How can we see that Qin is stronger than the six countries?
Zhao Si pondered slightly.
"Qin is stronger than the six countries in five categories: plowing, warfare, officials, law, and kings!"
Zhao Si pondered for a moment and said: "Everyone in the seven countries knows that farming is an important matter for the country!"
"But I read the book of Shang Jun. Among the seven countries, Qin was the only one to restrain the people with rewards and punishments. If you plow more, you will get a title, and if you plow less, you will be punished. Evaluation among themselves, officials are evaluated based on how much they cultivate, and the top and bottom are unified, with clear rewards and punishments."
"Not one of the seven countries does not know that war is an important matter for the country! When I read the book of Shang Jun, I realized that the Qin State was not the first country to promote military merit. Li Kui of the Wei State advocated "seizing the salary of the prostituted people and bringing in scholars from all directions. Food is due to hard work and salary is due to merit. If you are capable, you will be rewarded and punished. Only then can we have the hegemony of Wei!
Wu Qi of Chu State advocated that the descendants of the feudal king should receive titles and salaries for three generations, destroying the salary and rank of hundreds of officials, and destroying the officials who are not in urgent need, so as to select and train the officials according to merit and ranking. Therefore, Chu can dominate the world.
Qi State and Yan State also promoted the idea of clear titles and salaries, and that those who had no merit should not be granted titles.
Countries implemented the military merit system before Qin, and each achieved its own hegemony, but in the end they were unable to maintain it. On the contrary, only Qin was able to unify the world and destroy the six countries. "
"The six kingdoms of farming and war all regard it as important, but Qin is the only one to unify it. I think it's because Qin is stronger than the king, stronger than the officials, and stronger than the law!"
"The punishments of Qin are heavy, and the punishments of the Six Kingdoms are light. The rewards of Qin are light, and the rewards of the Six Kingdoms are heavy.
But the Qin State punished heavily, and the common people and ministers were all treated equally. Not one more point! In the Six Kingdoms, the punishments were light, the nobles were light and the common people were heavy.
The Qin State rewards lightly, but the common people's merits will not be reduced by half. The Six Kingdoms reward heavily, but the nobility is more important than the common people.
Qin uses the leader to discuss merits. If the merits cannot be discussed for three days, the local county officials will be blamed. If the merits cannot be discussed for seven days, they will be punished. The six countries also have a military merit system. After killing the enemy, the merits may be misappropriated or delayed. Can't be released yet. This is because the officials of the Qin State have a clear and clear rule of law. Although the punishments are heavy and the rewards are light, the common people are not spared. "
"And the Six Kingdoms are not without their heroes. When the heroes are in power and assisted by capable ministers, each of the Six Kingdoms has achieved hegemony.
However, after the heroic rulers, there are also faint rulers. Only the Qin Dynasty has the heroic rulers. The six countries only seek separatist dominance, but only the Qin monarch seeks unification. Therefore, Qin's victory over the six kingdoms also lies with the monarch. "Zhao Si expressed his opinion.
Reading these days is not without its rewards. Zhao Si already has some understanding of this era.
Qin is a border country!
Qin was not the first to focus on farming and warfare.
The Qin Dynasty's congenital conditions were not very good. The six kingdoms had long ago proposed a military merit system that focused on farming and war. It did not appear after Shang Yang's reform.
The Six Kingdoms also benefited from the reform and achieved great hegemony, but Qin was by no means a pioneer.
This trick played by the Qin State is actually a benefit from the predecessors, but why is it that only the Qin State does not achieve hegemony but dominates the world?
Zhao Si believes that the problem lies with officials, laws and kings.
First of all, the Qin Dynasty spared no effort in popularizing the law.
Secondly, the Qin Dynasty's official team was large and skilled in business.
In the end, the king of Qin Dynasty could spare no effort to implement it.
Whether it is military merit or the law, it is true if it can be implemented in practice.
When the Six Kingdoms collapsed, they still had regulations regarding rewards based on merit, but they could not be implemented in practice. Credit was appropriated, and merit was delayed, which basically existed in name only.
