At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, due to years of war and social and economic depression, the Han court greatly appreciated Huang Lao's ruling skills and adopted the policy of "being frivolous" and "sharing interests with the people".
In the second and twelfth years of Emperor Wendi's reign, he "exempted half of the land rent" twice, and in the thirteenth year of Emperor Wendi's reign, he also completely exempted the land rent. At the same time, it is not easy to send troops to neighboring hostile countries to maintain peace, so as not to consume national strength. This is a frivolous and generous policy. ?
Emperor Wen of Han lived a frugal life. There were no clothes in the palace, clothes were not mopped, and cars were not added. The curtains are not embroidered, and it is forbidden to contribute exotic things in the county. Therefore, the expenditure of the state was restrained, and the aristocratic bureaucrats dared not be extravagant, thus reducing the burden on the people.
Emperor Wenjing also attached great importance to agriculture, and ordered many times to persuade farmers to teach mulberry, and set up a number of people, such as Sanlao, Filial Piety and Tian Li, according to the proportion of registered permanent residence, and rewarded them to encourage farmers to produce. Reward hard-working farmers and persuade officials to care about agriculture and mulberry trees. Every spring, they personally go to the fields to set an example for the people.
During the Wenjing period, we paid attention to "educating the people with morality". At that time, the society was relatively stable and the people were rich. By the end of Emperor Jingdi's reign, the granary of the country was full, and a large amount of copper coins in the treasury were not used for many years, so that the rope for wearing money was rotten, and the scattered money was countless.
With the recovery and rapid development of production, there has been a stable and prosperous scene that has not been seen for many years. The people's living standards have been greatly improved, and the material foundation of the Han Dynasty has also been greatly enhanced. This is the first prosperous time after Chinese civilization entered the imperial era. The rule of Wenjing is not only a great era of rapid economic and cultural development in the history of China, but also a period of saving energy for the later conquest of Xiongnu by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.
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See: peasant war at the end of Qin dynasty, Chu-Han dispute, Zhu-Lu rebellion.
Due to the peasant war at the end of Qin Dynasty and the four-year Chu-Han dispute, the society was in turmoil and the economy was severely damaged, which led to very poor social economy in the early Western Han Dynasty. According to historical records, ordinary people can't produce in the fields, there is famine everywhere, people eat people, and more than half of them die.
At that time, even the emperor could not ride in four pure carriages, but the generals could only ride in ox carts. Faced with this situation, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, adopted a relaxed policy of rest and recuperation, demobilized soldiers returned to their hometowns, exempted corvees, emphasized agriculture and restrained commerce, restored the dilapidated social economy and ruled the world. It is urgent to stabilize the feudal ruling order and restore and develop the autocratic monarchy society and economy. ?
After the death of Emperor Gaozu, after a period of turmoil, the rebellion between Zhu and Lu broke out in the Han Dynasty. The prime minister, Qiu, Zhu, and other imperial clan ministers ruled Zhu and made him emperor, known as Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty in history, and state affairs gradually stabilized. Later, Emperor Gaozu Liu Qi ascended the throne. Emperor Gaozu and later Emperor Wendi and Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty learned the lessons of the Qin Dynasty, adopted measures to relax taxes and enjoy the people, reduced the burden of farmers' corvee and labor, devoted themselves to restoring agricultural production, stabilizing the feudal ruling order, and attached importance to developing agricultural production. During the Wenjing period, frugality was advocated, and "educating the people with morality" was emphasized. The society was relatively stable and the economy developed. It has always been regarded as the "prosperous time" of feudal society and is called "the rule of culture and scenery" in history.
During the 70 years from the beginning of Han Dynasty to the reign of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the two emperors, Wen and Jing, were kind, diligent and believed in the feelings of Huang Lao. They adopt the policy of keeping a low profile and not disturbing the people, and their families are rich and their national strength is strong. It laid a solid foundation for the martial arts of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.