Although the State of Qin ranked among the Seven Heroes, it was most despised. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of sons and hundreds of families appeared one after another, and the scholarship of Confucianism, Taoism, and Mojia spread throughout mainland China. In contrast, the Qin kingdom is not one.
Therefore, in the eyes of the princely states of the Central Plains, the Qin state is a barbarian who only knows how to use force. However, when it comes to military strength, the West River occupied by the State of Wei has not been recovered for a long time.
The foundation of the Qin state for hundreds of years has fallen into the name of not becoming a martial artist, which makes the Qin Xiaogong who is serving how to be willing. In the first year of Qin Xiaogong's reign, he issued a "Request for Merit" order.
As soon as this "order to seek meritocracy" came out, there was an endless stream of people coming and going to the Qin Kingdom, among whom there were scholars and talents, and naturally there were also speculators and charlatans. Among them, there was also an important figure who would affect the future fate of the Qin state- Shang Martingale.
Shang Martingale is a person who will not be unfamiliar to everyone. The change he implemented in the Qin state was not only the most important change in the pre-Qin period, but also the most successful change in Chinese history. It was this change of law that enabled the Qin state to quickly get rid of backwardness, rise to the seven xiongs, and eventually achieve unification.
However, although the quotient martingale transformation method was successful, it did not start well at the beginning. After all, not everyone can accept ideas that are ahead of the world, and Shang Martin has been rejected many times, and even has to worry about his life.
Shang Martin was originally a Weiguo, so he was also known as Wei Martin or Gongsun Martingale. Since childhood, he loved the arguments of Guan Zhong and other legal scholars, and was familiar with the academics of legal scholars. Among them, the one that had the greatest influence on him was the "Book of Laws" written by Li Wu of the State of Wei.
After Shang Martin learned to succeed, he intended to serve his country, but the country was weak, civil wars were frequent, and Shang Martin had nowhere to show his ambitions, so he left Weiguo to find a new country and promote his own policies.
The first country Shang Martin arrived was the State of Wei, where he served as a zhongshu (similar to a squire official) under xiangguo's uncle. Although Gongsun Huan attached great importance to him, it was a pity that the State of Wei only wanted to expand its territory at that time, rather than sorting out internal affairs. Therefore, after Gongsun Acne died, Shang Martin was forgotten.
As soon as the Qin State's "Order for Seeking Merit" came out, Shang Martin's mind became active again. The so-called here is not to leave the grandfather, there is a place to stay. The State of Qin is a good place to show its ambitions. So Shang Martin got up and went to the Qin Kingdom.
Although there was a "meritocracy order", Shang Martin was not sure how strong Qin Xiaogong's desire to seek talents was, and if he wanted to get Qin Xiaogong's reuse, he could not do it on his own.
Therefore, Shang Martin first went to find a person named Jing Jian, who was the most important minister of Qin Xiaogong. Shang Martin was visiting and gifting again, and finally entrusted jingjian with the introduction of the supervisor and met Qin Xiaogong.
The first time the two met, Shang Martin talked about the "Emperor Dao", which was the emperor of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. The content was heaven and earth, the content was general, and it was difficult to understand, Qin Xiaogong listened like sleeping, so he drove away Shang Martingale and scolded Jing Jian by the way.
After Jing Jian returned, he quickly said to Shang Martin, "What is the matter with you, can you do it?" ”
Shang Martin said, "Yes." ”
Five days later, Shang Martin and Qin Xiaogong met for the second time.
This time, Shang Martin did not talk about the "imperial way" but talked about the "royal way". Qin Xiaogong was not sleepy this time, but he was still not satisfied. Because this so-called "royal way" mostly refers to the theories of Xia Wangyu and Shang Wang Tang, the ancestors. There is certainly no mistake, but after all, after a hundred years, it is backward.
Qin Xiaogong touched his cheeks and asked Shang Martin to roll home first.
For the failure of these two meetings, Shang Martin was not unhappy at all, but like a treasure. In Shang Martin's heart, Qin Xiaogong was indeed the king who could best realize his great ambitions.
Shang Martin once again ran to Jing Jian and asked him to take himself to see Qin Xiaogong.
JingJian said, "Come back!" ”
Qin Xiaogong said, "This time it can really work." ”
The so-called eating people's mouth is short, and the hands of people are short. Jing Jian once again informed Qin Xiaogong of Shang Martin's wishes. The two had their third meeting.
This time, Shang Martin threw aside the Imperial Dao and the Wang Dao. Talk only about "overbearing". The so-called hegemony is the powerful cause and effect of the Spring and Autumn Period, including Qin Mugong. The more Qin Xiaogong listened, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but nod his head in response to Shang Martin's argument.
Afterwards, Qin Xiaogong said to Jing Jian, "You are a doorman, you are really good. You can discuss it with him more. ”
Later, Qin Xiaogong summoned Shang Martin more and more times, and the two became acquainted. Qin Xiaogong asked Shang Martingale, "Although you are right about the way of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, but now that the situation is turbulent, I don't have so much time to wait for the country to become stronger, but there is a faster way?" ”
Shang Martin replied: "Naturally there are methods, but I am afraid that virtue is lost." ”
For the Warring States period, the seven heroes competed for hegemony, which was a crisis and an opportunity. Qin Xiaogong, who also had a heart, naturally did not want to let go of this opportunity, so this virtue, if you lose it, you will lose it!
Since then, the martingale transformation method has been officially launched.