In ancient China, dynasties have always been divided and merged, and the most important thing is war. In that era of cold weapons, whether it was a foreign invasion or a struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, the main thing to fight was the number of manpower. The main thing to fight a war is to rely on sufficient troops, and the general side with the largest number of people will win. There will always be casualties in the confrontation between the two armies, which is a great drain on the troops, and the number of casualties in the war is also very terrible. All kinds of people and horses rose up one after another, the world fell into chaos, and finally Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought against each other, causing the death of many people. When the world was basically stable, half of the country's population was also killed and injured, and most of the remaining were women and children.
Liu Bang looked at the mountains and mountains full of devastation and wastes to be rebuilt, and prepared to recuperate and restore national strength. In the first step, the Han Dynasty needed to restore the population. Liu Bang then came up with a brilliant plan, in order to encourage the common people to give birth, he was again chu and Han again. In this way, the population is simply not enough, and how to make the population grow rapidly is also a headache for Liu Bang. A "single tax" of 120 yuan is paid to the state in a year. At that time, the people's living standards were not high, and 120 yuan was equivalent to a person's three-month living consumption for them, which was a big expense. It is rare for parents to pay fines for their daughters. Therefore, the ancient family would strictly abide by the emperor's instructions and marry the girls before they were 15 years old.
According to this figure, the national population of the early Han Dynasty was only 8 million people, such a population can not support the development of the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang's first priority is how to make people grow rapidly? This 120 yuan was a large amount at the time, and most families could only choose to marry their daughters early, otherwise the longer they dragged on, the higher the single tax would be. Choose the opposite approach to taxation. So soon, the most interesting tax in history appeared – the singles tax. Moreover, it was a tax on single women, but when a woman reached the marriageable age and still had to pay taxes without marrying, the population of the Western Han Dynasty increased greatly, from more than 15 million at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China to 50 million. But I have to sigh that women in ancient times were really miserable, and when they were 15 years old, they rushed to marry themselves
In modern society, how can a 15-year-old girl, still a child, marry someone and have children? In modern society, it advocates late marriage and late childbearing, and the legal age of marriage must not be less than 22 years old for men and less than 20 years old for women. You have to pay a tax of 120 yuan a year. Later, liu ying ascended the throne This rule became more serious, from 120 yuan a year to 600 yuan a year, to know how ordinary people can come up with so much money, even if it is now a not low fee. Later, most families will choose to marry their daughters at the age of 15, otherwise they will bear a high "single tax".
However, by the time of the reign of Liu Bang's son Emperor Hui of Han, the single tax had increased fivefold, which made almost all the unmarried girls of the commoners rush to marry under their father's arrangement. However, it greatly increases the burden on poor women. How this method is, can only be said to invisibly make many women miserable. Otherwise, you will have to bear the fine. It is really lamentable that it is impossible to decide one's own destiny, marriage is mandatory, and even the child in the belly is decided by others. You can also help with the laundry and cooking at home. It is estimated that no girl under the age of 15 wants to marry so early and carry such a heavy burden. To tell the truth, the man's family is not necessarily willing to accept such a "child bride", afraid that they will find it difficult to fulfill the responsibility of a wife and daughter-in-law.
This was not fair to women, but it was also a last resort in the society at that time, and soon the Western Han Dynasty was built with less than 15 million people, and by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were 60 million people, directly doubling. ???? 5 times the poll tax is levied annually (calculated on the basis of women of appropriate age). The poll tax is 120 yuan, five times is 600 yuan, it is estimated that only the local richest and other large landlords can afford it. ????, with the continuous development of social economy, the impact of various aspects, the Dink people continue to increase, many developed countries have a more serious negative population growth, if they can learn from Liu Bang's method, it may be a good choice.