Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 114 "Proton" [4k update, please subscribe]

In the past, the disputes had already begun. The ministers who were discussing the appointment of the heir were now as silent as quails. They were no better than the previous princes who were under Ying Si's rage.

Although Ying Si has a good personality and rarely gets angry with his courtiers, once he gets angry, everything turns upside down.

"Tap-tap-"

There was a sound of footsteps, and Ying Si walked in from the back hall, with an expression on his face, as if nothing happened a few days ago.

But many ministers did not dare to say a word. Their noses seemed to be able to smell the smell of blood floating in the air that had not dissipated.

Ying Si looked at the silent people and sneered, with a playful tone in his voice: "Oh?"

"Why are you all so peaceful today?"

"Aren't you going to discuss establishing a reserve bank today?"

There was a smile on his face, like a kind and kind neighbor, but the charm in his tone made the ministers present tremble.

At this time, only one person spoke, and what he was really talking about was the matter of establishing a prince.

When everyone heard that someone dared to mention the matter of establishing a prince at this time, their hearts almost jumped out of their chests. However, when they saw who spoke, their hearts were put back.

If this person said it, then it would be nothing.

It’s Chen Ye!

Chen Ye stood up slowly, and the maid beside him quickly supported him.

"Your Majesty, I have a report regarding the appointment of a crown prince."

When Ying Si heard Chen Ye speak, the look on his face softened, and there was a hint of sincerity in his smile.

"Teacher? What's the matter?"

Chen Ye stood there, as quietly as a pine and cypress supporting Da Qin.

There was a hint of solemnity in his voice: "Even an old man like me, who has never been in court, has heard of the dispute over the throne. This is really ridiculous. This case must not be allowed!"

Chen Ye turned his head and looked at the Gonggun princes standing in the court hall, his expression sharp and a little angry.

And everyone he saw did not dare to raise their heads and look at Chen Ye.

"Nowadays, almost all the Central Plains countries are involved in the dispute between the five Central Plains countries. The brutality of the battle just now is unprecedented in several years."

"In this war that continues to this day, each of the five countries has suffered at least nearly [-] casualties!"

"And under such circumstances, the Gonggun princes above the court did not think about how to make Qin's interests greater, but instead started a struggle for interests in the country?"

Chen Ye sneered, his tone full of disdain: "Young men like this, why not send them to women's houses to help women weave cloth!"

"It might as well make some contribution to Qin's tax revenue."

Chen Ye almost pointed his finger at these ministers and scolded them, saying that they were not even as good as the women in the house. At least women weaving could contribute tax revenue to Qin, but they only knew how to eat, drink and compete for profits.

If it had been someone else who had said this, the people present would have gotten up and pointed at the other person's nose, and they might even have rolled up their sleeves and started a fight with the other person.

But it was Chen Ye who said this now.

Who is Chen Ye?
  The dignified Lord An Guo, the pillar of the Qin Kingdom, is the first person in the Qin Dynasty to be awarded twenty degrees of nobility like Lord Shang. His two sons are a Sikou and a general. The mountain chief of Xianyang Academy and even his grandson are already the companions of all the young masters. Talents that all the gentlemen can compete for
  What's more, even if they didn't have these, they wouldn't dare to talk back.

Because the king on the stage was carrying a butcher's knife. He seemed to be smiling, but in fact he was waiting for them with a bloody smell.
  Even Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Ying Ji, Sima Cuo and others all stood there with their heads down obediently without saying a word. Didn't you see An Guojun's two sons standing there silently being scolded?

An Guojun, who even scolded his own son, doesn't he dare to scold you?
  joke
  When Chen Ye got angry, he was even scarier than Ying Si. After all, when Ying Si got angry, he just picked up the butcher's knife, and in the worst case, his head fell to the ground. He was still a good man twenty years later.

But when Chen Ye gets angry, he points his finger at you and scolds you, and the scolding is particularly unpleasant.
  Not only can you not refute, but you also have to smile with it.

And if you offend Ying Si, you may not die. After all, Ying Si is the king and you have to worry about the "name of benevolence and righteousness", but if you offend Chen Ye, the king will definitely kill you.
  The precedent is the bloody "dispute over establishing the crown prince" where people were directly killed.

Chen Ye looked at the group of people who had their heads lowered and were waiting to be scolded, and the anger that had just dissipated in his heart burst out again: "You are all talented people from the Qin State! Some of you have been awarded the fifteenth rank!"

