After the division of the three families, South Korea was the smallest country, so South Korea set its sights on Jeong-kook, which bordered its country. Zheng Guo was originally sandwiched between the Jin State and the Chu State, when the Jin State was strong, Zheng Guo followed the Jin State, and when the Chu State was strong, Zheng Guo followed the Chu State.

But in the past few decades, the state of Chu was almost wiped out by the Huai State in the first war, and the Jin State was divided into three in the blink of an eye. The two great powers declined almost simultaneously.

Zheng Guo also wanted to lift his spirits and revive the state affairs, and South Korea also wanted to expand, the two sides can be said to be on the tip of the needle, and it didn't take long for South Korea and Zheng Guo to fight.

On the other hand, Wei can be said to have acquired most of the territory of the Jin State, but almost all of these lands were the land of the Four Wars. It is bordered by Qin to the west, Qi and Song to the east, Chu to the south, and Zhao to the north.

The Qin State had always wanted to send a letter to Guguan in the east, and after the Jin State was divided, he immediately felt that this was an opportunity. Therefore, in the next few years, the Qin State was fighting with the Wei State.

Qin's idea is right, after only Wei is left, it is indeed difficult for Wei to resist Qin. And after seeing the old rival Jin State fall apart, Qi also wanted to get some benefits from Wei State.

The Wei State fought for many years, the treasury was empty, and the troops were lost, so they were eager to find a way to become stronger. At this time, the change came into his sight.

Huai changed the law, the national strength is at its peak, to talk about the power of the Huai country's change of law, many overlords in Bangzhou have a lot to say.

In addition to the Huai State, even the Chu State also restored its strength through law changes, and the Marquis of Wei immediately no longer hesitated and began to recruit wise men in an attempt to change the law.

The Wei State has reached a crisis point, and because the Wei State was established, there are not many nobles in the country. This made Wei Hou's implementation of the law change much less opposed.

In the Huaiguo Academy, after a long period of debate, many different schools of thought have also been formed. Although Huaiguo also promotes Legalism, but the Legalism promoted is not the most domineering kind, Huaiguo promotes the Legalist school that believes that the people's power should not be exhausted, and the people's livelihood should be lived.

In the deduction of the school palace, there are some children of the Legalists who deduce the Legalists' skills of controlling the people to the extreme, use the techniques of strengthening the country to the extreme, pursue the exhaustion of the people's power, and stimulate the national strength to the peak.

This lineage of the Legalist scholar is called the art of hegemony by Wang Jin, the art of cultivation and warfare, if you use its technique, it is a small country can also be strong for a while, but it is too domineering and hard, it is not long, it is easy to break, once it reaches its peak, the decline is only in a moment, its prosperity is vigorous, and its death is also sudden.

But the students of the Legalists who studied the art of domineering did not think so, they thought that as long as the country was strong, it was worth it.

After the hegemony of the Legalist school was created, it has always been shelved by the Huai State. In order to strengthen the country, the Marquis of Wei implemented the reform of the law, so it attracted a large number of Legalist and Confucian students.

After Li Kui came to Wei, he talked with Wei Hou for three days and nights, answered all the doubts of Wei Hou, Wei Hou was overjoyed, and appointed Li Kui as the prime minister to preside over the Wei State reform.

Li Kui was valued by Wei Hou, and he was very grateful to Wei Hou, and immediately summoned his disciples to change the law. The first reform was the abolition of the hereditary system of the aristocracy, which immediately caused an uproar in the Wei state.

All the official positions of the Wei State were taken out to recruit talents. The nobles objected, but at this time, the Marquis of Wei showed his iron-blooded side. More than 40 nobles jointly wrote against it, and a large number of nobles in the Wei State shouted the slogan of killing Li Kui, as if the world was about to be in chaos.

At this time, Wei Hou showed his decisive scene, and without waiting for the situation to continue to develop, Wei Hou quickly cut through the chaos, and sent troops to surround these nobles and nobles on the same day, and then ordered the families of these people to be completely strangled.

For a time, in the entire capital of Wei State, there were cries and shouts everywhere.

The army was dispatched, and the Marquis of Wei directly wiped out all the more than 40 nobles. Such a ruthless method instantly suppressed the nobles in the country, and then swept away the nobles in the country and dismissed them all. Take out the wealth of these nobles and use it to recruit talents.

In order to recruit talents from all over the world, Wei almost did his best, not only to take out the wealth of these nobles, but also to hold various official positions as if they did not need money. As long as there is talent, it can be reused in the Wei State.

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The Marquis of Wei actually had such determination, and a large number of talents came to Wei for a while.

The changes implemented by Li Kui are simple and effective, but they are too successful.

After the abolition of the aristocracy, the state tax was raised and a new tax system was introduced.

At this time, the Jingtian system was still implemented in the middle of the state and Zhou, especially the Wei state, which had just split from the Jin state.

In fact, the well field system has now existed in name only, and among the nations, only the Huai State has abolished the well field system. Naturally, Li Kui reformed the law to abolish the backward well-field system, distribute land to the people, encourage the people to reclaim land, allow land to be bought and sold, and vigorously promote cattle farming. And new tax laws have been reformulated.

After the people acquired the land, their enthusiasm for farming increased greatly, and the state treasury collected more money and food.

The third is legislation, which has complete provisions on state decrees, official promotions, and awards for military merit.

The fourth step is to strengthen the army, carry out various policies for the army, improve the treatment of soldiers, reward combat bravery, and give preferential tax reductions and exemptions to soldiers. A series of reforms were rapidly promoted in the Wei State, which made the strength of the Wei State increase rapidly.

Huai Guo is very concerned about Wei State, after all, Wei State is also very curious about the Legalist hegemony technique implemented by Wei State this time.

Sure enough, in the fourth year after the implementation of the reforms, the Wei State began to attack the Qin State, and defeated the Qin State in a battle, beheading 30,000 people, the world was shaken, and the Qin State was beaten in embarrassment.

Wang Pu looked at the information gathered in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh: "This method of strengthening the army is indeed powerful, and it is not inferior to my Huaiguo Tengjia Army, Yu Linwei!"

"It's just that the Wei State is not the Jin State after all, and the place is limited, although it can be strong for a while, but it lacks stamina." After circulating it, everyone quickly found the shortcomings of Wei.

In order to encourage joining the army, the Wei State made the soldiers brave and good at fighting. Many preferential conditions are given, such as exemption from forced labor and tax exemptions, which can still be enjoyed even after retirement.

Now it seems to be good, but after a few decades, after the soldiers are discharged or die in battle, these tax incentives are still enjoyed, so more and more people receive preferential treatment, and the country's tax revenue is naturally less and less.

As long as there is a big defeat, the Wei *** team will suffer heavy losses, and it is almost impossible to continue, and at the same time, Wei's financial resources will be greatly reduced.

If the land of Wei is large enough, just like the previous Jin State, the implementation of this law can make the Jin State rampant in the world, but the Wei State is not the Jin State after all, and the potential is limited, so how can it last for a long time?