What are the conditions for the success of Shangyang South Gate? why

The condition of Shang Yang's success in the South Gate is that he has the support of Qin Xiaogong, because Qin Xiaogong's throne is stable at this time, which has a deterrent effect on those who oppose reform, and no one dares to oppose reform.

The story of Shang Yang standing at the south gate is as follows:

In 36 1 year BC, Qin Xiaogong, king of Qin, ascended the throne. He made up his mind to make great efforts to attract talents. He ordered: "Whoever can find a way to make Qin rich and strong, whether he is a Qin national or a foreign guest, must make him an official."

Qin Xiaogong's call really attracted many talented people. Sun Yang, an aristocrat of Wei (later Shang Yang), was not reused in Wei, but was introduced to Qin and taken in by Qin Xiaogong.

Shang Yang said to Qin Xiaogong: "If a country wants to be rich and strong, it must attach importance to agriculture and reward soldiers;" If you want to govern the country, there must be rewards and punishments. With rewards and punishments, the court has prestige, and all reforms will be easy. "

Qin Xiaogong fully agreed with Shang Yang, but some nobles and ministers of Qin strongly opposed it. Qin Xiaogong saw so many people opposed to it. As soon as he acceded to the throne, he put the reform on hold for fear of trouble.

After two years, Qin Xiaogong's throne was firmly established, and he worshipped Shang Yang as the left subaltern (the official name of Qin State), saying: "From today on, the reform of the system is entirely up to the left subaltern."

Shang Yang drafted a political reform, but he was afraid that the people would not trust him and obey the new law. He first asked someone to erect a 30-foot-high wood at the south gate of the capital and ordered: "Who can carry this wood to the north gate and reward twelve taels of gold."

Soon, there were many people around the south gate, and everyone was talking about it. Some people said, "Anyone can carry this piece of wood, so where do you need a reward of twelve taels of silver?" Someone said, "This is probably a joke played by Zuo Shu."

Everybody look at me. I look at you, but no one dares to go up and carry wood.

Knowing that people still didn't believe his orders, Shang Yang raised the reward to fifty taels. I didn't expect that the higher the salary, the more unreasonable the onlookers felt, and no one dared to mention it.

When everyone was talking about it, one of them ran out and said, "I'll try." He really picked up the wood and left until he reached the north gate.

Shang Yang immediately sent a message to the man who carried the wood and rewarded him with 520 gold, not a penny less.

The matter immediately spread and caused a sensation in Qin. The common people said, "Zuo Shu's orders are unambiguous."

Knowing that his order had worked, Shang Yang announced the new law he had drafted. The new law clearly stipulates rewards and punishments, and stipulates that the size of official positions and the level of titles should be based on meritorious service in the war. Nobles who have not served in military service have no titles; Those who produce more grain and cloth are exempt from official duties; Anyone who is poor because of business and laziness, together with his wife and children, is punished as a servant of the government.

Since Shang Yang's political reform, Qin's agricultural production has increased and its military strength has become stronger. This is the historical allusion of the south gate of Shang Yang, from which idioms such as "South Gate Standing" and "Moving Wood to Establish Faith" come.

In the 13th year of Xiao Gong (the first 356 years) and 19th year (the first 350 years), Shang Yang made two political reforms. The content of the reform is "abandoning mining fields, opening buildings, implementing the county system, rewarding farmers and fighting, and implementing the method of sitting together." When he began to innovate, in order to win the trust of the people, he sent someone to erect a tree in the city and told him, "Whoever can move it to the gate will be given ten pieces of gold." No one in the state of Qin believed it, and later it was increased to 50 gold, so someone carried wood to the city gate and rewarded it with 50 gold. From then on, he announced and carried out the filial piety reform of "moving wood to establish faith".

Shang Yang (about 390 BC-338 BC) was a statesman and a famous representative of legalism in the Warring States period. Descendants of Wang Wei, Ji surname, Gong Sunshi, called Wei Yang, also known as Gong Sunyang, later sealed in Shang, later called Shang Yang. In the reign of 19, Qin ruled the country, which was known as Shang Yang's political reform in history. Legalist post-school compiled Shang Yang's words and deeds and Historical Records into the Book of Shang Jun. When Sima Qian wrote Historical Records in the Western Han Dynasty, he made a separate Biography of Shang Yang-Biography of Shang Jun. In addition, when Wang Quchang wrote the History of Qin Dynasty, he combined Shang Yang and his favorite pupil, Shi Jiao, in The Biography of Gongsunyang.