In fact, this is not the case. In my humble opinion, it may be to ease the gap between the rulers of Qin and many princes and nobles.
Shang Yang offended too many nobles of the royal palace. It would be difficult to quell their anger without killing Shang Yang!
From ancient times to the present, there have always been many conflicts between the interests of the poor and the rich. Shang Yang's reforms improved the interests of the poor, but affected the interests of the rich and powerful.
In the past, on the battlefield, no matter how meritorious you were as a soldier or how big your military exploits were, even if you survived, you would only be a veteran at the end of the day. As a farmer, no matter how hard you worked to farm, in the end, after one year
, you still only gain so much, and the rest will become the country’s...
Those who work hard will not be able to have enough food and clothing, and those who serve as soldiers will not be rewarded for their meritorious service! At this point, how can sergeants and farmers have any enthusiasm? As a result, the national power will become weaker and weaker, and the great Qin Dynasty will eventually be reduced to
A country of the weak...
Duke Xiao of Qin was moved to tears by Shang Yang's words. He understood that if the country wanted to be strong, it must undergo reforms...
Because it was a common practice for the government at that time to change orders from morning to night, so public trust had long been lost...
Shang Yang thought of a way - "to gain trust by standing tall"!
The regulations for Shang Yang's reform were complete and had not yet been announced. Shang Yang was worried that the people would not believe him, so he erected a three-foot-high log at the south gate of the capital market and recruited people who could move it to the north gate.
He gave him ten pieces of gold. The people thought it was strange, and no one dared to move the wood.
Shang Yang added: "Whoever can move will be given fifty gold pieces."
A man moved the wood, and Shang Yang gave him fifty gold. In this way, he showed that he would not deceive the people. Finally, Shang Yang announced the decree.
Although Shang Yang's reforms eventually made Qin strong and prosperous, it also touched the interests of the powerful. In the end, Shang Yang was sentenced to the death penalty - the punishment of splitting the chariot (dividing the body into pieces by five horses)!
After Qin Xiaogong died and the prince succeeded to the throne, the conservative nobles falsely accused Shang Yang of rebelling against Shang Yang and were executed... What does this mean?
Yes... If you want to accuse someone, why bother? In the face of power, justice is powerless, and the accusation is just an excuse after all?
Or... any reform will inevitably encounter a crazy counterattack by vested interest groups. If you occupy other people's houses and divide their land, will they be happy? So kitchen knives, bricks, rotten eggs, etc. are all coming towards the reformers.
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Or... no matter whether the reform is successful or not, the reformer will not end well unless you are the person with the highest power. As long as you are not the person with the highest power, the ending will often be bleak. If you fail, you will be the scapegoat of the person in power. If you succeed, you will be the scapegoat.
It's a cunning rabbit that dies and is cooked by a running dog. Shang Yang Wu Qi of the pre-Qin Dynasty, Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng of the Zhu Ming Dynasty, Kang Youwei of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and today's Premier Zhu. The good ones have sadly left the country, the bad ones have lost their heads, and even the whole family has been wiped out. What can I do?
No way!
Or... the wise man is blinded by the power, and the practice is self-destructive. A person who knows how to retreat bravely is a truly wise man. Before Shang Yang lost power, someone suggested that he should resign and return to his hometown while taking advantage of Qin Xiaogong's favor, which might guarantee his wealth for the rest of his life. Shang Yang refused to listen.
In the end, five horses divided the body. If he could keep a low profile, even if he had no power, he could still save his life. If he was greedy for power, he wasted the life of Qing Qing. God or fate?
Maybe, of course, Shang Yang once said before his death...
"If I die alone, it can bring peace to the world. Even if I die, I will have no regrets..."
Maybe! Shang Yang had already expected this result...
Later, although Shang Yang died, his reform orders continued to be implemented...
The Qin State later promoted talented people...the national power became more and more powerful, laying the foundation for sweeping the six countries and unifying the world in the near future...
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Of course, the Qin Empire could unify the world, and there were still some very important factors in the subsequent war to destroy the Six Kingdoms...
Among them, the move of breaking through horizontally and vertically, and striking close friends from far away, is very clever...
It is very easy to understand that it is easy to understand that the seven countries are divided into one big plate. The Qin State cannot attack the distant country through a neighboring country. In this way, if they suddenly betray the alliance and capture the army
The consequences are really... unimaginable...
And this trick of being close to the distant and attacking the close can allow the Qin State to defeat its neighboring countries first and form alliances with the distant countries. Even if it does not help itself, at least it will not help the other party and become its enemy...
And breaking through vertically and horizontally is also crucial.
The Qin State at that time was so powerful that the other six countries began to worry a little. In order not to be swallowed up by the Qin State one by one, they could only unite. From the perspective of the entire large plate map, the six countries were like
It is a vertical joint barrier that isolates the Qin Empire on the left.
The Alliance of Six Nations was called the alliance of alliance! At that time, Guiguzi's two disciples, Su Qin and Zhang Yi, one of them came up with ideas for the alliance of the Six Nations, while Zhang Yi helped the Qin Empire, lobbied the Six Nations, and sow discord, mainly among the Six Nations.
There are also contradictions and conflicts of interest between the countries. In the end, Zhang Yi persuaded them that vertical alliance is not as good as Lianheng! The so-called Lianheng means that the country and Qin form an alliance on the map tile. In this way, a horizontal alliance is formed on the map...
