The so-called "prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is actually just an upgraded version of "killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys".

Killing chickens can set an example for monkeys, so what about killing monkeys?

What's more, the prince in the so-called "prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is not an ordinary monkey, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the prince in the so-called "prince is guilty of the same crime and the common people are guilty of the same crime".

Come to think of it, people even dare to kill the Monkey King, and those ordinary monkeys naturally have no hindrance to killing.

Therefore, "the prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is the most successful example of "killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys".

It's just that in this way, it will be difficult for the Legalists to completely obtain the emperor's preferences.

After all, the prince who broke the law is also a prince, and he is also the meat of the heart for a certain emperor.

What's more, there is also the Emperor Taishang above the emperor.

treats the prince, the prince's father is the emperor, or he can still harden his heart and make the prince suffer a little. But what about the prince's grandfather, who is also the emperor?

Looking at real life, many people treat their sons' generation as "hating iron but not steel", but treating their grandchildren as sweethearts, reluctant to fight and scold.

Moreover, in many cases, the authority of the emperor is often greater than that of the emperor.

In this way, can "the prince break the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" to win the emperor's complete favor?

What's more, a prince does not necessarily have to be a prince forever, and there is a high possibility that a prince will become an emperor.

Looking at history, there are many people who became emperors after the naughty and mischievous guys in the descendants of those emperors.

In this way, the Legalist "prince who violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is simply the nightmare of the naughty and mischievous guys among the descendants of those emperors.

It may be unconvincing to say so.

Give a real-life example to illustrate.

In our hometown. There is a man who never eats duck meat. This guy who has never eaten duck meat is not a vegetarian, like other pork, dogs, and beef. Later, this person who has never eaten duck meat told others the truth, and it turns out that the reason why this person who has never eaten duck meat does not eat duck meat is that this person who has never eaten duck meat is when he was a child...... Because of the ducks in his house...... The duck was lost because of the man who had never eaten duck meat, so the adults in the house of the man who had never eaten duck meat beat him up. Since then, the duck has become a pain in the heart of the person who has never eaten duck meat, and from then on, the person who has never eaten duck meat has no desire to eat the duck after slaughtering the duck. Because this person who has never eaten duck meat only needs to eat duck meat. I will remember the sad story of being beaten up because of the duck.

The same thing. Those princes who were affected by the "prince who violated the law and the common people were guilty of the same crime" later became emperors, and remembered the situation when they were punished by the "prince who committed the same crime and the common people committed the same crime", and saw that "the prince violated the law and the common people committed the same crime" ......... It will cause the sadness of those princes who were affected by "the prince who broke the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" and later became emperors.

If the prince who was affected by "the prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" later becomes the emperor and understands the matter, maybe it is just to punish the guy who offended him in the first place. For example, the Shang Martingale Method.

After the accession to the throne of Qin Xiaogong of the Qin State during the Warring States Period. Determined to strengthen reform. He ordered the recruitment. Shang Ying entered Qin from Wei. He also put forward a set of development strategies for changing the law and seeking innovation, such as abandoning well fields, emphasizing agriculture and mulberry, awarding military merits, implementing unified weights and measures, and establishing a county system, which won the trust of Qin Xiaogong and appointed him as the head of the left house. Between 356 BC and 350 BC. He has twice carried out the reform of the law with the main content of "abandoning well fields, opening up fields, implementing the county system, rewarding cultivation and weaving and fighting, and implementing the method of joint sitting". After the Shang Dynasty reform, Qin's economy developed, the combat effectiveness of the army was continuously strengthened, and it developed into the richest and most powerful feudal state in the late Warring States period.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was a transitional period in which slavery collapsed and feudalism was established, and it was a period of great social change. During this period, the use of iron farming tools and the gradual popularization of ox ploughing led to the gradual replacement of the slave owners' land ownership by feudal private ownership of land, and the emergence of two opposing classes, landlords and peasants. With the growth of economic power, the new military landlord class demanded corresponding political rights, which caused changes in the social order. Therefore, they demanded political reforms, the development of the feudal economy, and the establishment of the rule of the landlord class. Various countries have set off reform movements, such as Li Kui's reform of Wei and Wu Qi's reform of Chu. In the early Warring States period, the collapse of the Jingtian system, the emergence of private ownership of land, and the reform of taxation were all later than those of the other six countries, and the social and economic development lagged behind the six major countries of Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han. In order to enhance the strength of the Qin State, to be in a favorable position in the struggle for hegemony of the vassal states and not to be annexed by other countries, Qin Xiaogong introduced talents and changed the law to become strong.

Tongue wars of Confucianism. In 359 BC, Qin Xiaogong planned to change the law in Qin, but he was afraid that the people would talk about it, so he hesitated. Qin Xiaogong convened a court meeting and ordered the ministers to discuss the matter. The representatives of the old aristocracy, Gan Long and Du Zhi, rose up to oppose the change. They believe that the benefits are not a hundred and the law is not changed, and the merits are not ten difficult tools. "The law is innocent, and the etiquette is innocent. Shang Ying pointed out-for-tat: "In the previous life, if there were different religions, what was the ancient law? If the emperor did not return to each other, what was the etiquette followed?" The king of Tang and Wu also did not follow the ancient times and prospered, and the destruction of Yin Xia was not easy to die politely. However, those who oppose the ancients may not be wrong, and there are not enough people who follow the rites. Therefore, he advocated that "legislation should be enacted at the time, and etiquette should be made according to the matter" (from the "Book of Shang Jun", "Historical Records: The Biography of Shang Jun"). This is to refute the retro propositions of the old aristocracy of the so-called "ancient law" and "follow rituals" with the idea of historical evolution, and to prepare public opinion for the implementation of the law change. Migration Tree Ericsson. The decree of the Shang Dynasty Reform Law was prepared, but it was not published. Worried that the people would not believe him, he erected a three-zhang high log outside the south gate of the national capital market. Notice: Whoever can carry this stick to the north gate of the bazaar will give him ten taels of gold. The people were strange, and no one dared to move. Shang Ying also showed a proclamation and said: "Whoever can move will give him fifty gold (the "gold" in ancient times is actually brass). "It wasn't until it was raised to one hundred and fifty gold. In order to earn money for his grandfather's treatment, the grandson of a medicine farmer had the courage to move the wood to the north gate of the market, and Shang Ying immediately ordered him to give him one hundred and fifty taels of gold (brass).

In 338 BC, Qin Xiaogong died and was succeeded by King Huiwen of Qin. The change violated the interests of the aristocracy, and they strongly opposed it. Shang Ying lost strong supporters of the reform, and later split Shang Yang to appease the anger of the conservatives, but the reform was able to continue. (To be continued......)