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

Chapter 149: People who deviate from the times [Second update, please subscribe]

One of the two children, who looked about seven or eight years old, pulled his eyelids and made a face at Chen An.

One of the children who looked more "refined" said: "Luanluoluo, senior brother, you are just jealous that the teacher likes us more, so you are always impatient with us."

Chen An rolled his eyes, looked at Lin Li and said with some disdain, "Me? Jealous of you?"

"joke."

He crossed his arms, looked at Lin Li and Chen Per and said, "No matter how much the teacher likes you two, doesn't he just leave you two in my hands?"

"Besides, let's talk."

Chen An smiled slightly and said to Chen Per: "Boy, are you itchy? I can't take care of my junior brother, so why can't I take care of you?"

Chen Per stood there with a helpless expression and said, "Father, I never made a face at you, nor did I provoke you, right?"

"How can you vent your uncontrollable anger on me?"

He said seriously: "Is this the behavior of the "villain" mentioned in the books of sages?"

Seeing Chen Per's serious look, Chen An knelt down, pulled his cheek, and said with gritted teeth: "Okay, you, I've learned so much from your junior uncle, why are you talking back? These are all Who taught you this?"

Chen Per knew that Chen An was not angry, so he said jokingly: "Of course my master taught me this."

Chen An curled his lips, but before he could speak, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance.

Or rather the sound of leaves being crushed.

Following the sound, a figure in the distance walked over slowly, with a calm look on his face. It was Chen An's teacher, Zhuang Zhou.

He looked at Chen An and said somewhat unpredictably: "I taught you, how about it?"

Chen An coughed quickly, with a rogue look on his face: "Hey, since the teacher taught it, what can I do? I can only listen."

He shrugged his shoulders and quickly changed the subject: "Teacher, why are you here?"

Zhuang Zhou snorted coldly, then looked at Lin Li who was standing there: "Your father has sent another letter and wants you to go back. Are you willing?"

There was some hesitation in Lin Li's expression. In fact, he missed home a little, but he was reluctant to be separated from Chen Per and his senior brother.

It is true that he misses his father, and it is an established fact that he will miss his senior brother and his young nephew.

He immediately sighed and was about to say something, when Chen Perk, who was not far away, tugged on the hem of his father's clothes.

After Chen An stood there and watched enough of the excitement, he smiled and said: "Master, my junior brother has not been back for a year or two. He is still a child, and it is inevitable that he misses his hometown."

"But if he goes back alone, there may be problems due to the long journey."

"Why don't Yu'er and I accompany him back together? We'll wait until this winter is over before we come back to accompany you."

He smiled playfully and said, "What do you think of this?"

Zhuang Zhou glanced at Chen An's smiling face and nodded slightly: "That's fine, that's it."

He pondered for a moment and then said: "You don't have to be in a hurry to come back. You have been away from home for many years, and Yu'er has not been back for a long time."

It was the tenth year of King Zhaoxiang when Chen An came to be his disciple, and now it is the fifteenth year of King Zhaoxiang.

Having not been home for five years, children will miss their hometown. How can adults have the long-lasting feeling of missing their hometown?

Children may feel a little homesick, but that emotion usually comes and goes quickly and violently, but the longing of adults is continuous and painful, almost all the time. spread.

Chen An stood there in silence. When he was about to say something, Zhuang Zhou had already turned around.

He was originally a Taoist sage, and his character was a bit more "free" than Lao Tzu.

Even at this age, he still looks very relaxed.

After Zhuang Zhou left, Lin Li raised his head and looked at Chen An who was standing there and said, "Senior brother, do you also miss home? Do you also miss your parents?"

homesick? Miss your parents?

Chen An stood there, wanting to get over this matter with laughter and curses like before, but he still couldn't.

His parents have long since passed away, and home has long become a meaningless "symbol" to him.

Is Guandu considered his home?

Chen An didn't know, but he felt that it was time for him to go back.

King Zhaoxiang's fifteen years passed quickly, and the entire Xianyang City was as peaceful as ever.

The Xianyang Academy should be the same. The imperial court seemed to have no difference except for the replacement of two state ministers.

People feel that life is the same as before.

Of course, there is one person who does not feel this way.

Fan Ju.

Fan Ju was sitting in the Prime Minister's Mansion, with a look of deep sorrow on his face. His hands were constantly rubbing his sleeves, looking very struggling.

He was thinking about something, something that was deviant from this era, something that if done, would shock and confuse everyone in the world.

