As Luo Chang advanced his plan in an orderly manner, the tragedy that occurred in Qi once again shocked all countries.
For political purposes, the big nobles of Linzi launched a counterattack against some small nobles, and achieved great success. More than thirty nobles died directly in Linzi City, including the private soldiers and retainers they brought, and thousands of them were killed in the massacre. died in it.
"Xue Yuan and others are all nobles entrusted by the late monarch, but they do not want to serve the monarch. Instead, they coerce the monarch to achieve their own goal of starting a war.
How many Qi people died on the battlefield, and how many nobles' sacrifices were cut off because of this?
What a tiger, leopard, and wolf nature. Will such a person repent?
If such traitors are not punished, Qi will definitely fall into horrific failure again in the future. "
The people of Qi State cursed Xue Yuan and others. In order to start a war, they killed the Qi people but put the blame on the Song people. This kind of thing once again broke the moral bottom line.
Since the execution of Tian Chang, the politics of Qi State have been shrouded in bloody killings. It is a cruel model in which the winner takes all and the loser's clan is exterminated.
When the Qin and Wei countries stationed in Huaisi saw this scene, they couldn't help but shudder and said: "These nobles of Qi are really ruthless. They can just stay in Qi to harm themselves."
Facing the continuous decline of the Qi State, Marquis Yan had some other thoughts in his mind, so he asked his followers: "During the war between the Xia Dynasties, the Yan State resisted the Hu people in the north.
This is a great kindness to Qi Guo.
However, Qi State did not express its gratitude to Yan State after the war, which was not in line with etiquette.
Shouldn't Yan State attack Qi State to express Yan State's anger? "
The Prime Minister of the State of Yan did not expect that his own monarch was thinking about this matter. The State of Yan resisted the Hu people in order to maintain the security of its own territory, and protecting the State of Qi was just a matter of convenience.
After a second thought, I guessed that the monarch wanted to take advantage of Qi's weakness because Luo State no longer reconciled the conflicts between Ji Jiang and Luo Guo.
"Your Majesty, if we start a war with Qi State, Yan State will definitely win. Qi State will cut three hundred miles of land for Yan State!"
The Marquis of Yan was overjoyed, and then he saw the Prime Minister's face full of sorrow and said: "But I have to lament for the king, because the land eight hundred miles north of the Yan Kingdom will be lost.
The land of Yan State is barren, and it is only because of Qi State that it has survived to this day.
Although Qi State is weak now, can Yan State destroy Qi State?
When Qi State recovers twenty years later, even if it does not attack Yan State and just sits back and watches the barbarians from the north pour into Yan State, will Yan State still be able to defend the eight hundred miles of mountains and rivers north of Jicheng?
The minister's family has been favored by the State of Yan for generations, but he has watched the State of Yan fall into such a dangerous situation. Can we not lament for the monarch and the State of Yan? "
The Marquis of Yan was displeased when he heard this and said, "Does the state of Yan always have to be a vassal of the state of Qi?
The Yan State is a nobleman with the surname Ji. Now the Luo State is weak, the Wu State is in danger of extinction, the Wei State is unfaithful and unrighteous, and South Korea is just a dog of the Wei State. Is there anyone in the world who is more noble than the Yan State? "
Looking at Marquis Yan's face, Prime Minister Yan really wanted to slap him twice, but he still coaxed him in a good voice: "Your Majesty, the State of Yan has a land of two thousand miles, but the State of Qi now only has a land of one thousand miles. There are countless savages on the land of Yan State, all of whom can be used as soldiers.
As long as Yan State recruits talents and develops step by step, it can become a powerful country like Chu State.
Now to attack the State of Qi, wouldn't it be like throwing away the beautiful jade and picking up the inferior stones in the State of Qi? "
Prime Minister Yan didn't believe what he said. How could the poor land of Yan State be compared with the fertile plains of Chu State? But it was enough to fool the Marquis of Yan. After all, the Marquis of Yan didn't even know the difference between the upper fields and the lower fields.
So the king of Yan gave up his intention to attack Qi.
