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

Chapter 172 "Precursor" [Second update, please subscribe]

In the spring of the forty-fifth year of King Zhaoxiang, Prince Chu of Qin finally returned to Qin after wandering for a long time.

This means that the current situation in the Qin State has changed from "one family dominates" to "evenly divided." The two men, Prince Xi and Prince Chu, have begun a new round of competition.

It was also when Zichu returned to Qin that King Zhaoxiang's health began to "slowly improve."

He received envoys from Chu, Qi, and Zhao, and showed a healthy appearance.

At this moment, everyone could guess what Ying Ji was doing.

The kings of various countries are not stupid.

The first thing that Prince Chu did after returning to Qin was to visit Chen Zhao, the current "right prime minister", and brought him greetings from Chen An and Chen Per, who were far away in Zhao.

Chen Zhao did not see the young master Zi Chu, claiming that he was unwell. Instead, he asked the military commander Chen Su to see the young master Zi Chu.

In the spring of the forty-fifth year of King Zhaoxiang, everything seemed to be back on track again. The situation in the world began to slowly continue to move forward, like a naughty child holding down the gear of the toy car with his fingers before, and now he let go. That hand.

So, the wheels continued to drive slowly towards the front.

In the autumn of the forty-fifth year of King Zhaoxiang, "Fan Ju" who had fled from Qin to another country died of illness in another country. He did not serve as the prime minister for a long time, because the country that accepted him was also afraid of offending Ying Ji, so he just After appointing him briefly, he was removed from his position again.

And Fan Ju, who was in this wheel of history, died of exhaustion and suspicion.

His trajectory seems to be very similar to his trajectory in the original history. After all, he resigned from his official position due to the suspicion of the monarch, then fled to another country, and finally died of depression and frustration.

The same is true for him now.

But if you look carefully, history has undergone some subtle changes.

He did not serve as the prime minister of Qin for many years, and Bai Qi died tragically. Of course, it was not harmful for Qin to retreat to Hangu Pass again.

These seemingly subtle changes are all historical "changes".

The forty-five years of King Zhaoxiang's reign passed uneventfully and slowly. Only Chen Yu, who was far away in Handan City, sent a letter to his disciple Zi Chu, telling Zi Chu that his eldest son was born. .

In fact, it should be said that he is the "eldest son", but after the eldest son is born, it means that he is the "eldest son", because Zi Chu has already made up his mind.

He doesn't like Zhao Ji, let alone this "child" who has not yet shown his wisdom.

It's that Zi Chu didn't want his children's future to be interfered by the "Chu Clan". During the period when he returned to Qin, although he received help from the Chu Clan and Lu Buwei, the Chu Clan's interference with him was also the same. a lot of.

Perhaps they suspected that he was too influenced by the Chen family, so the courtiers of the Chu clan had been instilling "bad words" about the Chen family in Zichu. They seemed to feel that as long as they kept talking about Chen's suspicions, Zichu would affected by it.

This is really ridiculous.

In the forty-sixth year of King Zhaoxiang's reign, Zi Chu sent a letter to Chen Per, who was far away in Handan City, telling his teacher that he had named his eldest son "Zheng", and that he wanted this person to be the leader of the people and the government. Children can have talents in this area.

At the end of the letter, he also asked Chen Per's opinion and asked whether the name Chen Per was appropriate.

Chen Yu didn't want to interfere too much in his disciple's life, so he didn't put forward any opinions.

Ying Zheng's name was thus determined.

At the end of the forty-sixth year of King Zhaoxiang's reign, King Han wrote again, hoping to serve Qin like he served Bang Zhou, but King Qin still did not reply. At this time, Ying Ji actually had ambitions.

He wants to unify the six countries, and he does not want to accept the "surrender" of any country, because he does not want to retain any "royal family". There should be only one country in the world, Qin, and other countries should have their mountains and temples destroyed!

There is only Da Qin in the world!

This idea kept rising in Ying Ji's heart, and he began to turn his attention to the three countries of Han, Zhao, and Wei, which had always been the "obstacles to progress" of the Qin Dynasty.

If Da Qin wants to unify, the most important thing is to destroy these three "barrier" countries.

But how can we destroy it without consuming huge national power and without making other countries wary?

this is a problem.

Ying Ji couldn't think of a better way, so he handed over this "troublesome" matter to his son and two grandsons.

He wanted to solve a lot of his troubles through this matter.

For example, which grandson should be supported as the next prince, such as the worries of the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei.

Under the influence of Chen Zhao, Ying Ji became more and more interested in "keeping in good health" and wanted to live longer.

Because he has seen the benefits of living longer.

Chen Mansion

Chen Su and Chen Zhao were playing chess. The black and white pieces were crisscrossed on the chessboard in front of them. Chen Zhao was playing and said, "What do you think Zi Chu should do to achieve the king's request?"

When Ying Ji handed over these matters to the young master Zi Chu and the young master Xi, Chen Zhao quickly realized what Ying Ji wanted to do.

"Three countries, Han, Zhao and Wei, which one is better to choose?"

Chen Su pondered while playing chess. He felt that his "wisdom" and ability to "do two things at once" were trained by his father.

"Zhao."

After a while, he got an answer in his heart, so he said the best answer in his heart without thinking.

"Oh?"

Chen Zhao smiled slightly, with a smile on his face. He put down the chess piece in his hand, cut off the "qi" of the white chess piece held by Chen Su to become the dragon, and asked very calmly: "Why did you choose Zhao Guo?"

Chen Su added a piece in the corner, and the dragon that had just been killed seemed to come to life again.

"The king will not like a person who only likes to pick "weak characters" to be the next King of Qin. He only likes strong people, and strong people are those who dare to swing their swords at strong people."

"Among the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei, only Zhao is the most powerful."

Chen Zhao raised his eyebrows and said: "But the king also doesn't like people who strike with eggs. The power in the hands of Young Master Zi Chu is not enough to cause chaos in the Zhao Kingdom, right?"

Chen Su chuckled: "Father is testing me again."

"The situation in Zhao State at this time is that it is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. Lian Po, Lin Xiangru, and "Li Mu" on the border are all at odds with the new King Zhao, or in other words, with the "favorites" around King Zhao."

He squinted his eyes and said: "If the relationship between these four people can be confused by "distancing", then the entire Zhao country can be stirred up in a "subtle" way, like a house whose foundation is being destroyed. It’s the same thing.”

"Don't you think the king would like the weak defeating the strong like this?"

(End of this chapter)