But Qi has been living a very bad life in recent years, with internal and external troubles.

The policy adopted by the Mohist country against Qi was economic plunder, and because of the feudal system of Qi, the situation of "wealth is returned to Mo, and the blame is returned to Qi".

After the Qi-Mo War, Qi was actually divided into two parts from an economic basis.

One is the southwest part of Qi State south of the Ji River. After it was occupied by the Mohist family, the feudal system here was destroyed by the violent means of the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, and the land was divided to the farmers and the violent land reform was practiced in advance.

During the negotiations after the war, Tian clasped his nose and admitted all the new land deeds, at the cost of the Mohist family withdrawing from the southwest Qi area south of the Jishui River.

In this case, the southwest Qi area south of the Jishui River is suitable for cultivation, which makes small farmers' self-cultivated agriculture the mainstream.

This place exists as the "market" in Si Shang, and the consumption capacity of self-cultivated farmers is several times or even dozens of times that of fief serfs.

The State of Qi wanted to return here, but it only had nominal power. In fact, the original old ruling foundation was shattered, making the State of Qi completely less effective than the grassroots organizations of the Mohist family that were densely populated in cities and villages.

If you want a loan, look for the Mo family; if you want iron tools, look for the Mo family; if you want to resolve disputes, look for the Mo family organization...

The existence of Qi State here is extremely embarrassing, and only tax collection is left.

However, Qi State collects ten yuan taxes here, and the industry and commerce in Si Shang can make thirty yuan profits here.

But profit trading is voluntary, but tax collection is not voluntary. Besides, the Mohist school has been talking about the purpose of taxation, but Qi State did not do it, which makes Qi State bear the infamous here.

In the north of the Ji River and the central area of ​​Qi State, there are completely two types of economy and the southwest Qi region.

The southwest part of Qi was originally the territory of Lu, and Qi did not trust the people here. Before, they asked them to pay more taxes and serve less military service.

The aristocratic system in the central area of ​​Qi was extremely strong. The Tian family replaced Jiang Qi with the family sprouting the fiefdom with more children. It was impossible for so many relatives to not fight in the internal struggle.

The two brothers Tian and Tian Hao killed the other brothers, and they eventually fell in love, but the foundation of Qi's rule did not change.

After the Qi-Mo War, the first problem facing the Tian family was to figure out who was the enemy, who was the friend, who was the trustworthy, who was the untrustworthy, and who could support their rule.

In terms of change, benefiting all the people, Tian knew that no matter how he did, he could not be more radical than what the Mohist school did.

The performance of the southwest Qi region later made them convinced that the more the change, the more shameless the people became, the more they wanted.

After the Qi-Mo War, the southwest Qi region was the most violent place in Qi's country and the most profitable place for the people, but it was also the place where the people demanded deep reforms.

On the contrary, it is still in the central area under the rule of the old system. The farmers and serfs there are much more miserable than the southwest Qi area, but it is quieter and easier to rule.

Tian understood that he had to govern the country with the nobles, because if he took another path, he could not compete with the Mohist school. In the end, he offended the nobles and did not gain the support of emerging intellectuals and merchants, which was not conducive to rule.

The legal principles that Tian Shi found for himself were the theory of the Five Elements and Five Virtues, which made many embarrassing choices.

In the Battle of Yanhuang, Huangdi defeated Yandi because Jiang Qi was a descendant of Yandi and Chen Tian was a descendant of Huangdi, so Tian’s generation was a destiny for the destiny of heaven.

This destiny made Qi state have to rely on nobles to rule and continue to maintain an order of order of hierarchy and inferiority. Moreover, the aggressive attitude of the Mohist country and the situation in the southwest Qi state made Qi state have no other choice.

In order to unite the nobles and make them recognize the rule of Qi, they must give sufficient benefits to the nobles.

The monarchy of Qi needs to be concentrated, but it cannot recognize the theory of admiration of wise men. Because the place where the Mohist theory is concentrated is too close to the State of Qi, it is also wrong for Shangxian to reason about it and then she can introduce the hereditary monarch.

Originally, Qi State held the Jixia Academy in history, allowing all the wanderers from all countries to gather in Qi State, and they could select talents, so as to gradually replace the hereditary aristocrats with bureaucrats in order to seek change.

But now the academic center of the world is in Pengcheng, so the go-to scholars are certainly willing to choose the Mohist theories that sound more reasonable, more equal, and have more opportunities. They go to Pengcheng to study or learn knowledge or find ways to become an official.

This also cut off the possibility of Qi relying on Youshis to strengthen centralization.

In the end, the path chosen by Qi State was to reach a compromise with the nobles: Qi State collected certain taxes and fees from the nobles and gave the nobles more rights on the fiefdoms on the eastern land. Tian Qi established a standing army, and the concubines who could not inherit the nobles under the patriarchal system could go to the army to serve or become officials in the central government.

