#古代中国为什么要防范商人 #
As we all know, in ancient China, there were four major classes, namely: scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants. Among them: Taxi is the highest rank among them, and Quotient is the lowest level.
In fact, this classification is only a classification for the "common people"; in fact, there were three major classes in ancient China. In addition to the common class composed of scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants, there were also nobles and dalits. In particular, the untouchables class, in the Qing Dynasty, had been brought into full play, and this class was deprived of almost all rights except the right to subsistence, and it was not until the Provisional National Government after the Xinhai Revolution that the surprise between the classes was completely eliminated through the legal situation.
So why did ancient China guard against merchants? Because merchants were the most qualified class to challenge the authority of the imperial court.
In the three classes, the aristocracy, though infighting, was still one in general; in the Dalit class, since all political rights, including the right to education, were deprived, they could not make much of a storm alone.
Among the four major classes of the common people, migrant workers are all creators of wealth, have a certain social status, can meet basic living needs in peacetime, and because they invest more energy in skills, and these energies are more invested in the transformation of subsistence materials, as long as this balance is not broken, they will not pose a threat to the magnates and the imperial court.
As for the scholars, they originally had the ability to use knowledge and the imperial court to confront, but the imperial court could make the scholars become officials through means such as the imperial examination, thus becoming the "workers" of the imperial court and the magnates, and even realizing class transformation and becoming part of the magnates.
As for the scholars who were unwilling to serve the imperial court and specifically opposed the imperial court, the number was surprisingly small, and because of the lack of strength, they were not afraid, and under a stable ruling system, the slightest change could be easily handled by the imperial court.
But businessmen are different.
Merchants have relative freedom and wealth, and know how to earn wealth, and wealth can be transformed into various forces, and this power is capable of countering the powerful.
Whether it is the Spring and Autumn Period or modern society, the emergence of some multinational companies has strengthened the power of businessmen. Even in the days of Jewish persecution, Jewish merchants relied on the power of wealth to obtain security clearances in some areas and even to buy land to establish a state.
This shows the power of wealth and multinational corporations.
Wealth and power are different, it is precisely the imperial court can not exclusively enjoy the exclusive things, if the imperial court monopolizes wealth, then the people will lose their activity, and lose economic circulation, the strength of the country will also be greatly damaged.
Therefore, businessmen can take advantage of this, use wealth to open up joints, divide the relationship between the powerful and powerful, and take advantage of the contradictions between countries to make their wealth grow rapidly.
Because wealth can accomplish many things, the ancient Chinese magnates, after grasping all the power in their hands, have no way to take the power of private wealth, and most of the power of private wealth is in the hands of merchants, so they will be jealous of merchants.
But even if the imperial court can adopt some ways to attack or deprive some merchants of their wealth and even their lives, as an industry group, it is also due to the needs of internal and diplomatic circulation of the state, this industry cannot be completely deprived or eliminated, so it can only start from the aspect of social hierarchy and deprive the merchant group of some political rights, so as to achieve the control role of this group.
In fact, if a person's business really reaches the realm of multinational companies, they are not interested in many things, and many things do not have to be done personally, as long as this person is not manic and can fight steadily, even if he chooses a president to come out, he is not still working for us?
From this point of view, the ancients sincerely did not deceive me.
I am the thirteenth brother, thank you for your attention.