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Chapter 372 Shang Yang’s Reform (2)

"This is because the southwest and northwest regions of Qin were all inhabited by ethnic minorities, and Qin unified many ethnic minority regions, so Rongdi customs were still relatively common in Qin.

Therefore, Senior Shang Yang, you abolished the customs of Rongdi in accordance with the customs of the Central Plains, which is beneficial to the prosperity of Qin.

In 338 BC, Shang Yang designed a plan to capture the Wei general Gongzi Ang, defeated the Wei army, and forced Wei to return part of the seized Xihe area.

So, Senior Shang Yang, you were granted the title of Shang, fifteen cities, and were named Shang Jun, so people later liked to call you Shang Yang," Li Wu explained, otherwise how would Shang Yang come about.

Shang Yang just nodded and didn't say much.

He had long guessed that his end would not be good as he had offended too many people.

"Although your reforms were welcomed by the people at the time, they seriously violated the interests of the old nobles.

They hate you so much.

Therefore, when it was implemented, it encountered strong resistance from the old aristocrats.

When the new laws and policies were just being implemented, countless old aristocrats came to the capital and said something like, "The new laws are not good."

At that time, a group of old nobles led by the prince's teachers Gongzi Qian and Gongzi Jia also stood up to make trouble and instigated the prince to break the law.

Senior Shang Yang, you said to King Xiaogong of Qin at that time that the country has its laws and the family has its rules, and everyone must abide by them. The implementation of this new law has been hindered, mainly because the people at the top do not abide by them. Now that the prince has broken the law, he must be dealt with according to the law.

However, since the prince is the heir to the throne, he does not need to be punished, so the prince's teacher can only take responsibility for the prince's crime.

As a result, the prince's teachers, Gongzi Qian and Gongzi Jia, were convicted.

Although it is said that if the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished just like the common people, but looking at history, how many dynasties have actually done that? "

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times it is impossible to do so.

In front of the sky curtain, many people fell silent. This was indeed true. It was simply impossible to do.

And in their opinion, it is impossible to say this but not to do it.

If the descendants of those high-ranking officials and nobles really made mistakes, can they really be punished?

Even if they want to, they should think about themselves. Are they really not afraid of being retaliated against?

And the Royal Family, not to mention that.

Barrage

Common people: This sounds nice, but what they say about the emperor breaking the law being punished the same as the common people is all false. This is only said to us common people.

Common people: That’s right. Those nobles don’t take the lives of us poor people seriously at all. They just spend some money and get away with it. This is complete bullshit.

People: That’s right. It’s fine to just listen to it, but if you really believe it, you’d be a fool.

The barrage was full of comments from ordinary people, who were expressing their dissatisfaction with the injustice done by officials. They had been oppressed for a long time, and now they had a place to vent.

Moreover, they had long discovered that they, the common people, would not expose themselves, so they tried their best to express their dissatisfaction.

Anyway, the emperor and officials don’t know who they are.

The people thought that this might be a way for the immortal to protect them.

The emperor and his officials looked unhappy when they saw the barrage.

The officials who were mentioned as oppressing the people were trembling in fear. They were finished, they were really finished.

The Emperor must have seen it, and their superiors must have seen it too. This is the end of the road.

Sky

"What the little immortal said is true. No dynasty can do this," Wang Anshi shook his head.

Zhang Juzheng remained silent, so power is the best thing in the world, it can decide the life and death of many people.

"Forget it," Li Wu shook his head and didn't want to mention it.

Shang Yang's expression was not very good, and he just sighed in the end.

"So Prince Qian and Prince Jia were convicted.

A tattoo was done on Master Jia’s face.

Even so, the old nobles still refused to give up.

Moreover, as the reform progresses, more contradictions will arise.

Moreover, as the reform had already produced obvious results, those who had initially said that the reform was a bad thing now said that the reform could be implemented.

Senior Shang Yang, you should not indulge them. You should directly say that these people are disorderly people and drive them all to the border town.

From then on, no one dared to discuss the new law publicly.

After the second announcement of the new law, the old nobles jumped out again. Senior Shang Yang, this time you just killed the leader and cut off the nose of Gongzi Qian, who refused to change his ways. Hiss," Li Wu shuddered and touched his nose, "I'm a little scared."

These punishments were all very scary. She couldn't even imagine how painful it would be to have her nose cut off. But in ancient times, there were many different kinds of punishments.

Shang Yang smiled and said, "My little fairy, you can't be merciful in this reform."

If politics is not governed by these means, how can the reform be implemented?

Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng nodded, saying that it was indeed true.

The people in front of the sky curtain also nodded, it was indeed true.

"I can understand this," Li Wu nodded. These people kept committing the same mistakes again and again, so Senior Shang Yang naturally had to take some measures, otherwise the reform would not be implemented.

If Shang Yang did not take any action, the old nobles would think that he was easy to bully and would become even more aggressive.

"The old nobles later tried to assassinate you, Senior Shang Yang.

Once, when Shang Yang was out, he met a tourist named Zhao Liang. He said to him that the people of Qin hated him so much that he would not live long. It would be better for him to return his fiefdom to the King of Qin and live in seclusion in a remote place. He should not rely on the support of the King of Qin. Once the King of Qin died, his fate would be unimaginable.

However, Senior Shang Yang, you were not scared and still insisted on carrying out reforms.

Five months after Zhao Liang advised Shang Yang, Duke Xiao of Qin died and Crown Prince Ying Si succeeded to the throne, becoming King Huiwen of Qin.

This Crown Prince Ying Si was the one who committed a crime before. Senior Shang Yang, you and Ying Si have a deep hatred.

So the old nobles saw that the time for revenge had come, and they all falsely accused Shang Yang of plotting a rebellion.

King Huiwen of Qin was not on good terms with you, so naturally he ordered the pursuit of you, Senior Shang Yang.

When you, Shang Yang, found out about this, you ran away and wanted to find a hotel to stay in, but were refused because staying overnight without a permit was a crime.

Senior Shang Yang, you have no choice but to return to the State of Wei, but the State of Wei refuses you entry.

You had no choice but to return to your fiefdom and mobilize the soldiers of your fiefdom to attack Zheng County. King Huiwen of Qin sent troops to attack, and as a result, you, Shang Yang, were defeated and killed.

His body was brought back to Xianyang and torn to pieces, and his entire family was executed.

Although you, Senior Shang Yang, were killed, the new law has not been abolished," Li Wu sighed.

Shang Yang laughed and said, "It's good that it hasn't been abolished. That's good."

Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Barrage

Qin Xiaogong Quliang: Rebellious son, how dare you kill Shang Jun?

King Huiwen of Qin, Ying Si: ...

He didn't want to explain or say anything. Killing was killing, and he had no regrets.