But the truth of the matter is that it is just a farce of "the prince is guilty of the same crime and the common people are guilty".

Because, during the Shang Dynasty reform period, the former prince and later King Qin Huiwen were also punished by Shang Ying using the provision of "the prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime".

Otherwise, if King Qin Huiwen wants to let Shang Yang go, he can use other methods to deal with Shang Marting, and he doesn't have to crack Shang Marting, right?

Of course, we must believe the events of history, but don't take every sentence seriously.

The result of Shang Ying's reform of the law was the result of the prince who was affected by "the prince breaking the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime", and later became the result of the emperor understanding the matter.

If, like the prince who was affected by "the prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime", he later becomes an emperor and does not understand the reason, the result is that the person who came up with the "prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is not only the end of the person, but also the end of his actions. For example, Wu Qi changed the law.

In the early years of the Warring States Period, when King Mourning of Chu was in power, from 386 BC to 381 BC, Wu Qi (440 BC-381 BC) was appointed as Ling Yin, and the reform movement carried out political, legal, and military reforms in Chu State. In 381 BC, King Chu mourned his death, and the reform was strongly opposed by the old nobles and ended in failure. After the reform, the state of Chu became strong, and in 381 BC, the state of Zhao defeated the state of Wei.

The state of Chu has a large number of people and can mobilize an army of one million, which is a decisive force among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. Due to political corruption and economic backwardness, the national strength has been sluggish. After King Chu Mourning succeeded to the throne, he was attacked by Wei, Zhao, Han and other countries for many years, and constantly lost his territory. In an extremely embarrassing situation, the king of Chu had to bribe the Qin state with heavy gifts. With the help of Qin, he made peace with Wei, Zhao, and Han. In the face of this situation of internal and external difficulties, King Chu Mourning wanted to do something, but he suffered from the lack of real talents and supporters to change the law and become stronger. It was precisely at this time that Wu Qi went to the state of Chu, and Wu Qi analyzed the shortcomings of the state of Chu for the king of Chu and said that the reason for the weakness of the state of Chu was that "the ministers were too heavy, and the feudal monarchs were too many," that is, the power of the ministers was too great, threatening the power of the king; there were too many nobles who were subject to the feudal lords, which affected the country's finances and taxes. The only way to reverse this situation is to "make the law clear". Change the law as soon as possible. The various drawbacks of Wu Qi's analysis. The king of Chu mourning was deeply touched, so he first appointed Wanshou to defend against Han and Wei. A year later, he was promoted to Jinyin. Preside over the change.

During Wu Qi's reign in the Chu State. Pay attention to research and research. In 390 BC, Wu Qi participated in the governor's affairs. In April, it sent people to inspect the farmland, water conservancy, and service of Zhulu Road; in July, it established the Law on the Equal Transmission of the Sixth Road of Zhejiang Lake; in September, it established the Law on the Cultivation of Green Seedlings; and in November, it promulgated a treaty on farmland and water conservancy. With the support of King Chu Mourning, political, economic, military and other reforms were carried out.

In February 389 B.C., the establishment of the "Establishment of the Three Divisions of the Regulations Division", was the first institution established by Wu Qi to promote the reform of the law, the original Chu State of the financial was not in the hands of the three divisions, Wu Qi set up the establishment of the three divisions of the Regulations Division as the superior body of the three divisions, the overall planning of finance, was the highest financial organ at that time, this organ in addition to studying the reform of the law, planning financial reform, but also formulated the country's revenue and expenditure within a year, and set the income as its formula. In May, the Law on Market Change was promulgated. The government will contribute 1 million yuan to set up a "City Yi Wu" (City Yi Division) in Ying, buy unsalable goods from traders at a low price, and sell them when the market is out of stock. At the same time, loans are issued to vendors, with property as collateral, and more than five people guarantee each other, and pay two cents of interest every year. It is used to achieve "all haves and haves, the powerful and the lowly, and the price is level, so it is also a merger." "The Municipal Law has increased fiscal revenue. In October, Sinong Temple formulated the "Qi County Baojia Regulations" promulgated. Rural households, every five groups of one guarantee, five guarantees for one big guarantee, ten guarantees for one guarantee. Anyone who has more than two dings of peasant households is selected to be a baoding, and the baoding cultivates in peacetime, receives military training in his spare time, and is conscripted into the army in wartime. The richest of the households is the chief of the household, the chief of the chief, and the chief of the capital. It was used to prevent peasant revolts and save military spending.

