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

Chapter 132 Today’s Oath [4k update, please subscribe]

Chen Shen didn't hesitate at all. At this moment, he burst out with the "force value" that should belong to his younger brother Chen Zhan, and knocked down the "messenger" with one punch, his face extremely cold.

"Come here, tie up this person who is pretending to be the emperor's messenger!"

"Prepare a car and enter the palace immediately!"

On the chariot, Chen Shen held his hands tightly and looked in the distance with a little hesitation and helplessness in his eyes.

He did not expect that Emperor Zhou would be so cruel, nor did he expect that the kings of other countries would be so cooperative. This was simply a bit unexpected.

Once people have doubts, they can never return to their original state.

This is the norm.

But at this moment, no matter what the so-called messenger said, he would reject this matter.

the reason is simple.

Because the promises of the Six Kingdoms are just farts, and the emperor's canonization is also farts.

No matter what time it is, even in times of peace, the strength must be greater than the so-called status.

When Song Huan Gong wanted to compete with the King of Chu for status, wasn't he almost killed?

The chariot slowly entered the palace, carrying a lot of sadness.

Wei State, Daliang

King Wei's eyes narrowed slightly with a smile. He put down the wine jue in his hand. In fact, he had wanted to take action against Chen for a long time. It would be of no harm to him to sow the relationship between Chen and King Qin.

Whether he succeeds or not, he will reap the benefits.

Because he was a king, he understood the king's psychology best. When the seeds of doubt took root and sprouted, it was only a matter of time before Chen and the King of Qin separated.

The reason why I didn't take action before was because "Chen Ye" was there.

Chen Ye's foundation is too deep. Even if he provokes it, King Qin will not show any emotions while he is alive. And when Chen Ye is here, he can also slowly resolve all this.

But it's different now.

Chen Ye is dead.

The Queen Mother is dead.

King Huiwen Yingsi also died.

The departure of these three people was a huge blow to the Qin State. While people missed the Queen Mother and Chen Ye, there must be some "differences".

The king of Wei and the kings of several other countries bet on these "differences."

No matter how you say it, the Queen Mother is still Ying Ji's biological mother. Life and death are completely different. As much as she hated her when she was alive, she cares about her after her death.

After all, "hatred" is also an emotion, and it also requires strength.

When your hatred reaches an extreme level, your emotional "consumption" of him reaches a limit.

Memory beautifies all stains.

When my mother's status in the hearts of the Chinese people is not as high as that of Chen Ye, when there are not as many people who miss the Queen Mother as Chen Ye, when there are not as many funerals and even ceremonies for the Queen Mother as there are for Chen Ye.

All of this will become the "crack" in Ying Ji's heart that can be broken.

The cracks and seeds have been left behind.

King Wei just wanted to wait for the final result.

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When he learned that the kings of the six countries had responded to him by canonizing the Chen family as "gong", Emperor Zhou looked proud. He thought that he still had so much "power" that the kings of the countries would cooperate with him.

He was even willing to give ten cities to Chen.

But in an instant, Emperor Zhou became very angry again, because he suddenly realized a problem.

The kings of the six kingdoms would rather give ten cities to the Chen family than return the cities to Bangzhou.

He sat there, gritting his teeth.

But fortunately, although Emperor Zhou was stupid and young, he was not that stupid after all.

He knew that his strength was still a little inferior to that of the six countries. If he rashly wanted to expand Bangzhou's territory and get back what belonged to him, he would most likely be besieged by several countries.

"call--"

Emperor Zhou sneered. He looked at the map, and then thought silently in his heart.

When Chen got these ten cities, he issued an edict to ask for them.

Not too much, it should be okay to ask him to give Bang four seats, right?

Emperor Zhou seemed to have thought that the Chen family was forced to give four cities to Bangzhou because they did not dare to disobey his edict, while he did not need to live in the "Eastern Zhou Kingdom" and could have his own royal territory. .

The attendants around looked at Emperor Zhou's happy look, feeling helpless and confused in their hearts.

What is this emperor laughing at?

They couldn't help but sigh slowly in their hearts, this was simply killing them.

Although the previous Emperor Zhou was uncertain, at least there was no problem with his brain. Why did the current Emperor even have a problem with his brain?

Help the Six Kingdoms to deal with Qin

Does this do any good to Bang Zhou?

