The content of Shang Yang's reform
During the Warring States Period, Qin Xiaogong, king of Qin, was determined to reform and ordered the recruitment of talents. Shang Yang entered Qin State from defending the country, and put forward a set of reform and innovation development strategies, such as abandoning ore fields, emphasizing agriculture and mulberry, rewarding military exploits, implementing unified quantity and establishing county system, which won deep trust.
Therefore, he was appointed as Chang, and in 356 BC and 350 BC, two reforms were carried out with the main contents of "abandoning mining fields, opening buildings, implementing county system, appreciating farming and fighting, and practicing sitting together". After Shang Yang's political reform, Qin's economy developed, and the fighting capacity of the army continued to strengthen, and it developed into the most powerful centralized country in the late Warring States period.
Significance of Shang Yang's political reform;
Shang Yang's political reform was a thorough feudal reform movement during the Warring States Period, which conformed to the trend of feudal historical development, promoted the transformation from slave society to feudal society, conformed to the interests of the emerging landlord class, and greatly promoted social progress and historical development. Through the reform, the social progress and economic development of Qin State were promoted. At the same time, it strengthened its national strength and made Qiang Bing a rich country.