Chapter 144: The Second Ending
Shang Ying's reform obviously made a great contribution, but why was he brutally killed in the end?
Many people know that the later Qin State became a super powerful country, not because Yingzheng did it alone. It took hundreds of years of continuous accumulation for their country to become so powerful, but at the time of Yingzheng, he defeated everyone, so his reputation was so famous.
There is a person who is very famous in the Qin State, and it is also because of him that the Qin State has become strong, and he can have the foundation to defeat others. This person is the Shang Yang we know. However, this man had a very miserable end, he was tortured to death, and five horses were used to drag him to death, and his body was separated. We can imagine how bloody it must have been, although he is dead, but his role is still there, and it also makes Qin the final victor. Many people feel very strange, with such a great credit, why did they die so miserably? Let's take a look at what it is.
First of all, let's talk about his contributions. His main contribution was to make a law, and it was precisely because of this decree that his country increased its productivity, the number of people increased, and the whole country became very regular, so the overall strength increased. But it was also because of this decree that many powerful people had losses, and those people were definitely unwilling, so they thought of ways to harm him, hoping to repeal the law for him, so that they would have benefits again, but after a long time, they found that the law had been recognized by many people, and it was basically impossible to get rid of it, so they were very angry, and they were ready to deal with this damn lawmaker.
Shang Ying is also very stressed, it turned out that when he wanted to get this law, a lot of people blocked him, and now he finally got it right, he is in trouble, and his king can't help himself, he still has to rely on these people to protect his rights, so Shang Ying can only face it hard, always guarding against the result of being killed, but in the end, there is really no way, he can only escape with his family.
I thought I could live a good life if I left, but I still didn't expect that I didn't want to go out, this is to blame on my own law, I became famous because of this law, and I died because of this law, I was on the run with my family, and someone was chasing me behind, they had no choice but to walk at night and rest during the day, and that's it, I finally got to a hotel, I didn't expect it, I was about to go to live in the hotel, that child said that there is a law promulgated by Shang Ying, and you have to have proof to live in the hotel, they were originally fugitives, How can there be a proof, in desperation, you can only rest outside. In broad daylight, a group of people were more conspicuous and were soon discovered. He regretted running quickly, but he was already surrounded by people, and there was no way to live. It's a pity that their family has been caught, and the entire family has been killed, and they are all brutally executed.
Shang Ying may not have thought that he would be killed because of his own law, if there is no law, maybe he will not be discovered, and he can have a way to go, but what can he do, listening to the words of the hotel to prove this familiarity, he can only smile, I didn't expect that he would die in such a decree, it is really ridiculous, but he does not regret it, because he has made a great contribution, it is worth it.
What is the difference between the Shang Dynasty in the Great Qin Empire and the one in history?
In the play, after Shang Ying's reform, the Qin State embarked on the road of prosperity and strength, and the people of Qin were all grateful to Shang Ying's change, which made the country have laws to follow, and made Qin develop from poor and weak to a great power in the Warring States Period. Although the Shang Dynasty reform is an important event in the long history to promote historical development, is the essence of the reform really as noble as it is shown in the play?
From the "Shang Junshu Weak People", we can understand that the essence of Shang Ying's reform is to make the country rich and strong, and its essence is to make the people poor, and regard benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith as crooked and heretical, with these will hinder the development of the Qin State, to make the people stupid and poor is the right way to develop the country, which is a kind of opposite and absolutely undesirable no matter how it seems to be. In addition, the torture presided over by Shang Ying aroused widespread complaints from the people and officials at that time, leaving no one to speak of among people, and was spurned by some later historians.
Who is Shang Ying's wife? In the play, Shang Ying has a confidante "Bai Xue" girl, and has a son with Bai Xue. For the sake of the Qin State, Shang Ying also married the princess Yingyu of the Qin State, which can be described as a winner in life and a bumper harvest in his career. So what exactly is it like in history? There is no record of Shang Ying's wives in the history books, but their fate is certain, that is, they were executed together with Shang Ying.
In the play, Shang Ying planned to retire and return to his fiefdom to live a quiet life, and did not use the protector army left by Qin Xiaogong to protect his status and safety, and finally returned to the capital to stand trial. In history, after the death of Qin Xiaogong, it was Gongzi Si who ascended the throne, and King Qin Huiwen had no good impression of Shang Ying, and Gongzi pious accused Shang Ying of rebellion, so King Qin Huiwen decided to lead troops to arrest Shang Ying. Shang Ying wanted to flee to Wei, but Wei refused Shang Ying's entry because of old enmity. Shang Ying had no choice but to flee back to his fiefdom of Shangyi, and used his own forces to attack Zheng, and finally was defeated and killed, his body was torn apart, and Shang Ying's family was all executed.
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Shang Ying's reform has been successful, why did King Qin Hui still kill Shang Ying? A harsh reality is revealed!
In 338 BC, Qin Xiaogong died, and King Qin Hui ascended the throne. And what followed was that Gongzi Qian accused Shang Ying of rebellion, and Shang Ying had to return to the fiefdom after escaping without a way, and finally ended up with a split car with five horses and corpses.
