"Dividing the property but not the household ultimately means dividing the family."
Chen Sheng carefully folded the family division document and tucked it under the bed board, his eyes clear.
He sat by the wooden table in the west wing room, where the furnishings were simple: a wooden bed, a square table, two chairs...
This was the wing room he got from the family division.
"The reason for not dividing households is also to exploit loopholes, to avoid corvee and poll taxes..."
He picked up the coarse porcelain bowl on the table, took a sip of warm water, and silently pondered:
"The harsh governance is as fierce as a tiger; under this Great Li Dynasty, taxes are heavy, corvee never-ending, ordinary folks can only rely on such methods for self-preservation."
He had traveled here a few months ago, though he kept to himself, he never ceased collecting information.
