← Explore on the interactive map
Goryeo Social Recovery after the Failed Invasion of Japan (1290)
Around 1290 Goryeo entered a slow social recovery after its disastrous 1281 Yuan invasion of Japan, easing taxes, resettling refugees, and restoring …
Timeline
- 1290Gaeseong · GoryeoThe court assessed population losses, abandoned farmland, and fiscal deficits caused by the invasion of Japan, and set priorities for restoring production.
- 1290Goryeo provinces · GoryeoOrders were issued to recall people to their occupations, granting tax and corvée relief in some stricken areas and encouraging fugitives to return to their registers and take up farming.
- 1290Rural areas of Goryeo · GoryeoIrrigation repairs and farm tool supply proceeded step by step, grain output slowly recovered, and grassroots social order stabilized over several years.
Sources
- 《高丽史》食货志及世家·元宗
- Lee, Ki-baik. A New History of Korea — Lee Ki-baik (1984)