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apparently basically every dynasty in chinese history starts out their reign with an agrarian reform
@Satsuma it seems like that's often a secondary factor; like, the goal isn't mainly to appease the peasantry, but rather 1. to strengthen them as a source of taxes and 2. to weaken the large landowners who are more politically influential
also tbh at the point i'm at in reading about chinese history, it's rare for a new dynasty to follow the end of prior one instead of a centuries-long period in which there is no unified chinese state
@alyssa i think its partly that the farming peasantry getting pissed is a reliable way to end a dynasty, in which case agrarian reform is crucial to the new one making it past the 1 year mark