How Did Shang Yang Weaken the Economic Position of the Hereditary

question 4

Multiple Choice

How did Shang Yang weaken the economic position of the hereditary aristocratic classes in order to strengthen the Qin state?

• A) imposing major tax increases on aristocrats
• B) ending the practice of hereditary inheritance
• C) forcing aristocrats to serve in the military
• D) burning aristocratic lands to reduce surpluses
• E) granting land rights to individual cultivators