Chapter 1184

"If this matter is reasonable and well-founded, Father Emperor will also carefully consider it."

Ying Ying Zi Ye knew that early marriage was not a good thing.

Women's bodies were not yet fully developed, and they had to start nurturing new life.

It could be said that this was a very serious problem.

Why was the population in this era so small?

The reasons were nothing more than the following three.

First: Childbirth accounted for half of it; the age was too young for childbirth, and various reasons led to a low survival rate.

Medicine in this era was very backward, and childbirth often led to massive hemorrhaging.

Once massive hemorrhaging occurred, it would lead to death, which was the origin of "save the mother or save the child."

Therefore, newborn children were mostly replaced by cheap names.

It was because they didn't want to value the child, fearing they would be taken away by ghosts and gods.

Naming represented valuing, and valuing meant fearing being taken away by ghosts and gods.

Therefore, they gave random cheap names, wanting to wait until the child was older to give them a name.

The origin of names like Chen Ergou, Zhang San, and Li Si was precisely because of this.

Second: Not eating enough or wearing enough, and still having to do heavy labor.

Weak bodies and many illnesses, it was understandable that they didn't live long.

Third: Another reason was war.

Too many people died in war.

Once the war started, the medical care in this era was too backward.

As long as one was cut or injured internally, they would die from infection.

With these three factors, it would be strange if Great Qin's population could rise.

It was precisely because of this that the leaders of each dynasty would let people get married so early.

It was to have more children to make up for the consumed population.

But childbirth by women who hadn't developed yet had too many dangers.

Leading to a consistently low survival rate.

Now Great Qin was gradually getting better.

It was time to change this bad habit.

In this era, women generally had to get married at the age of 12.

Often parents had already arranged doll marriages for them when they were just born.

Only because people in this era really didn't like women, thinking that having a daughter was a losing business.

And the status of women in this era was extremely low, almost having no status at all.

Three wives and four concubines were formed this way; as long as you had money, you could marry as many as you wanted.

But having a son could bring wealth to the family, and there was a lot of heavy labor in the family that needed boys to do.

Therefore, the earlier the daughter could get married, the earlier the burden could be removed.

This was the reason why ancient women got married early.

Secondly, many dynasties had civil regulations.

The laws of each dynasty were different.

If a woman was still unmarried at the age of fifteen or sixteen, the parents would likely face imprisonment.

At the very least, they would need to pay money and land.

The reason why the imperial court had such clear laws was because there were frequent wars.

Once a war started, people were needed to go to the battlefield, which was accompanied by casualties.

Then it was well known that the development of a country was inseparable from human labor.

If there were no people, how could there be development?

But men couldn't give birth to children, only women could give birth to children.

So the imperial court stipulated that girls must get married early so that they could give birth to descendants early.

Often they started giving birth in their teens, and by the time they were in their 40s, they already had many descendants.

And the next generation could continue to have children, really becoming machines for childbirth.

But in later generations, there was no such situation anymore.

Women in later generations would only be nagged by family and relatives even if they didn't get married or have children in their whole life.

But they wouldn't be subject to legal sanctions, which could be considered a manifestation of the progress of the times.

This also led to more and more leftover women in later generations.

In later generations, girls needed to get married around the age of 25.

There were even many women who were still single at the age of 30.

These made the marriage concepts of later generations slowly changing.

The reason for this could not be said, and it was completely incomparable to ancient times.

There were many different opinions, women can hold up half the sky.

Ying Ying Zi Ye wanted to change this situation.

Then he had to solve it from the root.

Only Brother Zheng could make a decision on this matter.

Now Great Qin was fully capable of getting married and giving birth later.

In this way, no effect could be seen in a short time.

But as time passed, the benefits were obvious.

These were what he needed to persuade Brother Zheng.

General Wang Li showed a thoughtful look.

Human effort can achieve anything, man can conquer nature.

His Majesty was the heaven of Great Qin.

As long as he persuaded His Majesty, he could change this situation.

"If His Majesty can agree to change this law, it would be a good thing."

"Twelve years old is still a child!"

General Wang Li couldn't help but think of some unhappy past events.

"Stop making trouble!"

"I'm taking your sister away."

"You just serve Lady Han well."

"What kind of system is it to pull and drag on the street?"

"The face of my Niu family is going to be lost by you."

At this time—

The voice of the dark-skinned middle-aged man also became louder.

He scolded directly.

Seeing more and more onlookers around.

He was also a bit panicked.

After all, this was in the busy city.

This was considered gathering to make trouble.

If things went wrong, the city guard army would soon appear.

By then, they would all be taken away.

It might even be detained under the name of gathering to make trouble.

The dark-skinned middle-aged man was pulling and dragging.

The young girl and her sister were no match at all.

Seeing that they were about to be pulled apart.

The young girl's crying became more and more shrill.

Crying like rain, making people feel a trace of pity when they saw it.