The policy of rest and recuperation refers to that after the great turmoil or long-term war, the rulers do not engage in heavy punishment, but change to a policy of lenient punishment and thin tax, in order to maintain the people's strength, increase the population, and achieve the purpose of restoring and developing the economy and stabilizing the rule. Since Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty (Hui Di, Lv Hou, Wendi and Jingdi), the policy of recuperation has been implemented for 60 or 70 years. The result is that "domestic" filial piety is combined with courtesy and frugality; Filial piety follows the industry. In 50 or 60 years, as for changing customs, the folk customs are mellow. "After the Emperor Gaozu ruled by doing nothing, in view of the experience of Qin's death, he adopted the Taoist ideas of" ruling by Huang Lao "and" ruling by doing nothing "in policy. The main measures are: returning farmland, persuading people to return home, releasing slaves for the people and paying fifteen taxes; Wendi and Jingdi: Ignoring and Lightening Punishment.
Ti Ying saved his father.
In the fourth year of Emperor Wendi, someone wrote to report Chunyu Kun. According to the criminal law, he should have been sent west to Chang 'an. Chun Yuyi has five daughters, all of whom cry with her. Chun Yuyi was angry and scolded, "If you have a daughter, you won't have a boy. No one can help you in an emergency. " At this time, the youngest daughter Ti Ying was sad because of her father's words, so she went west with her father and wrote: "My father is an official, and people everywhere say that he is honest and clean. Now he should be convicted and punished for breaking the law. I feel sad that the dead can't come back to life, the tortured can't grow new limbs, and even if they want to turn over a new leaf, there is nothing they can do. I am willing to give my life as a maid in the government to atone for my father's sins and let him turn over a new leaf. " Hearing this, the emperor felt sorry for her wish and abolished corporal punishment this year.