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

Chapter 176 Chen Zhao: This son is like my great father! [First update, please subscribe]

The fall of Han sounded the alarm, or death knell, to all countries in the world.

By this time, the kings could no longer deceive themselves. Qin's ambition to dominate the world was already clear!

Even if the King of Han was willing to hand over Jiuding, bow his head, and surrender to Qin like he surrendered to Zhou, he still could not be "accepted" by Qin. Instead, he destroyed Han without any scruples!

Who else can have such illusions in Qin?

But many people still have some expectations. They want to see how King Qin will deal with King Han and how he will deal with the children of the Han clan.

If you don't have to die, you can even live a little better, then it's not impossible to surrender like King Han.

The Qin State is also discussing this issue internally. Should they retain Han's clan and treat the King of Han favorably?

Everyone had their own opinions on this matter. There were endless debates in the court, but they could never come up with an idea. King Han and the Han clan were also waiting anxiously.

Before Han was destroyed, Chen Zhao had already recommended Han Fei.

This has nothing to do with other things, but Chen Zhao believes that Han Fei is indeed a useful and talented person, and if Han Fei can be reused, Qin State may be able to get a "big talent".

However, the meeting between Han Fei and King Zhaoxiang was not smooth.

Although King Zhaoxiang appreciated Han Fei's talent, he could not believe Han Fei's loyalty to Qin. In other words, he did not care whether Han Fei was loyal to Qin. He only cared about whether Han Fei would "work" for him.

As long as someone is willing to work for him and Qin, it doesn't matter even if there is a hint of selfishness.

Just as there are many ministers from Chu and other countries in the court, are these people merciless when they help Qin deal with their country?

not at all.

Therefore, as long as Han Fei is willing to "work" for King Zhaoxiang, King Zhaoxiang will not worry about anything, but it is precisely because of this that King Zhaoxiang did not appoint Han Fei.

Because during the meeting with King Zhaoxiang, Han Fei spent two-thirds of the time admonishing King Zhaoxiang to let Han go.

Late at night, Han Fei dragged his tired body back to the post house. King Han and many members of the Han clan temporarily lived here, or were "imprisoned" here. King Han stepped forward and looked at Han Fei in front of him eagerly. : "Han Fei, can you persuade the King of Qin to treat us well?"

Han Fei raised his head and looked at the people in the post house, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were filled with disappointment. Now they no longer even dared to expect better treatment for themselves. They just hoped that King Qin would not kill them.

Sometimes people's sense of expectation is erased bit by bit like this.

They will continue to lower their expectations through "suppression" so that they can accept this miserable world.

This is the norm.

Chen Mansion.

Chen Zhao and Chen Su were sitting in the courtyard. Chen Zhao looked at Chen Su curiously and said, "What's wrong with Zheng'er? Is he asleep?"

Chen Su nodded tiredly: "Already asleep."

He smiled bitterly and said: "Before becoming a father, I never thought that being a father would be such a tiring thing. Only after becoming a father did I realize that the role of 'father' is so difficult."

Chen Zhao looked at Chen Su and shook his head, smiled and teased a few words, and then said, "What do you think of the debate at the court meeting today?"

The debate at the court today was about how to deal with King Han and the Han clan.

Perhaps it was the first time that it involved Qin's destruction of other countries and the capture of other countries' clans. The debate in the court was a bit serious, and it even reached the point where it was almost possible to "fight" under the gaze of the devil king "King Zhaoxiang" .

Chen Su's expression darkened slightly: "The forces in the Qin Dynasty's court are too complicated. There are many forces from other countries, so they also started to "sorrow the rabbit when the fox dies", fearing that one day their country will also be destroyed."

"Especially Chu State."

"Although the Chu people who served as officials in the Qin State no longer have such deep feelings for the Chu State, it is their country after all. If the Han clan is treated harshly and the Han ancestral hall is really destroyed, what will happen to the Chu State in the future? "

"Their countries will be treated the same way."

"So they were unwilling to give in, especially at this time, the king's attitude was also very erratic, so they started to test."

"I want to test whether the king can be kind to his captive ministers."

Chen Zhao nodded slightly, looked at Chen Su, and said with some encouragement on his face: "Keep talking."

Chen Su felt relieved. His father did not reprimand him, which meant that his analysis of the court was correct for the time being.

He continued: "It is precisely because of this situation that today's court meeting was so noisy."

"This is not a matter of one country. This is something that Qin must go through on its way to the destruction of the six kingdoms."

Chen Zhao looked at Chen Su and asked, "What do you think? What do you think?"

Chen Su sat there, feeling a little undecided. In fact, this was also the first time he had experienced this kind of thing. The previous handling of this kind of thing was mainly "treating it kindly", such as King Wu's defeat of Zhou, and after the fall of Shang Dynasty, Zhou's The ruler pardoned King Zhou's brother-in-law Wei Ziqi and established the Song Dynasty in his hometown of Shang Dynasty.

