Ji Henghao took a sip of wine and said:
"Among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, Wei was the first to reform."
"The land east of the river in the Wei State is easy for the people, and there is plenty of salt and iron. Its customs are strong and strong, and many heroes invade and plunder it. They have little kindness and courtesy, but good livelihood."
"The reform of Wei State came about when the well-field system collapsed and private ownership of land was formed. Only after the collapse of the well-field system could the 'salt and iron land' be 'robbing' and 'divided', and 'many heroes usurped' and' "Hao Fen Sheng" means that private land ownership was already common practice in Wei State at that time."
"'Enri' is the ethical code of the Zhou Dynasty aristocrats."
"'Bo Enli' means the collapse of the patriarchal system of the Zhou Dynasty."
"The rites of Zhou are gradually abandoned by the world."
"It was against this background that Wei Wenhou began to base his reforms."
"The reason why the Wei State was able to 'power the world and dominate its neighbors' was precisely due to this reform."
"This reform mainly focuses on two points."
"Do your best."
"Compose the laws of various countries and the Dharma Sutras."
“To make the best use of the land, we need to redistribute the land and recognize the private ownership of the land.”
"Since then, the world has been fighting in the Warring States Period, and deceit and strength are valued more than benevolence and righteousness. We should get rich first and then give away."
"Therefore, the rich of the common people may accumulate tens of thousands of people, but the poor may not be tired of the chaff; a strong country may join with the small ones to serve as ministers to the princes, while a weak country may sacrifice and destroy the world."
"'Benevolence and righteousness' and 'referral' are the moral concepts of the patriarchal system of the Zhou Dynasty, and Li Kui's reform first attacked the moral concepts of the patriarchal system. It was from the Wei Dynasty that the world officially regarded Zhou rites as dross and no longer Continuing the 'nepotism' system of ministers, we started to use the 'merit-based' bureaucracy system."
"Li Kui also advocated 'taking away the salary of the prostituted people, and bringing in people from all over the world' to implement 'food is worth work and salary is worth merit'."
"The so-called prostitutes are actually the fallen princes of the public clan."
"It was also from the Wei State that the world gradually began to abolish the old system of ministers and ministers, and replaced it with a system in which titles and positions were awarded based on merit."
"at the same time."
"The State of Wei also set the precedent of enforcing a code of law to strengthen its dictatorship."
"As for the Dharma Sutra, you should be more familiar with it than I am, so I won't say much."
Hu Hai nodded slightly.
He was very familiar with the Dharma Sutra.
Zhao Gao explained it more than once when he taught laws and regulations in the past.
There are six chapters in the "Dharma Sutra", namely "The Law of Stealing", "The Law of Thieves", "The Law of Prisoners", "The Law of Catching", "Miscellaneous Laws", and "The Law of Judgments".
Most of the content in "The Book of Dharma" was borrowed by Shang Yang.
Ji Heng said: "Li Kui's reform mainly affected the land and the old system of Shiqing and Shilu."
“There’s not much to say about the land.”
"And the new 'meritocracy' led to the prevalence of private schools in Wei."
"It has become a common practice to recruit talented people."
"The State of Wei was the place where the Four Wars were fought. The environment was turbulent, and there was a trend of recruiting talents. Therefore, at the beginning of the Warring States Period, many famous people came out of the State of Wei, and Qin benefited a lot."
"The Qin Dynasty unified the world, and the Wei State also contributed a lot. Wei Liao, who formulated the strategy for the Qin Dynasty to unify the world, and Li Si, who planned the 'centralization of power and governance' for the Qin Dynasty, both came from the Wei State."
"Even if Lord Xinling hadn't died, these two people might not have come to Qin."
"It can only be said that time is also destiny."
"The Qin Dynasty unified the world with the help of heaven."
Ji Heng couldn't help but sigh a few words.
Hu Hai nodded slightly, with a hint of pride on his face.
He had certainly heard of this.
