The dates here are far too late for the title to be accurate. Especially when they are talking about the 1st century BC. This after the end of the Warring State

The dates here are far too late for the title to be accurate. Especially when they are talking about the 1st century BC. This after the end of the Warring States period in China, in 221 BC. One reason that the Chin were able to win the Warring States period is because they invented the concept of "total war", including the concept of every aspect of the economy being maximized so as to maximize the output for the war effort. The rulers of Chin ended up nationalizing quite a bit of the productive land, and then pressuring the appointed managers to maximize output, and those managers, in turn, maximized pressure on the peasants to maximize output. A difficult but fascinating book about the political debate of the Warring States period: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936166755/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936166755/