On the other hand, titles can also be used to atone for sins, even to make fun of the slave status of family members and so on. If you live in the state of Qin, you can regard them as a gold medal to avoid death to a great extent. The whole family can benefit from military service for one person. No matter what kind of people are, they are pursuing promotion to get a higher title.
As for how to obtain the title, Qin Jian established a system of conferring the title according to military achievements. As long as you are a soldier of Qin, as long as you fight bravely on the battlefield, you will have the opportunity to build military exploits.
After the establishment of military service, in addition to titles, you can also get land, money, servants and other things that can improve people's living standards and social status.
Shang Yang's political reform was a turning point in the development of Qin State. After the political reform, Qin became powerful, and the bugle system played an important role. Soldiers of the state of Qin can be promoted to a higher level after capturing a head? .
For the war-torn era at that time, bravely killing the enemy was a means to have a bright future, which made many people move their hearts.
But if this really counts, isn't it easy to upgrade to the highest title, and killing 20 people will complete the task? Actually, it's not that simple. Shang Yang just drew a cake for everyone. If you want to eat this cake, you still have to work hard.
So how does the specific Shang Yang stipulate the beheading level?
Shang Yang first set the meritorious service of 20 generals, which were connected level by level. Only when soldiers had outstanding performance in the war could they go up level by level.
Secondly, it is not to kill anyone, but to kill each other with a title. The Book of Shang Jun wrote:? Those who can get the first-class title (A) will be awarded the first-class title, benefiting one hectare of farmland and nine acres of houses. Except for an asshole, they are all officials of the people, soldiers and officials. ?
The concise meaning of this sentence is that the head used by Qin to promote the title is not the head of an ordinary soldier, but the head of an enemy officer with a certain position, just like owning? Jue? Still have? Answer? Title, sir.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Shang Yang thought a lot when he legislated. He believes that soldiers should not only be discouraged, but also the road to promotion should not be too smooth, so it is not so easy for soldiers to get promoted quickly.
In addition, the promotion of enemy officers by level one can only reach level four, and then if they want to be promoted, they must rely on collective operations to win the war. This was also carefully designed by Shang Yang, because he knew that soldiers would pass quickly if they were promoted to the rank only according to their heads.
Shang Yang also stipulated that the number of beheadings in collective operations is more than the number of people killed by his own army, and the number of people must be more than 33 to qualify for promotion. Moreover, the number of battles won by collective operations is limited, and only when a certain standard is reached can we qualify for promotion. Therefore, it will be difficult to get a promotion opportunity after it remains unchanged forever, not only because the number of people to be beheaded increases, but also because they have to unite with their comrades and kill the enemy together, from individual combat to collective combat.
Of course, if rewards alone are not enough to arouse the enthusiasm of all soldiers, then there is an interesting logic in commercial law, that is, carrots are on one side and sticks are on the other. If you don't want to build military achievements, if you don't fight bravely on the battlefield, you will be punished. The law of Qin is that even if one person breaks the law, the family should sit together, so soldiers should take the initiative to attack and fight to the death with the enemy even if they don't pursue meritorious military service.
So-called? Qin soldiers can be promoted to a first-class title by winning a head? In fact, it is largely to encourage soldiers to fight bloody battles on the battlefield, and it is not by winning a head that they can be promoted to the first class.
Therefore, the gold content of Qin 20 military posts is still quite high, because the positions that are not easy to achieve are relatively high. Just like the current examination system, there are still few people who want to achieve post-doctoral positions, and it will be more difficult.
The birth of the military title system greatly promoted the fighting ability of Qin people, and the enthusiasm of soldiers to kill the enemy on the battlefield was also high. To a certain extent, the reason why Qin was able to unify the whole country also contributed to this system of conferring titles on the basis of military achievements.