Background: 1. After a long war, the Western Han Dynasty was poor. 2. Liu Bang and his heroes participated in the peasant war at the end of Qin Dynasty, witnessed the great power of the peasant war to overthrow the rule of Qin Dynasty, and also learned the lesson of Qin's death.

Content: 1 Great-grandfather Liu Bang adopted Lu Jia's suggestion, implemented a lenient policy, and gave farmers time to engage in agricultural production. Measures include: demobilizing soldiers and exempting them from corvee for several years; Let the fugitives go home to restore the farmhouse; Release those who sell themselves as slaves as free men; Rent reduction, fifteen taxes and one. After Gaozu, several generations of emperors continued to carry out the policy of recuperation. Abide by the articles of association formulated by Xiao He and pay attention to giving farmers production time. When Emperor Wendi and Emperor Jingdi attached importance to agriculture. Reward hard-working farmers, reduce rent twice, advocate thrift and reduce punishment. Historically, it was called "the rule of cultural scenes".

Role: After 60 or 70 years of recuperation policy, farmers live and produce in a relatively stable environment. The population has increased, the social economy has developed, and the country has become rich and strong.

The central point of this topic is that the rest and recuperation policy has promoted the development of social production and is progressive.