They began to worry about themselves.

Because the new Emperor Zhou lived a luxurious life on weekdays, he had already spent more than half of the money and food saved by the previous Emperor just over a year after taking the throne.

In the current situation, whether the Qin Congress will continue to pay tribute to Bangzhou is another matter.

Once Qin stops paying tribute to Bangzhou, will the other six countries continue?

The answer is yes, they won't.

Because now they pay tribute only because they are forced, because Qin is paying tribute.

Zhangtai Palace

Ying Ji was sitting in Zhangtai Palace, holding a carving knife in his hand and carving something on the bamboo slips. His expression was peaceful and there was no hesitation in his eyes.

After he finished carving something, he smiled and asked the person next to him: "What do you think of the carving alone?"

The chamberlain beside him lowered his eyes and just whispered: "What the king carved is naturally unique in the world."

He quietly observed the king.

In fact, at the same time that the envoys of the Emperor Zhou went to Lord An's residence to announce the decree, there were also envoys of the Emperor Zhou entering the palace to meet the King of Qin.

Because of the benevolence and righteousness of the previous two Qin kings, the envoys of Emperor Zhou could actually enter Qin without reporting. However, if they wanted to see the prince, they had to wait for the summons.

The two envoys expressed Emperor Zhou's attitude almost at the same time.

He wanted to ennoble the Chen family as a "gong", and at the same time, he also expressed the attitudes of the other six countries. There is still a difference on this point.

The envoy who entered the palace only said that the six countries were willing to give a total of ten cities to the Chen family. The emperor hoped that King Qin would abide by the edict and not stop the Chen family.

The chamberlain glanced at Ying Ji quietly.

When the king heard the so-called emperor's edict, he was not angry and even laughed a few times in a low voice.

Somewhat weird.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Then a chamberlain came in with an urgent expression: "Your Majesty, I would like to see your Majesty Chen Shen."

Ying Ji stood up immediately and said, "Quickly please." A moment later, Chen Shen walked in, his face dusty and anxious. When he saw Ying Ji, he immediately apologized: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Before he could continue, Ying Ji walked up to him with a smile, helped the bent Chen Shen up, and then said, "Why are you doing this? I know what is going on."

He walked to the desk and waved to Chen Shen to sit down.

"Don't be so nervous, it's just a little thing."

Little things?

Chen Shen looked confused and didn't understand what Ying Ji wanted to do.

At this time, looking at Chen Shen's confused eyes, Ying Ji couldn't help but burst into laughter. He turned his head and said with a smile: "Teacher, why don't you come out and explain something to your brother?"

teacher? Brother?

Chen Shen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked in the direction of the apse.

"Tap tap tap——"

Following the sound of footsteps, a middle-aged man wearing a plain robe and a gentle look on his brows walked out.

He has a strong character that lasts forever, and his brows are gentle at all.

It's Chen Shou!

Chen Shou smiled slightly, met Chen Shen and said, "Brother, don't worry, this is just the king's plan."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Shou sat in front of Chen Shen, sighed softly, and told the whole story.

"Actually, the thing is very simple. When the king and I were in the Kingdom of Zhao, we often deduced the situation in the world out of boredom."

"And we discovered a problem. The so-called "ritual" and "state and Zhou" constraints were still there during the time of "Xiao Gong", but they were actually gone during the time of the late king."

"Even Bangzhou can continue to survive because of Qin."

"As the former king became king and all the countries in the world carved up those small countries, the "rituals and music" in the world collapsed to a certain extent. Under such circumstances, all the countries in the world have turned from defense to offense."

"The era of passive defense and restricting countries in the name of "benevolence and righteousness" is over."

"Not only will we continue to be respectful to Emperor Zhou, we will not be able to continue to gain benefits. On the contrary, it has become a certain restriction for us, because we cannot predict whether the Emperor will always stand on our side or on the side of the Six Nations."

"Once the emperor turns around and joins the six kingdoms in dealing with us, Qin will definitely fall into a very passive situation."

"So the king and I began to think about how to do it without damaging the name of Qin's "benevolence and righteousness", but at the same time separate it from the "border Zhou"."

"Finally, we came up with a solution."

Chen Shen understood everything at this time, and said with a hint of understanding in his voice: "Let Emperor Zhou take action first?"