Fangtian Average Tax: In August 388 B.C., the "Fangtian Average Tax Treaty" was formulated by Sinong Temple, which was divided into two parts: "Fangtian" and "Average Tax". "Fangtian" is a land measurement held by the county magistrate in September every year, and the "average tax" is based on the results of the measurement of "Fangtian", and the tax number is formulated. The Fangtian Tax Law cleared out the land concealed by the powerful landlords, increased the state revenue, and also lightened the peasants' burdens, but it seriously damaged the interests of the big bureaucrats and big landlords, and was strongly opposed by them. All counties have lost officials, and they have achieved "insufficient use of the people". However, Wu Qi hid 5 million money within the house, and 3 million stones of rice was used as the capital, and the method of equal loss was exercised, and Wu Qi's method of equal loss was completely innovative. In July 389 B.C., in order to supply the consumption of the royal family and hundreds of officials in the capital, and to avoid the accumulation of merchants, a shipping envoy was set up on the six roads of Huai, Zhejiang, Jiang and Hu, and was responsible for supervising the transportation of "supply" materials in various places in accordance with the principle of "migrating to the expensive and cheap, using the near and far", and "buying from the convenience to the easy to buy, waiting for the order". It is intended to save labor costs, reduce duplication, and reduce the burden on the people. Seedlings Method: The Seedlings Method is a product of local practice and promotion to the whole country. In September 389 B.C., the Seedlings Law was promulgated. It is stipulated that the money and grain accumulated in the Changping and Guanghui warehouses of various roads are the basis, and the stored grain is sold at a lower price than the market price when the grain price is high, and when the price is cheap, it is purchased at a higher price than the market price. The money accumulated is divided into two installments every year, that is, in the first month and May when sowing is needed and summer and autumn are not ripe, and the peasants borrow money and goods from the government on a voluntary basis. After the harvest, with the summer and autumn taxes, the interest rate is raised by two-tenths or three-tenths to return the grain or cash. The Qingmiao Law prevented the peasants from being exploited by the usury of the "house of annexation" at a time when they were in a new situation, and enabled the peasants to "go to the time to get things done." However, the phenomenon of forced borrowing in the specific implementation was the most controversial content of Wu's reform measures. Conscription Law: also known as the "Exemption Law", in December 388 BC, drafted by Wu Qi, previously tried in Ying, and promulgated in October of the same year for national implementation. The Exemption Law abolished the previous method of rotating the duties of the prefecture and county according to households, and replaced it with the local government hiring people to serve in the military at their own expense. The expenses required by employees shall be apportioned by households on a household-by-household basis. Originally, female households and temples who did not have to pay for the service also had to pay half of the service money, which was called "service money". It freed the peasants from hard labor, ensured working hours, promoted the development of production, and increased government revenue.

It is stipulated that in the construction of water conservancy projects in various localities, the materials for labor shall be distributed by local residents according to the level of each household. As long as it cannot be built by relying on the people's strength, the insufficient part can be borrowed from the government and the interest rate can be paid.

