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

Chapter 167 Chen and his son [st update, please subscribe]

In the winter of the thirty-first year of King Zhaoxiang, the monarchs of the six kingdoms began to doubt for the first time that the most important thing was whether they could survive as monarchs.

During the thirty-one years that King Yingji of Qin was in power, the kings of the six kingdoms changed as many as four, and as few as two or three. Only King Zhaoxiang has always stood on the throne of Qin. And there is no fatigue at all.

A stable monarch can bring the same "stability" to the state power.

In this chaotic era, only "stability" is the prerequisite for a country's development, because if the king continues to change, then the "interest class" who follows the king will also continue to change.

The "class" represented by "the next term" and "this term" will never be the same.

Because only by standing next to different people can we gain greater benefits.

Therefore, while Qin State spent nearly thirty years in a very stable state, the other six countries were in turmoil due to the change of political power.

Many princes compete for the throne. Some princes become kings through some "irregular" means, and then exile the original "king", that is, his father.

The alternation of old and new brings endless hope, but at the same time, countless "old" will be damaged.

In this environment of ebb and flow, the contrast in national power between Qin and the Six Kingdoms has become more and more obvious, and it has even reached the point where it can be seen without thinking twice.

But even so, the kings of the six countries still did not let go of their disputes and continued to attack.

In the spring of the thirty-second year of King Zhaoxiang, Zhao and Yan formed an alliance. These two countries were relatively powerful among the other six countries except Qin. They united to attack them. common neighbors.

Qi State.

Qi and Yan have already become irresolvable enemies, so Yan wants to take this opportunity to reduce Qi's national power again.

Qi originally wanted to ask Qin for help, but when Qi's envoys arrived at Qin, they were told that Zhao was also an "ally" of Qin, so Qin had no way to attack Zhao, so Qi The country could only resist the two Allies on its own.

This war was led by the famous general Lian Po of Zhao State.

Although the new King Zhao no longer trusts Lian Po like the original King Zhao, he has no manpower to choose.

Apart from Lian Po, there is only one Zhao She available in the country.

But the problem is that Zhao She needs to resist the barbarians.

King Zhao could only hold his nose and use Lian Po, but when he used Lian Po, he was constantly looking forward to the emergence of a replacement for Lian Po in Zhao.

Only in this way can he replace Lian Po.

What is very coincidental is that in this environment, a "young talent" really appeared in Zhao Guo.

The talent of the "Young Talent" quickly spread throughout Handan City. Countless talents came to debate with him and were impressed by his "Art of War" talents and became the disciples of the young man's father.

The young man is Zhao Kuo, the son of Ma Fujun Zhao She.

The war between Qi and Zhao Yan soon broke out. Although the domestic conditions of the three countries were not very good, they did not want to stop the war.

After all, the lives of the people at the bottom have nothing to do with the lives of the "nobles" who make the decisions, right?

Even if those at the bottom of Guizhou eat chaffy vegetables, and even the grass has been dug up and eaten up due to locust plagues and droughts, the aristocratic gentlemen can still be extravagant and live a life of indulgence.

While the Three Kingdoms were fighting, the Wei State in the Central Plains was quietly carrying out reforms.

Perhaps because of the threats from the surrounding environment, King Wei did not hopelessly doubt his younger brother, the world-famous "Xinling Lord" Wei Wuji, as recorded in history. Instead, he allowed his younger brother to Domestic reforms.

Wei Wuji held the "reform" sword, and the first sword he swung was aimed at the soldiers.

He carried out reforms in the army, absorbed the advantages of Qin's "twenty-level military merit title system", combined with the original "Wei soldiers" to carry out reforms, and quietly sent followers to Qin, Yan, Zhao and other powerful countries. "Steal" the secrets about "iron weapons" and the method of "forging iron".

This series of reforms achieved remarkable results, and Wei Wuzu once again had the shadow of when he dominated the world.

At this time, the Wei State once again jumped into the ranks of the first-class powers, but all this did not arouse the vigilance of his neighbor Han. The King of Han still indulged in enjoyment, and the King of Han's family was still very free and happy.

Only Han Prime Minister Zhang Ping clearly realized this, but Zhang Ping was unable to change it.

King Han wanted to continue Han's existence through "other means". No matter what Zhang Ping said, King Han would suspect that he had ulterior motives.

What's more, he and his father have been living together for four generations. The position of South Korea's prime minister has been in the hands of the Zhang family for too long, and many people in South Korea have become dissatisfied.

In the thirty-third year of King Zhaoxiang, the war between Qi and Zhao Yan subsided.

No one won this war, because a more serious disaster broke out in the three countries - the plague.

The plague spread rapidly. This time, the high-ranking rulers finally could not ignore the disaster, because if it continued like this, their rule would definitely be shaken.

For the sake of their own rule, they must take a look at the Chinese people living in the mud.

At the beginning and in the middle of King Zhaoxiang's thirty-fourth year, nothing major happened. The seven kingdoms in the world were each busy with their own affairs, and the internal politics of Qin State became more stable.

