Joseon Agricultural System Reforms (Early 16th Century)

Timeline

1. 1501–1504Hanseong Ministry of Taxation and local offices · Korean PeninsulaThe court continued the practice, dating from Sejo, of allocating corvée and tribute by household rank, attempting to prevent the powerful from shifting the burden, and carried out household registration audits locally to ensure fair taxation.
2. 1505–1510Joseon garrisons and communal granaries across the provinces · Korean PeninsulaMilitary colonies were established at frontier and inland garrisons for self-sufficiency, supplemented by communal and constant-price granaries to cope with poor harvests, easing military grain pressure on the treasury through combined soldier-farmer system, though Yeonsangun's later extravagance partly offset the reforms' gains.