During the Warring States period, the State of Qin, the State of Zhao, and the State of Qi were three relatively powerful princely states. Among them, as far as the Qin State is concerned, the strength of the early Warring States is average, but after the Shang Martingale Transformation Law, the Qin State can be described as a new look, and gradually become a powerful country in the middle and late period of the Warring States. Correspondingly, on the road to the rise of the Qin state, it encountered two opponents, the Zhao state and the qi state. As far as the State of Zhao was concerned, King Wuling of Zhao promoted the "Hufu Riding Shooting" during his reign. For Hufu riding and shooting, the biggest role is to create an elite division for the Zhao State, so in the Battle of Changping, the insistence of the Zhao State army at the beginning made the Qin State helpless, if it were not for Zhao Kuo replacing the famous general Lian Po, the Zhao State could continue to stalemate with the Qin State.
As for the State of Qi mentioned in this article, it is also jealous of the State of Qin, for example, when King Zhaoxiang of Qin reigned, he was to be called "the Second Emperor of the East and west" with King Qi Min. That is to say, in the middle of the Warring States period, the overall strength of the State of Qi was not at all inferior to that of the State of Qin. So, the question is, the Qin state has the Shang martingale transformation method, and the Zhao state has Hufu riding and shooting, so what is the name of the Qi state's transformation method?
One
First of all, during the reign of King Qi Wei, the monarch, the State of Qi implemented the "Zou Ji Change Law", and it was precisely because of the "Zou Ji Change Law" that the State of Qi gradually became stronger during the Warring States period, and even sat on an equal footing with the State of Qin. Zou Ji (c. 385 BC – 319 BC), also known as "Donkey", honorific title "Donkey", was a Qi person during the Warring States period. The Records of History also serve as Yi Ji (驺記), a chancellor of Qi Huan's Gongtian At noon; during the reign of Qi Wei's King Tian Yinqi, he lobbied the King of Qi Wei with a drum and a qin, and was appointed xiangguo (相国) and enfeoffed in Xia Pi (下邳, in present-day Pi County, Jiangsu), with the title of Marquis cheng. When it comes to Zou Ji, many people's first reaction is the historical allusion of "Zou Ji satirizes the Qi King's Advice".
The "Zou Ji Satirizes the Qi King' Advice" in the "Warring States Policy" records that Zou Ji said that his wife was more beautiful than Xu Gongmei in the north of the city because he favored himself, his concubines because he was afraid of himself, and his guests because they wanted him. Zou Ji realized that he had been deceived, and thus thought that the king of Qi Wei was deceived, more serious than himself, so he suggested that the king of Qi Wei open up the way of speech, and eventually make the state of Qi strong. Of course, as far as the broad-minded way of speech is concerned, it is only one of the contents of the Zou Taboo Transformation Law. Under the advice of Zou Ji, king Qi Wei opened the Zou Ji transformation method in the early Warring States period.
Two
For Zou Ji, he advocated revising the laws, supervising the officials of the State of Qi, strictly rewarding and punishing, and selecting competent ministers to adhere to the Four Realms. Specifically, for the monarch, "please be careful not to leave the front" and "please be careful to be around"; for the people, "please attach yourself to the people"; for the subordinates, "please choose a gentleman, do not mix with the villains", "Please be careful to revise the law and supervise the adulterous officials" ("History of Tian Zhongjing Completes the Family"). In this regard, in the author's opinion, as far as the above content is concerned, it is more in line with the doctrine of the legalists. Of course, in the Warring States period, the Shang martingale transformation method, the Li Wu transformation method, and the Wu Qi transformation method, many of them were biased towards the Legalists. In particular, advocating the revision of laws is something that is often mentioned by legal scholars.
On the other hand, Zou Ji, as the Minister of Qi, attached great importance to recommending talents, and the King of Qi Wei also used these talents very much, seeing them all as "treasures". For example, Tanzi who guarded Nancheng, Panzi who guarded Gao Tang (present-day Gao Tangdong, Shandong), Qianfu who guarded Xuzhou (i.e., Pingshu, in present-day Dachengdong, Hebei), and the seed head of the "Messenger Thief" were all his "treasures" and "will be illuminated for thousands of miles" (Shiji Tian Shijia).
Three
During the Warring States period, the merger war between the seven heroes of the Warring States could not be separated from outstanding talents to cross the horizon, such as Zhang Yi and Su Qin, or famous generals such as Bai Qi and Wu Qi, all of which had an important impact on the development of the strength of various countries. At the time of the implementation of the Zou Ji Reform Law, there were many talents in the State of Qi, and Sun Bing also served as a military master due to Tian Ji's recommendation. This is all the result of Zou Jie's implementation of the legalist's policy of "choosing a gentleman carefully." Among them, as far as the familiar Sun Zhen is concerned, he once had the same window as Pang Juan, and when he came to the State of Wei, Sun Bin was tortured and physically disabled because of Pang Juan's persecution, and later defected to the State of Qi with the help of emissaries of the State of Qi.
After the "Tian Ji Horse Race", Sun Bin was appointed as a military division by the King of Qi Wei, and assisted the Qi general Tian Ji in defeating Pang Juan twice, winning the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling. Among them, as far as the Battle of Maling was concerned, the State of Wei sent Crown Prince Shen to resist, and the entire army was destroyed at Maling, and then Sun Zhen lured the Wei state pang Juanzhong with the strategy of "reducing the stove" and chased him to the Middle of maling Mountain and ambushed him, and the Qi army took advantage of the victory to pursue, captured Prince Shen, and completely annihilated the Wei army. After this battle, Wei Guoyuan was seriously injured and lost its hegemonic position. The Battle of Maling has also become a famous example in the history of ancient Chinese warfare.
Four
Finally, however, in the author's opinion, compared with the Shang martingale transformation method, it cannot be called a more complete change, that is, the successful implementation of the Zou Ji change method lies in the ability of the monarch, such as the king of Qi Wei is good at advice, knowing people and making good use of it, and the Zou Ji change law can naturally play an effect, but when the king of Qi Min reigned, because he was self-conscious and obstinate, he undoubtedly brought the state of Qi into a place of no return. And this naturally became an important reason for the decline of the State of Qi after the Five Kingdoms. It is worth noting that as far as Guo Guoguo Zou Ji is concerned, he is talented, talented, generous, and quite a gentleman. He was king Qi Wei's right-hand man, helping him to handle the affairs of the dynasty and give advice. Later Sun Ji and Tian Ji's prestige increased, and Zou Ji wanted to put Tian Ji to death because he was worried about the instability of the phase. (Forcing Tian Ji to flee to the State of Chu, King Xuan of Qi took the throne, and Tian Ji returned to the State of Qi and resumed his official duties.) ）
Therefore, when Zou Ji framed Tian Ji and others, the Zou Ji Change Law did not form a provision that could restrain Zou Ji, which shows that the Zou Ji Change Law, like south Korea's "Shen No Harm Change Law", is difficult to implement for a long time, and can only be added to the icing on the cake in the short term. In the Warring States period, the content of Korea's "Shen Bu Harm Change Law" and the Qi State's "Zou Ji Change Law" can be described as similar, as a result, although during the reign of Shen Bu Harm, South Korea was strong for a while, but soon after, South Korea was still due to the encroachment of the surrounding powers, thus going into decline. Further, among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the reason why the Qin State laughed to the end, and the reason why the other six kingdoms were destroyed by the Qin State, is undoubtedly directly related to whether the change of law is complete, that is, the Shang Martingale Transformation Law of the Qin State was the most thorough change at that time.