This "single tax" should be described as simple, crude and effective. ”

"Every time a dynasty is changed, it will almost experience a war in the open or in the dark, and this will also cause a large number of people to die, especially the kind of battle with cold weapons on the surface, which will greatly reduce the population of a country."

"Liu Bang's dynasty, we all know that Liu Bang was a person who climbed to the throne from the bottom, and before he ascended the throne, he also experienced many battles large and small, therefore,

When he ascended to the throne, the population of the country was very small, especially men, not many, because almost all of the men who died in the war were huge. ”

"But in that era when men were the mainstay, if a country wanted to develop well, it must have no shortage of labor, and men were the most important labor force."

"So every time an emperor ascends the throne, he will find a way to increase the country's labor force, and each emperor's method is different, but the simplest, crude and most effective is Liu Bang's strategy."

"When he first came to power, he also wanted to increase the country's labor force, just like ordinary emperors."

So he issued a decree that if a woman was of age to marry, she would be taxed.

"And this tax is very large, and it is difficult for ordinary families to bear such a tax, because the tax amount is enough for them to live on for a year."

"Therefore, every time a folk woman reaches the age of marriage, that is, about fifteen years old, their parents are anxious to marry them off, regardless of the man's family background and character, and whether he is a wife or a concubine, as long as he can marry out, because they can't afford that kind of tax."

"And the woman had no status at that time, and now she doesn't want to add a burden to the family, so she obeys her parents' arrangements and marries early, even if the other party may not be very good."

"And this policy quickly took effect, and within a few years, the country's population increased several times, meeting Liu Bang's expectations."

"However, although this policy has increased the population, the country's labor force has also been secured, and many men have been satisfied, it has made women miserable."

"It's still a child, but I have to make the family feel better, and then marry a man casually, and then be a tool for having children. They already have no status to speak of, but now because of this policy, they can't even live a good life as a girl for a few years. ”

"And some women's parents think all day long about how to marry off their daughters in order not to pay this tax."

"The woman in the family must be very sad when she thinks that her parents are eager to marry her off in order not to pay taxes, and she doesn't care whether she can live well in the rest of her life."

"Regardless of whether the parents in the family are like the above, in the face of reality, women still have to marry because they can't afford it."

"In disguise, in such a society, women not only have no status, but also are equivalent to tools for exchanging money, as long as they get married, they don't have to spend a lot of money to pay taxes."

"This is also very sympathetic, I am grateful that I am living in an era of peace and civilization, everyone's status is the same, women can also hold up a piece of the sky, I am even glad that I was not born in that era, the ancients women are really pitiful."

Wu Zetian: Who doesn't want to, Miss Zhang, I envy you, I think even if I am not the emperor, if I live in your era, I can also make a career.

Dugu Jialuo: Which of these women is not envious, without the ancestral training of "three obedience and four virtues", without the constraints of "not going out of the gate, not stepping out of the second door", women can also work and study, who is not envious? In the same way, I was born in such an era, and I can still live a colorful life, and everyone says that I am a jealous woman, and who would want to serve a man with a group of women.

Qin Liangyu: Women don't let their eyebrows be bearded, if I was born in a peaceful era, I want to be that female soldier, I want to be as heroic as them, there are not so many conspiracies, in front of foreign races, they have their righteousness and pride!

Hyozhuang: Who wouldn't want to? But that's an ideal, not a reality.

Liu Bang: I will immediately order the cancellation of this woman's single tax, and there will be another trouble!

Zhao Kuangyin: Can't you Liu Bang solve this little thing?

Lv Pheasant: Isn't it time to talk about my problem?

Guan Tao: It is indeed time to talk about Empress Lu, and Gaozu's rewards have been issued.

Dou Yifang: I don't know if the mourning family can hear the evaluation of my majesty and Qi'er, as the descendants of Gaozu, their ability is not bad at all.

Liu Xiu: This should be no problem, I also talked about Wang Mang, can Miss Zhang take it with you.

Liu Che: The emperors of our Han Dynasty are all top, I think they will definitely not be bad, and there are a few who are a little bad in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

"What can't be done, what can be said, there are policies that can be used in other dynasties, and these two emperors are also doing well."

"Now I have to talk about the woman Lu Hou first."

"In the eyes of the Han royal family, I feel that this woman is vicious, and the demon queen is chaotic and beyond the outline, and she is indeed the first woman who is in power and is in power, but I have to admit that she is very powerful."

Lu Pheasant can describe this great woman in two words, "lust and jealousy".

"Desire makes her unwilling to be controlled by loneliness, so she racks her brains to make friends and control men."

"Jealousy makes her take revenge on the woman she hates."

"She is ruthless, scheming, relying on open and secret fighting, and she has stepped up to the pinnacle of power step by step."

"She is the first woman in history who can exercise the rights of the emperor - Lu Pheasant after Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty."

"However, Lu Pheasant's beginning is not such a person, she is also a good wife and mother, and she has given her growth with fate, it is better to say that Liu Bang gave her growth."

Although Lu Pheasant's family is not prominent, but it is also a local figure, Lu Pheasant's father Lu Gong saw Liu Bang's "bone surprise", with the appearance of an emperor, in the case of not taking a penny, his daughter Lu Pheasant married Liu Bang, who was old, low status and very poor. ”

"Like all young girls, Lu Pheasant, who is a first-time wife, has a naïve vision for her future life is nothing more than filial piety to her in-laws, having children, and eating and drinking."

"At that time, Liu Bang, to put it bluntly, was a ruffian hooligan, cheating and drinking everywhere, and there was no one at the end of the house for three days."

"Only Lu Pheasant takes the children to do housework at home, and even in order to maintain her husband's face, Lu Pheasant often secretly repays debts for her husband."

(End of chapter)