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Li Wei
Renowned Qing viceroy under Yongzheng celebrated for incorruptibility, salt tax restructuring, and provincial reform enforcement.
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 Youjie · Minda · Viceroy Li Wei
Li Wei (1687 CE–1738 CE) was an exceptionally capable Qing administrator under Emperor Yongzheng. Managing Zhejiang and Zhili, he reformed the salt administration, suppressed banditry, and implemented equitable land taxation.
Life and times
- 1687 CEBorn
Qing - 1723Tan Ding Ru Mu Tax Revolution
Took partage 36Abolishing the millennial poll tax, unleashing demographic expansion to 400 million citizens. - 1738 CEDied
