And what's rare about the Cao Wei oppression of the lower classes is that it was unparalleled through the ages.
Since the Legalist governance Post-Qin, it wasn't truly rule of law, but more like slavery, emphasizing "exhausting and weakening the people."
So-called because when the common folk have nothing to do, they become arrogant; when they are put to work, they are easy to command.
All those in power have tacitly agreed with this.
Some without saying, some with saying, but their methods are the same.
Even Xu Qing himself.
Would command members of the Recovery Society to construct academies.
"Everyone is equal above me; below me, hierarchy is clear. The base nature of others, I too possess." Xu Qing reflected on himself, yet found change difficult.
Scholarship could be free, but if organizational structure was loose, Xu Qing had no clue what to do.
He could only plagiarize.
After all, even Li Shimin in governing the nation, had honestly made use of this approach.
