According to the Chronicle of History? In the biography of Shang Jun, it is recorded that in the teachings of The First Qin Rong Zhai, father and son were not different, and they lived in the same room. Now I am more disciplined, and for the difference between men and women, I build a great gap, and the camp is like Lu Weiyi.
From this sentence, it can be seen that in Shang Martin's heart, prohibiting fathers and sons from living together is one of the most important political achievements of his change of law.
The Shang Emperor changed the law, and it was strictly forbidden for fathers and sons to share the same room
In 356 BC, Shang Martin entered Qin to assist Qin Xiaogong in implementing the change of law, which also made the State of Qin one of the richest and most powerful of the Six Kingdoms.
Martingale has changed in every way. Politically, he reformed the qin household registration, introduced the military merit title system, changed the land system, unified weights and measures, and civilized folk customs and customs, and formulated harsh laws.
Economically, he advocated heavy farming and suppression of commerce and rewarding farming wars; militarily, he advocated annexation wars, and led the Qin army to recover the land of Hexi.
The "Biography of the Shang Emperor" has a detailed record of the measures for the separation of the family in the two changes of the Shang martingale:
The first began in 356 BC, when legislation stipulated: "If the people have two or more men who do not distinguish between them, they are multiplied." "The Shang Jun enforced the system of individual small families.
The second time began after the capital was moved to Xianyang, where he supplemented and standardized the previous system: "It is forbidden to order the father, son, and brother of the people to rest indoors." "It is necessary to vigorously abolish the old customs of Rongdi.
From these two legislative provisions, it can be seen that Shang Jun's attitude towards the separation of families is strong, so why did he force the separation of families? This also starts from the history of the founding of the Qin State.
Why forced separation
The Dukes of the Qin State were originally nobles of the Yin Merchants, but at the turn of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the Dukes of the Qin State took the wrong side, so they became slaves to raise horses in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and their residences were forcibly moved to the west where they intersected with Rong Di.
As the ancestor of Qin, Qin Feizi was made a vassal state by Zhou Tianzi for his meritorious horse breeding. The capital was ruled by Qin Yi (秦邑), and this was the beginning of the Qin State.
In 821 BC, because the Duke of Qin Zhuang defeated Xi Rong, he was made the Grand Master of Xi'an by Zhou Tianzi and once again given the land of Tianshui.
In 771 BC, Xi Rong assassinated King You of Zhou, and Duke Xiang of Qin led troops to save Tianzi, thus gaining the appreciation of King Ping of Zhou.
In 770 BC, Duke Xiang of Qin sent troops to escort King Ping to the east, and was made a prince and given the land west of Qishan. Since then, the State of Qin has officially become a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty.
Although the area west of Qishan became a fief of the Qin state, at that time this area was actually controlled by Inuyasha. Qin Xianggong decided to expel the Rong people, so the Hundred Years' War between the Qin State and Xi Rong began.
The war between the two countries ended in the victory of the Qin state, and in the process, the Qin people continued to force some Rong tribes to other places. But for those who submit to the Rong, they still have to accept it.
As for the proportion of the population of these Rong people and Qin people at that time, it is impossible to know, but it is certain that the customs and habits of the Qin people were infected by local customs and formed new customs.
One of the obvious customs influenced by the Rongdi was that fathers and sons lived in the same room. There is no difference between father and son, but there are many people in a family, and fathers and sons and brothers all live in the same room, which means that the degree of civilization in the Qin state is low.
This is an important reason why the Shang Monarch wants to change.
In the final analysis, it is intended to enrich the country and strengthen the army
But in fact, the most fundamental intention of Shang Martin in implementing this system of different nationalities and different wealth is still to enrich the country and strengthen the army.
Shang Martingale came for Qin Xiaogong's order to seek merit, and when he met Qin Xiaogong three times, he listed three schemes of "Imperial Dao", "Wang Dao" and "Hegemony", but Qin Xiaogong was obviously only interested in "hegemony", and he wanted to realize the strength and prosperity of the Qin State as soon as possible, so there was the later Shang Martingale Transformation Method.
The purpose of both people is to enrich the country and strengthen the army in a short period of time, so all the contents of the change of law are actually carried out for the sake of rich countries and strong troops.
Before the Shang Martingale Reform Law, the Qin state was a big family of "cohabitation and common wealth", and the big head was the father of this big family, and the sons could not be independent even if they married and had children, and did not have their own independent land and property.
Therefore, the family concept that is thus established with blood relations as a link is extremely deep. But in this way, the service at that time was based on the family unit, and only one person was required to serve in a family, and the same was true for taxes.
Therefore, turning a large family into a small family, the number of households can be increased, and the number of servicemen will naturally increase, which is undoubtedly beneficial to rich countries and strong soldiers.
Therefore, the Shang martingale would forbid fathers and sons and brothers to live in the same house, the most important thing was to increase taxes and serve the population of the Qin state.
brief summary
Although the fundamental intention of the Shang Emperor to prohibit fathers and sons from living together was to increase the number of servicemen and taxes, and to serve the purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the army, this practice did promote the civilization of the people of the Qin State to a certain extent and improve the civilization of the Qin.
Reference: Chronicle of History. Biography of the Shang Emperor