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After spn formulated the strategy of marching westward, the huge war machine of the entire empire began to operate quickly. Every link was executed according to the combat plan, including the fine-tuning and dispatch of commanding generals and staff, troop deployment, and logistics transportation.

, pre-war mobilization and common sense training.

Fighting abroad away from homeland involves the final solution of the Soviet Union's large-scale operations. Pre-war mobilization and common sense training are very important. For example, combat situations involving soil, vegetation, building materials, bridges and traffic roads will be conducted in a simple way.

Training to avoid discovering problems only when you arrive at the place.

The logistics support part of the entire plan is more eye-catching. In order to provide effective supplies to the Western Expedition, the empire used dozens of Chang'e airships. The overall length of this airship reached 255 meters, and the maximum diameter reached 41 meters.

They are 46 meters high and have amazing transportation capacity. Together with the many giant airships that will be added in the future, they will provide logistical transportation supplies thousands of miles away for frontline operations.

There is a complete system for these things, which are operated by various imperial departments under the imperial headquarters. Zhang Shusheng no longer needs to cover everything as before. Except for some scientific research matters when necessary, his focus now shifts to two aspects: management

Civilization and some particularly major scientific and technological projects.

In terms of national management, things are not easy. The huge empire of more than 20 million square kilometers has many things that require him to make decisions, such as population issues.[

On December 17, 1946, Zhang Shusheng summoned Imperial Deputy Prime Minister Liu Shaoqi to discuss issues related to the imperial population.

As the deputy of the imperial prime minister Zhou Guolai, Liu Shaoqi's ability to govern the country is actually not bad at all. He can also be said to have a talent for managing the country. He has achieved good results in the imperial work he is in charge of, especially the economy.

Construction work and social reform work.

"Chairman, the overall problem of population growth in our country seems to be relatively simple.

Before liberation, the country's population growth, with the exception of the southwest region, basically showed a normal growth trend despite facing unfavorable factors such as poverty and backwardness, class oppression, and warlord warfare. The population growth rate in the southwest has been very fast, which is two times the national average during the same period.

More than twice as much, reaching an average of 32%.

According to the demographic data of the southwest on the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the population of the southwest was 1.9 billion, accounting for one-third of the country's population.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the favorable influence of rapid economic development, good social policies, and a peaceful environment, the annual population growth has remained at 35%..."

Liu Shaoqi gave a brief account of the population of the empire. At the end of November, the country completed its second census. The total population of the entire empire had reached 8.3 billion, of which 7.8 billion were local citizens, and 100 million were from Southeast Asian provinces.

There are about 0.5 billion Southeast Asians and Soviet ethnic groups in the Soviet-occupied areas. In ten years, the number has increased by about 2.3 billion, which is a very fast growth rate.

Divided according to different citizenship certificates, the first three categories are counted as the core citizens of the Chinese nation, also called native citizens, and the fourth and fifth categories, which are the new ethnic groups that have been converted from the population of the occupying country, are called new ethnic groups.

citizen.

In the original official estimate, the population of the empire was more than 700 million, but unexpectedly it has exceeded the 800 million mark. If according to the laws of the empire, plus those imperial citizens abroad, the population of the entire empire has exceeded

8.5 billion, a population of about 8.6 billion or more.

When there is no shortage of land, the imperial government has always encouraged childbirth, implemented free medical care and free education for teenagers despite shouldering a huge financial burden, and coupled with the large-scale immigration policy where there is no shortage of land, the population of the entire country has grown very rapidly.

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Because China has never had good contraceptive habits. Although the xxx was already available in the southwest period, people still maintain the habit of giving birth to children when they are pregnant, and the more children and grandchildren the better. As long as the family can raise them, they will have children.

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Coupled with the good policies after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the population growth is naturally astonishing.

Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but ponder slightly. This number can represent many meanings.

Originally, in history, due to the brutal massacre of the Chinese nation by the Japanese invasion war, a large number of people died. The direct loss of population was about 50 million, the indirect loss of population exceeded 100 million, and the displaced population also exceeded 100 million.

The losses of the Japanese army were only over one million people, and this number also includes some things that are difficult to be precise about.

Of course, the long-term warlord melee, liberation and anti-liberation melee...