Zhang Yi arrived in the State of Qin, and with his eloquence, he gained the trust of King Qin Huiwen and became the prime minister of the State of Qin. At this time, the six countries were organizing a merger. In 318 BC, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Yan
The five countries formed a coalition to attack Qin's Hangu Pass. In fact, the five countries also had internal conflicts and were unwilling to work together. Unable to withstand the Qin army's counterattack, the five-nation coalition failed. In the Sixth Century
Among the countries, Qi and Chu are two big countries. Zhang Yi believed that in order to implement the "connection", he had to break up the alliance between Qi and Chu. He proposed a strategy to King Qin Huiwen and was sent to Chu.
When Zhang Yi arrived in Chu State, he first gave expensive gifts to Jin Shang, a favorite of King Chu Huai, and asked to see King Chu Huai. King Chu Huai heard that Zhang Yi was famous, received him seriously, and asked Zhang Yi for advice.
Zhang Yi said: "The King of Qin specially sent me to make good relations with your country. If the king is determined to break off diplomatic relations with Qi, the King of Qin will not only be willing to make peace with your country forever, but also be willing to trade six hundred miles away from (today's southwest of Xichuan County, Henan).
The land is dedicated to your country. In this way
, It not only weakens the power of Qi State, but also gains the trust of Qin State. Isn't it the best of both worlds?" King Huai of Chu was a fool. After Zhang Yi persuaded him, he happily said: "If Qin State can really do this, why should I have to do this?
Do you want to hold Qi State back and not let go?"
When the ministers of Chu State heard about such a cheap thing, they all congratulated King Huai of Chu. Only Chen Zhen raised objections. He said to King Huai: "Why did Qin give Shang Yu six hundred miles to the king?
Isn’t it because the king has made an alliance with Qi? Chu has Qi as its ally
, Qin State does not dare to bully us. If your Majesty breaks off diplomatic relations with Qi State, it would be strange if Qin State does not come to bully Chu State. If Qin State is really willing to give up Shang Yu's land to us, Your Majesty might as well send someone to take it over first. etc.
After Shang Yu gets the land of six hundred miles, it is not too late to break off diplomatic relations with Qi."
King Chu Huai listened to Zhang Yi and rejected Chen Zhen's advice. He broke off diplomatic relations with Qi and sent people to follow Zhang Yi to Qin to take over Shang Yu. King Xuan of Qi heard that Chu had broken off diplomatic relations with Qi and immediately sent envoys to see Qin.
King Huiwen asked him to attack Chu State together.
An envoy from the State of Chu went to Xianyang to take over Shang Yu. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yi turned his back and said, "There is no such thing. Maybe your king heard it wrong. How can the land of the State of Qin be given away so easily? I'm talking about Liu.
Li, not six hundred Li, and it is my own fiefdom, not Qin's land."
When the envoy came back and reported back, King Chu Huai rolled his eyes in anger and sent 100,000 troops to attack Qin. King Qin Huiwen also sent 100,000 troops to fight, and also invited Qi to help in the battle. Chu was completely defeated. 100,000 troops.
There were only 20,000 to 30,000 left. Not only did Shang Yu lose 600 miles of land, but the land of 600 miles in Hanzhong of Chu State was also taken away by Qin. King Chu Huai had no choice but to swallow his breath and sue for peace from Qin State. Chu State suffered a great loss from then on.
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Zhang Yi used deception to conquer Chu State, and later went to Qi State, Zhao State, and Yan State to persuade the princes of various countries to "unify" and support Qin. In this way, the "vertical" alliance of the six countries was finally broken up by Zhang Yi.
After ten years of hard fighting, Qin Shihuang Yingzheng successively destroyed the six Kanto countries and completed the unification of the country! It became an extremely important dynasty in Chinese history. It was the first dynasty in Chinese history that developed from the Qin State in the late Warring States Period.
Unify the empire.
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The story of the Great Qin Empire's unification of the six kingdoms has come to an end. It is said that the wealth of the Great Qin Empire cannot last more than three generations. This is indeed the case with the Great Qin Empire...
After the death of Qin Shihuang, Zhao Gao colluded with Hu Hai and Li Si, forged a posthumous edict to establish Hu Hai as emperor, and gave Qin Shihuang's eldest son Fusu to die. Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin Dynasty, was mediocre and did not have Qin Shihuang's ability to control the resistance forces in various places. The first year of the second emperor's reign (209 BC
In July of 2016, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang took the risk because they could be sentenced to death for dereliction of duty and led the garrison soldiers to mutiny. The momentum was so great that people from all over the country responded.
As a result, the Qin Empire began to decline and perish...
Some people may say that if Qin Shihuang had not died, maybe the Qin Dynasty could have gone further...
And how did Emperor Qin Yingzheng die?
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Qin Hao took a train to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. It was getting late today. He didn't want to drag his tired body to the Xu family. In Qin Hao's impression, although the Xu family was not a dragon's nest or a tiger's den, to him, it was definitely a
It's not a good place.
He was going to find a place to have a good night's rest first, and after adjusting to his condition, he would visit Xu's house tomorrow...
Haha... Thinking that his own grandfather is the most powerful person in the Xu family now, and that he went to visit the Xu family in this situation, Qin Hao felt an indescribable feeling in his heart...
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That night, Qin Hao found a hotel and was ready to rest. He would wait until tomorrow to discuss everything...