Why did the Mongolian rulers of the Yuan Dynasty rob the land of the Han people for pasture?

Mongolians are nomadic people, and it is their nature to graze cattle and sheep, so the land they robbed will naturally be fenced up by Mongolian nobles as pasture. Similarly, hundreds of years later, the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the Eight Banners nobles were also in Beijing, surrounding Hebei as pastures. For example, Ao Bai was beheaded for this crime.

In A.D. 1230, Biedie, the minister of Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and others suggested to Wokuotai, the owner of the Yuan Dynasty, "Han people can't help the country, but they can learn and think it is a grazing land." That is, kill all Han people, thus turning cultivated land into pasture.

This policy was first implemented, but it was later cancelled, because a minister of the Han nationality persuaded Yuan Di that if people all over the world went to herd sheep, who would cultivate grain, tea and so on? Therefore, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty had to adopt the policy of "emphasizing agriculture and mulberry".

Nomads in China have always occupied the Central Plains, and all of them have occupied land for grazing without exception, because cattle and sheep are symbols of wealth for them, and more cattle and sheep means more wealth, which is equivalent to more food in the eyes of landlords. However, history always has its inertia and cycle. After grazing, it will always be abolished by smart rulers to promote agriculture.

Both Mongolian and Manchu finally adopted the strategy of Han intellectuals, and managed the highly civilized Central Plains region with the advanced culture of Han nationality, which reflected that the backward conquering nation was finally conquered by the conqueror Gao Wenming. Similar to Kublai Khan's reform, Emperor Xiaowen's reform. Its reform also promoted the feudal process and national integration in the Northern Wei Dynasty to a great extent.