Who is the largest class of people in the entire Qin Empire?
Official?
royal?
None, but those landowners who own large amounts of land.
The individual power of these landlords is not very good. Most of them are local squires. They only manage one village and two townships. However, it is precisely because they are down-to-earth that they directly control the people at the lowest level.
Life and death.
Once it offends the landlord class and triggers a large-scale resistance, it will inevitably lead to turmoil across the country.
The Qin court could not afford such turmoil no matter what.
That's why Su Jinpa was afraid of Li Chen's anger and directly ordered the killing of those landlords.
"Am I such an impulsive person?"
Li Chen said warmly: "Don't worry, I will consider it carefully and be cautious."
Li Chen is not stupid. Su Jinpa can see things that he, a time traveler, cannot possibly not know.
In the feudal dynasty, the most annoying thing was the landlord class.
Due to the feudal system of monarchy, the landlord class was inevitable.
When a dynasty was first established, the world was divided into fields, and every household could be assigned their own fields to cultivate and plant.
This is why the heyday of most dynasties occurred within one or two hundred years after the founding of the country.
Because the landlord class had not yet formed at that time, the gap between the rich and the poor was not large, everyone had land and clothing, the society was naturally prosperous, and the country was naturally strong.
However, as the life of the empire increases and the bureaucratic class begins to emerge, the situation of rural land annexation will gradually increase.
The land will be concentrated in the hands of a group of people who have social power, and the people will be reduced from farmers to tenants, and then the vicious cycle will get worse.
For Li Chen, he is very clear that his main target of struggle at the moment is the cabinet and his political opponents in the government.
But after the Japanese come to the throne, this group of landlords will inevitably become the biggest obstacle and resistance to their governance.
Sooner or later you have to take action.
However, now is not the time.
Even Zhao Xuanji has not been able to solve it. Facing the landlord class across the country, Li Chen is now helpless.
"The city of Tongzhou is ahead. Let's go in and take a look."
Putting his thoughts aside for the time being, Li Chen said to Su Jinpa.
"Um."
Su Jinpa smiled at Li Chen, and then the two of them entered the city together.
Although Tongzhou has the word "zhou" in its name, it is actually just a county town. After all, it is next to the capital. It is unrealistic for Tongzhou to decline more, but it is also impossible for Tongzhou to prosper more.
The prosperity of the capital city is like a huge tree root system, which will suck away all the talent, wealth, and power, leaving little space for other cities to survive.
So walking on the streets of Tongzhou obviously feels less prosperous than the capital city.
However, most shops are open. Although the people on the street are not very wealthy, they can at least maintain a normal life. The situation is indeed much better than at the end of last year.
Li Chen and Su Jinpa felt very novel while walking on the dazzling streets.
Just when Li Chen brought Su Jinpa to a shop specializing in rouge and gouache, he suddenly heard a commotion on the street.
When the two of them saw it, they saw that someone was actually getting married.
Everyone in the procession to welcome the bride is dressed in red and colorful, the drums are playing loudly, and some people are specially handing out candies to passers-by. On the white horse in the middle, the groom is wearing the wedding attire, and he is very proud.
"Wow, someone is getting married, go and see the bride!"
