Why are there so few single men and surplus in history?

Whether in ancient times or in modern times, men and women have a certain proportion, and there are basically no leftover men and women in the natural state. However, the patriarchal ideology in the Middle Ages was very serious, resulting in more men than women. Now tens of millions of men can't find wives and become bachelors. So how to solve this problem in ancient times is because of these three tricks:

1, official arrangement: when you meet a good emperor and a good system, people's marriage problems will be solved by the organization. For example, when this woman was seventeen years old and Emperor Wu of Jin was not married, local officials had to act as matchmakers to find her in-laws. There were also "official media" in the Qing Dynasty, such as Xinjiang, where a large number of men were sent to be punished. In order to stabilize the frontier, successors have set up many official media to facilitate a large number of single men to find wives. Some wives and daughters of peasant rebels and women fleeing from disaster areas are often assigned to a bachelor by the official media, so that they can live together and reproduce.

2. "Melon is not sweet" needs a twist: in the Jin Dynasty, a woman had to marry at a certain age, otherwise the government would force her to find a partner. Jin Shu Wu Di Ji (Volume 3) records that Sima Yan demanded in the winter and October of Taishi nine years that "the parents who are seventeen years old should be married, and the chief executive should match them". That girl 17 years old. If her parents don't marry, the local leaders will find her a husband and force her to marry. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, if a girl didn't get married at the right age, it was still illegal, and her family would go to jail with her. This is what is said in the Biography of Song and Zhou Shulang-"Women don't marry at fifteen, and the family sits on it."

3. Encourage "second marriage": In ancient times, there was a saying that "good women don't marry", which focused on marriage customs from beginning to end. Therefore, it is difficult for both the people and the government to encourage remarriage. In ancient times, men generally thought that marrying a widow was inferior and made people look down upon it in society. Unless they really can't find a prostitute or can't afford it, they will choose a woman with a marriage history to get married and start a family. Therefore, in the past, it was difficult not only for widows to remarry, but also for men to take mistresses. However, as long as you look more, everything will be easy. If you get used to it, it will gradually evolve into a social custom. Among the ancient northern minorities, they were not ashamed of losing their spouses, especially within their families. It has become a conventional ethics that a younger brother marries his sister-in-law and a sister-in-law marries his uncle.