In ancient times, there were four levels: scholar, agriculture, industry and commerce. Why is business ranked last?

This is because the ancient society in China was? Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business? Yes, because business can't directly improve national strength, it will also bring many unstable factors to the country and threaten the dominant position of rulers, so most rulers don't advocate business.

The essence of business is not to create material, but to integrate resources and maximize benefits. Businessmen can neither help rulers lead troops to fight, nor help rulers improve their comprehensive national strength, but also shake the storage capacity of the state treasury. Businessmen are worthless to rulers, and they will also divide up his property. Rulers of past dynasties paid least attention to businessmen.

Even if the peasants are in a low position, they can help the rulers cultivate the land, pay taxes and rents, and hand in food. Farmers are the basic force to maintain the stability of ancient feudal society. Scholars represent scholars. They can help the rulers govern the world, maintain the status and prosperity of feudal rulers, and are deeply loved by the rulers. Workers can refer to soldiers or skilled people. They can make weapons for rulers and fight wars. They are an important force for the rulers to maintain their dominant position.

The ancients always said that businessmen are traitors, which means that businessmen are the most treacherous and cunning, and they have been called profiteers until now. Therefore, businessmen are all very treacherous, cold-blooded and smelly in people's impressions.

Ancient merchants generally engaged in the business of reselling and reselling. Where the goods are good, they will be integrated. The sole purpose of a businessman is to make money. Businessmen can sacrifice everything for the benefit, such as the military, political and economic problems of various countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. But businessmen will betray a country's secrets for profit.

For example, Zhao's horse is physically strong and Yan's horse is physically weak, so the weak horse will be defeated in several rounds on the battlefield. Yan said that he wanted to introduce Zhao's fine horses, so the merchants introduced all Zhao's fine horses to Yan for profit. When the war broke out, Zhao had no horses, which seriously threatened the status of the ruler of Zhao.

Therefore, in ancient times, businessmen were at the end of the social hierarchy, and they could not participate in scientific research and enter the core area of the ruling class.