, Su Jinping continued, "The four social classes—scholar, farmer, artisan, and merchant—have always placed merchants at the bottom, just above slaves."After Su Jinpa's opening remarks, the first sente...t mingled with something strange.He put the note away, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly... burst into tears.The sound wasn't loud, but the whimpering cries stood out like a sore thumb amidst t...