For a country, reform is not only facing policy innovation, but also the source and driving force for continuous social progress and development. Throughout the ages, reform has always been the best way for a country to cope with difficulties in difficult times.
Just like our country, from the Shang Martingale Reform Law, to the Pengale Reform Law, to the Xinhai Revolution, and then to the spring breeze of reform, reform after reform has allowed the Chinese people to gradually stand up, get rich, and become strong.
In the past long history and culture, one wonderful change after another has promoted the rolling and forward of social gears, and has made outstanding contributions to the comprehensive strength of a country.
Just as the emergence of the Shang Martingale transformation method is a very typical law change, he successfully changed the law with his excellent reform and change content.
It not only promoted the economic development of the Qin State, but also consolidated the political foundation of the country, making the Qin State a powerful country in troubled times, and laying the foundation for the future unification of the six countries.
Of course, behind every successful change of law, there are all kinds of hardships and difficulties, and at the same time, there are not a few voices of opposition, and there are not a few people who deceive them.
But fortunately, there is a solid backing behind this Shang Martingale transformation method, and this person is Qin Xiaogong Huan Quliang.
Next, let's walk into the martingale transformation method to understand the process of this change.
It was in 359 BC that Qin Xiaogong ordered Shang Martingale to issue the "Reclamation Order" in the Qin state, the promulgation of which would mark the complete opening of the Shang Martingale Law, the content of the decree is very simple, mainly from the comprehensive aspect of a country, the country has been reformed.
Shang Martingale intended to stimulate the development of agriculture, and even let the domestic aristocracy join agricultural production, and implement a unified tax system, which not only reshaped the values of the people, but also increased people's recognition of agriculture, and at the same time, while strengthening the development of agriculture, it also suppressed commerce.
It is undeniable that such a move was indeed very useful for the change and development of the situation of a Qin state at that time, and after the successful implementation of the Reclamation Order, Shang Martin was appointed by Duke Xiao of Qin as the chief of Zuo Shu in 356 BC by virtue of the outstanding performance of the decree in its implementation.
In fact, the so-called "Reclamation Order" is just a prelude to changing the law, because after Qin Xiaogong was appointed as the chief of Zuo, the real change of law began.
A total of two changes were carried out before and after, the first of which began after the successful implementation of the Reclamation Order.
First of all, Shang Martin decided to learn from the Wei state, which was stronger than himself, so he promulgated and implemented the Wei state Li Wei's "Law Classic", and added the joint sitting law and some criminal laws with heavy punishments for misdemeanors.
In fact, the reason why Shang Martingale chose to implement the "Book of Law" of Li Wei is not difficult to understand, after all, this person was a representative of the Legalists of the Warring States period and made indelible contributions to the political, economic and cultural development of the Wei State.
In addition, the content of the "Book of Law" is also very worthy of reference, mainly including "Prisoner", "Arrest", "Gu" and "Miscellaneous", this book has detailed provisions from trial and imprisonment to sentencing and punishment, which is similar to many contents of modern law.
Although the connotation of the joint sitting method added by Shang Martingale is somewhat cruel, it has played a certain role in restraining and suppressing, because the crime of joint sitting is to divide the people.
The purpose of this is to facilitate mutual supervision between neighbors, and if one family violates the law, the other must report it, otherwise they will be convicted.
The second content is to abolish the old Shilu system in the past, prohibit the situation of internal fighting and private fighting, and re-regulate the rewards of the military industry, requiring that the military industry reward be in accordance with the 20th rank system.
The third content requires the people to take agriculture as their main business and commerce as a side business, implement a system of heavy agriculture and suppress commerce, reward those who engage in agriculture accordingly, and even exempt them from labor, while restrictions are placed on commerce, which not only limits the scope of business of businessmen but also increases the amount of taxes collected.
The fourth content is mainly engaged in cultural perspective, burning books to pit Confucianism and forbidding the emergence of nomads, after all, for a country, culture is the soul, an invisible spirit.
The last content is the implementation of the individual small family system.
It has to be said that the purpose of the first change of law is to change the law to expand the scope of tax collection, expand the country's economic strength, and lay a foundation for future development.
Of course, if a country wants to be strong, it is not enough to change the law once, so in 350 BC, Qin Xiaogong planned to build a new capital in Xianyang, and specially sent Shang Martingale to recruit soldiers, and while completing these tasks, Shang Martingale also needed to carry out the implementation of the second law change.
At the same time, the change of law and merchant martingale also added the matter of moving the capital to Xianyang into this law change, and at the same time registered the household registration for the common people to collect taxes, and in terms of culture, the local Rongdi customs were eliminated, and the customs of society were standardized.
