Zhao and Wei each had their own grievances. After South Korea annexed Zheng, it began to gain some benefits from the Zhou royal family.
Due to its small territory, South Korea was the weakest among the Three Jin Dynasties. After the Han Hou attacked and destroyed the Zheng State, he discovered that Shen Buhai, the humble minister of the Zheng State, was actually a rare talent.
After talking with him, I found that he had unique insights into the legalist reform techniques, so he overcame all objections and appointed Shen Buhui as prime minister. South Korea has also begun to reform and become stronger.
Korea's reform was different from that of Wei. Korea did not have so much land and could not form military soldiers like Wei. So with the support of the Marquis of Han, Shen Buhu attacked the nobles in the country, took back the privileges of the nobles, and destroyed them. Castle, clean up the treasury and fill the treasury with property.
It not only consolidated the power of the Korean monarch, but also greatly increased South Korea's strength. Then, just like the reforms in other countries, officials began to be rectified. Shen Buhai implemented the so-called "technical" governance, rectified officials, strengthened assessments, and improved administrative efficiency.
Later, the private soldiers of the nobles were disbanded and state-owned, and their training was strengthened to improve their combat effectiveness. It's just that this approach is far inferior to Wei Wu's enfeoffment of land. Shen Buhai also understood, so he began to strengthen armaments, hoping to narrow the gap through equipment.
Korea's reform was different from that of Wei. While Shen Buhe emphasized the rule of law, he also left a backdoor for the monarch and taught the Marquis of Han to use power to deal with ministers. But he didn't expect that this over-emphasis on power and lack of legal constraints would also allow ministers to use power to deal with the king.
This kind of reform of the Legalist school was not as good as the Wei State Reform, and even had a consequence. The rise and fall of the country depended entirely on the king. If the king was wise, the country would be strong. If the king was absurd, the country would fall into chaos.
Huai State's secret guards in South Korea copied a copy of the contents of the Korean Reform and sent it to Huai State. After Wang Pu saw the Korean Reform, he did not think highly of it. He just asked people to send this set of reforms to the imperial palace and add them to the compilation of the canons of various schools of thought.
Because of the compilation of the canons of various schools of thought, a large number of scholars came to the Huaiguo Academy. The Huaiguo Academy once again had three debates a day. Scholars from various countries debated in the academy, absorbed the advantages of each school, and then changed their appearance. Add to your own doctrine.
Among them, the one that has changed the most is Confucianism. After decades of development, Confucianism has become increasingly perfect after absorbing the doctrines of Legalism, Taoism, Mohism, Yin-Yang, Nongjia and other schools.
But even so, the countries are still unwilling to adopt the Confucian royal way. After all, the world is in chaos. Use kingly methods to strengthen a country. Before you can become stronger, neighboring countries have already attacked. By then, everything will be used as a wedding dress for others.
Legalism has the most branch schools, and after experiencing the Wei Reform, the Qi Reform, the Chu Reform, and the Korean Reform, the Legalists found a more extreme path to becoming a powerful country among these powerful countries.
Wang Pu frowned when he saw this kind of domineering method to strengthen the country. This set of reforms was very similar to the domineering method left by his ancestors. This was an extrapolation of the domineering method to the extreme. Wang Pu believed that as long as the king's If you have a normal mind, you will basically not pursue such an extreme method.
Therefore, although it is included in the various schools of thought, it is not implemented. Those scholars were not allowed to be employed.
Huai Kingdom did not use this technique, so many Legalists gave up this way, but some were unwilling to give up this way. The most outstanding among them is Gongsun Yang, a native of Wei.
Gongsun Yang was very disappointed after learning that Huai State would not promote hegemony, and immediately decided to find other countries to promote his academics.
But now that various countries have begun to reform their laws, there are not many countries that can give him room to display his ideas.
At this time, Qin, which had finally stabilized its government, also began to implement reforms. Because Qin was remote, it could not attract many talents, and Qin had suffered successive defeats due to wars with Wei over the years. Therefore, it was decided to offer the most generous rewards to attract talents and help Qin carry out a thorough reform.
After Gongsun Yang saw this situation in Qin, he immediately decided to go to Qin to complete the reform.
Gongsun Yang left Huai State, then traveled north and west, and finally came to Qin State. After learning that Gongsun Yang was a great talent in the Huai Kingdom Academy, the Marquis of Qin immediately received him personally and discussed with him how to strengthen the country.
Gongsun Yang told him about the reform methods of several other countries, and then asked: "My lord, among the countries that have reformed and strengthened their countries, the most successful and powerful one has always been the Huai State, but the Huai State's reforms have lasted for more than two hundred years. No other country can compete with it."
"More than two hundred years ago. The Huai State has been so powerful. Do we, the Qin State, have any chance of defeating it?" Qin Hou said in shock.
"If your Majesty adopts the method of the Huai Kingdom, you will not be able to catch up with the Huai Kingdom in a hundred years, but..." Gongsun Yang said bluntly.
Qin Hou asked quickly: "Do you have a quick way to achieve success?"
"The Huai Kingdom has been practicing the rule of law for two hundred years. If you want to win, you can only use domineering techniques!"
"What is the art of domination?"
"Farming and fighting are integrated, the people are organized into households, and the people's strength is used, and the punishments are severe, and the Qin people are forced to die. Only in this way can we catch up with or even surpass the Huai State in more than ten years!"
Qin Hou said: "Please speak frankly!"
"First, implement the household registration system, prohibit adult fathers and sons from living together, and divide them into households to increase the number of households in Qin and facilitate the collection of taxes, and then control them through severe penalties and implement the joint sitting system."
"What is the continuous sitting method?"
"In the army, there are five people in a group, one is guilty, and five people sit together. Among the people, five households are in a group, and ten families are in a ten. If one family is guilty, all other families should report it, otherwise they will sit together. Those who hide are equally guilty.”
"In this way, in the army, orders and prohibitions can be made. If someone commits a crime among the people, the people will rush to complain to the officials and dare not hide it."
"At the same time, taxes are levied based on the registered population."
"Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business, reward farming, abolish Shiqing Shilu, reward military merit, prohibit private fighting, and establish a twenty-level title system based on military merit rewards."
"Push forward harsh punishments. If you commit a crime, you need military merit to atone for it, and force people to join the army!"
"The people of Qin have no other choice but to farm and join the army!"
"At the same time, when nobles break the law, they are as guilty as the common people; when princes break the law, they are as guilty as the common people!"
"Your Majesty, as long as this method can be thoroughly implemented, it will only take more than ten years for Qin's national power to surpass that of Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qi. If it is implemented for thirty years, it can compete with the Huai State. If it is implemented for fifty years, it can surpass the Huai State. country!"
After hearing what Gongsun Yang said, the Marquis of Qin immediately said: "You are really a great talent given to me by God. I am willing to worship you as the prime minister and preside over the reform!"
When Gongsun Yang heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "I am willing to die for you."
(End of chapter)
