Lu Bu knew that if he wanted the Han nation to take a leading or even overwhelming position in the world in the third century AD, it would not be enough to rely solely on Lu Bu's civil and military skills. Lu Bu wanted the Han nation to expand its territory by millions, and it would take more than 40 million people just to rely on it. , it is impossible to form effective rule. Sufficient population density is necessary to effectively rule the newly occupied territory for a long time and then permanently belong to the territory of the Han Dynasty. There is no need to repeat the tragedy of the ineffective occupation of Goryeo during the Tang Gaozong period, and there is no need to A repeat of the blood-consuming and ineffective rule of vassal states such as Korea during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Lu Bu calculated that according to the productivity in the third century AD, if the Han Dynasty had to have undisputed influence and unification in the entire East, all the vassal states that had been subordinate to the various dynasties of the Han nation would be unified by the Han nation. Forty to fifty million people It is far from enough. At least it has to reach the 40 million people at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Only 40 million people can turn the entire East into the paradise of the Han nation.
This is the fundamental reason why Lu Bu worked hard and mobilized people to encourage everyone to have children.
Lu Bu knew that his good intentions would not be understood by all the people.
There are many people who are short-sighted, make wrong deductions based on wrong assumptions, and come to a bullshit conclusion that resources are limited and the population cannot expand. They are neither willing to accept the fact that the imperial army led by Lu Bu during the Eastern Han Dynasty could sweep across the entire East. They also ignore the census. The conclusion is that the current population of the Han Dynasty is only over 40 million. They do not realize that the output of grain per hectare in the Han Dynasty is increasing year by year. They do not realize that the Han Dynasty now has high-yielding crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. They do not realize that the territory of the Han Dynasty is changing day by day. By extension, they ignore all the facts that are beneficial to the population-stimulating fertility policy, and are just spreading the shameless argument that "if children are born like this, sooner or later everyone will have nothing to eat." They are not only opposed to the fertility-stimulating policy. He also wanted to control birth control, but he opposed it just to oppose Lu Bu.
Of course, a large part of them are brainless and follow what others say. They were tricked into becoming cannon fodder by those aristocratic families who opposed Lu Bu's rule. Most of them are from poor backgrounds, and they are all a group of people who were exploited, ravaged, and trampled by the aristocratic families. , but they are very loyal to the family. There are so many pitiful and hateful people like this who have been slaves for generations, accounting for almost three-tenths of the population of the Han Dynasty. They were deceived by the aristocratic families and thought that their interests would be violated by Lu Bu sooner or later, and the extra population would divide them. Everyone started to spread rumors, and all kinds of rumors that were not conducive to Lu Bu's rule began to spread.
Lu Bu knew that the reason why these poor and deplorable people were deceived by the aristocratic family and opposed his rule. It is because they have no brains and do not know how to think. They will believe whatever the family members instill in them. These people have always occupied a large part of the Chinese people. These people will always play the role of cannon fodder in the next one or two thousand years. But he can never recognize his own position.
From these people, Lu Bu deeply understood Mr. Lu Xun's helpless feeling of "sorrowing his misfortune and being angry but not fighting". Despite this feeling, Lu Bu was not prepared to train these people into free-thinking citizens. Because the ideas of freedom and democracy are too high-end for people like them, Lu Bu could not predict at all how these low-quality ordinary people would view Lu Bu's rule once they had such an almost anarchist idea. Therefore, Lu Bu resolutely learned from the practices of many leaders in history to make the people thoughtful. But not my own thoughts.
In the field of ideological propaganda, Lu Bu will not suppress or censor with all his strength, and will not waste too much energy on deceiving the people. It is a very stupid thing to turn the people into fools. What Lu Bu focused on was ideological indoctrination and induction. When every Han citizen received higher education, the Han's national power would be huge. However, such education was harmless to Lu Bu, because Lu Bu firmly grasped a What is the line that the people must understand and what cannot be understood by the people? Once this line is grasped, you can lead these people like cannon fodder to realize Lu Bu's ambitions like a harnessed ox and horse.
From the bottom of his heart, Lu Bu did not want to engage in politics like this, but the longer he was in contact with the people, the more disappointed he became. He found that the Han people had a deep-rooted evil that had not disappeared for thousands of years. They worshiped power and bullied the weak. Maybe some people were not afraid of the powerful and spoke out. A just man, but there are very few such people. Most people are short-sighted and only focus on the little interests in front of them. If there is a person standing in front of him who is slightly more powerful than him, he will be like a dark cloud hanging over his head. A country with such a strong social ethos that worships without daring to resist at all is not worthy of democracy and freedom for the time being. It is also far away that the people will become people and then citizens.
Lu Bu understood the practices of many dictators. In the country of Han Dynasty, dictatorship was unavoidable, especially during the Eastern Han Dynasty. If you talk to the people about democracy, not only will they not understand you, but they will stand up and overthrow your rule. . Of course in high school?There is a certain degree of democracy, and this democracy is reflected in the containment of imperial power by aristocratic families. This containment will not be of any benefit to the entire country in the long run, because those aristocratic families only value the interests of the family and ignore the entire country. The interests of all the people, the short-sightedness, greed and selfishness of the big families are the root cause of the collapse of the Han Dynasty, the turmoil of the Three Kingdoms and even the chaos of the Five Husbands. What is ridiculous is that no family in future generations will learn this experience and lesson. Every family is one family and one surname. Gains and losses and desperately harming the interests of the country quickly ruined each dynasty.
