Great Qin Shi Empress

Ying Zheng wanted to speak up, but when he met Lin Qian's gaze, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

After a pause, he finally turned his attention to Li Si: "Do you know the specific ratio of women who don't want to give birth to those who don't want to get married?"

Li Si was stunned for a moment, then said hesitantly: "I have checked the household registrations of all the Xianyang women who entered the court as officials and officials, and only looked at the proportion of Xianyang women who are not married and those who are unwilling to give birth when they reach the right age. ..."

"The vast majority of female students in the school are not married."

"One is that they want to devote all their energy to their studies, in order to enter high school and even enter Mohist workshops, chemical research institutes and other places to continue their studies;"

"Secondly, their parents feel that they have spent so much money to support their daughter's education, and they don't want their daughter to marry before repaying their own family and make contributions to their husband's family. Especially after hearing that the Mohist workshop After the disciples can get more than one thousand yuan in income every month, they are even more reluctant to marry their daughters early."

Neither I nor my parents want to marry, and the result is completely predictable.

And the words of those female officials...

Li Si couldn't help sighing: "Almost [-]% of the women who have entered the court have never been married, and half of them have never been pregnant. But among the female officials who have given birth, most of them only gave birth to one or two children, and even a considerable number of women The officials went to the government and Li, and the specific proportion is almost [-]% of all female officials."

Ying Zheng was quite surprised when he heard the data.

When talking about this matter with Lin Qian before, both Ying Zheng and Lin Qian were just presupposing in their hearts, and neither of them felt that the matter had reached the point where it needed to be resolved urgently.

After all, how long has Qin been unified?How long did it take for women to be allowed to enter the court as officials?

The data given by Li Si gave them a wake-up call: because it shows that the matter has reached the point where it must be resolved, otherwise the fertility rate of the entire Qin country will continue to decrease in the next few years, until it becomes irreparable.

Lin Qian didn't understand why things developed to such a point so quickly.

Ying Zheng didn't understand at first, but when his eyes turned to Lu Zhi, Zhang Fu and the others, he suddenly felt blessed and understood the reason why things had developed to this point so quickly.

It's all because the people who have just gone through the Warring States period of more than 200 years of war have a great understanding of responsibility, morality, and the relationship between men and women...

There is no concept.

At this time, when people make any choice, they basically only look at one thing: whether it is beneficial to themselves and makes them happy.

Only in this way can we live longer in troubled times.

Therefore, after finding out that becoming an official in the court, marriage and childbirth will only make their future rough, and most people will naturally make it easier to make choices that are beneficial to them: such as not marrying, infertile, and reconciling.

Thinking in this way, Ying Zheng also had an idea in his mind, and began to think seriously about Lin Qian's previous proposal.

First of all, women's maternity leave must be given.

Because in the last month of pregnancy, women have difficulty in moving and can no longer continue to work. Even if the imperial court does not grant maternity leave, pregnant women will definitely ask for leave.

As Lin Qian said, you can't just dismiss a woman just because she is pregnant?

And during the maternity leave, the original monthly salary must be given——

Otherwise, once you become pregnant, you will lose your source of income, which will also increase the cost of living for pregnant women, and make people more cautious about giving birth, and dare not start rashly.

It's just that the length of maternity leave and whether to give maternity leave to the husband who is not affected by childbearing need to be discussed.

After all, Qin is really short of people.

He was about to open his mouth to ask, but he heard a minister stand up: "I personally think that this phenomenon must be curbed as soon as possible, otherwise Qin's future will be worrying."

Ying Zheng paused, and turned to look at the other party: "I don't know what advice Aiqing has?"

The minister paused: "Actually, the best way is to abolish the policies that allow women to study openly and become officials in the court." Before Lin Qian and others could refute, he quickly said, "But because Qin is short of people everywhere , so it is not feasible to do so.”

Lin Qian looked at the minister and sneered, but he didn't speak at such a time.

The minister waited for a while, and after confirming that Lin Qian had no intention of attacking him, he continued with confidence, "However, the practice of these women who are not married, have children, and get divorced if they feel unsatisfactory, really needs to be curbed. Because the time is still short, Wei Chen only thought of some relatively shallow methods, hoping to attract others."

"Wei Chen has thought of three ways to deal with these three points: for women not to marry, you can first pass the law to stipulate the marriageable age of men and women, such as men's crown and women's age, once they reach the age and are not engaged or get married, they will be fined or forced to marry.”

Lin Qian suddenly turned his head to look at the other party, his eyes were burning with anger, as if he wanted to kill the minister: "Is your brain stuffed with cotton? Otherwise, how could you say such ridiculous and terrible remarks?"

Fines or forced marriages are actually laws that actually existed in the history of China. It is not surprising that this person proposed it.

But not surprising, does not mean that this law is reasonable.

This kind of law that is purely unilaterally exploiting women has no need to exist!

As for the minister who proposed this law, Lin Qian naturally did not like it.

