Although it is indeed very bad to say that from the perspective of humanitarianism, the policy of ignoring the people is indeed very bad now, but based on the historical environment at that time, in order to maintain the rule, it is actually understandable, after all, the ruling class at that time had not yet learned to use the benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom of Confucianism to stabilize the rule, and later generations actually added a layer of Confucian packaging to the Legalist thought of Shang Ying, and the external Confucianism and internal law and the heavy agriculture and suppression of commerce are retrogressive in the present view, but they are progressive in the late primitive society.
To tell the truth, there were many obstacles to the Shang monarch's reform, which not only required the support of the monarch, but also the abandonment of the interests of the aristocratic class. At that time, many people opposed the change of the law, and the people went to say that the new law was inconvenient, so that it was necessary to kill the chicken and set an example for the monkey, and at the same time the filial piety gave Shang Ying great power, and he was not at ease with Shang Ying, so Shang Yang wanted to prove himself, cut off the connection with other interest classes, and wholeheartedly be a lonely minister of filial piety.
Therefore, the prince's mistake Shang Ying was not paranoid, but that if he did not do anything, Xiaogong would not dare to hand over the rights to him, for fear that his contact with the noble forces would pose a threat to power, and without power, the reform would not succeed, so Shang Jun did not hesitate to cut the prince's master to deter those who threatened to change the law, and at the same time proved that he would not collude with the noble forces. Shang Ying chose to be bold, the next heir as the enemy, all the nobles as enemies at the same time, but also vented the contradictions of the old nobles, Shang Yang took the initiative to bear the contradictions, not Qin Xiaogong, otherwise there may be civil strife, if Xiaogong is not able to control, then the reform failed, Qin changed hands.
Shang Yang took the initiative to attract hatred, Qin Xiaogong eased his power, and fought for the growth space for the change, but fortunately Qin Xiaogong died early, so that everyone saw the benefits of the change, otherwise the nobles would not compromise, and the new law would be overturned, but even if the nobles compromised, but the hatred of Shang Yang was still there, after the death of Qin Xiaogong, as a lonely minister without any power group to help, Shang Ying, as a lonely minister without any power group to help, suffered the backlash of power with the disappearance of the person who gave power. History