Chen Shou chuckled, looked at the eldest brother in front of him who had been smart since he was a child, and continued: "Yes, the way we thought of was to let Emperor Zhou take action first."

"Whether it's the emperor or the other monarchs, there are people who have been bribed by us."

"In this case, it's too easy to quietly trick them into doing something."

"When the king and I learned that they all wanted to drive a wedge between the Chen family, the king, and the State of Qin, the king and I knew that the opportunity had come."

"Here comes an opportunity to break up with Emperor Zhou openly and from the perspective of justice."

"From now on, we no longer have to be respectful to Emperor Zhou. We can even stand on the commanding heights of "morality" and start to refute Emperor Zhou."

Chen Shou sighed and said, "This will be the biggest change in Qin. From now on, Qin will be completely free."

Chen Shen had already figured out Chen Shou and Ying Ji's plan.

The fact that the Emperor of Zhou canonized the Chen family as a "gong" and united with the other six countries to establish the Chen family was not in line with "propriety", even if he was the Emperor of Zhou.

Because firstly, the Chen family was unwilling, and secondly, the Chen family was not a minister of Zhou State, but a minister of Qin State.

The most important aspect of the "feudal system" is that the vassal states have full control over their own countries. Even the emperor of Zhou Dynasty cannot bypass the vassals and deal with their ministers.

This is undoubtedly a kind of destruction of the "feudal system" and the "ritual and music system".

In this case, Qin became a "victim".

The ruler of Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Zhou, became a "foolish" person both in fact and in name.

Qin no longer paid tribute, no longer respected the emperor of Zhou, and even began to attack Zhou. This was something that no one could blame.

Why was King Wu's defeat of Zhou a grand and just matter?

Because when King Wu attacked "King Zhou", the reason he gave was that "King Zhou" was ignorant and stupid.

Chen Shen sighed quietly, looked at Ying Ji and Chen Shou, and said helplessly: "I see."

"It's just too risky."

This adventure has two meanings. In fact, both Ying Ji and Chen Shou could hear it, but Chen Shou just touched his nose and said nothing.

Ying Ji stood up and waved slightly, and the waiter on the side came over with a plate that had been prepared.

On the plate were two bronze barons and a bronze dagger.

Ying Ji picked up the dagger and cut it hard in the palm of his hand. Blood slowly flowed down his palm. He clenched his fist and dripped the blood into the two wine princes.

"Tick-tick-tick-"

The slightly turbid wine was soon soaked in blood and turned into a beautiful red color. Ying Ji handed the dagger in his hand to Chen Shen in front of him and said softly: "I know the worries in your heart, but today the Zhao family wins Ji. I would like to make an eternal oath with you here."

His expression was majestic and solemn, and his voice was deep and powerful.

"The Chen family lives up to the Ying family name, and the Ying family name lives up to the Chen family."

"If Ying loses his surname to Chen, the fate of the country will be broken and Qin will not continue!"

Chen Shen looked at Ying Ji standing there and suddenly smiled, as bright as a flower. He also picked up the dagger in his hand and cut a cut in his palm.

Blood dripped into the wine, mixing with Ying Ji's blood from before.

"The surname Ying will live up to the Chen family, and the Chen family will definitely live up to the surname Ying!"

"If Chen loses or wins, he will be destroyed by heaven and earth!"

The two raised the wine barons in front of them and raised their glasses in a deep voice: "This oath will remain unchanged forever!"

Then, drink it all in one gulp.

With a smile on his face, Ying Ji looked at Chen Shen and said, "Chen Qing, are you relieved?"

He pointed at Chen Shou beside him and said, "My teacher has always been worried. He almost couldn't sleep because of worry."

Chen Shen glared at Chen Shou, rolled his eyes and said, "If he hadn't done this kind of thing without telling me and the king, how could he have a guilty conscience?"

Chen Shou chuckled, a little embarrassed.

Ying Ji and Chen Shen looked at each other, and then laughed loudly. The laughter echoed in the hall for a long time.

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"In the fifth year of King Zhaoxiang, the emperor granted the Chen family to Guandu and allowed them to establish the country. The Chen family thanked them. At that time, the King of Qin was furious and rebuked the emperor and said: "The king is unethical! How can Qin serve him? "After that, Qin no longer claimed the title of minister in the state of Zhou. - "Book of the Warring States Period: The Third Annals of Zhou Dynasty"

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