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

Chapter 146 makes a grand debut [st update, please subscribe]

The current situation of Qin State can be described as "the state of the country is empty". The people who supported a great era are coming to an end. New people are standing on the stage, and they don't know how to "sing" yet.

Fan Ju hesitated slightly as he sat in the position of Prime Minister. He didn't know whether he could take on this heavy responsibility.

This is the position of Prime Minister of Qin!

People who stood in this position in the past were too great, which made Fan Ju hesitate and fear.

But King Zhaoxiang's trust made him take courage again.

Facts have proved that King Zhaoxiang has a very good vision. During the month he served as prime minister, Fan Ju handled everything in an orderly manner.

Everything is just like it was when Chen Shen, Zhang Yi, and Su Qin were still there.

The vacancy of the position of Qin's right prime minister also made people all over the world look at him and - heartbeat.

From the current point of view, Qin is certainly the most powerful country in the world. Although some people have some "questions" about the king of Qin, he is undoubtedly an excellent king. In such a country and such a king, which talented person can't help it? What about your heartbeat?

They all aimed at Qin Xiangguo's position and wanted to sit in this position.

So what if Fan Ju is here?

Although there are not too many people in the world who are more powerful than Fan Ju, they are definitely not too few.

At present, there are only three or four people who have the ability, ambition, and qualifications to sit in the position of right minister, and the best and most impeccable among them is a man named "Tian Wen" people.

Tian Wen is a first-class person in terms of background.

He is a member of the "Tian family" of Qi State. Of course, he is not the "Tian family" that has replaced "Jiang" of Qi State, but another branch of the original Tian family.

Tian Ji is a horse racing field.

It was also the "field" that King Qi had always been afraid of.

Some words are so good that you cannot write two characters for "田" in one stroke, but when the characters become reality, everything is not that simple.

For example, the dispute between two fields in Qi State.

You can replace the original "Jiang" and become the King of Qi, why can't I become the King of Qi? Where am I less than you? Aren’t we all from the Tian family? And even if some people from the Tian family replaced the royal family of Qi, no one would have much reaction.

Aren’t they all Tians on the left and right?

As a result, this became the biggest conflict in Qi, that is, the battle between the "Tian" of the Qi royal family and the "Tian" of the Tian family.

This is origin.

Tian Wen's qualifications are even more obvious.

He was the former prime minister of Qi State.

In other words, half a month ago he was the Prime Minister of Qi State, but not now.

More than a month ago, civil strife broke out in Qi. Tian Jia of the Tian family tried to kill King Min of Qi and replace him as King of Qi - this was the conflict between the Tian family and the Tian family mentioned before.

Of course, this time the murder was not successful, Tian Jia failed.

After Tian Jia failed, King Min of Qi, who had become a frightened bird, felt that the people in the "Tian family" were plotting to kill him and replace him as King of Qi, including those who had always been known as benevolent and virtuous. Tian Wen.

Tian Wen himself knew this, so he resigned simply and neatly.

In terms of reputation, Tian Wen is not inferior to Fan Ju, and is even higher than Chen Zhao, who cultivated the Qin State deeply and gained the name "Chen Family" of benevolence and righteousness.

Of course Chen Zhao is still young now.

If Tian Wen were to compare with Chen Shen, he would be far behind.

But Tian Wen also knew one thing in his heart. The prime minister of Qin could be anyone, even Chen Zhao, but it could not be Chen Shen.

This is a matter of face.

Chen Shen retired to his hometown due to illness, and he retired not long after King Zhaoxiang took office. Who in the world does not know the "struggle" contained in this? If Chen Shen is invited back at this time, where will King Zhaoxiang's face go?

Almost in the face of King Zhaoxiang, he said, I, the King of Qin, am incompetent, so I can only ask Chen Shen, who was forced to leave by me, to come back!

King Zhaoxiang couldn't do such a thing. Even if King Zhaoxiang really had no one available and gave up his face and dignity as the king, he had to invite Chen Shen back. Chen Shen would not agree because Chen Shen couldn't do it. Come out and slap the king in the face.

But Chen Zhao still doesn't have that qualification.

Tian Wen also has a name that is more well-known to everyone.

The fourth prince of the Warring States Period - Lord Mengchang.

He has thousands of disciples, among whom there are many talented people. When Tian Wen expressed his desire to go to Qin to become the prime minister, his disciples jumped for joy, because this was also a great opportunity for them. a good thing.

But only a few diners were worried.

