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

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The war started simply and simply. The four countries of Qin, Zhao, Wei and Yan formed an alliance and prepared to carve up the remaining three countries together.

Of course, their ultimate goal is not to carve up these three countries.

Maybe - Qin State has such an idea, but once the other three countries find out that he has such an idea, they will immediately suppress his idea.

After all, who doesn’t know that after these three countries are divided, it will be their turn?

They will not allow and will never let such a thing happen.

In "Peach Blossom Spring".

Chen Ye was lying on the recliner, silently watching the development of all this. Now he still has some strength and energy to watch these histories become "reality" step by step.

But as the years pass, he begins to feel tired.

But that was many years later.

Perhaps, many years later, he is still energetic in space, observing this boring but interesting history?

"Ugh."

In fact, when the new official system emerged, Chen Ye discovered the hidden meaning in it.

Different from other monarchs and courtiers in Qin, Chen Ye knew more about the inside story. After all, it was he who handed over the reform of the official system to Chen Shen, and it was he who watched Chen Shen put the official system at the right time. , taught to "Ying Ji" by a suitable "coincidence".

This means that Chen wants to retreat.

In other words, Chen Shen, who is leading the Chen family, has begun to prepare a way out for the Chen family.

Kings are always mean and ungrateful, especially a king who has been in power for decades.

In the seventh year of King Zhaoxiang's reign, wars broke out frequently, and different talents emerged on each of the three battlefields.

During the war between Qin Yan and Qi, one person among the old nobles passed down from generation to generation in the Qin State stood out. He gained military merit at an almost suspiciously fast speed.

At the beginning, it took the young man four full months to get his first head and advance to the rank of nobility.

But then, in the fifth month, he collected enough heads to be promoted to the fifth rank, and therefore became the lowest-level "corps commander" in the Qin army, becoming the leader of five people.

It was after becoming the "corps commander" that this middle-aged man, who was no longer young, finally showed his talents and frightening military abilities.

There was originally a small conflict in the sixth month. This is very common after a war, especially in the post-Warring States era. But it was because of this "ordinary" corps leader that this small conflict broke out. It became a huge war!

This war swept almost half of the Qin, Yan and Qi battlefields.

When the war ended, this ordinary military commander was once again promoted to the eighth rank, and he was promoted to a hundred generals by King Ying Ji of Qin himself.

Here we must explain the military structure of Qin during this period.

For a team of five people, there is a team leader; for a team of two, there is a leader; for a team of five, there is a leader; for a team of five, there is a leader; for a team of two, there is a hundred general; for five hundred people, there is a leader of five hundred; for one, there is a leader. Thousands of people, let there be one master of two to five hundred. Among them, "two to five hundred masters" are also called "thousands of people".

Thousands of people were already considered upper-middle-class officers and soldiers during this period.

The hundred generals are the middle-level non-commissioned officers.

Generally speaking, it takes several wars to transform from an ordinary soldier to a "hundred generals" - at least three huge wars.

This will take at least ten years, or even longer, because some people, even if they have outstanding talents, cannot get so many heads or military honors due to some reasons.

This middle-aged man comes from the old aristocracy "Bai family".

His name is very simple. Perhaps his parents hope that "Bai" can be appointed and favored by King Qin again, so there is only one word.

"rise".

This middle-aged man, who is nearly thirty years old and no longer young, is called Bai Qi.

He also has a more famous name.

Mr. Wu An! God of death!

In the big account

If it weren't for the fact that the Qin generals were watching beside him, Le Yi would have wanted to kill Bai Qi directly on this battlefield several times.

Not to mention that Qin Yan is forming an alliance now, even if it is a true alliance, it can tear up the alliance.

What's more, it's not an alliance now?

At most, they are attacking Qi together.

When Le Yi saw Bai Qi and even heard some conversations between Bai Qi and Sima Cuo, he had an inexplicable feeling, a kind of fear from the heart.

This child cannot be kept!

If you stay, there will be endless trouble!

This is what Le Yi's intuition tells him. It's too easy to die on the battlefield anyway.

