The Land Code of 1858, also referred to as The Ottoman Imperial Land Code, modernized the taxation system and agriculture. It was divided into three sections, that included 132 articles. It changed the way people owned property. Individuals now had the right to own land. Before people farmed only to feed themselves and their family. With this change people began commercial agriculture to farm more food than they needed. They sold the extra food for money. This was good for the Sultan because he could collect more taxes. The Code added to the freedom of people who possessed land and made inheritance rules more fair for men and women.