Great Qin: From the Start, I Teach Shang Yang to Reform, and Duke Xiao Loses His Mind

(The rating just opened, so it will rise later) Shang Yang plans to enforce the harsh law of collective punishment. The old clans muster five thousand private troops and force Duke Xiao of Qin to execute his chancellor and apologize!

Qin is weak, the states east of the passes mock it as a land of “barbarians,” and the old clans at home keep sucking it dry.

Ying Qu Liang seeks to preserve the state through the way of benevolent rule, while Shang Yang is ready to risk his life and fortune to become a blade that cuts through the old order.

Lin Jue, a top modern history student, slams the table and rises to his feet:

“Keeping the people weak and ignorant is shortsighted! Look through history, and you’ll find that every line about fooling the people is written in blood!”

He casts aside the dross and enlightens the people, rebuilds the centralized bureaucracy, and personally teaches the ruler how to master the principle that “favor comes from the king, while law comes from Lord Shang”!

The old clans join forces to demand that the new laws be halted?

He turns the tables with an Enfeoffment by Grace Edict, making hundreds of the old nobles’ younger sons draw their swords and tear their own families apart!

A plot in Mei County sparks a revolt?

He brings out an advanced tactical formation and sends five hundred nameless elite soldiers straight through the eight-thousand-strong ranks of the old guard!

Ying Qu Liang draws his sword and sweeps the hall with his gaze. “This gentleman is the Imperial Tutor of Great Qin. Whoever dares obstruct his reforms will have their entire family wiped from the records!”

Years later, Ying Si looks at Great Qin’s armored soldiers trampling the lands east of the passes, then at Shang Yang, who has never suffered the punishment of being torn apart by chariots:

This peerless hidden chancellor, concealed deep within Great Qin, still intends to drive the empire into...