h eng ’ s ▁reform ▁was ▁a ▁rect ification ▁of ▁social ▁mal ad ies ▁without ▁off ending ▁the ▁established ▁political ▁and ▁fis cal ▁system ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁D ynast y . ▁Although ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁er ad icate ▁political ▁cor ruption ▁and ▁land ▁an nex ation , ▁it ▁posit ively ▁rel ieved ▁social ▁contradict ions . ▁More ▁over , ▁Z hang ▁efficiently ▁protected ▁the ▁dynast y ▁from ▁Japan , ▁J urch ens ▁and ▁Mong ols ▁so ▁he ▁could ▁save ▁national ▁defense ▁exp end iture . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 5 8 0 s , ▁Z hang ▁stored ▁an ▁astronom ical ▁amount ▁of ▁silver , ▁worth ▁second ▁only ▁to ▁ 1 0 ▁years ▁of ▁M ing ' s ▁total ▁tax ▁re venue . ▁The ▁first ▁ten ▁years ▁of ▁W an li ' s ▁regime ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁r ena issance , ▁econom ically , ▁cult ur ally ▁and ▁militar ily , ▁an ▁era ▁known ▁in ▁China ▁as ▁W an li ' s ▁r ena issance ▁( <0xE8> <0x90> <0xAC> <0xE6> <0x9B> <0x86> 中 <0xE8> <0x88> <0x88> )). ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁first ▁ten ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁W an li ▁era , ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y ' s ▁economy ▁and ▁military ▁power ▁prosper ed ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁not ▁seen ▁since ▁the ▁Y ong le ▁Emperor ▁and ▁the ▁Rule ▁of ▁Ren ▁and ▁X uan ▁from ▁ 1 4 0 2 ▁to ▁ 1 4 3 5 . ▁After ▁Z hang ' s ▁death , ▁the ▁W an li ▁Emperor ▁felt ▁free ▁to ▁act ▁independently ,