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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Encouragement of Immigration -> 7

Further, in the victories in the Zhou and Hua battles, or in that at Ch'ang-p'ing,
how many people did Qin lose,
and how many soldiers, both of the people and of the foreign inhabitants, were unable to occupy themselves with primary affairs?
I venture to think that they were innumerable.
使Suppose amongst Your Majesty's ministers there should be one able, with a half of these losses, to weaken Jin and to strengthen Qin as much as by the victories in these three battles, then would Your Majesty, no doubt, grant him big rewards.
Now, by the method which I propose,
the people would not have a single day's scutage
nor would the officials have the expense of great sums of money,
while Jin would be weakened and Qin strengthened more than by three battles;
but if Your Majesty still does not approve,
then Your servant is too stupid to understand it.


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