A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 170 Preliminary Trial of Domineering Technique
After the three families were divided into Jin, South Korea had the smallest territory, so South Korea turned its attention to Zheng Guo, which borders its country.The State of Zheng was originally sandwiched between the State of Jin and the State of Chu. If the State of Jin strengthened the State of Zheng, it would follow the State of Jin. If the State of Chu strengthened the State of Zheng, it would follow the State of Chu.

But in the past few decades, Chu State was nearly destroyed by Huai State, and Jin State was divided into three in a blink of an eye.The two great powers declined almost simultaneously.

Zheng Guo also wanted to cheer up the spirit and revive the state affairs, and South Korea also wanted to expand.

On the other side, the state of Wei can be said to have obtained most of the territory of the state of Jin, but almost all of these lands were the land of the Fourth World War.It borders Qin State to the west, Qi and Song Dynasty to the east, Chu State to the south, and Zhao State to the north.

Qin State had always wanted to leave Hangu Pass eastward, and after Jin State was partitioned, it immediately felt that this was an opportunity.Therefore, in the next few years, Qin State was fighting against Wei State.

Qin State's idea is correct, after only Wei State is left, it is indeed difficult for Wei State to resist Qin State.After Qi Guo saw his old rival Jin State falling apart, he also wanted to gain some benefits from Wei Guo.

The Wei State has been fighting for years, and the treasury has been empty, and the army has been lost. Therefore, it is urgent to find a way to become stronger.At this time, the reform came into his sight.

The reform of the Huai country was at the peak of its national power. When it comes to the power of the reform of the Huai country, many overlords in Bangzhou have a great say.

In addition to the Huai Kingdom, even the Chu Kingdom regained its strength through reforms. Wei Hou immediately stopped hesitating and began to recruit wise men in an attempt to reform.

The state of Wei has reached a critical juncture, and because the state of Wei was first established, there are not many nobles in the state.This made the opposition to Weihou's implementation of the reform much smaller.

In the Huaiguo Academy, after a long period of debate, various schools have also formed many different schools.Although the Huai country also promotes legalism, the legalism it promotes is not the most domineering one. The legalist school promoted by the Huai country believes that the people's strength should not be exhausted, and the people's livelihood should be used.

And in the deduction of the academy, some disciples of the Legalist school have deduced the legalist art of controlling the people to the extreme, used the art of strengthening the country to the extreme, pursued the exhaustion of the people's power, and stimulated the national power to the peak.

This lineage of legalists is called by Wang Jin the overbearing technique, the technique of farming and warfare. If you use this technique, even a small country can be strong for a while, but it is too overbearing and rigid, and it will not last long.

But the legalists who study the art of hegemony don't think so. They think that as long as the country is strong, all these are worthwhile.

After the overbearing technique of the legalist school was created, it has been put on the shelf by the Huai country.In order to strengthen the country, Marquis Wei implemented reforms, which attracted a large number of Legalist and Confucian students to go.

The disciples of this line of Legalists were headed by Li Kui. After Li Kui came to Wei State, he talked with Wei Hou in detail for three days and nights, and answered all the doubts of Wei Hou's ambitions.

Li Kui was valued by Marquis Wei, and he was very grateful to Marquis Wei, so he immediately summoned his disciples to carry out reforms.Its first reform was to abolish the aristocratic hereditary system. As soon as this system came out, it immediately caused an uproar in Wei State.

All the official positions in the state of Wei were used to recruit talented people.The nobles objected one after another, but at this time Wei Hou showed his iron-blooded side.More than forty nobles jointly wrote a letter to oppose it, and a large number of nobles in Wei State shouted slogans to kill Li Kui, and it seemed that the world was about to be in chaos.

At this time, Wei Hou showed his decisiveness. Before the situation continued to develop, Wei Hou cut the mess quickly, and sent troops to surround these nobles and nobles on the same day, and then ordered the families of these people to be completely strangled.

For a moment, there were cries and shouts everywhere in the capital of Wei State.

The army was dispatched, and Wei Hou directly wiped out all the more than forty nobles and nobles.Such a ruthless method instantly suppressed the nobles in the country, and then wiped out the nobles in the country and dismissed them all.Take out the wealth of these nobles and use it to recruit talents.

In order to recruit talents from all over the world, Wei Guo almost did his best, not only taking out the wealth of these nobles, but also various official positions seemed to be free of money.As long as you have talents, you can be reused in Wei State.

Seeing that Marquis Wei was so determined, a large number of talents came to Wei Guo at once.

Li Kui's reforms are simple and effective, but they are too quick for success.

After the abolition of the aristocratic system, the state tax was raised immediately, and a new tax system was prepared to be implemented.

At this time, Bang Zhouzhong still implemented the well field system, especially Wei State, which had just split from Jin State.

In fact, the well field system is now in name only. Among the countries, only Huai State has abolished the well field system.Li Kui's reform naturally abolished the backward well field system, distributed land to the people, encouraged the people to cultivate wasteland, allowed land trading, and vigorously promoted cattle farming.And re-enact new tax laws.

After the people got the land, their enthusiasm for farming increased greatly, and the treasury collected more money and food.

The third is legislation, which fully stipulates national laws, official promotions, and military merit awards.

The fourth step is to strengthen the army, to carry out various policies for the army, to improve the treatment of soldiers, to reward combat bravery, and to provide preferential tax reduction and exemption for soldiers.A series of reforms were rapidly advanced in Wei State, which rapidly improved Wei State's strength.

Huai State is very concerned about Wei State. After all, Huai State is also very curious about the legalist hegemony that Wei State implemented this time.

Sure enough, in the fourth year after Wei State implemented the reform, Wei State began to attack Qin State, and defeated Qin State in the first battle, beheading [-] people, the world was shaken, and Qin State was beaten into a panic.

Looking at the information collected in his hands, Wang Pu couldn't help sighing: "This method of strengthening the army is indeed powerful, and it is not inferior to our Huai Kingdom Rattan Armor Army, Habayashi Guard!"

"It's just that the state of Wei is not the state of Jin after all, and the place is limited. Although it can be strong for a while, it has no stamina." After passing it around, everyone quickly found the shortcomings of the state of Wei.

In order to encourage soldiers to join the army, the state of Wei asked soldiers to be brave and good at fighting.A lot of preferential conditions are given, such as exemption from corvee and tax reduction. These preferential conditions can still be enjoyed even after retirement.

It seems to be good now, but after several decades, after soldiers retire or die in battle, these tax benefits will still be enjoyed, so more and more people receive preferential treatment, and the country's tax revenue will naturally decrease.

As long as there is a big defeat, Wei's army will suffer heavy losses, and it is almost impossible to continue, and at the same time, Wei's financial resources will also be greatly reduced.

If the land of Wei State is large enough, just like the former Jin State, implementing this method can make Jin State run rampant in the world, but Wei State is not Jin State after all, and its potential is limited. How can it last for so long?
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