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Tian Wenjing
Model Qing viceroy under Emperor Yongzheng who forcefully implemented the Tan Ding Ru Mu fiscal reforms and gentry taxation.
Mural guide
Mural of the event “Tan Ding Ru Mu Tax Revolution”, which this person took part in.
For millennia, the regressive head tax (Ding) incentivized peasants to conceal household members and abandon land; Kangxi's decree never to raise head taxes laid the groundwork for structural abolition.
Also known as Zi Yiguang · Viceroy Tian Wenjing
Tian Wenjing (1662 CE–1732 CE) was a trusted viceroy of the Yongzheng Emperor. Strict and unbending, he spearheaded agrarian tax unification and eliminated regional fiscal corruption across Henan and Shandong.
Life and times
- 1662 CEBorn
Qing
- 1723Tan Ding Ru Mu Tax Revolution
Took partage 61Abolishing the millennial poll tax, unleashing demographic expansion to 400 million citizens.
- 1732 CEDied