Page "Shang Yang" Paragraph 14

As manpower was short in Qin relative to the other states at the time, Yang enacted policies to increase its manpower.

As Qin peasants were recruited into the military, he encouraged active immigration of peasants from other states into Qin as a replacement workforce ; this policy simultaneously increased the manpower of Qin and weakened the manpower of Qin's rivals.

Yang made laws forcing citizens to marry at a young age and passed tax laws to encourage raising multiple children.

He also enacted policies to free convicts who worked in opening wastelands for agriculture.