To say that the most noteworthy thing in this change of law is that Shang Martingale has once again optimized the previous agricultural development policy, abolished the well-field system, and implemented private land ownership.
At the same time, in terms of political management, the previous system of division and sealing was abolished and the county system was implemented. Soon, many systems that were not conducive to the development of the country were completely abolished through the Shang Martingale Reform Law, and the State of Qin soon stood out among the seven heroes of the Warring States and became the most powerful country.
Although this change of law has achieved very rich gains, what we don't know is that before the change of law, this change of law was opposed by many people, which can be described as difficult to implement.
It was in 359 BC, and Qin Xiaogong was brewing a change in the Qin state, but Qin Xiaogong's heart was more or less worried.
So he specially convened a court meeting to discuss the matter with the courtiers, but soon, Qin Xiaogong's idea of changing the law was opposed by the representatives of the old nobles, after all, the content of the first change posed a threat to the interests of these old nobles.
Although many ministers have raised objections to this matter, the scales in Qin Xiaogong's heart are still biased towards Shang Martingale and biased towards changing the law.
In fact, the reason why Qin Xiaogong urgently wanted to change the law was not only his appreciation and trust in Shang Martingale, but also a very important reason.
All this also starts with the battle of Shaoliang, which is not a close battle, but a battle between Wei and Qin.
At the beginning of the battle, the Wei state did not gain the upper hand with superior strength, but was always at a disadvantage because of arrogance and internal struggle.
Under these circumstances, the soldiers of the Qin State united as one and finally ended the war with a narrow victory.
Although the final outcome of this war was predetermined at the beginning of the war, fortunately, the Qin State achieved success with its extraordinary attitude and determination to forge ahead.
It was through this war that Qin Xiaogong suddenly realized that a country's economic level could not be developed at all by relying only on the way of supporting war with war, so in this case, Qin Xiaogong decided to reform and innovate and go crazy to become stronger.
Of course, if you want to reform, you must need reliable talents to provide advice, so Qin Xiaogong also specially issued the "Order of Seeking Talents", the content of which is mainly to change the channels for the appointment of bureaucratic sources, guests from the six countries can enter Qin as officials, can enjoy higher treatment than the old family, and consolidate the county system.
As soon as the order came out, it attracted many people with both ability and integrity, knowledgeable, and Shang Martingale was one of them, Shang Martin talked with Qin Xiaogong many times, he first put forward the way of the emperor and the way of the king, the world's people's governance theory, and then Shang Martin put forward the strongest ancestor Qin Mugong's domineering theory, and finally, Shang Martin used the short-term method of strengthening the country as an introduction, captured Qin Xiaogong's inner thoughts, and was appreciated and reused by Qin Xiaogong.
Therefore, for the illness that appeared in the Qin Kingdom, Shang Martin's heart was clear, and Qin Xiaogong's heart was also very clear.
After having a preliminary idea, Qin Xiaogong chose to strongly support the Shang Martingale change method, even if he was opposed by the courtiers in the dynasty, he risked going against many ministers, maintained his original intention, supported the Shang Martingale change method, and became the most reliable and solid background of the Shang Martingale change method.
And Shang Martin did not disappoint Qin Xiaogong, who trusted him, so when the decrees to change the law were ready, Shang Martin did not rush to announce it, in order to make the people of the Qin State trust themselves more and get these basic forces, he came to the outside of the South Gate City with a log three feet high.
And posted an announcement, saying that as long as someone can move this log to the market gate of the north gate, he will reward this person with ten taels of gold, but many ordinary people feel that this is just a trick, and no one is willing to carry this wood for a long time.
So Shang Martingale once again increased ten taels of gold to fifty taels of gold, which is a fatal temptation for many people.
Finally, a bold strong man moved the wood to the gate of the market according to the announcement, so Shang Martingale immediately fulfilled his promise and rewarded fifty taels of gold, and it is undeniable that Shang Martingale's practice not only won the trust of the people, but also made sufficient preparations for subsequent reform work.
After everything was ready, Shang Martin, with the strong support of Qin Xiaogong, the work of changing the law was smoothly implemented, and at the same time, the Qin State was developed.
I have to say that the reason why the Shang Martingale transformation method was able to achieve victory, in addition to Qin Xiaogong's strong support, was also closely related to Shang Martingale's vision of judging the time and sizing up the situation and seeing the overall situation.
He removed the interests of the upper ruling class in exchange for the prosperity of the country.
As the saying goes, "take copper as a guide, you can be dressed; Learning from people can be seen as gains and losses; "Living in modern and contemporary times, we should learn to conform to the historical trend, learn from the way of employing people by the ancients, adhere to reform, and persist in it to the end, constantly improving and making progress."