Human beings dread comparison most of all.
Without the grand visions painted by Li Ren, the status of sheep herders and horse grooms at the Royal Court was actually higher than that of the lowest-class commoners in the grassland tribes.
It was much like tenant farmers: tenant farmers who tilled the royal family's granted lands enjoyed higher status and better living conditions than ordinary tenant farmers, and were even more prosperous than most ordinary subjects.
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