I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

[So. ]

[As the country prospers, the wealthy class, who are basically out of the labor force, first start not wanting to have children. ]

[Then, it starts to spread downwards. ]

[Due to the strong demand for entertainment, a large number of female civilians and female slaves flocked to public brothels. People's desire for sex and even their desire for love can be satisfied with money, so there is no need to get married. ]

[After all, the marriage system is a social responsibility, and loyalty is for the next generation to live in a stable family. ]

[For young people, money and material desires are more stimulating than the so-called family happiness brought by the next generation, so all loyalty between men and women is meaningless. ]

[In the middle and late empire, women from well-off families will divorce at least twice in their lives. 】

The barrage flew out:

"Why do I feel that the Roman version is a bit ahead of its time?"

"When I think about it, it makes sense."

"It's still a bit extreme."

"..."

Many ancient people in all dynasties looked at the giant screen in the sky and felt angry.

"It's ridiculous!"

"Shameless!"

They thought the viewpoint of this passage on the giant screen was simply too ridiculous.

……

[The massive accumulation of wisdom and wealth, moral and psychological depression, corrosion and destruction of the marriage relationship of the Romans. 】

[At this time, Octavian realized that there was a big problem. 】

[He started a series of seemingly powerful measures to promote marriage and childbearing. 】

[In 18 BC, Octavian promulgated the "Julius Law". 】

[First, punish singles and impose more taxes on single men and women. 】

[The most ruthless thing is that singles are prohibited from accepting inheritance and bequests. 】

[If you don't get married, the inheritance left by your parents will be confiscated directly, or all of it will be given to your married brother. 】

[But if you can get married within 100 days after the testator's death, you can continue to inherit the property. 】

[If you get married but don't have children, 90% of the inheritance will be confiscated after you pass the childbearing age. 】

The barrage flew out:

"666, this is really fierce!"

"Too ruthless! It's a heavy blow to single dogs!"

"Good guy, it turns out that the source of the single tax is here."

"..."

Many ancient people from all dynasties looked at the giant screen in the sky and were also shocked.

Octavian's policy of promoting childbirth this time is much more ruthless than before.

"This should work, right?"

Many ancient people speculated in their hearts.

……

[Secondly, remove obstacles that hinder marriage. ]

[Children must accept the marriage designated by their parents, otherwise they will be punished. ]

[But if two children are in love and love freely, parents must not obstruct in any way, otherwise they will be detained. ]

[At the same time, citizens are allowed to marry freed female slaves, so that class will not become an obstacle to marriage. ]

The barrage of comments:

"It is strange that marriage freedom and arranged marriage can exist and be allowed at the same time."

"Why does it feel so awkward? If you praise him, he supports the backward arranged marriage, and if you criticize him, he encourages marriage freedom. It is too divided."

"As expected of Octavian, it is completely his style. Anyway, the purpose is to promote people to get married and have children. No matter how they get married, it's fine as long as they can get married."

"..."

Many ancient people in all dynasties looked at the giant screen in the sky and were very unhappy.

In their concept, the marriage of children is the order of their parents and the words of the matchmaker. When will it be the turn of the children to make their own decisions?

Therefore.

Naturally, they opposed the content of Octavian's policy to protect marriage freedom.

For such ideas, they completely regarded it as treason.

Of course.

Where there are opponents, there are also supporters.

In many dynasties, many young people in ancient times envied such content.

……

[Of course, people who have more children should be rewarded. ]

[Families with more children have priority in land distribution. ]

[And civilian families can buy more land at a relatively cheap price if they add one child. ]

[In the selection of various officials such as the Senate, administrators, and diplomats, those with children will be given more priority. ]

[Political promotion is also strongly correlated with the number of children. The specific strength of these policies cannot be found. ]

[But what we know is that this led to multiple assassinations against Octavian and Octavian's bloodbath counterattack. ]

[It can be seen that the ban on officials without children has pushed them to a dead end. 】

[Regarding ordinary citizens, those with three or more children are directly exempted from civil service, which can be classified as the strict military service in the current Korean country. 】

[In addition, upper-class women who have given birth to three children can apply to become the protectors of some civilians and freed slaves. 】

[If these civilians protected by her die without heirs or have heirs but do not make a will, then all their estates belong to this female protector. 】

[For freed slaves, if they have children, they are also given the right to make a will. 】

[At the same time, Octavian often levied land or special taxes on the rich, and then allocated funds to poor families with many children. 】

The barrage flew out:

"In order to let the Romans have children, Octavian really worried about it. "~"

"He really used all means, using both kindness and force, coercion and inducement."

