During the Warring States period, Shang Ying was a famous political reformer, and his reforms made the Qin state gradually rich and powerful. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info In fact, Shang Martingale was not called Shang Martingale at the earliest, but was called Wei Marting, or Gongsun Marting. Later, because of his meritorious contribution to helping Qin change the law, he was sealed to the commercial land by Qin Xiaogong, and since then people have called it Shang Ying. But I think this character, who has been praised by later generations, is really suspected of blind speculation. And the so-called change of the law was not his original wish, but it was just a chance to meet Qin Xiaogong, a master who was eager to cross the river by feeling the stones, that Shang Ying was able to display his ambitions and shine on the bright historical stage.

Shang Ying was not favored before he arrived in Qin, not because other countries did not want to be strong, but because of the lack of confidence in Shang Ying. And Shang Ying thought that he had some skills, but he couldn't play and display them, and he was very depressed in his heart, especially painful because he couldn't even eat enough every day. In the end, he was desperate, and Shang Ying also arrived in Qin with a try-and-see attitude. And he didn't want to change anything at first, he just wanted to find an official and a half-job to eat. After arriving in the Qin State, Qin Xiaogong was very happy. It happened that no one was chatting with him, and I saw a foreigner, "Shang Ying was originally a patriot." Seeing that Qin Xiaogong was very enthusiastic, Shang Ying began his long theory of governing the country endlessly. Seeing that Qin Xiaogong listened to it with relish, he was even more bold, and the more he talked about it, the more he felt that it made sense, so he talked for a long time without sleep for several days. Soon, Qin Xiaogong implemented Shang Ying's reform ideas throughout the country. Shang Ying finally became an official, but Shang Ying's first thought was to improve trust. So one day in B.C., Shang Ying ordered someone to put a piece of wood at the south gate of Xianyang, and posted a notice next to the wood, saying that whoever could carry the wood to the north gate could take away ten catties of gold. As soon as the notice came out, everyone thought that they had met a madman, and everyone opened their mouths, and no one dared to touch the log. Seeing that everyone was hesitant, Shang Ying raised the gold to fifty catties. There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and finally, a man stood up, picked up the wood and ran to the north gate, and Shang Ying immediately rewarded this man with fifty catties of gold. The government has done what it says and won the reputation of the people. Next, the Shang Dynasty reform was implemented very smoothly, and the Qin State soon became stronger. The national strength was strong, Qin Xiaogong wanted to expand the chassis, in 341 BC, Qin attacked Wei on a large scale, and Shang Ying served as the supreme commander of this expedition to Wei. Hearing that the Qin State was coming to attack, King Wei Hui hurriedly ordered Gongzi Wei to lead the army to meet the battle, and the two armies faced each other, and each set up camp. Unfortunately, Gongzi Wei is an old friend of Shang Ying. One night, Gongzi Wei received a letter from Shang Ying, in which Shang Ying wrote very sincerely: Good friends have now become enemies, I really can't bear it. Why don't we meet, reminisce about the old wine, make a covenant, and retire from each army? After three rounds of drinking, Shang Ying suddenly threw the wine glass to the ground, ambushed the soldiers, captured Gongzi Wei alive, and took this opportunity to quickly attack the Wei army camp, and after this battle, Gongzi Wei's entire army was annihilated. In the end, the battle was fought and won. More importantly, Shang Ying tested the effect of the change through this battle, and gave Qin Xiao a satisfactory answer to the "Effect of the Change". The problem is that the change of law is to touch the interests of many upper classes, and Shang Ying offended many people because of this, and was soon pushed to the forefront. When Qin Xiaogong was in power, others didn't dare to do anything to him, and there was a boss covering him. But the boss is also going to die, after the death of Qin Xiaogong and the succession of King Qin Huiwen, Shang Ying's situation became bad. Soon after, he was framed for rebellion, stripped of his title, and expelled from Xianyang. Later, the king of Qin listened to the advice of others and ordered the killing of Shang Ying's entire family. Seeing that the momentum was not good, Shang Ying hurriedly fled to Wei. But what Shang Ying regretted was that Wei hated him for his treachery and hurt Gongzi Wei and refused to let him enter. Shang Ying was cornered, but he was caught up alive by the pursuers, and after being escorted back to Qin, he was sentenced to a car split, and died a very miserable death.

It can be said that Shang Ying won the success of the reform with his reputation, but because of his later dishonesty, he cut himself off, and it is not wrong to say that he died in his own hands. I can't believe that such a style of work was carried out by a reformer. I believe that the direct cause of this tragedy is that Shang Yang has always been unscrupulous in order to achieve his personal goals. The former is a bounty for trustworthiness, in order to achieve the desire to change the law in the later stage, make meritorious contributions, and gain fame. Although it can be regarded as positive energy in the real society, it is deceptive after all. The latter is obviously a deceitful way of the soldiers, which is understandable, but the premise is that Gongzi Wei is a good friend who helped him in the past during the difficult period, and it is too unkind to use the trust of a good friend in him. According to my opinion, Shang Ying was not a moral person, and his outlook on life was only speculating on personal fame and political deeds, but it is undeniable that Shang Ying's reform was indeed the beginning of Qin's strength.