhetorical question, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, could not help but be stunned.
If we ask them to guide the further development of business, they may not be able to do it with their knowledge, ability, or narrative.
But just increasing the population of the people under their rule, they really don't know what the difficulty is.
But they all know that since Yan Changqing said this, there must be Yan Changqing's reason.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, all lowered their heads and lowered their eyes to think deeply.
However, after a while, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, all raised their heads one after another, with blank looks on their faces.
They looked at each other and saw nothing in each other's eyes.
Then Prince Zhu Biao looked up at Yan Changqing and asked with a wry smile:
"I am stupid and don't know what the difficulties and troubles are in increasing the population of Ming people. Please give me Mr. Yan's advice!!!"
Yan Changqing immediately wrote "Promote the growth of the population" on the blackboard behind him next to the title "Cure the root cause".
Then next to "promote the growth of the population of the people", write the words "生" and "live" again.
Then Yan Changqing turned around and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes. Taguchi said:
"Promoting the growth of the population of the common people means allowing the common people to have children."
"This thing seems very simple - just give birth and live on!!!"
"But, is it really that simple?!!"
“Let’s talk about [birth] first. Currently, the probability of death of pregnant women during childbirth is as high as 5% to 15%!!!”
"In other words, on average, for every one hundred pregnant women, five to fifteen will die due to childbirth!!!"
"This is why it is said that pregnant women who give birth to children will go through hell!!!"
"And this kind of hell is not exempted from having a second or third child after going through it once."
"But every time you give birth, you have to go through the gate of hell."
"We can use the five to fifteen percent death probability as a basis to deduce the probability that a pregnant woman will come back alive from the hell gate every time she gives birth.
Then Yan Changqing listed a set of numbers on the blackboard behind him and said:
"For the first time, the probability of coming back alive from the hell gate is 95% to 85%.
"The second time, the probability of coming back alive from the hell gate is 90.25% to 72.25%."
"The third time, the probability of coming back alive from the hell gate is 85.7375% to 61.4125%.'
"The fourth time, the probability of coming back alive from the gate of hell is 81.450625% to 52.2200625%."
"The fifth time, the probability of coming back alive from the hell gate is 77%, 789, 75 to 44%, 705, 125%.
"By analogy, we can see that as the number of births increases, the probability of maternal death increases!!!"
"Starting from the third childbirth, the highest probability of death for pregnant women has risen to 40%!!!"
"And by the fourth delivery, the highest probability of death for pregnant women has increased to 50%!!!"
Hearing this, whether it was Zhu Yuanzhang or the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, they all fell silent.
Although they all knew in the past that "a pregnant woman giving birth is equivalent to walking through the gate of hell", they did not have a clear understanding of how terrifying this gate of hell was.
And now Yan Changqing has told them clearly and straightforwardly through a set of clear numbers how difficult it is for pregnant women to come back alive from the hell of giving birth!!!
【70%!!!】
【70% probability of death!!!】
[If we had known back then that the girl had a 70% chance of dying when she gave birth to a baby, we would have never let her give birth to anything!!!]
[Fortunately, the girl was lucky enough to survive!!!]
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was filled with fear.
After listening to Yan Changqing's words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately thought of Queen Ma.
Queen Ma gave birth to five sons and two daughters for him. According to the data given by Yan Changqing, when Queen Ma gave birth to her seventh child, the probability of death was as high as 70%!!!
It was only thanks to Queen Ma's good fortune and fortune that she was honored as a queen and had the best production treatment in the world, that she managed to save her life.
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If it were any other pregnant woman, given the current production conditions, the probability of death would be 70%, and she would basically be doomed.
Zhu Biao, who was sitting next to Zhu Xiongying, had a gloomy face, complicated eyes, and sighed quietly.
[If I had known at that time that you were taking such a big risk, I should have dissuaded you!!!]
At this moment, Zhu Biao thought of Chang, who gave birth to two sons and two daughters for him.
And according to the estimated data given by Yan Changqing, when Chang gave birth to his fourth child, that is, when he gave birth to Zhu Yunxi, the probability of death suddenly reached 50%.
If he had known at that time that there was a 50% chance that Mrs. Chang would die if she gave birth to Zhu Yunxi, then he would definitely have dissuaded Mr. Chang from giving birth to Zhu Yunxi.
After all, when he already had his eldest son Zhu Xiongying and his concubine Zhu Yunwen, it was not very important to him whether he had another son.
At least if he had a choice between saving Crown Princess Chang's life and having an extra son, he would definitely choose the former!
After all, he and Mr. Chang have known each other and have been together for more than ten years. The relationship between the couple is also very deep.
And to take a step back, even if he needs to have more sons, he can let other concubines give birth, instead of letting Chang risk up to 50% death probability to give birth to a fourth child.
[However, even if you knew at the time that giving birth to Xi'er would be such a big risk, I'm afraid you wouldn't listen to my advice in the end. 】
A faint bitter look flashed across Zhu Biao's face. He looked up at the sky outside the window and seemed to see the long-dead Crown Princess Chang looking at him with a bright smile.
Suddenly, the guarantee of the bid was somewhat lost.
Although Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes did not have as deep feelings as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.
But they also know from the numbers listed by Yan Changqing how difficult it is for a pregnant woman to give birth to a child safely!!!
On the podium, Yan Changqing glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, and asked in a calm tone:
"In addition, after the baby is born, the mortality rate reaches 30%!!!"
"In other words, out of a hundred babies born, on average about thirty babies will die young!!!"
"And even if the baby is born, the baby may not be a boy."
“Because whether it’s the probability of having a boy or the probability of having a girl, both are 50% probability!!!”
"With an infant mortality rate as high as 30% and a 50% probability of giving birth to a boy or a girl."
"In addition, there are three types of unfilial piety: having no offspring is the most important thing, and the concept of favoring sons over daughters."
"Your Majesty, and your Highnesses, how many births do a woman need to go through to ensure that the child she finally gives birth to will not die prematurely [but will also be a boy?!!"
"And how many pregnant women are able to survive the higher risk of death every time?!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, were all silent.
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