Governance of Yuan Chengzong Temür

Name: Governance of Yuan Chengzong Temür
Start: 1301
End: 1303

Type Event Region Asia Time 1301–1303

Around 1301, Yuan Chengzong Temür, building on Kublai's legacy, pursued policies of administrative reform, military spending cuts, tax remissions, an…

Timeline

1301Dadu · North ChinaChengzong ordered the reduction of redundant troops, the suspension of unnecessary rewards, and the remission of taxes in disaster-stricken areas to ease the fiscal strain caused by foreign campaigns and court expenditures.
1301–1302Dadu · North ChinaThe court reaffirmed Confucian scholars' participation in government, restored and held the imperial examinations, and recruited Han Chinese literati into office to reconcile Mongol-Han rule and staff local administration.
1302–1303Jiangnan provinces · East ChinaThe court strengthened oversight and administrative discipline across the provinces, curbing corruption and stabilizing tax and corvée collection to maintain governance and social order throughout the empire.

Sources

《元史·本纪第十三·成宗一》
Cambridge History of China, Volume 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907–1368 — Herbert Franke; Denis Twitchett (1994)