Baili Xi thus ascended to the political arena of the Qin State, and years of wind and frost have polished this sharp-edged young man into a kind and thrifty benevolent person. He had long understood that armies and force alone were not enough to make a country prosperous. Because the dream of the nation needs to be built on a solid enough foundation to be stable enough. The Qin people did not lack enough bravery and strength, what they lacked was an advanced and systematic system, and enough cohesive state control.

Baili Xi is diligent in government affairs, does not travel by car, does not lift an umbrella in the hot heat, does not requisition national resources casually, and does not carry guards for protection. Because he knew that no guard could fully withstand the assassinations that came out of nowhere, fueled by anger and hatred. The simplest way to rally the people is to dilute the class stigma, so that every common person can feel that the officials are not their masters and can enjoy the benefits that are difficult for them to obtain.

The ability of a high-ranking official to be approachable and even impoverished is far more likely to penetrate the hearts of the people than the awe that comes with force and power. A large number of people can see that this official is really not a vampire who will oppress and murder them, but a person who lives diligently and thriftily with them, but does more work.

In this way, all the rules and policies proposed by such an official are even more admirable than his talent. It is customary for people to accept the opinions of their own class, because there is no pressure from the powerful to comply. What's more, after Bailixi took office, he just continued to educate the people, open up the wisdom of the people, introduce the weekly system, and repair the countries.

It is far easier to live a better life with labor, to accept newer and more advanced ideas, and to gain more valuable wisdom than to pick up a sword and fight on the battlefield at every turn. The continuous access to education for the people of the Qin State further promoted the improvement and development of productive forces. Not every Qin was a war fanatic, and most of them seemed to prefer to study and work.

After a period of indoctrination and governance, the internal affairs of the Qin State were clean and peaceful, and all industries prospered. There is a lot less tyranny and anger in the whole country, and more stability and cohesion. Every Qin citizen began to understand that he was not a ploughing ox or a killing puppet wielding a butcher's knife to provide food for the country. Their loyalty to and belonging to the state has not been shaken by the knowledge of the entire administrative apparatus.

The concept of the family and the country gradually became clear, and every common person was happy and convinced of the ruler. No longer toiling and fighting from ignorance, deception, and coercion, all the people seem to have spirituality. Instead of being seen by the ruling class as a humanoid tool for the fulfillment of desires, they are gradually beginning to understand that each person's life should have his own ideas and values.

Bailixi's actions gradually gave the Qin state the prototype of a real empire, and the country began to gradually move away from the most primitive slave structure and move towards a higher level of ideology. Although it has made it more difficult for rulers to manage the country, it has actually increased the productivity and overall strength of the country.

A mighty empire needs more than just murderous golems and thoughtless farming machines, which may be able to create a large tribe in a short period of time, but it will never be a truly long-lasting nation. Only when each citizen can take the initiative to realize his or her own value in the entire national system can he or she be able to move society and the national system forward.

The so-called benevolence is not benevolent in the true sense of the word, and the core value of this system is that every exploited person does not feel the severe pain caused by the loss of his or her creative value. In contrast to the harsh law, the so-called benevolent government is nothing more than allowing all the creators of the low-level means of production to choose what they should contribute to the ruling class relatively "autonomously".

However, its essence has not changed, and although all the Qin people have gained more wealth through active innovation and production, it is still difficult to shake their essential status as exploited people. Perhaps the former cage is dark, and all the laborers are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered with a butcher's knife and give everything they have; And now in the state of Qin, this dark cage is under the rule of the so-called benevolent and Ming monarch, so that the lambs can't feel it inexplicably.

In that age of chaos and ignorance, such a step forward had a tremendous effect on the rise of the power of the state, and every one of the people willingly gave and burned, for they seemed to feel that the rulers who had been indifferent and wielding butcher's knives had put down their swords with a smile on their faces. But he didn't find that his ultimate essence and destiny had not changed.

In such a state, the whole people of the Qin State enthusiastically created a huge wealth far beyond the previous one. The mountain, which had been blocking the Qin people's eastward advance, seemed to have gradually cracked a little crack. In 651 BC, the Qin state began to gradually infiltrate and participate in the imperial power struggle of the Jin state. But Jin Huigong, the agent that Qin Guo chose to support this time, had a problem. After the untrustworthy Duke of Jin Hui ascended to the throne with the help of the power of Qin, he betrayed his original promise. laid the groundwork for the entangled grievances between the Qin and Jin dynasties.

In 648 B.C., the Jin Kingdom was in a famine, and Baili Xi was the main transporter of grain relief. The cargo ships carrying grain were loaded with grain from the Qin State, and quietly pushed open the well-defended barrier in the hearts of the people of the Jin State, which was known as the "Battle of Rafting" in history. In 646 BC, the Qin State suffered a disaster year and asked the Jin State for support, and the always selfish Jin Huigong replied to the Qin State envoys: "When our country was in a famine, you didn't come to take the opportunity to attack, but borrowed grain to help the enemy, it was simply stupid, and our Jin State naturally will not be as stupid as your Qin State!" ”

Subsequently, Jin Huigong actually raised troops to attack Qin. The two armies fought a bitter war in Hanwon. The people of the Jin State, who were already dissatisfied with the absurd and unrighteous behavior of the Duke of Jin Hui, plus the Jin army that was forced to fight, faced the unprecedented cohesion of the Qin army and suffered a miserable defeat. Jin Huigong himself was also captured.

