A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 214 Gongsun Yang

Zhao Guo and Wei Guo have their own filth, and South Korea began to gain some benefits from the Zhou royal family after annexing Zheng Guo.

Due to its small size, South Korea was the weakest among the three Jin states. After conquering the state of Zheng, Han Hou discovered that Shen Buhui, the lowly minister of the state of Zheng, was actually a rare talent.

After talking with him, he found that he had unique insights into the legalist reform technique, so he overcame all opinions and appointed Shen Buhui as prime minister.South Korea has also begun to reform itself.

South Korea's reform is different from that of Wei State. South Korea does not have so much land and cannot form military soldiers like Wei State. Therefore, with the support of Hanhou, Shen Buhui attacked the nobles in the country, took back the privileges of the nobles, and destroyed other nobles. Castle, clean up the treasury property and fill the treasury.

Not only stabilized the power of the Korean monarch, but also greatly increased the strength of South Korea.Immediately afterwards, like the reforms of other countries, officials began to be rectified.Shen Buhai promoted the so-called "technical" governance, rectified officials, strengthened assessment, and improved administrative efficiency.

Afterwards, the noble private soldiers were disbanded and taken over as state-owned, and training was strengthened to improve their combat effectiveness.It's just that this approach is far worse than Wei Wuzu's entrustment of land.Shen Buhai also understood, so he began to strengthen the armament, trying to narrow the gap from the equipment.

South Korea's reform is different from that of Wei State. When Shen Buhui emphasized the rule of law, he left a back door for the monarch, and taught Hanhou to use power tactics to deal with ministers.It's just that he didn't expect that this kind of over-emphasis on power, without the rule of law, would also allow the courtiers to use power to deal with the monarch.

The change of this legalist school is not as good as the reform of Wei State, and it even has a consequence. The rise and fall of the country depends entirely on the king. If the king is wise, the country will be strong, and if the king is absurd, the country will fall into chaos.

The secret guard of Huai State in South Korea copied a copy of the content of the South Korean reform and sent it to Huai State. After watching the South Korean reform, Wang Pu did not think highly of it.It's just that people send this set of reforms to the academy and join them in the compilation of the canons of various schools of thought.

Because of the compilation of the Canon of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy, a large number of scholars came to the Huaiguo Academy. Once again, there was a scene of three debates a day in the Huaiguo Academy. 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, Confucianism has changed the most. After decades of development, Confucianism has gradually improved after absorbing the theories of Legalism, Taoism, Mohism, Yin-Yangism, and Farming.

It's just that even so, the countries are still unwilling to use the Confucian kingly way.After all, the world is chaotic, if you use the kingly way to strengthen the country, before you become stronger, the neighboring countries will attack, and then everything will be used to make wedding dresses for others.

The most branched school is the Legalists, and after experiencing the Wei State Reform, the Qi State Reform, the Chu State Reform, and the Korean Reform, the Legalists have found a more extreme road to power the country among these reforms.

Wang Pu frowned when he saw this method of domineering and strengthening the country. This set of reforms is very similar to the method of domineering left by his ancestors. If you have a normal mind, you will basically not implement this extreme method.

Therefore, although it is included in the hundreds of schools of thought, it is not implemented.Those scholars are also not appointed.

The Huai State did not use this technique, so many legalists gave up this way, but there were also some who were unwilling to give up this way.The most outstanding of them is the Weiguo, Gongsun Yang.

Gongsun Yang was very disappointed when he learned that the Huai country would not implement hegemony, and immediately decided to find other countries to promote his academics.

But now that various countries have begun to reform their laws one after another, there are not many countries that can give him room to exercise.

At this time, Qin State, which had finally stabilized the government, also began to implement reforms. Because Qin State was remote, it could not attract many talents, and Qin State had repeatedly failed because of the wars with Wei State in these years.Therefore, he decided to offer the most generous rewards to attract talents and help Qin to carry out a thorough reform.

After Gongsun Yang saw this situation in Qin State, he immediately decided to go to Qin State 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 is a great talent in Huaiguo Academy, Qin Hou immediately received him personally and discussed with him the law of strengthening the country.

Gongsun Yang told him about the reforms of several other countries, and then asked: "My lord, among the countries, the reforms have strengthened the country, and the most successful and powerful country has always been the Huai country, but the reforms of the Huai country have lasted for more than two hundred years. No country can compete with it."

"It's been more than two hundred years. The Huai country is so strong, how can our Qin country have a chance to win?" Qin Hou said in shock.

"If your majesty adopts the law of the Huai country, he will not be able to catch up with the Huai country in 100 years, but..." Gongsun Yang said bluntly.

Qin Hou quickly asked: "Does Qing have a quick way?"

"The Huai Kingdom has been practicing the rule of law for 200 years. If you want to win, you can only use domineering tactics!"

"What is the overbearing technique?"

"Cultivating and fighting together, organizing all households and all the people, using the best of the people's strength, punishing the people of Qin and forcing the people of Qin to die. Only in this way can we catch up and even surpass Huai country in more than ten years!"

Qin Hou said: "Please also speak frankly!"

"First of all, implement the household registration system, prohibit adult fathers and sons from cohabiting, and divide them into households to increase the number of households in Qin State, which is convenient for tax collection, and then control them through severe punishments, and implement the system of joint sitting."

"What is the sitting method?"

"Among the army, five people form a team. If one person is guilty, five people sit together. Among the common people, five households form a team, and ten families form a team. Among the five families, if one family is guilty, the other families should report it, otherwise they will sit together. Same crime, same crime as the hider.”

"In this way, the army can be ordered and prohibited. Among the people, if someone commits a crime, the people will sue the officials one after another, but they dare not hide it."

"At the same time, taxes are levied according to the household registration population."

"Focus on agriculture and suppress business, reward farming, abolish Shiqing Shilu, reward military merit, prohibit private fighting, and formulate a system of [-]th-class titles based on military merit rewards."

"Implementing severe punishments and harsh laws, if you commit a crime, you need military merit to atone for your sins, and force the people to join the army!"

"The common people of the state of Qin have no other choice but to farm and join the army!"

"At the same time, nobles break the law and commit the same crime as the common people, and princes break the law and commit the same crime as the common people!"

"Your Majesty, as long as this method can be fully implemented, it will only take more than ten years for the national power of Qin to surpass that of Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei Qi. If it is implemented for 30 years, it will be able to compete with Huai. If it is implemented for 50 years, it will surpass Huai! "

Qin Hou heard Gongsun Yang's words, and immediately said: "Qing Zhen is a great talent bestowed on Qin by the heavens. I would like to worship you as the Prime Minister and preside over the reform!"

When Gongsun Yang heard this, he was overjoyed immediately: "I am willing to die for the king."

(End of this chapter)