Ultimately, this emperors lead their dynasty to collapse. Early China’s feudal systems can be one of the most darkest socitaty systems over the world. Many citizen familys were broken because this system. First of all Heavy taxation in old China made most of the citizens’ money enter into pockets of nobility; even tenant farmers did not have to became slaves; old citizens did not exist any politically; which means they still had no more power on their hands even they were freemen. Emporers were the only people who could grant land for nobility. In Zhou dynasty, Emperor Wu had parceled out his field and remunerated those who had helped them in campaigns; gave them subtittles such as duke, marquis, earl, count for their honor. After nobility to own the land, he would own trees, water, animals, even treasures which were under the ground. Same as the Lord in Europe, citizens could only rent land from nobility who owned the land. But citizens are lucky, because all slaves in China did not even have …show more content…
However, old China also had some scienists who worked on alchemy. Old chinese do not have exact instruments, Chinese alchemists always used a stove which named ‘alchemy furnace’. Main difference between western alchemists and Chinese alchemists is: most of western alchemists were working to create new metal or turn base metal into gold, Chinese alchemists are worked on using metal such as gold to create precious medicines which can make people alive forever. Unfortunately, it was impossible to turn metal into medicines even they also add some herbs into it. So most of time Chinese alchemists would fail their tests. However, even Chinese alchemists fail their exam all the time, the knowledge from old alchemy in China have been great use in preparing the compounds and elixirs used for Chinese medicines; which means Chinese alchemy could be construed as a basis of