The government of the state of Bao Jia Fa Chu organized the rural households, and the ten families were organized into one guarantee. Bao Ding farmed in peacetime, trained in his spare time, and was incorporated into the army to fight in wartime. The Baojia Law not only strengthened the control over the people, but also strengthened the military strength to resist the attacks of Wei and Qin, and reduced military expenditures. The Law of Reduction of War regulates the army and the forbidden army, and stipulates that soldiers must be discharged after the age of 50. 2. Test soldiers, those who fail to pass the forbidden army will be changed to the box army, and those who are not qualified in the box army will be changed to civilian nationality. The art of war is also called the "law of placing generals". Abolish the original laws of the state of Chu. By gradually popularizing the method, the garrisons of various roads will be divided into a number of units, and each single position will be assigned a deputy general to be specially responsible for training the troops, so as to improve the quality of the troops. When Baoma was mourning the king, there were only more than 50,000 war horses in the Chu State, and the government encouraged the people of the northwest frontier to raise official horses on their behalf. Whoever is willing to raise horses, the government will supply the horses, or the government will pay for the people to buy them, one horse for each household, and two horses for the rich. If a horse dies of illness, he has to be responsible for compensation, but when he encounters a plague epidemic, many horses die, which only increases the disturbance of the people. It was soon abolished and the pastoral system was introduced. The Ordnance Supervision Act was promulgated in July 387 BC to exempt the law. The weapons of the Chu State were originally manufactured by the Yuan and the General Academy, and the quality was poor, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness. In order to alleviate the situation, August set up an ordnance superintendent to oversee the manufacture of weapons, and recruited craftsmen to work on improving them.

Regarding the reform of the education system, Wu Qi mainly created the imperial examination. Rely on examinations to select talents (see the entry of the imperial examination for details). The three-way method hopes to select real talents based on the school's daily assessment. "Three-rounding method", that is, the Tai credit is divided into three classes: outer house, inner house, and upper house, "the upper class is an official, the middle is exempt from the official examination, and the lower class is exempt from the solution", and later the local government school also implemented this method, reflecting the characteristics of class teaching. Wu Qi believes that "if you want to be moral, you should build a school, and if you want to build a school, you must not change the tribute method." Reform the tribute method, abolish the scriptures, save the Jinshi, in March 386 B.C., the Jinshi Palace tried to stop the poems, fu, and the three topics of the examination and changed the current policy. In February, the mourning king issued a new tribute system, abolished the scriptures, and specialized in taking scholars from one subject. In addition, there is a "Ming Law Section" to inspect laws and regulations and adjudicate cases. New Meaning of the Three Classics: In 385 B.C., it was officially proposed that a new Classic Meaning should be promulgated. In the following year, King Mourning appointed Wu Qi to raise the Jingyi Bureau, and concurrently edited books, such as "Poems", "Books", and "Zhou Guan". When reinterpreting the meaning of the scriptures, Wu Qi established the following principles: -- The purpose of expounding the meaning of the scriptures is to eliminate the 'false theories' and educate the scholars so that they conform to the practices of the 'Sheng Wang'; second, it is necessary to restore the meaning of the scriptures, break the established method of ignoring the commentaries, and oppose the bad habit of losing the source of the correct source due to the cumbersome commentary of chapters and verses after the Han Dynasty; third, to expound the meaning of the scriptures and oppose the distortion of the meaning of the scriptures and the cumbersome style of study. In March 387 B.C., "Zhou Guan Xinyi", "Shijing Xinyi", and "Shujing Xinyi" were completed, collectively known as "Three Classics Xinyi", of which "Mao Shiyi" 20 volumes, "Shang Shuyi" 13 volumes, "Zhou Guan Xinyi" 16 volumes, and "Zhou Guan Xinyi" is the most important, which is the theoretical basis for the Xining reform of the Tuogu system. A month later, the Three Classics were awarded to the clans, universities, and prefectures as a compulsory textbook for students across the country and as the basis for the imperial examinations.

In 381 BC, King Mourning of Chu died, and the nobles of Chu took the opportunity to launch a mutiny against Wuqi. Wu Qi was shot by arrows, and his body was dismembered after his death. The reform movement failed. (To be continued......)