The core of the new law was the Green Seed Law, which was quite simple: during the annual gap between the green and yellow seasons, the government would step in to replace usurious lenders—rich merchants and large households—by offering relatively low-interest loans to help farmers through hardships.
In addition to this, there were some other measures.
For instance, allowing households who did not want to serve mandatory labor services to pay a fee instead, which meant "those with money pay money, those with strength provide strength";
Measuring land, verifying landowners, and categorizing the land based on soil quality, to serve as a basis for collecting land tax;
Encouraging the reclamation of uncultivated land and the improvement of irrigation systems;
In the capital, setting up institutions to regulate the market, purchasing unsold goods and reselling them in times of market shortages, and so forth.
