Although they were nomadic tribesmen from beyond the Great Wall, the Manchus, when they conquered China,
(A) freely settled among the Chinese people.
(B) reformed the Ming bureaucracy and removed local elites.
(C) emancipated women and peasants.
(D) retained the Ming emperors as nominal leaders.
(E) retained the Confucian gentry-scholars and much of the political system.
Answer: E