"Why are they all like eating dry food?"

"Now you know how to keep silent? What about before? What were you doing before?"

"Too busy fighting for fame and wealth?"

"If something goes wrong in Qin, where will you go to fight for fame and wealth?"

"Ok?"

"Answer me!"

Chen Ye was furious and the atmosphere in the hall was very solemn and even a little embarrassing.

There was a slight smile on Ying Si's face on the high platform. He coughed lightly and was about to say something when he saw his teacher turning around and staring at him.

Subconsciously, Ying Si's body trembled slightly.

It seems like something is wrong.

I saw Chen Ye's expression was solemn, but the look in his eyes was stern and gloomy: "Your Majesty, I don't know about things in the court at home, don't you know about it too?"

"You are only focused on arguing with the ministers. Don't you remember the first lesson that the ministers taught you?"

"Have you not discovered the chaos in the five Central Plains countries?"

"At this time, even if the Qin State does not intervene, it can secretly form an alliance with the Chu State in the south, or even exchange interests with the Chu State!"

"But what are you doing?"

Ying Si sat down awkwardly, with an embarrassed look on his face, while the ministers who had their heads lowered secretly laughed.

I thought An Guojun's temper had improved, but I didn't expect that An Guojun's temper was still so bad.

Since even the king has been scolded, what else do they have to feel wronged about?

Could they be more noble and aggrieved than the king?

Ying Si coughed slightly, with a bit of embarrassment in his voice. He forcibly changed the subject and said, "What the teacher said makes sense. It's not too late now."

"I just received the credential from Chu State a few days ago. The content of the credential is indeed similar to what the teacher said."

Speaking of the letter of credence from the King of Chu, a playful look flashed across his face.

"The King of Chu said that Chu and Zhao once had enmity. Now Zhao is at war with the Five Kingdoms. He wants to take the opportunity to take revenge. He wants to take advantage of Qin to attack Zhao. He is willing to offer two cities as a gift and asks for your permission."

"What do you think?" Everyone present was stunned, and then started talking one after another.

Excuse me?

It can be said that there is no room for discussion on this kind of thing, just reject it directly.

After all, the last country we were borrowed from is now gone.
  Even if Qin is not afraid of Chu, why take the risk?
  Isn't it good to watch a play?
  However, before anyone could say anything, Ying Si, who was sitting on the high platform, spoke again: "The King of Chu said that if Qin doesn't trust him, he can come to Qin in person and serve as a hostage."

"Or send one of your sons to be a proton."

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When all the ministers present heard this, they had confused looks on their faces. They didn't understand what King Chu's brain was thinking.

He borrowed a road to come to Qin and was willing to take his son as a hostage.

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What is this picture?

"Your Majesty, what is this, this, this, this King of Chu for?"

"Isn't the King of Chu afraid that Qin will detain him and then ask Chu for money and the city?"

"Even if Qin has evil intentions, wouldn't Chu be in danger?"

But the minister who reacted smiled and said: "I'm afraid it's fake, but taking this opportunity to exchange protons is real."

Ying Si burst out laughing. He looked at the many ministers and said, "Not bad."

"I'm afraid the King of Chu just wants to take this opportunity to exchange protons with Qin. Even if we ask the King of Chu to come, he will definitely not come."

Ying Si sneered: "The King of Chu cherishes his life very much."

He shook his head and sighed: "About protons."

Ying Si was actually a little hesitant. He didn't really want to exchange protons at this time, especially he didn't want to exchange protons with Chu at this time.

The letter he just took out was actually just to interrupt Chen Ye
  Chen Ye glanced at Ying Si who was sitting on the stage and didn't know what to do. He rolled his eyes slightly, then took a step forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, the King of Chu's letter did not say when the exchange would take place. The exchange of protons was not directly stated."

"If the king fails to reply, it means that the matter of borrowing the passage cannot be passed through the court."

"Ask King Chu if there is any other way."

"I'm afraid it will take a year and a half between this coming and going."

"I see that the Battle of Gangyu seems to be coming to an end. I am afraid that the five countries may not be able to hold on any longer, right?"

There was sarcasm in his tone: "Because of King Zhao's reforms, Zhao State's young population can still sustain itself, but their domestic food and grass supplies may have been exhausted."

"As for Wei and Han, I'm afraid they have been unable to hold on for a long time. Now they are just holding on with one breath, right?"

