Some Signs of Economic Stress Were Already Present Toward the End

Some signs of economic stress were already present toward the end of Qianlong's reign, and chief among these was the problem of:

A) Women seeking careers, in defiance of Confucian decorum, and driving down wages.
B) Absentee landlordism.
C) Collection of tithes by Jesuit missionaries that went to the Popes in Rome.
D) Automation of farm equipment, leading to agricultural overproduction and crop wastage.