Luo Chang doesn't care about what happens in Qi State. Now he is busy transforming the Luo family and looking for a future path for the world.
Now even the Zhou royal family has no time to take care of it, let alone the Qi Kingdom. As long as there is no danger of overthrow, he will stay quietly in the Luo Kingdom.
The violent social changes after the war finally came to a complete stop with the bloody massacre in Qi State. Wei State began to reform. The Legalists who already existed in Qi State also began to seek reforms in the face of the slightly unified Qi State.
However, the method of Wei Legalism that only respects the emperor is not suitable for Qi.
So some people went to the Luo Kingdom to study. Everyone in Qi knew that there was a complete collection of Guan Zhong's works in the Luo Kingdom.
Guan Zhong is the spiritual idol of all Qi people and the most respected person under King Su. They hope to find solutions to Qi's problems from Guan Zhong's works.
The prince of Qi even went to the Luo Kingdom in person to pay homage to Chief Luo, and said with tears in his eyes: "Marquis Luo, now that the Qi Kingdom is declining due to the war, it is extremely short of talents. If you want to reform and strengthen the country, you don't know how to do it.
Qi and Luo have been a blood alliance for more than 700 years. Can you just sit back and watch Qi fall like this?
Everyone in the Qi State knows that the Luo State has no time to care for others, but please consider the friendship we have had for so many years and allow the talents of the public family to serve as officials in the Qi State. The Qi State is willing to match it with high-ranking officials, generous salaries, and noble daughters from the clan.
The spirit of King Su is in the sky, Qi is willing to live and die with Zhou Luo! "
How could Luo Chang not be moved by these tears?
So he sighed: "Young Master, please wake up. As you said, with a blood alliance of more than 700 years, how could the Luo Kingdom sit back and watch the fall of the Qi Kingdom?
There are disciples in the Luo Kingdom who specialize in the study of Zhongxiang. Let them go to the Qi Kingdom. I hope the young master can take care of them.
I hope that Qi can become strong again and restore the hegemony of Duke Huan as soon as possible. "
So a group of public servants went to Qi State, but Luo Chang said that if they didn't want to stay in Qi State, they could come back at any time.
It is equivalent to Luo State sending a group of people to Qi State to help.
Countries are vigorously restoring production, waiting for a new generation to grow up and obtain more taxes and soldiers. As the reform intensifies, the distinction between the Chinese and the wild in the Wei State collapses at an unimaginable speed, and a large number of savages are He was included in the household registration and became a self-cultivated farmer in Wei State.
The traditional well field system was completely abandoned in the Wei State. With the reform and the influx of talents, the hereditary system of nobility was also abolished.
In the Wei Kingdom, only the position of Wei Marquis is left hereditary!
This was naturally opposed by the nobles. This is everyone's Wei State, not Wei Qing's.
Wei Houqing forcefully attacked all obstacles to the reform. Those who opposed the reform even persuaded Wei Hou's son to oppose it.
The objections were submitted in the morning, and the execution order was issued in the afternoon.
Marquis Wei had long wanted to kill an important nobleman to show his firm attitude towards the reform, but he didn't expect that the person he bumped into was his son.
Think about it again, there are seven or eight sons, and there is no shortage of this one, so he directly ordered to kill him.
"As a young master of the Wei Kingdom, he openly despises his father and opposes the plan to strengthen the country. How stupid is this!
Can such a mediocre person trust the country?
Only by killing them can we avoid future troubles forever. After dying alone, the method of strengthening the country can be continued. "
The prince of Wei could not believe that his father could be so ruthless, and said angrily: "Crude laws hurt the people, is this really the way to strengthen a country?
The sons and ministers remonstrated for the Wei State, even if they were killed, they would not obey! "
No one's pleas were of any use. A noble prince sacrificed his life for Wei's reform.
Wei Houqing's ruthlessness and insistence on reform shocked everyone, and now no one in the Wei Kingdom objected.
Guo Guo and Zhao Guo looked on with fear, "If Wei Houqing's own son can carry out such a vicious attack, how can he still treat his subjects well?