Only when the quality of officials is high enough, their professional abilities are proficient enough, the law is popularized enough, the legal provisions are clear enough, and the king spares no effort to implement it, can it be perfectly achieved.
"The laws of Qin are nothing new. Lord Shang focused on farming and war, gathering the achievements of the six kingdoms. Qin's reforms are also based on the reforms of the six kingdoms.
Why was the Qin State able to dominate the world, while the Six Kingdoms could only maintain their hegemony for a few decades?
Why can Qin imitate the Six Kingdoms, but the Six Kingdoms cannot imitate Qin? "Zhao Si pondered.
“The reform of the Six Kingdoms only meant that the people died and the government ceased...
However, the Qin State changed its laws. Although Lord Shang died, Qin's laws have not ceased! The reforms of the Six Kingdoms were just cutting open the outer skin and replacing a skin. You can be young for a while, but you will still grow old decades later. Only the reform of the Qin Kingdom was to cut the skin and flesh, gouge out the internal organs, go deep inside, and cleanse the top and bottom. ! "Zhao Si's eyes were heavy.
"I think reform means cutting off the flesh!" Zhao Si expressed his opinion.
The Wang family sent many, many Legalist books.
Regarding the turmoil during Shang Jun's reform, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a case of cutting off flesh and blood.
At that time, both nobles and common people were complaining.
Sitting together, torture! From the high officials to the common people, almost no one is spared!
As a result, the number of slaves in the Qin State soared unprecedentedly. Due to successive changes, the resistance of the old nobles and the common people, the Qin State even almost died due to the reform!
Mr. Shang is so ruthless, he picks up the knife and stabs him hard!
From the nobles to the prince Shi Yingqian and the brothers of the King of Qin, they were not spared.
As for the Li Shu below, Shang Yang was even more ruthless and frequently executed him. Anyway, at that time, the Li Shu could not live like a human being.
Even though Zhao Si tried his best to look at it objectively, he still found it difficult to accept the methods involved.
Not everyone has the ability or courage to bear the severe pain of cutting flesh.
There are many examples of reform to strengthen the country, but Qin was the only one to introduce the old and bring forth the new.
The First Emperor lay on the rocking chair, swaying, and did not speak for the first time.
After a long time, the First Emperor suddenly spoke.
"According to you, I dominate the world because of the bravery of Fen Sixth Life?" His voice was calmer, and there was even a smile on his face.
In fact, these are the original words of the First Emperor. When Langya Council was discussing his merits in the past, the First Emperor himself said that he was the remnant of the Sixth Generation who unified the world.
"Yes!" Zhao Si nodded.
Zhao Si's straightforward answer made the First Emperor turn his head and look at Zhao Si with a smile on his face.
The First Emperor was not offended; he was not a man who liked to be flattered.
In fact, the First Emperor himself believed that his ability to unify the world was due to the contribution of his predecessors. At best, he only accelerated the process.
The First Emperor was a king who was confident and even arrogant, but he would not take credit for such things to himself. In fact, the First Emperor never bothered to erase the achievements of his predecessors.
"Where is my merit?" The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si with a smile.
Wang Li, who was on the side, listened to these familiar words and instantly thought of the councilors in Langya Sea after the First Emperor unified the world.
That year, the First Emperor was so high-spirited!
Many important people were entertained at sea.
There are representatives of hundreds of schools of thought, as well as old antiques who are old but have made great achievements. There is also the young mascot Wang Li.
The First Emperor asked the same question at the beginning.
At that time, people at the top of the pyramid under the sky gathered on the big ship.
Discuss the merits of the First Emperor!
Wang Li was young at that time. Although he came from a military family, he was only able to board the ship because of his eldest father, Wang Jian, and was not ranked at all.
It was a familiar question that Wang Li kept mumbling at first. Even now, Wang Li didn't know how to answer it accurately.
On such an occasion, this question seemed to be a joke of the First Emperor.
Zhao Si, however, fell into deep thought.
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