Correct answer choice is :
A) He lowered land taxes and divided up the large land estates.
Explanation:
Hongwu increased public works projects, including dam building and the expansion of irrigation systems directed at developing the farmers' yields. Hongwu also announced that abandoned lands would become the tax-exempt section of those who received and cultivated them. He dropped forced labor markets on the peasantry by both the government and members of the nobility class.
