Chapter 532 Changing the Law is strong in the Warring States
That's right, King Zhao Wuling has also changed the law!
In fact, since the three families were divided and the Spring and Autumn Period entered the Warring States period, all countries have undergone changes.
It doesn't work if it doesn't change! The previous Zhou rites did not work, unchanged meant backwardness, backwardness meant being beaten, or even annexed.
Even the country that first carried out the reform was not the Qin State in our ordinary consciousness, but the old opponent of the Qin State, the Wei State, one of the Three Jin Dynasty, and this change is also known as the Li Kui Reform.
In fact, to a large extent, the later Shang Dynasty reform law was also inherited from Li Kui's reform law, such as the abolition of the hereditary system and the application of talents, the establishment of the "Book of Law" to govern the country according to law, and the reform of the military system and the establishment of military soldiers, all of which were staged in the land of Western Qin to varying degrees.
It's just that compared with Li Kui, Shang Ying is obviously more ruthless, and on the basis of "law", Shang Ying added the chains of "cultivation and war", and all the Qin people were firmly tied to the battlefield of Qin.
The reason why Wei was the first to change the law was that it had to be changed.
At that time, the Wei State had just divided the Jin State with Zhao and Han, and after the separation, it rose from a family to a country, which was naturally a happy thing, but the problem was also put in front of us: how to keep this family business!
You must know that although the Jin Kingdom is strong, after three points, it is even weaker than the surrounding countries.
Coincidentally, the land allocated by Wei at that time was still the worst among the three countries: in terms of wealth, Wei was inferior to Korea; In terms of military strength, Wei is not as strong as Zhao.
However, Wei is still in a land of four wars: Qi in the east, Qin in the west, Chu in the south, and Zhao in the north.
If the law is not changed, I am afraid that it will not be long before it is annexed.
And Zhao Guo's situation back then was similar, and it is no exaggeration to say that there are internal and external troubles.
In terms of external troubles, there is Qiang Qin in the west, which was successful in the Shang Dynasty reform; In the east, there is a strong Qi eyeing the tiger; In the north, there are also Lin Hu and Lou Fu harassing from time to time, and the whole country is in a state of war at any time.
In terms of internal worries, not to mention anything else, King Zhao Wuling is only fifteen years old when he succeeds to the throne, which is enough to be suspicious of the lord Shaoguo.
Seeing that the surrounding countries were gradually becoming stronger through law changes, King Zhao Wuling naturally wanted to make Zhao Guo strong through law changes.
But the problem is, through the examples of Qin, Wei and even Chu, everyone knows that changing the law can make the country strong, and it's okay if you Zhao don't change, if you really change the law, how many big countries that have eaten dividends can agree? The failure of Han Zhiguo's Shen Bu Harm Change Law is a clear proof of this.
It's like how can other countries be allowed to have such a "good thing" as nuclear weapons if they already have nuclear weapons?!
It is definitely not possible to change the law openly!
However, King Zhao Wuling is also a generation of heroes. Knowing that the surrounding countries will not let Zhao Guo easily complete the law change, then let's not change the law first, and only strengthen the army. In the consciousness of King Zhao Wuling, as long as the soldiers are strong enough, they can push back and change the law, and they are powerless to stop it both inside and outside.
Obviously, this is the way to go.
Thus, the famous Hufu cavalry archery in history was born. And in order to reassure other countries, King Zhao Wuling also took the initiative to put all the focus of his work on the north, as if he was about to decouple from the affairs of the Central Plains.
In the name of resisting Hu, he developed northward, annexed Zhongshan, and expanded the territory of the dynasty, so that Zhao State achieved unprecedented development.
But it's a pity that after all, Zhao Guo's change also completely stopped at "Hufu Riding and Shooting" with the "Dune Palace Change".
Over the years, Zhao's army has been brave, and Zhao's famous generals have emerged in an endless stream, but they have never appeared in the country's macro strategy.
And what Zhao Kuo has to do now is to take advantage of the fact that the countries dare not look north, and completely complete what King Zhao Wuling wanted to do but did not finish - changing the law.
But the question also arises, how to change the law?
Is it a step into socialism? Obviously, I was dreaming, and when Zhao Kuo came, I was still in the primary stage of socialism and will be for a long time!
With the conditions of the productive forces that have just made the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, not to mention socialism, we have not even been able to touch the edge of capitalism!
Then for the rest, it seems that there is no good choice! There was and only a feudal society.
Feudal society is still the most rudimentary feudal society, far from the heyday of the feudal dynasty, so the so-called land annexation and other thorny stock market issues do not need to be considered at all.
Then things are much simpler all of a sudden. In an incremental market, the most important thing is to make the cake bigger, as long as your cake is big enough, it will soon form a scale effect, and then squeeze the existence of other cakes.
To put it simply, it is necessary to liberate and develop the productive forces! And then infuse the productive forces into the already powerful military!
In this regard, the best one is undoubtedly the Qin State.
High EQ saying: The whole country plays a game of chess, and only does two things: "ploughing and fighting".
Low EQ said: Birth, old age, sickness and death, all rely on these two things, can the people rush up without screaming!
