Much of Wang Anshi's reforms outlined in …
Years: 1076 - 1076
Much of Wang Anshi's reforms outlined in the New Policies center around state finance, land tax reform, and the Imperial examinations, but there are also military concerns.
This includes policies of raising militias to lessen the expense of upholding a million soldiers, putting government monopolies on saltpeter and sulfur production and distribution in 1076 (to ensure that gunpowder solutions will not fall into the hands of enemies), and aggressive military policy towards China's northern rivals of the Western Xia and Liao dynasties.
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- Khitan people
- Chinese (Han) people
- Tanguts
- Liao Dynasty, or Khitan Empire
- Chinese Empire, Pei (Northern) Song Dynasty
- Western Xia, or Tangut Kingdom
