Why do ancient men like to marry thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls?

In ancient times, why people got married so early? Men became fathers at the age of 13 or 14, while women got married at the age of 12 or 13. This is not special in every dynasty, but a national policy. There were many wars in ancient times, and the population of the country was insufficient. It was a national policy to have children to continue the population of the country. Han dynasty regulations? If the people give birth to a child, don't be two years old, and if the woman is over 15 to 3, marry, five counts. ? This means that having children can reduce taxes and reduce the responsibility of the family, and if you don't get married at the age of 15, the family will have to pay five more poll taxes every year.

Not to mention ancient times. Even in modern times, there are not a few countries that marry early in the world. ? The average age of marriage is 2.2 years in India and 25.6 years in China. The mainstream countries in the world stipulate that men and women can get married at the age of 18, such as the United States, but not all States stipulate this. Some European countries, Germany, France, Britain, Spain, Portugal and other countries all stipulate that they are not less than 16 years old. The Philippines stipulates that men and women can apply for marriage at the age of 16, and women can apply for marriage at the age of 14, while the Netherlands is only 12.

So we can also find the shadow of early marriage in the past from modern civilized society. The reason why China is getting married at a later age is mainly because the population is growing too fast, and the legal age of marriage has to be postponed, which is actually a means to control the population. ? In ancient times, it was different, paying attention to early marriage. Mainly due to the limitations of national policies, after all, in the farming era, when farmers pay taxes as a very important expenditure and at the same time link taxes with the age of marriage, early marriage is a reasonable and effective way to reduce taxes. We only see the problem that women get married early, and at the same time, the other side is that men get married early, and men usually get married at the age of 16 or 17. From a physiological point of view, men are 13 or 14 years old, at the age of just beginning their physiological development. Although many women have menstrual cramps around the age of 13, menstrual cramps mean that they have the ability to bear children, but women of this age actually do not have the complete ability to conceive and bear children. Therefore, the average life expectancy of women in ancient times was very short, with an average of 3-4 years old. This is also a reason for premature contact with husband and wife life, which is easy to leave gynecological diseases and lead to women's early death. ? The most representative men are the emperors of China. Most of them had their first life experience at the age of 12 or 13, and even became fathers at the age of 12 or 13.

For example, Emperor Wendi became a father at the age of 12, only 15 years away from his son Emperor Jingdi. It was not until the modern society that such a situation gradually improved. The material conditions themselves were not rich, but they were devastated by war, which is one of the reasons why the average life expectancy in ancient China was.