Aristocrats relied on farmers to grow the crops that made them rich. About 9 out of 10 Chinese were farmers. They lived in simple houses inside village walls. The aristocrats owned feilds outside the village walls. To pay for the use of land, the farmers gave part of their crop to landowners.
The four social classes of china were the shi, the Nong, the gong and the Shang. The shi were low-level aristocrats, the Nong were the farmers, the gong were the artisans and craftsman and the Shang were the merchants.
because many farmers sold their land to aristocrats and became tenant farmers.!!!
Aristocrats relied on farmers to grow the crops that made them rich. the aristocrats owned the fields outside the village walls. In these fields, farmers in northern China grew wheat and a grain called millet. In the south where the climate was warmer and wetter, they were able to grow rice.
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From the king because of rebelling aristocrats
They do that because they would divide their land among their sons and after several generations the average farmer would have about an acre of land. So with a little bit of money they had no choice but to sell their land to aristocrats and become tenant farmers.