Lord Xinling was very talented and had many soldiers. He suppressed Qin for a time, and the Qin army did not dare to leave Hangu eastward. However, because Lord Xinling was too sharp, he finally adopted a divorce plan for Qin. , was deprived of military power by King Anli of Wei, but the Wei State had troops all over the world at that time and was powerful in the crown and belt country, so it did not suffer much impact.
But no one expected that Lord Xinling and King Wei Anli, the leader of Zhongxing, would die suddenly in the same year.
Then a large number of scholars from Wei State left.
The Wei state was completely devastated and was eventually swallowed up by the Qin Dynasty.
If Qin had not won Wei Liao, it might not be that easy to unify the world.
An army of thousands is easy to obtain, but a general is difficult to find.
What's more, Wei Liao was called a master of military affairs by the First Emperor.
partition.
Fusu lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, and figured out something.
Since the beginning of the Warring States Period, the Wei State has been popular in recruiting talents and raising scholars. Local private schools are popular, but Da Qin has absolutely no private schools. Last year, they even burned books on a large scale. How can this be tolerated by Wei?
Scholars in Wei relied on serving as official officials to get ahead, but now the Qin Dynasty has no way to do this.
How can the Wei people and the lower class not complain about this?
Ji Heng exhaled a breath of turbid air and continued: "The Wei State has been in decline for hundreds of years since Li Kui's reform, but with Lord Xinling, it has the potential to revive. This shows that the Wei State has many talents, and all these are Originated from private education.”
"This is the most direct conflict between Qin and Wei."
Hear the words.
Hu Hai was thoughtful and kept it in his heart.
Ji Heng continued: "Next is the Chu State. The Chu State is far away from the Central Plains, so it has little influence from the patriarchal clan, and even despises itself as a 'barbarian.' It’s underdeveloped, so it’s like ‘a house with a lot of money will perish’.”
“The land is large but the country is poor.”
"In the middle of the Warring States Period, the state of Chu had too many ministers and too many lords," forcing its rulers at the top and abusing the people at the bottom. As a result, it became a "poor country and weak soldiers" and was defeated by Zhao, Wei and Han one after another."
"In this situation of internal and external difficulties, Chu State began to implement reforms."
"That's Wu Qi's reform."
"Wu Qi's reforms are mainly about 'abolition of public officials and alienating people from the clan'."
"Wu Qi advocated that the descendants of the emperor should receive titles and salaries after three lifetimes, reduce the salary order of officials, streamline and eliminate 'incompetent', 'useless' and 'unhurried officials', and also ordered that 'noble people should go to the place where there is strength and emptiness', Drive the old nobles to places with fewer people and let them develop wastelands."
"Wu Qi's reforms have achieved remarkable results."
"From then on, Chu conquered Baiyue in the south, conquered Chen, Cai, and Que (que) Jin in the north, and attacked Qin in the west. Their troops shocked the world and subdued the princes."
"And Wu Qi's reforms only restricted the old nobility."
"This is also what Han Feizi said: 'The law of Chu State, Lu ministers are reincarnated and take over the land.' The noble system of ministers and ministers was indeed broken, but most of the people affected were the princes of Chu State. As for the local nobles, they were affected It was very small, but after the death of King Chu Dao, Wu Qi was killed, and the reform failed."
"Although Chu State prospered, it could not escape its fate in the end."
"Continuing to fall into the trap of 'too many ministers' and 'too many lords', the power is controlled by the nobles of Chu State."
"When Wu Qi reformed, he did not dare to directly abolish the aristocratic Shiqing Shilu system. He could only start from 'abolition of the alienated public clan' and gradually weaken the power of the nobility. However, after Qin unified the world, even the nobility did not recognize it. , This will naturally cause dissatisfaction among the nobles of Chu."
"When Wu Qi was killed, more than 70 tribes from Chu State took action."
"And now there are more than seventy people who blame Qin?"
"The nobles in Chu land have long been unable to shed their tails. If we don't uproot these deep-rooted nobles."
"There is no peace in the land of Chu!"
"If I remember correctly, when Qin destroyed Chu, Duke Nan of Chu said something."
"Although Chu has three households, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die!!!"