"These policies to promote childbirth are much more powerful than the current policies."

"..."

Many ancient people in the past dynasties looked at the huge screen in the sky and were also extremely shocked.

Since ancient times, having many children and having many children has always been a good thing.The concept of having many blessings is deeply rooted in the hearts of the Chinese people.

The continuation of offspring is related to the inheritance of blood and the prosperity of the family, maintaining the operation of ancient society and promoting the development of agricultural civilization.

Therefore, in most dynasties in history, the government spared no effort to encourage childbirth and encourage farming with sufficient labor.

For example, in the pre-Qin period, Guan Zhong promoted the "Nine Benefits" in Qi State, among which "the second is to be kind to children".

In view of the situation that the people have weak children but are unable to support them, it is stipulated that raising three children can be exempted from "female tax", raising four children can be exempted from taxation for the whole family, and raising five children can also send a nanny and provide food until the children grow up and can take care of themselves.

For example, after Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, established the country, he stipulated that giving birth to one child can be exempted from corvée for 2 years.

However,

Among the many policies that encourage childbirth in the history of China, none can compare to Octavian's series of policies in terms of strength.

Of course, this is also because ancient China did not have such a large-scale situation of not having children as Rome.

……

[So, how effective is this extremely tough "Julius Law" and the series of policies before it? ]

[According to the census that can be found, in the 20 years after Octavian came to power, the population of Rome increased from 4.06 million to 4.23 million. ]

[The increase of 170,000 in 20 years, Octavian showed how wise his policy was, but in fact he played a trick here and only counted the citizen population. ]

[But in these 20 years, Rome absorbed more than 200,000 people from the surrounding population who obtained citizenship from civilians or slaves. ]

[That is, what the data shows is that the fertility rate of Roman citizens is falling. 】

……

Many ancient people from all dynasties were shocked.

"It actually failed?"

"How could it fail after doing so much?"

Many ancient people's eyes were full of disbelief.

In their view, Octavian's policy of promoting childbirth had been done to the extreme, and it should not fail.

"Why?"

"Why did it fail?"

The ancients stared at the huge screen in the sky with confusion.

……

[Besides, what does Rome look like when it is still implementing the "Julius Law"? ]

[In the description of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", during the prosperous period of the empire, the prostitution industry developed rapidly and openly, directly breaking through the monogamous marriage. ]

[The concept of family became increasingly indifferent, men and women competed for happiness, debauchery became popular, the ancient morality was lost, and infidelity between couples increased greatly. 】

【Where there is demand, there is supply. The Romans quickly mastered contraceptive technology. Drugs, suppositories, physical blockages, etc. made adultery and incest commonplace, and homosexuality was extremely rampant. 】

Barrage flew out:

"666, it's really thousands of years ahead of the version."

"All roads lead to RomeIs that what you mean? "

"..."

Many ancient people from all dynasties had contempt in their eyes. (To read the novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

"No etiquette and no morals, no shame!"

Many ancient people with old-fashioned ideas immediately started to curse.

...

[If you have children in order to inherit the inheritance, you will have to sacrifice your freedom in the second half of your life.]

[And even if you don't get the inheritance, you can make money and survive in Rome, where business is booming.][]

[In 9 AD, Octavian was furious when he saw that more than half of the officials in the stands of the sports meeting were single, which meant that his decree had failed.]

[So in this year, he introduced more stringent anti-adultery and marriage laws, which resulted in strong opposition from all over the country.]

[Princess Julia, Octavian's only child who survived to adulthood, became the object of opposition The leader of his marriage policy. 】

[At the same time that Octavian promulgated the anti-adultery law, Julia humiliated her father with her public adultery. 】

……

The Great Han Wudi plane.

A sneer flashed in Liu Che's eyes.

Really ignorant of life and death.

In his opinion, this so-called Princess Julia was nothing more than relying on the favor of her father Octavian to act recklessly.

But in such a national event, with Octavian's character, how could he compromise?

……

[In the face of politics and his own authority, Octavian exiled his only child to the frontier according to the decree and directly executed her adulterous partner. 】

[After that, the father and daughter never met again. ]

[At this time, the Roman people could no longer be bound by any laws related to morality and chastity. ]

[After Octavian's death, many punitive laws related to marriage and inheritance rights, as well as the privileges of childbearers in official careers, were abolished and weakened. ]

[After Octavian, although many Roman emperors tried to save the population, none of them worked. ]

……

The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin pondered in his heart.

He was not surprised by the failure of the Roman emperors after Octavian.

In his opinion, the various laws introduced by Octavian were This policy of promoting childbirth is comprehensive enough, with threats and inducements.

