Chapter 576 See the Big One from Small

Who is the largest class in the entire Qin Empire?

Official?

royal?

None of them, but those landlords who own a large amount of land.

The individual power of these landlords is not very good. Most of them are local gentry and are only in charge of one village and two villages. However, it is precisely because they are down-to-earth enough that they directly control the life and death of the grassroots people.

Once the landlord class is offended and large-scale resistance is triggered, there will inevitably be turmoil across the country.

The Qin court could not afford such turmoil anyway.

So Su Jinpa was afraid that Li Chen would be angry and directly ordered the landlords to be killed.

"Am I such an impulsive person?"

Li Chen said in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, I will think carefully, be very cautious."

Li Chen is not stupid, and Su Jinpa can see things that he, a time traveler, cannot not know about it.

The most unprovoked thing in feudal dynasties was the landlord class.

Due to the feudal system of monarchy, the landlord class is inevitable.

When a dynasty was first established, the world was divided into fields, and every household could be divided into their own fields to cultivate and plant them.

This is why most dynasties had their heyday within one or two hundred years after their founding.

Because the landlord class had not yet formed at that time, the gap between the rich and the poor was not big, and everyone had land and planted and dressed, so the society naturally flourished and the national strength naturally flourished.

But as the lifespan of the empire increases, the bureaucracy begins to emerge, and the situation of rural land annexation will gradually worsen.

The land will be concentrated in the hands of a group of people who have control over social power, and the people will be reduced from farmers to tenants, and then they will become more and more intense, and the vicious cycle will be circulated.

For Li Chen, he knew very well that his main target of struggle was the cabinet and the political enemy in the government.

But after he ascended the throne in the future, these landlords will inevitably become the biggest obstacle and resistance to their own governance.

Sooner or later, I have to do it.

But now, it's not the time.

Even Zhao Xuanji cannot solve it. Facing the landlord class across the country, Li Chen is now powerless.

"There is Tongzhou City ahead, let's go in and take a look."

Let go of your mind 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 the name of Tongzhou is the character "Sao", it is actually just a county town. After all, there is a capital city next to it. It is unrealistic to want Tongzhou to decline, but it is unlikely to want to prosper.

The prosperity of the capital is like a huge tree root system, which will absorb all talents, wealth and power, and the space for other cities to survive is very small.

So when walking on the streets of Tongzhou, I obviously feel that it is not as prosperous as the capital.

However, most shops are open. Although the people on the street are not very rich, at least their normal lives can be maintained. The situation is indeed much better than at the end of last year.

Li Chen and Su Jinpa wandered on the dazzling streets, and they felt very novel.

Just when Li Chen took Su Jinpa to a shop that specializes in rouge and water powder, he suddenly heard a noise on the street.

When the two saw that someone got married.

Everyone was wearing red and hanging colors, and the drums were loud, and some people gave candy to passers-by. In the middle, the groom was wearing the wedding dress, very proud.

"Wow, someone gets married, go and see the bride!"

Su Jinpa's eyes shone and she said excitedly.
Chapter completed!