But obviously, such an approach seems to concentrate on doing great things, but in fact, it greatly inhibits the initiative and creativity of all the bottoms.
To put it simply, the Qin State only needs screws, obedient screws, to start the machine of the Qin State and move towards the set goal.
As for the lubrication between gears and gears, and the riveting between screws and nuts, they are all thrown aside. There will be no more upgrades to the so-called machines.
It has to be said that such a practice is still the best way in the Warring States period, where the productive forces are backward, and even in modern times, if you are willing to stop at labor-intensive industries.
But in this mode, what I am most afraid of is not that other countries will compete with him, because with the advantage of being the first mover, if you roll, he can always be more roll than you, it is nothing more than suffering the people. In the end, no country could be swept up by the Qin State.
What it fears is a blow from a higher dimension.
You can understand it as an alien, such as the emergence of Zhao Kuo, a modern person, of course, you can also understand it as a simple ideological and visual transcendence, such as the role of commerce in heavy agriculture and suppression of business.
Of course, in this Warring States era, the first step in changing the law is still centralization!
The reason is very simple: the development of the productive forces is the ultimate goal, but the development of the productive forces will inevitably lead to changes in the relations of production, and the changes in this relationship will inevitably involve the redistribution of interests.
When it comes to the redistribution of benefits, it is necessary to have strong rights to be able to penetrate.
The changes in the dynasties throughout history tell this truth.
The Shang Dynasty reform, which firmly controlled the military power and political power, was successful; Wang Anshi, who did not have absolute power, changed the law and failed; As for Zhang Juzheng's change, it was the first victory and then the defeat, the reason for the victory, Juzheng was alone and the world, the cause of the defeat, there was no successor and Jiangling did not get the surname Zhu Ye.
After having this understanding, Zhao Kuo quickly had a plan in his heart, of course, these plans are not enough to communicate with outsiders.
The so-called "if the king is not secret, he will lose his minister, if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body, and if he is not secret, he will become harmful", although Zhao Kuo has the ambition to swallow the sky, he still needs to be cautious step by step and careful layout.
Although the ancients did not have thousands of years of knowledge, they were by no means fools.
Subtly is probably the best way. Just like Mei Changsu said in the Langya list, there is no need to inform his subordinates of the idea of winning the heir, when the fire is enough, they will naturally know.
Of course, just when Zhao Kuo was carefully planning the future for his ideal Huaxia, the ministers of Zhao State, Pingyuan Jun, were also running for the future of Zhao State in his heart.
The envoy of the Chu State, who showed great goodwill in the court, soon welcomed the distinguished guest in the evening after returning to the post house, Pingyuan Jun.
Immediately, a feast was inevitable.
Pingyuan Jun came here to express his gratitude to the envoys of Chu on behalf of Zhao State, and also to make an alliance with Chu State on behalf of Zhao Kuolai.
In the face of the hospitality of the envoy of the Chu State, it was naturally difficult to refuse.
And the envoy of the Chu State was also very excited when he saw the Pingyuan Jun coming. Who doesn't know that Pingyuan Jun is now the second person in Zhao Kingdom, and with his relationship with the current Zhao Wang's father, he can even influence the first person in Zhao Kingdom to a great extent.
Such a person, coming to the post house in person, shows the sincerity of Zhao Guo.
Naturally, the envoys of Chu also showed his greatest sincerity - Huan Huan wrapped around the waist of Chu Palace, plus wine and delicacies, and made it vigorously.
After Pingyuan Jun said that King Zhao had approved the mutual alliance, the envoys of Chu State, who had been bullied by Qin State for a long time, were even more excited. This can be said to be a long drought and a rainy day!
With the support of the Zhao State, the Chu State no longer has to look up to the Qin State. Even if the Zhao army breaks the Qin army again in the future, the Chu State can take the opportunity to recover the land of Yan Ying!
Immediately, the envoys of the State of Chu successively killed three lords to show their sincerity.
Pingyuanjun was naturally excited to accompany him.
It was also between this push and change of cups that Zhao Chu's alliance was also concluded.
Looking at the singing and dancing in the court, Ping Yuanjun seemed to have thought of something, and immediately frowned, and indeed whispered in Chu Envoy's ear, and heard Chu Envoy's eyes light up, and even said wonderful! Reasonable!
"If this is really the case, I should thank the plain Jun Ye from top to bottom of the Chu Kingdom." The envoy of the State of Chu immediately wanted to toast again.
It's just that this time, Pingyuan Jun refused, and then without waiting for the Chu envoy to persuade him, he said: "It's not too late to drink this wine in the future, and you can only make a decision after this gentleman enters the palace first and asks the queen mother about this matter." ”
"What the king said is very true." When the envoy Chu heard this, he immediately put down the wine lord and said that it was the Tao again and again.
Immediately, Pingyuan Jun didn't stay long, and after a slight salute, he took his leave, and the direction of the frame was the direction of the palace.
"Quick, pen and ink are waiting." The Chu envoy sent Pingyuan Jun, and when he returned to the post house, he hurriedly summoned the servants, and said, "Don't report to my king quickly." ”
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