Why are there many brave men in Shang Yang's Belief in Trees, but no one dared to go up at first?

In China's book, Shang Yang's "Making Wood for Faith" was read by many brave people, but no one wanted to go up against the wood, mainly because everyone did not believe in the generous reward and thought it was a joke. In the end, there will be brave people under the reward. Some people tried to move wood and finally got the money. Only then did everyone begin to believe that Shang Yang's political reform was serious.

Combined with the background of Qin at that time, Qin was located in a remote place. In the eyes of other countries, Qin is still a barbarian country, lacking etiquette and being reckless. Shang Yang also saw the existing problems at that time, so he planned to start to change, but people's minds are the most difficult to change, and change is not just lip service.

So with the support of the King of Qin, Shang Yang began to plan such a show to show people their determination to change. At that time, most of the power and resources of Qin were in the hands of nobles, and ordinary people didn't get much benefit and didn't trust nobles.

Therefore, Shang Yang set up a piece of wood at the south gate, and people who resist to the north gate can get ten gold medals. This is basically a joke in the eyes of ordinary people. Many people think that nobles are playing with themselves and have nothing to do when they are full. So Shang Yang increased ten gold to fifty gold, equivalent to fifty taels of silver, which is nearly twenty thousand yuan today.

A local tyrant is willing to spend 20 thousand yuan to let others move a piece of wood. Can you believe it? Most people can't earn a few months' salary by moving a piece of wood for a long walk. However, there are always people willing to try, even if it is fake, there is nothing to lose. As a result, a common people stood up and moved the wood to the north gate, and Shang Yang actually gave the money to that person.

Now all the onlookers believe that seeing is believing and see that Shang Yang is serious. So people began to believe in Shang Yang, and he successfully won the support of grassroots public opinion. After that, Qin successfully implemented the political reform, weakened the strength of the old forces, strengthened the agricultural economy and the combat effectiveness of the army, and successfully became a powerful Qin state.

The reason why no one went up in the first place was lack of trust. Shang Yang's "building a tree for faith" is to build trust. Obviously, Shang Yang was successful in the end.