The descendants of many other ancient sages were also rewarded and treated well one by one. This is the "ritual" of the past.

Nowadays, how to treat South Korea is obviously a new problem. This is the same as establishing a unified feudal country. It is a "groundbreaking" move.

Unless the Qin State follows the old example of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, it enfeoffs Han as a lord and gives it a fiefdom.

But if this is the case, what role and effect will the hard work of destroying Han have?

After a moment, he let out a long sigh. In fact, he did have some thoughts on this matter: "Father, my son thinks that the Han clan should not be exterminated, but we cannot allow them to continue to be "nobles"."

"This will not be beneficial to the unified Qin State in the future."

Chen Su squinted his eyes and said, "I have an idea, I don't know whether I should talk about it or not."

Chen Zhao laughed and said: "There are only two people here who care about me and my son, so what should we say?"

"Say it."

He pressed his forehead, obviously feeling tired from the events of the past few days.

Chen Su then said: "It would be better to demote the King of Han to "Uncle Han", but this title is not allowed to be inherited, and like a court official, he only has a fixed salary, and Qin does not provide the rest of the money."

"They have no fiefdom and no real power. Just like the "kings" who surrendered to "Bashu" in the early years, they can only live in Xianyang City, which is also convenient to control them."

"If you want to continue to live a "pleasurable" life, you need the "virtuous talents" in the clan to come out and serve the Qin State."

He smiled and said: "And such a "title" can only last for one generation. That is, after the death of this generation of King Han, these people will become "Guizhou heads" and can only rely on their own "work" in exchange for money."

Chen Su looked at Chen Zhao and said: "If Qin wants to unify, it must have enough "scholars." But now it seems that the people Xianyang Academy can provide are only enough for Qin itself, not enough for this vast land. in use."

"Therefore, it is necessary to use the so-called "people of the six countries" to subtly turn them into "people of Qin". Only in this way can we obtain enough "scholars" to govern this vast land."

Chen Zhao squinted his eyes, thinking about what Chen Su said.

He felt that what Chen Su said was very reasonable. Although Xianyang Academy was very effective and to some extent broke the nobility's monopoly on "scholars" and "knowledge", the "school" established by his father was more It further expanded this influence, but for a territory as large as the Seven Kingdoms, it was not enough.

Chen Su looked at Chen Zhao's thoughtful face and said with a smile: "As for the reaction of the six countries to this, there is no need to worry."

"The current King of Han and the other kings are all worried that the Qin State will kill them. The Qin State did not kill them. Instead, it provided them with the title of "uncle" and allowed some of them to "serve as officials". Officials, earning money to support them, they don't know how happy they are."

"As for the fact that the title cannot be inherited, I'm afraid it is not within their consideration."

"When they are unable to protect themselves, it is enough to protect themselves. How can they still worry about their children?"

After Chen Zhao thought for a moment, he suddenly smiled. He looked at Chen Su and said, "You boy, I'm afraid you are trying to get Han Fei's idea, right?"

Chen Su chuckled: "It's not just Han Fei."

He squinted his eyes and said: "The son of Han Prime Minister Zhang Ping, the youngest son named Zhang Liang looks very good. Aren't Yan, Wei, Zhao and other countries all talented people who are loyal to the "king"? "

"The king doesn't care who they are loyal to, he only cares whether they can "work" well."

"When their king ordered them to serve the King of Qin, when they could only exchange money by serving the Qin State, their "loyalty" became Qin's best weapon against them."

"They will work diligently for the Qin State, thereby obtaining enough money to support the "Royals of the Six Kings" who are already accustomed to luxury."

Chen Su sighed, with a hint of playfulness in his tone: "But people are all selfish."

"When they worked hard and diligently for the State of Qin to support the royal families of the six kings, would they themselves have the idea of ​​"Why do I have to live so hard but can't enjoy it?" Once they have this Such ideas can subtly change them.”

Chen Zhao looked at his son's playful look and couldn't help but complain in his heart. The look of his heart really looked like his elder father's.

He coughed softly: "So, what about those people who are really loyal and will not complain about the royal family of the Six Kings even if they are exhausted?"

Chen Su blinked slightly: "Isn't that better?"

"The royal families of the six kings are in the capital and are under our control. They can only serve Qin to the death."

"Wouldn't this be a better way to dispatch things to them? Anyway, they won't complain about their "king" even if they exhaust themselves to death. So if they don't "use" them properly, wouldn't it be a big loss?"

Chen Zhao couldn't help but smacked his lips after hearing this, with some unpredictable emotions on his face.

He said with emotion: "Your boy really looks like your great-uncle father."

PS: I'm a bit stuck today, so it's late. The second update will be around 11:30~mmmmm.

(End of this chapter)