Moreover, Octavian's attitude is even more resolute.

Under such circumstances, why can't Roman citizens have children?

Is it simply due to social atmosphere?

Or is there a deeper reason?

Is it really unchangeable?

Many questions emerged in Li Shimin's mind.

...

[In order to have enough citizens to serve as Roman officials and soldiers, the Roman emperor had to delegate citizenship to civilians and freed slaves in large quantities. ]

[Originally, citizenship is equivalent to a person who canThe hereditary imperial examination was the goal that the people were striving for. 】

【But the emperor allowed everyone to "pass the examination" at will, and the people lost another sacred reason to dedicate themselves to the country. 】

【The decline in fertility caused the number of upper-class freemen to continue to decrease. In 400 years, Rome lost its main ethnic group. 】

【Slave riots and foreign invasions continued to take place in the late Roman Empire. 】

【Finally, in 476 AD, the Western Roman Empire was completely overwhelmed by the swarming Goths, and the orthodox Roman Empire was declared extinct. 】

The barrage flew out:

“.~So, the fall of the Roman Empire was actually due to the extremely low fertility rate?”

“It is bizarre that the great Roman Empire fell because no one had children.”

“Wait, isn’t there the Eastern Roman Empire? Why is the fall of the Western Roman Empire regarded as the sign of the fall of the orthodox Roman Empire?”

“Reply-Because many people think that the Eastern Roman Empire is not orthodox, far away from the old capital, the core area is the Greco-Walker settlement area, and later abandoned the traditional official language of the Roman Empire-Latin, and switched to Greek, which is more like a Greco-Walker country.”

“Reply-The Roman Empire was a slave empire, and the Western Roman Empire was its actual continuation, and also a slave empire. After the separation, the Eastern Roman Empire has gradually entered the feudal society and is no longer a Roman Empire system.”

“…”

The plane of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di felt that the fall of the Western Roman Empire was definitely not simply a problem of low fertility rate.

Of course.

This is definitely one of the important reasons.

……

[The Roman era ended and Europe entered the dark Middle Ages. ]

[Slavery was abolished, and everyone had to work hard to survive, and Europe's fertility rate returned. 】

The barrage flew out:

"What do you mean? When life is bad, some people have children, but when life is good, no one has children? This doesn't feel right?"

"Reply-Maybe it's because of slavery. Slaves can do too much work, so families don't rely on more labor."

"Reply-If that's the case, when AI robots are fully popularized one day, won't the fertility rate drop?"

"Reply-In fact, the fertility rate in low-income countries is higher than that in developed countries. In the long run, economic growth rate is negatively correlated with fertility rate."

"Reply-Maybe, but not necessarily. Having children is not just a consideration of interests, right?"

"Reply-Others don't know, but I don't dare to have children because I don't have a mine at home."

"..."

Watch the whole video (De De Zhao).

Many emperors in the past dynasties ultimately failed to fully understand the reason why the Roman Empire had "large-scale citizens not having children".

In the end, they were just thankful that this hadn't happened in their respective dynasties.

……

On the giant screen in the sky.

The video refreshes.

A new video appears.

[The richest university in the world, with an investment of 10 billion US dollars, gives money without paying tuition! 200,000 yuan for admission! ]

……

Seeing this line of big words on the giant screen in the sky, many ancient people in the past dynasties were shocked:

"Going to the college to study without paying tuition and getting money?"

"How is this possible?"

Many ancient people's eyes were full of disbelief.

It was at this time.

On the giant screen in the sky.

The video continues.

……

[When it comes to Camel Country, many people have the impression of two words "rich". ]

[Indeed, because of the rich oil reserves in Camel Country, their per capita income is particularly high, and there are many rich people. 】

【So after arriving in Camel Country, you see luxury cars on the street, just like seeing an ordinary private car in our country. 】

【However, Camel Country was rich before, but it did not have world-class universities. 】

【So, Camel Country also has a dream of a world-class university. 】

【Is Camel Country short of money? No. 】

【So, a plan to build a world-class top university began to be promoted. 】

【In 2006, the Camel King donated 10 billion US dollars to build this world-class university, and the construction company was another world's best (the company with the highest market value after listing) - Camel National Petroleum Company. 】

【Finally, after 3 years, this university, which dare not say the best in the world, but is definitely the most luxurious in the world - Camel King University of Science and Technology, was built. 】

【Next, let's take a closer look at what this world's richest university looks like? 】

……

Hearing this.

The ancient people of all dynasties also instantly focused their attention.

At this moment, they were very curious about this most wealthy university in the world. .