Lu Bu clearly understands history, so he can't sit back and watch this happen again, so starting from him, he will implement a dictatorship with Han characteristics so that the people will not feel Lu Bu's dictatorship, but their thoughts and actions will be guided by Lu Bu to a safe and reasonable range.
Such a political attempt is very difficult, and may be the first time in history, but for a time traveler who has a strong desire to control the flood after his death, his interest in changing history and improving the political system is greater than anything else.
Lu Bu is guiding the people to gradually realize that encouraging childbearing is not only good for the long-term development of the country, but also good for the reproduction of one's own family, and also has an effect on increasing one's own immediate interests. After all, the extra children are raised by the government for you, and when the children grow up The country benefits and parents benefit even more. More and more people want to understand that the policy of stimulating childbearing has no harm to them. There are fewer and fewer brain-dead people who hold narrow ideas or are deceived by those with ulterior motives. Those who are because of Even though there are fewer and fewer untouchables who refuse to recognize the benefits of this policy, there are still a certain number of them. They have even been deceived into starting a popular uprising.
Lu Bu suddenly heard that there was a civil uprising and was startled. He asked himself, in recent years, he has treated the people below so well that no one has ever done before. The people have been greatly satisfied both spiritually and materially. Why did they return the people? Change! Lu Bu couldn't figure it out.
I couldn't figure it out and gave it up for the time being. Lu Bu quickly sent troops to suppress it, arrested those rioters and questioned them carefully. He found that every reason they had for opposing Lu Bu was not only absurd but also ridiculous, and untenable. They were all given by aristocratic families. Deceptive. Although these so-called rebels were mentally retarded, Lu Bu would not forgive them just because they were mentally retarded. All 40,000 to 50,000 people were sentenced to ten years of hard labor. During their hard labor, soldiers trained by the Central Army provided ideological and political guidance to them. , especially when they are exhausted, their bodies are tired, and their minds are empty, instill Lu Bu's thoughts into them. These untouchables who originally opposed because of their brain damage, under the day after day of labor and ideological indoctrination, have become Dramatically, he became Lu Bu's craziest supporter.
From this matter, Lu Bu fully realized that people's hearts and minds are not constant, but are completely controllable and exploitable. From then on, he acted more and more boldly, without caring about the feelings of the people below, because Before he acts, he has already done the ideological work of the people below him.
The premise of encouraging childbearing is to encourage early marriage, early childbearing and multiple marriages and multiple children. If a boy and a girl are over twenty years old and their physical development is mature, it is completely fine in the 21st century with the population explosion to get married and have children. The declining population in the third century was something that those in power could not bear. There was no need for Lu Bu to do this pioneering work, because the laws of the Han Dynasty had already clearly stipulated that late marriage and late childbearing would be subject to heavy taxes. Basically, most dynasties in ancient society had He couldn't tolerate late marriage and late childbearing, and heavy taxes were levied. Lu Bu's actions were just to make similar bills more detailed, specific, and more in line with the pulse of the development of the Han Dynasty.
Of course, early marriage cannot be too early. It must be over fifteen years old and the body has developed to a certain extent. Moreover, the parents of both parties must be well educated in various aspects. Medical clinics in various places also provide similar pre-marital education, which is provided before and after marriage. It is necessary to ensure the physical and mental health of the new couple who are about to become parents, so as to ensure that they give birth to qualified successors for the big man.
As for polygamy, in the current Han Dynasty, it is not only the privilege of high-ranking officials, but also ordinary businessmen, soldiers, and scholars can afford concubines. This is because Lu Bu's army conquered the east and west, and the campaigns carried out on a global scale Human trade involves plundering millions of women, ranging from a few years old to forty years old. Those under the age of fifteen are put aside for training first, and those over the age of fifteen can be used for human trafficking.
These foreign concubines were originally slaves, but once they gave birth to a boy and a half girl, they immediately became Han Chinese. Lu Bu carried out a lifetime of human trade, making white, black, and brown women all over the world all over China. As a result, the entire Han Dynasty had tens of millions of women and tens of millions of mixed-race children. Because Lu Bu was aware of this change, he deleted from various documents such as the Tongtian Sect and the laws of the Han Dynasty that black eyes, black hair, and yellow skin were required. The regulations of the Han people turned to stipulate that as long as they believe in the gods and culture of the Han people, they are Han people. In this way, they can embrace all rivers and attract outstanding people from all over the world to supplement the blood of the Han people. This positiveVibrant ethnic integration is what Lu Bu likes to see.
Lu Bu himself is a well-deserved first example of the Han Dynasty in terms of multiple marriages and multiple children. His wives and concubines may not be the most among the Han dignitaries, but their quality is definitely the highest, and the fertility rate is definitely the highest. Even Dong, who had just entered the house not long ago, Baidu is pregnant, and what is left are Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Bu Lianshi and other Jiangnan beauties to bear children for Lu Bu.