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

Chapter 161 Before the story happened [Update, please subscribe]

After this "Bible Debate Meeting", Chen Shen met Lin Xiangru, the envoy from Zhao.

Even if both people are the prime minister of the same country, Lin Xiangru still behaves very humbly, because he seeks help from Chen Shen and also from Qin State. Now Zhao State is not the one who is superior, but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered at any time.

"I've met Mr. Wen An."

There was gentleness in his voice, and then as if he wanted to prove something, he glanced at Chen An next to him and said, "This is really a special case, otherwise Zhao Guo would never involve the Chen family."

Lin Xiangru looked at Chen Shen and said softly: "Please forgive me, Mr. Wen An."

Chen Shen didn't say anything, just smiled faintly: "Don't worry, the Chen family is in this world, how can they avoid everything in the world?"

"I know what you think, and Qin also knows what Zhao thinks."

He pondered for a moment and then said: "But where is Zhao Guo's sincerity? What price is Zhao Guo willing to pay for this?"

Lin Xiangru whispered: "Zhao is willing to pay the price of fifteen cities for these 200,000 surrendered prisoners."

He took a roll of silk from his arms and offered it with both hands: "This is the map of the fifteen cities."

"In addition, the State of Zhao is willing to dedicate the world's precious jade and jade to the State of Qin."

"This jade was once seen by Zou Yan, the master of the Yin and Yang family. It can suppress the fate of the country. The Qin State now has three Jiuding. If we can obtain this He's Bi, the fortune of the country will be even more prosperous."

Lin Xiangru did not wait for Chen Shen to hesitate and ask questions, and continued: "And for Chen Shen, Zhao also has a gift."

He raised his head and looked at Chen Shen and said: "No matter who conquers the six countries and unifies the world in the future, it is impossible to conjure some "scholars" out of thin air to manage the world for them."

"The county system may be a given, but it also has drawbacks, doesn't it?"

Lin Xiangru had a very unique vision and saw through the shortcomings in the county system. He said softly: "Even if we strengthen the Qin Dynasty, we cannot avoid the shortcomings. The county guards and county magistrates used are all selected from the local wealthy families."

"Zhao can give the three cities next to Guandu to the Chen family in advance."

He looked at Chen Shen and said: "It is not given to the Qin State, but to the Chen family. The Chen family's private soldiers must have enough strength to occupy this place, and the local Guizhou leader has long heard of Chen's benevolence. Willing to bow down and take refuge.”

"The King of Qin will never know about this."

Chen Shen looked at Lin Xiangru, a look of regret flashed in his eyes, and he whispered: "Xiang Lin, at this time, don't you forget to sow discord between the Chen family and the King of Qin?"

He shook his head slightly: "Forget it about the city."

"I have seen Zhao Guo's sincerity. Tonight I will go to the palace to meet King Qin and introduce you to him."

"Tomorrow's court meeting, you can present King Zhao's ideas to the court."

Chen Shen looked at Lin Xiangru and said, "Just remember, the character of this King of Qin is different from the character of the previous two Kings of Qin. You only have one chance."

"Whether you give all your cards away or keep some, you only have one chance."

"If the King of Qin in the court is dissatisfied with Zhao's "ransom", then no one in the world can help you."

Lin Xiangru nodded slightly and said in a sincere voice: "I know."

After Lin Xiangru left, Chen Shen looked at Chen An sitting in the yard, sighed and said, "Why are you hanging him up on purpose?"

He asked Chen An to bring Lin Xiangru two days ago, but Chen An has been delaying it until now.

Chen An shrugged his shoulders and said, "Lin Xiangru wants to take advantage of us. Can I let him take advantage of us? Even if this is what we want to do."

"I'll let him know for two days that he can't scheme against anyone."

Chen An picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip: "When facing strong people and superiors, it's best to obey the instructions and control of the superiors honestly."

"Otherwise, you have to prepare for a sudden blow."

Chen Shen didn't say anything. After a moment of silence, he said again: "You take Chen Yu to live in the Kingdom of Zhao. After what happened this time, the King of Qin will not let you return to the court again."

This is their plan. The Chen family cannot put their eggs in the same basket. Chen An went to Zhao State not to serve as an official in Zhao State and thus resist Qin State.

He just wanted to leave a "seed" for the Chen family.

In the future, no matter what happens, this "seed" will exist silently. When Chen's "flower" withers, Chen's "seed" will grow gently with the wind and become a "flower" again. ".

If a family wants to last for thousands of years, in addition to spreading its branches and making as many bets as possible, the most important thing is to have a "backup".

Chen Shen turned around and walked to the "Zhuoshen Building" behind him.

Chen An walked in with him, the carefree look on his face completely disappeared, leaving only a hint of solemnity.

The "Zhuoshen Building" contains the classics collected by the Chen family over the years and the works of sages from hundreds of schools of thought. This is Chen's "inheritance".

Far from being comparable to gold and silver treasures.

In this era when knowledge is money, and even a book is worth thousands of gold, the books on this floor are Chen's "thousands of gold".

Chen had already made preparations.

In the seventeenth year of King Zhaoxiang's reign, Prime Minister Lin Xiangru of Zhao entered the Qin Dynasty and stated in the court that Zhao was willing to exchange eighteen cities for the 200,000 soldiers captured in the Battle of Pingdu.

Moreover, King Zhao presented the precious jade "He's Bi" to King Qin, saying that this jade can stabilize the country's fortunes and is a gift from heaven.

The King of Qin was overjoyed and ordered Bai Qi to release 200,000 prisoners.

All of a sudden, everyone in the world was praising the benevolence and righteousness of the Qin State, and praising the King of Qin as the king of benevolence and righteousness. Only the senior officials in Qin knew that this was not the benevolence and righteousness of the Qin State, but that the King of Qin was making preparations.

Preparation for "the return of the world to Qin".

Is Qin ready to dominate the world? No.

Although the leaders of Guizhou want to unify the world, are they ready for unification? nor.

This is a long process.

In the autumn of the seventeenth year of King Zhaoxiang, Ying Ji, Sima Cuo and Bai Qi returned to Xianyang.

The King of Qin once again proposed to take credit for the three of them because of their contribution in this war.

Sima Cuo and Ying Ji had already been granted the title of king, but they had no choice but to enfeoff them, so they were given the title of 500 additional towns. Bai Qi was once again proposed to be made the king, with the title "Wu'an".

This time, no one objected.

So in this autumn, a new generation of Lord Wu An of Qin appeared.

His name is Bai Qi.

Even if he didn't massacre 400,000 soldiers and civilians, Bai Qi's reputation has already spread throughout the world, because in previous battles, he killed all the soldiers who surrendered after resisting.

His reputation as a "human massacre" did not come after the "Battle of Changping", it has always been there.

In the eighteenth year of King Zhaoxiang's reign, King Zhaoxiang has been in charge for nearly ten years.

His control over the court became stronger and stronger.

Wen'an Junfu

Chen Shen coughed a few times and turned even paler. He looked at Chen Zhao in front of him and said softly: "Zhao'er, come with me."

"I have something important to tell you."

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"In the seventeenth year of King Zhaoxiang, Prime Minister Lin Xiangru of Zhao presented "He's Bi" and said: This is a gift from heaven, and whoever gets it should win the world. Tai Shigong said: Prime Minister Zhao and Lin Xiangru presented jade to Qin. This is not Qin's destiny. Are they going to be unified in the end? This is destiny! It cannot be changed. - "Historical Records: The Fifth Annals of the Qin Dynasty"

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