"My lord, I'm afraid it's not the best time to go now, right?"

The man said hesitantly: "Qin has ended its war against the barbarians. Now I am afraid that the five countries will form an alliance and attack Qin!"

"Although the Qin State is powerful, after launching a three-year war against the Xiongnu barbarians and killing hundreds of thousands of people, can they still be strong enough to resist the Five-Nation Alliance?"

"If you had just gone to Qin to become prime minister, Qin would have suffered a defeat in the war, which would be very detrimental to you."

What this guest said was also for Tian Wen's sake, but Tian Wen obviously didn't think of this and just said with a smile: "Why is it so?"

"If the Qin State were in its heyday now, would it still be interested in me, a little Tian Wen? And it is precisely because the Qin State is in danger that I, Tian Wen, can show off his abilities!"

He stood in the courtyard with the wine glass in hand, stretched out his hand, and used the cup in his hand to receive the bright moonlight: "This is what I should do!"

"When a man is born in this world, he should stand at the top!"

"Since the State of Qi cannot keep me, then why should I be attached to the State of Qi anymore?"

The Tian family wanted to usurp the throne because of rebellion. Although the family did not fall due to King Qi Min's release and the efforts of everyone in the Tian family, it was impossible for the Tian family to regain its former glory.

In this case, why not choose another brand new land?

In addition to Qi, the world's first-class powerful countries include Yan, Zhao, and Qin.

Among them, there is Zou Yan in Yan, Le Yi outside, Lian Po in Zhao, and Lin Xiangru, who is famous.

However, Qin's domestic talents are withering now.

The older generation of talented people are either old and frail, or have passed away, while the new talented people have not yet been able to show their prowess. This is the best opportunity for Tian Wen.

Of course, the more important reason is that Yan and Zhao are too close to Qi, and now Tian Wen wants to be farther away from Qi.

In addition, the Qin State is the most powerful.

Tian Wen can see from the changes in the world situation which country has the ability to dominate the world and conspire to unify it.

Although Yan and Zhao had a magnificent atmosphere, they ultimately lacked some "good timing".

Only Qin.

The Qin State has the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people. Why should such a family and country not be able to become strong? Why worry about not being able to unify this fragmented Kyushu?

Of course, even if people in this period had a vague concept of "unifying the nine states" in their minds, their vision for the future was not an "empire", but an "empire" similar to the alliance like "Bang Zhou".

Large and small feudal states revolved around the core "Bangzhou", but "Bangzhou" was replaced by "Bangqin". Why didn’t the nobles of the Six Kingdoms in history resist desperately? Why don't the royal families of the Six Kingdoms have the courage to break up with each other? Are they really afraid?

Yes. There is indeed a reason for this.

More importantly, those nobles believed that the Qin State would still implement the system of "feudal states" after unification. At that time, they would still have the ability and opportunity to replace a certain "feudal state" or try to establish it again. A country of one's own

It just changed from paying tribute to the state of Zhou and becoming a minister to the state of Qin.

It's just that the title changed from "Emperor Zhou" to "Emperor Qin".

Tian Wen raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky, and sighed softly: "I will leave the city tomorrow and go to Qin!"

He made a decision.

The capital of Yan State is Ji.

In the palace.

King Yan Zhao looked at Zou Yan who was sitting opposite him very respectfully, with a benevolent look on his face: "Sir, I wonder if you can gain anything from observing the five elements of yin and yang in the sky this time?" [Note: Ancient times were very particular about this, but this article does not include it. There is no transcendence of natural forces. 】

Zou Yan stroked his beard slightly, with a hint of helplessness in his voice: "Your Majesty, the Qi of the Yan Kingdom has been established, but there is only one cauldron to suppress this Qi. If the King's Qi leaks from time to time, I am afraid that we will not be able to win the final victory. "

There was sigh in his voice.

But King Yan Zhao was not angry, obviously he already knew this.

He just continued to ask: "Sir, apart from Yan State, which other country has such "qi"?"

Zou Yan looked at King Yan Zhao with a slightly solemn expression: "There are also Qin and Zhao."

"Among them, the Qi of Zhao and Yan are almost the same, and both are vaguely leaking. However, Zhao seems to have received some kind of god-given gift, so the amount of leakage is not as much as that of Yan. Therefore, Zhao's strength It will be vaguely stronger than Yan Guo."

"And Qin."

