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"When it comes to this, I actually don't want to say it anymore. This is the heart of all your emperors. Now when it comes to Qin Shihuang, it is his fault, and everyone else is no exception. It is like a kind of inheritance."

"There are not many countries ahead of Da Qin, and everyone knows about it in the later period. Let me briefly introduce two people, Shang Yang and Ba Qing, two important figures."

"No one knows who Shang Yang is. Who can understand the words "Shang Yang's Reform"?"

"Shang Yang's death is a tragedy of his personal destiny and a tragedy of the Qin era."

"Although his reforms played a key role in the unification of Qin, he also paid the price with his life."

"At that time, Qin Xiaogong had just ascended the throne. In order to completely realize the strength of the Qin State, he took the initiative to issue an order seeking talents, hoping that talented people from all over the world could come to serve in the Qin State."

"Shang Yang was in the Kingdom of Wei at the time, but because he could not get the attention of King Wei, he took the initiative to come to the Kingdom of Qin."

"Through the recommendation of a favorite minister around him, Shang Yang had the opportunity to meet Qin Xiaogong. However, the meeting between Shang Yang and Qin Xiaogong did not go smoothly."

"When they met for the first time, Shang Yang used some imperial skills to persuade Qin Xiaogong, but the result was that Qin Xiaogong fell into a drowsy state."

"The second time, Shang Yang talked a lot about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in the end, Qin Xiaogong was even less interested."

"It wasn't until the third time that Shang Yang began to talk about Legalist thought and discuss how to enrich the country and strengthen the army."

"At this time, Qin Xiaogong really took a new look at Shang Yang and decided that Shang Yang was the person he needed."

"Perhaps you have questions. Since Shang Yang came to Qin in response to Qin Xiaogong's call, why did he not directly talk about the Legalist ideas of making the country rich and powerful in the first meeting, but instead talked about the kingly and imperial ways? ?”

"This just reflects Shang Yang's wisdom."

"Under the circumstances at that time, Shang Yang was just a foreign scholar, and he came from the hostile country Wei."

"If he talks about Legalism directly from the beginning, it is easy for Qin Xiaogong to mistake him for a spy of the Wei State, and then distrust him."

"Therefore, Shang Yang adopted a gradual negotiation strategy, first arousing Qin Xiaogong's interest, and then gradually discussing it in depth."

"Shang Yang actually doesn't care about Qin Xiaogong's first impression, but hopes to gain Qin Xiaogong's trust and importance."

"However, Shang Yang's character and Legalist thoughts also destined him to be unscrupulous."

"The reform was appropriate and later generations praised him, but Shang Yang was indeed not a good person. He should be the kind of ambitious person who would do whatever it takes to get power."

"When Shang Yang reused him, this reform had already begun."

"Shang Yang's reform first started with the implementation of the Grass Reclamation Order."

"The "Grass Reclamation Order" is mainly to stimulate farming, inhibit commerce, improve social awareness of agriculture, and implement a unified tax and rent system."

"Two years after the implementation of the Grass Reclamation Order, the effect is obvious."

"So, in 356 BC, Qin Xiaogong appointed Shang Yang as the chief of Zuo Shu, and implemented reforms throughout the country."

"Shang Yang's innovative reforms drew on the reform experience of Wu Qi, Li Kui, Qin Xiangong and others, and innovated in many aspects according to the needs of the times."

"You must know that the reform was not completed at one time, but was carried out many times."

"Shang Yang's reform was comprehensive and involved many fields." "In terms of institutions, it mainly abolished the state-owned land system of slavery, implemented private ownership of land, and promoted the transformation of slave society into feudal society."

"This is a fundamental reform measure involving production relations, which has injected strong impetus into Qin's development and is also the most fundamental reason for Qin's strength."

"In terms of economy, the main focus is to focus on agriculture, suppress business, and reward farming and weaving."

"Those who produce a lot of grain and cloth can be exempted from labor service and taxes. This greatly mobilizes the people's enthusiasm for production and promotes the rapid economic development of Qin."

"In terms of politics, the main thing is to abolish the old Shiqing Shilu system, abandon the old blood clan system, and start to create centralized power."

"This is also a fundamental reform measure that gradually improved the feudal state mechanism and made a useful exploration for the later establishment of a centralized state by Qin Shihuang."

"In terms of the administrative system, the main thing is to implement the county system."

"The whole country was merged and divided into forty-one counties, and each county was set up with a county magistrate and county magistrate. This laid the foundation for Qin Shihuang to implement the county system."

"In terms of society, we mainly implement the "Wushi system" and the "continuous sitting system."

"Five families work together, and ten families work together to monitor and report each other. If one family breaks the law, the ten families will be jointly punished."

"In the military aspect, it mainly rewards military merit."

"The system of twenty-level nobility was established to award titles according to the number of heads killed, thus turning the Qin army into a "tiger and wolf division."

“In terms of law, the main thing is to implement strict laws and heavy penalties for minor crimes.”

"A series of strict laws have been formulated to restrict people's words and deeds in accordance with the law."

"In addition, Shang Yang also took some major measures such as changing the customs of Rong and Di, unifying weights and measures, burning Confucian classics, banning wandering people, and moving the capital to Xianyang."

"Shang Yang's Reform was the first feudal reform movement in the history of our country. It conformed to the trend of the times and promoted historical development and social progress. Shang Yang's Reform was a great success. In just ten years, the Qin State quickly became stronger."

"The national treasury is sufficient, the people are prosperous, the society is stable, everyone is brave enough to fight for the country and dare not fight for personal gain, and the Qin army sweeps across the world and is invincible."

"Shang Yang's reform achieved the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and created a powerful state machine. This state machine is adapted to war and hegemony."

"Relying on this powerful state machine, Qin achieved the grand goal of annexing the six countries and unifying the world."

"Although Shang Yang's reform was successful, it left a big legacy."

"This means that in the process of national governance, we blindly rely on coercive means, do not pay attention to solving ideological issues, do not pay attention to educating the people, do not promote moral education, and instead implement cruel laws and torture for a long time."

"And this can easily lead to people's violent character, so that the rulers of Qin advocate violence, do not talk about benevolence and justice, and lack morality. They even committed an atrocity that killed 400,000 soldiers from Zhao."

"After Qin became strong and prosperous, it was considered a country of tigers and wolves, and was called the "violent Qin"."

"After Qin unified the world, he continued to implement such a policy, which only established power but not morality. This was an important reason for the rapid demise of the Qin Dynasty."

"Therefore, if we want to achieve long-term national peace and security, we must combine the rule of law with the rule of virtue."

"Due to the excessive use of harsh punishments, Shang Yang himself faced great danger."