Today, China is the world's largest country in terms of population. However, under the existing land resources, it is difficult to feed such a large population. Therefore, the state has implemented a family planning policy, which has strongly limited the number of people.
That said, in ancient times, due to years of war, the population of our country was far less than it is now. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, because a huge war had just ended, the population at that time was even only 13 million, which was in stark contrast to the current population of 1.3 billion in China. At that time, the rulers also tried all kinds of ways to increase the number of people.
Due to the turbulent period, the Han Dynasty was initially in ruins, not only the population declined sharply, but also the materials were also drastically reduced. Although Liu Bang was the head of a country, he could not even find the horses he liked when he went out, which was enough to see how serious the turmoil at that time had brought to society.
At this time of waste and waiting to be revitalized, Liu Bang will naturally do a lot of work to alleviate economic pressure and increase the number of people. In order to increase the population, Liu Bang used the method of addition and subtraction to create people, and promulgated a series of policies to encourage fertility.
This policy is to put it bluntly, that is, the use of strict taxes to force girls to marry early. Liu Bang asked girls who had reached the age of 15 and had not yet married to pay 120 yuan to the state every year, which was enough money for ordinary people at that time to live for three months.
This tax undoubtedly forced everyone to marry their daughters quickly, and many people were overwhelmed, although they were reluctant to marry their daughters, but they could only marry them out early. Some girls did not find a suitable partner, and even went to the rich family's house to become a concubine, and their life can be imagined.
In addition, Liu Bang also very much encouraged the people to have children. At that time, there was a law that stipulated that as long as the people had one child, the family could avoid two years of taxation and servitude. This is a great thing for ordinary families, so in order to save the burden on the family, many people have begun to scramble to have children. As they came and went, the population quickly amassed, and the people were both child-bearing and tax-free. It seems that Liu Bang's strategy is really to kill two birds with one stone.
At that time, the population was indeed very obvious and effective, but the population was still relatively small, so Lü Yan implemented a more stringent policy after Liu Bang's death. If these women are not married before the age of 30, they will have to pay a tax of 600 yuan a year. Invisibly, these older women hate to marry, and sometimes they find someone to marry and have children.
Looking at these two regulations during the Han Dynasty, xiaobian felt very sad. At that time, it was too harsh for women, although it was good to encourage economic development and increase the number of people, but turning this encouragement into a responsibility became a burden in everyone's heart. In particular, women in ancient times did not have too high status, in order to exempt from taxation, girls casually find someone to marry, which will make them unhappy for the rest of their lives.