The minister was taken aback, and immediately flinched: "The humble official said, it's just some superficial opinions, mainly for the purpose of throwing bricks and attracting jade, Ruogu Fenghou has a better way, you can bring it up and let His Majesty decide."

While speaking, he quietly moved back a few steps.

Lin Qian frowned, and immediately wanted to speak, but when she heard two "dong dong", she turned her head to look, just in time to see Ying Zheng's slight shaking of her head.

Ying Zheng didn't agree with the minister's proposal, but what can be seen is that once Lin Qian quarrels with the other party, the minister's opinions on the other two situations may not be spoken or heard.

Perhaps there is merit in the other two proposals?

Lin Qian understood Ying Zheng's thoughts. Although he was holding his breath, he didn't speak again. Instead, he turned his head and stared at the minister, wanting to see how much more ridiculous he could say with a slap on the forehead. suggestion.

The minister seemed to be encouraged, and immediately said: "As for women's reluctance to conceive, what I originally thought was to directly stipulate how many children each woman should have..."

Lin Qian couldn't help clenching her fists: "What did you say?"

The minister hurriedly said: "But considering that some women will never have a child in their lifetime, I think that this aspect may be based on encouragement. How much is paid for a child, or how much is reduced or exempted from military service, etc., may be a good idea. choose."

Lu Zhi and the others frowned in dissatisfaction, only feeling that these words were quite harsh.

The man didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly said the last suggestion: "As for the fact that a woman chooses to reconcile if she is slightly unhappy, if you want to completely eliminate it, you might as well directly stipulate under what circumstances you can allow reconciliation, or you can only let it go." The man proposes to separate from..."

Lin Qian sneered, looking at this person as if looking at a dead person.

Not only Lin Qian, but other female officials in the court also looked at him with indifference and malice, as if they would rush up and beat him up in the next second.

Only then did the official realize his recklessness, and he couldn't help feeling a little remorse in his heart.

Ying Zheng regretted it more than him——

What does this all say?

Except for the second article, there is almost nothing to recommend it. He can fully imagine that if he really promulgates relevant laws according to this person's suggestion, he will inevitably attract countless infamy, and his reputation that has already improved will also be seriously damaged.

Ying Zheng glanced at the other party, and said directly: "Although the number of newborns born in Qin has decreased, at least it is still increasing. There is no need to force women to marry and have children."

As soon as he said this, Lu Zhi and the others finally let go.

Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian again: "But Marquis Gu Feng made a suggestion before, and I think it's good."

Li Si glanced at Lin Qian in surprise, as if he hadn't expected that she would have anticipated such a situation before he brought it up, and even thought of a solution.

You know, he manages the household registration information all over the country, and Lin Qian can't see it.

Since you can't see it, you can't find this kind of problem. Originally...

It is right that they did not know this situation.

Li Si collected himself and asked directly, "I wonder what suggestion Gu Fenghou made?"

Ying Zheng lowered his eyelids: "Gu Fenghou mentioned that the root cause of female officials and female students' reluctance to marry and have children is the high cost of childbearing, and the reason for the decline in the birth rate of newborns is the same. She even predicted that as time goes by, , the situation is bound to get worse.”

Li Si was stunned, and looked up in astonishment: "Will it be more serious?"

Lin Qian took the initiative to speak: "Because with the development of society, the cost of childbirth for women will only become heavier and heavier, so in the future, women who choose to give birth will inevitably become lower and lower."

Li Si frowned, a little in disbelief.

Lin Qian didn't say much, but directly told Xiao's experience, and then said: "Nowadays, there are still few female officials who make the same choice as Xiao, but there will definitely be more and more in the future."

Lu Zhi took the initiative to stand up: "I don't know what other people think, but Lin Taicang (Lin Mo) once mentioned to us that she didn't want to get married because she felt that not only is it not as free as being single, but she also wants to be single. It may be because of childbearing that it affects my promotion."

In fact, it wasn't just that, but it was indeed one of the reasons why Lin Mo chose to be single.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, momentarily dumbfounded.

They were still thinking about the cost of childbirth before. If it was just money, it shouldn't cause such a reduction in the number of newborns. Now, after hearing Lin Qian and Lu Zhi's words, they finally understood.

Everyone looked at Lin Qian, wondering what could be the solution to this situation.

After all, this matter has nothing to do with them, so the ministers can still maintain a stance of watching from the sidelines, and they are not willing to open their mouths to get involved too much.

but……

Lin Qian smiled and was about to speak.

Ying Zheng took the lead and said, "That's why Marquis Gu Feng mentioned that maternity leave ranging from three to six months can be given to pregnant women, and they still need to be paid during the holidays."

"The widow thinks this suggestion is good, but thinks that if maternity leave is really given, it may cause female officials to be inferior to men in competition, so they decided to give paid maternity leave to the husband at the same time as the wife."