But now, due to the strong rise of the Southwest, the War of Resistance ended with the defeat of the Japanese army before it really started, and the Liberation War ended with the Southwest using a sharp move to cut through the mess. The entire historical process was completely changed, and the entire nation suffered far greater losses.

Far inferior to the original history.

Historically, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the population could maintain a growth rate of more than 2% every year. Although the country was impoverished and still faced problems such as hunger and natural disasters, the population was growing rapidly.

Today, the empire's population growth rate can maintain an average rate of 38%, which is actually very fast.[

However, unlike in the original history, when the entire Chinese nation was overwhelmed by hundreds of millions of people, and unlike in the original history when the Chinese nation only had more than 9 million square kilometers of land, and a large amount of border and maritime land was still in dispute, today

The empire's territory exceeds 20 million square kilometers, and the effective cultivated land area is nearly three times that of the original history. Encouraged by the country's correct population policy, the entire nation has not been dragged down by population.

The accurate population figure of 8.3 billion is not very large, but Zhang Shusheng feels that it is small, especially the figure of 7.8 billion local citizens, which is even less.

"Our population is still relatively small. Compared to the world's population of 2.6 billion, although we account for a little more than one-third, it is far from enough."

Zhang Shusheng said to Liu Shaoqi seriously.

Not to mention that the population required for the advancement of civilization is an astronomical figure. Even after occupying half of the Eurasian continent in the next few years, this population will not be enough.

The world is very big. In just half of Eurasia, there is endless land waiting for the Chinese nation to enjoy, and endless resources waiting to nurture and strengthen the Chinese nation...

Population will become a burden to the country in difficult times, but after civilization evolves, a large population is necessary to reach advanced civilization.

Society is made up of people. The more people there are and the higher the quality of the population, the more developed and larger the society will appear.

Faced with the huge population gap, Zhang Shusheng was quite anxious.

It is absolutely impossible for him to spend decades slowly having children and accumulating slowly. Instead, he must speed up the population growth again with some active and effective policies. The reason why he did not implement a more radical population policy from the beginning is that

Worried about the impact on rapid economic development and war.

Today, the empire was established. Since the founding of the country 13 years ago, the economy has developed to a very impressive height. Both science and technology and industrial development are progressing by leaps and bounds. The country is getting richer and stronger, the territory is getting larger and larger, science and technology

As China becomes more and more developed, the demand for population once again made Zhang Shusheng realize that a new radical population policy must be implemented.

"Yes, if we look at the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Fourth Ten-Year Plan, our population gap is very large."

Liu Shaoqi nodded. As the deputy prime minister of the empire, he certainly knew how ambitious the empire was and how vast its territory would be in the future. And he knew very well that with the capital of the empire, since it was determined to capture at least half of the Eurasian continent, then

It will definitely be realized under the leadership of His Majesty.

At that time, the population of only 7.8 billion people seemed to be stretched thin.

In the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Fourth Ten-Year Plan formulated by the Imperial Administration Council, when the Ten-Year Plan is completed, that is, in 1956, the population of the Empire will reach 1.5 billion. Among them, the fourth and fifth categories are newly added.

The total population of citizens such as India, Central Asia, the newly occupied areas of the Soviet Union, and some countries in the Middle East will reach about 400 million, while the number of local citizens will explode from 8.3 billion to 1.1 billion.

This growth rate can easily make people feel like a fantasy. At least Liu Shaoqi knew very well that without radical population policies, this population growth plan would be almost impossible to complete.

At normal speed, even with the expansion speed, in 1956, the number of the first three categories of citizens in the empire, that is, native citizens, could only reach about 9. Now, the number of native citizens will increase by more than 100 million.

This task is very heavy.

"Yes, we have a huge population gap. Judging from the current several plans to stimulate population growth, three plans are for local citizens, and the fourth plan is for all citizens. But no matter which plan it is, it faces challenges

Problem. The three plans for local citizens all face a common problem, that is, the task is too arduous. Although the fourth plan is the easiest to implement, it needs to be oriented to all citizens."

Liu Shaoqi is well aware that if this population growth plan targets all citizens, it will be easily accomplished. However, His Majesty has emphasized many times that the population stimulus plan must first target local citizens.

