With the Steppe region not suitable for large scale agriculture, the emphasis placed upon farmers in the more fertile regions is understandable. Under the Yuan dynasty farming was encouraged through a reformed system of taxation that encouraged agricultural expansion, and alleviated tax burdens during time of crop failure. This also included the increase in public work projects that created more fertile farmland, such as systems of irrigation. While these projects would eventually led to a more powerful labor class, it helped insure food supplies, and thus stability for the
With the Steppe region not suitable for large scale agriculture, the emphasis placed upon farmers in the more fertile regions is understandable. Under the Yuan dynasty farming was encouraged through a reformed system of taxation that encouraged agricultural expansion, and alleviated tax burdens during time of crop failure. This also included the increase in public work projects that created more fertile farmland, such as systems of irrigation. While these projects would eventually led to a more powerful labor class, it helped insure food supplies, and thus stability for the