At this time, the Qin State became stronger and stronger under the Shang Ying Reform, so why did the Shang Ying Reform have been successful, and Shang Ying was also the biggest hero of the Qin State at this time, and King Qin Hui still wanted to kill Shang Marting?
Shang Ying is a patriot. When he was young, he liked to study law, and was influenced by Li Yan and Wu Qi, and he was determined to display his ambitions, in fact, he had changed the law infinitely and close to the Wei State, but when the seriously ill uncle acne recommended the unknown Shang Yang to King Wei Hui, King Wei Hui was noncommittal, thinking that Uncle Acne was just a fool. Seeing that he could not fulfill his ambitions in the Wei State, Shang Ying finally decided to go to the Qin State in the West, which was eager to seek talents.
At this time, there were many contradictions within the Qin State. In the face of the growing contradictions in the country, the old conservative forces chose to rest on their laurels for their own selfish interests. As the righteous monarch of Qin, Qin Xiaogong hoped to make changes in order to alleviate social contradictions and change the law to become stronger. At this time, Shang Ying met the right Ming monarch at the right time and in the right country, and in the face of the opposition of the old nobleman Gan Long and others, he proposed that "if the world is not ruled together, the country will be lawless". As a result, a change that affected the national fortunes of the Qin State for a hundred years was launched.
In the face of the demands of the people at the bottom, he set up the military duke system, which laid a solid foundation for them to achieve class jump, and even realized the downward shift of the law and consolidated the rule of the country by urging the cultivation and warfare and the Shiwu joint sitting system. And it was precisely these systems that enabled the Qin State to quickly achieve national strength.
With the support of Qin Xiaogong, with the deepening of the reform, the private sale of Xu land also made Qin a thriving scene everywhere.
As a latecomer, Li Si, who is also a legalist, commented on this sage: "Filial piety and public use of the law of business, change customs, the people are rich, the country is rich and strong, the people are happy to use it, and the princes are attached to it." In the end, under the success of the reform, Qin Xiaogong also named Shang Ying as the king of Shang, and the limelight can be said to be unique for a while.
However, the time was fleeting, and after the death of Qin Xiaogong, the crown prince succeeded to the throne, that is, King Qin Hui, who decisively arrested Shang Ying and split the car.
In fact, there are three main reasons for this:
First, it is necessary to alleviate the contradictions within the statistical class and stabilize people's minds. Although Shang Ying's reform was successful, the interests of conservatives were seriously damaged in the process of reforming, and even King Qin Hui himself was slapped in the face, and the two teachers were punished by him. The execution of Shang Ying, for King Qin Hui at this time, was obviously the best reason to gain the support of conservatives, and this was also the last surplus value of Shang Ying's book.
Second, the prestige of Shang Ying, the merit is high. As a former political opponent, Shang Ying was a big enough threat to King Qin Hui. And such a threat obviously cannot be left unchecked. And in order to maintain his rule, he also happened to use Gongsun Qian's "denunciation" to get rid of the threat.
Thirdly, it cannot be used for its own purposes, and humanitarian destruction will naturally be carried out. In the Warring States Seven Heroes, attacking each other, they all hope to obtain the greatest benefits, and Shang Ying, a talent that cannot be used for himself, must be killed, so as to strengthen himself and weaken the opponent.
So what kind of reality does the reason for the death of these three Shang martingales reveal?
Throughout thousands of years of feudal history, whether it is the Shang Dynasty reform, or Wang Anshi's reform, Zhang Juzheng's reform, in addition to the courage and wisdom of the reformers themselves, they do not need the strong support of the rulers, and even if they have achieved success in the Shang Dynasty and Zhang Juzheng, the reformers have not had a good ending, Shang Yang was torn apart, Zhang Juzheng was raided, and the failed Wang Anshi himself was regarded as the culprit of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty. And the crux of these is the cruelty of the king's control over the life and death of the courtiers under the world.
Why was Shang Ying torn apart, and who did he offend?
The beginning and end of Shang Ying's reform: Shang Yang was a reformer in the Warring States Period, a representative figure of Legalism, a descendant of the monarch of Wei Guo, surnamed Gongsun, so it is also known as Wei Marting, Gongsun Marting. Later, because of his meritorious service in the battle of Hexi, he was awarded the title of Shang in 15 Yi, and was called Shang Jun, so he was called Shang Ying.
The time can be traced back to 338 B.C., Shang Ying was accused of rebellion by Gongzi, and died in Tongdi, and his body was brought back to Xianyang, where he was executed and shown to the public.
In the more than ten years since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the national strength of the Qin State has increased greatly, and there is no strong country outside the Qin State. Shang Ying also helped Qin lead the army to recover the land west of the river, and was named Daliangzao, and was awarded the title of Shang Fifteen Yi for his military exploits, and was called Shang Jun. The great honor and power overthrew the government and the opposition, and Shang Ying reached the pinnacle of his life. However, why did he end up in the name of rebellion, the punishment of car splitting.