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

Chapter 159 "Bad Confucianism" and "Crazy Life" [st update, please subscribe]

Lin Xiangru did not hesitate at all, looked at King Zhao Huiwen and said: "Your Majesty, even if Chen An is not willing, the Qin State and the Chen family will make him "yes"."

"Both King Qin and Lord Wen'an are not fools. They know that "profit" is the most important thing at this time."

King Zhao Huiwen sighed and coughed a few times.

His brain became increasingly difficult to move as his health deteriorated. Sometimes he would feel unbearable pain all over his body just thinking about some problems, and he needed to take medicine prescribed by the imperial physician.

He half-leaned on the soft couch behind him: "Oh?"

"I can understand King Qin's reaction, but why does Chen Shen also want Chen An to be the envoy of Zhao?"

Lin Xiangru looked at King Zhao Huiwen sitting there with a flash of worry in his eyes. Would this level of thinking already put pressure on the king's body?

He sighed inwardly, and his desire to negotiate peace with Qin became more serious.

"Your Majesty, the relationship between the Chen family and King Qin is not perfect. Whether the previous Emperor Zhou made him a duke or other things, these have left a shadow in King Qin's heart."

"In the past few years, Chen Shen resigned and returned to his hometown, and almost all Chen family members retired, which is enough to prove this."

"The Chen family will not place all their hopes on Qin, but will at least leave one or two in other countries."

"Among all the countries in the world, the one closest to Guandu is the State of Zhao, and the State of Zhao is also very powerful, at least one of the top three powers."

"How could Chen not bet on Zhao?"

Lin Xiangru looked at King Zhao Huiwen and explained: "It's just very possible that when the current King of Qin is here, the Chen family will not be an official in Zhao State, because they have to worry about the King of Qin."

"After all, there is still some blood relationship between them and the current King of Qin."

King Zhao Huiwen nodded slightly, looked at Lin Xiangru and said, "Do you think that after the death of this generation of King Qin, there is hope that Zhao will be able to recruit the Chen family?"

Today's Chen family is no longer the family that relied on the Qin State to become strong in the past few years. It is a powerful force in its own right, and everyone in the family is a talented person.

Even Chen Jing, the second son of the Chen family with the least reputation, has shown his talents recently. Xu Ming, a farmer, will mention "Chen Jing" when he travels around the country, saying that if Chen Jing had not accidentally, he must be the best "big boss" Farmers".

Even if Chen Jing is willing to give up the position of the farmer's son, he can give it up.

As for when people asked in depth what Chen Jing had done to earn Xu Ming's admiration, Xu Ming acted like he was keeping it secret, saying that he wanted Chen Jing to announce it himself.

Most of the monarchs of the Seven Kingdoms today have a consensus that with the help of the Chen family, the probability of unification may be greater.

Zhao Huiwen Wang forced himself to sit up. He looked at Lin Xiangru and said: "After I leave, I will definitely tell the prince that I will not go against your wishes under any circumstances."

"You are in the State of Zhao just like Chen Ye of the Chen family was in the State of Qin. You are a minister of the auxiliary state."

"I hope you can live up to my trust and expectations."

King Zhao Huiwen took off a piece of jade from his waist and handed it to Lin Xiangru in front of him. He looked at the jade with a little reluctance on his face: "This jade is a peerless jade. Zou Yan of the Yin Yang family said after seeing it This jade has the potential to bring luck to the country."

He said softly: "The State of Qin already knows that the State of Zhao has this thing, so take this thing over and give it to King Qin!"

"This is not the price Zhao Guo has to pay, but Zhao Guo's sincerity! The sincerity of the peace talks!"

Lin Xiangru looked at the Heshi Bi in his hand with a look of sadness on his face.

Without any hesitation, he took a step forward and walked to King Zhao Huiwen: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty! Xiangru will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust!"

A mountain villa. Zhuangzi was sitting in the courtyard. Opposite him sat two people, one was "Lin Xiangru" and the other was "Xun Kuang", one of the leaders of Confucianism today, who was still young.

At this time, Xun Kuang became "Xunzi" by "reviling hundreds of schools of thought", but many of his insights and knowledge were indeed admirable, so he vaguely became the leader of the Confucian generation.

As Mencius grew older and even gradually stopped appearing in front of everyone, he became the only existing leader of Confucianism.

There were footsteps in the distance. The three people in the courtyard looked over and saw a middle-aged man walking over with two children.

Lin Xiangru saw a smile appear on the child's face: "Li'er, come here."

When Lin Li was arguing with Chen An, he heard a familiar voice. He quickly looked up and saw Lin Xiangru standing there, running towards him like flying.

"Father!"

Chen An stood there, looking lazily at the people in the yard, sighing helplessly, and whispered: "It's really troublesome."

The next day, I don’t know what the few people talked about, but Chen An and Lin Xiangru returned to Handan together.

In the spring of the seventeenth year of King Zhaoxiang.

King Zhao Huiwen of the State of Zhao personally revised the book and sent envoys "Chen Shi Chen An" and "Prime Minister Lin Xiangru" to the State of Qin as envoys with the intention of discussing peace talks.

The whole world is in a state of turmoil.

Wei State.

Wei Wuji was sitting in the main hall, listening to the discussion of the ministers. Although the expression on his face did not change, he sighed in his heart. They had been fooled by Zhao Guo!

He should have discovered it earlier.

What Zhao is most worried about has never been Qin, but Wei and Han, because they share the same origin. If one of them is too weak, it will be divided by the others immediately.

So King Zhao launched the Battle of Pingdu with the purpose of weakening the three kingdoms together.

Xianyang Academy

Meng Ke was sitting in the courtyard. His hair was all white and there were some wrinkles on his face. He touched the book on the desk in front of him and sighed softly.

He looked at Chen Shen sitting opposite and said, "Shen'er."

This was the first time Meng Ke called "Shen'er" since he taught Chen Shen. He said softly: "I know that my theory is not loved by the king, but it is definitely not a "dirty" and cheap Confucianism. .”

"The people of the world are the ship of the world. If we cannot treat our people well, how can we win the final victory?"

"Most of my disciples can't persist, and few of them have become successful. These books are what I have learned all my life. You should keep them in the Chen family and keep them for me."

"If one day you can see the light of day again, take it out for me."

Meng Ke asked with some expectation in his eyes: "Will there be such a day?"

Chen Shen was a little silent, but still said: "There will be."

In the seventeenth year of King Zhaoxiang, in the third month of spring.

Meng Ke, a great scholar of his generation, died in Xianyang City.

In the same month, the envoys of the State of Zhao, Chen An, the Prime Minister of Zhao State, Lin Xiangru, and the leader of the new generation of Confucianism: Xunzi, entered the Qin Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)