Is Shang Yang Reform an ancient war machine?

I think so, because the purpose of Shang Yang's political reform is to enable Qin to fight and win the battle. This coincides with the idea of Qin Xiaogong, the monarch of Qin at that time.

Although Shang Yang was the greatest hero of Qin State, his native country was Weiguo, that is, there was only one isolated city in the Warring States period, and he was a fellow villager with Lv Buwei in the later Qin Dynasty. Born in this country, Shang Yang is useless even if he is a descendant of the king of defending the country. If you want to realize your ideal, business can only find another way, but this way is not easy. In the end, Shang Yang almost starved to death in Wei, but he came to Qin to try his luck. Fortunately, he met a monarch who hit it off with him: Qin Xiaogong.

Why did Qin Xiaogong value Shang Yang so much? Because Qin was really difficult at that time, especially in the eyes of the Central Plains countries, Qin was a barbarian country that didn't flow in. For example, the Battle of Chengpu, which broke out in 362 BC, was called the First World War in the Spring and Autumn Period. Qin, Qi, Wei, Jin, Chu, Song, Lu, Cao and other countries all participated in the war. It can be said that superpowers and small countries all participated.

Although Qin was not a first-class country at that time, it was one of the victors in this war and was entitled to share the fruits of victory. However, a month later, Jin, Qi and Song emerged jubilantly as victorious countries. Needless to say, neutral countries and defeated countries such as Lu, Cai, Zheng and Wei were invited to sit with the superpowers to eat and drink and get some cheap money, but Qin was actually excluded by these countries. This incident is a great shame of pride, and he vowed to revive the glory of Qin State and continue the legend of his ancestors. So Qin Xiaogong promulgated? Asking for a sage order? Then at the eye Shang Yang.

Since Qin Xiaogong has a demand and Shang Yang has a way, let's do it. So the famous Shang Yang Reform began. To put it simply, there are only two aspects of Shang Yang's political reform, one is land reform, and the other is military reform.

The first step of land reform is to abolish the enfeoffment system. In other words, all the land belongs to the state, and the person who manages this land is only a local official. All he can get is his own salary, and everything on the land belongs to the state. This practice weakened the private property of the nobles, enhanced the state treasury of Qin, and was beneficial to the country.

The second step is to recognize the private ownership of land and allow the sale of land, but pay money to the state for military service. Qin's military service system is linked to the land. If you want land, you have to do military service. If you don't want to do military service, there is no land. In former Ligong Fang, you could get more land. This is related to the war machine. Can farmers be called farmers without land? In order to have an acre of land, the people of Qin can only go to the battlefield to fight.

The third step is immigration. Qin is located in the northwest. As early as Qin Mugong's time, Qin people began to develop the Western Regions. But after Qin Mugong's death, many good policies were shelved and Shang Yang picked them up again. Qin took advantage of its vast territory and sparse population to attract people from developed countries to their own countries, and then these people had land and wives and children in Qin, that is, Qin people. What is the most lacking in wartime? Lack of people.

If there are not enough working people, how can we lead some old, weak women and children to kill Zhao's 400 thousand army? Wang Jian led 600,000 troops to defeat Xiang Yan. What can be accomplished with insufficient troops? In the era of cold weapons, the talents of generals are of course important, as are ordinary soldiers and pawns. Shang Yang's measures to develop the western regions provided a source of soldiers for hundreds of years of campaigns after Qin Dynasty.

The fourth step is to emphasize agriculture and restrain business. In order to control the assets of the people and drive them to the peasant camp, Shang Yang has always suppressed the businessmen seriously. If nothing else, many businessmen don't need a commodity circulation tax. What is the business for? Naturally, it is to make money. When business is not profitable, businessmen will become farmers and later soldiers.