But when Le Yi actually implemented his plan, he discovered that it was so difficult to kill someone on the battlefield!

Not to mention the "parts" that protect Bai Qi, this talented middle-aged man himself is a huge challenge to Le Yi's plans and plots.

To deal with the mediocre, it is enough to arrange troops in battle from a distance.

But it's a pity that Bai Qi is not a mediocre person

Not only is he not a mediocre person, he is also a genius who can rival or even surpass Le Yi himself!

To deal with such a genius, even Le Yi himself might fail, let alone control from a distance?

And on another battlefield.

In the battlefields of Qin, Zhao and Han, a talented person also appeared like a meteor. This person should have been a late bloomer in his original trajectory.

But I don't know which "butterfly" was affected by it, and he burst out all his strength in advance.

Lian Po!

Like Bai Qi, Lian Po was one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period!

On the battlefield between Qin, Zhao and Han, this famous general who was originally famous for his "defense" in later generations burst out with unprecedented charm.

The battlefield between Qin, Zhao and Han ended very quickly, almost as fast as the wind and the remaining clouds.

Han had no ability to resist the two great powers Qin and Zhao.

These are the first and second most powerful countries!

It is as simple as the current rabbit and eagle working together to attack a "principal" with only a few hundred citizens on the ocean!

Even easier than drinking water!

Because when drinking water, you may have to consider the water temperature, but unlike Qin and Zhao's attack on Han, you don't need to consider anything.

Just go ahead and get over it.

In the spring of the eighth year of King Zhaoxiang, King Han asked for peace.

Qin and Zhao lions opened their mouths and annexed almost half of Han's land. Almost all the land north of Changping was lost and ceded to the two countries.

After Qin and Zhao carved up half of Korea, they each began to divide the benefits obtained in this war.

The first is land.

King Zhao Huiwen was unwilling to offend the powerful King of Qin at this time, because most of the time being powerful meant being "small-minded", so he took the cities of Gangyu, Pingyang and other places.

In order to make up for Qin's losses, "Changping" and "Guandu (Zhongmu)" were given to Qin.

These two places are very fertile plains, and they did not suffer much damage in this disaster. Giving these two places to Qin was also a gesture of goodwill from King Zhao Huiwen.

King Qin happily agreed to King Zhao Huiwen's request. The two parties had a full and friendly conversation and divided the "food" devoured by this violence equally. In the winter of the eighth year of King Zhaoxiang’s reign, Qi was the first to be unable to bear the cold wind.

The king of Qi asked for peace.

Ceded "Rao'an", "Maling" and other places to Qin and Yan.

The King of Qin did not go beyond the expectations of Le Yi and King Yan Zhao, saying that these two places are not adjacent to our territory, but we obviously contributed more in this war, and we cannot get nothing.

Therefore, it was proposed that Yan State could exchange "Jinyang" for "Rao'an".

When King Yan Zhao heard this "proposal", he almost wanted to roar angrily, because "Jinyang" does not belong to the Yan Kingdom! It belongs to Zhao State!

But what made King Yan Zhao even more angry was that King Zhao proposed that he could hand over "Jinyang" to "Qin" as long as Yan gave half of "Zhongshan" to Zhao in exchange.

Finally, after "friendly", "sincere", "cordial" and "in-depth" conversations among the three parties, the following decision was made.

Yan State obtained "Rao'an" and "Ma Ling", successfully extended its tentacles deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, and became a thorn between Qi State and Zhao State.

From then on, the Yan State really had the tendency to "go south and annex all the heroes".

Its land is shaped like a T.

Zhao State, on the other hand, received one-third of "Zhongshan" and consolidated its position in the "Central Plains".

Qin State gained Jinyang and other places.

There is not much in this land, but there is a piece of land called "Lin", Lin Xiangru's Lin.

After the other two battlefields were over, the Chu State finally couldn't stand it anymore, because the King of Chu began to be afraid.

He was afraid that if he continued to resist, Qin would unite with Wei, Zhao, and Yan, and the four countries would form an alliance to attack him! He was even afraid that the other six countries would unite and carve him up!

Why is King Chu so afraid?

Because the territory of Chu State is really too big!

