Even though the Gran Canal paid dividends for more than a thousand years and helped China in the long run, the Sui’s dependence on high taxes caused a plethora amount of tension within the kingdom for it to stay stable. Furthermore, the multiple changes of taxation because corruption and abuse of the equal field system earlier created by the Han had caused many financial problems as well as political problems. Finally the song’s high taxes similarly to the other two angered the peasants and some revolted in response to it. All three dynasties’ taxes were paid to the government unlike Western Europe at the time, which was paid to the
Even though the Gran Canal paid dividends for more than a thousand years and helped China in the long run, the Sui’s dependence on high taxes caused a plethora amount of tension within the kingdom for it to stay stable. Furthermore, the multiple changes of taxation because corruption and abuse of the equal field system earlier created by the Han had caused many financial problems as well as political problems. Finally the song’s high taxes similarly to the other two angered the peasants and some revolted in response to it. All three dynasties’ taxes were paid to the government unlike Western Europe at the time, which was paid to the