Liu bang looked at this desolate and dilapidated country, ready to recuperate and restore national strength. The first step is to restore the population of the Han Dynasty. Liu bang then came up with a clever plan. In order to encourage ordinary people to have children, unmarried women over 15 must pay taxes. What is this tax in modern terms? Single tax? .
The government of the Han Dynasty stipulated that a woman who was not married before the age of fifteen had to pay 120 yuan to the state for one year. Single tax? . At that time, the living standards of ordinary people were not high. For them, 120 yuan is equivalent to a person's living expenses for three months, which is not a small expense.
At that time, ordinary people, in order to pay less taxes, would also marry their daughters casually early. They don't care whether their uncles are handsome or not, whether they have money or not, and some even marry their daughters to rich families as concubines. No way, if they don't marry their daughter, they will have to pay a lot of money.
In modern society, a girl of 15 years old is still a child. How can she get married and have children? Modern society advocates late marriage and late childbearing, and the legal age for marriage is not less than 22 for men and 20 for women. But in ancient times, in order to increase the population, the rulers were very cruel and forced 15-year-old girls to get married and have children. They haven't grown up themselves, they are still children and have no experience in educating children. Therefore, in order to increase the population, this rule stipulated by the Han Dynasty is beneficial to the country, but it is miserable for the majority of girls.
It's good to be single, free, happy with friends, and help with laundry and cooking at home. It is estimated that no girl under 15 is willing to get married so early and bear such a heavy burden. To be honest, the man's family may not be willing to accept this? Child bride? I'm afraid it's difficult for them to fulfill their responsibilities as wives and daughters-in-law.
At this time, the emperor of the Han dynasty still had the best policy, which was to encourage children more. For example, children born to ordinary people are exempt from tax for two years and corvee for two years. This is simply too good for this man, just like a pie in the sky. Even if the man's family is poor, the state has also introduced relevant laws to ensure that they get a wife. After they give birth to their children, the state still has a preferential tax-free policy for two years. Why not? The productivity of ancient society was low, mainly supported by a lot of labor. One more person, one more strength. In ancient times, there was the idea of having more children. At present, the state encourages to have more children, which is naturally accepted and strongly advocated.
In BC 189 (the sixth year of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty), Liu Ying ascended the throne. In fact, Lv Hou is in charge of state affairs. In order to further encourage fertility, Lv Hou thought that the population growth was still too slow, so he added a multiplication to Liu Bang's addition and subtraction. The state has promulgated a new regulation. If the unmarried women aged 05-30 are 65438+, the poll tax will be levied five times a year (calculated according to the age-appropriate women). The poll tax 120 yuan is five times that of 600 yuan. It is estimated that only the richest big landlords in the area can afford it.
Hanshu? According to the records in the "Hui Di Ji", in 189 BC, Liu Ying ordered that if a woman is over 15 years old and still not married until she is 30 years old, five will be counted as one. ?
This policy of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty and Lv Hou greatly promoted the rapid population growth in Han Dynasty. The efforts of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty have achieved remarkable results. After 70 years of implementing such a wonderful birth law, by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the population of the whole country had increased to 36 million, returning to the population level in the early Qin Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw that this strange method was effective and thoroughly implemented this policy. At the peak of the Western Han Dynasty, it even reached 63 million. 63 million people, the peak of China's ancient prosperity.
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Every time the ancient dynasties changed, the population would drop sharply, and the new rulers would adopt various policies to improve social productivity. One of the most effective ways is to increase the population, and the most effective way to increase the population is to let women get married and have children early.
In ancient times, it was not only the Han Dynasty that implemented such a wonderful policy. For example, the Tang Dynasty stipulated that men should get married at the age of 20 and women should get married at the age of 15. During the Spring and Autumn Period, when Gou Jian, the King of Yue, worked hard, it was stipulated that if a woman 17 was not married, her parents would be detained. Ten years of reunion, ten years of lessons? Finally destroyed the state of Wu. However, for girls who are not fully developed, it is really bad and miserable to become wives and mothers too early.