Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 40 Reform! political reform! [First update, please collect and read]

Sun Bin sat there with a peaceful expression.

"I would like to report to your Majesty that I am disabled and cannot take on this important task. Please forgive me."

Sun Bin's eyes were slightly lowered, and the expression on his face was obscured by shadows, making it difficult to see the true color in his eyes.

But what he said was very tragic.

Sun Bin was framed by his senior brother Pang Juan and was tortured and lost both knees. At this time, he was a cripple.

Although he escaped to the King of Qi with the help of others, and joined the Tian family, and was favored by the King of Qi, he was still hiding his power and biding his time. Exposing himself at this time would only make Pang Juan feel threatened in advance.

This kind of threat will make Pang Juan plan in advance.

He didn't want that.

Sun Bin's heart was filled with hatred, and his heart was almost twisted by hatred.

He didn't want Pang Juan to have any chance to react, and wanted to find a suitable moment to kill Pang Juan instantly.

He wanted Pang Juan to pay a suitable price.

King Qi Wei sat on the high platform, looked at Sun Bin's expression, and sighed quietly.

In fact, he understood what Sun Bin was thinking.

"In that case, I will no longer force myself."

He wanted to make Sun Bin a general. His purpose was not to use Sun Bin's ability, but to draw a clear line between Sun Bin and the Tian family.

At this time, King Qi Wei had already begun to worry about Tian.

The Tian family's power is too huge. Such a huge force in Qi is not a good thing for the Qi royal family. He must find a way to weaken the Tian family.

Yan Guo
  The wind is rustling and the Yi River is cold. People on the banks of the Yi River always feel a little bleak.

The current situation in the Yan Kingdom is exactly the same.

Although the Yan State launched wars against border barbarians through various means and obtained a small amount of resources, these resources were not enough to support the development of the Yan State.

The power of Yan State seems to be gradually falling behind those first-line powers in the Central Plains.

This is something that all Yan people are worried about, but all Yan people have nothing to do.

It is an indisputable fact that Yan State is bitterly cold.

Qin State, Yueyang City.

With the gradual implementation of the new law, Liyang City, the capital of the Qin State, has begun to fall behind. It seems that it can no longer bear the huge pressure of the capital of the Qin State.

Everyone is thinking about the same question.

Should we move the capital?
  If the capital is to be moved, where will it be moved?

In the Qin Palace.

Duke Xiao of Qin was also thinking about this issue. Is this the best opportunity to move the capital?

He looked at Shang Yang and Chen Ye, who had some hesitation on their faces: "Is it a suitable opportunity to move the capital at this time?"

What Qin Xiaogong was thinking about was not other issues, but that after moving the capital, the power of the old nobles would be weakened to a certain extent. This weakening was exactly what was needed for the implementation of the new law.

This is also a good thing for Qin.

not to mention--

Qin really needs to move its capital.

Shang Yang shook his head slightly, with some thoughts flashing in his eyes: "Your Majesty, moving the capital is not a suitable choice at this time."

"The Qin State is now in a critical period of reform. What is needed is not to weaken the power of the old nobles, because they have been almost firmly suppressed by us and cannot struggle."    "At this time, no change is the best. choose."

"Because once there is any change in everything, there will be changes. These small changes may be beneficial to us at the beginning, but no one knows how it will develop."

"It is not appropriate for Qin to make any big changes at this time."

After he said this, he was silent for a moment before saying: "I am ready to carry out the second reform."

The second reform!

Qin Xiaogong was shocked when he heard this. He looked at Shang Yang with burning eyes: "What are you aiming at for the second change?"

Shang Yang's eyes flashed, and there was a hint of peace on his face, but both Chen Ye and Qin Xiaogong could see a little murderous intent in this peace: "Abandon the well fields, establish prefectures and counties, unify weights and measures, and divide the people into households. Stay!"

One sentence brings out the most important points in Shang Yang's reform.

Among these points, the first six words are the most important.

Abandoned mine field! Go to the county!
  Qin Xiaogong was shocked by these words, but in an instant, a flush of excitement appeared on his face, because this was what Shang Yang had said when he first talked with Shang Yang at night!
  It is also the ultimate goal of the reform.

Why was Qin Xiaogong so excited? This problem is actually the same as why Qin Xiaogong supported Shang Yang's reform in the first place. It is also the same problem as the old nobles in history must win over Ying Si, and even used many means to make Shang Yang and Ying Si become mortal enemies.

It is the same problem as why Ying Si, who hated Shang Yang so much, did not repeal the new law after Shang Yang's death.

This is the core issue of Legalism.

What is the core goal of Legalism? At some later period, a Han master named Han Fei formally summarized and proposed this content.

"Build a feudal centralized state"

The ultimate goal of centralization is to concentrate power in whose hands? In the hands of the emperor!

In this period, it is concentrated in the hands of the king.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why Qin Xiaogong supported Shang Yang so much, because during this period, the power in the hands of those old nobles could almost threaten the monarch!

Can a monarch tolerate someone almost sharing power with him?

No.

In the early Warring States period, or the late Spring and Autumn Period, because of the Zhou rites, the rights of a country were actually in the hands of the monarch, ministers and officials, just like the state of Qi.

The Tian family's power has made King Qi Wei restless.

The same is true for Qin.

This is the reason why Qin Xiaogong supports Shang Yang's reform, because of the power in his hands; this is why the old nobles try their best to make Ying Si and Shang Yang have enmity, because they do not want power to be concentrated in the hands of the monarch.

This is also the reason why Ying Si killed Shang Yang but did not abolish the new law.

Because he realized that it is best to put power in his own hands.

Qin Xiaogong suppressed his inner excitement. He turned his head and looked at Chen Ye: "Chen Ye, what do you think?"

"Is this the best time to move the capital?"

Chen Ye was slightly silent. In history, the second reform was accompanied by the relocation of the capital, but at this time the second reform was started several years earlier due to his own reasons. At this time, it became a matter of whether it was the best time to move the capital. question.

He pondered the answer to this question in his mind.

Is this the best opportunity to relocate to the capital?
  After a brief silence, Chen Ye came up with a completely different answer than Shang Yang: "Your Majesty, I think this is the best time to move the capital."

He looked at Shang Yang and explained: "Chief Zuo, you said that there will be changes in the relocation of the city at this time, which may give the old nobles a chance to breathe, but I don't think that is the case."

"Moving the capital at this time is the best opportunity to put the final straw on the old nobles!"

"The reason is very simple!"

(End of this chapter)