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He also secured his position by severing the links of dependence and personal loyalty between armies and their individual commanders, largely thanks to a simple, practical process of pension reform. This must count among the most significant innovations of his whole rule. He established uniform terms and conditions of army employment, fixing a

Then Qin Shi Huang said, “We will appoint a Wallbreaker for each Wallfacer. Like the Wallfacers, the Wallbreakers will be authorized to tap all of the organization’s resources, but their greatest resource will be the sophons,

Even if you have defeated your enemies, you should not brag, flaunt, and be arrogant. You should remain calm and kind to your enemies without dominating them.

Subjugating the enemy’s army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.33 The strategy for employing the army is not to rely on their not coming, but to depend upon us having the means to await them. Do not rely on them not attacking, but depend upon us having an unassailable position.34 When someone excels at defense the enemy does not