Fan Ju wanted to escape from Qin.

Yes, resign from the position of prime minister and flee from Qin.

In the Warring States period, it was very common for scholars to escape from a certain country and then go to other countries to serve as prime ministers. Let’s not talk about other things. Let’s talk about the current right minister of Qin, Tian Wen. Lord Mengchang and the Prime Minister of Qi?

For example, Le Yi and Zou Yan were celebrities and ministers of other countries before they went to Yan State.

In this era, there was not so much emphasis on etiquette. Scholars had greater autonomy.

But that was all after being jealous of the king, or from a weak country to a strong country.

Only Fan Ju is different.

On the surface, it seems that King Qin Ying Ji is not suspicious of Fan Ju, and even trusts him very much - this can be seen from the fact that he has no fewer affairs than Right Prime Minister Tian Wen.

There is no country more powerful than Qin in the world.

But Fan Ju still wanted to escape.

He pressed his forehead. After King Qin Ying Ji issued the edict to kill the concierge, he wanted to ask to see the Grand Master "Chen Shou" and also wanted to see the right minister "Tian Wen". After being rejected, , Fan Ju sent a large amount of gold and silver treasures.

And these were all returned.

This made Fan Ju even more frightened and frightened. Do these two want to join forces and kill themselves?

Will King Qin support Lord Mengchang + Chen Shou, or will he support himself?

In Fan Ju's mind, this didn't seem to be a problem. He felt that King Qin would definitely not choose him.

Therefore, he prepares to run away

But Fan Ju didn't want to be the prime minister of Qin in his heart, so he wanted to wait.

Taishi Mansion Chen Shou put down the cup in his hand and looked at Tian Wen sitting in front of him, with confusion on his face: "Why did Mr. Mengchang come to me again? Is there something wrong?"

Tian Wen looked helpless: "It's not that I want to disturb Hou Wen, but there is something that I have to let Hou Wen know."

Just three months ago, King Zhaoxiang ordered Chen Shou to be conferred the title of "Wenhou". This was a kind of Guanneihou without a fiefdom. It was regarded as a "false title" title and honor, which showed that King Qin Yingji had great respect for the Chen family. trust and reuse.

Of course, Chen Shou himself didn't care.

He looked at Tian Wen and asked curiously: "What's the matter?"

After all, Chen Shoujue felt that he had been hiding like this. Since the tenth year of King Zhaoxiang, or fifteen years since the first year of King Zhaoxiang, he has not participated in the affairs of the court at all.

Is there anything else that can somehow get involved with me?

Tian Wen was also very helpless about this. He looked at Chen Shou and said, "Fan Xiang feels that you and I already hate him and are plotting to frame him."

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Tian Wen continued: "He still feels that your and my bewitchment has been successful, and the king is preparing to order his death."

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A question mark appeared on Chen Shou's face, and he said in confusion: "Xiang Fan? Why?"

"Have the two of us had any contact with Fan Xiang?"

"Why does he think you and I hate him?"

Tian Wen explained what happened that day, but Chen Shou still didn't understand: "But in this case, shouldn't it be that he hated us? After all, the king ordered to kill the concierge because of us?"

To be honest, Chen Shou could not remember this incident clearly. He did not expect that this would become a reason for Fan Ju to be afraid.

Tian Wen shrugged his shoulders: "He thinks it's disrespectful to us, and we will definitely hate him."

"And - later he asked to see the Grand Master, but the Grand Master turned him away and even returned all the bribes he sent."

"He felt that the Grand Master did not want to resolve this hatred with him."

Chen Shou's eyes twitched when he heard this: "But since I returned to Xianyang City and was given the title of Prince's Young Master by the late king, I have never accepted a bribe from anyone."

"I haven't seen anyone since the rest of the Chen family left Xianyang and returned to their fiefdom five years ago."

"Oh, I've met you, Mr. Mengchang."

"It's not like he just refused to see Fan Xiang. Why does he think so?"

Tian Wen looked at Chen Shou and felt very helpless. Just when he was about to say something, the boy who was supposed to be waiting outside the door suddenly walked over in a hurry with an anxious look on his face.

Also coming with him were the chamberlains around Ying Ji.

With anxiety on his face, the chamberlain looked at Tian Wen and Chen Shou sitting there and said, "Marquis Wen, Prime Minister Tian, ​​I finally found you!"

"Your Majesty has issued an urgent order for you two to enter the palace as soon as possible!"

