After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 357 Enactment of Codes
After thinking about it, Sun Wu seemed to have made up his mind, and his worry gradually receded, and he spoke.

"Under the current situation, Qi State is nothing more than wanting to get more benefits. We just need to meet their demands as much as possible. Now that our Han State has developed for such a long time, the people are more and more supportive of us. .”

"So at this time, we have to make the next step preparations. Even if Qi State wants to threaten Wei State, Lu State can send troops at that time. In this way, the situation can still be resolved, and at the same time, we can test Lu State. Reaction."

"Now our biggest enemy is still the state of Wu. If we want to take down the state of Wu quickly, we need a lot of troops and officials. Now our troops are more than enough to defend the state of Han, but our external expansion is slightly insufficient."

"That's why I suggest that within the Han Kingdom, we should divide their respective regions, follow the example of Feiyi's military training, and make it the norm from now on, so that the common people can practice martial arts during their leisure time."

"When selecting soldiers, you can choose directly from among them. Cavalry and chariot soldiers are better, but the selection of infantry is much more difficult. If you can form a martial style among the people, you can also provide more infantry. candidate."

"Moreover, this force can maintain local law and order. Although the surrounding area of ​​Huai City is considered safe, there are many relatively remote places, and the situation is a bit complicated. Under this situation, fighting bandits is the first priority. Target."

"Because these people are not engaged in production, they aim to plunder other people's wealth. If this trend continues to develop, it is very likely that more people will participate in it. No one is willing to earn hard-earned money for Others take it away."

Meng Di immediately thought of it. When Qi State sent troops to attack Lu State for the second time, after discussing with Ji Ran, he withdrew part of the army. .

But now, Meng Di has obtained a large number of people from Jin, Qi and Song. After a period of time, the mood of the people has stabilized relatively, and most people are relatively satisfied with the status quo.

To organize and train the township soldiers at such a time, one can gather those young and strong people to practice, and prevent them from causing trouble in various places. After all, there are not many things that can be done these days, and the energy of young people is always Somewhat redundant.

So it is inevitable that there will be some chaos. Another point is that their overall quality can be improved in this way. If it becomes common sense, it will gradually form a habit. In this way, the source of infantry will also stabilize.

As for combating thieves, this is a typical legalist thought. As an active reformer in this era, Sun Wu is also an important practitioner of Legalist thought, just like the Wei State carried out reforms under the auspices of Li Kui later.

Li Kui believed that the king's government should not rush to thieves. Only by suppressing all these people who get something for nothing can the master's heart be stabilized and he can concentrate on production. Otherwise, the cornerstone of the country's rule will be shaken.

Meng Di knew very well that Zi Chan's reforms in Zheng State were not thorough, so although Zheng State's strength was strong for a while, it was only a flash in the pan. The next step was Zhao Yang's determined reform, which was considered a step forward.

This is because of the limitations of the times. Zhao Yang's reform was only a change in the system. However, after Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin Dynasty, Li Kui first started the reform in Wei State, and absorbed the laws formulated by various princes at that time. Law.

Then the first real law was made, the "Fa Jing", which was regarded as the most complete legal provision in the early Warring States period, thus forming a situation with laws to follow.

This had a great influence on the later representatives of Legalism, Shang Yang and Han Feizi, so that later countries followed suit, and Wei State became the strongest vassal state at that time, so Meng Di is also considering it now and formulating a set of legal codes.

In this way, he can ensure that many of his ideas can be carried out and form rules from then on, so the latecomers will be relatively more relaxed. Thinking of this, he said.

"What Mr. Sun said is very true, but I think it would be too one-sided to just focus on the township soldiers, so Mr. Sun can take advantage of this period of time to sort out his thoughts as much as possible. "

"A corresponding and complete set of laws has been formulated. At the same time, I will ask other people to carefully consider this issue and formulate rules for all aspects of my Han country. In this way, there will be laws to follow."

"Only in this way can we ensure that the situation we have worked so hard to build can be passed on stably, otherwise, there is a high possibility that people will die and the government will rest, just like Zheng Guo."

"After Zichan's reform, it was strong for a while, but in the end it didn't matter. The most important reason is that it touched the interests of those nobles. This situation does not exist in our Han country now, so the resistance is relatively much smaller."

After Sun Wu heard this, he thought about it carefully and felt that it was very necessary, so he nodded and said.

"What the Marquis of Han considers is that if this is the case, the officials and the people will know what they can do and what they can't do, and then the order of the entire Han country can be effectively guaranteed."

"Just writing the law is not a simple matter, so I suggest that people of insight should be called together in the world to make some comments on this matter. The academy in Huaicheng is the best place. Able to learn from others’ strengths.”

"It is inevitable that there will be some negligence in the laws written by just a few people. In order to prevent this from happening, it is necessary to spread the word. Nowadays, there are too many Confucianists in the academy in Huai City. This may not be a good thing. .”

"They put too much emphasis on keeping the same and responding to all changes, and they have already affected many officials. In the long run, it is very likely that some subtle changes will be made to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the Marquis of Han must reuse those who support the change at this time. .”

Meng Di nodded slowly. He felt that the current situation was indeed the case, and everyone seemed to have gotten used to it. The model of Spring and Autumn, Confucianism catered to the pursuit of most scholars.

After all, this is also the rule set down by the ancient sages, so it has its advantages, but just because of this, it will also make people's thinking more rigid, and it is far from Mengdi's desire for change.

(End of this chapter)