1, there are clan landlords and gentry landlords with high social status and political privileges, who rely on hereditary or non-hereditary status and privileges.

2. A noble landlord with low social status and no political privileges. Mainly small and medium-sized landlords. They are bullied by powerful landlords and have to work hard to hire people when they are busy.

As land can be bought and sold, the composition of the landlord class often changes. With the development of social productive forces, the minimum necessary amount of land required to obtain the status of landlord decreases, and the number advantage of co-landlords increases. After the great development of commodity economy, businessmen bought land and industrial and commercial landlords appeared.

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Landlord land management mode

China feudal society is the most typical landlord economy. The feudal landlords in China managed their land in various forms: some operated by themselves and exploited slaves or employees; Mainly to distribute the land to others and take the form of exploiting dependent farmers or tenant farmers by land rent.

In the past dynasties, dependent farmers were divided into private disciples, Ministry and tenant servants. Tenant farmers have other names in past dynasties, such as tenant, farmer, farmer, tenant and so on. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, the form of subletting to tenants gradually excluded and replaced the form of dependent agriculture, and became a typical form of landlord management.

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