"It's just that the widow has only one idea at the moment, and the specific details need to be discussed and supplemented by the love ministers."

As soon as these words came out, everyone exploded.

Even Lin Qian couldn't help looking up at Ying Zheng, surprised that he would actually say this suggestion.

Ying Zheng glanced at Lin Qian, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

He originally didn't plan to say the latter method. After all, it is too ridiculous to give men paid maternity leave. For Ying Zheng, who wants to pull everyone out to build Qin, it is not very feasible. sex.

However, the three suggestions mentioned by the minister made Ying Zheng see some future developments.

If maternity leave is only given to women, even if it is only as short as three months, it will inevitably lead to a significant reduction in the competitiveness of women in officialdom and other occupations, and because of the existence of this minister-like person, once women take leave, men will not Compassion or understanding of the helplessness of the other party, on the contrary, is more likely to seize the opportunity to seize more opportunities and squeeze the promotion space of those women who choose to have children.

Judging from the time when this incident was exposed, it may not take a few years for this policy to develop to the point of no return.

Therefore, Ying Zheng shared Lin Qian's previous suggestion together.

And almost as soon as his voice fell, the ministers, especially the male ministers, immediately became calm after the silence.

First of all, it is to confirm whether these two policies, especially the latter one, may be withdrawn.

Li Si asked directly: "Your Majesty, it's fine to give women paid maternity leave. After all, they can't do anything in the last month of pregnancy and when they give birth, but men have nothing to do with childbearing. Why should they be given paid maternity leave?" ? Isn't this encouraging them to take advantage of the loopholes and be lazy?"

Lin Qian smiled and said, "No, this is obviously to encourage them to have more children."

Li Si glanced at her with a wry smile, thinking of Lin Qian's previous efforts and actions to improve the status of women, he hesitated and finally did not speak, but shifted his gaze to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng said with a smile: "The premise of taking maternity leave is that the wife is pregnant. If they can really keep their wife pregnant and the other party agrees, it's not that the widow can't afford the money."

Li Si choked: Is this a question of a little money?

Seeing Li Si shut up, Feng Quji said, "But Your Majesty, it may not be easy to keep your wife pregnant, and they may not agree, but what about letting your concubine get pregnant?"

He looked at Lin Qian: "Has Marquis Gu Feng forgotten that many men don't just have wives?"

Lin Qian paused, let alone, she really forgot about it.

But does it matter?

She pretended not to understand Feng Quji's words: "Most of the concubines should not have entered the officialdom, and they don't have the trouble of maternity leave, right? Even if there are concubines who have entered the officialdom, just give them maternity leave. This maternity leave is aimed at A pregnant woman is not a pregnant wife."

Feng Quji glanced at Lin Qian helplessly, and then turned to Yingzheng: "What I mean is that both wives and concubines may become pregnant. If the wife is pregnant, the husband will take maternity leave together. If the concubine's room is pregnant, the man will also take maternity leave together If so, the husband may not be able to take advantage of this to not be on duty for a day."

When he said this, the other ministers reacted one after another, and immediately agreed with each other.

Among them, ministers with a large number of wives and concubines are the most active.

Lin Qian sneered, laughing at their high-sounding words, but in the final analysis, they were just worried about the future of themselves and their descendants.

Some of them even said: "It's not just that this kind of situation will happen, if this kind of decree is promulgated, there will inevitably be many men who give up childbearing in order to get promoted..."

"If there are people who are willing to completely give up the inheritance of incense for the sake of their future," Lin Qian smiled, "isn't this quite normal? Don't many female officials do this now? It doesn't make sense for women to be willing to give up their offspring for the sake of their future. the right, but men are unwilling to bear such a price, right?"

"It's only a few months, and they don't need to suffer from the pain of pregnancy, let alone postpartum depression... the troubles of childbirth sequelae, their childbearing costs are already less than their wives."

Lu Zhi sneered: "How many men in this world can't marry a wife? Qin Lv never encouraged men to take more concubines. I was greedy for beauty and took a room full of concubines. Don't you even want to bear the consequences of your choice?" ?”

Zhang Fu said with a smile: "Lu Dushui's words are biased. In the final analysis, it is his own choice to take concubines. They have never robbed women from the common people. It is your choice. It's just...only the woman seems to be indifferent. Can’t get pregnant? If someone doesn’t want to bear the consequences, he can actually choose not to let his concubine conceive.”

These days there are no contraceptives, only safety and condoms.

Although the user experience of this gadget is not good, Mojia Workshop has launched it for many years, and the output has not increased, and it is still only used by a very small number of people.

After all, it's not a man who is pregnant?

What's more, because of the problem of the production process, the condoms and condoms these days can't achieve the contraceptive effect of up to 90.00% like the later generations.

So if you really don't want your concubine to become pregnant, the best way is actually...

From now on, I will clean myself up and never touch those concubines again.

When a group of male officials with beautiful concubines thought of this, their faces turned green.