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班固:Book of Han, Food and Money, 上 食, Entry 9

班固《漢書》· 上 食 · Health · Wealth · Leadership · Investing

至於始皇,遂并天下,內興功作,外攘夷狄,收泰半之賦,發閭左之戍。男子力耕不足糧饟,女子紡績不足衣服。竭天下之資財以奉其政,猶未足以澹其欲也。海內愁怨,遂用潰畔。 漢興,接秦之敝,諸侯並起,民失作業,而大饑饉。凡米石五千,人相食,死者過半。高祖乃令民得賣子,就食蜀漢。天下既定,民亡蓋臧,自天子不能具醇駟,而將相或乘牛車。上於是約法省禁,輕田租,什五而稅一,量吏祿,度官用,以賦於民。而山川園池市肆租稅之入,自天子以至封君湯沐邑,皆各為私奉養,不領於天子之經費。漕轉關東粟以給中都官,歲不過數十萬石。孝惠、高后之間,衣食滋殖。文帝即位,躬修儉節,思安百姓。

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