What do you think is the connection between Yul Li's change of law and Shang Yang's change of law?

Li Yul was a figure in the reign of Wei Wenhou. There is no record in the history books about Li Yul's life, but we can be sure that Li Yul must not have been born as a nobleman. If he had been born a nobleman, he would have had the same name as Shang Yang, with a ? Gongsun?

Li Yul was the governor of Shangdi in the state of Wei, and was later reappointed by the Marquis of Wei to change the laws of the state. Under Li Yul's change of law, Wei had enough food and a flourishing army, which laid the foundation for Wei's hegemony in the pre-war period with its perennial campaigns.

Shang Yang was a descendant of the Wei nobility, but because he was a commoner's son, he had no choice but to travel from country to country in search of a knowledgeable ruler. Shang Yang spent some time in Wei under Prime Minister Gong Shuzi. The state of Wei, which was ruled by the Legalists, had a lot of influence on Shang Yang at that time. After the death of Gong Shu Za, Shang Yang came to Qin after seeing the "Order of Seeking Talents" of Duke Xiao Xiao of Qin. Shang Yang did not go to Qin with only clothes and money, but also with a book called "The Book of Law" written by Li Yul.

The Book of Laws is divided into six chapters, the Law of Thieves, the Law of Prisoners, the Law of Capture, the Law of Thieves, the Law of Miscellaneous Laws, and the Law of Furniture. Theft Law? is aimed at the theft of other people's property and other ordinances;? Prisoner Laws The Law of Prisoners, the Law of Thieves, and the Law of Thieves. The Law of Capture? are the laws for the trial and arrest of criminals; and? Thief Law? is a law that deals with incidents such as killing and wounding;? Miscellaneous Laws These include crimes such as embezzlement, gambling, and discussing the laws of the state; and? The Laws of the House of Representatives is the final summary. Shang Yang's change of law in Qin, and his reform of the Qin Laws, is closely related to Li Yul's change of law in Wei, and to the Book of Laws.

Shang Yang's Order of Reclamation was the result of Li Yul? The "Teachings on the Exhaustion of Earthly Powers?

Li Yul, the first legal reformer in the Warring States period, practiced the "Teaching of the Best of the Earth's Resources" in the state of Wei. policy, which stipulated that the people's harvests should reach a certain level of production, and encouraged the people not to plant only the same crops, but to plant more and more, and to plant as many crops as possible on the land where they could plant crops, to prevent encountering the corresponding natural disasters. If a corresponding natural disaster is encountered, this does not grow and that grows, ensuring the amount of production.

Shang Yang's Order of Reclamation after his arrival in Qin was ? The Teaching of Doing Your Best to Take Advantage of the Land? a perfectly upgraded version. Shang Yang's focus was not just on the farmers, but on the nation's labor force.

During the Warring States period, the nobility adopted a bunch of diners, and there was no shortage of lazy people among them. By decree, Shang Yang increased the nobles' taxes and forced them to expel the diners. In order to survive, these lazy people had to cultivate fields; Shang Yang also stipulated that the nobles could not hire workers to build houses, forcing the hired workers to lose their jobs and go to farming; and charged merchants high taxes, forcing the merchants to go to farming. In short, the main point of Shang Yang's Reclamation Order was to? The main point of Shang Yang's "Reclamation Order" is that it is to control the agriculture. s main point was to force the labor force in the country to cultivate the land (previously Shang Yang had already admitted that if the good land was cultivated by the people, then the good land would belong to the people who had cultivated it).

The Qin Laws have much in common with the Book of Laws

Shang Yang arrived in Qin and revised the state's statutes to prohibit people from congregating together; prohibit people from gambling; and prohibit people from discussing the state's statutes, among other things, basically in imitation of Li Yul's Book of Laws. What makes the Qin Laws more perfect than the Book of Laws is that Shang Yang knew how to knock down the mountain and shake the tiger. For example, it was a crime to throw garbage away, and people were reminded to follow the Qin Laws from the very beginning. There are so many similarities between the Qin Law and the Law Scriptures that it would be inappropriate to go into them at length, as it would be too long-winded.

Summary

Shang Yang was the successor of Li Yul's legalism, inheriting it and implementing it more thoroughly in Qin. Influencing the course of Qin's history was the ? The system of military honors and knighthoods, which influenced the course of Qin's history, may have been copied by Shang Yang. It is also possible that Shang Yang created the system by imitating the reforms of Li Yul and Wu Qi.