The three views should be correct, and the driving should be stable.
——Li Sanguan
Outline of Wild History, No. 269
——Outline of Noshi——
The perfect integration of the "Shang martingale transformation method" and the Culture of the Qin State makes the Qin Culture a soil that nourishes the Transformation Law.
This also solves a difficult problem that haunts the minds of everyone, why the Qin state can realize the "Shang Martingale Transformation Method" to save the survival of the people, while other princely states do not copy the "homework", but also have to grope for their own desperately.
There is only one answer: the change of law is not mechanically handled, the national conditions and cultures of various countries are different, so the "Shang martingale transformation method" has only succeeded in the Qin State.
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The development and cultivation of Qin culture
The state of Qin was not a vassal state divided in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but during the period of King Xiao of Zhou, the ancestors of Qin were given a piece of land in the western frontier by King Xiao of Zhou because of their merits in raising horses, and the old Qin people have had a piece of land of their own since then.
The culture of the Qin state can also be said to have been cultivated at this time, they are located in the western borderlands, mixed with the nomadic peoples in the west, and the living environment is quite harsh.
Later, in 771 AD, Western Zhou was also in decline, and the king of Zhou You, the prince of Fenghuo, his old nest was occupied by Xi Rong, and Qin Xianggong sent troops to qin wang to escort the king of Zhou Ping to move the capital to Luoyang.
In order to express his gratitude, King Ping of Zhou issued a blank cheque to Qin Xiang and gave all the land west of Qi to Qin Xianggong.
If the old Qin people can take back the land, it must also be included in the territory of Zhou, and if he can't get it, he can't say that the King of Zhou Ping doesn't reward it, only blame himself for not having the ability.
Therefore, since the founding of the country, the old Qin people have advanced in non-stop battles, and they have also cultivated the cultural tradition of the old Qin people who are brave and aggressive, simple and effective.
By the time of Qin Mugong, the State of Qin had mixed with the strongest in the west, and in the end it had not been able to continue to go east in its lifetime. Later, more than a dozen generations of monarchs in the Qin State failed to make effective achievements.
When the throne passed into the hands of Qin Xiaogong, he took over a devastated Qin state. If it doesn't change, the Qin kingdom will not be able to continue.
Qin Xiaogong issued an order to seek meritocracy to attract talents from the six kingdoms of Shandong to join, and the Qin state set a downward adjustment to change the law to survive.
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Characteristics of Qin culture
The Qin culture formed by the old Qin people in the past decades is mainly reflected in the following aspects.
First: The Qin people are brave and belligerent, tenacious and fearless; the Qin people have cultivated the spirit of not being afraid of defeat and not being afraid of struggle in the battle with Xirong for many years, and in terms of pure personal combat effectiveness, the courage of the Qin people is simply incomparable to that of the soldiers of other princely states.
Second: meritocracy; the Qin people have the characteristics of a steppe nation, and in order to survive the tribe, they must choose to appoint strong people. Since the founding of the Qin State, it has constantly appointed talents from other countries. The Qin people are more psychologically receptive to this, as long as they can help them solve the problem.
Third: heavy effect, light patriarchy; the Qin people pay attention to utilitarianism, but anyone who can bring benefits to them, they can accept it, and they don't care about the origin and blood of this person.
Results-oriented, even the clans have to make way for talent, which seems unacceptable in other countries, but is common in the Qin state.
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How Shang Martin cleverly combined Qin culture with variations
The above characteristics provide certain prerequisites for the Shang martingale transformation method, and the Shang martingale has set the tone for the change of the law by fighting in the court.
The reason why Shang Martin was able to formulate a strategy for changing the law was not that Shang Martin slapped his head and formulated it, but fully combined with the existing situation in the Qin State at that time.
First of all, the Qin people are still martial, private fighting has become a common practice, life and death in the country are looked down upon, and they will do it if they do not obey. Shang Martin created a tiger and wolf division by formulating a system of military merit and prohibition of private fighting.
Through the military merit system, the Qin people were guided to consume all the excess energy on the battlefield, and to improve their lives through military merit to obtain tangible benefits.
In addition, the patriarchal system of the Qin state was relatively weak, and the concept of blood was not so important compared to other princely states, and the Shang martingale formulated a county system, which nationalized all power and strengthened the centralization of monarchy. Thus weakening and restricting the power of the clan and the nobility in one fell swoop, so that the law is bound to be more unimpeded.
Shang Martin slaughtered chickens and monkeys, dealt with wins, and further proved to the people that the prince had committed the same crime as the common people, and since then the laws of the Qin State have been above everything.
Since the Qin people's concept of blood is relatively weak, Shang Martin divided the Qin people into small families, and successfully avoided the phenomenon of eating a large pot of rice. Dividing large families into small families accelerates reproduction while also avoiding the emergence of private struggles.
The Qin people valued utilitarianism, and the Shang martingale conformed to its characteristics, proposing to strengthen the monarchy's centralization of power, reward farming, and heavy rewards and heavy penalties, and use economy to supplement the use of force to dominate the world.
The Qin people are located in the western region, which has a greater impact on the culture of the Central Plains, and the etiquette of relatives and respects does not work at all in the Qin people, and since it is not easy to make sense, then use the law to govern.
Doing a good job of rewarding, not doing a good job of punishment, simple and rough practices make the Qin people more receptive. While paying attention to war, Shang Martin has not forgotten to cultivate and set farming war as the foundation of the country.
Therefore, Shang Martin relied on strict laws and regulations to cooperate with the corresponding system and carried out a complete change of law. This change involves many aspects such as economy, politics, culture, and people's livelihood, and is a thorough reform.
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Why other countries can't copy jobs
The other princely states also underwent many changes, and even if they succeeded in the short term, they eventually failed. The fundamental reason is that the cultural traditions of other princely states are not suitable for copying the Shang martingale transformation method.
First of all, the patriarchal system was deeply rooted in the princely states of the Central Plains, and the power of several major families influenced the national fortunes of the entire country, and whenever reforms violated the interests of the nobility, the reforms could not be carried out.
In addition, there are too few Ming Jun, lack of inheritance, and the ideology cannot be unified before and after, while the Qin State is acting on behalf of the Ming Jun, guarding the fruits of the transformation. Moreover, the Qin people are belligerent, have strong individual combat ability, have a single ideology, and are brave and fearless. Usually, it is easy to fight, but the people of other countries, that is, zhao guo, can barely fight.
Under the rules and regulations, many restrictions were placed in front of other princely states, making the Shang martingale transformation law the exclusive use of the Qin state. Other princely states have been groping for hundreds of years, and they cannot avoid the fate of extinction, which is really sad.