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Years of continuous warfare had depleted the male population in the Kang dynasty. To stimulate population growth, the imperial court mandated that men aged eighteen and above, and women aged seventeen and above, were required to marry. Failure to comply would result in a threefold increase in land tax.,A procession with a red sign walked slowly along the village path.,He immediately recalled that Jin Feng had always boasted about being a scholar and, in order to appear aloof, never came to join the festivities when his family visited.。