Is the measure to improve the combat effectiveness of the army in the Qin Dynasty to reward farming or military achievements?

Qin's knighthood system mainly includes two contents: first, "those who have military merits will be knighted according to the rate." In other words, anyone who has military achievements, regardless of birth, class or stratum, can enjoy the title. Military service is the most necessary condition for accepting the Lord's reward. Secondly, "the imperial clan must have the theory of military merits, and it must not be a genus." This is to abolish the hereditary privileges enjoyed by the imperial clan nobles, who can no longer obtain senior officials, titles and fiefs only by blood relationship, that is, "affiliation" as in the past.

This provision has caused the characteristics of the Warring States period, that is, "the prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce will be sent to the pawn." Under the new historical conditions, the military title system shows great vitality.

Agricultural campaign

Farming, that is, farming; Fighting is fighting. The main purpose is to realize the combination of military and agriculture, which not only ensures the country's economic strength, but also ensures the country's military strength.

There are many descriptions of farming in Shang Jun's books.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period, only nobles could join the army, so the war had the nature of etiquette or game. After the Warring States period, wars became increasingly fierce, from aristocratic wars to total wars. Farming and war system emerged with the disintegration of slavery, which was mainly advocated by legalists. Such as Li Kui and Wuqi. Shang Yang's twenty-peerage system established in Qin State is the guarantee of agricultural war. Before the Warring States period, there were no pure peasants, and all the soldiers were nobles. After the establishment of the farming system, farmers became the main body of the country, and nobles mostly came from the army. Qin swept the six countries with its powerful peasant production system, all the people being soldiers and war encouragement system.