How did Shang Yang weaken the economic position of the hereditary aristocratic classes in order to strengthen the Qin state?
A. granting land rights to individual cultivators
B. imposing major tax increases on aristocrats
C. ending the practice of hereditary inheritance
D. forcing aristocrats to serve in the military
E. burning aristocratic lands to reduce surpluses
Answer: A
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