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Wang Anshi's New Policies System

Type Object Region China Time 1069–1085

A series of fiscal, military, and personnel reforms launched in the Xining era of Northern Song under Emperor Shenzong, including the Green Sprouts, …

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  1. 1069Bianjing · HenanEmperor Shenzong appointed Wang Anshi as chancellor and began implementing the Xining New Policies, promulgating in succession the Green Sprouts Law, Hiring Service Law, and Square-Field Equal-Tax Law, with the Bureau for the Regulation of the Three Offices as the central reform agency.
  2. c. 1071–1080Circuits of Northern Song · ChinaDuring this period, the Baojia Law, Market Exchange Law, Farmland Water Conservancy Law and other measures were successively refined and implemented across the circuits; fiscal revenue increases and military reorganization showed initial results, while provoking strong opposition from Sima Guang and other conservatives, intensifying factional strife at court and in the country.
  3. 1076Bianjing · HenanFacing resistance to the reforms and public pressure from drought, Wang Anshi was dismissed as chancellor again; the New Policies were continued and adjusted by Shenzong and figures such as Lu Huiqing and Cai Que, with the core framework of the reforms still operating.

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