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    In early June, Li Min's King of Qi returned to Sixian, and with his return, this officially marked the end of the war against Japan. However, the troops that originally attacked Japan have not withdrawn yet. After all, there are still some internal conflicts in Japan.  It's not stable, but it's coming soon. Li Min plans to completely stabilize the Japanese state within this year, and some of the troops stationed there will also be slowly withdrawn during this period.

    However, just after Li Min returned to Sixian City, he suddenly issued a series of strange decrees. Generally speaking, these decrees encouraged the people to have children, especially the Han people under the rule.

    For example, there is a law that stipulates that for the Han people under the rule of King Qi, a couple must have at least two children. If both children are boys, they will be rewarded by the local government. If there are three boys, they can  They receive a certain amount of rice, noodles, meat, etc. from the government every month, which is equivalent to the government raising children for them until they are fifteen years old.  Of course, the more children there are, the more food the family can receive. Even if a couple can have more than ten children, they will be listed as a tax-free home by the government and exempt from their property taxes.

    In fact, there were similar laws to encourage childbirth in the Tang Dynasty. However, there were relatively few Han people under Li Min's rule, and his palace's finances were also very abundant, so the rewards were much more generous than those of the Tang Dynasty official. And the Han people under his rule now  Most of the people are concentrated in Dengzhou, so they can not only receive rewards from the court, but also get rewards from Prince Qi's Mansion. The total sum is not a small amount, especially those families with more sons. They don't need to rely on rewards alone.  Worry about being hungry.

    In addition to the above laws that are similar to those in the Tang Dynasty that encouraged childbirth, Li Min also deliberately added a very special law, that is, the law regarding men from the Tang Dynasty taking foreign women as concubines.

    The population of Dengzhou has reached more than two million.  Dengzhou City alone accounted for nearly half of it, and Li Min also captured Silla and Baekje.  It is now divided into three Korean states, with a population of nearly one million.  The island of Taiwan has also been established as a state and is in the process of development. The number of Han people on the island is also gradually increasing. Now there are just over 300,000 Han people on the island. In addition, there are a large number of foreign businessmen and an even larger number of slaves.

    Now the Japanese country has been conquered. Although the population of the Japanese country is not clear yet, according to Wang An's estimation, it should be around one million.  Except these.  Li Min also attracted hundreds of thousands of prairie people from the grassland. Now they are temporarily living in Nanhan Prefecture and will soon be sent to Ezo Island, which will be Hokkaido in later generations.

    Calculated in this way, under Li Min's rule, the total number of all Han people only accounted for about half, and most of the Han people were in Dengzhou. Although these people can be regarded as Li Min's subjects.  But they are also citizens of the Tang Dynasty. If Li Min really wants to escape in the future, how many of these Dengzhou people will be willing to follow him?  It was precisely because Li Min had already considered this issue when making calculations.  He did not regard Dengzhou as his real territory. Taiwan Island was the focus of his future development.

    By excluding Dengzhou, the number of Han people in Li Min's hands would be even smaller.  Even if fertility is encouraged, there is no huge population base.  This kind of population growth rate is actually extremely slow, so Li Min is on this basis.  Another law was added, that is, when a man of the Tang Dynasty enters the land of Sanhan and Japan, he must take local women as concubines. The number depends on the amount of his property, but the maximum is generally not more than six. If the property is insufficient,  , and if this person needs to stay in the land of Samhan or Japan all year round, the local government will help him designate a local woman as a concubine.

    As soon as this decree came out, some people couldn't laugh or cry, shaking their heads and saying it was ridiculous, while others sang and danced happily, shouting that His Highness, King Qi, was wise, and some married women gnashed their teeth and cursed bastard Li Min.

    In fact, as long as they are men, they will not have much objection to Li Min's law, especially some businessmen who are more henpecked. Although they are rich, they have no choice but to have tigers at home and do not even dare to take a concubine. Now listen to it.  I almost cried with joy when I heard this news. In the past, I had the heart to be a thief but not the courage, but now His Highness the King of Qi has issued an order that if you want to go to Sanhan and the Japanese country, you must take concubines. If the fierce women in the family dare to stop them, then let them  She had to choose between eating sugary vegetables and taking concubines. After all, a lot of their business was related to Sanhan and Japan. If she didn't go there, her family would have to wait for the northwest wind.

    Although many women scolded Li Min, once the law was issued, it would not be taken back. Moreover, this was not a harsh law. In addition, there were many people who supported it, so the implementation was very smooth. In Sanhan  Businessmen who were dealing with the Japanese country took local women as concubines one after another. Some of the more lustful ones even took more than one. After all, most of them were not short of money. Taking more women was just more mouths to eat.  The local women of Sanhan and Wa are also willing to marry Han people. Although they are only concubines, they are at least high-ranking figures in the Celestial Dynasty, which is much better than marrying the man who is the king.

