Guan Zhong, a person with many auras, was a "pioneer of the Dharma", a "teacher of saints", and so on, which was considered by posterity to be truly deserved.
In Guan Zhong's reform of the State of Qi, the main ones he promoted were the sixteen-character policy of "food and clothing, selection of talents and talents, three states of Wu contempt, and honoring the king of Qi", during his term of office, the economic and national strength of the State of Qi developed to the peak state, which was also the year between the Duke of Qi Huan, the army of the State of Qi reached liaodong in the north and as far as Jingchu, all relying on the national strength of the state of Qi, the systematization of administrative management, the stabilization of the peasants, industry and commerce, and the standardization of military management, and the hegemony of the state of Qi and the name of Guan Zhong. However, as far as the sixteen-character policy is concerned, the details in it are also far-reaching to the Qi state.
The so-called Cangmiao solid clothing and food, in Guan Zhong's strategy, is the "Sui Zhi people, and no wealth" in the "Chinese", and also in the "History" of "the power of the light and the heavy, the industry of the mountains and the sea", that is, the comprehensive development of commercial trade, which was unimaginable in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period when the consciousness of small peasants occupied the mainstream. In the era of commercial development, it is often a relatively peaceful period, in the period of war and chaos, the people are not happy, the situation is changeable, the living space of commerce is quite narrow, and since ancient times, the Central Plains have been relatively despised for commerce.
Guan Zhong's move did have a far-sighted plan, of course, the implementation of such a reform in the State of Qi, but also the stable situation of the State of Qi created by the fathers of the Duke of Qi Huan, provided a solid foundation for such an economic policy. However, the people of the State of Qi have since advocated the development of the economy, people think about the economy, less people think about war, the Qi people are "very rich and practical, their people are all blowing, drumming, building, playing the piano, fighting cocks, running dogs, six Bo, and squatters", what the people want, determine their future direction, Guan Zhong pioneered the system of prostitutes, this system was mainly to solve the contradictions of the people, the royal family and nobles plundered beautiful women into the palace, one person exclusively enjoyed several women, which directly led to the difficulty of marriage between folk men, the contradictions became deeper and deeper, and the prostitute system did have a positive effect on this contradiction. It also boosted the commercial development of the Qi state, but the qi people's lascivious and hedonistic wind also had signs from this time. Such Qi people, when they encountered the qin state and all the people were soldiers, they fell behind.
Guan Zhong made changes to the administrative and military management systems, and before Guan Zhong, although the State of Qi was powerful, its clan power was too strong and could infringe on the royal power. Guan Zhong was the first to divide the territory of the State of Qi, with the capital city setting up three townships of scholars, industry, and commerce, and assigning three officials to manage it. The areas outside the capital are divided into five territories, with the establishment of five doctors and five officials, with counties, townships, pawns, and yi, and there are county marshals, township marshals, pawn marshals, and siguans. This administrative system decentralized and centralized power and put it under the control of the monarch of the State of Qi, which greatly changed the administrative system of the State of Qi. And its "internal affairs and military orders" also through this measure, to achieve a military-political integration, grass-roots organizations "the code is the same, the war is the same strong", but if this system encounters the Ming Emperor, the more stable it is; and if it encounters the Emperor and the Lord, it may be like a ragtag crowd, rout for thousands of miles, and the later Yan Guole YiQi originated from this.
The history books say that "the princes of Huan Gong and Jiuhe do not use military vehicles, but also the power of Guan Zhong." Such as its benevolence, such as its benevolence", so the high evaluation of Guan Zhong. The so-called benevolent and righteous division of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, the so-called "righteous" war, that is, from Guan Zhong, the Spring and Autumn Period is often recognized by later generations of benevolent and righteous divisions, that is, Qi Huan Gong and Jin WenGong are only two, interestingly, these two princes lived before and after Guan Zhong, and both rarely had conquests of the princes of the Central Plains, the Qi state conquest of Shanrong, the Jin state against the Chu state, are all in orthodox thinking.
The poison of the benevolent and righteous master had a far-reaching influence among the princes of the Central Plains, and even in the chaotic world, the so-called benevolence and righteousness were nothing more than things that were not accurate at all. Later, Song Xianggong also wanted to learn from the benevolence and righteousness of Qi Huangong and Guan Zhong, and he raised a banner and flaunted everywhere, but finally revealed the true face of the decline of national strength. Song Xianggong was upside down, he did not understand the principle of political power in the barrel of a gun, and he must have strong national strength to support hegemony. This was the poison that Guan Zhongzhi's strategy had inflicted on him.
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