Military Agricultural Colonies
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The Military Agricultural Colonies system, also known as Tuntian, was a land system implemented by Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, based on the suggestions of his subordinates Zao Zhi and Han Hao. It had a profound impact on Chinese history and society during the Three Kingdoms period and for a long time thereafter.
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The Military Agricultural Colonies system, also known as Tuntian, was a land system implemented by Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, based on the suggestions of his subordinates Zao Zhi and Han Hao. It had a profound impact on Chinese history and society during the Three Kingdoms period and for a long time thereafter.
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Implemented by Cao Cao during the Han/Three Kingdoms period: recruit refugees or soldiers to reclaim wasteland in their stationed areas, fighting in wartime and farming in peacetime, transforming the largest consumers (army/refugees) into producers. The mechanism is 'turning cost centers into profit centers/self-bootstrapping'.
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- zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%AF%E7%94%B0%E5%88%B6verified
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