Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

When the Song Army won the great victory over Tubo, it was the New Year's season in Kaifeng City.

The New Year is a traditional Chinese festival. Whenever the New Year comes, joy and laughter can be heard from every household in the Song Dynasty.

The fourth year of Shaosheng passed by in a hurry. This year was the most satisfactory year for the Song Dynasty. With the success of the imperial reform, the imperial tax increased significantly, the living conditions of the people greatly improved, and even the impact of the Yellow River floods was reduced. To the lowest.

The entire Song Dynasty was recuperating and trying its best to develop the economy. Although there was still war in Tubo at the beginning, for the Song Dynasty, as long as the Liao and Xia jointly sent troops, they didn't care at all.

In the Chui Gong Hall, Zhao Xu was sitting upright.

"I'll see you at the official's house!" All the officials paid their respects one after another.

"The official family has issued an order to hold a New Year's meeting. Congratulations to all officials!" Yang Jian said sharply.

Today is the New Year's meeting, which is a tradition of the imperial court. The first meeting after the New Year every year will summarize the gains and losses of the past year, of course on this happy day.

Of course, ordinary years bring good news but not bad news, but the fourth year of Shaosheng is a well-deserved harvest year for the Song Dynasty. Now that the Song Dynasty is booming, Liao Xia is avoiding the Song Dynasty, which is an unprecedented good situation.

The ministers gathered in the Chui Gong Hall, and their faces showed joy. It was obvious that they were all quite proud of the achievements of the Song Dynasty.

"I would like to inform the officials that the resettlement of millions of victims of the Yellow River floods has been completed, and the Yellow River flood discharge area has been planned. As long as the Yellow River flood gate project is completed, the Yellow River will change the situation of bursting every few years, and its ability to withstand floods will reach This happens once in fifty years." Fan Chunli was the first to step forward to report his victory.

Fan Chunli has been near Yuncheng, responsible for disaster relief and management of the Yellow River. Although the affected area was small, the victims were properly resettled. Coupled with large amounts of private donations, the court did not spend too much money.

However, in addition to disaster relief, Fan Chunli also shouldered the important task of regulating the Yellow River. This was a big project. He did not return in a hurry until it was roughly completed a year ago. For this reason, there were many complaints from the Luo Ma family.

In the past, Mrs. Ma was a concubine, so she was naturally obedient to Fan Chunli. But now that Mrs. Ma is promoted as the head wife, and even the fifth-grade concubine, Fan Chunli can only apologize again and again.

“Withstand a once-in--year flood!”

All the officials couldn't help but look happy. Floods in the Yellow River were a serious problem for the Song Dynasty. They broke out every three to five years, which often caused heavy losses to the Song Dynasty. If they could resist the floods that occur once every fifty years, the time for the Yellow River to burst out would be shortened from every three to five years. Once, on average, once every years, which is enough to change the situation of frequent flooding of the Yellow River. Coupled with Fan Zhengchuang's method of blocking breaches, floods in the Yellow River can definitely be reduced to a minimum. This is of great benefit to the Song Dynasty. Metaphor.

"The success of regulating the Yellow River this time is due to Fan Xianggong. Thank you for your hard work!" Zhao Xu said with great joy,

The Yellow River is now able to withstand a flood that occurs once in fifty years. Coupled with Fan Zhengchuang's method of plugging the breach during the flood season, the Song Dynasty's ability to resist floods has been greatly enhanced. He no longer has to worry about the Yellow River flooding at all times and can fully revitalize the Song Dynasty. Concentrate your efforts to complete your great cause of unifying the world.

"Contribution to curing yellow fever!"

All the officials couldn't help but look at Fan Chunli with confusion. Everyone knew that the reason why Fan Chunli was able to achieve such great achievements was because of the evil prescription of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, but who made them father and son? Besides, although Fan Chunli was not very capable, he was diligent in doing things and often won the battle. Fan Zheng's evil methods were used to the extreme, and he could be regarded as a semi-competent minister.

"Half a capable minister!"