If he can't treat his subjects well, will he care about his allies?
Forming an alliance with Wei is like walking with the wolf of Zhongshan. "
But the Legalist scholars were overjoyed and shouted that the Marquis of Wei was a holy king in this world. "The king is as holy as heaven. With a king like you, won't Wei be strong?"
Then he galloped around and played with magic in the Wei Kingdom. With the full support of Wei Houqing, the Wei Kingdom took on a new look and showed great vitality in just a few years.
As Wei Houqing's deeds spread throughout the world, his reputation quickly became polarized, but it is an indisputable fact that more and more Legalist scholars came to Wei.
These scholars showed their talents and restored a large number of Wei's population. In particular, they also attracted a large number of people from Wang Ji, South Korea, and Zhao through land grants.
The so-called art of war is integrated. As the Wei State began to reform, military strategists also began to exert their efforts in the Wei State to train the world's strong army for the Wei State.
After Uncle Qin returned to the country, he became very upset when he thought about Wei Houqing's incident, and his mentality even collapsed. The good situation was really coming to an end. Unless he was the kind of mentally tough person, no one could withstand it.
When someone in the Qin Kingdom asked him to learn Wei Houqing's reforms, he was furious and said: "Wei Houqing is a fool, a short-sighted rat, and a despicable person who has never appeared in other Xia countries.
Could such a person do the right thing?
Look at what he did, interfering in the marriage of a noble girl in the country, even a tyrannical king like Jie Zhou Youli has never done this.
He denounced the vassals who had made great achievements, abandoned the hereditary titles of the nobles, and solemnly asserted that one day, he would die from the assassination of his subordinates.
Killing his own son directly because of his advice, isn't this deceiving a treacherous minister?
Gu Nai is the master of benevolence and righteousness, how could he imitate such a despicable scoundrel! "
So Qi State began to implement a mild reform, which was better said to be a reform than to bridge the divided political situation of Qi State. Countries around Wei State were either hesitant or did not have the conditions for reform.
Either they are like the royal family, enjoying themselves in the royal palace every day, and thinking about internal fighting all day long, or perhaps the traditional palace chaos of the royal family.
In twenty years, with the blink of an eye, the world was in chaos.
In the Luo Palace, another generation of new children of the Luo Kingdom grew up.
Luo Chang sat under the tree, looking at the falling leaves under the autumn sun. In his hand was the news about the various countries brought by the Prince of Luo Kingdom.
"Father, the State of Wei is strong and prosperous. It has soldiers and a strong army, no weaker than the elite soldiers of the Luo State in the past. It also has Korea and Zhao as allies. It fought the Qin people west of Hangu Pass and beheaded 20,000 people, which shocked the world. , I’m afraid there will be a war with Chu in Nanyang.”
Luo Chang glanced slightly, "Defeat Qin first, and then attack Chu. Wei is thinking of itself as Jin, but it is a pity that Wei is not Jin after all.
The policies implemented by the Wei State's reforms in these years, the results of the policies, how the Wei Legalists handled it, and what results they achieved have all been recorded, which has really benefited the office a lot. "
Guan Zhong's reforms in Qi in the past were recorded by Luo Shi. It was the first time that Wei Legalists, who had mutated from Guan Zhong's techniques, practiced them in a big country. This was an extremely valuable experience.
Although Luo does not interfere in politics, he will not let go of culture. For nearly 800 years, Luo's political documents have been able to fill a huge palace.
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The Wei State's reform destroyed the hereditary system of nobility and the land system of the Zhou Dynasty. The economic foundation of feudal slavery was destroyed, and a new landlord class emerged. It represented a change in advanced productive forces and was also a blueprint for subsequent reforms in other countries. ——"Collection of the Warring States Reform"
This is called proper detailed planning and acceleration. In the era of hundreds of schools of thought, in addition to the traditional hundreds of schools of thought, there were also astronomers, numerologists, etc. They had to do something different. Luo's family was a treasure house. All kinds of knowledge are required
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