How to encourage having a second child in ancient times?

Nowadays, the most troublesome thing for older single men and women is forced marriage. When they go home, their parents will say you. Now that the second child policy has been implemented, those couples who meet the requirements for having a second child will be forced to have a second child. This kind of problem exists not only now, but also in ancient times. Take the birth of a child as an example. In ancient times, more births were encouraged, not only the second, third and fourth births, but also the more births, the better.

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The current family planning policy exists not only in modern times, but also in ancient times. Judging from the population of China, during the Warring States Period, the total population of China was only100000. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, the population increased to more than 20 million. During this period, we have experienced wars, with vassal States vying for hegemony and wars going on. Why has the population not decreased, but increased?

In fact, this was the result of the family planning policy implemented by various vassal States at that time, among which Yue was the most prominent. At that time, after the defeat of Yue, Gou Jian tried his best to strengthen the country, one of which was to encourage more births and increase the population of Yue. In order to increase the population of his country, Gou Jian implemented a series of policies. According to Yu Yue, at that time, Vietnam implemented "free medical insurance" for pregnant women. As long as women inform the government when giving birth, doctors will soon rush to the maternal home to give birth.

If a boy is born, the prize is two pots of good wine and a dog; if a girl is born, the prize is two pots of good wine and a pig; if twins are born, the state will raise them free of charge. The implementation of these policies is conducive to population growth. Although there are many reasons why Yue can defeat Wu, it is undeniable that with the rapid growth of population, more and more soldiers can go to the battlefield.

In ancient times, late marriage was once advocated. At that time, the legal age for marriage was 30 for men and 20 for women. However, when the family planning policy is implemented to encourage more children, the marriageable age is often much earlier. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Qi implemented the family planning policy that men were 20 years old and women were 15 years old, forcing people to get married early, and some dynasties even advanced the marriage age of women to 13 years old.

There is a little story. Qi Huangong visited an old man and saw an old man in his seventies cooking. He asked him if he had any children. The old man said that his family was poor and his three sons were not married. After Qi Huangong returned to the palace, he told the Prime Minister Guan Zhong about it, so Guan Zhong proposed a way. One is to reduce the number of women in Qi Huangong, so that "there are women with resentment in the palace", and those royal families and princes should implement this policy.

Qi Huangong deserves to be the overlord. He took the lead in placing women who had never had sex in the harem home and letting them get married and have children. Qi Huangong's action may be one of the special cases to solve the imbalance between men and women in the implementation of the ancient family planning policy in China. The Tang Dynasty encouraged second marriage, and widows could remarry. This policy denies the old idea that it is shameful for a man to marry a second wife and that a woman is "loyal to her life".