Chen Ye blinked and said, "Why don't your Majesty use the identity of the Qin State to mediate the war between the five kingdoms? Then mediate in the name of "the suffering of the head of Guizhou" and "benevolence and righteousness". In this way, not only can you gain a wave of fame, but also be accompanied by As the power of the five countries declined, Qin's strength increased in disguise."

"As the tide rises, all boats will rise, and the gap between the Central Plains countries and Qin will become even wider."

Ying Si thought for a moment and nodded directly: "What An Guojun said makes sense, so let's follow what An Guojun said."

In the twelfth year of King Huiwen's reign, King Qin Yingsi came forward to mediate the war between the five kingdoms of Wei, Zhao, Han, Qi and Yan.

It is said that the war just now has caused hundreds of thousands of casualties, and the disputes between countries should have reached their limit. In this case, why not stop it as soon as possible?

At this time, the five countries were actually awake and began to regret.

But firstly, there was no suitable step, and secondly, no one could swallow this breath, so they kept gritting their teeth and holding on until their teeth were almost broken.

Now that King Qin came forward to mediate, everyone walked down the steps.

In the spring of the thirteenth year of King Huiwen's reign, King Qin Ying Si dragged his illness and held an alliance meeting with the kings of several countries in Gangyu. Although Ying Si presided over this alliance meeting, the protagonist was not Ying Si. He is the king of the other five countries.

Here, the kings of the five countries signed an alliance.

It is called "Gang Yu's Appointment" in history.

The signing of Gang Yu benefited from the strong strength of the Qin State. This alliance meeting lasted longer than any other alliance meeting. From the spring of the thirteenth year of King Huiwen's update, it has been discussed, or argued, until King Huiwen's update. summer of thirteen years
  The kings of several countries were almost unable to reach an agreement on the covenant, because the losses in the war were too great. Everyone wanted to gain some benefits from the covenant to make up for their losses. It was at this time that At that moment, everyone suddenly understood one thing.

How powerful is the Qin State that has been able to suppress the allies of several countries before?
  Just a battle at Yu had cost them so much. How deep was the Qin State, which had been resisting the Three Kingdoms, Four Kingdoms, and even the Five Kingdoms and Six Kingdoms' alliance to attack Qin?

But thinking about it in a flash, it seems that the war between Qin and them did not last so long, so the losses should not be very large.

But then I thought about it, they are a country that is so powerful that it can almost be said to be the second among the seven countries to form a four-nation alliance, and it is still in decline "Wei", "Qi" and "Han", which is not a powerful country. The last "Yan Kingdom" that still had to resist the Xiongnu ended up like this.

How powerful is the Qin State that suppressed the "Wei Wuzu" and "Sun Bin" in its heyday as well as the three kingdoms of "Yan, Han, and Zhao"?
  Of course, the reason why I was able to think of this matter was because the five countries had been arguing for too long, which made Ying Si a little impatient, so he threatened, if anyone is dissatisfied, why not compete with Qin?
  It can be said that the signing of the treaty just now was entirely due to the strong power of the Qin State.
  Under such pressure, several countries not only quickly completed the signing of the alliance that they had not been able to complete in the previous months, but also secretly reached other alliances.
  Of course, one country stands out among them.

Not only did he fail to reach an alliance with the other four countries, but he rejected the alliance invitation from the four countries and turned to Qin.
  In the palace

Ying Si also looked at King Zhao in front of him in surprise: "Why is King Zhao looking for a man? Hasn't the covenant already been signed?"

"Is there anything else that King Zhao wants to change?"

King Zhao Wuling had a strange look on his face. He looked at Ying Si, who had a sickly face in front of him and looked like he was not going to live long. He chuckled: "There is a saying on the grassland, only cattle and sheep will flock together, and tigers will at most find a like-minded person." companion."

"King Qin, you and I are so powerful. If we can unite, why should we be afraid of other countries?"

"In this case, why should I give up alliance with the powerful Qin State and look for alliances with several weak countries?"

"That won't make me gain anything, but it will make me lose a lot."

Listening to King Zhao's words, Ying Si raised his eyebrows slightly in his heart. This is really a pillow for sleepy people.
  He is worried about how to form an alliance with Zhao to exchange protons.
  However, Ying Si didn't show it on his face and just said: "I see."

"only."

"Isn't the strength of Qin's alliance with Zhao's alliance just like that of Zhao's alliance with other countries?"

"It's good that King Zhao wants to form an alliance with a powerful country, but why does Qin agree to this?"

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