Ying Ji's power became more and more powerful, and he almost became his voice in the court.

No matter what opinions anyone has, if Ying Ji gives a look or an order, these people will go about their business honestly.

No one dares to disobey. While the monarchs of Qi, Yan, and Zhao were extremely busy with the plague in their countries, Wei, Han in the Central Plains, and Chu in the south were not idle either.

Because Zhang Ping, the Prime Minister of South Korea, advocated reform, he was ostracized by many officials and wealthy families in the country and was almost no longer in South Korea's central political circle.

King Chu Qingxiang began to indulge in wine and sex, and even began to doubt the "Chunshen Lord" in the country. However, the three major families in the country were temporarily dormant under the various political methods of the "Chunshen Lord".

Qin State is still the same as before.

Only the reputation of Chen family Chen Su spread again.

This ordinary year of the thirty-fourth year of King Zhaoxiang passed quickly. However, at the end of this year, something big happened that shocked the world.

This matter comes from Han, who has always been unknown.

The King of Han did something that shocked even Ying Ji and was something he couldn't even guess.

Not only Ying Ji, but also the other five kings who heard about this incident all expressed disbelief and thoughts of "Is this person crazy?"

Even the ministers within Han, Han Prime Minister Zhang Ping, and the nobles of Han felt that the world was a bit too "crazy".

In the winter of the thirty-fourth year of King Zhaoxiang, it was the twenty-ninth lunar month.

The King of Han sent an envoy to the State of Qin with one of the Nine Tripods, the "Yuzhou Tripod", in a swaggering and ostentatious way. At the junction of the old year and the new year, he presented the Nine Tripods to the King of Qin.

Among them, in the Yuzhou tripod, Han's soil is placed at the bottom, and golden rice is planted on the soil, symbolizing Han's land and the harvest of food.

This isn't the craziest thing.

The craziest thing is that the King of Han called himself "Little King" instead of "Gu" during the Korean Sacrifice Ceremony.

The meaning of this is very obvious.

The King of Han wanted to use these in exchange for "peace" and Qin's "favor". He wanted Qin to accept his "surrender" and thus retain his country. He was willing to become the "Bang Zhou" just like Han initially paid tribute. A minister of Qin.

And Ying Ji felt more emotions than others.

Because he received a letter personally written by King Han, and the letter began with the title "Chen", not even "Little King".

Ying Ji looked at the letter in his hand, with a feeling of confusion on his face. He felt that he could not understand the world.

The thirty-fifth year of King Zhaoxiang came slowly in this state where everyone in the world felt that the world was a little crazy. Everyone was watching the reactions of the seven kingdoms, especially the reaction of Qin.

The kings of Chu and Qi were thinking about a question. If Qin could accept Han's surrender and retain Han's ancestral hall and title, even if it reduced the king to a "gong" or even a "hou" at the beginning, could it accept them? What about surrender?

The kings of Yan and Zhao also had this idea.

Even the most determined King Wei and Lord Xinling Wei Wuji secretly started to think about this issue.

After all, a "Han Hou" means sealing and accepting, so having a few more "Hou" is not impossible. Everything can be discussed, right?

As for the future?

We will talk about the future in the future. If the emperor of "Bang Qin" does not have the ability in the future, they can still "respect the king and reject the barbarians" again to carve up the "Qin Jiuzhou Ding" as they did before.

After all, you did this kind of thing, why can’t I do it?

The thirty-fifth year of King Zhaoxiang passed in this embarrassing atmosphere. Although King Qin Yingji accepted the Jiuzhou Ding presented by King Han, he did not "profess his vassal" and showed too much enthusiasm.

Time flies by like water.

Chen Zhao has now reached the age where he knows his destiny, and Lord Mengchang is old. In this period of history, although he did not shine with his own light, it was precisely because of him that the Qin State was able to succeed under King Zhaoxiang. Maintaining the previous peace under high pressure.

When later generations evaluate Mengchang Juntianwen, they always describe him as "great skill but no workmanship".

Without him, Qin might not have been able to survive until Chen Zhao became the right prime minister.

In the winter of the thirty-fifth year of King Zhaoxiang, Mengchang Jun Tianwen, the right minister of Qin, passed away. He had served as the prime minister of Qi and also the prime minister of Qin.

Finally, he was buried in Qin State.

Chen Zhao became Qin's right prime minister, and Qin's left prime minister was once again vacant.

In the Right Prime Minister's Mansion

Chen Zhao and his son Chen Su sat opposite each other, and they decided to have a big gamble.

He stroked the jade pendant around his waist and said softly: "Su'er, who do you think Mrs. Chen should bet on?"

PS: King Zhaoxiang’s reign was really long, more than fifty years. From this chapter onwards, most of the stories are about the Chen family. After experiencing "hibernation" and "Chen Shen"'s training of disciples and old officials, the Chen family finally began to officially and actively participate in the struggle for the world.

How could King Qin sweep Liuhe without the Chen family?

But fighting actually requires "patience".

muah.

(End of this chapter)