Zou Yan's expression became more solemn. He looked at King Yan Zhao and said: "Your Majesty, the Qin State has gathered the energy of the world into itself decades ago. Through the efforts of three generations of Qin kings, Qin's destiny at this time, Already above all other countries!”

"The King of Qin has three Jiuzhou Cauldrons to suppress this energy, forming a vague three-legged force. The king's energy has not been leaked."

"It already has the potential to swallow up the whole world!"

King Yan Zhao's expression became more solemn. He looked at Zou Yan and said, "Has he already had the potential to swallow up the whole world?"

Zou Yan nodded slightly, with a bit of disbelief in his expression: "The celestial phenomena are shown in this way. I observed the five elements of the celestial phenomena and the yin and yang hexagrams more than ten years ago. The Qin State should not be able to gather energy at this time to form it!"

"This also makes me very confused."

Shouldn't it?

King Yan Zhao couldn't comment and didn't say anything. He just sighed quietly and then said: "If we can capture Qin's Jiuzhou Cauldron, can we let Qin's power leak out and reduce Qin's strength?"

Zou Yan nodded: "Yes."

"Although the Jiuzhou Cauldron can suppress the Qi of the world, if it is robbed, the Qi it suppresses will also be lost."

"If Yan can obtain one of Qin's Jiuzhou Cauldrons, he will also plunder a certain part of Qin's Qi."

King Yan Zhao nodded slightly, with a bit of thinking on his face. He was thinking about something.

In the autumn of the fourteenth year of King Zhaoxiang.

The five kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Wei, Qi and Yan allied themselves to attack Qin.

There was no reason, but the people of the world were obviously used to such wars and did not feel any surprise.

The Five Kingdoms vaguely have "Le Yi" of the Yan Kingdom as the main general, commanding the armies of the Five Kingdoms. Under Le Yi, Lian Po and Pang Yuan are the generals. As for the Qi Kingdom, after the departure of Lord Mengchang, the Qi Kingdom has no overly famous generals for the time being. , just sent the most powerful general in the DPRK.

But compared to Lian Po, Pang Nuan, Le Yi and others, they seem to be inferior.

There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, Qi State is also in a state of decline.

On the Qin side, the new general "Bai Qi" was the main general, and Sima Cuo and Ying Ji were the deputy generals, commanding an army of 200,000 to fight.

Outside Xianyang City, a carriage came slowly. Tian Wen in the car had a dusty look on his face. He stood under the city tower and looked at the towering Xianyang City with a little taste in his heart.

Is this Xianyang City?

He walked towards Xianyang City. Before arriving, he had already bribed King Qin's favorite minister, who would introduce King Qin to him.

Of course, before meeting King Qin, Tian Wen wanted to meet another person.

Chen family Chen Shou.

In other words, this is called "worshiping the mountain".

Tian Wen was, after all, an outsider to the Qin State. His purpose was not just to develop himself in the Qin State, but to drag his family and bring the "Tian family" with him.

This is bound to have an impact on the existing nobles in Qin.

Can the Tian family compete with all the nobles in Qin? Beat them to pieces and kneel down to beg for mercy?

Tian does not have this ability.

If Tian had this ability, Tian would not have been driven away by Qi Guoban.

Therefore, Tian Wen wanted to find a backer for the Tian family, not to be enemies with the nobles within the Qin State, but to join them and integrate with them.

Not as a "strong dragon" crossing the river, but as one of the "local snakes".

Among the many Qin forces, Tian Wen chose the "Chen family".

The most powerful in the past, the Chen family seems to have declined now.

Decline is only seen by others. In Tian Wen's view, not only has the Chen family not declined, but it has become stronger than before.

In the past, the Chen family and the Qin State were too tightly tied, which was not a good thing for a family.

Today, the Chen family can advance to attack and retreat to defend.

Tian Wen believes that if the current "Grand Master" Chen Shou passes away, King Qin Yingji will immediately go to Guandu to ask one of the Chen family to come out and continue to serve as one of the three masters and three masters.

The most likely possibility is "Chen Zhao", the third-generation eldest son of the Chen family.

In "Peach Blossom Spring".

Chen Zhan opened his sleepy eyes, as if waking up from a beautiful dream.

He looked at his surroundings with a look of shock and confusion. Where was he? Didn't he die on the way back to Xianyang?

Isn't it winter around here?

How can it be full of spring?

At this moment, a gentle and mellow voice sounded in the distance. Chen Zhan was no stranger to this voice.

"Zhan'er."

It was his father's voice.

(End of this chapter)