The resumption of production in the Western Han Dynasty refers to the measures taken to reduce people's burden, resume production and stabilize social order after great turmoil and great changes. In 202 BC, Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, founded the Han Dynasty, and made Luoyang its capital. Born in the civilian class and learning from the experience of the Qin Dynasty's demise due to tyranny, Liu Bang knew that it was not easy to seize the world and the people's lives were difficult, so he paid special attention to governing the country in a gentle way. In view of the world situation when People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded, he took the following measures to restore normal production and rebuild social order:

1. is to reduce the land rent and set the tax rate at one fifteenth. Compared with the former Qin dynasty, this measure is undoubtedly popular.

At that time, many people were sold as handmaiden because of hunger, and Liu Bang ordered all of them to be restored to civilian status. In this way, many people have changed from handmaiden of rich households to civilians who can farm freely, which undoubtedly played a positive role in restoring production. The central government also exempted demobilized soldiers from corvee.

3. Continue to implement the policy of granting land and housing according to the military achievements of the Qin Dynasty. This is also a reassuring measure.

4. Call on people who fled and lived in seclusion in the war to go home and restore their titles and fields in their original places of residence. This measure has also played a role in developing production and restoring normal social order.

In order to let more people invest in agriculture, the political status of businessmen has been greatly restricted. They can't wear silk clothes, they can't take cars, and they need to pay more taxes. This was decided by the thought of attaching importance to agriculture and neglecting commerce in the early Han Dynasty. In the eyes of people at that time, businessmen could only resell their own products, but could not create their own wealth, which was of little benefit to society. Of course, this is also an idea that will only appear when the country has just been established and the material information is poor. After the development of production and the emergence of many surplus products that need to be exchanged and transported in society, the status of commerce and businessmen has been re-recognized.

Second, ease the relationship with the Huns.

The battle at the end of Qin Dynasty gave Liu Bang a chance, and also gave the Huns a chance. They took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to go south and occupied the Hetao area south of the Yellow River. Since then, the northern border of the Han Dynasty has been invaded by Xiongnu, and the Western Han Dynasty, which was just established from the war, is not strong enough to fight back against them. In 200 BC, Liu Bang personally led an army to crusade against the Huns, only to find that he was besieged by 300,000 tarkan in Deng Bai (now northeast of Datong) and could not escape for seven days and seven nights. Fortunately, counselor Chen Ping came up with a way. He went to see E Shi of Xiongnu with a heavy gift, saying that if Liu Bang continued to be besieged, he would give the beauty of Han Dynasty to Xiongnu Khan, asking for forgiveness. E Shi listened, worried that his position would be threatened by the beauty of the Han Dynasty, and advised Khan to withdraw, and Liu Bangcai was able to get away. From this incident, Liu Bang realized that the national strength of the Han Dynasty could not compete with the Xiongnu force, so he adopted a pro-Xiongnu policy, opened up the trade of the Guan family and eased the relationship between the two sides. Finally, the Han Dynasty and Xiongnu maintained a relatively stable situation under the compromise of the Han Dynasty.

Third, enfeoffment of princes consolidated imperial power.

Since the late Chu-Han War, in order to consolidate politics, Liu Bang successively enfeoffed Han Xin, Ying Bu, Peng Yue, Wu Rui and other seven vassals, and gave them large tracts of land in kanto region. However, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang always felt that the existence of these princes was a potential threat to the central government, so he gradually removed them one by one under the pretext of rebellion, leaving only the weakest Changsha king Wu Rui. He believed that Qin's demise was due to his failure to enfeoffment the vast territory to children with the same surname, so he enfeoffed his nine brothers and sons and nephews as princes, enfeoffed a large area of land in Kanto to them, and swore with his ministers: "From now on, anyone who is king except Liu will be an enemy of the world." Of course, he didn't expect that after his death, the result of this enfeoffment would have a great influence on the governors, and the later emperors could not control these ambitious blood relatives, which also threatened the central government. During the period of Liu Qi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because the central government tried to cut off the vassal power, the rebellion between Wu and Chu broke out among the descendants of Liu. Later, although the rebellion barely subsided, the problem was not completely solved. It was not until Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, issued a favor order, allowing the vassals to distribute their fiefs to all their sons, which made the land of the vassals smaller and smaller and could no longer pose any threat to the central government. This situation has been completely solved.