When did Shang Yang's political reform make Macedonia a military empire?

In 359 BC, Qin Xiaogong appointed Shang Yang as the political reform, and Philip II of Macedonia was the regent of Qiang Bing, a rich country. Two militarized countries, East and West, have gradually taken shape.

Shang Yang (395- 338 BC), whose surname is Gongsun, was originally from Benji and belonged to the noble family of Wei State, and should be called Wei Yang and Gongsun Yang. Later, because of the meritorious political reform, Qin Xiaogong named him Shang Jun, so he was called Shang Yang.

When he was young, he liked to study the names of criminals. He was a subordinate of Wei's uncle Xianggong.

Uncle is very ill. Wei Huiwang came to visit the doctor and asked about his successor. Uncle recommended Shang Yang. "Although there are several years, there are wizards. I hope Wang listens to the whole country. " He also warned Wei Huiwang: "Either use Shang Yang or kill Shang Yang."

This uncle's seat is very interesting. He did his best in front of Wei Huiwang, but he didn't forget to sell his face in front of Shang Yang. After Wei Huiwang left, he told Shang Yang how to recommend him to Wang Wei and how to warn Wang Wei to kill him. Shang Yang said very calmly, "If your king uses me instead of listening to Xiang Ye, he won't listen to Xiang Ye and kill me."

Sure enough, the uncle was so romantic that Wei Huiwang didn't even take his words seriously. He didn't reuse Shang Yang and didn't kill him.

However, Shang Yang is not a real dragon. He has been in the shallows for a long time. He heard that Qin Xiaogong ordered him to look for talents, so he went to the State of Qin to apply.

Shang Yang met Qin Xiaogong three times. For the first time, he talked about "the emperor's way", which made Qin Xiaogong sleepy. Qin Xiaogong is still not interested in changing his strategy for the second time and talking about "kingly way";

Therefore, Shang Yang sacrificed the "overbearing" theory of Legalists for the third time and immediately conquered Qin Xiaogong. As a result, the monarch and his subjects worked with one heart and one mind to carry out political reforms in Qin, legislate at home, cultivate and defend the tools of war, and fight against the princes abroad, so that the strength of Qin, which is located in the border, is increasing day by day, making the country rich and strong.

Finally, when the first emperor Fen VI was very brave, he made a long-term plan, conquered the palace, swallowed the princes who died within two weeks, and took the supreme position, making Liuhe lash the world, shock the world and unify the world.

Shang Yang and Qin Xiaogong made a good start, and the fun is yet to come!

Similarly, there was a man in Macedonia, a small country on the western border, who laid a solid foundation for the rise of later generations. This man became the Regent of Macedonia in 359 BC-Philip (382 BC-336 BC)!

Philip was a hostage in the Greek city-state when he was young (a bit like Qin Shihuang's father-alien, king Xiang of Qin Zhuang), so he was able to observe Greek military politics closely, systematically study literature and philosophy, and become a potential leader of a generation of civil and military talents.

After returning home, the eldest brother was assassinated and the second brother succeeded to the throne, but he was also killed in the war soon. The second brother's son is young, so Philip became Regent this year.

History shows that Philip is resolute and powerful, but he is weak in literature and military skills. Three years later, he deposed his nephew and became king himself (356 BC), known as Philip II.

He reformed the monetary system, implemented the dual-track system of gold and silver coins, and reduced the price of gold coins. Determined to govern the country, the national strength rose rapidly, and a Macedonian phalanx composed of infantry and cavalry was founded. His army became a powerful force at that time, which laid a solid foundation for later generations to establish a great empire.

Although Macedonia does not belong to the traditional Greek city-state, it is inextricably linked with the Greek city-state. He took advantage of the contradiction between the Greek city-states, defeated the Greek allied forces and controlled the Greek city-states.

Similarly, after Shang Yang's political reform, Qin recovered the land occupied by Wei in Hexi. As this sharp knife inserted into the heart of Qin was finally pulled out by Qin, the situation between Qin and Wei suddenly changed.

