Spring and Autumn Warring States
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the princes and princes were constantly fighting among various countries, and at the same time, it was an era of hundreds of schools of thought and talents.
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Li Wu (455 BC – 395 BC), also known as Li Ke ,D.C., was a representative figure of the Jurists during the Warring States period and a native of Anyi , the capital of Wei (present-day Xia County, Shanxi) in the early Warring States period. With the support of Wei Wenhou, Li Wu presided over the change of law.
Select the best and the brightest
1. Select the best and the best, and reward and punish strictly.
Li Wu advocated the abolition of hereditary aristocratic privileges and put forward the famous saying that "there is work and merit in food, and rewards must be done when there is ability, and punishment must be deserved." Li Wu called those who had no merit and ate Lu as adulterers, and wanted to "rob the people of the four directions since the lu of the adulterous people." This is the first time in Chinese history that a decadent and backward hereditary system has been challenged.
Ancient people labored
Second, the implementation of "full strength" and "flat (di) method"
To exert all efforts is to uniformly distribute the peasants' cultivated land, supervise and urge the peasants to be diligent in farming, and increase production.
The Pingzhi method is that the state buys grain for storage at a fair price during the harvest, and sells it to the peasants at an equal price in the event of famine, so as to make up for the shortage of surplus, so as to prevent the grain from being too expensive to disturb the people, or to hurt the peasants even if it is very cheap. (Taken from the people, used for the people)
Rewards and penalties are clear
III. Implement the rule of law
The implementation of the rule of law and the establishment of a complete Wei law, the "Law Classic", have made the most complete provisions on state decrees, government functions, rewards and punishments for the promotion of officials, and rewards for military merit.
Ancient armies
Fourth, reform the military
Reform the military system, establish a "pawn" system, that is, evaluate the soldiers of the army, reward the outstanding ones, and rearrange the ranks of different soldiers according to the operational characteristics of different soldiers, so as to give play to the combat advantages of the army.
The implementation of these four articles not only achieved the take-off of the Wei state at that time, but also became a precedent for many later law changers to go to other countries to change the law and try to become stronger.
Wei Wenhou
As the first of the Warring States princes to change the law, the state power reached a peak during the reign of Marquis Wen of Wei, during which he dominated the world and dominated the princes.
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Death of Li Wu
There are two kinds of rumors about Li Wu's death, one is that Li Wu died at the end of his life; One is that Li Wu committed suicide.
The first theory is that Li Wu's transformation method was affirmed by Wei Wenhou, who was relatively smooth in his career, and Li Wu's transformation method was recognized by the people of Wei, and finally he was able to die.
The second theory is that when Li Wu was trying a case, the parties admitted that they had also committed a murder three years ago. After hearing this, Li Wu was very surprised, because the case three years ago was tried by Li Wu himself, and the case had already been decided. This means that if Li Wu has wronged innocent people and puts innocent people to death. After that, the more Li Wu thought about it, the more he blamed himself, according to the book "Fa Jing" he had written, he should be a capital offense, and after Li Wu wrote the suicide note, he committed suicide and died.