But the traditional Confucian ethics limited their vision to change. The gap between upper level class and lower level class remain big. The four classes: Officers (shi), farmers (nong), artisans (gong), and merchants (shang) were still the main ideology among the government level. The officers were still the ruling level and merchants were still the commoners. This result in no matter how rich the merchant, the merchant was still a commoner. The tradition Confucian idea did not give much value to the merchants. The officers and elite level class were in control of the economy and society. The structure of the government was still centralized. Commercialization was a tool for the central government to make the society more stable and economy better. Merchants did not have any political power or the will to make changes to the society. The Confucian ethics were still the main idea of the
But the traditional Confucian ethics limited their vision to change. The gap between upper level class and lower level class remain big. The four classes: Officers (shi), farmers (nong), artisans (gong), and merchants (shang) were still the main ideology among the government level. The officers were still the ruling level and merchants were still the commoners. This result in no matter how rich the merchant, the merchant was still a commoner. The tradition Confucian idea did not give much value to the merchants. The officers and elite level class were in control of the economy and society. The structure of the government was still centralized. Commercialization was a tool for the central government to make the society more stable and economy better. Merchants did not have any political power or the will to make changes to the society. The Confucian ethics were still the main idea of the