    The Han Dynasty under the rule of Li MinWhen the men of the tribe began to crazily take foreign women as concubines, Li Min's palace also became quarrelsome because of the concubinage. Although Wu Meiniang had returned to Sixi a few months ago, she was still in trouble because of the previous attitudes of Wen Xin and Xi Jun.  , so Wu Meiniang did not go back to the palace to meet them. Instead, she found a big house in Sixian City and lived in it for the time being, waiting for Li Min to come back.

    Wen Xin and Xi Jun originally looked down upon this 'Yang Mei'er', but now that the other party came to Sixi, but did not live in the palace, and did not come to visit their two sisters, they were naturally very angry, so even though they knew that Wu Mei'er was pregnant, they  But he has never seen each other.  This made Wu Meiniang relieved. After all, both Wen Xin and Xi Jun had seen her before. If they met now, they would definitely recognize her. She wouldn't know how to explain it then.

    After Li Min returned to Sixian City, Lu Hong and Liu Rengui were busy with political matters. For example, this time the law to encourage childbirth was decided by him and Liu Rengui on the ship, and then he and Lu Hong jointly promoted it.  However, although he didn't have to worry about political affairs, he couldn't leave it to others to do the household affairs.

    Today is the third day that Li Min returned to the palace. However, during these three days, Wen Xin and Xijun did not give him a good look, and they secretly asked him to summon Yang Meier into the palace so that they could  Sisters, look, who is this woman? She has not come to see them for a long time since she returned to Sixi.

    Regarding this matter, Li Min also delayed it again and again. After all, it was not a glorious thing for him to kidnap Wu Meiniang, so he never thought about how to explain to Wen Xin. But now Wu Meiniang is seven months pregnant. Yesterday he  When I went to see her, I saw that Wu Meiniang was being supported by several maids before she could walk. Her belly was swollen. It was estimated that she would give birth in more than two months, so she couldn't delay it any longer.

    It¡¯s early June, which is when the weather is hottest. Although there are lush vegetation in the back garden of Sixi Palace, it¡¯s also very hot. It¡¯s impossible to stand people at noon.  However, in the back garden, there is a place to escape the summer heat, and that is the Water Curtain Palace. This palace is not large in area, and is built entirely of huge stones. There are no walls around it, and it is only supported by a few huge pillars. It looks like  It looks a bit like a Western temple when you go up there.  Of course, this building was naturally designed by Li Min.

    The reason why the Water Curtain Hall is called the Water Curtain Hall is because the palace is built against a cliff. Water flows on the cliff. Craftsmen cut a channel from the top to form an artificial waterfall, which falls just on the top of the Water Curtain Hall.  The roof of the palace is also specially designed so that water flows down from all sides of the palace, forming water curtains. This is how the Water Curtain Palace got its name.

    Not long after the Water Curtain Hall was built, when the surrounding water curtains fell, they took away all the scorching heat, making the hall extremely cool. Today, Li Min held a banquet here, drinking with Wen Xin and Xi Jun across from each other.  Apart from the three of them, only Wen'er, Hua'er and Luzhu were standing around. The others were all kicked out by Li Min.

    "Husband, you have been back for three days. How long do you want to hide Sister Yang?" Wen Xin took a sip of her favorite cherry juice and asked Li Min with a half-smile.

    "Sister, she has her husband's flesh and blood in her belly, and she is now so delicate and precious. Maybe she is waiting for us sisters to come to her door in person to give her a gift." Xijun also said with a hint of meaning, and Hua'er and Lvzhu were unaware next to her.  He also showed an expression of indignation. Only Wen'er, who had known Wu Meiniang's identity for a long time, pursed her lips and snickered.

    Seeing the two beloved women making trouble together, Li Min was also very embarrassed and hurriedly said: "Wen Xin, Xijun, it's not that Mei Niang doesn't want to come to see you, but she also has her own difficulties. If you see her  , she will definitely be shocked, and she will also feel embarrassed, so I told her beforehand that she should not rush back to the palace, and wait until I come back to talk about everything. Wen'er knows these things. If you don't believe it, you can ask her  !¡±

    Li Min said, pointing at Wen'er, and Wen'er, who was snickering, immediately made a serious expression and nodded repeatedly. The reason why Wu Meiniang didn't come to see Wen Xin was not only because she was embarrassed, but also because His Highness had indeed ordered her to do so.

    Hearing that this was the arrangement of their husbands, Wen Xin and Xijun looked at each other, and the anger in their hearts subsided a bit.  Although Li Min called out the name "Meiniang", Wu Meiniang's pseudonym originally had the word "mei" in it, so Wen Xin and the others didn't find it strange. They just thought it was Li Min's nickname for Yang Mei'er.

    "Okay, husband, please tell me, what's the reason for Yang Mei'er to come to Sixian for such a long time and yet she doesn't come to see us?" Wen Xin asked again unceremoniously, but her tone was not as bad as before.  Stiff.  (To be continued.)
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