Chen Shou and Tian Wen looked at each other and felt stunned.

Did something happen?

The two men immediately stood up and ordered as they walked: "Prepare the carriage and horses!"

Zhangtai Palace

Ying Ji's face was filled with anxiety and anger. His anger could hardly be concealed because a scandal had just happened.

It was a scandal that made Ying Ji feel that he and Da Qin had been humiliated.

When the sound of opening the door outside the hall sounded, Ying Ji raised his head and looked at Chen Shou and Tian Wen who were walking over, and said with a gloomy face: "Fan Ju abandoned his official position and ran away!"

Abandoning his official position and running away?

Chen Shou and Tian Wen looked at each other with confusion on their faces.

Is Fan Ju's mobility so strong?

Tian Wen said decisively: "Your Majesty, I wonder when you fled?"

Ying Ji looked at Tian Wen with suspicion on his face: "You knew he was going to escape? I see you are not surprised at all."

Tian Wen sighed and explained: "I actually don't know, but I do have some speculations."

He took out a secret memorandum from his sleeve: "I am in charge of part of the intelligence agency, so I can see the recent information about Fan Ju, the thief, and also know the misunderstanding between him, me, and Marquis Wen."

"That's why Cai Chen was in Marquis Wen's mansion just now."

"I originally wanted to discuss with Wenhou how to find Fan Ju to resolve the misunderstanding, but I didn't expect that he would act so quickly."

At the end of the sentence, Tian Wen's voice was filled with helplessness.

Ying Ji squinted his eyes, looked at the memorial in Tian Wen's hand, and glanced at Chen Shou, who was standing there with a helpless and calm expression. Only then did he calm down the doubts in his heart: "I see."

There was still anger in his voice: "This thief offended Wenhou and Mengchang before, and I have let him go once. Who would have thought that he would not repent and abandon his official position and run away!"

"These people who have betrayed their benefactor, I want to see who dares to stay!"

Ying Ji almost roared and said this, while Chen Shou and Tian Wen stood there without saying a word.

In the fifteenth year of King Zhaoxiang's reign, Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju abandoned his official post and fled.

Passing through Han, the king of Han stayed and was appointed as the prime minister.

When Fan Ju became the Prime Minister of South Korea, he began a series of reforms in South Korea, trying to rejuvenate this country that had gradually begun to decline.

People all over the world were puzzled by Fan Ju's actions.

Because it seems that King Qin did not doubt, harbor suspicion, or even let Fan Ju down, but why did Fan Ju abandon Qin?

Even Fan Ju himself could not give a reason. Therefore, people all over the world accused Fan Ju of betraying his kindness and treachery, which was the behavior of a villain.

Guandu

Chen Jing held his forehead and sighed, took the third urgent edict this month and went to the school in the fiefdom to find his eldest brother who seemed to be "reclusive".

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Chen Shen teaching Chen Zan a lesson, while Chen Zan lowered his head and looked aggrieved.

Chen Jing coughed lightly: "Brother?"

He waved the edict in his hand: "The king has issued the fifth urgent edict this month. I'm afraid you have to go to Xianyang City."

Chen Shen raised his head and looked helplessly at the edict in Chen Jing's hand.

Two months ago, Fan Ju, the prime minister of Qin, abandoned his official position and fled to Han as prime minister. This incident caused a huge commotion in the world.

The news coming out of Han and the other five countries is that the King of Qin is not as benevolent and righteous as the rumors say, but is suspicious and jealous. Otherwise, why would almost all the Chen family, who had made great contributions to Qin, retire as soon as they come into power? Back to the fiefdom?

If one Chen is not enough proof, then wouldn't adding Fan Ju be enough?

There are many such rumors circulating even within the Qin State. In order to dispel such news, Ying Ji had issued four edicts before this month, earnestly requesting that he, the "right prime minister", would return to the court again. Hall.

At the same time, it was even stated in the edict that "Chen Jing" was ordered to enter the court as a great minister of agriculture, Chen Zhao was ordered to be a "secret officer", and "Chen An" who was already living in seclusion in the mountains and old forests was ordered to be a "shaoliangzao". ".

Chen Shen sighed helplessly and said, "This is the king."

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PS: This chapter is actually a foreshadowing. Whether it is Chen An, Chen Per, Fan Ju, or Lin Li, they will have a big role in this volume. As for what role, everyone can take a guess.

(End of this chapter)