Ji Kang's requirements for the political system of Yan State are actually not high, that is, he hopes to separate the military and the government and unify the government and decrees.

Referring to the practices of the Chinese dynasties in Ji Kang's previous life, it is an inevitable trend of history to replace the "sub-feudal system" with the "county system".

As Mr. Lu Zhonglian said to Ji Kang: "Prince, now many people praise Yin and the Zhou Dynasty for thousands of years, thinking that they can follow him. But why do the princes of the world have to merge with each other and make a big move? ”

Ji Kang asked Lu Zhonglian rhetorically: "Mr. Lu, please tell Ji Kang, what is the reason for this?" ”

Lu Zhonglian replied at the time: "Prince, in the opinion of the ministers, now all the princes in the world are a country of their own, and no one is willing to give up their own country, and no one is willing to give up their country and society to others. ”

"The prince's ancestors divided hundreds of princes, but today's order of the prince does not come out of Wangji; However, the prince controls hundreds of officials in Liaodi, and the rewards and punishments are clear, but he can order more than ten counties and more than 200 counties with only the letter symbol, and all the places under his jurisdiction obey orders. ”

"Just like the Qin and Zhao countries, if the royal families of the two countries go back to the top, the ancestors are all famous ministers of the Shang Dynasty, Fei Lian (蜚Lian). Although the Yin and Zhou dynasties divided their relatives and nobles into hundreds of countries, but after three generations, the same surname was estranged, what is the meaning of dividing the feud? ”

"Since the prince wants to compete for the Central Plains, unify the world, and be a family for my Yan country. From now on, we must unify the politics of our Yan country, and we can no longer divide the soil. It is inevitable to replace the "sub-feudal system" with the "county system". ”

At that time, Ji Kang looked at Mr. Lu Zhonglian with appreciation and praised: "Good! Great goodness! ”

In this era, people's thinking is still in the era of "a hundred schools of thought contending", and various schools of thought are "competing for beauty" in the land of China, which is wonderful.

It is not like Ji Kang's previous life, after thousands of years, people's ideas have been completely imprisoned by Confucianism.

In order to make their countries strong, each country has tried to change one after another, and has achieved great results.

The Wei State changed the law with Li Kui and Wu Qi, taught the law and scriptures, governed the country according to the law, and the army adopted the military system of full-time soldiers, which once made the Wei State the overlord of the Central Plains. After Li Kui's death, the Wei State failed to change the law, and Wu Qi was forced to flee Wei and go to Chu.

With Wu Qi as the commander, the state of Chu carried out drastic reforms in the state of Chu, which made the national strength of the state of Chu increasingly strong. As a result, the state of Chu conquered the Quartet and became the overlord of the Central Plains, and all the princes were afraid of the strength of the state of Chu.

However, Wu Qi's changes aroused the resentment of the nobles of the Chu State, and finally launched a mutiny. Wu Qi was shot and killed, Wu Qi's body was also sentenced to car dismemberment, and Chu's reform also failed.

During the reign of King Xiao of Qin, the Qin State carried out the "Shang Dynasty Reform". In this era, the reform of the Qin State was the most thorough and successful on the basis of learning from the changes of Wei and Chu.

Even Shang Ying himself can also be said to have died under the law he made.

After Shang Ying's death, the Qin State did not change the Qin laws formulated by Shang Ying because of Shang Ying's death. Before Ji Kang came to this world, the Qin State became the overlord of the world, arrogant to the countries of the Central Plains.

However, Qin's changes also had their drawbacks and limitations.

It is to despise education and advocate heavy punishment for minor crimes, which to a certain extent aggravates the exploitation and oppression suffered by the broad masses of the people, and to a certain extent brings tremendous suffering to the broad masses of the people.

This time, Yan Guo started a thorough change from top to bottom. It can be said that under the joint efforts of two generations of kings, a large-scale restructuring began on the basis of the law adopted by Ji Kang in Liaodi.

First of all, politically, it is to completely abolish the "slavery system" and the "burial system", abolish the privileges of the hereditary aristocracy, and separate the military from the government.

As Ji Kang said in the court: "As a human body, it is no longer a human body." The lives of every citizen in the counties and counties of Yan Kingdom are precious to Yan Kingdom. The only one who controls the lives of others is the law of the Yan Kingdom; Grass and human life are not taken by Yan Guo. ”

Signed in the actual situation, the noble titles are still divided into "duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male", but the third-class system of Liaodi is introduced. The descendants of the nobility can inherit, but the implementation of the "Tui En Order" will enrich the domestic aristocracy to the remote places where the Yan country is vast and sparsely populated.

That is, only one person in the next generation of the nobility can inherit the title, and when inheriting the title of nobility, the inheritance must be downgraded. If your children and grandchildren are successful, they can be re-awarded a higher title through military merit or other means.

Secondly, economically, the "well field system" that had lasted for thousands of years in Yan was abolished, and the "land strength" and "leveling law" were implemented. On the basis of agriculture, we will develop a variety of industries such as industry, commerce, and medicine.

Ji Kang very much agrees with Li Kui's proposition: "For the way of the country, there is merit in food, hard work, and merit, so that those who have the ability must be rewarded and punished." It is also necessary to "take away the prostitution of the people, and the people from all directions." There are rewards and punishments, and only those who use them are kings.

To put it simply, "making the best use of the land" means uniformly distributing the peasants' cultivated land, urging the peasants to be diligent in farming, and increasing production. In the case of a bumper harvest, the state buys grain and stores it at a low price, and sells it to the peasants at a fair price in the event of a famine, so as to make up for the shortfall, so as to prevent the grain from being too expensive and disturbing the people, or being too cheap and harming the peasants.