It can be said that the other six countries combined are not as large as Chu.

The State of Chu is really vast.

In the ninth year of King Zhaoxiang, spring.

The king of Chu asked for peace.

As the price of "seeking peace", Qin obtained part of Nanyang County such as "Shangyong", "Ji", "Wan" and "Deng".

Wei State got "Xuzhou" and "Pengcheng".

In this war that swept the world, only the three countries of Han, Qi, and Chu were injured, while the remaining four countries were strengthened to varying degrees.

Perhaps this is the principle of "the weak will always be weak" and "the strong will always be strong".

After everyone calmed down and began to analyze this war, many monarchs began to examine what they had gained and what they had lost.

This is the first stage.

At this stage, the kings of Wei, Yan, and Zhao did not realize anything.

Immediately afterwards, they put aside their "self-interests" and just saw what Qin got.

As the initiator and the backbone of this war, Qin State expanded to the northwest, east, and south. At this time, Qin State was almost three-quarters of the size of Chu State!

This is simply incredible.

After all, in the past, the Qin State was able to cultivate such powerful Qin soldiers in that small area, and now it is expanding again

What will happen?

neither knows.

The three kings began to review this war. After that, sighs and sounds of regret floated over the capitals of the Three Kingdoms.

They began to regret it.

As a result, the vaguely loose six countries once again showed signs of "alliance".

This alliance is different from previous alliances. This time there are no "traitors". All the kings are eager to prevent Qin from continuing to develop, and they all want to restrict the King of Qin who obviously has "huge ambitions"

They initially realized the horror of the Great Demon King of the Warring States Period.

In the ninth year of King Zhaoxiang, at the time of spring and summer.

After winning the war, King Qin Ying Ji once again began to divide the ministers wantonly.

"Bai Qi", who performed brilliantly in the war, was awarded the 13th rank for his military merits, and then became a minister and became a "military commander", just under the Taiwei.

And "Chen Zhan" was promoted to the nobility again by virtue of his military merits, and was granted the title of Chehou.

This is the pinnacle that the military merit system can reach.

The twentieth grade military merit title system, the twentieth grade is Chehou.

What's more, Chen Zhan has already granted the "jun" the title of "Wu'an" based on his previous merits. This is the highest-ranking monarch in the Qin State except "An Guojun".

Under "Anguo" are "Wen'an" and "Wu'an". These two titles are further called "Anguo".

In the Qin Dynasty, countless soldiers dreamed of being named "Wu'an Lord".

Just like the "Fenglang Jixu" in later generations.

Perhaps the title "Wu'an Lord" itself does not have such a high status, but when Chen Zhan becomes Wu'an Lord, then Wu'an Lord will have such a status.

And in the darkness, the "Alliance to Attack Chen" was crawling and ready to burst out at any time, celebrating happily again.

If the establishment of "Left Prime Minister" and "Right Prime Minister" last time was not intentional, then the establishment of "Military Sima" this time is clearly intentional at a glance.

"Taiwei" is the highest military officer of a country, and is served by Chen Zhan of the Chen family.

Now, what does it mean that the king specially set up a "military commander"?

Isn't it just to restrict Chen Zhan and the Chen family?

This is a very simple truth, and everyone in the court can see it.

Zhao State, Handan.

After seeing Lian Po's strength, King Zhao Huiwen was like a poor man who had obtained a precious jade, almost wanting to show off every day.

He conferred the title of "Xinping-kun" to Lian Po at a speed that could almost be called "rapid".

This was nearly 30 years earlier than the original history in which he was crowned king.

Then, he paid homage to the minister and placed Lian Po in charge of the country's military affairs.

The seventh year of King Nan of Zhou Dynasty.

This Emperor Zhou, who was neither a success nor a failure, collapsed in "Gong", but at this time his "collapse" no longer caused any commotion.

People didn't care when he died.

Or

People in the world no longer care when Bang Zhou dies.

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"In the sixth year of King Zhaoxiang, the king fought with the whole country, captured thirty cities, and returned with a great victory. - "Book of Qin: The Chronicles of King Zhaoxiang"

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