"In the past, Mu Gong cultivated virtue and martial arts from Qi Yong. Dongping and Jin dynasties were bounded by rivers. Xi Ba Rong Zhai, the vast land thousands of miles. The Son of Heaven to the Bo, the princes of Bihe, for the future generations to open, very beautiful. This is Qin Xiaogong's description and praise of Qin Mugong. Qin Mugong did his best to worry about the country, fortunately he also achieved the Qin State, but his momentary confusion also made the Qin State powerless.
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Duke Mu of Qin was the ninth monarch of the State of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, and one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. His father was Duke De of Qin and had two older brothers, namely Duke Xuan of Qin and Duke Cheng of Qin. After the death of his father, Duke Degong of Qin, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Duke Xuan of Qin, who succeeded him later, and finally his brother passed the throne to Duke Mu of Qin.
The State of Qin was originally a very small country, not to mention the land of bullets, the population was also very sparse, and the neighboring countries were Rong and Di. It was not until the Spring and Autumn Period that the Qin state began to become prosperous, not only expanding the territorial area, but also increasing its power, because other countries in the Central Plains were very rich and strong, the Qin state was still backward. But this situation only lasted until Duke Mu of Qin succeeded to the throne.
Qin Mugong was a man with a wise eye and a good use of talents, and after he succeeded to the throne, he reused a large number of talents, including many baili xi, uncle Jian and others, and with talents, good policies for governing the country came with them, and the good ministers who were dedicated to the development of the country boldly offered advice and suggestions. Therefore, Qin Mugong began to implement the policy of enriching the country and strengthening the army, relying on them to cultivate politics, vigorously develop the military, and reward production. This has greatly enhanced the country's comprehensive national strength.
Qin Mugong's selection of talents also broke through the backward rules of his predecessors and opened up a precedent for the selection of talents in the Qin Kingdom. He recruited a wide range of sages and was eclectic, whether this person was from another country or a commoner, as long as he was talented and courageous, he could use it for Qin Mugong. His standard of employment has always adhered to the principle of "getting the fine and forgetting the coarse, and forgetting the outside", so he has achieved success.
The security of a country is closely related to its military, and Qin Mugong understands this principle very thoroughly, he knows that he has captured talents, but the military aspect cannot be relaxed. He used his strengths to inherit the tradition of raising horses in the Qin state, established a horseback riding unit, and equipped each soldier with a dagger. He ruled the army well, trained every soldier, and later won many wars for Qin Mugong.
Only by the will of the people can the country be invincible. Qin Mugong attached great importance to the people's hearts and minds, and in order to reduce the burden on the people, he implemented some measures to ease class contradictions, because he knew that class contradictions would lead to the people's unhappiness and the people would be oppressed. Qin Mugong once helped the Jin state through the famine period regardless of the previous suspicions at the most difficult time of the Jin Dynasty, so it won the love and support of the people and won the hearts of the people.
Qin Mugong also attaches great importance to the country's diplomacy, after all, weak countries have no diplomacy, and if the Qin state wants to be stronger, it must develop diplomacy. Compared with Qin Mugong, he also had his development strategy, he chose to ally with the Jin state, the way was to marry the two countries, he married the daughter of the Jin Xiangong, and also married his daughter far away to the Jin Wengong, and helped the Jin state win the Battle of Chengpu. Therefore, the friendship between the two countries is very good.
Many people will choose to ignore their own faults, but Qin Mugong does not, as the head of a country, he will review the mistakes he has made, Qin Mugong has the courage to face the mistakes, and will correct them after reflection. For the country's internal affairs, stop losses in time and take a wrong step will immediately change the strategy. This also laid a solid foundation for him to become the hegemon and unify China.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > extravagant funeral</h1>
In 621 BC, Qin Mugong, who had devoted his life to the country, died, and the whole country was immersed in grief. In ancient times, funerals had a particularly backward vice, that is, martyrdom, that is, everything that was used before death, such as utensils, animals, attendants, etc., including wives and concubines, had to be buried with the deceased, that is, to let the living person die unnaturally, and then bury it with the deceased in the tomb to ensure the happiness of the deceased's soul.
As the monarch of a country, Qin Mugong's funeral and martyrdom are naturally more "luxurious" than others, in addition to the general funeral items and his concubines before his death, there is also a will he made before his death, to kill 117 people to accompany him to the funeral. This includes the "Three Liangs", which are loved and supported by the people, namely the three brothers of the Ziche clan, Zhongxing and Needle Tiger. Although people hated this vice, he was the emperor and could not stop it.
For Sanliang's funeral, some people say that the three brothers volunteered to accompany the burial, and the death of Qin Mugong hit them very hard, so they went with Qin Mugong. However, it is also said that after His death, The three brothers of the Ziche clan would be too virtuous and intelligent, loved by the people to affect the stability of the royal family and threaten the development of the royal family, so they asked the three of them to be buried together to avoid future troubles.
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After The death of Qin Mugong, his descendants were all too mediocre, and all of them were unable to support Ah Dou. Perhaps most of the talents were buried with Qin Mugong, and there were not a large number of talents to assist the future monarchs, and no one offered advice to the future monarchs. Or maybe it was their ancestor Qin Mugong who was too strong and great, causing them to look down on themselves and enjoy a luxurious life too much. The direct consequence of this was the decline of the Qin state.
In 621 BC, after the death of Duke Mu of Qin, Crown Prince Yan succeeded to the throne as Duke Kang of Qin. Qin Kanggong did not sympathize with the people's feelings, did not work diligently and loved the people, he indulged in lascivious pleasures, the people were miserable, he abused his power, and he did not consider the fundamentals of the country. For their own entertainment convenience, let the people build a luxurious observation deck, resulting in people not having a good life, his palace is even more luxurious, pavilions and pavilions paint phoenix carved dragons, all reflect his identity as "emperor".
The absurdity of the emperor was far more than that of Qin Kanggong, until the appearance of Qin Xiaogong, among whom there were also 7 monarchs of Qin Huan, Qin Aigong, Qin Huigong, Qin Mourning Gong, Qin Li Gonggong, Qin Huaigong, and Qin Xiangong, although not as extravagant as Qin Kanggong, but also some lonely and unknown people, did not do anything big, and only ensured that the people would not die of hunger and the national treasury would not lose money. During this period, the national strength was weakened for a time, and there was no intention of state affairs, so that the Qin state could not expand its territory for 260 years and then conquer the east.
The main reason for such consequences was that in addition to the fact that they themselves were not as good as Qin Mugong, the most important thing was that they did not have the assistance of good ministers, no good ministers as mirrors to reflect on themselves, no one to offer advice to the emperor, only some flattering villains chirping behind their backs. If the country and the army do not have the will of the people, then the country will inevitably weaken, so after Qin Mugong left, the Qin state did not rise and fall for 260 years, and a large part of the reason was that Qin Mugong took away the country's good ministers.
Jefferson once said that "laws and institutions must keep pace with the progress of human thought." This sentence adapts to all eras, the system is vulgar and should be abandoned, Qin Mugong was called Ming Jun before he died, and after his death he was called a tyrant, which is the greatest irony of the old system.
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