Why did the economy develop rapidly during the Western Han Dynasty?

The economy of the Han Dynasty was characterized by a large increase in population, increased urbanization, rapid development of agriculture and handicrafts, and unprecedented development of commerce and centralization. During this period, the level of minting and the speed of circulation of money increased significantly, thus laying the foundation of a stable monetary system. The Silk Road also facilitated the exchange of ** and tribute between the Han Dynasty and Asian and European countries, and many goods were unheard of by the ancient Chinese.

Since the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, iron farm tools have begun to become the main production tools, and the famous types of farm tools include iron plough walls, rectangular ploughs, all-iron crank hoes, etc. Ox ploughing is the most important way to plow the land, and the most important ploughing method is the two oxen to lift the bar. Some new farming methods, such as the Daitian method and the district field method, were born one after another.

The state attaches great importance to the construction of water conservancy, especially in the Guanzhong region. The famous canals include Chengguo Canal, Liufu Canal, White Canal, etc. There is a dragon's head canal near Luoshui, because the soil in the nearby area is soft and easy to collapse, the method of sinking wells is used to replace the above-ground channel, called the well canal, which is very similar to the karez in Xinjiang today.

In the early days of the Eastern Han Dynasty, water conservancy tools such as overturned cars and thirsty black appeared to increase agricultural production efficiency. The famous agricultural book is "The Book of Victory", which mentions related technologies that can effectively improve the yield of crops.

The Qin and Han dynasties were the initial development period of the feudal economy. The political unification of Qin and the unification of currency, writing and weights and measures.

The measures are conducive to socio-economic and cultural development and exchanges. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, in view of the social and economic devastation and the lessons learned from the fall of the Qin Dynasty, in order to consolidate the rule, the rulers adopted a policy of recuperation and recuperation, the core content of which was; give farmers a certain amount of land; guarantee the production time of farmers; tax reductions; Punishment should be reduced and class contradictions should be eased. The policy of recuperation and recuperation is adapted to the smallholder economy.

The need for development is conducive to the restoration of the social economy and the stability of social governance. After decades of recuperation, the economy has been restored, and the feudal society of our country has emerged.

The first situation of governing the world - "the rule of Wenjing."

With the recovery and development of social economy, Muling liquid to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

period, the economy was prosperous and the national strength was strong. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in response to the situation of economic decline and social turmoil, the rulers adopted the method of ruling the world with "judo", and promoted the recovery of the economy by freeing slaves, reducing taxes, expanding labor, and cultivating land in the star famine.

situation. Agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce all developed during the Han and Han dynasties. The improvement of iron farming tools, the improvement and extensive popularization of cattle farming technology, the construction of large-scale water conservancy projects, the expansion of agricultural areas, the increase of cultivated area, the popularization of rice and wheat planting, the transformation of planting methods, the progress of farming management technology, and the deepening of agricultural research have all promoted the development of agriculture.

The development of agriculture has laid the foundation for the development of handicrafts, and the handicrafts of the two Han Dynasty have the characteristics of large scale, fine division of labor, and fine craftsmanship, which is manifested in Wang He

1) The scale of the iron-smelting industry has been expanded, the technology has been improved, coal has become the raw material for iron-smelting, the Zhanghuo technology has been invented, the Eastern Han Dynasty Dushi invented water drainage, and the use of hydraulic blast smelting has made China's iron-smelting level lead the world for a long time, and the low-temperature steelmaking technology has been invented and promoted.

2) Textile technology progress. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the planting area of mulberry hemp expanded, cotton was already planted in Xinjiang, and with the cotton textile industry, wool also became a textile raw material.

3) The lacquer industry is developing rapidly, and boiling salt is the main handicraft industry.

4) Han Dynasty shipbuilding and navigation technology.

It's ripe. The development of agriculture and handicrafts promoted the prosperity of commerce and the city, and the prosperity of urban commerce and the region, and the emergence of a number of famous capitals.

During this period, the great thinker Confucius and other scholars created the first cultural and academic prosperity in Chinese history. The Art of War by the military debater Sun Wu is still widely used in the military, economic and other fields. Qu Yuan is a great poet in Chinese history.

In this historical stage, China has gradually moved from dispersion to unified reshooting. Mr. Huang Moya, a famous scholar, regards this period as the head of the remaining civilization of China, with the meaning of faith and wisdom.

According to historical records, China in the Qin and Han dynasties, in the agricultural sail or farming civilization, has appeared in Xianyang as the center of the world city Weiyun City, the same period of Rome, Athens and other cities, not yet pointed to the sedan beam as developed in the Qin and Han dynasties, therefore, the Qin and Han dynasties of China, the economy ranked first in the world, the economy is very prosperous.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the speed of economic development was very fast, and when the rulers established political power, they would carry out reforms as soon as possible to develop the economy and ensure people's livelihood.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty (the rule of Wenjing), Wang Xianji, who had made the Western Han Dynasty wither, began to prosper after more than 70 years of recuperation in Zilingsong.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the use of oxen ploughing and iron tools was already very common. At the same time, the handicraft industry has also developed enormously. In particular, the textile industry and porcelain production are well developed.

The Western Han Dynasty was a dynasty with very developed commerce in ancient China, and the stability of the country and the development of transportation provided a good environment for the development of commerce. Not only domestically, but also externally is also very developed. Through the Silk Road, the Western Han Dynasty even had indirect relations with ancient Rome, India and other countries.

The Western Han culture has had a profound impact on East and Southeast Asian countries, and countries such as Vietnam, Korea, and Japan have all accepted the influence of the Western Han culture.

The Western Han Dynasty was dominated by an agricultural economy, developed textile industry and porcelain production, and was also very developed to the outside world, and even had indirect relations with ancient Rome, India and other countries through the Silk Road.

The decline of the Western Han Dynasty began during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, mainly because the Western Han Dynasty experienced several rebellions, and the emperor once drove his own expedition to quell the rebellion, which led to the decline of national strength.

From strong to declining appeared in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the treasury was abundant after the rule of Wenjing, and the strength of the country increased greatly, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a good and happy emperor, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty was so reckless that such a character of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty consumed a lot of national strength of the country, and from that time on, the Western Han Dynasty began to decline.

The decline of the Western Han Dynasty began with the Yuan Emperor, and the rulers of the Han Dynasty before the Yuan Emperor were all Legalists, and the teacher of the Yuan Emperor was Xiao Wangzhi, a typical Confucian who could only do bad things and could not achieve things, starting from the Yuan Emperor, Confucianism really became the official ideology, and the bureaucratic system was filled with a large number of Confucian children Originally, the Han Dynasty paid attention to the prime minister from the state and county, and since the Yuan Emperor, only Xue Song was the only prime minister with experience in the governance of low-level officials, and he was also rejected by the Confucian students, and the Confucianization of the bureaucracy led to three problems, one is inefficiency, and the other is retreat.