Subsequently, in order to deal with this treacherous Jin king, the monarchs and ministers of Qin made a fierce discussion. In the end, Gongsun Zhi, a famous minister who recommended Baili Xi to Qin Mugong, proposed: "If the king of Jin is imprisoned, this person is just useless; If they are killed, the Jin State will always be resentful, which is not conducive to further penetration and control; It is better to exchange for practical benefits and make him return to China, a mediocre and incompetent defeated emperor, which is more conducive to the further actions of the Qin State. As a result, after the Qin State made a territorial claim to the Jin State, it actually let the Jin Huigong return to China to restore the throne.

After this war, the national strength of the Jin State was greatly damaged, and the land was ceded, and the labor and wealth were lost. The country is in a recession that is difficult to reverse. Although this kind of damage will not have a huge impact in the short term, it has left a scar on the foundation of the country that will not heal.

In 637 BC, the Duke of Jin Hui was killed, and the Jin Kingdom once again fell into the civil strife of the royal struggle. Under Baili Xi's design, the Qin State took back the exiled Jin Gongzi Chong'er, and used the power of the state to help him ascend to the throne, known as the "Duke Wen of Jin".

Soon, there was turmoil in the Zhou royal family, and Baili Xi persuaded Qin Mugong to welcome King Zhou Xiang to Qin and take the opportunity to dominate, but Qin Mugong made his own judgment on this decision-making issue involving the royal power and throne, and proposed to his subordinates that the way to meet Zhou Tianzi was separated by the Jin State, and it was not appropriate to do it. Then Duke Wen of Jin greeted Zhou Tianzi and dominated the Spring and Autumn Period. The Qin state, on the other hand, chose to follow behind the Jin state, and the combined forces of the two countries continued to attack, successively defeating the allies of the Chu state in the surrounding areas, such as Cao, Wei, and Zheng, who restricted the development of the two countries. In 632 BC, the combined forces of Qin and Jin defeated the invading Chu army at Chengpu, and the supreme military commander of the Chu state, Ling Yin Ziyu, committed suicide. Since then, although the Jin and Chu states have maintained continuous development and strong military strength, they have not found that the tiger of the Qin state has gradually gained a firm foothold in the north.

The state of Qin flourished and continued to accumulate strength, and Baili Xi used self-exile as a threat to invite Uncle Jian to come and seek a great cause. Yet no king is perfect. The continuous victories and the improvement of national strength made Qin Mugong a little excited. In 628 BC, Duke Wen of Jin died, and Qin decided to send troops to conquer Zheng. However, this decision was apparently made when the king was carried away by the victory, and Baili Xi and Jian Shu and others objected. However, the king of Qin still decided to go on the expedition. Before the army was launched, Uncle Jian, Baili Xi and others tried to admonish again, proposing that "the division is far away, the division is exhausted, what the division does, Zheng must know it, and if you are diligent and do nothing, there will be disobedience". However, they still couldn't stop the king's burning ambition, so the two came to the camp where the troops went out and wept bitterly, known as "Uncle Jian Crying Division" in history.

Mu Gong visited Uncle Zhujian. Uncle Jian said: "The labor teacher is far away, and it is not unheard of." The teacher is exhausted, and the master is far away, so what is it impossible to do? What the teacher does, Zheng must know. If you are diligent and do nothing, you will be disobedient. And travel thousands of miles, who doesn't know? "Resignation. Summoned Meng Ming, Xi Qi, and Bai Yi to send their teachers outside the east gate. Uncle Jian cried and said, "Mencius! I see the teacher coming out but not seeing his entry! The minister said: "How do you know, Zhongshou, the wooden arch of the tomb!" Uncle Jian's son and teacher, crying and sending it away, said: "The Jin people's imperial master will be in Kun, and there are two tombs in Kun." Its southern mausoleum, the tomb of Xia Hougao also; Its northern mausoleum, the wind and rain of King Wen, will die in the room, and the rest of the bones will be harvested! ”

- "Left Biography"

The Qin army on the expedition really failed to achieve its strategic goal, and was ambushed by the Jin army on the way back to the division, suffering heavy casualties, known as the "Battle of Kunshan" in history. The hot blood of the soldiers of the Qin army finally calmed down the somewhat excited Qin Mugong. In 624 BC, the Qin army made a comeback, and in this battle of revenge, the Qin army finally defeated the Jin state. Qin Mugong then came to Kunshan, where the Qin army was ambushed, and cried in public, mourning the soldiers of the Qin army who died in battle due to his wrong decision. "Shangshu" is contained, and the history is called "Qin Oath".

In this way, Qin's grand cause of dominating the world went one step further. However, Baili Xi and others, who judged that the time to go east had not yet arrived, immediately formulated an important strategy for the Qin State to further enhance its strength - not to advance eastward, but to level the west first.

Just when the princes of the east were carefully guarding the Qin State, the Qin army, which was in full swing, stopped advancing eastward. Returning to the west of the Qin State to conquer the various Rongdi tribes and small countries, in the Qin army's strong force and Baili Xi and other advisers with the strategy of the cooperation, west of Longshan, Kunrong, Mianzhu, Zhai, Jingbei Yiqu, Wushi, Quyan Rong, Luochuan Dali Rong, Weinan Luhun Rong have been conquered and controlled, these areas have become Qin State's stable grain production, military replenishment and good horse breeding base, since then, a weak and backward border country in the eyes of the eastern princes, step by step has become a powerful overlord that is difficult for any country to ignore, And the stable and rich rear also became a solid cornerstone for the Great Qin Empire to sweep the world in the future.