Private ownership of land was encouraged, and people were free to dig mines, mint coins and produce salt. After Wen Di ascended the throne tax collection was halted for the next 11 years. The fact that the population was relatively free of the scourges of war and large-scale tomb construction also stimulated the development of commercial enterprise and boosted the economy.
除了土地私有化，同時允許人們自由開礦、鑄錢、製鹽，文帝即位後，免民租稅，期間十一年老百姓根本沒繳過一分田賦，這項紀錄直到民國七十六年中華民國政府取消田賦才被打破，加上少了戰爭、大規模建陵墓等各種擾民之舉，刺激了工商業發達，經濟迅速復甦。