Why did the rulers in the early Han Dynasty implement the policy of land to the tiller? The policy of land to the tiller has two aspects: ① Objectively, due to the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty and the long-term war, by the early Western Han Dynasty, the society was in ruins, the economy declined and the country was poor. "Since the emperor can't have military ambitions, he has to take an ox cart, and his people have no cover." When people are in exile, the rulers can only take measures to restore the economy to ensure the source of exploitation and long-term stability. (2) Subjectively, because the rulers in the early Han Dynasty reflected on Wu, learned the lesson that Qin was overthrown by the peasant war because of tyranny, abolished some oppressive laws of Qin, formulated laws in time, and issued a series of imperial edicts aimed at stabilizing society, the ruling policy changed greatly ~