Fan Chunli didn't know what the officials said about him, but he still had grudges in the beginning. Starting from Bozhou, to the prefect of Kaifeng, and now to the position of prime minister, Fan Zheng's shadow is found in every one of them. Now he has long been Already appointed, even a little smug.

As an official, it is also a skill to know people and make good use of them, not to mention that he is his son, so others can only be jealous.

"To inform the officials, the management of the Yellow River is a great undertaking. Since Fan Xianggong has achieved initial results in regulating the Yellow River in the lower reaches, Wei Chen believes that the management of the tributaries of the Yellow River on the Loess Plateau in the middle reaches also needs to be speeded up. It must be done before the rainy season next year. Earth dams have been built in both cities and towns to silt the soil, which can not only intercept sediment, but also store water, allowing the arid loess plateau to store water and prevent drought, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone." Prime Minister Su Song solemnly said.

After court arguments and on-site inspections with the northwest government, both parties were full of praise for Fan Zheng's method of building earth dams. The construction of earth dams can not only dam the ground, but also store water. You must know that the northwest Loess Plateau is In times of drought and little rain, it would be ideal to use earthen dams to intercept part of the water source for irrigation. It can also reduce the water level pressure of the Yellow River. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

In addition, soil erosion in the Loess Plateau has already caused thousands of ravines. Earthen dams can be used to replace roads and solve the problem of inconvenient transportation in the Loess Plateau. The construction of earthen dams has been well received by both the government and the public.

"Yes! Send an order to the northwest roads! Speed ​​up the organization of the people and build earthen dams to control the loess plateau." Zhao Xu followed the good path like a stream.

After Fan Chunli retired, Yang Wei couldn't wait to go out and said directly: "Congratulations to the official family. According to the imperial household registration statistics, in the fourth year of Shaosheng's reign, the population of the Song Dynasty has exceeded million, surpassing the highest number in the past dynasties. It is really a blessing to the Song Dynasty."

In this era, population represents the labor force and wealth. The population of the Song Dynasty exceeded million, which immediately made all officials happy.

"The population exceeds million!"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but have a hint of ecstasy on his face. He didn't expect the speed to be so fast.

The largest population of China was in the Tang Dynasty. The population of the Tang Dynasty was at its peak during the Tianbao period, with a population of only million. After the separatist regime of Panzhen and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Central Plains experienced continuous wars. The population of China There was a sharp decline. When the Northern Song Dynasty was founded, the population was only more than million.

After a hundred years of development, the population of the Song Dynasty now exceeds million, which is enough to prove that the Song Dynasty surpassed the Tang Dynasty in many aspects, and this achievement was achieved during his reign, so it naturally belongs to his merit.

However, it is natural for Zhao Xu to enjoy this honor alone. The population explosion in the Song Dynasty is indeed closely related to him.

The biggest reason why the population of the Song Dynasty was able to reach tens of millions so quickly was that it implemented the practice of dividing labor into acres and integrating the labor money into the acres. In this way, the number of black households in the Song Dynasty was reduced and the population of the common people increased dramatically. .

The second is the great rise of doctors. The advancement of doctors' medical skills has greatly reduced the mortality rate of the people and greatly increased the average life expectancy. Especially the rise of female doctors. Advances in medical skills such as infertility and caesarean section surgeries have greatly increased the birth rate and survival rate of babies. .

Coupled with the people's pursuit of more children and more happiness, the population of the Song Dynasty exploded until it reached tens of millions.

Fan Zheng frowned and said: "For the information of the officials, it took the Song Dynasty a hundred years to reach tens of millions from million. Now that medicine is booming, the average life span of the people has greatly increased, the birth rate has increased greatly, and the population The Big Bang is coming. Within twenty years at most, the population of the Song Dynasty will reach more than million. As time goes by, the population of the Song Dynasty will be even greater. The Song Dynasty will need more land to feed the huge population that is about to be born. population, the Great Detour strategy is imperative.”

"Twenty years from now, the population will be million."

All the officials couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. In other words, the Song Dynasty would need twice as much food to feed the population in twenty years, but the land of the Song Dynasty could not double. There was only one way out, and that was to provide food for the people. The people of the Song Dynasty found land.