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n |
Hongwu sought to
improve the lives of the peasantry by
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helping
agriculture, opening new and untaxed lands, lowering
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forced labor
demands, and promoting handicraft industries to
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supplement
household incomes.
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n |
The beneficial
effects of the measures were offset by the
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growing power of
rural landlords allied with the imperial
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bureaucracy.
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