The Guanzi School also tended to allow the sale of Xu Jue, and some merchants lacked the status of aristocratic people, which allowed merchants to spend money to buy Xu Jue status in order to develop industry and commerce, or allowed merchants to start mining, salt farms, etc., and allowed these merchants who bought Xu Jue status to drive the power of some fief farmers.

Tian Qi was also very clear that if the farmers, industry and commerce benefited, they would still choose the more radical Mohist school, and the more profited the stronger the power, the worse it would be, it would be detrimental to rule.

In the fight against the Mohist family, the Tian family and the Qi nobles had broad consistency of interests, and most of the nobles were actually branches of the Tian family, so they could compromise on the big interests.

In order to strengthen the rationality of the law, after the Yan and Huang dispute, the Tian family ordered the aristocrats to be named "Xuanyuan" as their surname.

At the same time, the education of noble children was strengthened, especially a large number of noble sons served as officers of the new army. Most of the officers of the newly established permanent army in Qi State were basically named "Xuanyuan".

It began to expand eastward to the land of Laiyi, divide the fiefdoms, and allow these nobles to strengthen the rights of the people who use fiefdoms.

The development of industry and commerce in Si Shang urgently needed a large amount of food and raw materials. The nobles of Qi also needed a large amount of handicraft products. The army of Qi needed a large amount of weapons, which gave rise to a deformed agricultural economic development.

When everyone in the world began to think about the transformation direction of opening up the fields and breaking the well fields, Qi State had a reactionary change, and now, this reactionary change was quite successful.

Originally, the farmer also had a certain share of land in the fiefdom, and he needed to work on public land to the fiefdom nobles. If he continued to develop, the dispute between the nobles and the king's power would lead to the situation where the farmer opposed the nobles.

But after the Mohist family emerged, this kind of struggle began to change. Farmers were not reliable, merchants were not reliable, and craftsmen were not reliable, but the nobles were reliable.

Those who have no home have no country, those who have no constant property have no country, those who have a family and a constant property are nobles, and those who have the will and ability to protect the system of hierarchy are also nobles.

The demand for grain and raw materials in Si Shang, the introduction of high-yield crops, and the development of maritime transportation from Langya to Gaomi and other places have all led Qi to a path of reactionary change in the manor economy.

With the acquisition, the nobles who owned the fief seized the farmer's land and occupied the land, so that the farmers could retain a small portion of fields to plant some sweet potatoes and potatoes when the high-yield crops appeared. Then the nobles used the farmers' labor voluntary operation of the land.

A large amount of grain, cotton, spirits, etc. can be sold every year, and then cotton cloth, gunpowder, ironware, muskets, ceramics, etc. can be purchased from Si Shang.

The eldest son inherited the manor, while the concubine's son entered the army to study. If he could make military achievements, he could continue to obtain a fief.

Every year, the export tax collected for food and cotton exports is used as military expenses, and a certain amount of cap tax is used as military expenses every year. Qi State finally raised a new army.

The officers were basically called Xuanyuan, and the soldiers were summoned from all over the country.

Within more than ten years, Qi State avoided war and developed in a row. It used this new system to expand rapidly without touching the interests of the nobles.

Although Laiyi was defeated more than a hundred years ago, Qi did not actually have sufficient effective rule in the eastern part; the same was true in the north near Yan. As a result, with this obvious reactionary change, the nobles and concubines in the Qi army fought bravely in order to obtain land.

The Tian family took the rule of some large cities and towns into their own hands. The large amount of grain and raw materials exported each year also improved the central economy of Qi, and prompted some nobles to begin to transform: such as using the population of fiefdoms to mine, dry salt, farm, make wine, etc.

Qi chose a reform path that was different from Qin and the Three Jins, because Qi had to choose this way.

Qin could use foreign talents to take officials as their teachers, rely on a good external environment, and break with the old nobles in the country to force reforms to form a country of military merit where everyone can make progress.

Qi State cannot do this. If Qi State does this, it is likely that the Mo family will seize the opportunity, and all the talents will go to Si.

Qi State could only choose to recognize the status and rank of nobles, and at the same time bound military merits to the nobles, recognize the greater power of the nobles to exploit the people in the fiefdom in exchange for the support of the nobles, and use the threat of the Mohist family as a link to the royal power and the nobles, and develop large-scale agricultural exports with the geographical advantages of the development of industry and commerce near Si Shang to accumulate wealth.

After the merchants chose to obtain the status of aristocrats, they obtained a certain amount of farmers to dominate, they began to develop handicrafts, which allowed the merchants to gain an ascent and became a member of the nobles.

The nobles with the surname Xuanyuan in front of the name began to receive more advanced education, and began to connect the nobles and royal power from grassroots officers. By being the beneficiaries of the theory of "Five Virtues in the Fight between Yan and Huang", Qi became a different country.

This also made the nobles of Qi, both big and small, the nobles who were most afraid of Mohist theories and land reforms, and the group of people who would be the most stubborn once the war started.

Because they knew their destiny, if the Mohist schools defeated, all the privileges and wealth they gained would be gone. Because their wealth originated from the system, which the Mohist schools would inevitably choose to destroy.
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