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A system of so-called tax farmers (local or regional intermediaries who collected taxes on behalf of the central government) was established, along with an extensive communication system based around a network of post-towns. Metal or wooden paiza tablets ("Mongol passports") were required for one to be permitted use of the inns, supplies, and horses at these post-towns.
A system of so-called tax farmers (local or regional intermediaries who collected taxes on behalf of the central government) was established, along with an extensive communication system based around a network of post-towns. Metal or wooden paiza tablets ("Mongol passports") were required for one to be permitted use of the inns, supplies, and horses at these post-towns.
==Emperors of the Yuan Dynasty==
*([[Genghis Khan]], Emperor Taizu of Yuan, r. [[1206]]-[[1227]])<ref name=post>The Yuan Dynasty was declared in 1271; Kubilai's predecessors as Great Khan were then named Yuan Dynasty emperors posthumously and retroactively.</ref>
*([[Ogodei Khan]], Emperor Taizong of Yuan)<ref name=post/>
#[[Kubilai Khan]] (r. [[1260]]-[[1294]])
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#[[Emperor Renzong of Yuan]], Ayurbarwada (r. [[1313]]-[[1320]])
#[[Emperor Huizong of Yuan]] (r. [[1332]]-[[1368]])
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==References==
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 335-368.
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[[Category:Historical Periods]]
[[Category:Historical Periods]]