Quoting the law of Liaodi, land was distributed to individuals, and private ownership was thoroughly implemented. The new law stipulates that new fields may be cultivated, but the number of acres per family shall not exceed 2,000 mu, and the fields shall not be bought or sold privately.

and stipulates that all the private property of any people, except the fields, shall be sacred and inviolable within the limits of the laws of the state.

Finally, in the law, we insist on the practice of teaching people with law and morality.

Ji Kang has always believed: "The laws of a country must be formulated on the basis of people's morality. The law is made by the nation and by the people, and must conform to the moral norms of the people. ”

"Every man must regulate his conduct according to the laws of the land. No one can go beyond the provisions of the law, and for the foundation of the Yan Kingdom, that is, the rights and responsibilities of the king, must also be regulated and bound by the law. Neither the power of the king nor any official is above the law. ”

It cannot be done without authorization by law, it must be done by law, and it can be done without prohibition by law.

Rather let one family cry than let ten thousand families cry, this is the purpose of the law that Yan Kingdom must follow when formulating laws in the future.

After killing dozens of gate lords and nobles, he collected all the private soldiers of the Yan Kingdom. Coupled with the existence and implementation of the laws of Liaodi itself, there is a good and ready-made example in the process of changing the law in Yan Kingdom, which is placed in front of the people of Yan Kingdom.

Therefore, the reform of Yan State, since the beginning, has been widely accepted by the people of Yan State and has started smoothly.

What Ji Kang's father Ji Ming didn't expect was that Yan Guoguang had received nearly a million landless slaves from these gate lords, which showed how greedy and crazy these gate lords and nobles were.

What Yan Wang Ji Ming didn't expect was that because of this change, his status in history was greatly improved, and after his death, historians and descendants gave him a high evaluation.

Because the first year of King Yan Xiao is the year of Jiachen, it is called "Jiachen Change" or "King Xiao's Change" in history.

After absorbing the private soldiers of the various lords and nobles of the Yan Kingdom, they began to drastically cut the old and weak sergeants.

Ji Kang ordered that the Liao system be adopted, and that these veteran sergeants should be given a high amount of retirement pay according to their years of service, so that they could return home to work in agriculture or other industries. The above measures stabilized the army of Yan State. Invisibly, it also improved the combat effectiveness of the Yan army.

After that, according to the pre-plan, Ji Kang began to greatly improve the treatment of Yan State officials and army soldiers. Its salaries and rewards are on par with those of Liaodi, and the basic income is mentioned every two years to promote the consumption power of the people of Yanguo.

Just when Yan Guo began to vigorously change the law from top to bottom.

The other countries of the Central Plains have not stopped the pace of their own annexation.

King Yingji of Qin was very angry at Wei's behavior of sending troops to Handan to rescue Zhao.

In November, the Qin state, with Wang Yi as the main general and Zhang Tang as the deputy general, led an army of 200,000 to occupy Hedong County, which had just returned to the hands of Wei, and successfully occupied Fencheng.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Yi and Zhang Tang were ordered by King Yingji of Qin to pass through South Korea. He also led the army of Qin, and in December, captured Xinningzhong of Wei (southwest of present-day Anyang City, Henan Province), and renamed Ningxinzhong Anyang.

After occupying Anyang, Wang Yi and Zhang Tang led a large army to garrison Anyang.

After the state of Chu ordered Yin, Chun Shenjun and Huang Xie to lead the army to withdraw from Hangu Pass to the state of Chu, they prepared to plan an attack on the state of Lu.

Huang Xie said to the king of Chu: "Great King, now the state of Zhao has collapsed after experiencing the battle between Changping and Handan; The Qin State was defeated in Handan, and its vitality was greatly damaged. Since the six countries joined forces to conquer Qi, the national strength of Qi has been weak and has no time to take care of anything else. ”

"This is the best opportunity given by God to my Chu country, my Chu country is a big country in the world, my king can chase the Central Plains, gradually destroy the other princes, and unify the world."

After Mi Wan knew what Huang Xie meant, he asked: "Ling Yin, you have seen it, how should I do it in the Chu State?" ”

Huang Xie said to the king of Chu: "My king, four years ago, my Chu State has incorporated the State of Yi and the State of Ni into the territory and occupied Xuzhou (now Weishan, Shandong) of the State of Lu. Next year, as long as our Chu State occupies the Lu State again, it will be able to gain the first opportunity in the subsequent Battle for the Central Plains. ”

King Chu was a little hesitant and said to Huang Xie: "Chun Shenjun, Lu and Yan are all relatives of Zhou Tianzi. If my Chu State wants to occupy the Lu State, will it cause the hostility of Zhou Tianzi and even other countries? The gains outweigh the losses! ”

Huang Xie smiled: "King, this matter is worry-free. Now the Qin State has torn up the contracts signed with other countries, and the King of Qin has sent the generals Wang Yi and Zhang Tang to send troops to occupy Hedong County, Fencheng, and Xinning of the Wei State. ”

"Your Majesty is willing to send an envoy to the Zhou Chamber on behalf of my king, persuade him to send the Son of Heaven out of the Son of Heaven, and let the Son of Heaven gather the troops of the Central Plains to attack the Qin State. In this way, the king of Qin will definitely be furious and will definitely send troops to attack Wangji. ”

"Since then, the Son of Heaven himself is difficult to protect, and he will inevitably rely on my Chu State, how to take care of the Lu State! At this time, our Chu State will take the opportunity to occupy the Lu State, which will naturally not cause hostility from the countries of the Central Plains. ”

After listening to Huang Xie's words, the king of Chu was very happy, so he said to Huang Xie: "Good." Chunshenjun will handle it accordingly! ”