Common people, wealthy families, poor families, and aristocratic families are the main social classes among the Han people.

Some say they are divided based on power, some say they are divided based on wealth, and some say they are divided based on knowledge. The description is thin and it is difficult to see the details.

As for the annexation of land, most of the harm to the people is the awesome ones, well, haha, Liu Xiu said that he hasn't killed enough yet.

As far as Liu Cang sees now, the most intuitive thing that distinguishes them comes from taxation.

The social system of the Eastern Han Dynasty was relatively complex.

Aristocratic families, in fact, not all of today's aristocratic families are rich. Just like Cai Yong, he belongs to an aristocratic family and may have land in his hometown, but it probably has nothing to do with being rich.

At the same time, if he regards Liu Cang as a family member, the outside world agrees that Liu Cang runs some industries other than farming. With his connections and face, he can largely prevent the officials from implementing statistical taxation.

Thinking about this, many friends should also understand that aristocratic families have tax evasion methods. This is not explicit, but an unspoken rule formed in the social environment.

Nowadays, people attach great importance to reputation, even to the point of being stubborn. The origin of this is not a vague emotional morality.

Certain group qualities, traits, and especially ethics do not appear out of thin air. They are often inextricably linked to current events and social rules.

A poor family is a down-and-out family. The ancestors have accumulated a lot of farmland from the royal family. However, people who have lost their reputation in the family have lost their connection with contemporary famous people. They farm land and pay grain, do business and pay taxes, and are constantly checked by officials.

Less can be stolen.

The land tax in the Eastern Han Dynasty was already low, and under normal circumstances no one would dare to think about it. This is the foundation of the country, and if it was touched, it would be a taboo and inconsistent with morality. Not to mention the dissatisfaction of the royal family, it would even lose its reputation.

In addition to land tax, there are also folk taxes on head and mouth, breeding, handicrafts, selling goods, taxes and servitude, including family property, etc. These miscellaneous taxes are very scary, but they can be done to some extent.

For a simple analogy, if the same pig is raised by a wealthy family, it is likely to be ignored by the officials. If there are too many pigs, it will be too conspicuous. One hundred pigs are counted as ten or twenty.

And when you come from a poor family, if you have one, you can count one, or if you raise a hundred? Considering our relationship over the years, I will give you ninety or eighty, no more.

During the Han Dynasty, farming and reclamation were encouraged, and land taxes were historically low, but miscellaneous taxes were exaggerated and even fatal.

As the saying goes, after the field tax is paid, the warehouses are full of grain, and when miscellaneous taxes are implemented, people go into exile.

If things are done according to the rules, even if the people work hard to raise food, farm, sell handicrafts, eat, drink and take care of themselves, they will not have much money left in their hands. If something bad happens at any time, their families will be ruined.

More of the wealth of the poor families comes from the land that was rewarded by their ancestors and does not require taxation, but compared with the number of people in their clan, this wealth is obviously difficult to accumulate.

Well, don’t underestimate those tax savings, they are scary. (The plot will be covered later.)

Therefore, under the same conditions, an aristocratic family will be richer than a poor family. At the same time, more people are willing to be related to the aristocratic family, and even send their names to the aristocratic family.

Because the aristocratic family operates and works normally, they can make money and accumulate normally. Others do the same thing, just have enough food and clothing, and there will be no disasters.

The accumulation of wealth by aristocratic families is not the kind of exploitation and plunder of the countryside as imagined, it is courting death. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, when they lost their reputation, they lost their reputation. The essence of the aristocratic family was to share profits with the royal family.

In a nutshell, fame comes from the people in the countryside. If you benefit the people, you will be praised by others and gain fame.

If you are famous, you will associate with famous people. If you have a good reputation in the world, you will be qualified to share profits with the royal family. Sharing profits with the royal family essentially shares the royal tax. This can reduce the miscellaneous tax burden on the people in the village and take care of the village.

Then someone spread the word about his fame. It was called "money".

A closed loop that is not abstract at all, is definitely not as vulgar and inferior as later generations would understand it to be.

Perhaps this should also be the opening that the royal family opened to the aristocratic family when the royal family and the aristocratic family jointly ruled the world, or it was an opening that had to be opened.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Hong's greedy and money-making methods in the late Han Dynasty were so shamed by the world.

It's not that someone intentionally targeted him, but that his methods are really shamed by people today. No one has benefited except himself, and he is shamed by all walks of life.

Having accumulated wealth through taxes, aristocratic families will not give out their money to distribute to farmers, but they will take the responsibility to cover part of the taxes of the people in their hometowns.

At the same time, it can also develop the place and build the hometown, which is the so-called taking care of the villagers. It is also the accumulation and improvement of one's own wealth, reputation, and strength.

