In the next 20 years, the people here suffered heavy casualties, died in the battlefield, were hungry and cold, and countless people died. After Liu Xiu reunified the world again, the world population was already "10% and 2%".

In order to restore and develop the war-torn Central Plains as soon as possible, Liu Xiu successively issued six orders to release slaves, which greatly improved the problem that a large number of landless peasants became slaves since the end of the Western Han Dynasty, and also solved the problem of a large number of land being barren and insufficient population after the war.

Extended data:

The western Han dynasty implemented the policy of rest and recuperation;

1, rectify bureaucracy and advocate thrift.

In view of the corruption of bureaucracy and extravagance of bureaucrats in the late Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu paid attention to rectifying bureaucracy, practicing thrift, rewarding incorruptibility and selecting talents as local officials after he ascended the throne. Moreover, it is strict with local officials and strict with rewards and punishments. Therefore, after the rectification, the official atmosphere has changed.

2, thin tax collection, provincial criminal law, people's unity.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in view of the post-war production depression and the sharp drop in population, Guangwu paid attention to the policy of recuperating with the people, and the first thing was to collect taxes. In the sixth year of Jianwu (AD 30), the imperial edict restored the tax system of thirty taxes and one tax in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. Followed by the provincial criminal law. Followed by Yan Wu's revision.

Phoenix Net-Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty: Guangxu Zhongxing