Goryeo Household Registration Reorganization (1285)

Timeline

1. 1285Kaesong · GoryeoOn the grounds of governing the population and tax obligations of vassal states, the Yuan dynasty required Goryeo to improve its household registers; the court issued orders for local officials to investigate and report within a set deadline.
2. 1285Goryeo provinces and counties · GoryeoLocal officials registered population, land holdings, and corvée obligations household by household, hunted down absconding households, settled refugees, and brought concealed and unregistered people into the state registers.
3. 1285Kaesong · GoryeoThe central government consolidated registers from all regions, adjusted tribute and military service quotas based on the new baseline, and submitted population statistics to the Yuan dynasty.