Whether you bear it or not, and how much you bear, will lead to people in some places being rich, people in some places being poor, and people in some places fleeing from famine.

Similarly, the people's admiration and respect for aristocratic families is not unreasonable and imbecile...

After the poor family, there is the so-called wealthy family, a group of social groups transformed by Liu Xiu.

The biggest difference between them and the poor is the amount of private land they have. What distinguishes them from the common people is that they have large-scale business and sales activities at home, which is a way to make money other than farming.

They are good at business and have laid out their own business networks to varying degrees, but all taxes must be paid. If the family buys a slave, recruits a tenant, etc., the head tax will be doubled.

National and local officials all like them. If they meet some bosses who are not good enough, they will cut off the fat from them in a minute.

The social atmosphere of the Eastern Han Dynasty never deliberately promoted business, but there was never a shortage of people doing business. Land was dead, but business was alive. After all, doing business was more profitable than farming.

But facing the upper class, they are very weak, so most of them are very attached to their reputation among the people.

Because they have experienced bloody lessons, they found that no one can give them real support except the fellow villagers. And if they want to complete the class leap, they also cannot do without the reputation of the people.

Businessmen are not bad, everything happens for a reason.

When it comes to common people, there is nothing to talk about. They have Han household registration and their own one-third of an acre of land. It is based on the village and centered on the family.

It is expected that there will be people who transcend social classes among the younger generations, but it is more likely that they will live in a group. When a person in the family is good at management, everyone will surround him and become a big family.

In addition to these classes, there is also a relatively high-end existence. That is the aristocratic family that owns a large-scale business caravan or has gathered a large number of wealthy families.

Wealthy and aristocratic families, all kinds of rich, attach great importance to fame, die for fame, die for fame, all kinds of fat waists, no explanation.

The threads form a loop, and the loops are interlocked, eventually forming a full and three-dimensional social form. From the common people to the emperor, each has its own position as a 'person'.

Perhaps some of them are dirty, but the Eastern Han Dynasty has never been simple and crude.

There is dross and there is essence.

As for the Han Dynasty royal family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there is nothing to say. Take the dross and discard the essence. There is no limit to the brilliance. The people will not live in peace, and the world will be in chaos. It is basically unavoidable.

Now that Liu Cang wants to raise livestock in Dongshan, if he talks about saving money, it is really not the village's turn to take the lead.

With Cai Yong standing behind him, as long as he works hard and endures hardships, he will naturally make savings.

And also because of Cai Yong, if Liu Cang abides by the village rules and distributes profits to the village, it will no longer be mutually beneficial and interdependent with the village.

The village wants to remember his good deeds, pass on his good name, and help him increase his reputation.

The elder's face turned a little dark, and he felt a little aggrieved. This kid's wings must be stiff...

"Okay, if you want to mess with it, just try it. If anyone in the village dares to cause trouble for you, I will definitely punish you severely. If you need help, let me know, and I will find some good tricks for you."

Lao thought for a moment and said to Liu Cang.

It was aggrieved, but after all, he was still a child of our hometown, not to mention that he was related to his family, and it would not be a loss to pass on his name. However, the mentality of the clan elders gradually calmed down.

"Haha, I don't have enough money to find help right now." Seeing that the matter was settled, Liu Cang said happily.

"As long as you work hard, you will have some extra money sooner or later. If you are in an emergency, just ask, I will remember it for you." The clan elder said in a deep voice. At this time, the atmosphere between the two of them was harmonious.

"Thank you clan elder for your concern. I'll give it a try first. Lou Sang Xiangyong can't always let them circle around my small courtyard." Liu Cang said with a smile, and the clan clan elder's expression changed again.

'Damn it, forget about this. No, we can't let Lou Sang take all the good things. We need to think about it in the long term.'

"Okay, now that the embroiderer has joined your Liu family, I, the East Village, can't let my son leave home in the desert. You should also clean up. There will be a banquet in the East Village tonight, and the villagers will be busy, so they won't say that I'm a liar anymore, right?

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After the matter was discussed, the clan elder got up and wanted to leave. He didn't want to get along with Liu Cang. This kid didn't know how to coax people.

"Elder, isn't this bad? There are many injuries and illnesses in the village today, why not let someone take care of it some other time?" Liu Cang said casually as he got up to see the elder off.

I don't want to spend too much time with this old guy, being tied up in what I say and do, which is really troublesome.

"Haha, my son from the East Village, I have a minor injury, can I still delay my drinking?" The elder's tone was calm, but there was a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Cang wanted to say some more words for the occasion, so he quickly sent the old man away and spent some more time with the embroiderer.

As a result, I glanced sideways and saw the old man's smile, and my scalp immediately felt numb.
Chapter completed!