0 1 harsh promotion conditions
After Shang Yang's political reform, there were 20 titles in the State of Qin. If ordinary people want to get the title, they must go into battle to kill the enemy themselves. However, most of these titles are futures. First of all, people should pay their own expenses after joining the army. In addition, the salary is pitifully low, because once you kill the enemy, you can get the land and deduct it from the salary, which has both advantages and disadvantages for the stability of Qin Jun. Qin Jun didn't get enough salary before going out to kill the enemy, which will inevitably affect the morale of the army. At the same time, the promotion conditions after he went into battle to kill the enemy were also very harsh. Generally speaking, it is difficult to reach the lowest grade.
Male scholar, the lowest rank of Qin Bing, only requires Qin Bing to kill one or more enemies, win the battle and come back alive. Among them, three difficulties are highlighted. On the one hand, as an attacker, it is impossible for Qin to win the battle without losing a large number of troops in the attack. In the process of Qin destroying Korea, there were many cases of battle failure, so even if these soldiers killed the enemy, they would not get a reward, let alone be promoted to the title. Therefore, this caused great instability within the state of Qin.
The requirements on the battlefield are quite high.
At the beginning of Shang Yang's political reform, it was stipulated that soldiers could be promoted to male scholars, that is, it was still very difficult to win the head of the opposing centurion, that is, at least to get the head of the opposing captain. Not to mention that the fighting capacity of Qin was still very weak when Shang Yang's political reform, and even South Korea outside Hangu Pass was repeatedly frustrated. Therefore, it is difficult for Qin soldiers to be promoted, especially in the back. Because in the early days, Qin could annex some small countries to complete the merger, but in the later period, this was not the case. They are all hard bones such as Zhao and Chu, so the more Qin was defeated in the later period of the war, the less the soldiers got the title, so it was not easy to promote the title.
There is also a key condition for the soldiers of Qin to be promoted to the title, that is, to ask the soldiers to return to Qin alive, which also requires Qin Jun's large forces to win completely. In the battle of Qin and Zhao, Zhao used the psychology of officers and men eager to make contributions to lure the enemy into depth and wiped out many people in one fell swoop. Therefore, few people in the state of Qin really won high-level titles by fighting and killing the enemy, and most of them were low-level titles. Therefore, the reform established by Shang Yang's political reform theory did not touch the interests of Qin nobles in essence, but it was carried out by Qin Huiwang because of certain risks, and at the same time triggered a wave in society. This has also become a place where Shang Yang's political reform has been criticized.
Conclusion Qin played a strong role in Shang Yang's political reform and died in it. This is the evaluation of Shang Yang's political reform by later generations, which can be described as hitting the nail on the head. Shang Yang's political reform has its limitations, which can make Qin win the war, but it can't make Qin defend his country. In terms of soldier titles, the male scholar titles with the lowest rank are awarded the most. At the same time, with the grant of land, a star like Tian Lei didn't get the highest title, but he got a middle class. In fact, Tian Lei is not invincible, and he has failed many times. It's not easy to get here. However, in order for the people to climb such a high title, the nobles of Qin still couldn't sleep, and finally forced Qin Huiwang to execute Shang Yang.