During the Republic of China, the capital of Qin people, at first, said that thousands of people were inconvenient. So the prince broke the law. Wei Yang said, "If the law doesn't work, you should commit it from above." Prince Jiang Fa. The prince, your heir, cannot be punished. Punish the piety of his son, Fu Gongzi, and insult his teacher Gong. Tomorrow, Qin people are eager for order. After ten years of traveling, Qin Min-Da said that there were no thieves in the mountains, and the family gave others enough money. People brave public war, fear private struggle, and govern villages and towns. At the beginning of Qin Min's speech, those inconvenient people have come to make it convenient. Wei Yang said that "this is also a mob" and moved to the border town. Later, people were afraid to discuss order. So martingale is a great creation. Surround Wei Anyi and surrender. He lived in Xianyang for three years, and Qin Ziyong moved the capital to Jique Palace. It is forbidden to let people's fathers, sons and brothers rest indoors. The collection of small towns and cities is gathered into counties, with 3 1 county. Open up the territory and expand the land, and the tax is flat. Flat bucket weighing scale. After four years of travel, Gongzi money reneged again. For five years, the Qin people were rich and strong, the son of heaven paid tribute to Xiao Gong, and the princes made peace.
Shortly after Xiao Gong appointed Wei Yang, he planned to change his statutes, and he was afraid that everyone would talk about himself. Wei Yang said: "If you hesitate to act, you will not get ahead. If you hesitate to do something, you will not succeed. Moreover, the behavior beyond ordinary people is often criticized by the secular; People who have their own opinions will be laughed at by ordinary people. Stupid people don't understand what will happen after doing it, but smart people can foresee what will happen in advance. You can share the joy of success with the people instead of planning the creation of new things with them. Those who explore the highest morality do not blend with the secular, and those who achieve great things do not collude with ordinary people. Therefore, as long as saints can make the country strong, they don't have to follow the old methods; As long as it can benefit the people, there is no need to follow the old etiquette. " Xiao Gong said, "Good point." Gan Long said, "That's not true. Sages educate people without changing folk customs, and wise men govern the country without changing the law. According to folk teaching, it can be successful without blowing off dust; Governing the country according to law, the official Xi Zhi, the people are stable. " Wei Yang said, "What Gan Long said is a secular statement. Most people are content with old customs, while scholars stick to what they see in books. These two kinds of people can abide by the law, but they can't talk about extra-legal reform. Different etiquette of three generations can unify the whole country, and different legal systems of five generations can dominate each other. "A wise man makes statutes, and a fool is restricted by statutes; The sage changed the ritual system, and Shu Ren was bound by the ritual system. " Du Zhi said: "Without a hundredfold interest, it cannot become a law; Without ten times the effect, it is impossible to replace the old one. There is nothing wrong with imitating the law, and there will be no deviation in following the old ceremony. " Wei Yang said: "There is no fixed way to govern the country. If it is beneficial to the country, it will not imitate the old law. Therefore, Tang Wu can rule the world without the old statutes, and Xia Yin will perish without the old etiquette. Those who oppose the old law cannot be criticized, and those who follow the old rituals are not worthy of praise. " Xiao Gong said, "Good point." So Wei Yang was appointed as Chang and finally ordered to change the law. Command 10 families to form a group and 5 families to form a group, and supervise and report to each other. If one family breaks the law, ten families will be punished together. Those who do not report evil will be beheaded, 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. If more than two able-bodied men in a family don't live together, the tax will double. Those who have military merit will be rewarded for promotion according to the standard; Those who fight for private affairs shall be given different punishments according to the seriousness of the circumstances. Committed to agricultural production, so that grain harvesting and cloth production can be exempted from their own labor or taxes. Those who are poor because of industry and commerce and laziness confiscate all their wives as official slaves. People who do not perform military service in the royal family cannot be included in the family register. Clarify the level of ranks and occupy land and real estate according to different ranks. The clothing of domestic servants and handmaiden depends on the grade of each grade. Those who have made military achievements can't show their glory even if they have money. After the new law is ready, it has not been announced yet. I'm afraid the people won't believe it. Just behind the capital, a 30-foot-long wood was erected at the south gate of the market, and anyone who could move the wood to the north gate was offered 12 ounces of gold. People think it's strange, and no one dares to move. It was also announced that "the person who can move the wood to the north gate will be rewarded with 50 gold." A man moved it and gave him fifty gold coins to show that he would never cheat. The new law was promulgated later.
The new law has been implemented among the people for a whole year, and thousands of people in the state of Qin went to the capital to say that the new law was inconvenient. Just then, the prince broke the new law. Wei Yang said: "The new law cannot be implemented smoothly because the upper class has violated it." According to the new law, the prince will be punished The prince is the heir of the monarch, so he can't be punished, so he punished the teacher Gongzi Qian who supervised his behavior and the teacher Gongsun Jia who taught him knowledge with ink punishment. The next day, all the people in the state of Qin obeyed the new law. Ten years after the implementation of the new law, the people of Qin are very happy. There are no people picking up things lost by others on the road, and there are no thieves in the mountains. Every family is rich and well-fed. The people are brave enough to fight for the country, not for personal gain, and the social order in villages and towns is stable. At first, Qin people said that the new law was inconvenient, and later they said that it was convenient. Wei Yang said, "These are people who disturb education" and moved them all to the frontier. No one dared to mention the new law after that. So Wei Yang was appointed as Daliangzuo. Lead the army to besiege Anyi and Wei and make them surrender. Three years later, Qin built a palace castle in Xianyang and moved the capital from Emperor Yong to Xianyang. It is forbidden for people, fathers, sons and brothers to live in the same room. Sporadic towns and villages are merged into counties, and county orders are set up, with a total of 3 1 county. Abolish mineral fields and redefine the boundaries of fields, encourage reclamation of wasteland and balance taxes. Unify the national system of weights and measures. After four years of implementation, Gong Ziqian violated the new law and was sentenced to flogging. After five years, the state of Qin became rich and strong, and the Emperor of Zhou gave Qin Xiaogong the sacrificial meat, and all the governors came to congratulate him.