This reason is actually related to the economic structure of ancient society. The feudal society was dominated by agricultural economy, and the main sources of national tax revenue were divided into two types, one was land tax and the other was poll tax. Land tax is levied according to the number of fields, and poll tax is levied according to the number of people. This economic situation determines that the most annoying thing in feudal countries is population mobility, and every dynasty has formulated a very strict household registration system.

The harm caused by population mobility is self-evident. The reduction of agricultural labor force will directly affect the national tax revenue, and the reduction of poll tax will directly affect the national fiscal revenue. So from this point of view, this hierarchical system is basically sorted according to the frequency of population mobility, farmers and craftsmen are relatively fixed, and businessmen have the strongest mobility.

Although the information expansion in the Spring and Autumn Period was dominated by "officials and businessmen", due to the development of productive forces, the ownership of communes, that is, the mining system, gradually changed, and rich and powerful businessmen appeared in various countries.

For example, "Guoyuba" says: "Fujiang rich businessman, Fan Wei wooden coffin, too arrogant, mediocre merit; And if you can cherish your car, you can take the wrong clothes, you can bribe the princes, but you can't find the law. " Obviously, these wealthy businessmen are no longer "official businessmen", but "private businessmen" who have not found a foothold. These wealthy businessmen have accumulated a lot of wealth, so today we name them bosses.

Now more and more people in our country pay attention to businessmen, not only because of the huge wealth they earn, but also because of their wisdom in acquiring wealth and the influence of business culture brought by their business on social life. I often get some kind of magazine from the advertising lady on the street for free. When I went home, I found that the magazine was founded by a hospital or a company.

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