But why deliberately demean their status, while elevating the status of farmers?
Why raise the taxes on farmers while merchants don't have to pay a single penny in taxes?
In fact, in saying this, there is a layer of a widely known secret within the upper circles.
And that is, behind these real big merchants stand the powerful and influential.
One could say the true merchant giants are all controlled by the nobility and officials.
As such, the status and position of these merchants mean nothing to them, as these merchants are nothing but servants they send out.
Due to this, the lower the status these merchants have, the easier they are to control.
And there is also a most important point, which is all the taxes the merchants pay are digging money from their pockets.
For this reason, they would rather suppress the merchants' status to the lowest, than let go of their own silver coins.
