As the Chinese had always been particular about having many children and grandchildren, they had always favored marrying young. This resulted in a speedy increase in the country's population.
In the past few years, grain production had increased, and the overall standard of living of the people had improved. The population had increased even faster. Just by comparing the poll tax collected by the Ministry of Revenue in the past ten years, one could obtain a general figure.
Great Qi only had a population of 50 million now, but what about ten or 20 years later?
If not for the poll tax, the population growth would probably be even higher.
The poll tax had always been one of the greatest burdens for the common people. If they wanted to abolish the poll tax, they had to first raise the age of marriage and establish a certain concept of birth control. This was so that after the poll tax was abolished, the common people would not give birth even more aggressively.
