Question

Apart from paying taxes the peasants had to render other services.Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Besides tax payment, the peasants were also compelled to render different services including menial labours without wage and also involve in direct slavery etc

Explanation:

• For Chinese dynastic rulers, agricultural was a singular source of revenue the rulers & source of livelihood for the people. The tax revenue collected from the peasants supported the ruling elites in the royal courts as well as educated elites glittering lifestyle, besides it was also used to meet the expenses incurred by the military establishments
• Peasants were subjected to extreme oppression in the name of taxation and were perennially suffering due to abject poverty. Besides oppression by dynastic rulers, the peasants were also exploited by the warlords & their armies who imposed exorbitantly high rates of taxes. At times taxes were collected even in advance
• Besides tax payment, the peasants were also compelled to render different services including menial labour without wage and also involve in direct slavery etc. To make matters worse for the peasants, China was prone to frequent natural calamities that were devastating and affected the crop production greatly, thereby inflicting more misery on the peasants