However, Shang Yang's personality itself is flawed. Although the political reform improved the national strength in a short time, it touched the vested interests of many nobles more or less. Under the protection of Qin Xiaogong, no one dared to touch him, but Qin Xiaogong's death soon ushered in the day of counterattack.

Tai Shigong said in Historical Records and Biography of Shang Jun:

"Ten years in Qin Xiang, Shang Jun, the imperial clan nobles complained more. . . Shang Jun, whose talent is despicable, is also. It is not the essence to trace his desire to be filial by the emperor's skill and to hold the theory of floating. What's more, punishing the son of God, bullying Wei Jiangang, and ignoring Zhao Liang's words are enough to discover Shangjun's kindness. I tried to read Shang Jun's book "Kai Sai" and "The Battle of Tillage" and behaved like others. The pawn is notorious in Qin, and he is married! "

When Shang Yang learned that Qin Xiaogong was dead, and the opposition controlled the state affairs against him, he adopted the strategy of "going is the best policy" and planned to escape from the State of Qin. However, when he checked into the hotel, he was stopped by the store, saying that if the people who checked into the hotel had no documents, according to the decree issued by Shang Jun, "ten companies were organized into one company, and five companies were organized into one company, monitoring and reporting each other. One company broke the law and ten companies were jointly convicted. Those who don't report evil will be beheaded, and those who report evil will be rewarded with those who behead the enemy, and those who hide evil will be punished with those who surrender the enemy. " I want to be punished.

Shang Yang was dumbfounded, looked up at the sky and sighed, "Alas, it really embarrassed the law."

Finally, Shang Yang fled to Wei, so he had to return to his fief, Shang Yang of Qin, and his men attacked Zheng to find a way out. Qin sent troops to attack and killed him in Zhengchi. Qin Huiwang also showed Shang Yang's car crack to the public and said, "Those who oppose Shang Yang are hard to see!" Even eliminated Shang Yang.

Shang Yang died in 338 BC. At that time, Philip II of Macedonia was leading an army to fight Athens and Sibus in Coronha. His 18-year-old son named Alexander went into battle first, which showed his brave quality and potential as a leader.

In the end, the Greek Coalition was defeated and Philip took over Greece.

The following year, Philip II made an alliance with the Greek city-states in Corinth, concluded a treaty and obeyed the leadership of Macedonia. Philip became commander-in-chief of the Greek Coalition forces.

Two years later, Philip was stabbed to death at his daughter's wedding reception.

The assassin Bosnias, a young aristocrat, was caught red-handed and killed. Philip's eldest son, Alexander, was only 20 years old and inherited the throne and Philip's wisdom and courage. On the solid foundation laid by Philip, Alexander marched eastward to the Indus River and southward to Egypt, and established a great empire across Europe, Asia and Africa.

However, there have been several different speculations about Philip's death.

1. It was Macedonian aristocrats who assassinated Philip II, because Philip's centralized policy harmed their interests;

2. The mastermind of the assassination was Persians, with the purpose of preventing Macedonia from going to Persia;

3. It was Queen Olimpiya who assassinated Philip, because she was jealous of Julie's amazing beauty and worried that Philip II would make her queen, so she killed her;

The assassination plot was directly planned by Alexander. Because if his mother Olimpiya loses her post, it will affect his inheritance right, so Alexander, who has strategic vision and forward-looking consciousness, adopts a preemptive strategy. Immediately after he ascended the throne, he categorically announced that the mastermind of the murder was the Persians, and used this as an excuse to launch a war against Persia in 334 BC.

After Shang Yang died in 1 17 BC, he entered Linzi late in 22 1 year BC, and captured the King of Qi alive, marking that his descendants finally fulfilled his last wish-to destroy the six countries and unify the four seas.

Unexpectedly, the source of these two military empires actually happened in the same year-359 BC!

This year, when 36-year-old Shang Yang and 23-year-old Philip put on COVID-19 and took up their new jobs, will they know the changes in a hundred years-will they transform two small border countries into formidable military empires?