After all, the population stimulus plan is not just about letting people have more children. It also involves issues such as free medical care and education, and even benefits such as national population subsidies. Zhang Shusheng does not want this kind of benefits to spread quickly.

It is an ironclad fact that local citizens must have a better life than the fourth and fifth categories of citizens. And this situation of core citizens being superior to others is also common in other civilizations in the universe.[

"There is no need to consider the fourth plan. For other newly added ethnic groups in the coming period, the empire will not implement family planning, but it will also not implement population stimulation policies, such as India."

Zhang Shusheng is very aware of the strength of the country of India. The current population has reached 2.5 billion. Let it liberalize production, let alone welfare and stimulus policies. As long as war and excessive hunger are not allowed to affect the country, then if the empire successfully

Occupying it and incorporating its territory into the Chinese Empire, it can easily complete the population growth target of 100 million or more in the next ten years.

Zhang Shusheng would never do it if the empire's limited financial resources were used to support new races such as India in the future.

Let you join the empire and hand over your land and resources to the empire, and what you will enjoy will be no war, unified and efficient national management, and regional reforms. These will step by step improve future new occupations such as India.

The social and living standards of the region, to put it more bluntly, is that the empire will send people to govern regions like India, but the finances will not be tilted, and the empire will not spend energy on large-scale construction and improving the living standards of the Indian nation, at least for now.

There will be no stage, everything will depend on the self-development of this region.

Of course, the immigration plans of local citizens will not be affected by this, and many immigrant cities will also enjoy the care of local policies in the future.

In the vast territory, Zhang Shusheng had decided to treat them differently from the beginning. The reason is very simple. Why should the Chinese nation be allowed to nurture these backward ethnic groups? Even if the great era of the universe comes, only these ethnic groups can serve the Chinese nation.

The new nation that performs well will naturally receive corresponding treatment. The lazy, ignorant and backward nation can just live your stable life. There will be no large-scale starvation, and of course there will be no welfare. The empire gave up.

It is those backward and hopeless races that are in trouble, not this region.

In Zhang Shusheng's conception, for example, in India, there will be many prosperous immigrant cities in the future. There will also be prosperous metropolises and large port cities, but these will be the residences of future native citizen immigrants. Just like in the original history

India is a very developed city, but there are abject poverty areas nearby. Unless many newly occupied areas in the future can develop on their own, they will also face a serious wealth gap like India's slums in the future.

Of course, in the future for a long time, such as when the great era of the universe comes, these backward and extremely poor areas will also develop, but they are still far from catching up with the mainland areas of the empire, unable to catch up with the immigrant areas, and unable to catch up with Europe.

Those places with relatively good population quality and basic conditions.

Therefore, Zhang Shusheng naturally decided to implement population stimulus policies for local citizens.

“Which province has the fastest growing population now?”

Zhang Shusheng asked.

"The Bashu region. Due to its good industrial foundation and developed economy, it developed twenty years earlier than other regions. The population of the entire southwest region is growing rapidly, especially Sichuan's population is growing the fastest at the moment!"

Liu Shaoqi said briefly.

The Land of Abundance was originally a prosperous place, with no worries about food and clothing in any period. The population growth in this area has always been rapid. Especially since the Southwest Period, it has enjoyed huge benefits including free education and social reforms.

Population growth is naturally faster. Relatively speaking, Sichuan's population growth is much faster than that of Yunnan and Guangxi. This is the result of regional conditions and social and economic development.

It can be said that Sichuan is currently the most populous region. Economically speaking, Sichuan is also stronger than Yunnan and Guangxi. Even though Yunnan has Dongchuan District, one of the best old industrial and old technology bases, Sichuan has Chengyu Yi as its core.

The Yijiang Triangle District has experienced rapid economic development, and the development of industry, science, technology, and education is even more rapid.

"Sichuan! I haven't been back to the southwest for many years. Why not take this opportunity to go back and take a look at the current population and fertility situation among the people."

Zhang Shusheng went to the southwest several times in a hurry, but this time he went back specifically to visit. There were many places full of memories that he planned to visit, such as Kunming, Dongchuan District, Huize, and Lishuping.

Yibin, Chengdu...

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