Chapter 5242: The Chinese Savage and the Good Family Son
Liu Jingxuan nodded: "Yes, the tribesmen became Chinese people in the city, and later became scholars. Only Chinese people and scholars are qualified to be warriors. They live in the city and don't have to pay taxes.
When there is a war, they go out to fight, so that they can share the spoils and gain a higher status with their military exploits. However, those tribesmen who lived outside the cities and were conquered by them, as well as their descendants, became savages, and the savages could only
As a semi-slave, they were engaged in agriculture, fishing and hunting, and contributed food and cloth to the country. But they were not qualified to serve as soldiers. Hehe, in this case, during the Zhou Dynasty, being a soldier was still an honorable profession."
Liu Yu said with a smile: "The most important thing in the country is to sacrifice and fight. At that time, war may have been the country's top priority. This was decided for survival, so the rewards after fighting were very rich, and those who did not fight had no
Social status was negligible. Until the Warring States Period, war was still the right of the countrymen, nobles, or at least the scholars. Until the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period began to carry out reforms and reforms, allowing a large number of savages and even slaves who were not qualified to fight to become soldiers.
The qualifications for fighting have just begun to change in the whole world."
Liu Jingxuan murmured: "Yes, the number of savages far exceeds that of the Chinese. They did not have the right to fight in the past, but since the reform of the Wei State, Wei soldiers have stepped onto the stage of history. That is really a one-man battle."
Soldiers, the whole family enjoys blessings, as long as they pass the very stringent examination of Wei soldiers, then until the soldiers die, their whole family will be exempted from taxes and duties, and they can also be allocated hundreds of acres of fertile land."
Liu Yu said calmly: "Wei soldiers are tired soldiers and are not advisable. Because the physical strength of soldiers can only be retained for about ten years, at most fifteen years. Counting from the time Cheng Ding joins the army, he is usually eighteen to twenty years old, at most
When you are thirty-five years old, you can still retain strong combat effectiveness. After that, it will be difficult to maintain this physical strength. As soldiers ourselves, we know this best."
Liu Jingxuan nodded: "Yes, he didn't have the ability of Wei Wuzu, but he still wanted that treatment, so Wei Wuzu was called a tired soldier, and finally brought down Wei. This is a lesson we need to learn, so to speak
Come on, the kind of military household that serves for life, the world's soldiers, is actually not advisable?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "The model of military households and world soldiers actually requires certain families to engage in the military profession for generations. It does not allow them to change, but it does not give people enough room for improvement. If they are given too much, like Wei Wu
If the soldiers are like this, their ability is obviously reduced, but they still have tax-free treatment for the whole family, the country will be brought down. On the other hand, if the military households are treated as slaves and are not given a chance to advance, but are only forced to fight in wars, then over time, the military will
If you don't get enough benefits in return, you won't have any enthusiasm. After all, if you want to fight a war, you have to bleed and fight desperately. Without sufficient benefits in return, who is willing to work so hard?"
Liu Jingxuan laughed and said: "So the one who had the last laugh during the Warring States Period was the Qin State after Shang Yang's reform. The Qin Army had a strict military merit system, but it did not benefit people for life. Only when they served were they exempted from taxes, and only themselves were exempted from taxes.
Of course, if you go out to fight and kill the enemy and make meritorious service, you will be rewarded with a title. With the title, you can also work as an official or a third elder after the war, and these benefits will continue. But most soldiers
, after the war, we are still ordinary people, and we still have to farm and pay taxes."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "This is the reason why the Qin State is rich and powerful. They actually spread military households to all the people. Every male must undergo military training. When the country is at war, men will be recruited to join the army. By controlling the title,
Controlling the scale of military merit can control the tax-free population, so that those who pay taxes must still account for the majority. And those who are eligible for tax exemption, except for the sergeants recruited during the war, are only those who have titles after the war and can be officials.
Yes, the number of civil servants is controllable by the state, so in fact, through these calculations, all people can join the army, and the number of people who are free from work and tax-free after joining the army can be controlled. This not only ensures the country's strong combat effectiveness
, and prevent the country from being overwhelmed by the military. It can be said that it is a nearly perfect system."
Liu Jingxuan said thoughtfully: "The Qin State is powerful and the Qin Army is famous for its good fighting skills. However, why can't such a system be implemented later? It's because after the Six Kingdoms were destroyed, there was no war in the world.
So we can no longer provoke the people of Qin? Or is it because Qin's laws are so strict? If there is no war, ordinary people will no longer be able to win titles through merit as before, and life will be difficult to live by? "
Liu Yu said calmly: "This is because Qin Shihuang, in order to quickly unify the world, did not strictly follow Shang Yang's law to manage the six kingdoms' hometown. After destroying the six kingdoms, the land of the six kingdoms that should have been allocated to the Qin army's meritorious officers was continued.
Let the small nobles and landlords of the Six Kingdoms manage it. The land of Guandong did not become a reward for the Qin soldiers like Qin Law. Instead, it continued to be managed by the Six Kingdoms. In turn, the Qin soldiers still had to bear heavy military service.
This chilled the hearts of the old Qin people, and the Qin people changed from being happy when they heard the war to fleeing when they heard the war. When the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms started to revolt after Chen defeated Wu Guang, the Qin people were no longer willing to continue.
We fought for Emperor Ying, and this was the real reason for Qin’s demise.”
Liu Jingxuan suddenly realized, clapped his hands and said: "So that's it. So the Qin Kingdom fell in the hands of Qin Shihuang, not Qin II as everyone thought."
Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, in order to quickly unify the world and reduce the resistance of the six kingdoms, Qin Shihuang allowed the old people of the six kingdoms to govern the six kingdoms. This actually broke the rules of the Qin State since Shang Yang's reform. The Qin army officers
They have long become tigers and wolves whose foundation is to kill the enemy, but now their rations are suddenly cut off. How can they swallow this breath? The moment Qin lost its national credibility, it was destined to lose the military morale of the elders in Guanzhong.
The people of the six kingdoms would not be grateful to Qin because of this, let alone regard Ying as their master. In the end, Liu Bang took advantage. He actually restored Qin's law, and still regarded the Ying family as their master.
Taking the people as the basis for their rule, the Han Dynasty has existed for four hundred years."
Liu Jingxuan gritted his teeth: "In the Han Dynasty, there was no military household system. The good family members in the six counties of Guanzhong were the main source of soldiers in the Han Dynasty. But can you regard all the good family members in Guanzhong as military households of the Han Dynasty?
What? They look alike."
Liu Yu waved his hand: "The sons of good families, including the former Guanzhong Lao Qin, are not military households. Although they are qualified to join the army, the most important difference is that the country will not allow them to live tax-free for life." (End of Chapter)